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PAGE EIGHTEEN
NEWTON COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
'New ton High al! hail!" These
ords from the Alma Mater stir
he heart of every loyal student
>r graduate of Newton County
bgh school, not just as thoughts
f the football games, of the ,
'heers led by the cheerleaders,
md of a magnificent new foot
’»'! field cross our minds, but
’S the numerous activities pass
n revi^r.
The halls are literally filled
is some 745 students pass to
•nd from classes where thej’
study courses, required and elec
tive. which they feel will help
'hem, not only to be rewarded
with a high school diploma, but
'o be successful in their chosen
fields of work. Efficient teach
»r» put forth every effort to
make these courses real and
meaningful to the students.
Social studies live again when
ments like electirns and the di
'turbance. in the Suer come along
to show students tha history is
in the making
Mathematics is made to live
when practical problems are sol
ved by rules which before
were meaningless. Even geome
try with its triangles, lines, and
angles is seen in many phases of
everyday lifr.
Homemaking and industrial
arts become real as pride ih evi
denced in a completed project.
Agriculture lives in a success
ful harvest of a farm crop or the
successful raising of a cow or a
hog. Science lives in nature and
in experiments. Even one comes
to notice errors in spoken Eng
lish and efforts to improve it.
Latin. the dead language, lives
in a delightful banquet planned
and carried out in authentic Ro
man style by the Latin studen’s. .
Many of the students partici
pate in the activities of the vari- ’
ous clubs, thereby gaining knowl
edge of proper parliamentary pro
cedure, learning how to work
with others, enjoying fellowship
with them, and participating in
different projects.
The Future Teachers of Ameri
ca. composed of those who de
sire to become teachers, continue
to perform services throughout
the county by relieving elemen
tary school teachers of classroom
duties so that they may attend
educatin’ al meetings.
The Future Homemakers of
which every girl who takes Home
Ec may become * member and
the Future Farmers composed of
boys who take Agriculture per
form interesting work in their
respective fields as they prepare
for future vocations.
This week the Safety Chib is
emphasizing traffic safety as
they participate in Teen Age
Traffic Safety Week.
The Beta Club consists of mem
hers who are second semester
sophomores and above who
maintain an average of 90 in
their academic subjects. This •
rear they are continuing two
projects started last year Bela
Park, a recreational area behind
the Ag Building, and the selling
of sandwiches in the cafeteria.
Members of the “N” Club
earned their lexers in athletics,
and they are often called on to
render .service at ball games.
The Key Club, the high school
•ounter part of the Kiwanis Club,
serves Newton in many ways.
A recent project is furnishing
raincoat- for the safety patrol.
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The three Y Clubs, Senior Tri-
Hi-Y. Alpha Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y,
were recently awarded AA Honor '
plaques at a Kiwanis Club meet
ing for services performed dur- '
ing t,he last school year. AH 3
clubs are again on the job this
year with school and communi- ,
ty projects completed each month
as they strive "tc create, main
tain and extend throughout the
home, school, and community i
high standards of Christian char- I
acter. These clubs will be repre
sentcri at the Youth Assembly
in Atlanta on Dec 6-8 by Sandra
Bracewell and Katrina McKay
f’-om the Senior Tri-Hi-Y; Lucy
Morcock, Cindy Carson, and Di
ane Wright from the Alpha Tri-
Hi-Y; and Henry Odum 111 and
Marshall Edwards from the Hi-
Y.
The 4-H Club works in coop
eration with the County Agent
and the Home Demonstration
Agent and performs many ser
vices similar to the F.H.A. and
the F.F.A.
At the head of the list of clubs
is the Student Council composed
of 2 representatives from each
senior homeroom and one rep
resentative from each of the
other homerooms and a president
and vice-president elected by the
student body This year the
Council is being efficiently led
by Marshall Edwards, president,
and Sue Pratt, Vice-President.
At the beginning of each school
day a devotional for the student
; body is given over the P.A. Sys
tem. Various types of chapel pro
grams are planned. Socials are
hold after home football games,
and a Freshman - Sophomore
Dance was enjoyed in early Oc
tober which helped the Freshmen
become better acquainted.
The band is ever on the
.‘‘march". Excellent Pie-game
shows and half-time shows have
been presented at football
games. The members are proud
of their new building. Recently
Open House was held for the
band parents
—
Now that football season is al
most over, thoughts are turning
to the predominant winter sport
—basketball. Unofficial practice
was begun several weeks ago
and a successful season is an
। ticipated.
The Ram Staff is busily en
। gaged in year book production,
and already more than half of
the 1957 Ram has been sent to
the publishers. The Scribbler
Staff (school newspaper) prom
ises an edition soon.
