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which. Of course can only be used
at indoor meets. There are four
Bell Lyra players, headed by FL
sic Thompson. Elizabeth Russell,
Katherine Brady, and Elizabeth
Walterson. Camille Walterson,
Elizabeth's sister, plays the clari-
net.
The Bell Lyra is sort of steel
xylophone in the shape of a Tyre
and by hitting the spokes of the
Tyre with little plastic hammer,
one brings forth different sounds,
and even if the sounds brought
forth are more or less light and
delicate in quality, it's still one Of
the percussion instruments like
the drum.
Among the other percussion in
struments, there's Virginia Rus
|.sell who plays the Bass Drum;
Ray Sosa, Walter Walterson and
John Knowles are the three snare
drummers.
The wind instruments include.
Ed Steen as Solo Clarinet and
Colleen Moore as assistant clari-
netist. hackney Drudge plays the
solo Trumpet, and the assistant
Trumpeteer is Sergio Milan. Jay
Gould Higgs handles the Bass
Sousaphone and does it well. The
lst Alto Saxophone is played by
John borges, and the End Alto
Saxophone by Stephen Nevin.
The first Tenor Saxophone is
played by Ramon Cole and the
End Tenor Sax by James Shop
pard.
The two pieces memorized by
the band and which they expect
TO play as the formal inspection
on Saturday are Won Suppe's
Light Cavalry Overture, and the
Scottish march Invercargil. Then
they will be given two minutes in
which to look over a new score,
and then will be expected to play
that score from sight reading.
Major Dillon thinks the whole
band has worked hard enough to
acquit themselves we'll, and he
particularly counts on his solo
players to give the rest of the
band the confidence they need to
carry them through.
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''.Band Inspection At High School Annea
Saturday Morning. High Rating Will
Mean Participation Ia State Contest

saturday. April and viii be a
truly mon,cntous day for the Key
Wee lIigh School Band. For on
thal dag there viii be three
judges eoming here by air from
Miami whn viii put the band
through some rigid PAGES. The
Judges will inspect the band for
appearance, department. the rem
ditl0n of two special contest num-
hers and their ability at sight
reading. The band contestants
viii be lined up on the basket
haii court az the Junior High
tichool Annex At $50 q. m. where
they will repair TO the High
School auditorium 10 play their
contest numbers.
According TO Major Earl Dillon,
who has worked just as hard as
thp hand contestants in coaching
the hand. the band has worked so
diligently end well, that they
nipna q vary good chance 20 make
lhn Jacksonville finals. No doubt
i1anS 81 the parents of the chill
dren in the band viii be attend
~ the contest performance
which wall probably take place in
the iiiah 6chool Auditorium be-
i~een 1900 and li;S0 a. m, Any
~ ~ public who wish 10 attend
are weItama, rs
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now completed. This work was
economically and expeditiously
effected through the efforts Of
County Commissioner Joe Allen,
who used prison labor to get this
work done.
Key Westers who have no tyet
contacted Mr.. Bowman Cutter,
l4l4 Aibury street, Phone bpm
levenings only with regard to
historic, American, Cuban or In
dian material they may wish to
place ION loan" in the museum,
are urged to do SO as soon as pos
sible.
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harieiio To,per ART And Historical
Museum win Open To Public Soon

But uarnett chairman of the
fHsupilye board of the Key West
hN and Historical Museum an
s'salnrrs that there will be a
flFfiine 81 the executive board
" ne museum a. Martello Tow
go thls evuning.
Rflniie plans for the formal
Historical Museum will be made
opening Of the Key West Art and
"a thls n.eeting and some choices
uHae with regard to the accept
ance at historical exhibits.
Tbs ~hitewashing Of the walls
J 81 The main exhibition rooms and
me flooring Of these rooms is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30
They'll Mind
Own Business
For A Week
By CYNTHIA LOWRY


