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Thursday, October 20, 1960
Porterdale School Speaks
Mrs. Fitzpatrick's
Sixth Grade
On Friday, we picked our
officers for the year. Those we
elected were: President — Pat
Floyd; Vice-President—Danny
Johnson; Treasurer — Mickey
Head; Reporters—Randy Payne,
Ronny Jones.
Pat is to select people to be
in a play. Up to now, we have
not had time to practice a
play. We have not selected a
title for the play either.
Mickey Head, Alvin Moore,
Danny Johnson, and Ronny
Jones are going to make a lit
tle telegraph set. It will work
like a real telegraph of long
ago. We have studied about the
telegraph and the radio and
telephone also.
We have learned how light
travels in a straight line. Light
travels faster than anything in
the world. Sound may travel
faster than light we believe. It
may be that nobody knows,
which one travel faster, light
or sound.
In Social Studies, we have
studied about some countries.
They are Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan,
Israel, Iran, Turkey, Greece,
and Italy. They were all in
teresting.
When we go out to play, we
go to the field or the gym. We
play baseball with the plastic
ball and bat. We play football
on the field, too.
Ronny Jones, Reporter.
Mr. Sailers’
Sixth Grade
On Monday, October 17, we I
E. L. Ficquett School News
Mrs. Ramsey’s
First Grade
We have two new pupils in
our class. They are Mary Helen
Tanner from Live Oak Fla.,
and Beverly Hogan from San
Diego, Calif. They are both
lovely little girls and we are
delighted to have them join us.
We had such a nice surprise
on Monday. Mrs. R. W. Jack
son (Ricky’s mother) brought
us cookies, suckers and bub
ble gum. She came just as we
were going to the play-ground,
so we sat in a large circle with
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had our first class meeting. We
elected class officers. They are
as follows: President—Myron
Huckaby; Vice - President —
Randy Digby; Secretary—
Rhonda Jeffries; Reporters—
Theresa O’Kelly, Wanda Dan
iel, Gayle Allen. Our officers
will serve for six weeks. We
decided to have our class meet
ing every Wednesday.
Class Reporters
Miss Ramsey’s
Sixth Grade
On Monday, October 10, Miss
Ramsey was at school with us.
She helped us get our folders
ready to carry home to our
parents.
Miss Ramsey had to be out
again on Tuesday, but we wel
comed Mrs. Potts as our teach
er. We continued learning how
to work together and to read
numbers in arithmetic.
When we came in on Wed
nesday, we were sorry to learn
that Miss Ramsey’s mother had
passed away.
Wednesday was Report Card
Day for us all. Eleven of our
class got out thirty minutes
early because of perfect atten
dance for the first six weeks.
Miss Tanner gave us per
mission to watch the World
Series on TV. On Friday, we
watched our TV lesson and al
so we n t to the auditorium
where a couple had a program
much like a church service. We
enjoyed them very much.
Brenda Cook, Reporter.
hands outstretched. What fun!
Walker Kent and Dan Porter
are the two pupils who have
birthdays in October, Walker
on the fourth and Dan on the
37th. *
We are enjoying “The News
Pilot” this fall. We like the
test which came with last
week’s issue.
Jane Crawley is the only
absentee we have had this
month. We are sorry that she
has been sick with measles.
Some of us have finished
“Skip Along.” We like to read.
GIRL
SCOUT
NEWS
Troop 1062
On Monday, October 17 the
Girl Scouts of Troop 1062 met
at the Girl Scout Hut after
school.
After dues were taken up.
Sarah Haynes served very
nice refreshments.
Then we hiked over to t h e
City Hall and learned many
things about the rescue service
and about the City Hall itself.
Next, we went to the County
Health Department and learn
ed many interesting things
about Health and Safety. Mrs.
Hardman passed out booklets
about health and safety.
Brenda Bonner,
Reporter
TROOP 299
Troop 299 held it’s weekly meet
ing at the Teen-Can.
We have nine girls in our troop.
Their names are Renee Adams,
Martha Ellen Banks, Kay Brad
dock, Luanne Bellew, Faye Hop
kins, Sally Irwin, Huanne Moore,
Dianne Walton and Paula Welch.
Our leaders are Mrs. Moore and
Mrs. Hopkins.
