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Planned At
The Athens High Dramatic Club,
under the direction of Miss Evelyn
Davis, is planning a minstrel to be
given on March 1. The minstrel
will include some dances, songs,
and the jokes of six endmen,
Thirteen students have entered
work in the Scholastic Art Awards
Contest sponsored by Scholastic
Magazine. The contest is for the
purpose of stimulating interest of
toung people in art. The three
lields of work are painting, hardi
traft, and photography.
Drawings and paintings done in
tempera and pastels have been en
tered by Mary Sue Brown, Geral
dine Speering, Betty Ann Bagwell,
Billy Dunaway, Charles Bell, An
drew Soule, and Elizabeth Biggs.
Billy Cook submitted some poster
work in this field.
Several students have entered
hand-made jewelry. They are
Ann Griffeth, Mary Griffeth, Dre
ta Hendrix, Geraldine Speering,
and Sarah Johnson. Geraldine
Speering has also offered some of
her work in ceramics.
In the field of photography,
opened only to Juniors and Sen
iors, there were entries from John
Wilkins.
Miss Odessa Williamson, home
making teacher, was asked by
Principal Sam W. Wood, a member
of the state committee, to sponsor
the art work of the students for
Athens High. !
Homeroom officers were elected
Wednesday, February 1, to serve
for the second semester of the
school year. The presidents auto
matically become members of the
Advisory Council. The officers
are as follows, in the order of
president, vice-president, secre
tary, and treasurer, respectively:
Room 2-—Allen Ecker, Allan
Barber, Agnes Broadnax, Ronnie
Griffeth.
Room 3—Pat Bowden, Frank
Eberhart, L. D. Lord, Hoyt Col- |
lins.
Room 4—Sanford Butler, Edwin
McDaniel, Dennis Gallis, Donald
Bell.
Room 8-—Shirley Martin, Dreta
Hendrix, Shirley Loyd, Vivian
Smith.
Room 9—Joe Webb, Patsy Bul
lock, Helen Rogers, Rita Loyd.
Room 13—Joyce McCune, Claire
Bullock, Imogene Conley, Louise
Day.
Room 14 — Hugh Hale, Roy
Bowden, Janet Simpson, Leon
Smith.
Room 16—Eddie Condron, Ron
nie Condron, Norene Alewine,
Richard Graham.
Room 17--Dickie Carteaux, Jim
Fort, Mary Gilbert, Pat McManus.
Room 18—Merritt Pound, Wil
liam Webb, Jimmy Thompson and
Frances Wiatt, Jimmy Mercer.
Room 20 — Frances Cheatham,
Tip Almand, Ellen Bramblett, Jean
Ingram.
Room 21—June Hanson, Bobby
Duncan, Bobby Jones, Joan Ale
‘wine.
Room 22 — Lawrence Johnson,
Jimmy Williams, Jerry Price, Wil
lie Fowler.
Room 26 — Kenneth Malcom,
Larry Jones, Betty Byrd, Johnny
Mitchell.
Room 28 — Marian Hopkins,
Nancy Holsapple, Carol Quillian,
Sibyl Fanning.
Room 30—R. H. Driftmier, Jane
Molder, Wilma Grubb, Harris
Simpson.
Gym—Jean Anderson, Harriett
Angling, Anne Griffeth,
Shop—George Faulkner, Donald
England, George Upchurch, Eimer
Chapman.
Each class in homemaking re
cently elected officers for the
second semester. The presidents
are Shirley Martin, Annie Jo Arn
old, Olief Wingfield, and Dorothy
McCannon; the vice - presidents,
Dreta Hendrix, Loretta Johnson,
and Carolyn DeLong; the secre
taries, Shirley Loyd, Janet Delay,
and Bertie Lou Lord. Mary Simp
son was elected secretary and
treasurer of one room. The
treasurers are Vivian Smith, Mary
Spratlin, and Loretta Taylor. l
Eighteen students have entered
the second semester driving class:
under the direction of Mr. Calvin
Harrison, shop and driving teacher.
The enrollment is as follows:
Tip Almond, Annie Jo Arnold,
Ellen Bramlett, Betty Brown, Bet
ty June Chambers, Billy Joe Col
qguitt, Janie Davis, Jimmie Duncan,
Eleanor Gannon, Barbara Holt,
Loretta Johnson, Christine Key,
Sara Martin, James Mathews, Pat
Moon, Bobby Proctor, Regna Rid
ling, and Helen Rogers.
