Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, May 12, 1977, Page Page 9, Image 9
BmCTm i* i k w k***~ y ' tBBt < whi <.* -TB flk " WW v.. *flHi|tfi| d « • a i. ar/’Avflß ' W* ' ' - ■■■ ■•v Z OBF . sW/ ■ •< V j ißui? 1 BHB| f i uHiBMHIb ' Legal secretaries The Griffin Legal Secretaries Association held its in stallation of officers at the Moose Lodge. New officers are pictured above: (1-r) Elaine East, president; Marilyn ‘Child box’ destroyed HAMILTON, Ga. (AP) - Two open top plywood boxes used for isolating disruptive children at a Harris County elementary school have been destroyed following complaints from parents. Constructed and used without the knowledge of School Supt. Michael Hickerson, the boxes were tom apart this week, a school spokeswoman said. The boxes were built on the orders of principal H.B. Floyd, specifically for isolating “problem” children. A 9-year-old pupil spent several hours in one of the windowless boxes Thurs day and Friday after she was involved in arguments with other students. The child, Teresa Browne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Browne of Hamilton, ate her noon meal in the box, which was about the size of a household refrigerator, according to her third grade teacher, Ellen McCarley. Floyd denied the boxes were used as punishment, but Mrs. McCarley, who is COWBOY BOOTS Beatty Shoe Shop 458 W. Solomon Phone 227-6723 SANDAL SALE Soft, Cushion Sandals in Macrame, Sailcloth and Leathers. Several Colors To Choose From Values To $17.99 9.80 -—.-- L SHOE 4 f H r SPALDING SQUARE 4 > ACROSS TMM MtffM AWPOiT ) his daughter, said that was why they were built. “They are simply to isolate the children," Floyd said, “to keep them from disturbing other children and to keep other children from disturbing them.” Mrs. McCarley said she asked for a box because another teacher had used one and had gotten good results. “She volunteered to go in,” said Mrs. McCarley. “If she was frightened, why didn’t she tell me?” Mrs. McCarley said Teresa “has been a problem with me and other people. I’ve paddled her and I’ve fussed at her. I hate to beat the child.” Teresa’s mother was one of two parents who complained about the boxes. “I’m not saying Teresa is an angel, because she is far from that,” Mrs. Browne said. “But I think what they do is a little too much.” Farming Reid is studying farm energy How many gallons of fuel are needed per acre to grow food crops in Georgia? Travis Reid, an agricultural engineer at the University of Higgins, vice president; Florence Williams, secretary; Pat Cook, treasurer; Jeannette Huckaby, governor and Oralyn Hall, NALS representative. Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station near Griffin, is measuring the energy required to operate different farm machinery under different Shapard to study hospitals Sen. Virginia Shapard of Griffin has been appointed to 2 additional special committees, one of which will determine whether changes need to be made in the law authorizing state grants to hospitals, while the other will conduct a review of the state’s mental disability laws. “Os course, everyone thinks immediately of the financial difficulties that Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has been having,” said Shapard, adding, “But I think we have to not only take a look at Grady but also a broader look into what the state’s role in participating with hospital authorities across the state is.” “Many of our hospitals are in financial difficulty, and it occurs to me that one reason that a lot of hospitals are having trouble is because the state has slipped so far behind on their portion of the payments of Medicaid,” said Shapard. systems of tillage. “More land preparation may mean more yield to the farmer per year, but it may not be paying for itself over the long run. Minimum tillage systems which require less energy and may produce slightly less yields, may prove to be more economical over a period of years,” says Reid. He has developed an energy measurement system composed of 2 Plexiglas tanks with solenoid valves. The tanks are set up so that tractors can run directly off the fuel in the tanks, while intake and feedback is measured. Thus far he has measured the fuel required by a tractor to plow at one depth, subsoil bed at 2 depths and bed at one depth. Title-I officers named Mrs. Anna S. Johnson, reading coordinator, explained the purpose of the Title I program during an organizational meeting of the 1977-78 Title-I Central Advisory Committee for Griffin-Spalding County Schools. She also offered an explaination of the adoption of the remedial reading and kindergarten projects. 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