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PAGE SIX SCHOOL NEWS SSC Teaching Majors Begin Student Teaching According to Mrs. Thelma M. Harmomi, coordinator of student tejwfeinu at Savannah State Col- ] ( .rp, 44 elementary and secondary teaching majors have been as- r f?n«d to school centers in Chat- ham, Laurens, Wayne, Glynn, Ware, Houston, Liberty and Me- Ir tosh counties to do student teaching for the spring quarter, The following is a list of the students, the schools in which they are doing their intern work, and their crit : c teachers: Thurnell Johnson, Alfred E. P.each, Vernon Rhaney; Rose Ann I.anirr, Alfred E. Beach. M . V olet Johnson, Isinjtleton; Evelyn Gordon, Sol C. Melvin Marion; James CoHJrr, Tompkins High, Ralph Baif|v; Hosie Harris. Sol C. John¬ son,'Mrs. Christine Robinson; fon*> Smith, Rialev H ! gh, C. T. ertyfCounty Diclfcrton; Melva J. Wright, Lib- High,. Mrs. Lillie Gil lard^ Juanita B. Howard, filnora Wayne Couity High, Mrs. Ed- mohlfcpn; c|ri*tine Woodruff, C enter Hig|, Iglehart, Mrs. Gloria Risley Owens; High, Miss Rur- baraj Betty Hawthorne; Jestine Moran, Risl|y High, Louis Pratt; James Nevils, Tompkins High, Mrs. Thel¬ ma Higfi^Mrs. Doris Porter, Todd-Grant Lollie Reid; Annie Pierfe IGooden, Center High, Jer¬ ry Elementary, JBswell; Jennie Cooper, Risley Mrs. Sara Phillips; LBlie Ferguson, Warner Robins Eleflrentary, Malf Mrs. Leo Harris; S. Hills, Sol C, Johnson, Mr4 Virginia Blalock; Alfreds Anderson, Tompkins Elementary, I Mrs. Beatrice Doe; Gertrude P. Johnson, Sol C. Johnson, Mrs. Tompkins Elem. School Monday night, April 2.1, the stu¬ dents of Tompkins Elementary School presented a talent show whtch, from the applause by the audience, must have equalled, if not excelled, all previous perform¬ ances. The singing and dancing by the grille groups displayed a variety of Talent, beginning with the first grrftlers, who danced to the tune of f‘Hey Little Girl” and the Ho- keij. Pokev.” The second-graders did£ the Chai leston and a square dartre, “Turkey in the Straw.” Tt *4 third-grade afternoon classes pt^ented an Indian dance, while they morning third-graders, calling th«*nselves “The Radio City Rock¬ ett!” did the “Mashed Potato.” . Fbur groups of fourth-graders performed under the assumed nine* of “Little Queenie,” “The (Tijiese Tea Party,” “The Five! Svehpers,” and “The Mexican Hat ! pfyfcrammed leavers.” The “The fifth Rhythms grades were and as n*. fOitmes, i the Starlcttes , , , Interpre- i ,,L ' : t»t|m Iiliflland, of * Raunchy, r. e The Irish T . , Jig, i and Blue Hawaii. The sfr.fh-graders presented the Beat- tHnietts njkj W’altz, the swinging Rhy- and That’s Why. 'Che program was climaxed with tjret Tti* seventh Madison, grades’ The Roston rendition Bop- of perk, Whateha Gonna Do, and In a Little Spanish Town. Appro- ptifte costumes and stage settings On Friday night, the faculty a*d their guests gathered at the howe of Mr. and Mrs. Hurshel I$i|ton on West 41st Street and syrju-ised their “teacher of yesH-,” Mrs. Willie Mae Sampson, IwX operated h t? 8 ba u.th w d tV Ta the .T S committee Samps " n ’ C0 ' <**Mng Mrs. Sampson to come. HjfTT L Mrs.^Sampson I C ° X> t ,nnp| w,th_ h al an » eXtfuisite orchid corsiige and a fountain pen as gifts from the faculty. Several individual gift? were also presented. Those teach ers who served along with the chairman, Mrs. Eunice Burton, in planning this affair were Mrs. EHtn Wilson, Mrs. Thelma May¬ nard, Mrs. Matilda Rivers, Mrs. Edith James and Mrs. Thelma Walker. In response to Mrs. Cox’s presentation, Mrs. Sampson re¬ lated a few of her many experi- ngjjh'ed en|ck at Tompkins School, and some of the boys and girls shd-taught who are now making worthwhile contributions to this community. Amid the pleasant happenings of the week came the sad news af jLhe death of Mrs. Daisy Bing, a ^ifth-grade teacher. She taught for many years at Tompkins, and wiK be greatly missed by the stu¬ dents, staff and community. „f : -- Nearly 1,000,060 American men, wotnen And children were injured or killed test year because an au¬ tomobile driver exceeded the speed dors Mark-: Geraldine T. Wit- liams, V'-nt Broad Street FJemer.