Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-09-02
HARRINGTON

At a recent meeting Of the loca
school board, Miss Kathryn Rash
eldest daughter of Mayor E. 3
Rash, was elected a member of tn
high school faculty. teaching homl
economics. Miss Rash graduates
from the local high school in 1893
and graduated from Women's Col
lege, University of Delaware, thii
year. She will succeed Miss Jane
Tharp who has been promoted to thu
position held by Miss Helen Clayton
Miss Clayton resigned to accept an
other position in the state. Superin
tendent ]. C. Messner announces
there will be four changes in ths
school faculty, all due to resigna
tions. Both art teachers, Donald
Weist and Miss Anne E. Cheavins
will be succeeded by Gerald P. Ad'
ans, who transfers here from the
Millsboro school, and Miss Harriet
e. MacCutcheon, a graduate of Pratt
Institute, from Brooklyn, N. Y, viii
succeed Miss Cheavens. Miss Chea'
vens will accept a like position In
the state so as to be able to reside
at home. Miss Florence Groves also
resigned to accept a position nearer
home and her place will be filled by
Miss Anna Maxym Of New York
City.
Under the direction of the custo-
dian, Clarence w. ShOckley, the ex-
terror of the building has been re-
painted and a general housekeeping
given the entire building. The
Pierre S. Dupont eolored school
which comes under the supervision
of Supt. Messner, has also under
gone a general rebuilding and
cleaning. 49,, .,.- $50.
The schools throughout the state
will open Tuesday. September +
though in the special school dis
tricts the students assemble the fol
lowing day. Mr.. Messner has called
a meeting of the entire faculty for
Tuesday afternoon, the opening date
When the enrolment reaches its
peak later in the fall, there will be
nearly eight hundred students. Sew
eral buses convey the rural pupils
to the school from a radius OF ABOUT
six miles. Within the past lew
years all the little red school
houses in this vicinity have been
closed but two, Thomas School and
Maple Grove. The state law per-
mits a rural school to be closed
when the enrolment is so small that
il becomes a burden on the State
Board of Education. The faculty
follows: Superintendent. ]. c. Mess
ner: English, Sally T. Winfrey and
Henrietta Newman; French Latln
and World History, ]. H. Morrison
Darbie; Mathematics and Science
Leona Dickrager; Mathematics
Margaret F. Cooper and Archie A.
Feagan; History and Science, Frank
e. Witchey; Agriculture and Science,
George E. Vapaa; Social Studies,
Mary H. Dolby; Home Economies
and Guidance, Janet TharD: Home
Economics and Science, Katherine
Rash; Music, Nevin Dauer; Manual
Arts, Gerald P. Adams; Art, Harriet
E. MacCutcheon; Physical Educa-
ton, Paul E. Hawk; Sixth grade,
Marian H. Kinard and Lucille
Tharp; fifth grade, Charlotte Joseph
and Loretta /. Paskey; fourth grade,
Minnie p. Slaughter and Virginia
Griffith; third grade, Oda Baker and
Grace A. Souders; seconu grade,
Edith E. Smith and Mary L.
Brown; first grade, Margaret G.
and Anna Maxym. LII
hrarian, Mary II. Short; school
nurse, Naoma Farber; secretary,
Nexie Brown; custodian, Clarence
Shockley. Pierre S. DUPONT Negro
School: Principal. Hershel e. War
rem, teaching sixth, seventh and
eighth grades; third. fourth and
fifth grades, Verdella Matthews;
first and second grades, Beatrice Ry-
land. Custodian. Charles Sorden.
Standing seventh in his class OF
thirty-two that graduated from Har-
rington High School this year, Harry
c. Tee, Jr.. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry G. Tee, will enter the Univer-
sity of North Carolina to take
course in pharmacy. He was man
ager Of sports in his senior year.
playing soccer and basket ball. He
was also soloist in the Glee Club,
md blew solo trumpet in the high |
school band. Athletics included
swimming and flying, are his pet
lobbies. His father has been con-
iected with the firm Of Sharp &
Fleming, druggists. for the past IS
ears. He is the grandson of Rev.
/. T. Bailey, a well-known M. P.
now located at Milford.
Local police officers together with
tate police from the Bridgeyille sta
ion, have had a busy weekend. On
he complaint Of farmers near this
own that produce was being missed
rom their farms, Private Blizzard
aided a camp OF Southern Negroes
sunday and arrested eight. They
we're given a hearing before Magis-
rate w. II. Cahall on Monday and
entenced to 10 days each In the 1
Gent county Jail
Officers Marvel and Tatman OF the
own police force. arrested Fred
billings on a drunk and disorderly