Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
Harrington
School News
Senior Personality: /:

Senior Personality:
Irene Mildred Brown, better
known as Teenie, was born August
IA, 1899. She is the daughter of MIR
and Mrs Edgar Brown. Irene was
born near Harrington and has at
tended Harrington High School
during her entire school life.
Irene is taking the commercial
course and her favorite subject is
shorthand. She is a member of the
Glce Club and Drama Club.
Irene plans to become married
after graduation. Her pet lleeve is
conceited people.
Home and School Meeting:
The first Home and School,
Meeting will be held on Wednes-
day, November 7th, instead of Oc-
tober 31st so that this meeting
will not conflict with the UNICEF
Halloween party which has been
planned at the Century Club.
November 7th is also the open
ing night of the second annual
Hook Fair in the auditorium of the
Harrington High School. An art
show has also been planned this
year in conjunction with the Book
Fair.
Mrs. Virginia Waters, Remedial
Reading Specialist for the Dover
Special District Schools will be the
speaker. Mrs. Waters has also
taught at the University of Del
aware and has had wide experience
as a class room teacher and an ele-
mentary school librarian. She will
have many practical suggestions
to offer as the speaker for the first
meeting of the Home and School
Association.
Book Fair-Art Show:
The books for the second annual
Book Fair at the Harrington
School have been selected. The Fair
will be open to the public on No
vember Z, and 9Th from "a and
10 D. m. There will be books for
all ages and all interest. Orders
will also be taken should anyone
desire to buy a copy which has al
ready been sold.
There will be a wide selection
Of titles in both fiction and non
fiction. OF special interest will be
Bibles (black or white bindings)
cook books, basic kits of shells,
basic kits of minerals, game and
party books, and Roberts Rules of
Order. There will also be book
markers, book plates to indicate
ownership, plastic book Jackets
books of etiquette. landscaping
flower arrangements, and diction-
aries.
An art show, under the direction
of the art department, will be held
at the same time.
The Art Exhibit is unusual, as il
combines the Masters prints, which
were purchased last spring, and
Harrington High School students
work.
The prints were chosen largely
from French collections. However
we'll known Masters from many
European countries are represent
ed
The exhibition will be presented
on the main floor, in the high school
corridor.
The frames We're made in our
own school with the help of Paul
Grant. Picture molding was used
but a touch of greyed-tone has
helped to take away the monotony
of thef sameness of the material.
Student art work varies in medi-
um, material, and technique.
You are cordially invited to at
tend Admission free.
1856 D.S.E.A. Convention:
The business session of the con-
vention, held Wednesday evening
October "a, in the Harlan School
Auditorium, will mark the begin
ming of a two-day annual meeting
OF the Delaware State Education
Association.
The plans for the convention
provide for full television cover
age of the address by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt from $3.50 to IL a. m. on
Thursday.
For the final Friday afternoon
session, talks will be given by the
Democratic and Republican candi-
dates for Governor of the State OF
Delaware.
Senior Art Club Trip:
On October -, the Senior Art
Club went to Washington, ID. c..
for the day.
The ride to Washington was in
teresting and upon arriving in
Washington, the club visited the
Washington onume ent. Some