- ' • v- . Mattie Leake; Rachel Thomas, Sol C. Johnson Rlemen- •••rv. Mr«. Minnie Wallace; Ber- nice Jordan, East Broad Street Sc’-ool, Mrs. lildora Greene; O- I’m Ho do, Wavne County Trunin", Mrs. Aiethia Turner; [{„],. , t ;l Polite. Risley Elementary, Irene Flanders; Eun : ce M. Rro'.vn, East Broad Street School, : r s. A. D. Thweat; Christine D. Campbell, Ea t B oad Street School. Mrs. Pauline Hagins; Ro- , M ]j 0 Simmons, Sol C. Johnson, Mrs. R. S. Dobson; Lloyd Haw- i.Center High, Walter Taylor; j*. ujti; an) He -k, Risley High, VVil- Bowden; - To '' L( ’ uis Swf ' pt - Bpaph I™ Williams; Cleo Love Tomp- 1 " ’< '»rh, William Blake;.Dav.d Lpp B,own > Alfre(1 K - Rpaph - Ben jamin Singleton; Tommie L Mitchell, Risley High, L. J. Lo- max; Willie D. Batchelor, Alfred E, Reach, Frank Simmons; Mattie R. Burton, Sol C. Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy Adams; Willie Ludden, Tompkins High, Joseph Turner; Rowe Stephens, Liberty County High, Alex Ellis; James E. Whatley, Sol C. John¬ son, John Myles, Jolly Stephens, Alfred E. Bench, Richard Wash- burton; Willie P>. Lester, Center High, Mrs. Willie Creagh; tine Welcome, Beach Junior High, Mrs. Louise Collier; Robert Sol C. Johnson, Mrs. Stiles; Grant E. Cooper, High, Roscoe Browne; and Allen Cooper, Risley High, Willie den. Pearl Lee Smith School Over 10 patients of Georgia firmary were made happy by Tri-Gra-Y Girls of Pearl Smith School. These made baskets and filled them "indies. During their art they made original for the patients. Advifsars these girls are Mrs. M. chairman; Mrs. Id. Bacon. Mary Stiles and Mrs. A. | nm The parents of the school rallying for the success of ■drool's beautification project. P.-T.A. sponsored a plant shower recently to secure plants for ■orner garden on the playground, fn addition to the plants secured from the shower, 38 azaleas were nurchased hv the P.-T.A. to beau¬ tify our Stiles Avenue entrance and other spots around the school. Frank Hamilton, Charles Rutler, together with our beautification chairman, Miss R. Miller, worked co-operatively with members of the Georgia Association of Gar- den Clubs, ... , Mrs. ,, Mary ,, Flournoy, prcsidcnt Tho seventh-graders were happy to have as their guests last week, Raleigh Bryant, head of the guid¬ ance department, Tompkins High School, along with Calvin Minis, Barbara Skipper, Shirley Miller, Mary P. Roberts, Elmer Thomas and Dorothy Thompson, students. The / visiting ?..T team acquainted “ our ” u ‘ Mrs F. Williams’ sixth grade and Mrs. A. Habersham’s third "rade held interesting parties dur- in 8 thpir regular physical educa- tion P® r * od - Emphasis was placed on ouiet games. Thp parpnts of Mrs> M Dun . van’s seventh grade entertained her c!ass in the ca f e torium wpck with n luncheon, games ami dancing. The affair took place hetween the hou ,. s #f 2:3e 4;30 I p.m. Special guests included Mr. Hawkins’ seventh-grade class. t The annual May Festival of the — Real Estate Loans r«>ns«!i ns hefnr* making yonr Real Estate lawns. We have handled real estate for 40 years. Loans made on various plans to suit your income It will he to your advantage to see us first Southern Savings & Loan Company 17 WEST MclKINOflGH ST. RIAL A Darns 2-2113 Assets Over $2,000,000 WE PAY 3% CERTIFICATES 3% SAVINGS DEPOSITS ’’each Senior High Honor Roll Principal O. L. Douglass an¬ nounces the honor roll for the fifth six weeks at Beach Senior High School: Mary C. Boles, Bertha