Milford chronicle., 1938-03-25
By ALBERT EARLEY. Supervisor

BY ALBERT EAHLEf, supervisor
"She was only a city girl. lacking
all the advantages which country
girls have by reason OF their mem
bership in All Clubs" Perhaps and
possibly this may be truly said today
or in the near future. The people
Of Houston, by virtue of their uncan-
ny historical perspicaelty, estab-
llshed the first All Club in the
friendliest state in the sisterhOod OF
commonwealth. Mr.. Dewey Sapp,
of Houston, was the first All men,
ber in the state Of the blue hen and
her chicks. Some of the Houston
All members, including prodromus
Sapp, journeyed to the nations cap
ital Saturday, March 5th, to broad
cast over the WIZ network during
the Farm and Home hour.
Annabelle Passwaters, of the HOus-
ton school, is the Kent county cham
piOn of all All girls. In order to
win this coveted honor, Annabelle
had to have complete health exami-
nations two months apart.
III l6 lAdL ~ JoA WAaN
anything well done call on a busy
man. This is true Of the Houston
board of education. II you want
good index to a community, look at
its schools. If you want an index to
the schools of a community, look at
the board of education. The Houston
board of education is composed OF
Mr.. George Kirby, antique dealer,
member OF the town board and trus-
tee of the fire company; Mr.. Fred
Hayes, canning factory superintend-
ent; Mr.. ]. B. COunselman, postmas-
ter, owner of general store, former
member Of the Kent County Levy
Court, member Of the town board and
trustee OF the fire company, and Mr..
George Simpson, farmer.
The Houston school has four class
rooms. The teachers are Mrs. Kath-
leen Pollitt. principal and teacher OF
grades seven and eight: Mrs. Pearl
Hanson, teacher OF grades five and
six; Mrs. Lucy Jerread, teacher OF
grades three and four. and Mrs. Ruth
Sapp, teacher of grades one and two.
Mrs. POllitt's popularity with the
pupils is attested by the fact that
when l was gathering data for this
article, all her pupils wanted to
write essays about her.
Mrs. Hanson likes TO travel. She
went to Florida and brought back
picture folders which the pupils use
i'm their geography and history. The
children enjoy hearing her tell about
drinking from Ponce de Icons Foun-
tain of Youth and the ancient city OF
st. Augustine. Mrs. Hanson has Vis-
tied the Goodyear rubber factory in
Akron, Ohio; the Armour meat pack
ing plant, the shredded wheat factory
at Niagara Falls, and other places OF
interest. She tells her pupils many
things about the places
she has visited. Mrs. Hanson has
brought back to the school pottery,
rubber, coral, spOnges, Spanish moss,
etc. She has also Travelled
in Canada. i
Mrs. Lucy Jerread. teacher of
grades three and four, was graduated
from the Harrington high school, and
studied in the Women's College OF
the University of Delaware, and Ohio !
State University
Mrs. Ruth IL. Sapp, the teacher OF
grades one and two. is up-to-date and ;
Her classroom always /
indicates that she understands little .
children. We could not pay her
higher compliment.
The Houston School is well sup
piled with library books. The chill
fren in Mrs. POllitt's room have ac-
cess to 16S library books, excluding
textbooks. Some of these are bOr-
rowed from the State Library Com
but most of them are owned,
BY the school.
The. school receives regularly the
Milford Chronicle. Sussex Countian,
Popular Science Monthly, Child Life,
American Observer, National Geo
graphic, Duo Art, and Primary Edu-
,ation. In addition to these, many
bring their own magazines
o school for the benefit Of others.
The fifth and sixth grades have
library of 1888 books, two library ta-
lies and q picture library OF 250 pic
ures. There are classroom libraries
n other classroofns.
The State Bureau OF Art and Mr..
rarley stress the importance OF pic
ure libraries, hence. each classroom
D Houston has a constantly growing
Iicture library. In Mrs. Poliitt's pic
nre library there are 147 pictures;
q Mrs. Sapp's. 1886; in Mrs. Hanson's.
so; in Mrs. Jerread's, about the
anne number.
The pictures In the picture librar-
IS are classified. Mrs. Sapp's pic
are classification is: animals. Bible,
irds, fish. butterflies, children, flow
RS, fruits. geography, history, holi-
ays. landscape, people and presi-
ents
Each classroom has bulletin
GARD on which are displayed appro-
riate pictures and the children's I
sgular work.
Music Is well taken care OF at $
ouston. The school has Victrola.
Iano. a radio and all the singing
Doks that are needed. A choir In y
Ie principals room Is composed OF /
altos. ~ sopranos and seven a