Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
MillsbOrO School News
Memorial Day Services

Memorial Day Services
Millsboro School No 23 observed
Memorial Day, Friday, May 80, with
special program in the school
auditorium. Chairman for the pro-
gram was Raymond d. Lingo of the
/ faculty.
Featured in the program were:
Invocation by Edward Locates;
recitation by Emma Jean Lewis,
and several numbers by the Mills
boro School Chorus, and a talk by
Mr.. A. Wayne Burton, Supervising
Principal
The musical numbers included: :
Soldier, Rest, by the chorus and
brass quartet; 'sWill You Walk With
Him?" by the chorus with a solo by
Judy Hudson; "A Trumpeters Lul-
laby" with a solo by David Shugard,
Spotlight on the Piano" with a
solo by Harriet Nichols, and Taps"
played by Jack Windsor during 80
seconds of silent prayer which con-
cluded the half-hour Memorial Day
Program
Commencement
| Commencement exercises were
held Wednesday, June 4, in the
Mr.. Gordon Clay Godbey, Director
of University of Delaware Exten-
sion, was the main speaker.
The valadictcrian Grafton was
given by Mary Lou Peterson and
the salutatorian by Harriet 5.
Nichols.
Mr.. Granville Messick, President
of the Board of School Trustees
presented the diplomas to the A.
member graduating class. Mr.. Bur-
| ton presented awards to various
members of the class, and the Sr.
Band, under the direction of Mr..
Howard Helm played several num-
bers.
Members of the class are: John
G. Atkins, Lee Atkins, Richard Bak-
er, Norma Lee Carey, Lorene Car
mean, Wayne Dukes, Clyde Eldrige,
Norma Lee Elliott, Jacqueline
Evans, Grover Foster, John Green,
Bonnie Lou Kitchens, Thelma Hit
chens, Douglas Hudson, Patricia
Hylinski, Elizabeth Lane, Robert
Locates, Shirley Littleton, Cath
crime Marvel, Ronald Matthews,
Daryl McCabe, Shirley McCabe,
Frances Moore, Phyllis, Morris,
Harriet Nichols, Jean O'Neal, Mary
Lou Peterson, Milford Petit, Eu-
gene Pusey, Gerald Rust, Connie
Ryan, David Shugard, Robert Smith,
Donna Steele, Shirley Thorough
good, William Thoroughbred, Billie
Lynn Timmons, Ewing Timmons,
Pearl Toomey Evelyn Truitt, Ev-
erett Truitt, Eugene West, Margaret
West, Joyce Workman.
The following awards were pre-
sented by Mr.. BErtGu to the MEM
bers of the cl1ss:
American Legion Auxiliary A
ward, Mary Lou Peterson; VFW
Auxiliary Morton Donaway Good
Sportsmanship Award, Thelma Jean
Kitchens and Ronald Matthew's;
ward, Harriet Nichols and Grover
Foster, Jr.; Band Mothers John
Phillip Sousa Award, David Shu-
gard; Readers Digest Award to.
Valadictorian, Mary Lou Peterson,
ID. A. r., Harriet Nichols; L. G..
Balfour Achievement Key to Vala-
dictorian, Mary Lou Peterson; Dam
forth .I Dare You" Award, Mary
Lou Peterson and Grover Foster,
Jr.; Bausch & Lomb Honorary
Science Award, Grover Foster, Jr:;
Millsboro School Booster Club A
ward to best athletes of class, Joyce
Workman ard Richard Baker.
Grover Foster, Jr., class presi-
dent, presented the plaque contain
ing the names of the "a seniors to
Mr.. RAYMOND V. West, clerk of the
Board of School Trustees.
On Sunday, June /, the Bacca-
laureate Service was held in the
school auditorium The Rev. Elmer
Baker of st. Marks Episcopal
Church was the main speaker.
Others on the program included:
Rev. Donald Hornung, Methodist
Church; Rev. Linwood Horseman,
Pilgrim Holiness Church; and the
Millsboro School Senior Band and
Chorus.
Special Plaque
Mrs. Mildred Short, president of
the VFW Auxiliary and Leroy Dali
sey, commander of VFW Post 1922,
presented a special plaque to the
Millsboro School No. 23 in the Field
House of the School on Tuesday,
June 3, at 1000 a. m.
The plaque, honoring Vincent Cof-
fin, who was vice-president of the
class of 1858 and died as result of
football injury last fall, was pre-
sented to Mr.. Otis P Jefferson, Jr.,
assistant principal and senior class
advisor.
Also attending the ceremony was
the 44-member graduating class.