"a
- s1ss1.ss ~
Come April !. pouglus. q
community IN southern Geor-
qid. will observe Leave Us
Acme Week.
There will be, OF course. 9
pdTods with Hearts. general
public Whooplnq.lt-up end q
Miss Leuvs Us Alone viii be
selected by pepuler accldim.
Le0ve us Alone Week y 9
sHuW. eltner "a the VINO 81 ne
one inGt Droke me GOMEZ :
DOCK. y nay medn the Deqln-
ninq OF g plooaisss fev1intion
wniGn VIII EomPlsasly Gnon9e
tnS AmeIlcdh Wav q ALs,
~ Dousia ~, Lsays e nate
week = asnpsla.s altslnp. y
give tOWn mercnalss ana pusl-
ness iI,Eh pIea.usl = sss 81
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II takes a tough-minded busi-
ness man indeed to refuse his
good officeseven q good per-
centage of his precious floor
spaceto akworth-while charity
of national reputation. Usually,
one of his best customers is the
chairman of the local committee,
and it would not do business any
good if it were noised around
that he had proved uncoopera-
tive.
Certainly Leave Us Alone
Week should become q nation
wide movement, a blessed seven
days when no enc was twisting
the arm for other than unpaid
bills. The station platforms dur,
ing the commuter hours would
be jolly, pleasant places without
the uniformed volunteers gaily
jingling their boxes. Evenings at
home would be restful places for
reading and radio if the residents
knew for certainty that a ring
ing door bell meant nothing. ex-
cept that friends were / dropping
in for aschat and drink. House
wives could spend that week
catching up on their darning,
bridge or best sellers, resting up
for another 81 weeks or calling on
their neighbors with their. sub
scription books.
But most of all, LUAAN would be
boon for the most put-upon
characters in the worlHl fof good
works: the famous stars of stage,
screen and radio. who annually
toss away millions linstinle and
efforts appearing in benefits
which show they are good citi-
ems with hearts of gold-and
which usually detract from their
professional regulations. Benefit
performances with big names are
the number one giminick Of fund
raisers, and the productions
usually are pretty grim and slap
dash.
AS matter of fact, there are
but two classes 1.-THE word is used
advisediy) which would suffer in
the event Congress declared a
Leave Us Alone Week, with teeth
in it for enforcement, They
would be professional fund-rais-
ers and press agents.
The fund-raisers have trouble
enough now trying to spot their
drives in periods when people
are open.handed and when some
other important charity isn't OPP
Grating full steam.
Press agents, who like nothing
better than to fasten their prod
ucts into a drive like a tail on a
kite, would fight it bitterly,
But all in all LUAW is the best
idea of the year. And ! partieu-
larly like Douglas for starting
its week" on a Friday: That's
smashing still another tradition.
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La Coneha's Rainbow Room Offered
Free OF Charge For Summer Months

out the Summer months free of
charge.
This is your chance to hold that
formal party your organization
has been planning. Just have
your program committee contact
Mr.. McAndrews. at the La Con-
cha. However you'd better make
that contact soon, as the choice
party dates for April and May
will no doubt be snapped up first.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30
Little Words
Most Used

CHICAGO - (P1 The little
words are the big favorites.
DR.. Ernest Horn, professor of
education at the University of
Iowa. makes that clear in an
article written for Childcraft
books. He reports that ten words
turned up most often in an an
alysis of 100000 words written
by adults. The words are-I, the,
and, to. a, you, of, in. we, and for.
Only four of the fifty words
used most frequently have more
than one syllable. They are very,
letter, about and any.
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visitations and arrangements Of
favorite hymns.
These Wednesday evening Or
gan Meditations have been APP
preciated by Key Westers and vi
sitors during these first few
weeks of Lent and the Church
doors are always open for any
one and everyone who may wish
to come in ana listen to this fine
inspirational music.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30

. Is your club or organization
/. planning an important gathering
cor party? Well, here's your
chpnce " Get the best possible To-
, cation for II For Free.
Manager J. D.. McAndrews of
siha Ia conoha Hotel announces
that the Rainbow Room closes as
.of April ISL He is offering the
stiss Of ithowevpr. for social func-
siions. clubs and groups, through
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7lAsse NYeaseH
GRANDMAal
WATCH OFT
FOR THAT WOLF


