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Thursday, May 8, 1358
Palmer-Stone
School News
Mrs. Baker's
First Grade
We welcome Robert Price
and Wayne O’Kelly as new
members of the class.
J. B. Leachman, Ray Lane
and Robert Price celebrated
birthdays in April.
We were glad to have Mrs.
Robert Budd as our teacher
on April 4.
We want to thank Mrs.
Budd and the grade mothers
for the lovely Easter party.
The following grade mothers
were here: Mrs. Jones, Mrs
Parker, Mrs. Morris, M-s
Shepherd. Mrs. Curtis and
Mrs. Watkins. We enjoyed the
Easter eggs and favors very
much.
Mrs. Berry’s
Fourth Grade
The actors and actresses who
took part in Palmer-Stone’s
Spring Festival became young
scientists this week. The Fourth
Grade took Balance as their
class project. Their exhibits
showed balance in nature, bal
ance in healthful living and
balance in forces. There was
a signal light that showed
green, yellow and red lights.
A telegraph instrument that
could “dot-dash-dot” like a
real one interested the visitors
who came to the Science Fair
Monday evening.
Everyone enjoyed practicing
for the Spring Festival and
fixing things for the Science
Fair, but we are going to set
tle down to do some hard
studying for the next six
weeks. We want to become
Fifth Graders next year.
7th and Bth Grades
by Betty Carr
The 7th grades were in the
Spring Festival which was
presented on April 18 at the
Palmer Stone Junior High
School. After the play was
presented from a grade, the
7th grade would sing songs
like “How We Love our State
of Georgia,” “I’m Alabam’
Bound,” and “My old Ken
tucky Home.” There were
many more songs included to
represent each state in the
United States. The leader of
the singing was Mr. James Bo
hannon and Mrs. Allen the
piano player.
We have finished almr% all
of our six weeks tests. They
were all easy but some of the
pupils didn’t study hard
enough. Most of them made
good grades.
Palmer-Stone had the Sci
ence Exhibit Monday night on
April 21. The 7th graders of
Mr. Bohannon's room gave an
experiment on “Prevention of
Soil Erosion,” which was ex
plained by Gary Budd, the
“Ants” was explained by
Phyliss Edwards.
Miss Mask and Mr. Bohan
non’s Bth grades gave an ex
hibit on “Simple Machines”
some of these simple machines
are pulley, lever, wedge, screw
wheel and axle, inclined plane,
and many more.
These experiments were i
shown by Edwin Latham. Clin
ton Lindsey, Wayne Stowe,
Johnny Cowan. They were ex
plained by Joyce Hudspeth,
Paulett Hamby. “The Balanced
Woodland Terrariums,” was
another exhibit given by the
Bth grade. This terrarium con
tained many plants and mosses
and a turtle. The turtle was
fed crumbs of bread and
crackers each day.
The visitors ledge was kept
by Janet Hays and Laura
Mitchell. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Guinn and
Betty Carr.
We have started practicing
for the tract meet. For the
girls we have some very fast
runners also some good girls
in the standing broad jump,
and the soft ball throw. Fie'd
Day will be held on Friday,
May 2 at Newton High.
Mrs. Whatley's
First Grade
We are all enjoying this love
ly spring weather and the beau
tiful flowers. Don English
brought some honeysuckle. Re
becca Sockwell and Gwen Fish
er brought some roses for all of
our room to enjoy.
Many of us are beginning to
take weekend trips. Rebecca
Sockwell, Wade Garner and
Bobby Hood took a trip to the
mountains. Bobby’s mother and
daddy saw a mother bear with
five baby bears. Billy George
enjoyed a trip to Stone Moun
tain and Vickie Dial, Jerry
Moon, Randy Dearing and
Sherry Lynn Thompson visited
their grandmother.
Thelma Owensby is going to
celebrate her seventh birthday
on the 12th. We hope she has
many more happy birthdays.
There are just four weeks
(Our Advertiser* Are Assured Os Results)
left of school, and we are all
working hard to finish our
work. We have had fun as first
graders, but are looking for
ward to being second graders
next year.
Miss Brown's ,
Sixth Grade
April was a busy month for
our class. We were very busy
practicing for our Spring Fes
tival which was presented April
18. Mrs. Knight’s sixth grade
and our grade presented a west
ern play, The Wild, Mild West.
