Milford chronicle., 1951-07-06
Caesar Rodney School
News
Caesar Rodney Playground
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Caesar Rodney Playground
In Operation
The Caesar Rodney playground
is operating for the fourth year on
its school grounds with the facili-
ties opened to everyone in the sur
rounding communities.
Until the completion Of the Daily
Vacation Bible School on July s.
the morning program will be CO.
ordinated with the Bible School
recreation period
Beginning on July 8 the regu-
lar morning recreation program
will be from $3.50 a. m. to 10 noon,
and will consist Of supervised ac-
tivities for children age six to
twelve. From 1880 to 500 D. m.
on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
DAY there will be baseball and
other activities for boys age nine
to twelve On Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons an instructional
swimming class is being arranged
for the third year.
The twilight athletic program
will include baseball FOR boys and
softball for girls. Two tennis
courts are also available.
w. Calvin Wood, director of the
program, urges the adults of the
community also to make use of the
facilities.
One of the features Of the pro-
gram will be the canteen operating
Tuesday and Friday evenings 800
to 10:30 o'clock, sponsored by the
Student Council. The canteen Of
fers a large scope Of activities, in
checkers, cards, canasta.
television, dancing, ping pong and
shunleboard, using both the cafe /
terra and the gymnasium.
An added feature this year is the |
playing Of basketball under lights |
on an outdoor court.
Board Votes to Complete
Building Program
The Caesar Rodney Board of Ed
1eation, following approval BY the
State Board of Education, has vOt-
ed to accept the appropriation Of
by the recent session of
The Legislature to complete the
l94S building program The voters
)f the district will be asked to
a bond issue of $40. .OOO. .OO
n addition to the $2O,000.OO now on
hand, as the districts share of the
'ost of building four elementary
;lassfooms, locker room addi-
ion, equipment, and driveways. \
)ue to increasing costs these items
we're omitted from the 1949 bufld-
ng program which the district vO-
ers approved prior to the imitation
esulting from the wartime econ ,
my.
The Board of Education proposes
D finance the new bond Issue bv
tlVe cent. increase in real estate
axes. This increase would make
ne rate twenty-five cents per hum
red dollars of assessed valuation
nd would leave unchanged the s
resent four dollar capitatiOn tax. z
The referendum will be held on )
aturday, August II, at which time 1
le qualified voters Of the district :,
ill accept or reject the proposal =
ummeF Music
TOgram In Action .
The Caesar Rodney Instrumental Z
lusic Department activities are !
in Mr.. Englehart's ab- L
snce at summer school during the .,
acatiOn under the direction of 4 4
rederick w. Brown, who has 7 7
ined the Caesar Rodney faculty y y
r the year 1951-52. y
The interest in these activities :.
shown by the current enrolment =
students, d total of 121. =, "
There are rs students who are =
their study of music. 7 =
no are continuing their twirling Il
actice and also 80 new students. -
stributed among three centers =,
no are beginning their instrument
study. These are instructed in
lxed groups and individually. -
rec students at Magnolia, in the =,