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Bobby Singleton was elected
president of the Glee Club at a
néeting on January 30. Other of
ficers are Nelson Hitchcock, vice
president; Mary Gilbert, secretary
treasurer; and Virginia Warren
Railroad Schedules
SEABOARD AIRLINE RY,
Arrival and Dcparture of Trains
Athens, Georgia |
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and
New York and East— |
8:35 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
8:45 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
Le;:’et for Flberton, Hamlet and
12:15 a. y».~(Local).
Leave for Atlanta, South and
West—
-8:50 a. m.—Air Conditioned. -
4:35 a, m.—(Local).
4:00 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILROAD
£er:ivel Athens (Daily) 12:35 p.m.
ves Athens (Daily) 4:15 p.m.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
From Lula and Commmerce
Arrive 9:00 a. m.,
East and West
Leave Athens 9:00 a. m.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Week Day Only
Kain No. 50 Departs 7:00 p. m.
ain No, 51 Arrives 9:00 a. m.
: Mixed Trains,
‘and Lisa Steiner, joint librarians.
The Band and Glee Club are
‘workin!) diligently toward the
‘Tenth District Music Festival to
be held here on March 17, in the
Fine Arts Auditorium. l
Activifies Are ‘
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Many And Varied
The boys’ physical education
classes haven’t been able to go out
for the last few days because of
bad weather, Coaches McGinty
and DeLaPerriere took the boys in
the shop and they were taught
wrestling.
Friday the eighth grade had a
radio program. Mrs. Hubert Yow
was in charge of it and the stu
dents from Room Two participat
ed. The program was taken from
a section in our literature entitled
“Builders of America.” We also
presented a play about George
Washington and the work he did'
on his farm. Those on the program
were Linda Downs, Patsy Huyler,
Charles Scudder, Charles Porter
field, Donald Cofer, Tot Morton,
Betty Strudel, Ann Hailey, and Pat
Smith,
Almost all the rooms in junior
high had a Valentine box and
when school was out Tuesday
everybody had a big pile of valen
tines.
New subjects have been taken
up in the eighth grade. In English
synopsis of verbs and in math
discount was taken up.
Linda Downs l
Tot Morton |
Room One
Room One had a band program
Wednesday, February 15. Every
one enjoyed it very much. ‘
Those who were in it were Bud- |
dy Snow, Bobby Wilkes, Bobby
Yarbrough, Edward Tolnas, Craw
ford Sachs, Bobby Lampkin, Jim
my Pittman, Larry Crowley, Mi
chael Tully, Bobby Bradley, Joyce
Dean, Betty Joyce Dudley, Rhonel
da Bray, and Trixle Williams.
‘We would like to thank the high
school for helping us with the pro- |
gram, |
Joyce Roberts
Room Three
In science we saw two movies
last week; they were “Care of
Teeth” and “Attitude and Health.”
We really had a treat on Valen
tine’s Day, Mrs. Jackson brought
us some ice cream and we had a
real nice party.
We were sorry that Mrs. Jack
son was sick two days last week
and we are glad to have her back.
In civics we elected officers for
the month of February. They are
President, Melissa Hawkins, Vice
President, Herbert Abrams; Secre
tary, Beverly Hammond; and Pro
gram Chairman, Donald Carnes.
Paul Conley
Donald Carnes .. ..
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Room Four
We enjoyed giving out Valen
tines in our home room to cele
brate the occasion. We also had a
math test the very same day on
per cent and decimals. We . put
our “algebra in to soak” in this
too. .
We are reading “Lady in the
Lake” in reading. " It is very in
teresting and exciting.
In English we are studying con
jugating of verbs and are learning
to make synopses of verbs.
In civics we are studying about
our state and its government. We
had a very nice program Friday,
February 10th, at our class meet
ing. Chester Leathers gave his
report on his trip to the State Cap
itol. On his trip he was given
some souvenirs which he passed
around.
We are studying about germs in
science, which is a good subject to
know, but sometimes none too
pleasant.
Everyone enjoyed the square
dance which was given for our
Valentine party. We appreciate
Frank Eberhart calling it for us.
Eleanor Crane
Annelle Williams
Room Six
Because of various members of
our class having colds our perfect
attendance record was broken. We
are proud of our tardy reports,
having had only two last month.
We are trying to keep up our at
tendance record and stamp out
tardiness. We are glad to have
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Marian Lumpkin back with us
after two days absence. Goochle
Martin, Louise Johnson, and Ed
die Galloway have also been ab
sent.