We elected as our officers: Hu
anne Moore, president; Sally Ir
win, secretary; and Dianne Wal
ton, treasurer.
Following a business meeting we
enjoyed a play presented by some
of the girls.
Dianne Walton assisted by her
mother, served us delicious cook
ies and cokes.
Sally Irwin
Secretary
Brownie Troop 1057
Brownie Troop 1057 had
our regular meeting Thursday.
We started our meeting off by
starting on our scrapbook about
Juliette Low. Some of us
brought material from home
but others drew or wrote
things on Juliette Low.
Lynn Parker and Jane Cor
ey made a Girl Scout trail for
us to follow. When they fin
ished we tried to find them but
failed. Some one came out to
help and she led us right to
them by help of the trail.
Afterwards Marilyn John
son’s mother gave each of us a
big red apple. We told her
thank you, and left. We had a
very nice meeting.
Deborah Henderson,
reporter.
Most of us are writing real
well.
We are looking forward to a
Halloween party. We know
seven Halloween songs.
We liked the film strips about
“The City”, “The Country” and
“Skip Along.”
Ted Greer drew such a good
picture of a train that we voted
it the picture of the week in
Art Class. Mrs. Ramsey mount
ed it and hung it up in the
room.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
The Smart Home Planners
"Get To Bottom Os Things”
Whether you’re having a
home built or are buying one,
it’s smart to “get to the bot
tom of things’’—in a hurry!
Sound underpinning is in
dispensable to a satisfactory
dwelling. Foundation and floor
structure are all-important
parts which affect virtually
every house function.
The ideal combination of
materials is brick for the foun
dation and lumber for the
“cushion” structure between
the foundation and finish floors.
The foundation should be of
sufficient depth and the lum
ber solidly bolted to the brick,
the Southern Pine Association
advises. Even in a second hand
home, you can get expert ap
praisal as to whether such
things have been done. If not,
the building could be suscepti
ble to the “uprooting” effect of
a hurricane.
The most vital part of the
entire house is the “cushion”
above the foundation and be
neath the floor. This must be
strong enough to carry the
weight of the building and all
its occupants and contents. Re
siliency is required as well as
strength—not only to absorb
the shock of heavy and often
shifting loads but also to as
sure your walking comfort.
For such purposes, wood is
ideal. The stronger species,
as Southern Pine, are used, and
the high natural resiliency of
the material is fully expressed
in a three tier arrangement of
lumber.
Quality of the “cushion” is
important and you can make
this determination yourself if
you are sufficiently agile to in
vade the “crawl space” under
the house.
On top of the brick founda
tion walls, you should find
“sills” laid flat. Across the sill
should be lumber placed on
edge like a series of parallel
beams. These are the “floor
For Home "Self-Insurance",
Borrow A Leaf From FHA's Book
FHA’s home insurance pro
gram has a solid foundation.
Before insuring a home loan,
the federal agency first takes
every reasonable precaution to
insure the investment itself.
That is the purpose of FHA’s
Minimum Property Standards
—protection of the personal
and financial security of the
home owner.
Home builders are familia
rized with the standards while
FHA inspectors visit job sites
to check compliance.
Os course, all homes aren’t
FHA insured. But in the con
ventional dwelling, too, the
owner can borrow a leaf from
FHA’s book and apply the seme
“safety valves” that FHA uses
on its own.
Two of FHA’s requirements,
in particular, could well be
adapted as “self-insurance” by
every owner-to-be, the South
ern Pine Association says. They
are:
1. A requirement that lum
ber be grade-marked.
2. A requirement that lum
ber be properly seasoned.
These two standards give
protection where it counts the
most. When they are observed,
the safety of the dwelling is
largely assured along with
permanence, low maintenance
and minimum operating costs.
Both requirements apply to
the structural material. United
States Bureau of Labor Statis
tics show that 83 percent of
all new homes have wood
structures. Even in the case of
non-wood surface materials,
such as brick veneer walls,
composition roof and terrazo
floors, there is a supporting
framework of lumber under
neath.
Freedom from maintenance,
as well as security, depends on
uniform good quality of these
sub-surface elements. That is
why all home buyers and plan
ners would do well to adapt
the two FHA standards for
their own.
