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VOLUME 2
High School Evaluation Committee
Report, Third Section of Series
THE SCHOOL
HEALTH PROGRAM
The basic physical and mental
health needs of childrens are not
difficult to understand. They are
proper: 1. Nutrition 2. Sleep 3.
Rest 4. Relaxation 5. Physical ac
tivity 6. Protection—as communi
cable disease control, the detec
tion, and correction of physical
defects, cleanliness, mental health
protection, etc.
These needs can and should be
met by providing proper exper
iences in the following areas: 1.
Healthful school-community 'en
viroment—physical and emotional
2. Health services 3. Physical ed
ucation and recreation 4. Health
instruction.
The Committee commends the
school for the efforts being
made to meet these needs. Driver
education is offered, some health
instructions is given related
areas, and the school participates
in intcrscholastic athletics. The
faculty in its self-evaluation re
cognizes the need for improving
the offerings in these areas and
plans to do so next school year.
The Committee makes the fol
lowing suggestions:
1. Some member of the faculty
should be selected to serve as co
ordinator of the school health pro
gram. A committee made up of
teachers, students, health depart
ment personnel, parents, etc.,
should be selected bo help this
person.
2. Since all school personnel
have responsibilities* in the pro
gram all should have such train
ing as will best fit them for these
responsibilities.
3. All students should partici
pate in the program according to
their needs.
4. The buildings and grounds
are in need of more careful cus
todial care—repairs and cleanli
ness; and more play space is
needed. Clinic rooms are needed.
6. All students should be re
quired to participate in a good
physical education program, plan
ned to meet individual needs. This
program should include classes,
intra-murals, self-testing activi
ties, individual sports, and other
activities that have carry-over
value, and athletics for the skill
ed.
Many of these activities should
be co-educational.
All classes should be equal in
length of time and size to other
regular classes. Well trained men
should teach boys, and well
trained women should teach girls.
All students should wear appro
priate dress and follow participa
tion with showers. If possible
health examinations should be re
quired before participation.
6. In addition to the health in
struction given in other courses
there should be classes in health
taught by well trained teachers.
The school is not meeting the
state’s requirement of one unit
in health instruction.
This instruction should be based
upon needs of students as de
termined by health examinations,
health practices of students and
their anticipated needs rather
than courses of study.
7. The hew school health bul
letin should be used as a guide
in planning and carrying out the
health program.
Report On Meeting Os
Parent Committee
The parents were pleased with
good things in the school; such
as good student-teacher relation
ship, plans to limit the number of
clubs in which a student can be a
member and the number of clubs
in which they may be an officer.
The parents were pleased with
the workings of the gtudent coun
cil.
They were concerened with the
small number of students parti
cipating in clubs and were aware
of needs of more space and mare
finances.
The parents were concerned
with a balance between older and
young teachers places for teach
ers to board, and making teachers
a real part of the community.
STAFF INSTRUCTION
AND LIBRARY
In the brief time the Committee
has had the opportunity to visit
in the Forest Park School it has
been favorably impressed with
the leadership of administration
and staff.
। The Committee is grateful to
principal, teachers, pupils and par
ents for the very pleasant visit
and appreciates the many cour-
. tesies extended to each of us.
We found that professional
staff consists of 25 members
whose combined years of experi
ence in this school> s -zvtals only
' 80 years, but whose total years of
i teaching experience amounts to
approximately 400 years. All
: teachers are professionally train
■ ed and are members of G.E.A.
The Committee would like to
• commend the School Board and
I Administration on plans to pro
■ vide a local supplement to all
i teachers.
County officials are to be cqm
s mended for their effort to find
; funds for a more adequate sup
’ port of their school program. This
i additional financial support should
I increase the holding power of the
> school.
! 1. The Committee feels that
• consideration be given to further
1 strengthening the school curricuH
I urn in the areas of arts and mu
. sic. Until a full time staff mu
■ ber is available consideration
could be given to personnel
’ shared by other schools in the
• county.
2. We agree with evaluation
' made by staff members that as it
■ becomes necessary to add new
, staff members that efforts be
! made to secure young teachers
who are interested in living in
1 the community and participating
• in the community activities.
