Milford chronicle., 1959-05-22
FELTON, School News


The FELTON, faculty will hold its
annual picnic at Trappe Pond next
Monday evening. Members of the
faculty and board of school trus-
tees will attend with their famil-
les.
Baccalaureate services for the
class of 1859 will be held on Sun
day, May 81. The Rev. Hugh john
son delivering the services to the
graduates.
Commencement exercises are
scheduled for Friday, June 5, with
DIR. Wilbus Devilbiss as the guest
speaker for the occasion.
Virginia Zee, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Zee, Jr, has
achieved the highest class record
and will give the valedictory of
the class. Doris Gruwell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Winfred Gruwell,
takes second place honors for the
class and will be the salutatorian.
Thirty-two members of the class
are to receive diplomas.
Plans are underway for Memoir
ial Day exercises to be conducted
on the morning of Saturday, May
80. on the south campus of the
school,
Various youth organization clubs
and the Student Council will par
ticipate with the FELTON, Post of
Foreign Wars in paying tribute to
the war dead. The high school
band will provide the patriotic mu-
sic for the parade and ceremonies.
The public is invited to attend.
At the final meeting of the Fell
ton Parent and Teachers Associa-
tion the organization adopted a res
olutiOn opposing ANY trenchment
or curtailment of educational op-
portunity for the children of our
state or any economic at their ex-
pense of their training as future
citizens. The organization further
pledged the support of its members
For both an improved state pro-
gram of public education and for
the additional or increased state
taxes necessary to finance it.
Fashion Show
ence attended the seventh annual
Fashion Show that was presented
by the Junior Home Economics
Glass under the direction of Mrs.
Mildred Wells on Monday, May 18,
and again as a school assembly the
next day. This years show took
place in a swank department store.
The patio setting, complete with
fountain and furniture, was nicely
arranged by the juniors. The head
of the stores fashion department
was Gerry Barr; her assistant was
Edith Postles. John Kates played
an ambitious reporter. Hubert, a
hen-pecked husband was Eddy
Ross and Ruth Wyatt, his wife
Mile, the locak fashion plate. Di-
ane Cooper was an exchange stu
dent to Sweden, and her doting mo-
ther was played by Joan Lock
wood. Susie, little hillbilly was
Ruth Edwards.
The girls of the Home Econom-
les Department modelled a rainbow
of lovely styles in everything from
gathered skirts and busters to par
ty dresses and suits. No one en-
wed the judges, Mrs. Robert Os-
borne and Mrs. Albert Webb, for
choosing winners was not easy,
and we would like to take this Op-
portunity to thank them.
The donors of the prizes were
Danneman's FELTON, PTA, the Home
Shop, and McDowell's Beauty
Shop
The winners are as follows:
7th Grade-Two best aprons,
Joyce Tatman, Doris Walls; best
gathered skirts, Charlotte Wyatt,
Virginia Green
Sth Grade: 1st prize, Ruth Vein
berg; End prize, Susan Roland;
3rd prize, Margaret Moore.
9th grade dresses: 1st prize, Car
oil Van Wess; End prize, Claire
Hrupsa; 3rd prize, Mary Ellen
Sharpnack.
9th grade sportswear: 1st prize,
Linda Diehl; 3rd prize, Janice
Woodland
10th grade casual and party
dresses: 1st prize, Joyce Mcdowell;
End prize, Carole Wright; Srd
prize, Noreen Blunt.
18th grade casual and party
dresses: 1st prize, Edith Postles;
End prize, Joan Lockwood; 3rd
prize, Gerry Barr.
18th grade 2-piece wool suits:
1st prize, Joyce Wyatt; End prize,
Mary Ellen Hughes; 3rd prize, Vir-
ginia Zee.
Menu for Next Week
Monday: Creamed Beef Gravy on
Toast, Chopped Kale, Milk, Cherry
Cobbler.
Tuesday: Beef Vegetable Stew,
Cut Green Beans, Milk, Apple
Sauce, Bread and Butter.
Wednesday: Vienna Sausage,
Baked Beans, Milk, Peaches, Bread
and Butter.
Thursday: Hamburg on Roll,
Succotash, Milk, Fruit or Pie.
Friday: Tuna Fish Platter, But
tered Peas, Milk, Fruit Jello, Corn
NHooI NEu#n and pr1ffor