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NEWTON HIGH NEWS
Teachers Hear Social Studies Specialist
By Louise Reeves
Curriculum Director
Mrs. Mary Virginia Ferrell,
Silver-Burdett social studies sp
ecialist from Cincinnati, spent
Tuesday, January 23, in Coving
ton working with Newton County
Teachers of grades 1-4. In a
series of grade level conferences
Mrs. Ferrell discussed current
trends and materials recommen
ded for use in the lower elemen
tary grades in the area of social
studies.
Mrs. Ferrell pointed out that
today there must be a more for
mal approach to social studies
beginning in kindergarten and the
primary grades. Since within
the present generation our world
has become one of enormously
increased bodies of knowledge,
new systems of communication,
increasing rates of technological
change, shifting value structures,
and improved research techni
ques the schools must build its
social studies program upon the
real rather than the hypothetical;
the natural rather than the con
trived.
Another current trend in this
area of instruction discussed by
the specialist was the multidis
ciplinary approach which intro
duces elementary concepts of an
thropology - sociology, econo
mics, and political science, as
well as concepts from the usual
history and geography to child
ren beginning in kindergarten.
Mrs. Ferrell used illustra
tions to show how the “new”
program guides children in a
depth study of fewer areas of
the world and enables them to
formulate generalizations which
they later apply to other world
communities.
Dr. Lavinia Wood, Newton
County Education Specialist, pre
sided during the conferences in
the absence of Miss Louise Ree-
FTA Convention
February 1-3 At
Rock Eagle Center
“FTA - Gateway to Exploration
of Teaching Career” is the Con
vention theme for eight hundred
high school students who will
hold their annual Future Teache
rs of America - Georgia Educat
ion Association Convention at Ro
ck Eagle, February 1-3, 1968.
The Convention will open in
general session on Friday night,
with Dr. Robert F. Wolfersteig,
Director, presenting Georgia
College Choir Ensemble.
Miss Nancy Waters, President,
Student Georgia Education Asso
ciation as speaker, will present
"FTA - Gateway to College and
Teacher Preparation.”
Friday evening session, gen
eral assembly program includes
Civic Symphony Orchestra with
Dr. J. Kimball Harriman condu
cting, and Dr. Alton C. Crews,
Superintendent of Cobb County
Schools, whose keynote address
is entitled "Explore Teaching
as a Career.”
Business and voting for offic
ers will be the program for Sat
urday.
Patrick Peeples, Rabun County'
High School, President of FTA,
will preside.
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A SET OF “America, The Beautiful’’ lithographed pictures (a
scene tn each state; was displayed at tne isewton County High School
Library last week through the courtesy of the Soil Conservation
Service. Pictured above are NCHS students and Librarian J. Frank
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Student tfaueinment
Clubs, Teams, Band, And Social Activities
SOCIAL STUDIES Series Os Grade Level Conferences for Newton County teachers of grades 1-4 were held
January 23 at the Board of Education building. Mrs. Mary Virginia Ferrell (right) of Cincinnati, Ohio,-.
Educational Consultant of Silver-Burdett Company, was in charge of the conference. Aiding the program
was Dr. lavinia Wood (left) of the Newton School System. Grady Starnes of the Silver-Burdett firm is
shown seated at left.
ves who was ill. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Cassie Robinson,
Jeanes Curriculum Director, and
Mr. Grady Starnes, Silver-Bur
dett representative.
The teachers were relieved
from classrooms to attend the
conferences through arrange
ments made by principals of the
respective schools and with the
assistance of Teacher Aides and
Future Teachers.
Tough Now?
What About
183 Yrs. Ago
Athens, Ga.—ls high school
seniors sometimes think univer
sity admission requirements are
stiff, they should have tried 19th
Century entrance exams at the
University of Georgia.
The University, which marked
Its 183rd birthday Sunday (Jan.
27), started with a set of stand
ards that would likely confound
the freshman of 1968.
Old records show that by
1801—16 years after the insti
tution was chartered In 1785—
the beginning freshman was re
quired to have, amongother qual
ifications:
"A correct knowledge of
Cicero’s orations, Virgil, John
and Acts In the Greek testa
ment. ..English grammar and ge
ography.”
