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Page 2 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, September 15,1977 Developing reading habit three grades. Teachers cannot devote their full attention to teaching those students who did not learn to read in the earlier grades and neglect the studies of other students in the classroom. In the Griffin-Spalding County Schools, the Title I Reading Program funded by the federal government, furnishes teachers especially trained in reading instruction. The specialists work every day with small groups of students who need extra help with their reading. Teaching only a few students at a time, allows the teacher a chance to give one-to-one instruction. “There are other reasons why Johnny can’t read. You have seen some in the news before. TV sends constant ex citing entertainment flowing over Johnny without any effort on his part. A classroom can’t compete. Work can’t be made that interesting. Besides, it takes work,” Mrs. Smith said. Johnny is not used to working, ac cording to Mrs. Smith, because there are fewer errands to be run and mechanization in the home is in his favor. When the student gets in the classroom, he does not want to write his name over and over because he has not been taught work habits in the home. Johnny’s inability to read also can be attributed to several other factors. A few years ago, undergraduate courses in many colleges did not offer instruction in teaching reading. Education courses were theory and specific teaching skills were not developed until the practice teaching experience, which generally is a quarter in most colleges. Teachers were acquiring skill in their profession through hit or miss methods in their own classrooms with the aid of teacher manuals or whatever text her system adopted. A master’s program offered the first concrete professional training in the exact art of teaching reading. The cost of acquiring graduate courses has been continually rising for the teacher. The teacher is not enthused at having to pay the expense them selves. J ■— ~ Rudd surrenders Wearing glasses, Mark Rudd reaches out to shake hands with unidentified dun Wednesday as he and his lawyer arrive at Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York to surrender. Rudd, a fugitive member of the radical Weatherman Underground, was surrendering to face a number of misdemeanor charges stemming from anti war demonstrations in the 19605. (AP) DYING TO HAVE YOUR EARS PIERCED? Saturday, Sept. 17 11:00 A.M. tO 0:00 P.M. Only *4.99 t Only *4.99 V Only M.W Owl* *4.99 Earrings Included in this price. Done professionally by Robbin Young. AhigalCd Spalding Square (Continued from page 1) Each year more and more colleges and universities are adding reading instructional courses. Practice teaching time also is being increased by some colleges and universities. “Everyone knows that boys mature slower than girls. Boys have the worst reading problems and a much higher percentage of boys fail to learn to read than girls. Immaturity accounts for a large percentage of our reading failures. Perhaps we should think on the possibility of raising the age some boys and some girls enter school,” Mrs. Smith said. Teachers training for depart mentalized classes as in junior high, high school and upper elementary formerly have not been required to take courses in teaching reading. Only recently has this requirement been added to their training. The Griffin-Spalding Title I reading program helps to raise many students’ reading level from one to four years in eight months teaching time. It is making a strong impact on the students it touches, but it is not a systemwide program. The Title I program operates in several of the elementary schools and one of the junior high schools. “It would be beneficial to teachers and students to make reading specialists available for on-the-job assistance. Our children often are the ones hurt by the trial and error ap proaches of colleges, publishers, taxpayers and educators,” Mrs. Smith said. Pre-school experiences can make reading much easier for children. If they see their parents reading, they develope the idea that reading is im portant. “Every home should be well supplied with books. Children can be taught at an early age to respect books — how to turn pages, never to mark up or deface a book. Play time with a parent can include naming pictures in a book, enjoying hearing stories read to him. If mama and daddy enjoy reading, Johnny more than likely will enjoy reading. Country Fair to be held Saturday The young people of First United Methodist Church will have a “Country Fair” Saturday 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. It will be held in the parking lot of the church. The United Methodist Women and Young-at-Heart groups will assist the young people. Events to be featured will be a flea market for clothing, fur niture, and other items; photo and sewing exhibits; bake sale, flower sale, crafts sale, produce booth, hot dog and sandwich stand, a pet show at 4 p.m., sponge throw, antique car show, auction at 5:30, and home-made ice cream. Proceeds will go to finance a Christmas help project. Rare family get together Mr. Elmer Duval of 930 West Solomon street says she has quite an occasion to have her family get together. She and some of her family, whom she has not seen in a number of years will be together for a reunion at her home. Mrs. Duval’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson of Andres, Texas, will be celebrating their 52nd an niversary Sept. 20. The John sons will be Mrs. Duval’s guests for the celebration. A brother, Vergil Johnson, is a retired army band director residing in Spain who Will also attend the celebration. A second band director brother in the family, James Johnson, from Seattle, Wash, will also be in attendance. Singers to perform The Saturday meeting of the Griffin Chapter of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International will be a dinner meeting and not a breakfast meeting as an nounced earlier in Griffin Daily News. The buffet dinner will be served from 6:30 until 7:15 and '* *v 4,* ? *s£"*4 y\ ~ : ViWy&jjkfa. > '/A , 'A '.A, ™ First time David Virden who is in the Air Force took his grandmother, Mrs. C. C. Callaway of Griffin up for her first ride in a plane. She’s 74 years and said she would not have flown with anyone else. