Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
Caesar Rodney School
News
+. F. A. Chapter Again Wins
Highest National Award

F. F. A. Chapter Again Wins
Highest National Award
Horace E. Short, advisor of the
Caesar Rodney Chapter Of Future
Farmers of America, has been in
formed that the chapter is one of
thirty-eight winning a gold award
in the national chapter contest out
Of 5000 chapters in the United
States. The award is being made
at the natiOnCl convention in Kan
sas City this week for activities
during the 195O-51 school year.
This is the third consecutive year
that the Caesar Rodney Chapter has
won the gold award. No other Del
aware chapter has ever attained
this rating. The Middletown Chap
ter has won a third-rank bronze
award for two successive years.
The Caesar Rodney Chapter has
a membership Of seventy students
and was headed during the period
covered by the award by MilbOuTne
Webb, president. Ronald Darling
was chairman of the program of
work committee. Both Webb and
Darling graduated last June and
are engaged in farming in partner
ship with their parents.
The following activities are con-
sidered in the chapter contest: SUI
peFvised practice, cooperative ac-
tivities, community service, leader
ship, earnings and savings, scholar
ship, conduct Of meetings, and rec
rcatiOn.
P. 4. Members
Told OF School Needs
At a recent meeting members Of
the Caesar Rodney Parent-Teacher
Association heard S. MarstOn Fox,
a past president of the Delaware
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
stress the Importance Of adequate
salaries and teacher scholarships
as a means Of assuring a supply OF
trained teachers. Mr.. Fox advOcat-
ed an immediate cost of living ad-
justment in the 1949 Salary Sched-
ule by a special session of the Leg
islature.
Il was reported that the. Caesar
Rodney Parent-Teacher AssOcia-.
ton was, through its executive COM
mittee. already on record with Gov
ernOr Carvel as favOring salary ad-
justment legislation.
The health chairman, Mrs. George
reported that the price
Of chocolate milk was being ad-
Vaneed to eight cents per bottle
in the cafeteria but that plain milk /
would continue to be six cents and /
"a" lunches, meeting federal re-
would remain at twen-
ty-five cents including milk.
After hearing a communication /
protesting the sale of caTbOnated +.
and candy in cafeterias, /
L was reported that no caTbOnated (
beverages were sold in the Caesar
cafeteria during the lunch
period. The matter Of selling can
iy was referred to the school cafe
teria committee for study.
At the conclusion of the program
he group inspected the new rooms
N the high school building. Re-
we're served by the fac
iltv with Janet Ralph as chairman.
school Bonds To Be Sold
George NJ. Fisher, attorney for
the Caesar Rodney Board of Edu-
cation. has completed legal details
necessary for the sale of $4,000 in /
school bonds by the district. All !
bids must be in the school Office /
by 900 p. m. on Thursday, October
rs. and all bidders are required by
law to bid on the entire issue.
The proceeds Of the sale of the
ponds will be used to finance the
ocal share of the cost of complet-
ng the building program in ac-
,Ordauce with the referendum held
IN August II.
The district will retire the bonds
1t the rate of $4,000 per year.