It was also necessary for ap
plicants to be “well acquainted
with arithmetic. . .(and) at least
14 years old.”
The University, oldest state
chartered university in the
nation, plans no special activities
for its birth date.
Miss Dana Kemp Is Elected
President LaGrange Sorority
LAGRANGE, GA.—A Coving
ton student at LaGrange College
has been elected president of her
sorority.
Dana Kemp, a senior at La-
Grange College majoring in
mathematics, was recently
Installed president of the Kappa
Phi Delta sorority. She has
previously served as secretary
and vice president of the sorori
ty. In addition, Miss Kemp is
currently secretary of the Pan
hellenic Council, a member of
the Student Government Associa
tion’s legislative council, and a
member of Sigma, a national sc
ience and mathematics society.
The LC senior is frequently
named to the Dean’s List for her
outstanding academic record.
Miss Kemp is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kemp of
Salem Road, Covington, and a
1964 graduate of Newton County
High School.
English Institute
Set For Summer
At U. Os Georgia
ATHENS—Twenty - five high
school English department chair
men will attend an English In
stitute at the University of Ge
orgia this summer. During the
winter school year, 25 classroom
teachers as well as the depart
ment chairmen will attend a con
tinuation of the institute with ses
sions at the University and con
sultant visits to their schools.
Further information is avail
able from the institute director,
Dr. L. Raymon Veal of the Uni
versity’s College of Education.
Deadline for applications to at
tend is Mrch 17.
Walker (right) looking over the color photos. From left to right:
Randall Allen, Marcia Patterson, Dennis Caldwell, Wanda Shadix
and Genia Harwell.
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Bentley Announces New Fire
Code Effective On April 1
ATLANTA—A completely re
vised and modernized Fire Sa
fety Code which will make Ge
orgia one of the leaders and
second to none in the nation in
Fire Safety standards will go
into effect on April 1, 1968,
Fire Safety Commissioner Ja
mes L. Bentley announced this
week.
The new Fire Code authorized
by the 1967 General Assembly
is the first revision of the Ge
orgia Code since 1948—exactly
20 years ago—and sets the stan
dards for the vast changes in
building techniques, building ma
terials, and architectural designs
developed during this time, Ben
tley stated.
One of the major changes in
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Attend Church Sunday
Series Os Teen Talks
Initiated At NCHS
Can there be peace between the
generations? Do parents and
teenagers have anything in com
mon? Are there any differences
between the youth of today and
yesterday?
On January 24, the first in a
series of Teen Talks, "War Bet
ween The Generations”, was ad
dressed to the four Y-clubs of
Newton County High School. Sa
mmy Ozburn, vice-president of
the Hi-Y, opened the meeting,
welcoming the clubs to the joint
meeting. Slade Exley, president
of the Hi-Y, made the announce
ments, informing the clubs of ac
tivities of YMCA Week.
"The home is a citadel of
prayer, a retreat, a school of re
ligious instruction.” Marcia EU
zer, vice-president of the Senior
Tri-Hi-Y, discussed inanappro
priate devotional the home, its
Christian atmosphere, and the
relationships among the mem
bers of the family. She emph
asized that the home is the ch
urch’s strongest pillar and the
nation’s greatest asset for peace.
The Gamma Tri-Hi-Y of NCHS
served a co-ordinator under Mrs.
Sarah Prosser for the first in the
series of Teen Talks. Fran Tuck,
vice-president of the Gamma Tri-
Hi-Y, introduced the program.
Fran stressed the status of the
young person in today’s world.
Mr. Milton Me Laney served
as the first guest on the pro
gram. Mr. Me Laney present
ed from a parents point of view
the relationship that parents and
teenagers have today. He stated
that "youth live for today and
now.” Mr. Me Laney, in conclu
sion, emphasized that young peo
ple have an interest in others
and are constantly eager to ser
ve.
The second portion of the pro
gram was related to the teen
agers point of view. Susan Kirk
land, a member of the Gamma
Tri-Hi-Y, discussed the relat
ionship of the young person to
his parents. Her talk included
the attitudes, emotions, and ge
neral behavior of the teenager.
