Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
FRANKFORT


Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Long spen
Christmas at Onancock, Va, will
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan F. Gum en-
tertained the first of the holidays
their son, G. Massey Gum, and fam.
lily.
During the holidays Dorothy Sipp
of Brooklyn, N. Y, was entertained
by Mrs. John A. Tingle. Dorothy's
sister, Frances, was entertained by
Mrs. William r. Taylor
The farm house and out buildings
on farm near Omar were burned
Christmas night. The property was
owned by A. Ableman, of Millsboro,
and tenanted by William Hall, col
ored. He and his wife were away.
Four children were at home. Neigh
.bors saw the fire but were too late
to be of assistance. Nothing was
saved. The children got out. The
hogs were butchered the day before
and all the meat was lost. The
origin of the fire. is unknown.
School News FrankfOrd-
DagSbOrO Schools
In the future this column will ap-
pear under the name of John M.
Clayton School News.
The p. T. A. of this school will
hold its next meeting in the high
school at Frankford on January IL,
at 8 p. m, Because of the Christmas
vacation it was deemed advisable to
postpone this meeting for one week.
Reserve this evening for this meet
ing.
The honor roll for the second
marking period in high school con-
tains the following names:
1st honor roll-majority AS, moth
ing below B-Viola Godfrey.
2nd honor rOll-majority Be
Emma Long, Kathleen Chandler,
David Crocker, Lemuel Evans, Alvin
Campbell.
The new John M. Clayton School,
rapidly nearing completion, will be
the last word in convenience and
equipment. In it, the community
will be able to realize what it has
long needed and desired. Not only
will the regular academic work be
carried on, but it will now be pOssi-
BILE to ioffer manual training for
those who desire to specialize in
that work. For those who wish to |
take up a business career there is |
provided a commercial department. |
For a long time the lack of oppOr- |
tunity for our boys and girls to OBJ |
tain training in this line has been !
almost painfully evident. Too long !
have we stressed purely academic |
work, necessary though it be, to the |
exclusion of everything else. The !
fact that physical conditions pre-
vented the offering of other courses
did not lessen the need for these
other courses. But soon these con-
ditions will be entirely changed. A
manual training room with modern
a commercial depart
ment Offering typing and bookkeep-
ing, a special equipped art room, a
separate music room, a combination
and gymnasium with
arge stage flanked on each side by
lressing rooms, modern locker and
shower rooms, a science room plan
ied and equipped in accordance with
lie D6SI DIlHClpleS Ol ludI lllle3 q
home economic room and a cafeteria
which are the last word in modern
ty, convenience, and SERVICE; these
ire some of the features offered to
he people of this community. No
onger will it be necessary to find
,ther schools for our children, no
onger can we say they cannot get >
n our schools what we want them
o have, it will be possible for them
o get all that can be offered in any :
,ther school and more than in some. $
t is needless to enlarge on the val s
e and advantages of commercial I
apartment. To do so would be to :
INSULT the intelligence of the citi-
ems. What we desire to do is to 7
ring to the attention of the people !
he fact that it will be possible to I
ffer these new courses in a modern 9
chool plant where we have not only v
he latest equipment but where h
here is also real work being done i
'ithin the classroom. {
We will now be able to provide
lcilities for the Glee Club-the Or n