3. That the administration give
! consideration to the employment
of additional custodian personnel
■ to insure adequate service for
> over all school plant and only
extra duties that might be en
-5 tailed by school activities or com
• munity activities where school
■ plant is utilized.
> 4. That another person with
■ homemaking training be added to
• staff to provide for increased en
l rollment and for expansion of
• program to provide for a mini
i mum of two years of homemak
, ing for all girls and an elective
course for those who desire it.
5. As the guidance develops the
' Committee recommends the em
■ ployment of a full time coun
selor.
I 6.That administration continue
to give consideration to placing
i teachers in their major field for
' professional trailing and if this
i is not possible the staff member
1 be encouraged" to enroll in
• A.A.T.E.’s classes to secure speci
• al training for the new job to be
• done.
7. That teachers continue bo
work with librarian in effort to
make available adequate profes
sional books and magazines for
- all staff members.
8. That the staff should continue
the in-service training program
। which began with the study of the
evaluative criteria. This would in
clude, of course, their organized
efforts for implementing the re
commendations they made in this
study as well as those madp by
the visiting Committee.
INSTRUCTION
The staff, students, and par
ents are to be commended ton the
progress made toward providing
instructional supplies through lo
cal effort and the committee
would like to encourage educa
tional leadership of community to
continue to keep people informed
on needs for help in securing such
essential items as science equip
ment, etc. The committee recog
nized that these items are the
responsibility of the County-
Board of Education and as such
should be assumed as soon as
their revenue permits.
The Committee -would like to
commend the staff on progress
made with audio-visual aids pro
gram and to encourage them to
continue to evaluate their use of
such teaching bools, also as funds
are available that they consider
the value of developing their own
stock of film strips and slides and
consider the value and possible
uses for a tape recording ma
chine as well as other available
audio-visual aids.
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The Forest Park News
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Seven Seniors Get
Special Awards At
Commencement
A number of special awards
were given during commencement
exercises for the 1956 senior class
•of Forest Park High, held yester
day (Tuesday) evening. Winners
of the awards and the categories
follow:
Two trophies, presented by the
Forest Park School Parent Teach
ers Association for the “best all
around boy” and the “best all
around girl” in the graduating
class went to Herman Smith, son
df Mr. and Mrs. Rayford M.
Smith of 101 South Street, and
,Doris Gibbon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. P. Gibbon of Old
41 Highway.
Miss Gibbon was also valedic
torian of her class and received
a one year scholarship to the Uni
versity of Georgia, as reported
last week by the News.
Awards of two gold medals lor
the “best school citizens” went to
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Terrell. Starr
Installed as
Jaycee Head
Mr. Terrell Starr assumed the
role of president of the Forest
Park Jaycees for the 1956-1957
term after being installed at a
dinner held at the Youth Center
last Tuesday evening.
Mr. Abit Massey, Georgia Jay
cee State President Elect and
Mrs. Claudia Lowery, Georgia
Jaycette president were guest
speakers. The social combined the
installation of officers of the
Jaycettes.
Following Mr. Massey’s talk on
“Americanism” the officers took
their oath of office. Other of
ficers of the Jaycees installed
were Dan Casey and George
Hext, vice-presidents, Leonard
preen, secretary, Malcom Huie,
treasurer, and W. J. (Bill) Lee,
State director.
Two Jaycee scrapbooks consist-
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Swimming Pool
Hours, Rates
Are Discussed
Last, Wednesday evening the
Forest Park Jaycees met with
City Council Parks Chairman,
Bill Fleming, at the City Hall to
determine the operation of the
swimming pool with members of
the Lions Club.
Rex Reeves, city attorney, ex
plained somp of the legal aspects
involved. Terrell Starr, Jaycees
president presented to Mr. Reeves
a draft form of stipulations by
which a proposed contract could
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AT SPEAKERS TABLE for annual banquet held at Hendrix ( rive
School Saturday May 19 are, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Waldrop, School superintendent and Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, Count)
commissioner Belton C. Haynie, Mrs. Haynie, Hendrix School prin
cipal John Lewis, Ash Street school principal Willard M. Young-
FJr And About The Citizens Os Forest Park
With One Page Devoted To County News . /
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1956
AT LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION dinner
meeting, at the Dwarf House last Friday evening
were the following coaches: (left to right seated):
Frank Wheeler, Charles Elliott, Andy Wells and
B. O. Mercer. Standing left to right (second row)
Little League Baseball for 1956
Organized at Meeting May 25
All boys in the community who are interested in participating in
Little League baseball this summer have been asked to report to Kiwanis
Field at 1:00 a.m. this coming Saturday (June 2).
