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Mr. and Mrs. Irving Dietz Entertain
Betrothed Couple at Their Home
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Dietz
entertained at a buffet dinner
jast Sunday honoring their
nephew Robert Clein and his
fiancee, Miss Dian Udinsky,
both of Atlanta.
A Valentine motif was car
ried out in the decoration
theme. The dining room table
was overlaid with a satin da-
Home of Mrs. Frank Meadors Scene
Charlie Porter Feb. Class Meeting
The Charles Porter Class of
the First Methodist Church held{
their February class party in|
the lovely home of Mrs. Frank |
Meadors with Miss Ethel Bel-|
cher, Miss Ida Thompson and |
Mrs. Hiram Ellis, co-hostesses. |
Mrs. Will Stillwell gave a|:
beautiful devotional on Love.|
Many fitting quotations were |
used on Love, also one on Val- |
entine which was very appro- |
priate at this season.
Mrs. Casey presided and
opened with prayer. It was dis
cussed and voted on to have a
secret friend to be selected from
the class roll, each one to draw
a name and do something for
the secret friend all along.
Minutes of the January meet
ing were approved. Miss Sallie
Mae Cook gave the treasurer’s
report, four birthdays were re
ported in February.
The Corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Estes reported seven cards
sent to sick and shut-in friends.
We welcomed Mrs. Harry Rey
wnolds as a visitor.
Mrs. Hiram Ellis introduced
Mrs. W. E. Thornley and Mrs.
S. M. Hay. Several selections on
the 'accordion were given by
Mrs; Hay and several humor
ous .readings. Mrs. Thornley
gave a reading “The Denomi-
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Imask cloth and held as its cen
tral decoration a large lace
heart composed of red ecarna
/tions bordered with white pom
pon chrysanthemums., Red tap
ers in silver holders completed
the setting.
Eighteen guests were present
for this enjoyable occasion.
national Garden,” which was
very good. |
The guests were invited into
the dining room where refresh
ments consisting of cakes, sand
wiches, nuts, candies, mints and
punch was served from a beau
tiful table overlaid with a lace
cloth with a central arrange
ment of white glads and red
carnations. Mrs. Jack Meadors
served punch.
GFCW President,
Building On TV
On Friday evening, February
20, Edward R. Murrow will
visit the General Federation
Headquarters to interview
President Chloe Gifford on his
PERSON TO PERSON televi
sion program, The show will be
broadcast over the Columbia
Broadcasting System at 10:30
P.M. Eastern Standard time.
This is an opportunity for
every federated club woman to
see the GFWC Headquarters
building in Washington, D. C.
and hear their President inter
viewed.
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Miss Judy Elam Is Crowned Queen
Jaycette Pageant At Conyers
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Judy Elam was crowned “Miss
Rockdale County” of 1959 and
Joan Costley was selected as
“Little Miss Rockdale County”
at the Jaycette Beauty Pa=
geant here last Saturday night.
Judy was sponsored by the
Conyers Garden Club and Joan
was sponsored by the Rockdale
County VFW.
First runner up in the contest
was Marie Letson. Carolyn
Biggers was second runner up.
The 14 contestants for the “Miss
Rockdale” title voted Beth
Hicks “Miss Congeniality.” |
“Miss Rockdale County” will
represent the county in the
“Miss Georgia Green Queen’
contest which will be held at
the Dinkler Plaza Hotel in At
lanta on May 6th. The contest
is sponsored by the Georgia
Forestry Association.
The contestants in the “Miss
Rockdale County” pageant were
judged in three categories—
bathing suit, evening dress and
talent. In the bathing suit di
vision Judy Elam placed first;
Myrtle Withers was second and
Marie Letson placed third. Beth
Hicks was voted number one
in the talent division; Marie
Letson was second and Ann
Tucker placed third. Carolyn
Biggers was judged number one |
Salem Home Demonstration Club
Met at Club House, Thursday
The Salem Home Demon
stration Club met Thursday af
ternoon, February 12 at the
club house with 15 ladies pres
ent.
As each lady entered the hos
| tesses, Mrs. J. F. Burns and
| Mrs. A. S. Ellington, presented
each one with a lovely red ca
mellia.