AP Nswsfeatures Editor
Take q good look before YOU
whistle at that d0mezel. you
vol. II rnay be your qrondH
mother. Or somebody's qrcnd
mother.
Once upon q time. urdndpdrs
ents were comfortable. Groys
haired people who could be de-
pended TO spoil the kids surely.
pony up in emergencies, and
be culled in upon occasion
to take care Of the dnrlinqs
while Mother and Futher went
out on the town.
But not any more, not since
Miss Marlene Dietrich and Joan
Bennett took northumberland
in their stride, and since Carl
Brisson, the romantic singing star,
boasted that someone called him
grandpa and still packed in
crowds to New York cabaret.
It's too soon to tell whether.
this is real trend, but it very
well may be one. Always in the
past, most women have consid-
cred certain occasions as mile
stones in the aging process. These
had nothing to do with the way a
woman felt. But when certain
few birthdays were passed. she
put herself into various categor-
les. And certainly most women
have some sort of a personal re-
action besides the Joy of the cir
substance the day their first
grandchild is born.
well, Pm an old woman now,
they'll say jocularly to congratu-
lating friends - and frequently
they won't think it's so funny.
However, Miss Dietrich in her
most recent picture was cast as
a sultry cafe entertainer for
whom strong men sacrificed hon
or and all. So if Miss Dietrich
managed to get into the grand
mother class without shedding an
iota of glamor it ill-behooves any
grandmother to give up the ghost,
go off her diet and throw away
her cosmetics.
1t may seem like a pleasant
thing for tired business man to
accept grandfatherhood as an ex-
cuse to cut down on his rumba
sessions, but top hated Slim
wasted Mr.. Brisson, surrounded
by adoring lady admirers of all
ages, is a disauieting sight for
him to see. MIR. Brisson is living
testimony that there's no excuse
for a pannch and the quiet life.
OF course Miss BENEFITS age is
listed at SO, which is not ancient
by any of the standards we use,
But still she's grandmother, and
she can still play ingenues.
obviously, today grandparents
hood does not mark the begin
ming of life's twilight, the relaxed
period of knitting. stuffing tur-
keys, making preserves and be-
coming chairman of the ;women's
club poetry section.
We all realize how important
Hollywood is in molding our pat
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iCandielight Orga', Meditation
Series Continues Through Lent

A program Of devotional Organ
amnsic, the fourth in q series of
fandielisht organ medisations
during Lent viii be given at St.
Fsnl's Episcopal Church, puvaI
8lrees this evening. It viii begin
~ INn y, M, and Charles Rob-
erls will be- the organist.
Tbs organ recital will include
ianllaf classics, original impro-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30
Son Born To
j. L. M00res

a nine pound and one-half OF.
son was born in the U. s. Naval
Hospital 10 Mrs. Betty 10 Moore,
wife Of James !. Moore, RMSN,
USN, USS Gilmore. The baby has
been named James Earnest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30

A quickly-made dessert can be
prepared from packaged pie
crust and mincemeat. Roll the
dough thin, cut in squares, fill
each with a little of the minee-
meat. fold to form triangles and
seal firmly with the tines of .
fork. Prick the top of each turn
over and bake in hot oven.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30
WILL YOU SMILE?
FamilyOf
FgNpersORatOrs

You keep a dog, don't your
sNp; Il We hear a noice in the
plight We bark ourselves"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-30
DON'T PASS THE BUCK
Even if you ore reproved un-
fairly, don't try to shift the
bIume to someone else.
R Wirephoto

To make Eggs, Benedict put "a
slice of sauteed ham and poach-
ed egg on half of toasted Eng
lish muffin and top with Hol-
landaise sauce.
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Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Uhl, re-
tired, born at Harold. S. D., So
years ago. ~?
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

chers in the Academy.
The Commissioners of the above
United School Districts No. AZ and
No. AZ were James p. Carrow,
James Reedy and Joseph Truitt.
The first Free school in North
Milford was located in the build
ing now standing in the point of
North Street and Church Street,
which was for many years the prop
erty of the late John B. Smith. This
school was probably started about
1892 The first teacher there was
William Dickinson.
There were three other schools in
North Milford: one conducted by
the Rev. ]. Leighton McKim which
produced 45O scholars in the ten
years that it was operated; one con-
Quoted by Charles w. Reed, James
NJ. Williams, E. B. Gaylord, Charles
w. Super and William Lord. Later
DR.. Reed was President of Wash
ington College, ChestertOwn, Md,
and Mr.. Williams was Principal Of
The Conference Academy in Do
yer; one, The Classical Academy,
organized in 1883 and chartered in
1886. It had the following princi-
pals: George Rugg, William j.
Lloyd, Alfred c. Arnold, William S.
Stevens, L. L. Bounds, Samuel Abb
bott, Robert Shloss, Ruby R. Vale
and Robert E. Roe. The latter
school was located in the present
New Century Club Building on
Church avenue from 1892.
There is a reference in Hynson's
History to a large two-story house
at the junction of Fourth and
Church Streets North Milford)
which was for long time (no dates
supplied) occupied as a school
house, where John Wesley Hudson
and his brother Joseph, both from
South Milford, taught school.
In 1877 an Act of the Legislature
consolidated the school districts in
North Milford, and in 1887, as pre-
viously related the Academy was
enlarged, presumably to accOmmO-
date the consolidated student body
and meet the increasing demand for
education.
AS late as 1875 there was a pay
primary school in the st. Paul's
Methodist Church at North and
Third streets Cat that time the place
of worship of the N. M. Methodist
Congregation on the first floor, and
at a date probably subsequent to
the above by a very few years a
similar school was conducted by a
Miss Quigg, daughter of the MethO-
dist minister, in a well-furnished
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