It was written by Mrs. James
Knight and depicted songs and
scenes from the old and modern
; west.
We chose weather instru
j meats as our project for the
• Science Fair, which was held
April 21. Barry Doggett and Roy
Taylor made a refracting tele
scope. Grant White and John
ny Davenport made an ane
mometer. Lamar Hamby and
David Clay made a weather
vane and Verlene Wilson and
Martha Ann Harper made an
hygrometer.
In arithmetic this week we
have been learning to make out
bills, write receipts and are
drawing bar graphs. We have
enjoyed this very much.
Mrs. Mann's
Third Grade
We have been working very
hard on our spelling recently.
Our test papers have been get
ting better each Friday and we
are very proud of our selves.
We are making plans for our
field trip. We plan to go to the
Newton County Library for a
get-acquainted visit, and then
we’ll have a picnic lunch to
gether.
We are glad BeVy Ann Gregg
is out of the hospital and back
at school again. Betty Ann had
her appendix out and we all
wrote letters to cheer her up.
Caution Urged
In Buying
Grass Mixture
ATLANTA—Again this year,
many Georgia homeowners are
throwing away their money on
lawn grass mixtures that are of
little value. Commissioner of
Agriculture Phil Campbell
warns.
Last year the Commissioner
urged persons purchasing grass
seed mixtures to read the label
on the seed package carefully
as many of the mixtures con
tained a large percentage of
cheap rye grass seed. The con
dition has altered very little
this season, Commissioner
Campbell says, and people are
once again being gyped.
The Department of Agricul
ture has found some of Atlanta’s
largest grocery stores, drug
stores and department stores
selling lawn grass mixtures that
are of little or no value.
State Seed Analyst E. E. Win
stead of the Department of Ag
riculture said some of this
year’s mixtures contain as much
as 80 per cent rye grass seed
which will not grow here dur
ing the summer months. He
added that these lawn grass
mixtures are selling for 20
cents a pound and up where as
regular rye grass sells for about
10 cents a pound.
As long as the grass seed mix
tures are properly labeled or
tagged as required by state law,
there is little the Department of
Agriculture can do aboul such
sales.
The best thing for purchasers
of such mixtures to do to avoid
being gyped is to read the label
or tag and find out just what
grasses are in the mixture be
fore making their purchase.
Under no conditions should a
lawn grass mixture be pur
chased this time of year if it
contains more than 20 or 25 per
cent rye grass.
Some tags on grass mixtures
will list domestic, common or
Italian rye grass in addition to
perennial rye grass. As far as
the purchaser is concerned,
these classifications should be
considered as one. For instance,
a listing of 15 per cent Italian
rye grass and 15 per cent per
ennial rye grass should not be
accepted as it makes a total of
30 per cent rye grass in the
mixture.
“Rye grass is fine for plant
ing in the fall”, Commissioner
Campbell said, “but it is rather
cheap and homeowners should
not pay high prices for mixtures
that contain large amounts of
rye grass seed.”
Persons buying grass mix
tures should also check the tag
to determine germination per-
Vandiver To
Speak At
Monticello
The Monticello-Jasper Coun
;ty Jaycees, headed by Ernest
I Key, Jr., are making final
preparations for Industrial Ap
preciation Day, to be celebrat
ed with gala festivities, on
Wednesday, May 14. These
will include a gigantic parade,
j a barbecue lunch, a beauty
contest, an address by Lt. Gov.
Ernest Vandiver, a horse and
cattle show, and a big dance
at which a beauty queen will
be crowned by Miss Georgia.
Jody Shattuck.
The parade starting these
festive events will be one of
the largest ever held in Mid
dle Georgia, according to
James S. Wilson, parade chair
man. Forty-six entries by lo
cal industries, organizations,
firms and individuals will ride
in the parade which will show
their appreciation to the role
of industry in Jasper County’s
economy. The Third Army
Band, Gordon Military College
Band, Georgia Military College
band, and Monticello High
School Band will furnish music
and color to the parade, which
will proceed from the Court
house Square in Monticello
promptly at twelve noon.
