Milford chronicle., 1935-12-13
SCHOOL DEDICATED AT
GEORGETOWN LAST FRI.

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the State Board of Education fo
building commission.
Acceptance of building fo
Georgetown Board of Education. b,
former Congressman Robert G
Houston, member of the George
town board.
Music, "Come Where My Love
Lies Dreaming" composed by Step.
hen Collins Foster, and "Dedica.
tiOn," composition of Robert Schu.
mann, rendered by the Georgetown
High School Double Quartet.
Dedicatory address, Chief Justice
Daniel J. Layton.
Solo, Dedication" (Widmung) by
Charles Purnell, a member of the
Georgetown High School Double
Quartet.
Reading of dedicatory statement,
by DR.. Harry V. Holloway, superin-
tendent of the State Department OF
Public Instruction.
Address 1.-THE Georgetown Schools
Our Aims and Aspirations" by
Professor Franklin ]. Butz, super
intendent Of the schools of George
town.
Benediction, the Rev. Richard X.
White, rector of the st. Paul's Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, George
town.
The school is 227 feet long and
the fourteen rooms and the first and
second floors will accommodate $50
pupils.
There are nine cloak rooms, vary
ing in size with a dark room IL by
5 feet. There also are three work
rooms, 12 by "a feet and eight store
rooms varying in size from 80 by 20
feet to by 10 feet.
The cafeteria is SO by "a feet and
has a capacity for 175 pupils. The
kitchen and cafeteria service COM
bined is "a by "a feet. The auditor
ium is GA by SO feet and the stage
16 by 81 feet. Basketball games can
be played on the stage in full view
of more than 500 people, In back of
the stage there Is a gymnasium of
the same elevation SO by 80 feet.
There are five gang showers and a
boys locker room on the first floor
which is % by % feet. On the sec
ond floor there is a locker for the
girls the same size as that for the
boys on the first floor.
At a meeting nf the board of ed
ucation Of Georgetown on May IL,
1888, efforts were made to relieve
the contested condition of the jun
ior and senior high schools. The
School Building Commission of the
State made a grant of $240,000, less
the amount that could be raised by
local bond issue.
On December IS, 1888, an election
was held and four were selected as
members of the building commits
SION. Those elected were DR.. Joseph
e. NAPLES, Frank NJ. Jones, Byron
Pepper and Julian e. Townsend.
The State Board named Ernest A.
Simon, Of Seaford; E. C. Huber, of
Wilmington; DR.. James Beebe, of
Lewes, and H. Fletcher Brown, of
Wilmington. Later w. V. Sipple, of
Milford; John B. Jessup, of Will
mington, and Warner w. Price, of
Smyrna. succeeded Simon, Huber
and Brown.
The commission met on December
90, 1888, and organized.
On February II, 1884, application
for Federal funds under the Public
Works Administration was APPROX
ed, and on July q, last year, the
Federal Government notified the
building commission that a sum not
to exceed $93,50O was granted the
Georgetown Project Commission"
The building commission accepted
the plans on September 12, 1884,
and authorized the advertising for
bids, which were opened on Novem- /
ber 21, last year. Contracts were .
awarded on December 4, 1884, as .
follows: Turner Construction Com
many, of Philadelphia, general con-
S2O7,74O; T. T. Weldin aGd
Sons, of Wilmington, plumbing,
Sl4,867.5O; Raisler Heating Com
pany, of New York, heating plant,
S44,87O; Arrow Electrical Company,
of Philadelphia, electrical work,
S1S,52O. In addition to these con-
tracts, the fixtures cost $22 1929.
The elementary school was COM ,
pleted the latter part of September |
so that it could be occupied.
Members of the Georgetown (
Board of Education are: Frank NJ. i
Jones, president; DR.. Joseph B. a
vice president; Robert G. $
Houston, Mrs. George T. Lynch. c
Members Of the building commits
sion were: Frank NJ. Jones, Julian q
b. Townsend, DR.. Joseph B. NAPLES. t
Byron Pepper, and for the State: e
Dr. James Beebe. W. V. Sipple, John d
}. Jessup and Warner NJ. Price.
The cornerstone of the Senior t
Junior High School, with which the a
lew elementary school is tied in. Q
vas laid on May 81. 1880, and the Il
,uilding completed and ready for f
in September 1880. The
pproximate cost was $250,OOO. This S
ives Georgetown a school plant, +
Including the new elementary and
he senior-iunior high school OF ?
lore than $550,0O0. p
WARWICK