Milford chronicle., 1959-01-16
Caesar Rodney
School News

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Student Council Presents Program
On Citizenship
Citizenship was the theme for the
first high school assembly program
of 1859 at Caesar Rodney High
School.
The Student Council presented
the program which featured a film
on Citizenship. "Clem' Noble, presi-
dent of the Council, served as
chairman and in his message of well
come urged every student to feel
responsible for good citizenship.
The assembly was held during the
first period after the Christmas va
cation with Peggy Dill, Council
secretary leading the devotional
exercises and Wayne Galloway,
Council vice president. leading the
flag salute and reading the an
nouncements.
r. w. McFaddin, high school
principal, reviewed the new pro-
cedure whereby excuses for abb
sence are issued by the homeroom
teacher instead of the Office.
DR.. w. B. Simpson, supeTinten-
dent, spoke briefly in review of a
series OF recommendations from
homeroom groups on citizenship.
The band, directed by Edwin f..
Englehart, furnished music for the
assembly.
William r. Brown, Jr., is the
sponsor of the Student Council
PTA Has 1913 Members
Mrs. Nellie H. Stokes section of
the first grade won the Caesar Rod
ney PTA Membership contest with
100 per cent of the parents joining,
according to report given by Miss
Sue James, membership chairman,
at the January meeting of the Cae-
sar Rodney PTA held recently. Mrs.
Virginia Foresman's section of the
first grade placed second and Mrs.
Virginia Dewey's section Of the
second grade third. Miss James re-
ported a total of 1913 members for
the school.
Miss Maude TESTERS section of
the second grade won the attend
ance banner for January for having
the most parents present at the
meeting.
During the business meeting pre-
sided over by Harold Parker, presl-
dent of the organization, DR.. Simp-
son reviewed the annual financial
rePort Of the district and distri-
buted copies TO those present. The
total expenditures of the district
for the year ending June 30, 1858
amounted to $616,292.43 exclusive
of Capital Improvement or con-
struction funds OF this total the
State appropriations amounted to
$3.50 ,741.02 with $s5,531.41 being
i paid from local funds of the dis
trict. Debt Service required $780,
970.34 of the local fund expendi-
ture and $34,681.07 was expended
for current expense items.
The bonded Indebtedness OF the
district as of June 80, 1858 was
$58S 10000 with $3.50 in bonds
being retired during the year. The
real estate assessment Is $12,885,-
88313 with 4,211 persons listed for
capitation taxes. The current tax
rate is 35 cents per hundred dollars
of assessed valuation of real estate
plus a 800 capitation tax. During
the year the district received $2,-
10000 from the trailer tax.
The program was divided in two
parts with the parents of elemen-
tary school pupils hearing DR.. Dom
aid J. Diffenbaugh director OF guild
ance of the State Department OF
Public Instruction, speak on DE
veloping Social Ability in the Ele-
mentary School Child. He was pre-
sented by Mrs. Virginia Dewey,
program chairman.
The high school section met in
the junior high school study hall
with Charles Fl. Galloway intro
ducing the program led by Clement
,rble, president of the Student
Council. The following members of
the Council presented reports on
activities of the organization. Wayne
Galloway, vice president; Peggy
Dill, secretary and chairman OF
the noon dance committee;' Orville
Basinski, treasurer and chairman
of the charter committee; Peggy
Holland. chairman of the lost and
found committee: Jane Kesselring,
chairman of the school supplies
committee; Pen Emerson, chair
man of school grounds committee;
Bill Pickering, chairman of the can
teen committee.
Following the reports a movie
on Developing Citizenship" was
shown.
Mrs. Russell Perry, chairman of
the second grade room mothers.
was chairman of the refreshments
committee. which served both
groups in the new cafeteria.
Hggh S"haOl Studies Being
Completed
John r. Finn, principal of Mer-
chantville High School. Merchant
Vile, N. J.. recently visited Caesar
Rodney High School in connection
with arrangements for the Visiting
Committee of the Middle States As
~ociation Of Secondary Schools. Mr..
Finn is chairman of the commit