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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
PAGE 3A
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Santa Claus Parade
Saturday At 10 A. M
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rlliei (}iumolc-d Oils vxvok when
ni rtindi j . Saturday ihonilnR at
Parade Forms
it Lions Club
<hK‘ >>t Winder x mitHtJiiidtiir-' uiKl
colorful evoui-. of the rhrht-
m«i*‘ Wfixun, Added eniph.ivL
will be com11Ijiited Ui Uk* In**
trn' *t of Santa's v|n|i thhyear
In Uiai nunv undei |ji iMl*'lin'd
children throughout thlx a via
will tune!it fiem the prucwds
delived from Uic parade.
Dm 1 Wimlcr Jaycm will hi
in ehdrgi of the pftr.ide tills
year. Paul SlalJinpx, locgl bus*
Inf'sman and Ja^coe, ft* Hus
vear s chairman of the event
and annonncr s ihnt riuaix will
be entered by the follow In#
The HanK of Itarrow, Hi si
(Continued on Figc 2-A) _
the Winder lay roes request
that sponsors of ihc floats have
the automnbllo , to pull them,
and all orparu/'ili.ini that will
have automobile units lnthe pa'
rode, be at the Lions Club
promplll at 9 o'clock. All par
ticipants are requested to un-
tor tho gait* near the new exhi
bit un building layrenfi whoai'e
to I its Ip hi lining up the parade
ii'fi also requested to report
at <1 o'clock.
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( hrislmas Parade
At Statham Dec. 7
anno Williams, Lisa Pentecost, Una Blackwood, Karen
Manuel, Debra Wall, Karon Olson, and Rebecca Wages.
Hack row, loaders, Mrs, Walter Smith, Mrs. Janiea Grant,
and Mrs, Bruce Olson.
•mpany
bands, marching UMTS
The three hands and other
marching units will report to
their predetermined position t,
where they will form, r»t later
than 6 o'clock. The mobile units
will leave tlte Lions Club In
time to move Into Ltrcud Street
at Dunahoo's Store al |0 o'
clock. The bends and marching
units will fall into their posi
tions In the line nf march as
the parade arrivosatthe Aright
street Inter section.
The Color Guards will fall
Into the line of march at the
corner of Bruad and Stephens
Streets.
The Santa Claus Float will
be the last unit in the parade
preceded by one of tho three
bands.
The annual Christmas pa
rade will he held in Statham
on Wednesday evening. De
cember 7 at 7 o'clock. A
street dance, featuring two
band s will be enjoyed fol
lowing the parade
I hLs year's parade is de
signed to bo one of the larg
est and best In this trade
area and will include f!c«t%
the 40 & 8 Veteran Train
from Jefferson, and three
marching bands from Wind
er. W, M. Vac raves is par
ade master, and invites ev
eryone in Barrow and sur
rounding counties to attend
tho pre-Christmas festivity.
R»*lm‘iitlnm*
Srt A ext W f* k
For Grower*.
ITutlble cuttoe pi in
Georgia nil) pavtirtiate t«r>
yeparatr re/cirndum 1
week rbey will w.<- •'n:*0UL f ~
If ram issues, •*» **»{hv
favor marketing on tfw
fWI cuip of cotton and sf* oth
er wbflhor they the i plan)
Die Handy Andy chain li
campoxwl of 33 stores,the first
store having opened inMac«rt in
August Andy Aatwn. Is
President et the groce r\ chain;
R st'ell C. Fulkws ix General
Manager and VrreUr*_Tin
surer; and Gary F l kU'V i, Is
Field Ropresanutlvc,
The local grocery husdnow
will be open frem 7 t.m until
11 pjr every day, E*i v l*
plenty of fnw parking area .wd
In tide the w?ata.*id clean marital
will be found a good vailvty of
groceries, Ice, money ordors,
Continued on Fag* --A3
C. L, (Cherry) Light, *i2, of
Winder, passed away at his re
sidence on North Broad Street
on Wednesday, November 23,
following an extended Illness,
Mr. light was a native of Mis
souri, son of the late Francis
Joshua Light and the late Mary
Beaver Light. He **$ born on
July 20,1914,
Mr Light had been In de
clining health for several
months. At the time of his
demise he was serving as plant
manager of the Ruhr Corpor
ation, Winder, Mr. Light came
to winder In this capacity In
1957 from Bohr Corporation of
Chula Aista, Calif.
Mr, Light attended the Mis
souri Stale Teachers College
and later entered the field of
aviation on the West Coast.
He wav a \nvy veteran. Mr,
Light was very active In the
social and civic affairs of Win
der, t'pon coming hero frnm
California, Mr, Light Imme
diately became a part of th"
community life of Winder and
Barrow County. He *4* three
times elected and served at
president of the Winder-Bar*
ru w Chamber of Commerce,
During this time the local civ-
. art? was held
November 15,
nlng room of
: New Brrnvn-
» Troop 111
ickwood, Pam
Jobl>ltt, Cindy
•ant, anti Gra-
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Over 400 Teachers of Voca
tional Agriculture are meeting
In Denver, Colorado December
3-8. C. Fred Ingram, Voca
tional Agriculture* Teacher
from the Winder-Bar row High
School, Is solving as executive
Secretary of tho Georgia Voca
tional Agricultural Teachers'
AsaudnUon and i s one of 1h« of
ficial delegate* In the 146G Na
tional Vocational Agricultural
fearhurs Association t "tiven-
tlon. Recently, Mr. Ingram was
se torlod as the tup FI \ Advis
or In Georgia, since the WlwJ-
or-Harrow High Schnul Chap
ter wax Umi Stall* WlntNil for
lPfifi.
