Milford chronicle., 1960-09-23
Millsboro School News
MillsbOr0 Teachers Taking
Advanced Training

Advanced Training
Several members of the Mills
boro School staff participated in
graduate and undergraduate train
| ing or some other form of profess
sional advancement during the
summer. Joseph Shields attended
West Chester State College in
Pennsylvania and received credit
| in health and physical education.
| Charles Davis studied in the field
of guidance and counseling at
East Carolina College in North
Carolina. Mrs Charlotte Purnell
studied marine biology at the Uni
versity of Delaware's Marine Lab
oratory, Lewes. James Proudfoot
attended the University of Della
ware Summer School. William
Jenkins completed a two-week ac-
tive duty phase of the first year
of the Army Command and General
Staff, Camp Mccoy, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Amelie A. Sloan took course
in the physical bases of behavior.
Mrs. Mildred Carey studied spe-
cial topics in education and the
physical bases of behavior in hu-
man development.
Four members of the staff plan
to- enroll in fall extension work:
Mrs. Amelie A. Sloan, Mrs. Ruth
Richards, Mrs. Blanche w. Outten
and Warren Shirley.
During the summer Mrs. Ina De-
Vaney and Mrs. c. w. Timmons,
teachers at Millsboro School No. %,
travelled to Florida. On the way
they visited Williamsburg and
jamestown, Virginia.
Radio Announcements
Parents of children in Millsboro
School No. 23 should listen to radio
station WJWL, 900 kilOcycles, for
announcements concerning the
closing of school on days of ex-
tremely bad weather. This pertains
to dismissal for such causes during
the school day as well as to not
opening at all. If the latter, every
effort will be made to have the
announcement on the air by 1880
a. m. No mention of MillsbOrO
School No. % will mean that school
/ is open.
MilIsb0rO FFA Juding Team
At Springfield, Mass.
Three members of the Millsboro
FLA Chapters Dairy and Milk Pro-
| ducts Judging Team attended the
National FLA Judging Contests at
Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sep
tember Is and 16. These boys won
the right to go by winning out over
| competition from the rest of the
| state in the State FLA Judging
Contests Their expenses were paid
| through the Delaware FLA FOun-
dation which in turn receives
funds by local contributions from
various local businesses. Boys at
tending this event from Millsboro
were: Philip Messick, Joshua Mes
sick and Fred Hudson. The local
chapter wishes to thank all of the
people of Millsboro whose gener-
osity through contributions made
this trip possible.
Election of Officers
Glass officers for the 1960-61
school year are: Seniors-DOnald
Ward, president; Chester Walls,
vice president; Dorothy Hickman,
secretary; Michael Lloyd, treasur-
er; Juniors-Jeffrey Derrickson,
president; Barry Dodd, vice presi-
dent; Esther Atkins, secretary;
Tamara Monroe, treasurer; SOpho-
mores-Patricia Schumacher, pres
ident; Robert Darden, vice presi-
dent; Elain Moore, secretary; Ber-
| tha Rogers. treasurer; Freshmen
Thomas Darden, president; James
| Layfield, vice president; Brenda
treasurer; Eighth Grade-Susan
Klots, president; Diane Mitchell,
vice president; Linda Lee Baker,
secretary; Joan JONES, treasurer /;
seventh grade-Gregory JONES,
president; Gary Cordrey, vice pres
ident; Patsy Revel, secretary
Gladys Larsen, treasurer.
The Student Government repre-
sentatives for the year are: Ronald
Hudson and Jack Windsor, SEN
iors; Iva Lee Baker and Beverly
Warrington, juniors; Janet Baker
and Nancy Brasure, sophomores
Bonnie Outten and Julie Ryan
freshmen; Patricia Holloway, Ed
ward Cathell and Greg Mitchell
eighth grade; Charlene Carmean
and Sandra Wykes, seventh grade
The Senior Band officers for the
year are: Jack Windsor, presi-
dent; Lois Mitchell, vice president
Patricia Smith, secretary; Lynn
Bullock, treasurer. David Marvel
and Roger Schmidt were appointed
as stage managers.
Enrolment
Millsboro School No.. % has &
total enrolment of TO as of this
date; high school, 345, and ele-
mentary school, 365. This enroll
ment is slightly higher than that oi
last year.