Milford chronicle., 1951-06-22

Commencement essays by Emily
Morris and Ruth Steele, two hOncI
students, featured the Caesar Rod.
ney Commencement Exercises held
Friday evening, June Is. Miss Nor.
ris spoke on the Educational Val
ues of the Senior Trip" and Miss
Steele on Democracy Strengthen
ed Through Family Living" The
guest speaker was Charles E. Metz
ger of Temple University whose IL
Illustrated address was entitled
"priftwood is Dangerous"
One member of the class, Maria
OzOlins, received special recOgni-
tion for having won two scholar
ships, the Kent County American
Association Of University Women
Scholarship of $4,000 and a Uni
versity of Delaware Warner SchOl-
arship of $4,000.
Other awards were as follows: {:
Kent County Home Demonstration
Council, Home Economics Scholar
ship Of $4,000 per year for two
years, awarded by Mrs. John Far
row TO Mary Ann Simpson. Wesley
Junior College $1,000 essay con
test scholarship awarded by DR.. O..
A. BARLEY to Shirley Dunn. The
Caesar Rodney Alumni Association
scholarship of S1OO was won by
Charlotte Lindale
Commercial Department awards
were made to: Daniel Boone, Bar
bara Deats, Violet DOnophan, Glor-
ia Errera, Mildred Graves, Sarah
Lank, Emily Morris, Clare Pittard,
Ruth Reed, Janet Shumar, and Rho
da Wicker.
Roland O'Day, past commander
OF the Walter L. Fox Post present
i ed two awards, one on behalf of
the auxiliary to Helen Wild for be-
ing the best girl student in u. S.
History and the other to William
Jensen for being the best boy stu
dent in u S. history.
John c. Branner, president of the
Caesar Rodney faculty, made the
following awards: Daughters of the
American Revolution Good Citizen
ship award, Mary Ann Simpson:
Round Table Club of Wyoming
award for the best student in SEN
iOr English, Verona MedfOrd;
Round Table Club of WyOmin, best
all-rOund student in the senior
class, Barbara Kelly; Clarence Vim
son Post Auxiliary essay contest,
first, Judy Powell; second, Ruth
Farley; third, Helen Wild. Bausch
Lomb Science award, Mara OzO-
Inns; Membership in the National
Honor Society: Joan Conley, June
Kimball, Verona MedfOrd, Emily
Norris, Maria Ozolins, Janet Shu-
mar, Mary Ann Simpson, Ruth
Steele, Doris Walton.
All-schoOl letters for outstand-
ing participation in extra-curricu-
lar activities: Victor DankeWich,
Shirley Dunn, Delmar Failing, Bar
bara Kelly, Sarah Lank, Charlotte
Lindale, Verona Medford, Mary Ann
Simpson, Barbara Tatman, Joanna
Vatick, Milbourne Webb.
A surprise feature Of the pro-
gram was the presentation Of a !
watch from the Alumni Association
to the school superintendent, Will
liam B. Simpson. by Charles Py-
OFT, president of the association, in
recognition of the recipients hav-
ing been granted the degree Of doc
tor Of education by Temple uni
Yersity on June IA.
Members of the Caesar Rodney
Chapter of Future Farmers of Am /
erica returned home on Monday. |
June Is, after completing their an
nual three day educational tour.
This year the tWenty-eight men, |
bers who went on the trip visited
the United States Department of |
Agriculture Farm at Beltsville. |
Nd, points of interest in and around |
Washington, D. c., Glen Echo
Amusement Park, and the Skyline
Drive, Shenandoah Valley and Lu-
ray Caverns in Virginia.
During the trip the boys camped /
overnight at the National r. F. A.
Camp near Alexandria, Va, and at |
Luray, va. Members of the group
did their own cooking during the
trip.
The members who went were:
Frank Annette, Robert Biggs, Kaye
Brown, Joe Bradley, Donald Cool.
Arley Cooper, Kenneth Cooper.
Ronald Darling, Ralph Deats, HUI
bert Denney, Richard Felty, John
FOxWeli, John Holland, Samuel
Holland, Paul Jones, Samuel Mac
Faddin, Eugene Moore, Herbert
Moore, John Pearson, Marvin
Thompson, Donald Tieman, Thomas
TFuitt, Earl Webb, Lawrence Webb.
Tommy Webb, Richard Wise, Doyle
Wootten, and Orville Wright. Ac-
c0mpanying the group were HOr-
ace p. Short, chapter adviser, and /
William Dawson.
simpsons HOnOFed By Faculty
The faculty club Of Caesar Rod
ney gave a reception on Friday af-
ternoon. June 15, in honor of Su-
perintendent and Mrs. William P.
Simpson. The Simpsons were pre-
sented with a floor lamp from the
faculty in recognition Of his having
received the degree Of Doctor OF
Education from Temple University
on June IA. John Branner, presi-
dent Of the faculty club, made the
presentation.
ln addition to the faculty. mem-
bers Of the board Of education and
OF the State Department Of Public
instruction were guests. Mrs. w.
Reilly Brown and Mrs. Frank w.
richardson presided at the tea ta-