The main guest speaker was
Miss Mae Hardman who intro-
the new code concerns the new
windowless building style of ar
chitecture, particularly schools,
Bentley said. Unless adequate
fire safety measures are taken,
such buildings lend themselves
to trapping smoke as well as
poisonous Carbon Monoxide and
Carbon Dioxide gases
The new regulations require
sprinklers and return air ducts
with fire dampers to trap the
smoke. Bentley explained that
presently many buildings are de
signed so that corridors func
tion as return air ducts.
“In a building without windows
this would be fatal since the only
escape route, the corridors,
would be filled with smoke,” he
said.
Another safe and acceptable al
ternative to return air ducts is
an independent heating and coo
ling system in each room. Sp
rinklers in windowless rooms
will be mandatory in the new
code. Bentley said that such sys
tems have a “washing down” ef
fect on smoke and poisonous gas
es causing them to be less harm
ful.
He pointed out that most new
buildings, especially schools, are
fire resistant and the danger is
from flammable materials br
ought into the buildings such as
books, clothing, furniture and the
like.
“Another important section of
the new code reduces the number
of students that may safely occ
upy a classroom with doors that
swing inward from 50 to 25,”
Bentley said. “The number 25,”
he continued, “is a change from
the nationally recommended nu
mber of 20. We have agreed
upon the figure 25 at the request
of the State Department of Edu
cation which is already using the
figure 25 as a minimum safe
number. With the new code, we
can assure the parents of Geor
gia that adequate fire safety ex
ists in their children’s schools.”
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Pep Club Gets
Pep Talk From
Pulpit Preacher
The meeting of the NCHS Pep
Club was held January 19th,
President Linda Moon presided
as the devotional was given by
Sally Kay Mills.
For the program Vice-Presid
ent Claudia Edwards invited Rev
erend H.H. Earnest of Porterdale
Baptist Church to speak with the
club. He gave a very interesting
talk on positive thinking through
Jesus Christ.
“The club urges all to encour
age good sportsmanship and to
keep up their boosting spirit for
our great teams,” stated a club
spokesman.
duced as her topic, "The Fuel
To Squelch The Fury.” Parents
and teenagers do have similar in
terests and problems. Miss
Hardman encouraged each Y
club member to have faith in
himself as well as in others.
She based her address around
the word fuel. The letters in
the word fuel could possibly st
and for faith, understanding, em
pathy, and most important, love.
This Teen Talk proved ex
tremely successful and the four
Y-clubs look to the remaining
Teen Talks with anticipation. The
joint meeting concluded with Ja
net Burson, vice-president of the
Alpha Tri-Hi-Y, giving the clos
ing prayer.
Stone Mountain
Park Had
2 1/2-Million
Visitors In ’67
Historic Stone Mountain, Geor
gia’s unique historical-recreati
onal park and playland for mill
ions had a visitor increase of
20.3% during 1967. 2,485,963
visitors came to the Park in
1967 to enjoy the many activi
ties and special events.
During the Spring, two horse
shows at Historic Stone Mountain
brought thousands of people into
the Atlanta area. Participants
came from all over the United
States for the 2nd Annual Stone
Mountain Classic-All Arabian
Horse Show and The Stone Mount
ain Woman’s Club Horse Show.
The Historic Stone Mountain
riverboat float carried the Geor
gia Princess in the Washington,
D. C. Cherry Blossom Festival
Parade.
A Spring and Fall concert se
ries, organized by Historic Stone
Mountain Music Director, Herbie
Koch, brought such famous grou
ps as the Third Army Band, of
Atlanta, the Air Force Band, the
Atlanta Singers and the Decatur
Civic Chorus to the Park for free,
open-air concerts. Herbie Koch
accompanied many of the concer
ts on the Bells of Stone Mountain,
the 610 bell carillon. One of the
most exciting concerts presented
was the Band of Atlanta playing
the Tschaikowsky 1812 Overture,
written for bells, band and can
non.
Easter is a time of deep relig
ious meaning, and yet a day of
colored Easter eggs and choco
late covered bunnies. Five thou
sand people walked to the top of
Stone Mountain at 5:30 a. m. to
take part in the Sunrise Service.
In the afternoon 39,000 people,
ninety per cent of them children,
joined the big Egg Hunt in search
of thousands of colored eggs.