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Virden of Atlanta. Virden grew up in Griffin and graduated from Griffin High where he was an outstanding football player. Wiley Virden (1), his mother and his son are pictured here. The young pilot plans to make the Air Force his career. Crime report Building supplies stolen The Spalding Sheriff’s Department continues to receive reports of stolen building supplies from homes under construction in the county. Eight windows and one door were stolen from a building site on Cheatham road. Other items might also be missing, lawmen said. The incident was reported by Marvin Johnson of Pinecrest subdivision and was one of several similar complaints investigated recently. Griffin police also received a number of theft and vandalism reports. Mrs. Joyce Farley of Cabin Creek drive told police someone came into her yard and cut the top of her car, then removed the oil plug and let the oil out. Damage was set at S2OO. During the night someone climbed the fence around the back lot at Southern States Printing Co., 120 East Taylor Realtors review new rules A group of Griffin realtors was present for a public hearing Wednesday concerning land subdivision regulations of Spalding County. Most voiced a similar opinion as to why they were there. They all had a little bit of mistrust that the long range effects of the regulations would mean they would not meet some kind of specification at a later date. County Commission Chair man P. W. Hamil assured the realtors the subdivision regulations were to work out something good for the benefit of developers and the land owners in the county. In that land developers usually are responsible for the utilities provided in a new subdivision, Griffin realtor, Horace Singletary asked the commissioners if they had ever considered giving a rebate to the land developer for water connections. Hamil told the group the water system in the county is presently being managed by the city and the question should be directed to the city. A draft of the new subdivision regulations was issued to all the realtors. They asked time to review the material and requested another public hearing. The date for the next hearing is to be announced in the legal section of the Griffin Daily News. the meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Higher Ground, a professional singing group, will perform at the meeting. Reservations are necessary for the meeting and may be made by calling 228-6700, 228- 2583 or 227-2660. street, and stole the battery from a company truck parked there. Ernest Barlow, 1332 North Ninth street, reported that a .22 caliber pistol was stolen from his car parked downtown Wednesday. Someone broke into the warehouse at Tommy Young’s Used Cars, 949 Experiment street, and pried off the lock on the dbrink box. About $5 in change was taken. The lock on the storage room door also was pried off, but apparently nothing was missing. There were 2 house burglaries reported. A diamond ring and small amount of cash were taken from a Woodland drive home. Someone broke into a residence ,on Milner avenue, ransacked the house and stole some checks, police said. Ahlqoit/i 'Wm B <’jEr[ r s I I Kr y/y Ml fi >3,. Georganne Sprayberry will be in our store Saturday, September Come by and visit with her and \ : ;f\l S? experience the joy of our experts ‘ / ;; helping you to be well I I SK dressed too! Hou rs a IT Monday thru Thursday Ear piercißg in our store [i 10 AM til 7 PM Saturday by Robin Young Ji Friday 11 am til s pm. Ipfel 10 AM til 8 PM Mon, ~ .fi fCnrP Saturday 54.99 Cutyl... Ij I.U , 10 am til 6 PM. — 228-5650 Deaths Funerals Mrs. Gossett Mrs. Odessa Harris Gossett of 514 South Hill street died this morning at the Griffin-Spalding Hospital. Mrs. Gossett was the widow of Mr. Alex S. Gossett and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She is survived by 2 sisters-in law, Mrs. Homer Gossett, Sr., and Mrs. Albert Gossett; several nieces and nephews, among them, Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Evans and Frank Gossett 111, all of Griffin. The funeral will be Friday morning at 11 o’clock in the chapel of Pittman Rawls Funeral Home. The Rev. Lamar Cherry will officiate and entombment will be in Oak Hill mausoleum. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home tonight from 6 until 9 o’clock. ■ What’s happening Ceres Couples The Ceres Couples will meet Saturday at 6:30 p.m. for a picnic at City Park. Dinner The Rising Star Baptist Church usher board will sponsor a plate dinner Saturday at the church, 132 Cherry street. Plates, $1.50. '-slwMfcfßiftlllJ TfliTi m nrisisiii ■p»r ■■ Hospital Report Dismissed from the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital Wednesday: Albert Banks, Rosemary Smith, Fern Entrekin, Jessie James, Amy Rolls, Emma Richmond, Brenda Adams, Kersanthia Whitner, Joan Smallwood, Mrs. Joyce Mitchell and baby, Mary Dillard, Carol Harvest Values planned The Merchants of Griffin will have its annual Fall Harvest of Values promotion Oct. 6-8. They plan an extensive promotion and sales campaign to encourage shoppers here and in surrounding areas to shop in Griffin where they believe values and service are the best to be found. Merchants are busy now stocking their shelves and display space with bargains for the special promotion. Elliott, Mae Mann, Dorothy Hutchings, L. E. Cato. Stork Club MASTER ADAMS Mr. and Mrs. James F. Adams of Route 2, Box 399, Jackson, announce the birth of a son on Sept. 14 at the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital. MASTER TRUETT Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Truett of P. O. Box 44, Orchard Hill, announce the birth of a son on Sept. 15 at the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital. LITTLE MISS GROGAN Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Grogan of 217 East Taylor street, Griffin, announce the birth of a daughter on Sept. 15 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. MASTER SMITH Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Smith of Route 2, Yatesville road, Bamesville, announce the birth of a son on Sept. 15 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. MASTER THURSTON Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Thurston of Route 5, Jackson, announce the birth of a son on Sept. 15 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital.
