From The Smyrna Times,
Aug. 11, 1960
Per pupil cost in Smyrna Schools below state average
Smyrna Special School District recently released some costs showing per pupil expenditures for the 1959-60 school year. These figures showed a breakdown of total costs for the year and costs for such areas as instructional services, administration, plant operation, maintenance of school, and auxiliary services.
An interesting part of these reports showed how much was expended by the school for each pupil in average attendance during the year. The total expenditure for the year per pupil was $351.60. This compared with the total expenditure in the State per pupil of $436.00 for the previous year which showed that Smyrna spent considerably less per pupil than many districts in the state.
Of this expenditure approximately $280 went toward instructional services, the largest single item in the budget. Instructional services include teacher salaries, representing a cost to the district of over $200 per pupil; textbooks, representing a cost to the district of approximately $4.50 per pupil; library books, representing a cost to the district of $1.70 per pupil; and instructional supplies, representing a cost of $8 per pupil to the district as well as certain other miscellaneous services including guidance, library salary, etc.
The next largest single item of expenditure went toward plant operation which includes the cost of heat, electricity, custodial salaries, custodial supplies for lavatories, cleaning materials, wax, etc. with $35 being expended per pupil….
Firemen list one alarm for July
The fire report for the month of July was made by J. Edward Tucker, fire recorder of the Citizens’ Hose Company, revealing the following figures: 1 alarm, rural; none in town; there was no loss. There were 26 volunteers, 45 minutes in service, 23; miles traveled, 42. The fire was of the tree and turf type.
Sayers announce lucky winners
Sayers’ Jewelers have announced that the lucky winners during the drawing which marked the close of their tenth anniversary celebration were Miss Marjorie Iplenski, Hartly, first, a one-quarter carat diamond ring; Mrs. Willis Martin, Smyrna, a Kodak movie camera, second; and Mrs. William Doughten, third, a set of Tiffin crystal, which included goblets, sherbets, and juice glasses.
There were 374 persons registered, representing towns in Delaware and Maryland, and out-of-state visitors. The large number of visitors to the shop attests to the esteem in which they are held in the community, and the public’s appreciation of their gesture of good will.
The drawing of the names was made by the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris Jr.
95 attend Reed reunion Sunday
Descendents of the late Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Reed of Kenton, Delaware, held a reunion Sunday, August 7, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Reed, Jr., of Smyrna.
Mr. Millard F. Reed was a blacksmith in the Kenton area until his death in 1927.
Ninety-five attended the reunion. The president, Mrs. Mildred Reed Corby of Delaware City presided….