On the Fourth of July, Hist
oric Stone Mountain joined the
Annual Parade down Peachtree
Street. Fireworks explored high
above the Mountain at 9:30 p. m.
displaying brilliance of color and
lights visible for miles around
and especially spectacular for the
38,285 people in the Park.
The State of Georgia is rapid
ly becoming one of the nation’s
major tourist areas. The Hist
oric Stone Mountain 1967 attend
ance statistics show out-of-state
visitors comprised 20%0f the ye
arly visitor total. People came
from the 50 states and many
foreign countries to enjoy the
wonders of the Mountain, to view
th famous Stone Mountain Memo
rial carving, to see exciting his
torical displays, to roam acres
of camping and picnic areas, a
nd to hear the award winning ca
rillon.
In October, the American In
stitute of steel presented Stone
Mountain with the 1967 Award
of Excellence for the best design
in structural steel.
Visitors continued to enjoy the
Park when the color of fall came
with Indian summer temperatur
es. In early December the Park
was decorated with hundreds of
yards of cedar garland, wreaths
and Christmas trees. The trees
added the final touch to the His
toric Stone Mountain Christmas
spirit and thousands of people
came to view the trees.
1967—an exciting year at Hi-
Mock Wedding A t NCHS
A mock wedding was presented
in the Newton County auditorium
Thursday January 25, as a pro
ject of the family relations class
under the supervision of Mrs.
Walter Pope. The wedding was
an exact duplicate of a real wed
ding; the only thing missing being
the marriage license.
Rev. Kent Anglin, pastor of Ox
ford Baptist Church performed
the ceremony. Anne Klimaszew
skl was the bride. Her father
was played by Jud Callaway and
her mother by Canady Morgan.
Thad Blankenship was the
groom. His parents were played
by Connie Womack and Eddie Nib
lett.
The front of the school audi
torium was beautifully decorated
with baskets of magnolia leaves
and yellow kleenex carnations.
Candlebras were on both sides
of a screen covered with the green
and yellow decorations. A com
mittee in the family relations
class under the supervision of
Miss Sarah Ann Hamilton, student
teacher; arranged these. The
committee included: Mary Ann
Dial, Shelia Dimsdale, Gail Ellis
and Lavonne Allen.
Mrs. Martin Goode presented
the organ music and Mrs. Wayne
Newton sang the vocal selections,
“The Lord’s Prayer” and “I
Love Thee”.
The best man was played by Joe
Jordan and ushers were Bryon
Mobley and Jimmy Jones.
The flower girl was Little Miss
Angie Henderson. She carried
out the color scheme with her
yellow dress which had a full
skirt and sash bow. Angie car
ried a ruffled yellow basket of
rose petals.
The ring bearer was Mike
Davis, and he carried the rings
on a satin pillow which was cover
ed in lace.
Brenda Hodges, maid of honor,
wore a floor length dress of
light blue chiffon over taffeta.
The bodice featured white lace
and elbow length sleeves. The
bridesmaids, Claudia Edwards
and Randie Fruller, wore floor
length dresses of a very soft
yellow. They carried yellow
long stem roses which were set
Selecting STAR Student Now
Underway In High Schools
The exciting process of discov
ering Georgia’s 1968 STAR Stu
dent has begun with a mailing
of forms to high school princi
pals.
All over the state, thousands
of high school seniors took the
College Board Scholastic Ap
titude Test in November or De
cember. This test is one of the
basic criteria in the STAR Pro
gram. To be eligible for STAR
consideration, scores for each
part of this test must be at
least equal to the latest avail
able national average and stu
dents must be regularly enrol
led seniors in one of Georgia’s
accredited public or private high
schools, unmarried, and in the
upper 10 per cent scholastically
of their class for the first sem
ester of their senior year. In
each school the student qualified
as set out above making the hig
hest SAT grade will be named
the High School STAR Student.
Each High School STAR Stu
dent will be asked to name the
teacher at either the elementary
or high school level (one still
Newton Student
On Dean’s List
Mrs. Noel Hayes Williamson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Hayes, Route 5, Covington, a
senior at Georgia Collegeof Mil
ledgeville, has been placed on
the Dean’s List for high scholas
tic achievement during the first
quarter.
storic Stone Mountain and a ha
ppy year for the 2,485,963 people
who enjoyed one of Georgia’s
great tourist attractions.
