Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Class Of 1908 Is
Planning Reunion
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Windsor Ave, Lansdowne, Pa.
Mr. Robert D. Prettyman, AT S
Walnut ST. Milford, DEL; Mrs
Yensie (vibbert) Stayton. r. d.
Pennington. Del, near Abbott's
Mill. Mrs. Stayton was the first re-
cipient sof the Alumni Scholarship
the money for which was raised
by play held in Armory Hall, un.
der the direction of Miss Nellie
Davidson.
| Mr.. George Marshall Townsend
Lakeview Avenue, Milford, Del Mr.
Townsend was president of the
class: Mrs. Dorothy (Burn) Webb
3 East 25th Street, Wilmington
Del; Mrs. Sara (Banning) Whar-
ton, Washington Street, Milford
Del.
| A highlight of the reunion will
be the presentation of the 50-yeal
class scholarship award of 5000
by Robert d. Prettyman.
f, A search of the files of the
Chronicle of so years ago, revealed
that the class enjoyed two func-
tlons OF their school career locally
one, class night, the other, com
mencement. One was held on Mon
day evening, June 18th, the other
on Tuesday evening, June 10th. :
The writer of this sketch thought
that pleasant memories of those
happy days of long ago might be
revived for those graduates by re-
printing in full the account of those
two memorable nights, both held
in the old Milford Armory.
Glass Night of 'OS-The elements
combined a flood of rain with a
wind and electric accompaniment
at the hour at which the audience
was to have assembled in Armory
Hall last Monday evening, to wit
ness the Glass Night exercises of
the graduating class of the Mil
ford High School; but this only
delayed the assembling, as nearly
all the seats were taken when tie
curtain went up disclosing the class
seated in circle. The President
of the class, G. Marshall Town
send, made brief and well chosen
address of welcome, and then in
troduced the class historian, Rob-
ert Prettyman, who did not attempt
any ponderous treatment of his
subject, but rather in a fatitious
manner told of the aspirations, and
poem by Miss Yenzie Vibbert was
excellent, and disclosed the natural
wit of this honor student in the
bits which were well received: the
beauty of it all was the fact that
it was delivered extemporaneously
and without notes. The class man.
tie was transferred to- Miss Helen
Tatman, as the representatives of
the Junior Glass, in a pleasing adj
dress, and Miss Tatman made a
very clever response. Miss. Ada
Roach sang Mendelsohn's Spring
Song in a way that brought her
rounds of applause, and Miss Lucy
Arnold made distribution of gifts
with appropriate remarks which
created amusement for the audience
and brought pleasant smiles to the
faces of the graduates. Miss Sara
Banning's recitation of a humorous
selection was also well received,
and Dorothy Burn read the last
will and testament of the Senior
Glass of '08 with happy bits on
the personal OF the graduates and
those on whom their mantle has
been transferred. The Glass Proph-
ecy was the elimination of very
pleasant evening of not over eighty
minutes program, and it was car
ried out by Miss Mary Ellis, who
dressed as Gypsy, told the for
tunes of each of the class, and
ended the program by singing the
Glass Song,N written by Miss Ada
Roach. 1t was one of the best Glass
Nights ever given by the graduates
of the Milford Public Schools.
Commencement '08-Last Tres
day evening, the commencement
exercises in Armory Hall marked
the close of another school veeT
for the public schools of Milford,
and the teachers residing in other
States left on Wednesday morning
for their various homes. 1t is now
play time for all but the gradua-
ting class, whose members are
meeting for the first time the firm
face of the world without favor or
consideration, and they must make
their own way from now hence
forth. The large hall was filled
with the friends and parents of the
children of the schools. Rev. H. T.
Quigg opened the services with an
invocation, and the orchestra rend-
cred pleasing selections. The salu-
tatory, Poem Pictures, was by
Miss Mary E. Ellis, whose pose,
delivery and composition was a
credit to the schools in which she
has been trained. Miss Mary c.
Kinder delivered an essay on He
roes of American History" and the
valedictory of Miss Yensie w. Vib-
bert had for its subject Twentieth
Century Russia. A delightful part
of the program was the singing of
Miss Marvin of New York, who is
a trained singer of ability to please
the most critical vocal judge.
The prizes were awarded and
delivered by the President of the
Board of Education, and the grad
uating class of '0S passed into the
life of the great world.
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