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BLAKELY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
F. F. A. NEWS
The F. F. A. Chapter held a busi
ness meeting last Tuesday night,
May 14, at which the following boys
■were initiated: Winston Felder, Wal
ter Hatcher, Robert Brooks, Robert
Collier, Clarence Day, Leonard
George, Raymond Bryant, Norman
Thomas, Robert McCormick, Hal
Beckham, and Sidney Jones. We
shall hold a meeting this week to
initiate the boys who are becoming
Junior Farmers. They are: James
White, J. D. Willis, Olin Seago, Har
old Willis, Fred Bostwick, Hamp
Clarke, Mack Jarrett, Curtis Sprouse.
Daniel Bailey. Joel McDowell, Thom
as Hatcher, Julian Williams, and
Clyde McGahee. Incidentally, any
candidate must know the creed be
fore he is eligible for initiation.
We are selling subscriptions for
the magazine, “Outdoor Georgia,” in
order to make money for paying a
camp pledge. The subscription price
is SI.OO per year. Needless to say,
we shall appreciate your subscribing
—.and we think you will be getting
your dollar’s worth.
—JAMES WHITE.
SOFTBALL
May 10—Friday night the Ram
blin’ Recks and the Battlin’ Bozos
played a fast game of softball which
ended with a score of 9-11 in favor
of the Ramblin’ Recks.
May 15—Wednesday the boys and
girls of Arlington and Blakely play
ed two snappy games. Josiah Wil
liams wound up and hit three killer
diller home runs out of four times
at bat. Zac Smith came in with an
other home run for the Blakely
team. The game ended with four
points for Arlington and sixteen
for Blakely.
The girls’ game closed with a
close score of twelve for Blakely
and thirteen for Arlington.
—BILL WATERS.
BAND NEWS
As the school year draws to a
close, and preparation for diplomas,
caps and gowns, and other things
pertaining to graduation are made,
•we suddenly awaken to the fact
that many of our most esteemed
band members will not be with us
next year. Among those who will
graduate are Vivian Williams, Paul
ine Haddock, Virginia Holman, Cena
Loback, Marilyn Reeves, Howard
Sherman, and Moody Chandler.
The clarinet section will suffer
heavy losses, Cena and Marilyn be
ing two outstanding players of this
instrument. Another graduating
member is our bass drummer, Vir
ginia Holman, whose personality and
skill will be missed very much in
both the drill and concert bands.
The snare drummer, too, will be
minus one next year, Moody being
one of those who will don cap and
gown in a few weeks. Pauline Had
dock, noted for her gaiety and en
thusiasm, will be greatly lamented
by her fellow trombone players and
by all other band members. The
saxophone section, also, loses two
highly-prized musicians in Howard
Sherman and Vivian Williams. All
of these have contributed greatly to
the band’s success, and will, it goes
without saying, be missed by every
one.
We are happy to add, however,
that three seniors who are promi
nent members of the band—Nancy
McLendon, Arthur Sherman, and
Hugh Eubanks—have decided to
come back to school next year and !
will continue to take part in the i
band activities.
The band has been invited to at-I
tend the Pelham Tomato Festival on
June 6. Since a prize of sixty dol
lars is being offered, we especially
hope that we shall be able to com
pete in this event.
—REPORTER.
HOME ECONOMICS 1939-1940
Os the progress made by various
classes during this school term, we
of the home economics department
claim that our gain has been most;
noticeable.
Our teacher, Miss Lurlie Ham, de- I
serves much praise for our advance- j
ment. Although the road has been J
rough part of the way, she has al- |
ways smiled and gone cheerfully on,l
thinking of pleasant things for ev- !
eryone. We as a group “take our;
hats off” to Miss Ham!
Several individuals deserve some
cheers while we are in the mood.
Cena Loback, senior and president of
•our F. H. G. Club, the girl of the '
pleasing personality, pushed us;
ahead quite often. Sometimes, when
we saw no way out of a tight cor- |
ner, she willingly lent her “all” in
every way needed. Many other girls, j
too, helped our group along through-,
out the year.
