Milford chronicle., 1961-03-10
Lulu NJ. Ross Elementary
School News

Grade Mrs. Marjorie StelnerS
Section 3
Below is an imaginary letter
from a first grade child TO Il s.
grandmother:
Dear Grandmother.
| bet you are surprised to hear
from me. Since my teacher taught
me how to write letters to my
i'll classmates, | thought / could
write YOU, too. You always want to
hear about what ! am doing in
school.
Grandmother, ! have been brush
ing my teeth every morning and
every night. This is not all / do
either. / practice other good health
habits, too. / take a bath every
night and wash my hair often.
Mother never has to make me
eat ANYMORE. | eat lots of meat,
vegetables, and fruit. Most of all
| drink many glasses of white
milk. My teacher says milk Will
make my teeth and bones strong.
want strong bones so | can play
WDeH L bi6s
Saturday, am going to the dem
| tist. He will check my teeth. l
am not afraid to go. Did you know
that you should visit the dentist
two times each year?
Last night 1 went to bed at 1880.
Nobody made me. either! Sleep is
good for you. and so is plenty of
exercise and fresh air. really did
not miss seeing that television pro-
gram.
am going 10 practice all my
good health habits. Then | will
not get sick, and | will grow up
big and strong.
Are you coming to see me at
Easter, Grandmother? / hope so.
Then | can tell you more about
the food we should eat. | am not
quite sure what a vegetable is, or
what a fruit is, but our class is
going to find out which foods are
which and what they look like
Love. Johnny
Grade 5-Mrs. Helen Hlekman's
Section
Wright Flew 152 Feet-K ! Z
Hawk Deck is Wider"
Worlds Largest Ship is Ready
TO Leave Camden for Sea Tests
These, and other headlines and
news articles from Philadelphia
and Wilmington daily papers fol
the last couple of weeks. captiva'
ted the attendtion of our class. fol-
here was a news event of historic
importance right in our OWL
backyard, so to speak. The worlds
largest aircraft carrier. so big tina
all river traffic had to be stopped
while it made its maiden voyage
10 the sea. had to dip its 25 story
high mast at As degree angle t
clear bridges spanning our owl
Delaware River. Wilmington schoo
children. from classes within easy
reach of the rivers banks, flocke6
TO the waters edge to see a super
carrier. large enough to accommo
date a crew of $500 men, ant
whose cargo could include ovel
100 aircraft, pass by.
or interest to our class also wa!
the fact that this aircraft carries
was named the kitty Hawk" il
honor OF the Wright Brothers wht
had invented the first airplane {,
make a successful manned fligh
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
We have been studying about on
nations progress as illustrated b,
advances made the last century II
land and water transportation, ant
even more dramatically by tn
| strides made in air travel the las
fifty years.
One Evening Bulletin news re
| porter expressed the changes ap
parent since the turn of the cen
tury this way: Yesterday / wen
on board what is now the world
biggest ship. the U.S.S. Kitty Haw
and what / kept thinking abou
was how surprised Orville Wrigh
would be to see what he and hi
brother have wrought'-"If Orvill
had taken off from one side G
the flight deck and flown 152 fee
he'd still be 100 feet short of goin
over the side"
Here is the story of the Wrigf
Brothers and their contribution {
the Air Age" as it was reporte
by three members of our elias
from an encyclopedia and filmstril
Continued next week.
Cafeteria Menu
III Monday, Milk, Hot Hamburg
Baked Beans, Celery Wedge Appl
II Crisp.
II Tuesday, Milk, Baked Ham, Pc
tato Said, Pickle Beet, Hot Biscui
1 Butter, Fruit or Pudding.
III Wednesday, Milk. Tuna Fis
Salad, Baked Macaroni, Cut Gree
Beans, Bread and Butter, Fruit.
Ii Thursday, Milk, Beef Stew wit
| Potatoes and Carrots, Tossed Sala
Bread and Butter, Cake-Cherr
| Sauce.
II Friday, Milk, Tomato Sou
| Toasted Cheese Sandwich, Frui