OQur class had a very niee sur
prise, Tuesday, Mrs. Reagan gave
us a valentine party, and I think
the class wAll agree that it was
most enjoyable. We invited our
principal down and presented her
with a large valentine made by
members of the class.
During the last few weeks, we
have been entertained with edu
cational movies. We especially en=-
joyed Thomas Jefferson, Patrick
Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty
or Give Me Death,” and “Under
Southern Stars.”
In our history we have been
studying about the Constitutional
Convention and we had a test on
the results of the Convention.
_ Berthene Carey
Room Seven -
In the science test we had last
week the best papers were writ
ten by Tommy Blakely, Nan Dan
ner, Ronnie Spence, Don Hender
son and Squeaky Simpson.
The best papers in our arithme
tic last week were by Shirley Ann
Wilkes, Tommy Matthews, Carolyn
The people that read the devo-
The people who read the devo
tional this week were Nan Hanes,
Charles Jackson, Sherman Smith,
Shirley Ann Wilkes, and Herbert
Beavers,
Wednesday we went to two good
history movies. The names of ]
them were “Under the Southern
Stars,” and “The Monroe Doc
trine.” |
Our grademothers, Mrs. Danner
and Mrs. Scoggins, gave us some
Valentine cookies which were en
joyed very much. Our room also
had a Valentine box. |
Linda Lea Hodgkinson |
Jean Alexander ‘
Room Eight
We have all agreed to work
harder and harder and have more
straight “A” report cards this
quarter.
Bobby Langley, Hugh Inglis,
Tommy Carteaux, and Emmet
Bondurant have been absent, and
we are glad to have them back.
In geography we are studying
about Alaska, the Panama Canal,
and the Virgin Islands. In arith
metic we are learning how to
change per cents to decimals. Our
science is interesting because we
are studying foods to eat, and what
cells in our bodies and plants are
made of. ‘
In reading each person in the
room has one bird to get a picture
of and make a brief report on it. |
Our art is wvery interesting
now that we've learned to print
cloth by using the linoleum block
print. ‘
Cissy Corker
Room Ten : !
We have some pretty flowers in
our room that were brought by
Peggy Stephens and Janie Ruth
Ward.
Our class saw two movies Wed
nesday. One was “!Jnder Southern
Stars” and “The Monroe Doctrine.”
Room Ten had a science tést
last week and Jerry White had
the best paper.
Jerry White was elected as as
sistant patrolman to Ann Cox who
has been our regular patrol girl.
Patsy Tompson
Room Eleven
We elected new class officers
and reelected a patrol girl Febru
ary 15th. The class officers were
Don Terry, president: David Bell,
treasurer; Demaris Fowler, -pro
gram chairman; Leslie James, sec
retary. We reelected our former
patrol girl, Janelle Hicks.
We exchanged valentines in
Room Eleven on St. Valentine's
Day.
In art, we are preparing for
some work in block printing.
In English we have begun work
in writing, composition, and sen
| tence structure. In arithmetic we
| began working on decimals and
percentage. In science we are
studying the cell and its relation
ship to the body. Also we began
the study of the digestive pro
cesses of the body. In geography
| we studied Alaska. Puerto Rico,
| the Panama Canal, and the Virgin
| Islands. We had a very interest
|ing study in history of the first
| World’s Fair and the immigration
|of 1876.
: Nancy Butts
: Leslie James
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
Valenfine's Day
Valentine D% was a ha;iw day
for our eclass, e made valentines
and sang our valentine songs.
After lunch Mrs. Cartey, Mrs.
Bradley and Mrs, Nelms gave us
a party. They brought cookies
and ice cream. Then we opened our
pretty valentin box that Shirley
and her mother made for us, and
all of us got a lot of pretty valen
tines. Donnie’s aunt and his lit
tle sister brought us a nice sur
prise last Friday. They brought
candy hearts in little baskets.
Miss Settle’s Class
We have been studying about
friends who help us. Mr. Porter
field, one of the policeman, vis
ited us and told us some of the
ways they help us. Mr. Thomp
son the Fire Chief, told us some
of the ways the firemen help us.
Then we visited the Police Sta=
tion, Dr. Brown, and Mr. Ayers.
We found that they are our friends
and do many things to help us
We have a grocery story and a
post office in our room. Jerry
Gordon “was our post master on
Valentine’s Day because he had
made the highest grade on our
civil service test. We had many
nice surprises on Valentine Day.