A grade-mark on lumber in
dicates that it is up to grade—
not sub-standard. The impor
tant thing is the quality stan
dard the grade-mark represents.
In the case of Southern Pine,
for example, it indicates that
lumber is properly seasoned
and meets other high standards
of production and grading.
Proper seasoning—or “pre
shrinking”—is not specifically
required by the grading rules
of all species. Therefore, FHA
has a separate requirement
covering this indispensable
element of quality in wood.
“Pre-shrunk” lumber is the
foremost assurance of long
lasting, low maintenance ser-
joists"—the major elements of
the floor structure. Their top
edges bear the weight of the
house, its occupants and con
tents.
Above the joists, you should
find boards laid flat and diag
onally. This is the “sub-floor
ing” which lies just beneath
the finish floor. It is a vital
bracing and insulating feature
that should never be omitted.
If the house is an old one
and the lumber is in good con
dition with joints tight and
edges level, you have reason
able assurance that the “cush
ion" is sound. In the case of a
new home, check these points
with your builder:
1) Is a good grade of lum
ber being used? Has it been
pre-shrunk” by proper season
ing? If so, the “cushion” will
have maximum strength; plus
an ideal balance of stiffness and
resiliency. Stable, uniform sizes
of “pre-shrunk” lumber hold
the house on an even keel;
keep floors noiseless and
smooth. When Southern Pine is
grademarked, the user has as
surance that the lumber has
been properly seasoned.
2) Does any lumber of the
floor structure extend within
18 inches of the ground? If so,
has it been pressure treated
with chemical preservatives?
The dry condition induced by
“pre-shrinking” is sufficient
protection against insect at
tack and decay for most ele
ments of the structure. How
ever, any lumber used in close
proximity to the earth should
have the additional protection
of pressure treatment.
3) Will solid, full size boards
be used for the sub-flooring?
If so, humidity problems will
be minimized and it wll be
easier to heat and cool the
house. A one inch thickness of
lumber — the nominal board
size—provides the same insu
lation as six inches of brick.
vice by the house. It is essen
tial for permanent strength in
the joints and mail holding
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Personals
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Laster
and Monty Laster spent last
week - end in Birmingham,
Alabama where they joined
Larry Laster, student at Au
burn, and attended the Auburn,
Georgia Tech game at Legion
Field on Saturday afternoon, i
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Peters
and Christopher, of Glenwood
were visitors of 'their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Parker, on
Sunday, October 16.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mills of
Atlanta, Georgia were visitors
in Porterdale on Sunday and
attended the Homecoming Ser
vice at the Julia A. Porter
Memorial Methodist Church.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Golden
and children of Winder, Geor
gia visited their mother, Mrs.
Grace Hord, and Mrs. Lola
Drennon last Sunday.
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■ed to Mr. Joseph Clegg and
family in their bereavement at
the death of Mrs. Clegg who
nased away on October 14 fol
lowing a brief illness. Funeral
services were conducted at the
Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church on Sunday,
October 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Pitt
man and Phillip of Sandy
Sorings, Georgia visited in
Porterdale last week-end and
attended the Homecoming Cele
bration at the Julia A. Porter
I Memorial Methodist Church on
October 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Trov Johnson
and sons of Savannah, Georgia
and Mr. and Mrs. Coy Johnson
and children of Decatur, Geor
gia visited their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Johnson, on Sun
day, October 16.
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Swet
nam of Decatur, Georgia were
guests at the Homecoming cele
bration at the Julia A. Porker
Memorial Methodist Church on
Sunday, October 16.
Tyrone Snow, who Is a pa
tient at the Aidmore Hospital
in Emory University, Georgia
is being wished an early re-
turn to his home.
Misses Ruth and Jordye Tan
ner will spend this week - end
in Sandersville, Georgia where
they will participate in the
week - long Kaolin Festival
which is being held in Washing
ton County. Miss Jordye Tan
ner will join her high school
classmates for their class re
union during the weekend.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Womack included
Charles Womack, Richard
Schweitzer, and Charles Sapp
ington, all of whom are sta
tioned at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina.
Mrs. Carcus Coody and
children returned to their home
in Moultrie, Georgia on Friday,
where Mr. Coody is stationed
at Spence Field. They were
guests of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Ivey, during
the past weeks.
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