In the event of rain this thAirst meeting of candidates for Little League
will be held at the same time at the Youth Center on South Avenue.
These announcements were
made bv Lynn Wells, who will
direct Little League baseball in
1956 for the fourth year, follow
ing an organizational meeting of
coaches at the Dwarf House last
Friday evening.
Twelve coaches from last year’s
Little League teams, with Mr.
Wells serving as chairmen, plus '
a reporter from the Forest Park
News, were guests of Mr. R. P. 1
Bowden, local real estate broker,
at the dinner-meeting.
General rules of organization
and play were worked out at the 1
meeting, and are similar to those
in effect during- past years. Little 1
League baseball was activated in
Forest Park in 1953, by Mr. ,
Wells, who was a star athlete
here while attending school at 1
Forest Park High, where he won ‘
letters in several sports.
The purpose of Little League '
baseball is to give the young boys
of the community a healthful 1
form of activity which will aid 1
in their development during the 1
summer months.
As in past years, there will be
three separate groups in Little 1
League play, each formed accord
ing- to the age of the players.
These will be: Pony League: '
(for boys 13-15); Little League:
(for boys 10-12); and Minor-
League: (for hoys up to the age
of ten)."
There will be no admission ■
charge for home games which
will be played at Kiwanis Stadi-I
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are: J. L. Baker. Harry Johnson. W. A. Haynie,
K. H. Grubbs, and Little League Director Lynn
Wells. Back row are: Charles Redd, Bill Carroll,
Bob Hartupee, Dan Betsil and Hugh Stone. News
photo by LaChapelle. (See story.)
Seniors Leave Here
Night of Graduation
For Trip to Miami
Tuesday night, May 29, after
graduation and a party at the
Youth Center, 53 members of the
graduating class and four chape
rones boarded two Greyhound
buses for Miami and the annual
senior trip.
This trip will take them to St.
Augustine and then on to Day
tona for a night at the Seaside
Inn. The next morning- they go
through Marineland and then to
Miami for a three day stay at the
Lombardi Hotel on Miami Beach.
Then on the return trip they’ll
come up through the Everglades
and the citrus groves and ion to
Cypress Gardens for the water
ski show. Then to Silver Springs
and Okala where they will spent
the night. Back on the bus the
next morning and they will ar
rive back in Forest Park on Tues
day night, June 5.
This is a big trip for the
Senior class as it ends a year of
hard work to raise enough, money
to take it. The Senior play, the
Student-Faculty ball game and
the annual are just a few of the
projects that have been under
taken for the trip. Everyone is
looking forward to a big time and
a suntan.
Miss Martha Peak, Mrs. Jackie
Wells, Mrs. DeLois Guiton, and
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blood. Mrs. Youngblood, Forest Ib^B
English. Seated behind Mr. Lewis H|
Lewis. Nearly 290 teachers, count;
the banquet. News photo by LaCha^H
New First Baptist Church Structure To Begin Shortly;
Will Seat 110 Persons, Cost Near Quarter Os A Million
Card of Thanks
Mrs. Milton I). Worsham of I
! 101 Ferguson Court wishes to ex
press her thanks for the many
kindnesses extended during her
recent illness.
Gaultney Forms
Real Estate Firm
The real estate business of
Harper-Randolph Insurance and
Real Estate Agency has been sold
to Eugene Talmadge “Billy”
Gaultney, of 100 Cheaves Drive,
the News has learned, completing
the liquadation of the Harper-
Randolph firm. (Two weeks ago
the News reported that the in
surance accounts of the Harper-
Randolph firm has been sold to
the Speir Insurance Agency.)