Separately, you have heard of
some of our activities, such as the
exchange unit and the Christmas;
party, both of which, greatly enjoy-!
ed, were accomplished in cooperation !
with the Agriculture classes. You
have already heard from this column I
of our chapel program. Since our I
last article, however, the two most!
important happenings of the entire
semester have taken place. One, the
entertainment for our mothers held
Thursday, May 2. The program,
presented in the auditorium and pre-!
sided over by our president, consist
ed of a demonstration by each class!
of its progress. The eighth grade i
gave a fashion show of garments:
made by the pupils. First-aid mens- i
ures were demonstrated by the ninth
grade. While Reba Sessions, Bluriel
Wilkinson. Sarah Fulton, and Polly
Pullen, all of the tenth grade, pre
sented a skit on the personality and!
the dress of a high school girl. Con-I
sumer buying was carefully studied
by the seniors this spring, so Vivian
Williams gave a report on their!
findings. Virginia Holman, a most i
talented and popular senior, beauti
fully sang “Sylvia.” The program!
was concluded by an impressive!'
i candlelight service for the installa
tion of next year’s officers. At the
i close the guests were invited up
! stairs, where they were shown our
home economics department and
where they were served a salad
course and tea.
Wednesday of last week we were
honored with a visit from Miss Eliz
abeth Todd, who is Professor of
Home Economics at the University
of Georgia and in charge of teacher
training there. Practically every girl
met Miss Todd; this reporter was
fortunate enough to have had the
privilege of interviewing Miss Todd.
Now, although a cub’s art of inter
viewing may not be so well developed
as a star reporter’s, this one learned
much from the distinguished author
of “Clothes for Girls” (a text in
Blakely High). Four junior girls,
honored with Miss Todd’s presence
at luncheon the day of her visit,
proved to be excellent impromptu
hostesses. Miss Todd was visiting
South Georgia schools, whose out
standing work had been called to
her attention by Miss Wallace, dis
trict supervisor. Miss Todd talked
most interestingly on all phases of
home economics work. “Home eco
nomics opens more of opportunity’s
doors than any other course a girl
may follow,” she said. “For exam
ple, a high school having home ec
onomics training makes a better
saleswoman because she has a keen
er idea of values. The major pur
pose of home economics, of course,
is to prepare trained homemakers;
however, Farm Security, Georgia
Power Company, N. Y. A., home
demonstration and home economics
departments have places unfilled;
and never, since I have been con
nected with the University, has there
been a sufficient number of home
economics teachers.” Each girl felt
it an honor to be able to meet and
talk to a person so versed in her
favorite work. Miss Todd had visit
ed Donalsonville High School Wed
nesday and planned to go directly
from Blakely to Edison.
Perhaps you think we tend to
boost our work too much, but to us
our department (and by the way, it
is one of the best-equipped in Geor
gia) is something we could talk on
all day and never repeat any boast.
May we here thank local mer
chants for courtesies shown us
throughout the year. We appreciate
the kindness of each merchant.
And now, as school draws to a
close, we extend to any Early coun
ty citizen interested in work done at
Blakely High an invitation to come
and see the work done in our home
economics department. We sincere
ly hope—and believe—that each
person will find all that we have
claimed has really been accom
plished.
—POLLY PULLEN.
DO AWAY WITH CRIME
When we hear that a crime has
been committed, be it a serious one
or a petty larceny, we instantly in
quire, “How old was he?” Statistics
reveal that one out of five times, the
answer is that he wasn’t twenty-one.
Various reasons have been stated
to explain this fact; yet the truth
remains that the home and parents
—if these exist—have failed in train
ing that child. In the event the of
fender is homeless, society has failed.
In every criminal case you, no
doubt, hear of countless motives;
frankly, there is no motive for any
erime. Committing serious offenses
or even breaking minor laws is the
inevitable result of inadequate train
ing in the home, or in social circles.
A child is entitled to pleasant sur
roundings, encouragement, confi
dence, and—above all impartial
management; if these benefits are not
provided in the home, the child’s
character deteriorates. In time he
seeks the company of unfavorable
associates, who tend to instill the
most undesirable attitude and knowl
edge.
Companionship on the part of the
parents and the democratic ideas
taught in the ideal American home
are the foundation of character and
citizenship. Only through careful
guidance, undivided attention, and
whole-hearted interest can the home
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and society develop the American
son or daughter into a good citizen
and protect him or her from vice and
crime.
School laws must be enforced,
slum environment abolished, and so
cial work made active and efficient.
Criminals are not born. The train
ing—or lack of training—that awaits
the youth determines his fate. Crim
inals are made. It is the duty and
responsibility of the home and socie
ty to prevent the process of making
a criminal. It is the duty of our
government to improve and destroy
those who are already criminals. Pro
visions for this work are constantly
being made in an effort to complete
ly abolish crime. America realizes
more vividly than ever before that
her citizens must be protected from
the clutches of crime.
Our nation is swiftly adopting
more effective methods and forming
more effective organizations for the
prevention of law breaking. Prison
records prove that crime is increas
ing and also becoming more horrible.