Mae Bowles, Betty Ruth ‘Bright, Ruth Burke, Ceonnrd Butler, Matilda Bryan, Amanda DeLorme, Eryl- delle DeVeaux, Betty Jean Dixon. Otha Douglass, Jr., Ruthie Ellison Narvis Freeman, Ide'la Glover. Betty Jean Cordon, E-sie Grant. Shirley Grant, ChrisCne Griffin. Rosalie Holmes, James Hunter, Drtieilla Johnson, Willie Mae Johnson, Kathale'-n Lewis, Perry Little, Carolyn Loadho't, Cliarh*s Marks, James Matthews, Billy Miney, Brenda Mobley, Lewis Owens, Theresa Smart, Eugene South. Barbara White and Al- phonso Wright. Beach Jr. High Honor Roll Announced Tbo FV''>rh Junior H'jrb bonot roll for the fifth six weeks has |„, PT1 released hv the principal, A. | . |>as follows; 8 r-,, hara Llovd, Mary Scott Hattie Waldhurg, Barbara Wal J |t 0r . j ov<H > Walker; 8 - 6 —Ronald Booker, Joyce Bry¬ ant, Mary Gibson, Woodrow Grif- fen, , Thomas Johnson, r , John T , Lang, ’ I Josephine „ , . McPherson. Betty „ ,, Ready, Bernice Scott, Eleanor 1 Simmons, Catherine Williams; 8-7 — Irene Gadsden, Marilyn McNichols; 8 - 8 —Lydia Mays, Phyllis Pelote; 8-9 — Jacqueline Gailliard, Jo¬ seph Gray, Jerome Little, William Mobley, Edward Nelson, Jr.; 8-10 Louis Simms, Edward Smith, Paul Toomer; 8-11—Janice E. Johnson; 8- 12- Herbert Dixon, Annie Bell Green; 9- 2 Shelley Vinson III; 9-3 Delores Addison, Joseph Anderson* Gloria Duncan, Geral¬ dine Jones, Elloree Wallace; 9-4 Lauretta Parker; 9-6 Catherine Johnson, Velma Love, Yvonne Young; 9-8 — Lawrence Brown, Melvin Brown* Lou Ethel Hall, Avon Walker, Betty Perry; Sellers; 9-9—Alviriia 9-12—Elsie Clyde JolinSon. Gadsden Faculty FpVs Mrs. Strinlin? The Den was the scene festivities „ ... in honor of Mrs. A. M. Stripling, Oadsden s Teac >- er of the Year, Friday, April 29. Spring, the theme of the decorations, was portrayed in *he center piece of pink glad- ioli, white baby’s breath and green ivy on the table. Trail- Ing ivy adorned the windows. and several arrangements ,nf gladiolii, ferns and (baby’s breath helped to carry out the theme. Miss D. L. DeVil- ters was toastmlstress, Mrs. G. P. Broughton, a former teacher of the year, present- fd the faculty’s gift to Mrs. Stapling. Delightful gamds were led by Mrs. B. Futch. Af- ter the games, a delicious sea- food fnnrt nlarter platter was was served. served. addition to Anthony Stripling, husband of the hon- oree, t'he guests included Mrs. Irma Fields. Mrs. Alzeta Thorpe and Janaes Murray. ! Mrs. L. Cohen and Mrs. D. Harris were co-chairmen for this activity. The decorations were planned by Mrs. Broughton, Mrs. Willie G. Edwards is the principal of R. W. Gads- den school. school will be held on the school’s playground Friday afternoon, May 6 at 4 o’clock. * , TTIF SAVANNAH TRIBUNE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Tompkins High Honor Roll James E. Luton, princinal of Sophronia Tompkins High announces that the Wowing ni Is have made the HONOR LIS for the fifth six-week por ; od: Eighth Grade-.; Joyce Eredrica Byrd, George Viola Garvin and SMrtev Ninth Grades: Betty Ten!-; M irion Lee an l Ad-eMe WiiPam Tenth Grade-: Juanita M Gloria White, E m j. fnrne- W- Iker and Glenn St ,!•;,■ Eleventh Grades: .Jimmy son: Twelfth Grades: Robert Fredricka Anderson and Wiley. Tompkins High Track Team participated in Track and Field events held hurt Fort Fn t V v Valley li last i t Friday f • i and , c urday. Moses Jackson School | ! Menihr"-s Membo-s of of Mo Moses^ <mpnv familv and M' , «. Fields assembled at Mrs. Singleton s home on Friday , ., uing, April 29, for the "Teacher-ofthc-Year” party honor of Mrs. Mabel Perry shaw, .Jackson’s year for 1960-61.” 