Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
FELTON, School News
improvements


Similar fixtures will be placed i'm
the Business Education Depart
ment next month, and funds have
been requested from the legislature
to complete the lighting improve
ment program during the next two
years.
HOmemaklng
The Home Economics Seniors of
FELTON, School have. participated
in the Betty Crockcr Search for
the American HOmemaker of To-
morrow. The tests were admins
tered on January ~, 1855 The
written examination tested the
homemaking knowledge and atti-
tudes Of the girls in the graduating
class. The name of the FELTON, win
ner has been released.
She is Mary Eleanor FriedeI, the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Purnal
T, Friedel Of Viola. Mary Eleanor
will be graduated in June with
Scientific diploma She is active
in music and dramatics with spe-
cial talents for playing the piano,
accordian and baritone horn.
Next, Mary Eleanor will be en-
tered in the competitor to name this
states candidate for the title of
All-American HOmemaker of To-
morrow. She has received a gOldeA
award pin and cook books for her
self and the school.
A scholarship of $1,500 will be
awarded each state winner, and she
viii receive a trip with her school
advisor to Washington, d. c.,
Colonial Williamsburg, Va. and
Philadelphia Her school will re-
ceiVe a set Of the Encyclopedia Bri-
tanica.
The scholarship Of the young
woman named All-American Home
maker of Tomorrow will be in
creased to $4,000.
Each girl who took the test re-
ceived a 24-page homemaking guide
which will assist her in pursuing
the career Of homemaking.
Basketball
The Green Devils wind up their
1954-55 basketball season tonight
on the home court where they will
meet Bridgeville in a return game.
The girls will play the preliminary.
In January an alert and aggressive
Green Devil team kicked over the
dope bucket by whipping the down
staters in a hard fought contest.
The traditiOnally strong Bridge
vile girls team turned back the
FELTON, girls. with a display Of ac-
curate shooting. TOnight's games
are therefore are expected to be
strongly contested as the winners
attempt to repeat their victories
and the previous losers try to
avenge their earlier defeats.
At this writing the boys have a
5-10 record, but the girls are almost
the reverse, having 9 wins to Offset
5 losses.
Grade Twelve
Senior candidates for valedic-
tOfian and salutatOrian are numer-
GUS and the scholarship level is
unusually high this year. Doris
Greenley's average for the past
three and One-half years is an
astonishing "a. She is in the Com
mercial course. Stanley Good has
attained a 93.7 average in the Scien-
titic course. Arthur Henry has a
1872 average in the Academic
course. Doris Wyatt has a 92.9 and
Janet Rentz a 927 average in the
Commercial course.
There are twenty-nine members
in this years graduating class.
Skating Party
The Senior Glass held another
successful skating party last Mon
day night at Steele's Roller Rink
Il was well attended and everyone
had a wonderful time. This in
creased the amount in the treasury
quite a lot. Another skating party
will be held on March %.
Grade Eleven
The Juniors are holding q bake
in front Of the Fire House, Satur-
day, February 26. from 800 a. m
to 1900 noon. Cakes, pies and all
other baked foods will be on sale
as well as other food products
Let's all stop in at the Fire House
and help the Juniors out!
On March z, they are having a
skating party at the Diamond State
Rink. Come one, come all!
Junior playbOOks for Murder
Mansion have arrived Tryouts fOl
the ten parts viii be completed By
March ! at which time the cast viii
be announced.
Committees will be named follow
ing casting.
Elementary
Virus infections, colds mumps
and WhOOping cough have been pre-
valent especially during the pas
month and have lowered our at
tendance average considerably
However, the amount Of illness Il
not in excess Of what may be ex
pected on the basis Of previous
years.
Assembly
The elementary assembly for thi
week will be movie entitle,
Southern Highlands"
Grade Five And Six
They are studying Washington
As with an other famous people,
program viii be held in his honor
They expect this play to be enjoyed
by all who see il.
Grade -Four
Grade four has been studyinl
Lincoln and Washington durinl
the past few weeks. They find thes
famous men very interesting.
Now the fourth graders star
working in clay. They expect to en-
joy this very much The model
they plan to make are animal
and candle holders.
Grade Three