Milford chronicle., 1961-06-02
Lulu Nj. Ross Elementary
School News
Mount Vernon

home of George Washington, the
first president OF the United States.
Mount Vernon was once called Lift
lie Hunting Greek Plantation.
Mount Vernon Is a large building
with white pillars. II is built over
looking the Potomac River.
Mount Vernon is a two and a
half story building with nineteen
large rooms. The mansion is built
OF wood, but the board siding on
the outside OF the house is arrang-
ed to look like stone.
The inside of the house is al
most as il was when Washington
lived there.
Nearly thirty smaller buildings
stand at the sides and behind the
mansion. Some of these are the,
houses where the servants & slav-
es lived. Richard Watson
The white House
The White House is the home of
the president OF the United States.
IL was planned by James Hoban.
The first president to live in ii was
John Adams. but il had not been
completed. At that time the house
wasn't white. The walls were of
gray sandstone.
In 1914. during a war with the
British. the White House was badly
damaged by fire. but IL was not
long after that it was rebuilt 1t
was painted white in 1917, when
James Monroe was president. In
the later years some of the presi-
dents added more rooms to the
White House. II now has 107
rooms and 81 baths.
The best known OF the White
House rooms are the East Room.
the Blue Room. the Green Room,
the Red Room, and the State Din
ing Room. In the Blue Room the
president and the first lady greet
the guests at state dinners. A hun
dred guests can be seated in the
big State Dining Room.
Visitors are welcome at the
White House. Every year about l.
100000 people visit the home of
the president of the United States.
Carol Moore
The Washington Monument
The Washington Monument was
built in honor of our first presi-
dent. George Washington. This
monument is in the capital city of
the United States, which is also
named after him.
The Washington Monument is s.
55 feet. Sis" tall. 1t was built in
the shape of an Egyptian obelisk
IL is the tallest all-stone building
in the world. The walls are of gra-
mite. but have a facing of marble
so that only the marble shows.
At the base. the thickness of the
walls is Is feet. At the top the
walls are a foot and half thick
A stairway leads to an observa-
tion room at 500 feet. There are
SOS steps in this stairway. T h
monument was started in 1S4S but
was not finished until 1884.
Jack Allen
America Fires a Man into Space
Friday. May 5. 1861 was a great
day in U. S. History. On that day
Astranaut Alan b. Shepard. of the
United States Navy, was fired into
space. The capsule which Shepard
used was fired into space by a
Redstone rocket. The rocket was
fired from Cape Canaveral, Florida
1884 am, Eastern Standard Time
(10:34 Eastern Daylight Time).
Shepard went one-hundred-fif-
teen miles high. He was taken out
Of the water approximately tw o.
hundred-seventy miles southeast of
Cape Canaveral. He was picked up
by the U.S.S. Lake Champlian. The
rest OF the rescue crew consisted
of helicopters and other naval
crafts.
During the days after the flight
Shepard underwent many physical
and mental check-ups. Doctors said
he was very healthy.
| am very glad that our first
space flight was successful.
Jimmy Holland
My Ant Nest
To make a simple ant nest you
need half-gallon jar. one or two
pieces of thin cloth to cover the
top Of the jar. and one or two
rubber bands. First you take the
jar outside with a shovel and find
an ant hill. Next you dig 1t up and
put it in the jar Be sure to pick
up any ants that get away and put
them in the jar also. Finally you
take the jar into the house and
place the cloth over the top of the
jar so that the cloth will stay on.
Occasionally give the ants some
cookies or other sweets.
After / had made my ant nest,
! watched the ants dig their tunn-
els and I found that the ants have
some way Of communication be-
cause some ants were buried alive
and the other ants dug a tunnel
right to them.
My little sister calls the ants.
amps" She often goes outside,
catches one, and pulls it apart
Steve Pyne
MY Beach Party
Once / planned to have a beach
party at Lewes I had invited twelve
boys and twelve girls. We were
planning to have a picnic there for
the weekend. We were supposed TO
bring sleeping bags or bed rolls
Everyone was excited that night
before and everyone was told to
get a good nights sleep. The next
morning, when I woke up, 1t was
raining. so we decided to have the
picnic at my house in the base
ment.
Though we did not have our pic
mic at the beach, we had a nice
time and enjoyed it very much.
Linda Doughty
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