Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
NEWS BUDGETS FROM
NEARBY TOWNS
CLAYTON
items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Tuau4nr, GabnnI NpxpC. Tbo

their Colonial Kitchen Art project
Miss Mcqueen, our music teach
e., met classes here on Thursday
of last week.-Mr. Williams met
with the teachers of this commun-
ity on Wednesday. The subject
discussed was Common Errors in
English" We hope to help to
eliminate many such errors from
the school and community.-All
pupils in grades from fifth to
eighth engaged in writing Wash
ington essays on Friday, February
12.-Mrs. Smiths room won the
attendance picture for highest per
cent of attendance last week. A
Valentine party for the seventh
and eighth grades was held on
Thursday evening. Games, music
and refreshments were enjoyed by
all present. Tracey Ennis has
been out of school for a week. He
is improving and expects to be in
school again soon.-Mrs. Keys and
Mrs. Clark attended an Adult Ed
ucation Council held in Dover on
Thursday evening, February IL.
There was a good representation
present.-The Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet Thursday, Feb
ruary is. "A Washington Birthday
program will be put on by the
school in addition to the State pro-
gram.-Frances Lucille and Dor
othy Leyshon re-entered school on
Monday, transferred from New
port News, Virginia.-The State
doctor and nurse visited Clayton
school on Tuesday, giving the sec
ond dose of toxoid treatment
are glad to report Herbert Dulin
returned to school on Monday af-
ter an absence of several weeks.
All pupils Of our school were
weighed and measured Wednesday,
February IL, and report was
brought before the p. t. A. which
met Thursday evening, February
1S.-Our record on Fire Drill was
broken by two seconds at our
weekly drill on Thursday morning,
February Is. The building was
cleared in % seconds. The previ-
Gus record was 80 seconds. Sud
lersville Boys team and girls
team of basketball paid visit to
Clayton School court on Wednes-
day. Games as follows: Boys, 23-
Is in favor of Clayton; Girls, "a
10, in favor Of Sudlersville. The
Parent Teachers Association will
sponsor the planting Of an Elm
tree on our school grounds in hon
or of Washington's Birthday.-Mr.
Hickman's room won the picture
for attendance last week.-On ac-
count of the absence of Mr. Hick-
man, the boys club did not meet
on Wednesday night.-The P. t.
L. Club did not meet last Friday
day because their leader, Mrs.Spry
was attending Young Peoples
Conference in Salisbury.-The Art
Club on Friday afternoon reported
Catherine Ely out on account of
illness also two visitors were pres
ent, Catherine Hurlock and Mary
Anna Wright On Friday night,
February 10, Clayton and Com
modore McDonough Schools played
basketball at McDonough. Scores
were 1914 in favor of Clayton
boys, and 21-1O in favor Of Clay
ton girls.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Clayton Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation was held Thursday evening,
February 18th. The following pro-
gram was given in honor of Wash
ington's Birthday: Piano solo by
Roberta Macklin; recitation, THE
New George Washington" Doris
Poodle; playlet, The First Amer
ican Flag" by the second grade;
trumpet solo, by Owens Weaver;
playlet, George Washington's
Birthday" by the second grade;
saxophone duet by Billy Gooding
chhA ohhAOL hcCNAly SACLLlsGs GuLlLleu
George Washington, by fourth
grade; play, In the Days of Wash
ington," by the seventh grade.
Mrs. Keys presented a graph
showing that 54.5 per cent Of the
school children are under weight. 4
The parents and the teachers are
going to unite to overcome this
defect. In the near future the .
parents are to be invited to visit 4
the class rooms Of Mrs. Smith and 4
Mr.. Hickman for one hour. After .
this observation of the classes, an
open forum will be held in the
auditorium with Mrs. Keys as .
chairman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Perkins, +
25O0 Tatnall street, Wilmington, 4
formerly of Clayton, celebrated !
their fifty-fifth wedding annivers-
ary Monday, Washington's Birth
day. They were married in Clay
ton, on February p, 1877, by the
Rev. Enoch Stubbs. Mr.. Perkins
will be ~ years old on August 5,
5, and Mrs. Perkins will be II
rIl -, no4oIo,.