The club room was beautiful
ly decorated in the Valentine
Motif. The refreshment table
was overlaid with a white linen
cloth with lovely decorative
| feature including red candles.
The Valentine napkins added
|a decorative note. The mantle
|was banked with magnolia
leaves and Valentine hearts.
Mrs. Douglas Yancey, presi
dent, opened the meeting by
| welcoming each one. Mrs. Sam
Halcombe was welcomed and
enrolled as a new member. The
club creed was read in unison,
j followed by singing “America.”
Mrs. Burns gave the devo-
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in the evening dress division‘
and Judy Elam and Dorothy
Marchman tied for second place.
A third place was not awarded
in this division.
“Miss Rockdale County” is the
| 15-year-old daughter of Mr.
|and Mrs. T. B. Elam of 143 Mc
| Donough Street in Conyers. Her
| wather is an employee of the
‘| American Telephone and Tele
| graph switching center in Rock=-
| dale County. Judy is a sopho=
| more at Rockdale County Coun=
|ty High School. The Elams have
|not lived in Rockdale County
| very long, having moved here
| from Decatur in August of 1958.
| “Little Miss Rockdale Coun
| ty” is the 10-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Costiey of
| College Avenue in Conyers.
A crowd of approximately
500 was on hand to see the
| pageant an annual affair.
| Judges for the contest were
|Mrs. C. E. Hammock of Deca
tur, John Fuller of Covington
and Donald Casson of Doraville.
Tommy Morgan, president of
|the Rockdale County Jaycees,
| erowned “Miss Rockdale Coun
{ty.” Mrs. W. K. Wilson, Jr.,
president of the Rockdale Jay
cettes, crowned “Little Miss
| Rockdale County.”
tional reading scripture from
John 1:5. She then read an in
spiring piece entitled “Using
Our Talents,” closing by reading
a lovely poem as her prayer.
Roll call and minutes of the
January meeting were read and
approved. The treasurer’s re
iport was also given.
~ old and new business was dis=-
cussed. Mrs. Yancey gave a
brief talk on making hospital
essentials. She asked the ladies
for volunteers to sew for the
benefit of the hospital.
Mrs. C. W. Berry gave a short
talk on her visit to Brickstore
in January on Ceramics.
The president wurged every
member to attend the North
west District Home Demon
stration Council meeting to be
held at the First Baptist Church
on March 11. Ladies of the clubs
of Newton County will be the
hostesses.
It was voted to serve the
Salem Men’s Lions Club once
a month at the club house.
In the absence of Mrs. Ma
lone, Mrs. G. W. Ramsey and
Mrs. Hoyt Bailey brought two
very interesting demonstra
tions. Mrs. Ramsey’s was on
food nutrition, well-balanced |
meals, Vitamins and minerals
for our health. Mrs. Bailey’s was
on the freezing of foods and
using the right containers.
Mrs. Burns had a very in
teresting program on famous
men whose birthdays were in
February. Mrs. A. J. Aylor read
an interesting piece on the life
of Abraham Lincoln and Mrs.
Ramsey read one of the life of
George Washington. Games
were also played.
Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Elling
ton, joint hostesses, served a de
licious salad course with Valen-
Engagement of Miss Doris M. Wilson,
Mr. Edmondson of Atlanta Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Wilsonl
of Covington announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Doris Mae, to Zackarih Frank
Edmondson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Edmondson of Atlanta.
Miss Wilson is a graduate of
Newton County High School
and is employed by Dixie Fi
nance Company, Inc.
Mr. Edmondson is a graduate
of Grady High School and at
tended Georgia Tech.
The wedding will take place
February 28 at the Morning
side Presbyterian Church with‘
Dr. Arthur Vann Gibson, of
ficiating. |
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plants a bath in the morning
on a sunny day so the plants
will be dry by the afternoon,
says The Progressive Farmer.
Home Os Miss Ethel Belcher Is Scene
February Meeting of Local DAR Chap.