Mr. Gaultney, who was recently
a candidate for the state legis
lature, told a News reporter that
he plans to set up offices on Main
Street in the near future, on
property he has purchased. He
said he would engage in the gen
eral real estate business.
It was also learned that Forest
Park Finance Company, which was
owned in part by the Harper-
Randolph Firm, has been sold,
j and will do business as Dixie Fi
nance Company. Manager of Dixie ;
Finance, which has set up offices ;
in the Citizens Bank Building, |
above the bank, is" Mr. Marion
Whaley of Jonesboio, and more
recently of Gainesville.
Gaultney has been a resident
of Forest Park since February,
1952. He is a native of Butler,
Taylor County, Georgia and grad
| uated from Butler High School.
For the past several yehrs -
i Gaultney has attended the .Uni-I
I versity of Georgia. Atlanta Di- i
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Ground Breaking Ceremonies
Set For Hext Sunday Morning
Leaders of the First Baptist Church of Forest Park met this past Mon
day evening, (May 28), with contractors to receive sealed bids on specifica
tions to greatly expand the church.
Ground breaking ceremonies will be held next Sunday morning follow
ing services, on the addition to the church which is expected to cost in the
neighborhood of a quarter of a million dollars.
Architect’s plans, approved by church leaders call for a new sanctuary, to
be built on property to the left of the present church, which will have a
seating capacity of 1800 persons.
The present sanctuary of the church, which seats 500, will be remodeled
for use as a chapel for weddings and funerals, especially, and will have
waiting and other rooms added inside in space made available by removal of
seats.
W hen the present sanctuary is converted into a chapel it will seat ap
proximately 300.
Church leaders informed the Forest Park News that the expansion pro
gram, in the planning stages for one year, was imperative.
Said one church leader: "Although the present sanctuary has a seating
capacity of 500, our average attendance for Sunday morning services has
been around 850 persons.”
The present structure was com
pleted in 1948, and church plan
ners felt it would fill the needs
of the congregation for several
decades.
Unprecedented growth in For
est Park however, has caused
the number of members on the
rolls of the Church to increase to
1744 as of last Sunday.
Rev. Hoyt Farr is pastor of the
First Baptist Church. He has
vision at night, majoring in Busi
ness Administration. He will re
ceive his degree upon the com
pletion of one additional quarter.
A member of the First Baptist
Church of Forest Park, Gaultney
is also a Sunday school teacher
in the Junior Department. He is
married to the former Audrey Ann
Knowles, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James W. (Bud) Knowles,
natives of Clayton County. The
Gaultneys have one child, a boy,
Steven Eugene, age 2.
Since January, 1951, Gaultney
has been employed by the State
Department of Veterans Service
at the State Capitol in Atlanta.
He has held a variety of jobs
with that department and has
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Billy Gaultney
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served for the past nine years,
preaching his first service here on
January 15, 1947.
A clause in the contr-act which
will probably be awarded within
the week, calls for work to begin
within 30 days after award. A
further specification -calls for
oompletion of the entire project
within 270 days.
Bothwell and Nash of Marietta
are architects for the new con
struction. This firm designed the
present First Baptist structure.
According to church leaders,
the new addition will include a
wing 192 feet to the left of the
present building. It will connect
to the present structure, which
will be modified.
The new santuary will then
run forward to the streed, and
will be within a few feet of Rev.
Farr’s residence, on the left.
The frame building now used
by the church for scout and youth
work will be moved to the rear of
the church to make room for the
new structure.
The First Baptist Church was
founded in 1911. The church still
owns property at the site of the
original church which was on a
tract of land between Highway 54
and Courtney Drive. A nupmber
of the original 175 charter mem
bers of the church are still living
and attend regularly.
One church leader told a News
reporter that in addition to modi
fication of the present santuary
into a chapel, the steeple will be
- removed and placed atop the new
- structure.
Original estimate for Ihe con
i struction of the new addition,
’ which will make the First Bap
j tist Church of Forest Park one of
• the finest in the South, was
around $200,000 but more recent
। estimates, which included -more
I work, raised the figure towards
I the quarter of a million dollar
I mark.
I The internal modification of the
I present santuary into a chapel
I will not be accomplished until
I after the new structure is oom
-1 [pleted and occupied early next
i year.
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