1910 (or earlier) by Elias Shockleg
who retained a builders lien which
was assigned sometime prior to
1882 to parties named Layton and
Sipple presumably Lowder Layton
and Walter Sipple). From these
parties the title passed to Temple
Lodge No. 9, of Milford, in 1882.
The Lodge in turn sold the prop
erty to the School Committee for
the United School Districts Nos. 42
and 4S Of Kent County, in 1S46.
A panorama picture of Milford
dated 1885 shows this building with
its bell-cupola as it stood prior to
alterations that we're made in 1887
when the two story (twO-room) ad-
ditiOn was built toward Second
street on the west side. The old
school-bell which is supposed to
have hung in that cupola has been
kept and is in the possession of the
Milford Board of Education. It was
re-hung in the relocated cupOla
after the 1887 alteration, and later
served at the North Street Negro
School until 1945. This bell should
be in a museum, or in a display
case in one of our school buildings.
This much of the Academy's his
tory has been set down here before
recording the known facts about
the school that was conducted in
it. The earliest mentioned Trustees
of the Academy were John Brinkloe,
Rynear Williams and Peter Robin
son. Among the teachers were
Thomas Hayes, William TOwner,
Rev. Henry Judah, Rev. Joseph
Spencer, who was afterward a Pro-
fessor in Dickinson College; Will
liam Wolfe, who was afterward a
physician in Milton; Joshua G..
Baker, and William CrOsman; two
Yale graduates, Wells and Emerson,
Frank and William Bachus, bro
theirs; o. X. Howard, Erastus Foote,
who was afterward a professor in
Delaware College; Rev. John Rey-
nolds, Rev. John L. McKim, a Mr..
Root, William Sharp of Yale, bring
ing the Academy to the year 1S46.
This Academy in North Milford
was taught by various classical tea
chers for twenty years. From 1917
and through 1846 the Masonic
Lodge sponsored this pay school
even though free schools had been
opened in North Milford between
1929 and 1882. Two districts exist
ed in North Milford, in Kent Coun-
ty, No. AZ and No. 43, and by 1866
there were three districts opera
ting two schools with one teacher
each, and one school with two tea
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

district and the municipality still
are.
Scharf, in his History Of Della
ware, published in 1888, relates
that probably" the first school tea
cher in Milford was William John
son in 1887. His property was at
the N. w. Corner of Water and Wal
nut streets, where c. w. Davidson
once had a jewelry store (1SS8). It
adioins the present Municipal
Building. The deeds to this prop
erty are said to be the first to be
recorded in Dover. Johnson was a
surveyor as well as a teacher.
It is easier to find such items as
these than it is to trace the devel-
Opment of schools through the
many years, within the boundaries
Of the two component communities
South Milford and North Milford
which are at present one municipal
unit and one school district, re-
gardless of county lines.
There is one designation of a
school that is consistently mention
ed by historians of Milford from the
very earliest years-"The Acad-
emy"-although no definite location
is assigned to it until 1910. The rec
Ords show that it was attended by
John NJ Clayton who was born in
1896 in Dagsboro, but whose father
and mother occupied the Thorne
Mansion on Silver Hill in Johns
academy days. He was admitted to
the bar in 1919. Another prominent
man was educated at the same
academy about the same time -
John Lofland, "The Milford Bard"
who was born in 1893 In order to
arrange consecutive years we
might recall that a third distin-
guished son of Milford. George P.
Fisher, born in 1917, also attended
the Academy prior to entering ST..
Mary's College at Baltimore, and
later Dickinson College where he
graduated in 1888.
In North Milford as early as 1917.
the Masonic Lodge sponsored a
school in what was known as ''The
Academy" building on Second
street between North and Church
streets, where it still stands after
having been built to on the north
and south sides and the east end.
The lodge did not at that time own
the building which was a brick
structure, presumably of one story,
but soon after that date (1817) it
was raised to two story building
to provide a meeting room for the
lodge. The records seem to show
that this building was erected in
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28