Wayman Alewine’s aunt brought
us some cups of heart candy, and
then Sara Mathews’ mother‘
brought us some heart cookies.
Peggy Green’s mother sent some
red and white candy. We wrote
and thanked each one of these peo
ple for doing these things for us.
| —Jerry Gordon *
l —Peggy Greene
| Miss Williamson’s Class
1 We had such a good time on
Valentine Day. 'All day everyone
'had to go through 2 large red and
white heart to get in and out of
our room. We had valentine
songs, stories and games. We
' saved our papers and made lovely
valentine books for our mother’s
valentines. We sent George Wilkes
a box of gifts because he can’t
some to school. Miss Roundtree
gave us each a large chocolate
heart with our names on them.
Miss Williamson gave us cute val
}entines and ice cream. We had
'such a good time at the party.
~ Twelve in our class took ‘typhoid
~shots Tuesday, and will take an
other next Tu@day. We want to
‘be ready to go to camp when
' school is out. .
~ Both reading groups got a new
book this week. Our teachers are
reading us the second “Laura and
Mary Book.” It is “The Little
House on the Big Prairie.” We en
joy it so much.
—Laverne Scarborough
—Bessie Chestnutt
Miss Jehnson’s Class
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Ham and Egg Pie
@umi% Greens Carrot and Ralsin Salad
Corn Bread Butter Milk Chocolate Pudding
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Bliced Cheese Buttered English Peas
Irish Potato Salad
Hot Rolls Butter Milk Sliced Peaches
THURSDAY
Diced Beef — Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Buttered Carrots
Congealed Fruit Salad
Whole Wheat Biscuit Butter Milk
FRIDAY
Salmon Croquettes — Tomato Sauce
Creamed Potatoes Slaw
Corn Meal Muffings Butter Milk Apple
were not absent last month: Patsy
Greene, Ardelle Huff, Florelle
Huff, Beverly Hunter, Barbara
Hopkins, Annette Edwards, Thom
as Bell, Charles Bradberry, Jimmy
Fields, Clarence Franklin, James
O’Dillon.
Friday we enjoyed a picture
about the *“Pigmies of Africa.”
This was especially interesting to
us because we have just finished
studying about these people. The
picture on “Transportation,” the
first of the week was excellent.
We learned so much in this pic
ture.
We are working hard in our
arithmetic and doing real well. We
like to work arithmetic.
Valentine Day was lots of fun.
We enjoyed our party at school
and it was so much fun getting
our valentines in our own folder.
Monday we did our first paint
ing with water colors and did nice
ly.
Mrs. Marshall’s Class
Our class was sorry to bhear
about Mrs. Ada McConnell’s death,
and have missed Mrs. Marshall
very much. We have had a new
visiting teacher. Her name is Mrs.
Faulkner, and the class has en
joyed having her.
Tuesday afternoon we had a
valentine party, and Mrs. Arnold,
our grade mother, gave us all some
candy.
In Social Science we have been
studying about Kentucky . and
Tennessee and how the two states
became centers of trade. i
We are studying whole and
mixed numbers in fractions now.
* —Phyllis Martin
—Rorry Coker
Students of Coop
Nursery School
Study and Play
This week was extra special, for
on Valentine’s Day we had a big
surprise. There was a valentine
box with valentines for each one
of us. :
We have started talking about
farms and have learned the names
of all the farm animals. One day
Davey Cullison asked Mrs. Eliiott
to read us the story about The
Cozy Little Farm and we all en
joyed it very much.
Susan Bell is our puzzle special
ist. We have some beautiful
wooden puzzles which Mrs. Elliott
made for us. Every morning Su
san takes each puzzle apart and
then puts it together again. Ben
Robertson likes the puzzles too,
especially the one of the ecow
jumping over the moon.
We have two sets of drawers in
our nursery room. One set holds
our things and we may open the
drawers; the other set is just for
our teacher, Mary Lil Fortson
helps us to remember about the
drawers, for she points to ours and
says, “These are for us.” Then she
points to the other set and says,
“These are for Mrs. Elliott and we
mustn’t touch them.”
We are also learning what we
may handle and play with and
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liott brought a pretty Mad, .
Hummell figure for her desk -
shows an angel teaching a dirg 1,
sing. We do not touch ft unje:.
she says we may. Ruthie Glaspe,
Dan Cavett and LaNella Clegh,
have been especlally interesteq
handling the little figures, hut 1}
have been very careful.
Jim Boddie builds wonde
castles with the blocks.
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