Milford chronicle., 1940-06-14
HARRINGTON

Patrons of the Harrington Special
School District will again be called
upon to pass on a bond issue not to
exceed $17S,000, for new school
buildings. The election will be held
at the high school on June 81, from
to p. m. This will be the third
time this issue has come up for vote
and at the last election held on Jan
uary IS this year, the vote was fav-
Orable nearly 2 to 1.
The law will only allow a school
district to bond up to SO of its as
sessed valuation. The school district
has been levying a capitation tax
Sufficient to pay the interest on out
standing bonds which are being re-
tired yearly as they fall due. By
levying a three mill tax and capita
tion this will raise sufficient money
to retire the bonds the first year and
pay the interest.
The local school authorities are
conversant with the fact that extern
sive renOvations will have to be made
to the old buildings in the near fu-
ture and they do not believe it ad-
visable to spend money on old build
ings when new ones are badly need
ed.
Some of the reasons set forth for
the need of new buildings is to pro-
vide an educational plant that will
give the community additional school
advantages, remove unhealthy and
tnsanitary conditions that now ex-
ist, remove children from the old
building claimed to be a fire haz-
ard, replace frame portable build
1ngs which are unfit for further use,
provide cafeteria by moving it out
of the boiler room, to avoid teaching
in basement of old building, to pro-
vide sound proof music room, show
ers and lockers, which are not now
available in the present system.
Thirty-one members were includ-
ed in the high school graduating
class this year, with Mary Elizabeth
Cooper as valedictorian; Evelyn
Roberts as salutatorian. Exercises :
were held at the high school Friday !
evening, June Z. Eleven members of
the class are from the rural districts &
that are consolidated with the Har- /
rlngton Special School District The I
class graduated in caps and gowns /
and instead of a commencement
speaker, presented a pageant, 1.-THE !
School of Today" The Junior-Seni I
Prom and the Varsity Club dances
were greatly enjoyed by the stu s
dents. Lee Page furnished music for /
the senior class dance last Wednes-
1ay evening. 1t was an invitation I
dance. The Rev. Robert e. Green I
preached the baccalaureate sermon
. the class in Asbury Methodist c
Church Sunday morning, June 2,
when the church was nearly filled II
o capacity. The class colors, are {
black and gold, while their class v
lower is the pansy. The class motto,
excelsior, always Forward" The \
lass roll follows: Mary Elizabeth {
Jooper, Evelyn Roberts, Hazel Tay- b
or, Roland Kitchens, Louis Price, b
Kathryn Louise Messner, Louise D
.yons, Elizabeth Abbott, Elizabeth d
ioontz, Kathryn Smith, Evelyn o
Velch, Charlotte Laramore, Char
Otte Cohen, Pauline Minner, Lillian n
timer, Ruth Messick, Margaret D
billing, Cora Wyatt, Nellie Powell, v
largaret Kemp, Robert Masten,
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leith Burgess. John Lord, Haywood S
luillen, Martin Smith, Harriet Sal
IONS, Augustus Raughley and Rob- b
rt Steward. v
Four new members, Howard Will Il
ans, Charles Roth, Herbert Won D
oerres, Jr., and Augustus Derrick
On were elected to membership at P
le meeting Of the Harrington Fire &
last Monday evening. G. D.
ILLS presided over the business 81
sssion and selected Leonard Hor- "
man, C. Tharp Harrington and Mil
N Weleh to represent the company +
Bowers Beach for the county OF
Getting ON June 19. The company is di
rtremely happy over the auxiliary ds
inning two prizes and the high sc
,hool band one prize in the Selby- en-
lie parade. Il
At the official board meeting Of a
Bbury Methodist Church last Mon St
" night. the cash salary advance in
$500 for the Rev. Robert 2. Green du
as odlcially confirmed. The board ye