Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

School Notes Of Interest To Everyone
MiLIsbOrO SCHOOL,

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And Mary Did, a comedy i'll
thee acts, was presented by the
: Millsboro teachers ON Thursday eve
ming, December 1S, at eight o'clock.
8, The play had its setting in mod
ern New England town. The plot
: was woven around Laurence Gray
and Mary Sterling who were sin
cerely in love, but whose romance is
interfered with by Laurenee's am
bilious father and Dresen Rand, an
old rival of AIary's. Willie and Bet
ty. Mary's little brother and sister,
' do much to amuse the visitors ana
greatly embarrass their old-fashion-
y, ed mother, Mrs. Sterling. The love-
making of Matilda, the maid, to
y Henry, the gardener, is real farce,
l, while (Miss) o. G. Whitaker, tru-
ly masculine monument to feminine
freedom and political enemy of ia
ther Gray's, added much to the COM
= plication of the plot. Edith Smith,
: the dear little fat girl, and the gem
tleman from Georgia hold in COM
y mon an important secret which
when revealed changes the whole
situation. The play is full of action
and. excitement, mingled with pa
thos and humor throughout, and is
indeed the type of play that will
hold the audience spellbound to the
very end.
The cast follows:
Mary Sterling, Ruth Dobson.
Laurence Gray, Harold Payne.
Mrs. Sterling, Lotta McCabe.
Mr.. Gray, J. NJ. Bennett.
Dressa Rand, Anne Barnett.
Willie, S. P. Darden.
Bette, Ethel Tingle.
= Matilda, Hilda Jones.
Henry-L. e. Timmons.
(Nliss) o. G. Whittaker-Sallie
Ellis.
Edith Smith-Hannah King.
Music between acts was provided
by Beatrice King, Howard King, and
= Francis Richardson.
The stage was furnished by Cot
fms furniture store.
Among those visiting the Mills
borO school this week was Prof.
John Shilling of the State Depart
ment. The teachers and children are
always glad to see Mr.. Shilling
come because they feel that in him
the school has a real friend.
Several people from other sec
tions of the State, including MEM
bers of school boards, have driven
her to look at the school shrubbery.
All seem to think it very pretty.
Those contributing to the shrub
berry fund since last week are: John
Ryan, Mrs. Joseph Williams and
Harold NJ. Payne.
More than four hundred people
crowded the school auditorium last
Thursday night at the regular
monthly meeting of the AIillsbOro
p. T. A. The crowd was equally di-
vidcd-intO two groups and a mem-
bership contest started. Mrs. Sallie
@. Ellis was made captain of one
group while Mrs. Lolita McCabe was
placed at the head of the other one.
The contest will asst for about six
weeks, at the end of which time the
winners will be entertained by the
losers.
The first and second grades rem
dered a very interesting program on
the part of the school, while the
Millsboro quartet and the cOmmun-
ity band furnished excellent music.
Rev. Huntington led in the discus
sion of the topic assigned by the
State, and also gave an interesting
talk on the subject "HandwOrk in
the School and Home"
The time set aside on the pro-
gram for the principal was mostly ]
used to explain to the people why
the children i'll the lower grades |
were requested to take no books |
home. 1t was pointed out that the
health of the child, the inability of
many parents to be able to correct |
ly teach beginners, and the Destroy
ing of class roo minterests were the |
main reasons why educators object |
to pupils in the lower grades study
ing their school work at home.
: A display of the pupils handwOrk |
was made, many interesting arti
cles including clay molding, needle |
work, etc, were shown.
i llC lul SC GhulCllkC OCEIlNu ~ Cn-
JOY the evening very much. The pro-
gram which was rendered follows:
Selection, band.
Business meeting.
Song of Greeting, first grade or
cheStra.
The Shoemaker Song, first grade
orchestra.
: Marion's Christmas Party. first
grade. +.-<
Selection, MillsborO quartet.
Santa Comes to- Mother Goose
Land, second grade. ~
Song by the Layton twins.
: Santa Land, second grade.
Selection, band.
q. State p. T. A. Program, presented
by Rev. Huntington.
Selection, Millsboro quartette.
: Selection, band.
The committee planning the pro-
gram was as follows: Miss Ruth
Dobson, chairman; Mrs. Ethel w.
iFingle and Mrs. Hilda b. Jones.
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