At this time our nation has an ex
ceedingly high prison rate in com
parison with other nations. In order
to protect our civilization and up
hold our advanced standards we must
stem the flow of successive offenses.
In our larger cities police forces
now employ remote control of crim
inal disaster. By means of conceal
ed equipment, such as radios, cam
eras, fingerprinting, and message
transmitters, patrol officers are more
often able to track down and bring
to justice the law breaker.
There will always be a certain
amount of crime; yet other countries
have proved that the amount can be
greatly reduced. Modern criminol
ogy has aided our police and inves
tigators immensely; however, there
is much left to do.
We have said that there is no mo
tive for crime. This is true. Then
why do we have such?
There are several explanations.
Insanity is responsible for a number
of our crimes; institutions for the
criminally insane are provided for
such persons. Then again, the un
educated and poverty-stricken may
commit an unlawful act which his
unfortunate state of being has driv
en him to. And last—but most
gruesome—the fearless, money-thirs
ty outlaw plots, meditates, and
thrives on the evils and vices of the
world; and practices the corruption
and underhandedness of crime to
display to the lowest advantage his
ingenuity. Such persons must be
promptly and efficiently dealt with.
It is this type of criminal from
whom we most need protection; and
more than this protection, we want
prevention of the development of
his followers.
In order to wipe out this menace
to society, the first step must be
taken in the home. Provide activi
ty, entertainment, character build
ing, conversation and kind treat
ment for children, thus aiding socie
ty in her prevention of lawlessness.
This is the part of the home and
parents; if they fail to play their
part, we shall fail in our fight
against crime.
—VIVIAN WILLIAMS.
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H. HARPER
JEREMIAH ANNOUNCES THE
COVENANT
Lesson May 26: Jeremiah 31: 31-37.
Golden Text: Jeremiah 31:33.
In the preceding lesson we saw
the tragic figure of a man vainly
trying to avert his people’s ruin,
thwarted by lying prophets and
hated and persecuted by those he
sought to save. The world might
say his life went in the dark.
But in today’s lesson we see
Jeremiah looking beyond the immi
nent ruin of his people, with seventy
years of capitivity before them, and
looking beyond the centuries to the
new covenant God would make with
men. It would be a covenant writ
ten in the heart. More clearly than
other prophets Jeremiah realized
that righteousness. is of the heart.
In the distant time of which he
wrote the knowledge of God would
be universal, and the well-being
and happiness of God’s people would
be assured by the might and good
ness of the heavenly Father. And
as long as his power upholds the
universe God will not cast off the
posterity of Israel. The preserva
tion of the Hebrew race in all lands
of the world and through all the
vicissitudes of the ages is one of
the remarkable things of history.
But we may take a wider view of
the promise of God to preserve Is
rael. Surely the new covenant in
cludes Christians who find its true
realization in the Greatest of All
who came of the Hebrew race, in
the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s proph
ecy in the coming of Christ and the
spread of his kingdom. Let us know
that the ancient prophecy assures
the divine blessing and power to
Christ’s people. And the individual
who lives by faith may know that
the infinite resources of heaven are
at his command.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
There will be an ice cream supper
at Mrs. Gerald Singletary’s Friday
night, May 24, for the benefit of the
church. Everyone has a special in
vitation to attend.
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NOTICE.
The office of the City Clerk
will be closed on Thursday aft
ernoons during the observance
of the summer Thursday half
holidays.
C. C. LANE, Clerk.
THE
New York Store
Leads the Parade of Lower Prices on
DRY GOODS, SHOES, AND
READY-TO-WEAR
Ladies’ Satin Slips 49c
Ladies’ Step-Ins 10c
Full Fashioned Hosiery 49c
Cloverleaf Chambray, per yd. 5c
Men’s Heavy Work Shirts, flap
pockets 49c
Men’s White Oxfords, leather soles 1.88
Ladies’ White Oxfords, pumps,
straps, cut outs, pr. _— 1.98
Ladies’ Oxfords, newest styles, black,
pair 1.98
One lot LADIES’ SILK CREPE DRESSES, new
stock, bought at a honest to goodness 1 PQ
bargain, and a close out for, each
Ladies’ 80x80 Fast Color Print
Dresses, only 49c
Men’s Match Me Suits, all colors 1.69
Ladies’ Blouses, all new styles and
colors 59c
42-inch Sharkskin material, per yd. 59c
One Lot Tennis Shoes 49c
Come in and see the many other bargains
at our store.
THE NEW YORK STORE
J. Byrd Duke, Mgr. Next to Picture Show
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
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