Milford chronicle., 1935-09-20
BRIDCEYILLE

back room. The building has beer
refnished now and the BARRIERS arr
using It again.
On Sunday morning at o'clocl
the home Of Myer Dimes was fOunt
in flames and although the firemeT
fought quickly and efficiently II was
impossible TO save the large frame
farmhouse. Clothing and furnitur'
we're all destroyed. Mr.. and Mrs
Dimes arrived home at s a. m. to q
scene OF utter desolatiOn.
Two Residents Die
Mrs. Solomon Kline, a citizen OF
Bridgeville for many years, died af-
ter a lingering illness, on Tuesday
morning at Coatesville, Pa. Her fu-
neral will be held at COatesville
Interment in Baltimore.
The funeral of Mrs. Charlie 0'Day
was held from the Bridgeville
Church on Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Myer Dimes was given mis-
cellaneous shower at the home of
her brOther-in-law, John Dimes on
Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Layton OF
Chester wyere weekend guests OF
Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Neya Dick
erson.
MIR. and Mrs. Leon Layton visited
James Layton on Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. Anna Jackson and her babies
are home from the Milford Emer-
gency Hospital.
The faculty and school board Of
BridgevilIe school held a picnic and
banquet at RehObOth on Tuesday ev-
ening. The banquet was held at the
Marvel House."
The Bridgeville public school sys-
TEN began operation for its 1885
session on Tuesday, September b
when a trial schedule was run
through, lessons were assigned, ana
the complete thread of school Ire
was picked up from the point at
which it was interrupted with the
cessation of activities last June. a
large enrolment was recorded Tor
the year and things were running
very smoothly from the start under
the direction of Supervising Princl-
nal George T. Macklin and his full
Corps of grade and high school tea
chers. If present indications can be
accepted as a criterion, things point
to a most successful school year
this session.
A general faculty meeting was
held in the school library on the
morning If Labor Day, at which |
time final plans were worked out for
the commencement of routine work.
Mr.. Macklin greeted all teachers at
the Monday meeting and expressed
delight at again welcoming the ln-
structorial staff at the beginning oI
what he hopes will prove most sat
isfactOry school year. All teachers
we're on hand for the meeting Mon
day, and they tackled their assign
ed tasks with the assurance of vet
Grams.
New teachers introduced at the
Monday meeting were Miss Eleanor
Doordan, of Newark, who will nave
charge of high school home econom-
les; Miss Anna Smith, who will IN
struct the sixth grade, and Miss
Nellie French, who was selected by
the board to take the place of Mrs.
Miriam Elrick, who died during the
summer vacation. Miss French viii
have charge of the fourth grade.
Miss French is a native OF Wake
virginia, but she has been teaching
in the State for the past several
years. L.
A full schedule was carried out
the second day of the term and so
has the program oper-
ated thus far that several teachers
have been heard to remark that it,
seemed as if school had been in ses-
sion for a month or more.
A total of seVenty-siX new books ,
have cen padded to the high school
library for the benefit of the student
body this year, and the school is
mite proud Of it's additions which '
include new fiction, biography, auto
biography, short story collections, I
of English and Ameri-
AN poetry, essays. collected plays,
and works of general in
crest to all departments in the high 2
school.
The library was "Open for busi- I
less' the day school opened. as the :
york of catalOguing. classifying, ac- = =
stamping, and indexing !
he new volumes had been taken = =
are of by the library committee :,
uring the week just preceding the
pening of the new term.
Since the opening of school, the
Ibrary has been busy place, as
lost of the high school youngsters,
s well as many in the grades, have ,y
cen "brOwsing around" to discover +,
beir favorites among the splendid N
rray of new titles. n
Charles VI. Pace. Jr., head of the /,
ingIish department in the senior
igh school, is the chairman of the G
brary committee, while its mem- d
ership consists of Misses Eleanor =
loordan, Mary Lambert, and Annie q
ow and Maynard X. Hoke, all high n
choOl teachers who are assigned n
ork I'm the library for the school
ear. in
Another feature of the school "
hich rivaled the library in its n,
romptness in opening is the school n,
,feteria, which served meals the
ery day school opened The cafe %
ria is operated under the direction N
Mrs. Edgar Anderson and Mrs.
Gorge T. Macklin and 1t fills vital II,
,ot In school life by serving the -
udents excellent meals on a non
oft basis. II
Home room assignments among NJ,
e high school teachers this session
e exactly the same as they were NJ,
81 year and Mr.. MaCklin is antici- 81
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