These activities and many
others which could be named
will give the reader an idea of
some of the many events that
take place at Newton County
Hieh School where much effort
is being made toward developing
each individual into a well- !
' rounded person who will be an
asset to the community in which '
,he lives.
' We say in the words of the
Student Council Creed:
“I believe in Newton County
High School as a place of op
portunity. I bebeve in her repu
* tation for honest work, fair play.
: and loyalty to the best interests
of the youth of my country. I
believe in her worthy traditions:
.clean sportsmanship, high schol
arship. respect for others, obedi
ence to law and the cordial co
, operation with the faculty and
the administration.
"I, therefore, believe it is mv
duty to my school to support it i
loyally and to defend it against
all opposition."
Leaves, hay, straw or sawdust
used as a mulch has proved suc
cessful in holding moisture and
keeping down weeds.
Home accidents kill about 28.- ,
'IOO people annually, according to I
G. I. Johnson, Extension Service :
agricultural engineer. Even auto- ;
mobiles, he says, kill fewer peo- ।
ole than home accidents.
George Firor, Extension horti
ilturist at the College of Agri
ulture, says some kind of fruit
ran be produced on every farm
in the state.
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Community News from
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By MRS. DOUGLAS YANCEY
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Hello, everyone, everywhere.
Hope everyone is well and hap
py as they read Salem Column
this week. Happy! fes, we do
hope that everyone is happy,
but, when we stop to think of
one killer that we all have to
think about, we wonder how
anyone can remain happy. By
that I mean that everyone should
be deeply concerned about traf
fic deaths in Georgia. Seventeen
traffic deaths in our great state
last weekend. The weekend be
fore, 18 traffic deaths. Both are
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
staggering figures for a non
holiday weekend. There are
; plans snd suggestions offered ;
to stamp out this tragic menace
upon our streets and highways
but no solution has been found
■ as yet.
I
There can be no solution - un- .
less each automobile driver in
our slate and each one who
walks across our streets »nd
highways has a code of conduct
for his or her own safety and
; respect for the rights of others.
The Monday papers each week
tells a chilling story. It is too
late to help those 35 people who
; have been killed in the past
! two weeks or the nearly 1.000
; that have been killed during
1956. But, it is not too late to
more fully protect those of us
I who will be using the states’
roads and the city streets in the
coming weeks,
What is the answer to this
problem? It is no secret, the
answer is simp'e — first auto
mobiles are made with too much
speed. The horse power of auto
mobiles are increased each vear
and if there aren't laws made
to restrict the automotive in
dustry in the future we wonder
what the speed will be in a few
years. The power to correct this
condition to a great extent lies
within the power of the law
makers of our land. It should
not start here in Georgia nor
any other state but in Washing
ton, D. C., and let me urge
everyone to write their Senator
requesting that laws be made to
restrict manufacturers of auto
mobiles in the matter of speed.
Second. The State Patrol should
(t-«rpwf Covoratje Any Weekly In The State'
strip every drive who is caught
exceeding a safe speed limit of
his or her drivers license. The
j State Patrol is not strong enough
to protect all the travelers of
our streets and highways and
the third solution of this ter
rible weekly tragedy is our care
fulness when we are on the
streets and roads.
When we think of the heart
ache that is suffered by those
who are left behind it is a sick
ening thought — and we never
know who will be next —
whose heart will be broken
next! Let us think soberly about
this problem and pray that as
the approaching Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays are cel
ebrated that it will be with more
safety than we have had in
many holidays past.
Girl Scout Troop
8 Met Saturday
By ELIZABETH FITZPATRICK
Girl Scout Troop 8 met at the ;
Legion Hall Friday, October 26,
and discussed the rummage sale
that our troop was to have on
Saturday, October 27.
We were very lucky with our :
| rummage sale for our troop made
over twelve dollars.
Our next meeting was called |
off on Friday for we were invited I
to a party on Tuesday, October j
30. The seventh grade troop in
vited us to a Juliet Lowe Birthday
Party. We were delighted to be
their guests and enjoyed the party i
very much They had such a nice 1
I program and we enjoved dancing 1
Thursday. November 15. 195 R
; afterwards. They served soft
I drinks and brownies.
Our troop has been very busy
all week selling tickets to the
fish fry to be held at the Boy
Scout Hut, Wednesday night. We
■ hope to make lots of money for
our new Girl Scout Hut.
• SHEEP MEETINGS
SCHEDULED
Sheep field days in four South
east Georgia counties have been
announced by L. R. Lanier, dis
trict agent, and Denis DeLoacb,
Extension Service sheep special
ist. The events will be held Nov.
12 at Blackshear, Nov. 13 at Sa
vannah, Nov. 14 at Lyons, and
Nov. 15 at Swainsboro. Each
meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in
the county agent's office.