Milford chronicle., 1962-06-15

A surprise stork shower, honor
ing Mrs. Joan Carpenter Coverdale,
was held at the Lincoln Commun-
ity Center on Monday evening, May
21, given by Mrs. Betty Lou Davis
of Milford and Mrs. Marie Cover
dale Present were Esther We b b,
Carrie Jones, Beatrice Fischer,
Mary Rimmer, Leona Argo, Bar
bara Watkins, Mary Ann Draper,
Janice Abbott, Taube Carpenter,
Pearl Carpenter all of Milford, Mrs.
Sara Murphy and daughter Phyllis
of Milton, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell
and daughter Patsy of Georgetown,
Mrs. Meta Donovan of Glendale,
Matte Greenly, Ann Watson, Bea-
trice Coverdale, Margaret Cover
dale, Lottie Jones, JEANNE Jones
and Lillian Fitzgerald all of Lin
coin. Joan was the recipient o f
many lovely and useful gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Coverdale
welcomed their first child, girl,
weighing lb. Is OF. at Milford
Memorial Hospital on Sunday,
June 10. She has been given the
name of Connie Frances.
Mrs. Myrtle Kibler has returned
home after a six months visit with
her son and family Mr.. and Mrs.
James Kibler of Fort Myers, Fla.
During her stay, Mrs. Kibler also
visited Miss Lila Shew and M S.
Della Schneider of Miami and Mr..
and Mrs Dick Mason and Mrs.
Henry d. Cook of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Morgan
were guests on Sunday evening of
Mr. and Mrs Elwood Tucker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Tucker of Ell
lendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Lofland and
Mrs. Henry Lofland were over
night guests on Monday of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Kibler and family of
Greensboro, Md, and also attended
the graduation exercises of M s.
Warren's granddaughter.
Miss Joyce Taylor is the guest
this week of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Whipty at Baltimore, Md.
School Notes:
Graduation exercises were held
at Lincoln School on Tuesday eve
ming, June 5. The Invocation was
given by Rev. Nelson r. Reppert,
pastor of Lincoln Methodist
Church.
Miss Cheryl LeCompte, valedic-
torian, and Dolphus Stevenson, sa-
lutatorian, were student speakers.
Rev. Reppert addressed the grad
yates. He stressed the Importance
of maturity. Mr. Davis, principal,
presented awards to the honor stu
d n t S. The perfect attendance
award was presented to Ruth
| Walls. Mr.. Douglas Morgan, presi-
dent of Lincoln School Board, pre-
sented Diplomas to the class mem
bers. Both Mr. Davis and Mr.. Nor
| gan paid tribute to Mrs. Florence
| B. TraverS, who is retiring, for
her faithfulness and successful
performance of her duties during
fifteen years of service at Lincoln.
Her place will be difficult to fill.
AS has been the custom, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wright donated h
beautiful basket of flowers to the
graduating class.
The following students were
awarded diplomas; Richard Ber-
wick, Virginia Carey, Stephen
Greenly, Daniel King, Cheryl Le-
Compile, Robert May, Daniel Mitch
ell, Nancy Spence, Dolphus Steven
son, and Ruth Walls Following the
exercises, the annual Graduation
Dance was enjoyed Refreshments
completed the evening of impor-
tance and fun.
On Wednesday morning, MEM
bers of the graduation Glass left
for a trip to Philadelphia. They
were accompanied by Mr.. Davis,
Mrs. Lillian LeCompte and son
Jackie, David Stevenson, r ic ky
Clendaniel, and Ronnie Worden.
| The high Light of the trip was the
baseball game, double header, the
Phillies being the winner.
On June 6, the School Personnel
| gave a party honoring Mrs. Flor
| ence Travers who lis retiring after
| fifteen years of service at Lincoln
Public School A beautiful silver
Revere Rose Bowl was presented to
Mrs. Travers. Also delicious e.
freshments consisting of tie r
cake, homemade ice cream and
coffee were enjoyed. Those attend
ing the party included MIR. Davis,
principal, Mrs. Majorie Hartranft,
Mrs. Florence McCauley, Mrs. Doris
Serman, Mrs. Evelyn Morris, Mrs.
Blanche Birmingham, Mrs. West
ern, Mrs. Ann Whitehurst, M RS.
Jeannie Donovan and Mr.. and Mrs.
| William Wright
The following students from Lin
coin received their diplomas from
Milford High School; Ray Farley,
Robert Farley, David Greenly, Ted
Shields, Judith Livingood, E h e 1
Messick, Joyce Taylor, Jack War