' The February meeting of
Sergeant Newton Chapter,
Daughters of the American
‘Revolution, was held in the
‘home of Miss Ethel Belcher on
‘February 11. Cohostesses were
Mrs. O. W. Porter and Miss
Sallie Mae Cook. ;
" The living room, bright with
Jovely arrangements of camel
}lias, jonquills and dried ar
rangements formed the setting
‘for this very interesting meet
ing.
1 Mrs. Lyda Sue B. Hall, re
‘gent, called the meeting to or
der. Mrs. F. C. Marshall, chap-‘
‘lain, led the prayer, the pledge
to the flag followed.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approv
ed. The treasurers report was
very encouraging. Full reports
to both state and national so
ciety were given. Medals and
citizenship pins ordered and on
hand to be presented later.
The corresponding secretary.
Mrs. S. A. Ginn, read letters of
information in regard to the
coming of the state DAR con
ference to be held in March in
Atlanta and continental con
gress which meets in April in
Washington, D. C.
The motion picture chairman
made her report. The radio
chairman, Mrs. W. C. Wright,
announced the program honor
ing the birthday of George
Washington would be broadcast
on February 21. Hour to be told
later.
National Defense Chairman,
Miss Belcher, discussed this
most interesting and thought
provoking subject. Mrs. Harry
Dietz read the President-Gen
erals message. The program
chairman, Miss Belcher, intro
duced Mrs. J. W. Dickey as the
speaker of the afternoon. Mrs.
Dickey, a delightful speaker,
told she had been given her
subject, “Education”, which is
a very broad subject and can
be applied in a number of ways.
She said she wanted to think
about and talk about our public
school system and its tremen
dous responsibility in training
the child and helping him to
adjust to life. She stated the
individual child must be con
sidered, his age, his ability, and
environment. The school build
ing and its equipment, the per
sonel is most important.
Mrs. Dickey read to us a true
and moving story of how Billy
Davis, the child of a vagabond
family who traveled from place
to place, state to state to pick
cotton or gather fruit in its
season, help in harvesting vege
tables or peddle novelties,
trading horses, sharpening scis
sors, making keys. Billy said
hers was a rustic-furniture
family. Her daddy made willow |
chairs, tables and novelties
from the young willows grow-‘
ing by the river. She would
peddle willow basket, com
plete with paper flowers, up
one side of the street and down
the other. She wondered how
children felt who wore clean
clothes, lived in houses and at
tended some school. Billy would
hurry by the school house there
were so many children around.
“School, was that the secret?”
The idea became an obsession.
Anybody, I thought can be
clean, live in a nice house if
he is smart and school can make
you smart”.
Soon Billy found herself
catching a school bus in a new
dress while she clutched a long
red pencil, a fat yellow tablet
‘and a little lunch pail in her
‘hand. Soon she had a room and
‘a teacher and most wonderful
of all —a desk.
As the years went by in each
town she would walk to the
school find a teacher and say,
“I would like to go to school
here”., Without exception she
was treated kindly, yet usually
bustled off to the office to an
swer questions. No address? No
transfer from previous school?
tine cookies and hot coffee dur
ing the social hour.
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No report card? Have you stud
ied long divisions?” “No, sir,
but I belong in the fourth grade,
just put me in the class and
try me. If I can’t do the work
put me back a grade, can’t
you.”
As Billy moved from city to
city. she invarible found the
school building. One of her
teachers noticed she squinted,
she carried her to an eye doc
tor and had her fitted with
glasses, I ask her, how I could
‘pay for them, she smiled, later
on find a child in need and do
for her what I have done for
you”. That was the nicest thing
anyone ever told me”. That,
Billy said, was what made me
love teachers.
Billy studied hard and work
ed hard helping to gather beans
or carrots or picked dates and
in off hours peddled her bas
kets from door to door in the
surrounding towns. She did her
home work by the light of an
old kerosene lantern. The next
fall I found another high school
and its spirit the same.
In the class room, on the de
bate team, on the staff of the
school paper, and finally in my
cherished blue cap and gown
as I spoke at the commence
ment exercises I found freedom
and equality which gave me
faith and inspired me. I looked
down at the rows of commence
ment gowns, all the young peo
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mine, I knew then what was
meant by “democracy” and the
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teachers and wondered if they
realized their power to shape
a life, to change a destiny, to‘
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could be the effects of proper
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