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I. Mansfield School News
The Garden Club met in the
home of Mrs. Aldeen Kitchens
Thursday, October 17. with Mrs.
Lillie Greer and Mrs. A. E. Hays
as co-hostesses.
’ The Beta Club was entertained
•; by M"S. R. L. Jackson last Tues
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day evening from 8 o’clock to 11.
> Following a program on the Life
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, and Poems of Emily Dickinson,
songs were sung, games played.
! t refreshments served, and after a
: final “Truth and Consequence"
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game, Beta Members adjourned
until November 5.
We re gret that Mrs. Ernest
jj a y es continues seriously ill. We
wish her the speediest return to
health.
Palmer and Mansfield will be
at “It” again November I when the
Oxford teams open the initial
games of the basketball season
in the Mansfield Gym. The time
is 8 o’clock so come early if you
don’t want Standing ROOM ONLY
because former Palmer-Mansfield
games have been thrillers.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Harwell spent
last Sunday in Milledgeville with
their parents.
Mrs. J. B. Spears, Mrs. W. P.
Hays, and Mrs. T. J. Cook attend
ed the “Parents Day” Program in
Milledgeville recently. They were
accompanied by Mrs. J. B. Spears,
Jr.
Registration Day was interest
ing to those in charge of the Ne
groes. Some of the answers re
ceived were: “I was so little when
I was born till I just clear disre
| member what day and month it
was.”
Another was uncertain whether
! he was being registered to fight
! Hitler or Sherman, but he was
j ready for either one. One asked
another Negro, “How old did they
say I was this morning?”
Mr. Preston Carroll was pain
fully injured when his automobile
overturned October 12 between
Sparta and Milledgeville. His car
was demolished. W eare glad he is
convalescing rapidly at his home,
The only things blue about M.
H. S. Monday were the Blue Rib
bons won at the Newton County
Fair. In case you did not take in
the Fair, folks, we won first places
in the School exhibit and Ag.
booth. We “modestly” accept all
orchids tossed our way and resolve
to repeat next year, ye other New
ton County Schools!
The Ag. boys have waxed the
Gym floor and painted the goals,
preparatory to the opening of
basketball season.
Bonnie Jo Roquemore has en
tered the first grade.
The 4th. graders are glad tc
have James Daniel from Starrs
ville to join their class.
Miss Collier, Home Economics
teacher .attended a Home Econo
mics convention in Atlanta No
vem b^. n an d 12.
Emily Curtis visited friends
in Norman Park last week.
The Epworth League and B. Y.
P. U. have combined and hence
forth will be known as the Young
Folks’ Organization. The next
meeting will be held in the Meth
odist Church Sunday night at 7
o’clock. You are cordially invited.
The Third and Fourth graders
had chapel Friday, presenting an
interesting play, “Carrie, the Cour
teous Cook”.
According to word from Marsh
Business College, Anita Lunsford.
1940 graduate from M. H. S„ made
the highest score in a tbree
months’ achievement test in Eng
lish ever made at the Atlanta
school. She made 100— keep it up.
Anita.
The 1941 Seniors are selling
names for a quilt which is to be
auctioned off in the spring to help
speed them on the Senior trip.
Eugene Smith is right “kopo
setic” this week. Ask Snooks about
it.
The second-year French class
has finished reading "The Count
of Monte Cristo” and has started
“Les Miserables”.
Jack Roquemore of the ninth
grade is making candles at home
using a 103-year old hand-made
candle-moulder which a great un
cle gave him. He says that he’ll
soon be ready to sell candles to
the public.
Robert Stanton, V H. S. Sen
ior, who DID NOT DODGE THE
DRAFT has “iron lungs”—at least
they’re tough as evidenced by his
being cheer-leader and by his
playing four quarters in the Eat
onton game without sweating more
than a gallon.
The Methodist have subscribed
and raised over $500 towards in
stalling a circulating heating sys
tem in the church.
High school and grammar school
are entering the Ga. Educational
Scholarship Essay contest sponsor
ed by the Cotton Manufacturing
Association of Georgia. The sub
ject is: “The Importance of Cot
ton Mills in Georgia.”
