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Ballard Reports on General
Assembly's Last Week ot Session
By DON BALLARD
In the last week of the meet
inf of the General Assembly
most of the bills handled by the
House of Representatives were
bilk which originated tn the Sen
ate or which had been amended
in the Senate and awaited House
approval before they were for
w-arded to tbe Gevemw for his
aignatune. and thus become law
Most notable smonf these was
the approval by the House of
Representatives of an amend
ment to the Change-back bill des
ignating a SIOO. pas rise to all
of the teachers throughout the
some It n-as promised by the
Gnvemm anc the Board of Edu
ration tha: if this amendment
was adopted the teachers would
be giver. an additional SIOO.OO
rains and that the minimum
foundation requirements would
be tncreased from 96 to 100 per
cent. and that state school fi
nancing would be on a current |
basis With these promises be
fore the Legislature the amend- .
mew was approved overwhelm- I
mjlv, with very few dissenting
votes Also, in the educational i
field was r Senate bill approved
by the House which would guar
antee all the school bus drivers
throughout the slate at least
$1 Oft Os pay per month and pay
for ten months instead of the
present nine months. This, of
course, would have little effect
on our bus drivers in Newton
County who are drawing in ex
cess of this at this time.
A senate bill -which I was
greatly interested in was one
which required pulpwood trucks,
log trucks, and lumber trucks ।
to use at least two chains to
secure the loads on them. It ■
seems that in some parts of the ,
state there have been numerous ,
accidents caused by the use of ।
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। one chain or cable. It was un
! derstood that practically all such
dealers in pulpwood, lumber, and
logs presently used two chains
but that feu which did not use
two chains were a hazard to the
people on the highways. Also, of
interest were Senate bill No.
132 and Senate Bill No. 133 be
ing the Georgia Resources Bill
and the Georgia Water Quality
Bill which sets up a commission
for the help and study of water
polution in our streams. This is ।
of great interest to the people i
in the western part of our coun- j
ty as there has been trouble in j
the past with the City of At- (
; lanta polluting the South River.
This will give us something to
go on to correct this matter.
A bill made it possible for fish
ponds owners to sell the game ’
fish which were taken from |
their ponds when they drained j
them. Previously it had been
against the law for these people
to sell their game fish.
I have discussed the proposi- (
' tion of moving the open season .
■ date on rabbits from November
1 20 to February 25, back to No- (
vember 1 to February 5. I be- ,
lieve, I ha"e enough support in
the House to pass this bill at ,
the next January term of the j
Legislature. It appears that many ,
of the rabbits being killed in j
February have already started '.
producing their young.
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Women Invited To 1 1
Attend Prayer Day
Os interest to the women of j (
Covington, is the announcement
that all the churches of Coving
ton will unite Friday, March 8, J
at 10 a.m. in the Sunday School
annex of the First Methodist i
Church in observance of “World s
Newton County Educational
Association Met Tuesday
The Newton County Educa- ,
tional Association met Tuesday,
Feb. 19. at 3:30 PM at the New
ton County High School Audi
torium. Mrs. C. D. Ramsey, Jr.
president, presided.
The meeting was opened with
a devotional by the Devotional
Chairman, Miss Clara Mae Hayes,
!on the subject, What Went Ye
Out For To See? Mrs. Ramsey
then asked the Principals of the
i county to introduce the new ;
' teachers in their respective !
i schools. They are as follows:
Palmer Stone, Mrs. Jimmy
I Pound.
i Covington Jr. High, Mrs. John
Bob Weaver.
Porterdale. Mrs. Zig Callaway.
Newton County High, appren
tice teachers from the Universi
ty of Georgia. Miss Katheryn
Reeves, Miss Shirley Skinner,
Miss Anne Richards, and Miss
Rose Turner.
Mrs. Ramsey introduced Mr.
J. W. Richardson, the newly
elected County School Superin
tendent, to the group. He made
a short statement in which he
pledged his support to the teach
ers and to the Newton County
School System.
The minutes of the last meet
ing and of the Executive meet
ing were read by the Secretary,
Mrs. W. E. Smith. The Treasurer ;
Miss Mary Loyal Brown reported ■
a balance on hand of $406.76. A
letter of thanks was read by the '
Sec. from Mr. E. L. Ficquett, the
retiring County School Superin
tendent, for the supper and pro
gram given in his honor in De
cember.
Delegates to the Georgia Edu-
Day of Prayer.”
It is hoped that all church wo- ■
men of the city will attend this j
special day of worship.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
cation Association Representative
Assembly, to be held in Atlanta
March 21-23, were elected. They
are as follows: '[
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey, Jr., Mrs. |
Alcie Penick. Mrs. M. D. Mcßae, j
Mr. Loyd Alexander, Mrs. John j
Hardman, Mr. L. M. Burke.
Miss Mary Tripp gave a report
of her trip to Louisville, Ky. to :
the Classroom Teachers Meet- ■
ing and of their trip to Rock
Eagle Park Conference. She i
: pointed out that the general j
; theme of these Conferences was
I the “D 5 Teacher”, 5 ways a ;
teacher can develop herself in- |
to a better teacher.
Miss Jordye Tanner gave the I
report of the nominating com
mittee, for the officers for the
coming year. They are as fol
lows:
Mrs. W. A. Carlton, President;
Mr. Gene Whatley, Vice Presi
dent; Miss Josie Smith, Secre
tary; Mr. Julius Johnson. Trea- ’
surer.
The slate was elected as read.
Mrs. Ramsey announced that
a telegram has been sent in the
name of the Executive Commit
ttees to the chairmen of the Edu
cation Committees of the House
and Senate of the General As
sembly of Georgia, urging that
they do all possible to raise
teachers salaries so that more and
better trained teachers may be
attracted to Georgia in the fu
ture. She also mentioned that
the next meeting would be on
April 23, 1957. This will be the
Centennial Celebration program
centered around the theme, An
Educated People Move Freedom
Forward.
Mr. Eddie Najjar, introduced
Miss Rose Turner who sang two
numbers: Sweethearts and My
Lover Is A Fisherman.
Following the business session
group meetings were held.
Jaycees Make
United Press
News Dispatch
The Newton County Jr. Cham
ber of Commerce made news
from United Press Radio News
' Service yesterday with their ra
dio day over radio station
' WGFS. ’
J. C. Long, manager of station
: WGFS, said the Jaycees com
i p’etely took over WGFS and
। did all the announcing on
: news, music, sports and special
i events programs. This was all a
I part of a fund raising plan to
; help raise money for the civic
■ club’s “Teen Age Safe Driving”
i contest and other civic projects
for the coming year.
Scholarships
Offered Teachers
By University
ATHENS, Ga. — Fifty assis
tantships for advanced studv in
the arts and sciences will be made
j available to public school teach
ers by the University of Georgia
this summer.
The assistantships, provided by
the University's Franklin College
of Arts and Sciences and the
Graduate School, will be awarded
to those teachers of the arts and
sciences in the public schools who
wish to work toward either a mas
ters degree in these fields or to
ward an advanced teaching certi
ficate.
Persons of higher educational
levels consume more milk than
do those with less education, ac
cording to surveys studied by
John Conner, dairy marketing
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service.
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