The parade will end at the
Rose Bowl Football Field at
1:00 o’clock where barbecue
will be served. Shortly there
after, a beauty contest will be
held, with contestants from
Jasper and surrounding coun
ties vying for the crown of
Beauty Queen. Five finalists
will be selected at that time,
and the winner will be an
nounced at the dance, which
will be held at the new High
School auditorium at eight
o’clock that evening, where
Miss Jody Shattuck, of Atlanta,
the Miss Georgia of 1957, will
crown her the Queen of In
dustrial Appreciation Day.
At 2:30 o’clock. Lt. Gov.
Ernest Vandiver will address
those attending the occasion.
Local dignitaries and County
and City officials will be
seated on the platform with
Mr. Vandiver. Following the
address, there will be a bar
rel race and exhibition of fine
horsemanship by local and
surrounding horsemen who are
urged to enter in this contest
and the other festivities plan
ned for the entire day.
Colored News
The 4-H County Elimination
was held at the R. L. Cousins
High School with the following
persons selected as county win
ners :
Equella Blue, corn meal muf
fins (senior); Ruby Nell Pitts,
biscuits; Ethelene Chaney, en
riched corn meal project; Fan
nie M. Collier, junior corn
meal muffins; Gwendolyn
Thomas and Lottie Kate Akins,
team in cornmeal muffins:
Marva Benton, junior dress
revue; Evelyn Wade, senior
dress revue; Josephine Bur
dette, clothing; Maxine Rose
berry, leadership; Earnestine
Davis, A, B. C. Home wiring:
Betty Durden, Home Improve
m e n t; Hawnethia Mitchell
junior canning and Annette
Allen, senior canning. These
persons will represent the
county at the District Elimin
ation in June at Griffin.
The County Home Demon
stration Dress Revue winners
are: Mrs. Lizzie Mae Brown
first place; Mrs. Inez Clark, se
cond; Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman,
third; Mrs. Lillie Zackery,
fourth: and Mrs. Rosetta Swan,
fifth place. Awards for county
winners were given by White’s
Department Store, Belk-Gall
ant, Dobb's Clothing Store and
Parsons and Hutchins.
The county winners partici
pated in the Dress Revue held
during the District Home De
monstration Council meeting.
We were very happy when win
ners of the Dress Revue were
announced as they were all
from Newton County. They
were: Mrs. Lizzie Mae Brown,
first place; Mrs. Elizabeth Free
man, second place and Mrs. Inez
Clark, third place.
A recent clothing workshop
was held at East Newton Ele
mentary School for the purpose
of helping homemakers to bet
ter understand and us* their
sewing machines. Leaders from
Springhill, Macedonia, Starrs
ville and Oxford communities
received training. Represents-
centage of the seed, the Com
missioner warned. Under state
law all such agricultural seed
sold should not germinate less
than 70 per cent.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
tives from the Singer Sewing
Machine Company assisted with
the workshop.
Members of the County Home
Demonstration Council are ob
serving National Home De
monstration Week, May 4-10. A
special program was held at the
Good Hope Baptist Church Sun
day, May 4 at 4 p.m. Rev. L. W.
Strickland was guest speaker
using the theme for the week
“Roads to Greater Opportuni
ties” His challenge was to the
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parents of the county. The R. L.
Cousins High School Chorus
and Band under the direction of
Messrs. Bennie and Hudson pre
sented the music during the pro
gram.
In 1865, after the siege of
Vicksburg, the Navy outfitted
a confiscated Confederate
steamer as a floating hospital.
Nuns of a nursing sisterhood
went aboard to care for the
patients.
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Girl Scout News
1
BROWNIE TROOP 13
by Lanete Lott
Brownie Troop 13, met
Wednesday, April 23, at the
Scout Hut. After the business j
meeting we made gifts for our ■
mothers.
TROOP 2
Today Girl Scout Troop No. L
2 met at our new Girl Scout <
hut at 3. We wrote a letter to
our mother for Mother’s Day. 1
Then we went to Evan’s Drug
Store to get refreshments. We
had a very good time.
by Debra Jo Floyd
We would like to thank all
our jarents who came to our ,
Flying-Up Ceremony.
Monday the only thing we
did was to eat and play. We
had very good cookies and won- I
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derful lemonade.
We wish you could have been
there.
Donna Sammons Reporter
Nearly G,OO farm residents
each year die in motor vehicle
accidents, statistics of the Na
tional Safety Council show.
More than 200,000 farm resi
dents are injured annually in
traffic mishaps. But home acci
dents injure ever more—about
460.000 farm residents annual
ly.