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BY MARY LANE
j Hello folks. This Friday night
! when the Girl Reserves step out
in their new dresses with their
chosen escorts for the evening
they will be headed for the gym
where a banquet supper will be
laid in their honor. The Halloween
banquet is one the girls have
been looking forward to for a long
time and Friday this pleasant an
ticipation will be fulfilled. So,
honored masculine guests — don’t
forget to show up on your girl’s
front porch at seven o’clock in
your “bestest” bib and tucker. The
polls ane still open this week on
| who’s going with who and some
of the iatest resu i ts are these: Ves
ta Maddox and Harold Terry, Hel
en Barnes, Ray Martin, Marie
Mills, “Geeter” Bishop, Helen
Lindsay, Baehe Walden, Mildred
Statham, W. J. Smith, Mary
Adams, James Hardeman, Betty
Ruth Frazier, Carl Standard . . .
PIXILIATED PRATTLE: The
seniors are going to miss ole Ed
itor Carter who has moved to At
lanta. His leaving town calls for
a new class President and the elec
tion of a new editor for the Ob
server an d also a new school pa
j ' r0 ' captain , . . Hazel Fincher
had on a new ciding habit Friday
ni K ht - Someone wanted to know
| who was her horse . . . Bellew
and his grand suspenders went
to the show the other night. They
are really class . . . Coach Thorn
ton looked very “school-teachery”
in his spectacles Friday night . . .
They tell me that Catherine Haw
kins and Odeen Baker were taking
in the fair Saturday night . . . .
Ernest Bennett was buying ladies
slippers at the store the other day.
But much to our chagrin we came
to find out he always purchases
his SISTER’S slippq-s! ... The
Senior boys and the Textile boys
had a football game Sat. morning.
The senior boys were the victor's,
thanks to some good playing on
their part. Scoop Statham says it
was high school versus Oglethorpe
University as Billy Crowell played
with the Textiles! , . Jack Wheel
<r is going to give the B. Y. P. U.
a party at his house in the coun
try. You folks who are on the par
ty planning committee don’t forget
to meet with Miss Pennell at the
teacher’s cottage Saturday at 1:30
. . . Opal Kitchens, Huddy Burch,
Mary Wilson, Issie Bashinski,
Mildred Yancey and Ernest Adams
played rook up at Huddy’s house
the other night . . . Charles Lee
is certainly giving the B. Y. P. U.
a bad reputation. He said he had
been coming to B. Y. P. L\ for ten
years now and it had never started
on time yet! . . . Jack Wheeler is
going to get him a motorcycle in
March when the weather gets
warmer he says. Is somebody cra
zy, or am I? . . . Rueben Poison
had on a pretty red tie at church
Sunday night . . . Whenever Don
ald Brumbaugh gets up in English
class to report on the progress of
the paper Miss Little says Yes to
everything he says because she
doesn’t know what hes saying any
how! . . . Marion Finley is hav
ing a time getting her banquet
date. She hasn’t invited but three
boys and doesn’t know if any or
all of them are coming! . . . Ray
Morrow is home from the Para
dise of the Pacific for a rest. Ray
had his part of army life while the
field. We will be glad to get out
of the mud.
Miss Polly Wansley. of Gaines
ville, spent the week-end with
friends here.
The M. H. S. basketball boys
beat Eatonton Friday night at
Eatonton 16-15 in a “mild” upset.
It was the first time that M. H. S.
had ever beaten Eatonton. Spark
ed by substitute Scrub Hays’
Nonchalantly sinking a long one
1 with a minute left in the game,
Edward Curtis clinched the game
in making a foul goal after the
. final whistle. Eatonton’s boys and
girls return the game Thursday
night, Oct. 24. Come out and see
the “revenge” game.
Coach Richardson’s “B” team
consisting of Hollis Hays, W. L.
Barber, Joe Marks, John Marks,
and J. W. Aaron have been labeled
| the “Wrecki-g Crew.” They eat
■ too much spinach.
Mr. Evans had charge of the
P.-T. A. program last Thursday.
• About 60 members took part in an
Old-fashioned Spellin : “Bee”.Ha
waii was the Jonah word being
misspelled by the final 8 spellers.
Mrs. Oscar Spears and Mrs. Jack
Banks were the last on their re
spective sides.
