Milford chronicle., 1961-05-26

for the evening. | am sure that
everyone enjoyed II and we would
like to thank our principal, MIR.
/ Tawes. for giving us permission
for this, and also for his talk on
Future Mothers.
On Friday, May 10. our school
held its annual Spring Open
House. AS one of our projects.
we sold the refreshments for the
evening. Reported by Pat zych.
Our schools Spring open
House, held in the gym on Fri
day evening was well attended. A
huge number of parents and
friends turned out to view the ex-
hibits and to talk with the teach
ers, the workers, and our genial
principal. Mr.. w. |. Tawes.
| think everyone enjoyed the art
exhibit so much. showing paintings
done by our local folk. | am sor-
ry for those who did not see it. 1t
is simply amazing how much tai
ent we have here in our midst.
Mrs. Pearsons' exhibits carried
theme of history and science.
There was a huge circle proclaim
ing that Science is Everywhere"
and covered with many objects of
nature and its wonders. The his
torical piece that especially i'm
pressed your reporter was mod
ell of an English Castle with its
reference to King John and the
Magma Carta along with one of In
dependence Hall in Philadelphia,
with the caption, symbols of Lib
erty."
The Cafeteria Display, assembled
by Helen Wilson, was outstanding
and drew much favorable comment.
A Carousel depicting the foods nee
essary for health. At the tip, a
small milk carton with its poster,
fruits, vegetable and other food
stuffs all with funny features, call
ing themselves "Vita Men" and
each carrying his poster to tell
what vitamin he supplied.
The Science Booth, arranged by
Mr.. Santos pupils, attracted a good
bit of attention with its live ami
mails, pigeons, hamsters, mice,
snakes. turtless etc.
In about the center of the room,
Mr.. j. j. Sasser's pupils had their
display of beautiful things in
woodwork We marvel at the things
our youngsters can do under his
expert instruction.
There were many others, each
one extremely good and interest
ing. but space does not permit us
to tell about it all. If you missed
this year. do make a point to come
next year. There is a tremendous
amount of work put into this af-
fair, and it was heartwarming TO
see so many enjoying it.
The decorations were left up by
the Prom Committee and added
greatly to the beauty, giving a gay,
carnival atmosphere TO the whole
thing. The entire ceiling above the
booths was covered in blue and
white streamers of narrow crepe
paper.
Cub Scout Pack 242 held their
meeting on Friday night in the
Fire Hall. The theme for the month |
was Indians and several skits were |
given to illustrate this. This meet
ing also saw the finish of the Fa-
ther and Son project, the Pine Der
by. The boys were given pine
blocks OF wood some time ago and /
with the help of their fathers. I
they carved and painted the little
car and put on the four wheels. !
The Pine Derby was run off at |
this meeting. to see which was the
fastest. Tommy Cannon came in
first. Gregory Fleischauer. second.
and Butch Eskridge. third
Badges were awarded to the fol-
lowing: Wolf Badge. Pat Cannon;
Lion Badge. Tommy Cannon and
Franklin Spence; webelos Badges
to: Butch Eskridge, Stephen Will
ley, Franklin Spence, Jay Reyn-
olds. Jimmy Yeako, and Tommy
Cannon.
Golden Arrow Points were a
warded to Jimmy Yeako and Pat
Cannon. Silver Arrow Points (2)
were awarded to Pat Cannon. The
evening ended with refreshments.
The Explorers Post 242, served
Mothers Day breakfast to their
mothers in the Fire Hall, cooking
the pancakes and serving them.
They sang Mother" and Billy
recited a poem about
mothers. Each mother was present
ed with carnation.