Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
Lord Baltimore School

more School, accompanied BY Ii
principal, attended the second an
nual convention Of the Middle State
Scholastic Press Association held a
beacon College IN Wilmington ol
Saturday, March 2. Raymond Cal
noun, chairman Of the Publication
Committee of the school, was
member Of the same committee o
the association; Winford Murray
speaker Of the House Of Represents
tives Of the school. served on tn,
Membership Committee OF the AssO
ciation; Morris Keen, president d
the Senate Of the school, helped n
the Voice Recording Committee.
Copies of the school magazine
The Lord BaltimOrian, were examln,
ed and discussed IN several Of the
group meetings held during the
morning. It was one Of the two pa
pefs using metallic embOssing.
The delegates ate lunch at the st.
Pnul's Methodist Church, where they
were entertained by DR.. Max Bohn, q
magician from Philadelphia. In the
afternoon Mr.. Jackson, vice presi-
dent Of Beacon College, conducted
the local group through the school.
South America, the land OF oppOr-
tunity, was observed through NOV
ing pictures presented by DR.. H. v.
Holloway, state superintendent OF
schools. at the March meeting Of the
Lord Baltimore P.T.A. Elisha Steele,
president. presided.
DIR. Holloway, who travelled in
South America last summer, gave
the audience an idea Of the schools,
churches, harbors, modes Of living,
and customs OF people of the various
nations.
During the business meeting dele
gates were named to attend the
State P.T.A. meeting to be held at
the Richardson Park School in April,
treasurer's report was made. and
a nominating committee for next
years officers was named
Musical numbers were presented
by Mrs. Sanford Noble, Miss Dorothy
Holt, the Hooker sisters and Marie
Nelson. The monthly bulletin releas-
ed by Mr.. Branford, the principal,
reflected the spirit of cooperation
which exists now between a large
majority of the parents and the
school.
The eighth grade general science
class had an exhibit of work which
they had recently done in class.
The F. F. A. convention was held
at the University of Delaware March
3. There was meeting of the dele
gates Friday night. attended by Win
ford Murray, president of the Lord
Baltimore F. F. A.; Harry TimmOns,
secretary, and Widlliam HambletOn.
reporter.
The following were Judging teams
from this school: Corn, Harvey Bunt-
ing and William Hambleton: dairy
cattle, Winford Murray and Harry |
TimmOns; poultry, Raymond CAL
houn and Charles Steele; potatoes, |
George Hudson and Morris Keen;
horses, Donald Lynch and Charles |
DerricksOn; swine, Raymond Hick-
man and Ray Boettger. George |
Cobb was an alternate. Most of |
these boys went up in two cars.
The freshman class party given at
the school on Tuesday. March 5, was
cne Of the, most successful given in
the school. There were games such /
as wink" and "post office" Now
don't get excited! the latter was
played by forming a circle, with
each player being given the name Of
a capitol. One person stood in the
center Of the circle and called two
capitOls; then the three ran to see
which two can get the vacant seats
FIRST. If 'air mail" was called, every
Dne remained seated II by accident,
lne stood up. he was postmaster.
When special delivery was called, II
everyone changed seats.
The two most popular capitOls of
he evening were Denver, Harvey
and Dover, Mr.. BranfOrd.
The hardest to remember was In !
lianapOlis, Mr.. Mitchell.
After the entertainment and recre- ,
Ition period, ice cream and cake was !
eryed in the cafeteria.
Members of the refreshment COM :
nittee were Norma Cannon, chair :
nan, Nancy Sheaffer, Ruth Calhoun. .
tuth Jones. Brice Hickman, and RO-
and DerricksOn. Those on the
anne committee were Kenneth Suit :
on and Barbara Hambleton. At
O:30 p, M. everyone returned home. r
We all wish to thank Mrs. Wells for 4
elp and cooperation. "
The junior class will hold a baked A
hicken supper Saturday, March I6, =
! the Lord Baltimore School cafe \
sria from five until eight o'clock. ~
he prices are 40c and 25c. The :.
lOney will be used to defray the -
Dst of the trip to Washington when :,
ley become seniors o
For the first time since 1898, the I,
shOOl is putting on a show OF ath-
tics. Tuesday, March 26 This pro- - -
ram is made up of over sixty per ="
mt OF all the pupils in the school
nd will consist OF tumbling, pyra- c,
ids, high jumping, boxing. wrest- %
ng, tap dancing, and host of other =.
lmbers. The grand finale will be ~ y,
never seen before in this ~
I'd Of the state-''living statuettes." A.
nder a special light and skin - -
eatment we will show wOu some a.
ing that will stand out in your ~, W.
ind for many years TO come. y,