1 Colorful and entertaining were , shown by Mrs. Alma I he . feature , , main was a corded tape recording “This Is Your Life Mabel Hanshaw.” Narrators were dames Carolyn L. Kirkland, ria S. Brown, Hettie and Melissa Lewis. ' tory greetings were extended the honoree by Mesdames Hayes and Erma Fields. •Hanshaw was the recipient of engraved plaque, which was sented by Mrs. Jeannette “teacher-of-the-year for 1959 Mrs. Alma Wade, teacher at Jackson, served as resource person for Mrs. garet Rhanev’s fourth-grade at Florw.ee Street School, that studying about Hawaii. Mi Wade explored Hawaii last mcr and, shared with the lides on Hawaii and "'o,', Monday, May nil graders visited To affix ns School Oiid wore wfy>tated t high school life. They elated over their neu ; Mrs. Leila Braithwilite an award for outstand ng nity services at the xrjnuaj day program sponsored lay fe ,. oad street VMrA Thursday,- M iv fi, at Alfred Beach High School. Bertha Morris was mistress ceremonies for the annual patrols recognition program sc> red by the Safety Council Chatham County, of which I Robert Funk is chairman, Jackson’s annual May Festival will be held on Friday, May 6 , 5 p.m. on the school’s JSequelyn Garvin and Clew ders will reign as queen and respectively. Both are Mrs. Gloria S. Browns third ^rade class. rhomas ^neral chairman, invites the lic to attend this affair. xnen 1 d DCa f . n u: n, s i tl riqc u,ass S n - Plan Reunion All graduates of the June August 1950 classes of Alfred Beach High school are ed to meet at the West Strept YMCA on Sunday, 8 at 5:00 P. M. — SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED! Have you heard? There is a certain Fish Market on Ihe corner of West Broad and Duffy Streets that is really out of this world, it wa > de i tied for your comfort as well as conven¬ . ience—it makes your shopping a real pleasure. ' The name—ACIIORD FISII COMPANY. You’ll find there Ihe best Seafood in Town. All Kin i — Shrimp. Crab. Lobster and Fish—you want it. we have it. -AH at the lowest prices possible. And you will be waited on by persons dedicated to meeting your every need with court;- y and' completeness. That’s right—ACHORD FISII COMPANY Don’t settle for less than the quality ACIIORD iffers you. Come in and see for yourself. WF APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE ACHCRD FISH COMPANY W. Broad and Dully Sts. Zetas Give Scholarship for Speck! Rrlocation Teacher Another civic-minded Negro grouo hat come fo-th with a scholar Tip for a i-acher v' > would HI - to qualify to tr\r:h a -dal, education clast in Cl '' i county public sc’*' ocls. Mrs. EI!a W. Fisher, " ; 1 A ■' the Alpha Theta 7-cta Chap* r of 7,eta Phi Beta rto-or’.tv, h. .. rr-maled this ac- tion in a It • r to Dr. Lee T T ward. Jr., chairman cf tihe Mayor'’ A Jv' Cm.mil' 1 -y - on Health Ca'-er Mrs. Fisher. emmented that two members f f h»r her rr«rair-ot’ or?. n.v. 7 >n ore are working wo king in t-e .1 a-ca of special educa- • tion in the pu ) x scnoois. T - , ocv are Mrs - Nancy H - Walker a,:id 1 , Mr ,_ E1Ls3 H Freeman. There are 18 .special educa- j tion classes in the public schools! j 0r handicri.....i Ncoro chd- i S p cnc p handicaps. Next fall there will be still .other classes added. The Unit- CcmmunUy services Social j Divii; . onj wWch is interested in all phases of the Esst Broad Scbocl Spring fever did not slow up activities at . East t- . Broad, t, .....i j ■ the j Many things are happening! !I We are proud of our partici¬ pants in the Delta Jabber woek. They presented a musical skit, “Snow White Goes Beatnik,” star¬ ring Jo Ann Mitchell as Snow White and Fred Jefferson as the Prince. For his performance. East Broad received third prize. Surprise! Yes, we surprised our toachetr of the year with a party in her honor on Wednes¬ day, April 27. Mrs. Pauline E. Hagins was happy to see her I old friends, R. W. Gadsden, her first principal, Mrs. V. R. Ar-1 noltl. Miss C. E. Lewis, M'ss i . , Lu!a .................. Smith and Mi • M.. v B. . G ms, . I * all , f,.