I ho NVATA Ik made up «>f
ovqr l<r,mih leacbers of voca
tional agriculture; this la ovei
95y c.r all the vw-ag teachers
in the I nlted Suitev offlcrre
uf thu Natl*inol Vocational Ag-
rlcuiUiral raarheva' j
lion are! Jim IJurkeu, I'
be t -unUHl, “be milk#
done by count} Vnl •‘.m-MTOee?.,
stilting it Ufc hegi.uog if tn*
butinks? day Dree tuber U-.
H 1), Loxin, ai V.ifxjrny H
chalrmar of t*w H»m>* i.
tH ComiDtaM.
Barrow Coanvy fa o*- s
ire* to in IS. up-
cvmilng retoftmAun.
Al least Iwo-thDd:* Uw
cxtun farm*i- "ains
the nation mtrft approve cX-
ton msi.’iwtlng «w*te< ■
beiorv the essential P"
of the p*.wrs*i s' Wc ef
fect. OtiVlvnw tW Wl> v <W*4
p-ugraJD will be rrire*
j.1perrertuf.Tj v. * 5
ers who tU ml tsceed the,-'
Smitli
There are t* 11 ®**>s that /w
Kr«ei r> mm ’
may be agpruveit 11r*G its** 4
iTitreU nf if^ *
f»V*>C U. Vi xXl if S »Wi’»
yt ontitwicd Tig* ' u ‘
rods of need
families. <ii'
icn you are cc
senUtlvc for
MU AND Mbs, II AH HOLD HlTCIUNS \tv xliciwn Invklp the Handy Andy Market located
IIroad Street in Winder.
Kldunt
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LOCAL HISTORY
Continuing with this issue, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history from Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from
the Nov. 30,1966 issue of The Winder News.
School continued from 1A
New eBooks added to
Barrow County libraries
importance of the survey,
or directly said they would
support the Winder desig
nation.
Superintendent Chris
McMichael noted the sur
vey results are not binding.
He also said the City of
Winder had recommended
the school be named for
the city.
WORK CONTINUES
Joe Perno, assistant
superintendent for system
operations, told the board
that work at the new school
“continues to be on sched
ule.”
He pointed out that some
board members were on
a “walk through” of the
building last week and saw
some of the interior work.
Perno also told the
board Apalachee High
School plans to construct a
pre-fabricated building to
be used for indoor hitting
for the baseball team.
Coach Allan Bailey said
the school and booster club
have raised enough money
to support the project.
He said furnishing the
building as he would like
to would take several
years.
In other business, the
board:
•agreed to put several
items on its consent agen
da for Tuesday, including
the 2017-18 school calen
dar.
According to the calen
dar, teachers will report for
planning days July 26.
Students will start class
Wednesday, Aug. 2. It
requires student attendance
for 176 days and teachers
work 190 days.
It includes weeks off in
October, November and
April and two weeks and
three days for Christmas
and New Year's.
•heard a report by Melin
da Kay, director of second
ary education, that a new
math course will be offered
starting next year. It will be
a course for students who
could attend college, but
not in Science, Technol
ogy, Engineering, Arts or
Math (STEAM) areas.
•heard a report on a sec
ond new course, the AP
Capstone, which will start
at Apalachee High School
in the 2017-18 school year.
•learned about a new
program for teachers’
professional learning -
EdTech Innovation Chal
lenges - Gamifying Pro
fessional Learning.
• put on the consent
agenda for Tuesday the
purchase of network
switches for the new
school, paying $53,324 to
MXN of Woodstock; 17
Epson interactive projec
tors for Auburn Elemen
tary from Tech Optics of
Winder for $32,357; and
new visual display boards
for the new school in all
classrooms for a total of
$37,595.
The following list of
new eBooks have been
added to all the Barrow
County libraries.
•Conclave: A novel; by
Robert Harris
•Cross the Line: Alex
Cross Series, Book 24; by
James Patterson
•Dan Versus Nature; by
Don Calame
•Inherit the Bones -
A Mystery: Detective
Gemma Monroe Novels
Series, Book 1; by Emily
Littlejohn
•Moonglow: A Novel;
by Michael Chabon
•Night School: Jack
Reacher Series. Book 21;
by Lee Child
•Sex, Lies & Serious
Money; by Stuart Woods
•The Trespasser: Dub
lin Murder Squad Series,
Book 6; by Tana French
•The Wrong Side of
Goodbye; by Michael
Connelly
Library patrons need
only their library card
and password to sign in
and check out eBooks.
Password resets can be
done through any Barrow
County library by calling
and giving the library card
number. The libraries can
be reached at: 770-867-
2762, Winder; 770-725-
4785, Statham; or 770-
513-2925, Auburn.