basement room, with an outside en-
trance, in the building on Walnut
street, then the Methodist parson-
age, adjoining the Thaw property.
and known since as the Colonel
Mark Davis property.
In 1899 by an important Act Of
the Legislature the schools of the
two parts Of Milford were further
consolidated into one District
partly in Kent County and partly in
Sussex County though it was.
This Act created a Scnool Board
which was elective with members
from both sides of the river.
Just who the first twelve member
board consisted of is not known to
this writer, but the twelve members
who were functioning in April, 1901.
were the following: Frank Rick
ARDS, George w. Marshall, George
w. Pleasanton, S. J. Abbott. Ed
ward B. Davidson, James Welch.
William V. Sipple, James P. Pierce.
george Reynolds, Edward Atkins.
1. w. Middleton, William G. Abbott.
Following this Act, a site was Sc
lected adjoining the old Academy
lot at Second and North streets
buildings were cleared away, bonds
were issued, and in 1904 and 1905
new sections were built connect
ing with the old Academy which
was continued in use until the pres
ent time.
The teachers from the South Mil
Iord School were then transferred
to the North Milford School and sew
eral OF them taught there until com
paratively recent times.
The admission of nonresident
pupils on a per diem fee basis was
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-28
Bob Shilling Writes
History of Schools
CONTINUED from page 10

CONTINUED from page I'D
The public schOoE district map
dated 1868 shows a free school
building on the east side Of Mont
gomery street, between Front and
Second streets, opposite the site Of
the new Bell Telephone Building,
and the existence Of this school is
confirmed by persons now living
who remember 1T.
In 1S49, when the Rev. G. w. Ken
nedy was organizing the Milford
Presbyterian Church, he had a pri-
vate school called 'The Milford Fe-
male Institute which he conducted
for several years, chiefly for the
convenience of educating his own
children with others admitted for
a fee.
In 1865, when North Milford is
said to have had three school dis
tricts with three schools, South Mil
ford is said to have had one small
school with two teachers. Yet in
1895 South Milford claimed 800 pu-
pills and North Milford only $50!
In 1887 South Milford School, un-
der Principal Charles Allen, report
ed that there were 221 pupils on the
roll and an average attendance. of
121; that the term was months,
the building valued at $4,000, and
the income $2,60O-from taxes ST.
500, and from the state, $500.
In the same year North Milford
School under Principal Daniel s.
Ellis reported that there were 123
pupils with four teachers; the ex-
tent of the term was not given, the
building was valued at $4,000, and
the income was not given.
In 1897 South Milford School un-
der Principal Charles Morris was
maintaining six departments or di-
visions, plus a High and Normal
Department from which the gradu-
ates were qualified to teach in the
public schools. The names of the
teachers follow:
The Principal was engaged in
teaching the higher department
and Miss Ella Macklin taught the
Sixth Division.
Miss Anna Hall taught the Fifth
Division.
Miss Mary Bell taught the Fourth
Division.
Miss Cora Sipple taught the Third
Division.
Miss Anna Ratcliff taught the Sec.
Ond Division.
Miss Mary Hall taught the First
Division.
Up to that year nonresident pu.
pills had been admitted for a fee
but in that year this privilege wa:
withdrawn.
This school was housed in a two
story frame building, still STANDING
on Second street, between Frank
lin and Montgomery Streets, JUS
back of the site Of the early one
room building on Montgomery
street, above referred to.
Just when this building wa!
erected this writer does not know
but there was consolidation Law
passed by the Legislature in 1877
under which it is said that thu
schools on each side of the river
were respectively consolidated, anC
the building might have been need.
ed at that time or shortly there.
after.
In 1899 by an important Act of the
Legislature the schools of the two
parts of Milford we're further con
sOiidated into one District which
was partly in Sussex County ant
partly in Kent County as the schoo