A carnival is to be given by the
P.-T. A. on Halloween, Oct. 31.
Complete plans have not yet been
made. The public is cordially in
vited to come and have lots of
fun—Take a chance on the Tur
key—Cake walk—Country store—
Good food-dancing—Bingo—
Edward Curtis and Robert Cur
tis are Co-captains of the Bulldogs
this year.
We enjoy the Porterdale High
School section of the Covington
News every week.
4 Largest Coverage Any Weeklv In the State’
STEWART
PICK-UPS
Anyone is very lucky to get to
walk home from the store with
Ed Rivers, Jr. Especially if he
wears out his hat fanning you.
In case you don’t know it,
Madge, it’s easier to fall in love
than it is to fall out. And if you
don't believe it ask Lucile Pen
nington before she develops pneu
other boys were loafing......
Bette Bowden looked like the
country printer the other day
while the paper was being printed.
She even had ink smeared on her
face . . . Louise Walton has turn
ed Doctor. If you need a prescrip
tion, see her. For results ask Ver
lon Nelson . . . Did you hear the
one (and honest to goodness it’s
true) about the guy from Atlanta
who walked all the way to Por
terdale to see his sister to borrow
a dollar to go to the Newton Coun
ty Fair when he’d already been to
the Southeastern Fair twice? . . .
Last week we put Mr. Mac’s name
in the paper and the next day he
sold us some rotten sausage . . ,
Scoop Statham is so smart they've
put him in a class by himself . . .
He takes Latin privately from the
principal in her office! . . . Some
of the younger contingent who
hitch-hiked to the fair Wednesday
really got an airing on one of their
rides. It must have been an open
truck! . . . Congrats to Jack
Clarke in his new field. Best wish
es for your success . . . SITES
OF THE WEEK . . . Ernest Ben
nett and Freddie Tanner cajoling
in the public market place ....
Carroll Adams — campaigning for
Wig Williams publicity in the Por
terdale Prattle ... We don’t go
in for sports very much but we
will write this by request of the
Boy Scouts ... A boxing match
will be staged in the gym Sat.
night, Oct. 26. Admission 10 and
20 cents. Everybody come and help
out the Boy Scouts. Boxing op
ponents are: Archie Paterson
Torn Elder, Bud McGibbony—
Jimmy Murphy, Zip Patterson—
Foy Altman. Grady Barnes—“Bat
tling” Bill Waller . . .
’Scuse the short column folks,
but our time is limited and our
typewriter is terrible!
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monia and is not able to tell you.
Jeanette says that Jack knows
his chickens and cabage too, but
she doesn’t know -'here in the
dickens he learned to “woo woo.”
That “rock” business must have
been too much for little William.
He didn't come back to League
Sunday night.
Points of The Week:
Girls:
Bernice-writing to Tarzan.
Lois—Jumping up during class
looking at the camp truck.
Virginia—keeping her dates
straight.
Jeanette — Crunching Jolly
Jacks.
Madge—practicing on keeping
that winning smile.
Christine—Walking home from
church with a new boy every
Sunday night.
Lucile—placing those curls af
ter that awful fanning on Satur
day night.
Fannie—keeping her nose away
from passing things, such as mir
rors.
Myrtle—(Staying in step with
those camp boys.
Latrelle—Getting mad every
Sunday night.
Charlotte—trying to grow up
so she can go with those camp
boys.
Vennie—“Singing” and “Jitter
bugging.”
Lottie—Taking treatments Mon
day morning to overcome Sunday
night.
Points of the week.
Boys:
Billy—Trying to get acquainted
with “Sparkie.”
Fred—Acting Mussolini for
Bernice.
J. W— trying to get a girl be
fore they have been picked over
by those camp boys.
Charlie — Ringing Virginia’s
neck at every opportunity.
Bobby—Running rabbits.
Terrell—Sweeping.
Customer: “Do you have any
thing for gray hairs??”
Cc nscientious Druggist: “Noth
ing, sir, but the greatest respect.”
—Baltimore Southern Methodist.
Professor: “I won’t begin to
day's lecture until the room set
tles down.”
Voice (from the rear): “G o
home and sleep it off, old man.
Thursday, Octoh Pr
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