„m F.a t „ We eaj,.y,.d yarn.:; and I n . fj ,., bments . Mt , Gad.sden pro " ,U 1 " " ' l ' ,:M : f ** Thrl-a'of'oin 1 v..‘, M, Viv- ;,0 Ten,41. , ihv K: .k and Vr-. V, -din.. ! I, . I el i i'll tern-1 > p, a, ;■ i! .in. H. 1 . m on nui ten it *• love, M ■ Lvles They! is moving to Kentucky. '■ were presented tokens of remem- iirance from the faculty. A to- ken' of appreciation was present-j ed li Mi s. Edith W. Moultrie, our j secretary, who is going on leave, f, fy> PRESSING OIL Soltcrs--Pre-coflditioBs .1 .......I— ■ ■ III l»— I' Bair ■»' MW—BJ— lor Presrmq ra?? ■ « «HHnra- Lanolin-rich "HG Formula" with more protection to make pressing easier. Excellent for styling and setting hair. Gives High Gloss, longer lasting . . . Delightfully Fragrant. .drThis Coupon is Worth 1 k/ When Purchasing $1.50 Jar of 15I Vt a wr i d * --------- ----^ r Redeem favorite Druggist. | •2 coupon at your If he is out of stock send $1 and this jg coupon to P.O.Box 3457* “ST” Savannah, Ga We will send you $1.50 jar Postpaid 1 SO) r*. Offer Expires July 1, I960 IS^F] CCFTA Clubs Entertain Teachers The Future Teachers of Chat* ham County presented a program for the members of the Chatham County Teachers’ Association on April 19 at 8:00 p.m. in the Al¬ fred E. Beach High School Audi¬ torium. Representatives of the various I j clubs were; Jewel Williams, Betty Mary Harris from the M Hayneg club of Alfred E. Beacb Ren j or High School; Mar- raKre t Shinhdster, Mordecai John- , (>T1 Ciub> Tompkins High School; and Ramona Marks, W. K. Payne Club, Sol C. Johnson High School. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the teaeh- r ‘ rs of the year by Mrs. Ola B. Dingle, Platform guests were Mrs. Sadie < "’ ynthia Rhodes. Miss " f ’"‘ Rhodes is •“ the fl ”“ newly elected Mrs. Steele, Teacher of 0 . the the Year Year, assisted assisted jn presentinf , ce; tificates to the : teachar8 of tbe vear . Advisers ... of ... the FTA . Clubs r ,, , are Mrs. Phoebe Brooks and Mrs. Mary R . , Sol C. Johnson; Mrs. „ , _ ,. „. , „ School; , , and , ,, Mrs. „ Esther „ B. „ Hard¬ , en, ^ Alfred ^ E. Beach Senior High DeRenne 4-H Club Officers and members of the ^ DeRcnne Elementary School have . been working with the 4-H Club I program this year. Various dem- I onstrations, programs and activi- ties have been carried on. On April 21, the 4-H Clubbers presented their assembly program 1 in the form of a model 4-H Club meeting. Program rendered was j a Does health It. skit Participants entitled “Good Health from i came j f,th and of the 7th seventh grades. grade Pamela presided Pal- llle r , and Albert Cameron also seventh | a grader was narrator of the skit. Projects for the year were clothing, gardening, home beauti¬ fication, poultry, food preparation, electricity and wildlife. Some of the members will parti- c ‘P ate in th * Comty wfcta project elimination *»<« the winners will go ^e D.stnct elimmatmn. The cl « b wi11 go ; to the eHmwnp- , ment at the Dublin 4-H Center. Mary Council, advisor? Mr!’ D^ris T - ‘Owes, Negro Home Demonstra- tion Agent, and E. H. Harmond, C«»ui»ky Agent!-. --------------- problem, has ob- approval from the ^CS of Directors for the -r -on of fund'- from the School for Mentally Re- to pay for housing for loir units of trainable men-, retarded children. Two! be for white children and ., for Negro. At present the Chanter of the Asso- of fhntally Retarded is for suitable housingj school for the two Ne- ! " T ° _. J-'^e Mnits will ... the first suc classes in pub- scnoois srhools in in urui Georgia S m and aim are bfinR termed as a pilot study for the State Department of Mrs. Doris Roberts, executive d -ector of Grpenbriar Children s is president of the Sa- vanr.ah Chapter of the Associ- ation of Mentally Retarded arid is directing the search for suit- able