Milford chronicle., 1958-05-02


Two signers of the Declaration
of independence are buried in the
churchyard, and five others, among
them Benjamin Franklin, in the
Burial Ground at Fifth and Arch
st.
This church reminds us that our
nation is founded on religion, that
| freedom comes from God!
Sophie RobNtka
Betsy ROss's House
Our next visit was the Betsy
Ross House at 239 Arch st. 1t is
now a museum and open to the
public. 1t is a very snail house
aud we wondered how psople trav-
eled around in the hose with the
wide skirts which they wore dur
ing those days. We saw her kitchen,
bedroom, the flag room" where
she supposedly made the first flag,
and the children's playroom. This
was one of the places we were per-
mitted to buy souvenirs. Many of
US got some very nice things for
our families and our own scrap
books.
Bobby Galloway
Eric Robutka
The Academy of Natural Sciences
After we visited the Betsy Ross
| House we went to the Academy of
Natural Sciences. There are many
plants, animals, fowl, bones and
models in. the Academy of Natural
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The animals and fowl are all
mounted in their natural surround
ings.
We saw many stones in the
building also. 1t showed. the stones
before they were cut in the shape
for jewelry mountings and other
uses.
In the middle of the building
there were the real bones of a dino
saur, and some murals of the diff
erent types of dinosaurs. There
were so many things for us to
see there we wish we could have
spent the whole day, but there
were many more things for us to
see at Franklin Institute, so we
had to leave.
Connie Webb
Franklin Institute
We walked across the street from
THE Academy to the Franklin In
stitute. Here we refreshed ourselves
after a busy morning, and had
lunch. Then we started our tour
of the Institute.
Our first stop was the Paper
Room where we saw many exhibits
about the paper industry. Then we
visited the Ship Room where we
saw many different models of ships.
Next we went to the Observatory in
the top of the building. From there
we travelled TO the Aviation Room
| where we saw Amelia Earhart's
plane. Here we were able to oper-
ate the controls of an airplane
which was thrill for each of us.
We then visited the Heart, which
| is a large model of a heart where
one can pretend he is a blood cell
and travel through. BY then it
was time for us to go to the Plane
tarium where we were to see "A
Trip to the Moon. 1t is hard to
realize that some day some of us
may really be taking this trip. At
ter our trip there we went to the
Locomotive Room, where we were
able to see many thing pertain
ing to railroads, and also climb
aboard a real locomotive BY this
time we were getting tired and we
had one more stop to make before
we started home sv
The Cathedral of st. Peter and Paul
We wanted to see the Cathedral
of st. Peter and Paul because it was
such good example of a Catholic
Cathedral. There are many con-
fessional booths there and it has
two affairs. On one side of the altar
is where the priest serves mass,
and on the other side candles
were burning. The lights were made
of silver and gold. We all enjoyed
looking at this Cathedral and shall
never forget how beautiful it is
inside.
Nancy Webb
Stamp Day
AS our school year comes to
close we want to report the sue
cess of our Stamp Day this year.
We feel the boys and girls have
tried very hard to save money for
United States Savings Stamps. We
have sold a total of $2,847.90 to date.
From a total of $50 children in our
school we shave had as high as 81
percent of our children buying
stamps. The lowest percentage has
been q percent for single week.
We are very proud to be able to-
maintain a percentage average in
the high 30's for most of the year.
We think it is important to have
as many children as possible buy
ing stamps. We hope each child will
continue to buy stamps at the Post
Office during the summer. Many OF
our boys and girls have already
bought enough stamps to get a
bond this year
We would like to thank each
parent, child, and teacher who has
helped to make our Savings Stamp
program a success. We would also
like to thank Mr.. Kerr, the post
office personnel and Station WKSB
for their cooperation and help.
|. Let's all remember that our
country needs our support. Through