Milford chronicle., 1960-10-28

five years, leaving here in June,
1859, to teach in a Wilmington
School, was honored at the 1860
meeting of the DSEA convention
held in Wilmington last Thursday
and Friday by being presented with
the Delaware Association of
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation Honor Award. Mr..
Guest was given the Professional
Award for outstanding service to
his field in the state and in the
National Physical Education or
ganization for at least a ten-year
period.
Parents Invited To Hear Eminent
Psychologists:
Parents are invited to hear Mar
guerite and Willard Beecher, emf
nent psychologists, discuss the top
ic, Parents On The Run, based
on their book of the same title, to
be held at 500 p. M, Friday, No
vember 4, in the Dover High School
Auditorium.
The Honorable ]. Caleb Boggs.
Governor of the State of Delaware,
will introduce the speakers. Ad-
mission is free.
This meeting will be held as an
outgrowth of a great concern over
the increasing number of emo
tionally disturbed children in Del
aware.
The State Department of Public
Instruction has formed a special
committee to study mental health
in public schools under the aus
pices of the Advisory Council for
Exceptional Children of the Divi-
sion of Child Development and
Guidance Findings of this study
disclosed the number of seriously
disturbed children is growing very
rapidly, and steps need to be TAX
en- to alleviate this problem.
One of the recommendation for
preventive program included the
scheduling of series of confer
ences throughout the state from
which those persons dealing with
ter understanding and counseling
of children in their everyday So
cial ad emotional problems. The
November 4th meeting has been or
ganized by and for the citizens of
Kent and Sussex Counties.
Marguerite and Willard Beecher
conduct the Beecher Counseling
Service in New York, and at the
November 4th meeting they will
discuss teacher-parent-ch rela-
tionships, giving practical solu-
tions for the serious child-rearing
problems troubling the families
who live in today's worried world.
They have taken as their subject
the title of their best-seller book,
Parents On The Run, published
by Julian Press, New York.
Students Form News Reporting
Club:
Students of the junior and senior
high school grades of Milton
School interested in news report
| ing have qualified for membership
in The Press Club by completion
of a report relative to the contribu-
| ton of leading writer to the field
of American newspapers.
Limited to 80 students in mem
bership, the group meets at S:3t
| to 900 each Thursday morning in
Room 201, under the leadership OF
Mrs. Mary Morgan.
Last Thursday morning was or
ganization day and the following
were chosen as officers: President,
Ellen Wagamon; vice-president,
Claudia Tough; Secretary, Vicki
Hazard; Treasurer, Joyce Parker
Elected as editor of ''The Clipper
Log" was Cheryl Johnson.
Activities of the group are: one
Embarrassing project; circulation OF
an October issue of "The Clipper
Long; invitation extended to sew
eral leading columnists of this area
to speak at meetings.; an annual
trip.
The 80 members of the group
are: Donald Bailey, Claude Burn
ham, James Belts, Jerry Millman
Kenny Millman, William Payntel
Sharp, Jr., Thomas Tobin, Francis
Wajda;
Martha Jane Donovan, Mary Kay
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Hazard, Cheryl Johnson, Irene
Johnson, Rachel Kuczawa, Peggy
McIlvain, June Massey, Mary Mill
man, Fay Murray, Joyce Parker
Mary Ellen Pepper, NOrlyn Schmi'
erer, Diane Thompson, Claudio
Tough, Ellen Wagamon, Beverly
Waugerman, Nancy West, Joyce
Wilkerson, Sarah Kay Isaacs, and
Carole Ann Pepper.
Ellen WagamOn, the new presl-
dent, has been a leader in the clut
during the past two years, having
written numerous articles. She is
also treasurer of the Future Home
makers of America.
Cheryl Johnson, editor of 1.-THE
Clipper Log, is a leader in the
student body, also serving as presi-
dent of the Future Homemakers o1
America. She is drummer in the
band and a member of the senior
chorus.