housins for the Negro units. Taking the pieces of the teach- ers on leave are Mrs. Gerald Ha- ven Dearing, who is working with a .. f ; rst Kra( j ei ars( j Mrs. Ella White and Mrs. Margaret Moore Myles, who are with third grades. The principal, faculty and stu¬ dent body invited the public to attend a “science fair” on day, May 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. The theme was “Exploring Mod- ern Science.” This broad topic was broken down according to grade levels and smaller u n i t s such o plant and animal life, earth science,' machines, and elec¬ tricity. Puiilsen School The students, teachers, and principal . .......of Paulsen school have planned a gala spring -al for May 6 on the school yard. Folk dances, representative of FPVCral toUntries lncl * jding Sweden, Ireland Eng- !and ’ “’ uth A ’ nerlca and ’ ! yersmns will be fraturcd ’ Children wdi dance arollrd Maypole. Linda Prayl-o and Spencer White will reign as queen and king of the festival. Miss Metella W. Maree is principal of the school. 1 | - Bradley Beach Motel 4 'J £ Y GRAND OPENING I t j. MAY 15, 19G0 I A Prepare Now To F.njoy A Restful Weekend or Vaeation REFRIGERATION In The Modern, — COOKING Clean OR and FACILITIES Cool Motel Units (If Desired) ! X HOME COOKED MEALS AT ADJACENT PAVILION I CALL AD 3-5370 OR WRITE 813 W. 39th STREET, FOR YOUR RESERVATION X YOU BE THE rr* J Sj Wx .55.3 u I) G E ♦ For News That’s RELIABLE... For Coverage That’s WORLDWIDE... For Advertising That GETS RESULTS ... And For AH Your Printing Needs, Your Best Bargain Is THE SAVANNAH TRIM NE 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Phones A Daws 4*3432 ADams 4-3433 SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1960 Spencer Log The second-grade class of Mis* Barbara Burke won the May Day honors. The queen is Lillian Ri¬ ley, daughter of Mr. a»d Mrs; Joseph Riley and the king is Ed¬ ward Street, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Street, Sr. They will reign over the- May Day fes¬ tivity Friday afternoon on the school’s front lawn at 1:30. Second-place winner is Miss Pet- tie’s Fourth grade. Thev will bo n'inee and princess of the court. They are Yvonne Reese, daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Reose, and Larry Bartley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bartley. Mrs. Morgan’s sixth-grade class won third honor. Cheryle Ooh- ham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lames Cobhafti, and George Coon- er, son of Mrs. Leola Cooper, will he attendants. The other members of the court will include Karen Harden and John Richardson as crown bear¬ ers; Julia Frazier and Abraham Moran as train carriers, and Wal- ter Reddick and Horace Marks as ! ia ^ rs - Spencer’s dance team will do a modern, creative dance, ami Spencer’s Tap Team will perform their prize-winning dance, “Me and My Shadow.” Another spe¬ cialty will be a drill team of Spen¬ cer’s boys. The traditional plaiting of the May Pole will be a highlighting i feature, girls and boys from each grade level competing. Classes will dance to the tune of folk, modern and popular music. General chairman of the May Day festivities is Mrs. Mary Sim¬ mons, a second-grade teacher. Nation’s PTA Membership Nearly 12,000,000 CHICAGO, (ANP) — The Na¬ tional Congress of Parents and Teachers, completing its annual census of P.T.A. members, last week counted a membership of nearly 12 , 000 , 000 . Mrs. Milton L. Wiener, of Wil¬ mette, 111 ., membership chairman for the National Congress, arn nounced that final membership fig¬ ures for the current year show an ^ncrease of 409,647 over 19;>9, for a total of 11,926,552. A study compiled by The Travel¬ ers Insurance Companies shows that speed was responsible for 12 ,- 980 traffic deaths in 1960—- more than 43 per cent of the total. i