Your Heart Fund makes pos
sible nation-wide programs of
research, education and com
munity service.
Economic losses caused by
the heart diseases in this coun
try are estimated to be about
$4 billion annually.
DCT Student Employed At Dial’s Garage
CLIFFORD ELLIS is a senior at Newton County High School and
is a member of the D.C.T. Club. He is employed by Ray Dial
at Dials’ Garage in Oxford. His main interest is in working on
and experimenting with cars. Shown left to right in the above
picture are Sammy Benton, Route 1, Mansfield; Clifford Ellis,
Oxford; and Skeet Dial.
Thursday, February 1, 1968
off with green velvet bows.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, was beautiful in
a floor length dress which had a
quilted satin panel in front and
back of the full length taffeta
skirt. The V-neck, fitted bodice
featured long bell-type sleeves.
She carried an arrangement of
white roses and honeysuckle on
a white Bible.
She carried out the wedding
tradition of something old, her
shoes; something new, her veil;
something borrowed, her dress,
and something blue, a blue garter.
The bride’s mother, Canady
Morgan, wore a navy blue knit
suit with matching accessories.
Her corsage was yellow.
The groom’s mother, Connie
Womack, wore a gold knit suit
trimmed in white. Her access
ories were white and she also
wore a yellow corsage.
The reception was held in the
home economics lab.
The refreshments were pre
pared by a committee in the class
which was under the supervision
of Miss Jeri Sessions, student
teacher. The table featured a
white linen table cloth with yel
low roses around the punch bowl.
A fruit ring added to the color
of the lime punch. The cake
was decorated with yellow roses.
Debbie McCullough, Betty Jo
Bunn, Kathy Dunevent, and Miss
Sessions served.
Pictures were made by Beth
Cooper.
The purpose of this wedding
was to develop in the students:
the ability to plan and carry out
a wedding; the understanding of
the marriage vows; the desire not
to run away to get married; and to
create a desire to be in the fam
ily relations class in the fol
lowing years.
After the reception the mock
bride, groom, and all their at
tendants slipped back into their
school clothes and continued to
their next class. The mock wed
ding was over but will not be
forgotten, because it was as
beautiful and touching as any wed
ding could be, except for the mar
riage license.
teaching in Georgia) who in his
opinion made the greatest contri
bution to his scholastic achie
vement. The teachers so named
will be designated STAR teachers
and will share the recognition
accorded the STAR students na
ming them.
School System Recognition
Meetings are the next step af
ter the high school level com
petition in STAR and System
winners receive an invitation to
compete for District honors and
also to attend the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce State
STAR Banquet, Wednesday, April
17, 1968, at Atlanta’s beautiful
new Regency Hyatt House.
District STAR Students win a
week’s educational sight-seeing
STAR Tour of Georgia as guests
of the State Chamber and local
businessmen in Georgia comm
unities. The 1968 State STAR
Student will win a trip to Europe
via Pan American Airlines, SSOO
cash from the Atlanta Gas Light
Company and the STAR Stat
uette—presented by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce.
The State STAR Teacher will
receive a SSOO Sears Foundat
ion Graduate Study Scholarship
and the State Chamber “ALF”
Statuette. The first runner-up
to the State STAR Student (from
among District STAR Students)
will be awarded a SSOO scholar
ship by the Atlantic Steel Foun
dation, and the first runner-up
to the State STAR Teacher will
receive the SSOO L. G. Balfour
Company Scholarship.
In addition, all ten District
STAR Students will be given
Callaway Leadership Awards—
a Week’s vacation for the winn
ers and their families at beauti
ful Callaway Gardens at Pine
Mountain, Georgia.
The Georgia STAR Program,
originated in 1958 by the State
Chamber of Commerce, has won
nationwide recognition and the
overwhelming support of Geor
gia’s educators. Four other st
ates—Florida, South Carolina,
Mississippi, and Kentucky—have
followed Georgia’s pattern and
are administering the STAR Pro
gram.