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- Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Ralph Ponatoski of Forest
Park, Georgia announce the
engagement of their daugh
ter, Linda Gwyn Ponatoski,
to Richard Dean Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith,
also of Forest Park.
The bride-elect is a grad
uate of Forest Park Sen
ior High School. She attends
Georgia State College and is
North Clayton PTA
Honors Mrs. Simmons
The February meeting of
the North Clayton PTA
which included the an
nual birthday dinner was
thoroughly enjoyed by the
large number attending.
At this meeting, in recog
nition of and appreciation
for an outstanding service to
Bill Dorminy
Honored
With Award
Bill W. Dorminy has been
honored recently with an
award of a PTA life mem
bership. Mr. Dorminy grad
uated from Moultrie Senior
High and received his B. S.
degree in Education from
the University of Georgia.
He has been a teacher at
Ash Street Elementary
School for the past seven
years, and attends the For
est Park Church of Christ.
Mr. Dorminy is an Optimist
Club member and has de
voted considerable time to
development of skills in
young boys’ athletic ac
tivities. He supervises and
coaches football and basket
ball teams each year.
The members of Ash Street
School PTA selected Mr.
Dorminy as recipient of this
award at their February
meeting.
—Mrs. Gene C. Cochran
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Board of Education.
Mr. Smith, also a grad
uate of Forest Park Senior
High, is now attending Au
burn University, where he
will receive a Bachelor of
Industrial Design degree this
fall, and is a member of
Delta Sigma Phi.
A June wedding is planned.
the school and PTA, Mrs.
Dorothy Simmons was hon
ored as the PTA awarded
her a LIFE-TIME PTA Mem
bership Pin. Making the
award was Mrs. Malene
Nelms who gave a resume of
the unselfish and cheerful
contributions made by Mrs.
Simmons in many areas of
school activity.
Mrs. Simmons, allow us to
extend our congratulations
along with our thanks for
the exceptional service you
have rendered so untiringly
to North Clayton High
School and PTA.
. Our thanks also go to the
students of the Drama Club
for the presentation of the
entertaining play.
Our next PTA will be
March 14 in the High School
Lunchroom and the pro
gram will be SAFETY IN
THE COMMUNITY.
—William E. Webb
Publicity Chairman
HIGHWAY TRASH
If all the rubbish dumped
on streets and highways
each year was gathered to
gether, it would cover a
transcontinental high way
between New York and San
Francisco a foot deep in
trash, points out T. G. Wil
liams, head of the Extension
landscape department at
the University of Georgia.
County Council of PTA's
Clayton County Council
PTA Delegates from all
County Schools, with the
exception of North Jones
boro, were present in the
Conference Room of The
Citizens Bank of Clayton
County at 10:00 a.m. on
March 9th for the regular
Council meeting. Mrs. R.
Fred Lee presided over the
business session.
Highlights of the meeting
included an effective pledge
to the flag with Penny Jones
using the recording “I Am
The Nation” — the Inspira
tional was given by Mrs.
Mary Hudlow from Lee
Street Elementary PTA.
The invitation from the
Georgia Congress was ex
tended to attend Spring
Conference on March 16 at
the Atlanta Public Schools
Instructional Services Cen
ter on the South Express
way. The Atlanta PTA Coun
cil will be host with Mrs.
Ralph Hobbs being the spe
cial speaker. The theme of
the conference will be
“Leaders Pave The Way.”
Emphasis was placed on
the necessity of a strong
representation at the Dis
trict Organizational Meeting
to be held at the Jonesboro
Baptist Church on March
28th from 10:00 a.m. until
12:30. Clayton County is
among the counties that will
be placed in the new 16th
PTA District. A patriotic
“rally” was held at this par
ticular time expressing
wholehearted desire to have
our own “Dot” Lee for the
new 16th District Director,
and “Billy” Frock for Dis
trict Secretary. We have the
county with the leadership
material and this impressive
presentation left no doubt
that these two fine Clayton
County people are our choice
for these responsible places.
Mrs. Homer Parker, State
PTA Publicity Chairman,
announced that Lee Street
Elementary School In Jones
boro will have the honor of
their "Publicity Exhibit" be
ing on display at the Na
tional PTA Convention. All
locals and Council had the
opportunity to submit to the
Georgia Congress of Parents
and Teachers an exhibit of
an area of their work, for
this purpose.
Council Officers for 1967-
68 were elected as presented
by the Nominating Commit
tee. Mrs. Sam Low, Presi
dent; Mrs. R. T. Rawlins,
Vice President; Mrs. Oris
Cowan, Secretary; Mrs. L.
Perry, Treasurer; Mrs. J. R.
Lowery, Corresponding Sec
retary.
Mrs. Jack Tondee an
nounced the Council School
of Instruction to be held on
May 17 at the Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church for all
new Committee Chairmen
and Officers for 1967-68
with the distribution of
questionnaires for the Dele
gates to request just what
they need most to learn at
the instruction.
Mr. Emest Stroud, Assist
ant County School Superin
tendent made a report of a
recent audit made for ob
taining comparison figures
between our cost of educa
tion and other areas. An in
teresting item of this report
is that if you have a child
In one of our schools the
cost annually is $318.00 to
the county and this figure
does not include the cost of
buildings to house him in.
Mr. Stroud announced var-
ious Personnel changes with
in the County School Sys
tem.
Mrs. Ray Bowman, Council
Membership Chairman, re
ported County PTA Member
ship at 10,392 with one
school unreported to her.
Mrs. Bowman expressed her
desire that the unreported
school would bring the
county over last years mem
bership figure. Mrs. S. W.
Hardeman, Membership
Chairman of Hendrix Drive
was commended for a record
of 19 rooms being 100% in
membership at Hendrix.
Mrs. A. J. Prock presented
the program with a discus
sion on children and educa
tion. Mrs. Prock had as
guest Mrs. Mary Gordon,
member of the University
Research and Development
Center of the University of
Georgia, associated at this
time with the Lillie E. Suder
School on Jodeco Road In
Jonesboro. Delegates were
thrilled and excited over the
new challenge In education
at Suder. The Lillie E. Suder
School is one of nine facili
ties in the nation with an
objective of finding the more
ideal kinds and levels of ed
ucation stimulation for 3-4
and 5 years olds.
—Mrs. James D. Bule
Ash Street
PTA Meets
March 21st
The March meeting of Ash
Street School PTA will be
held Tuesday, March 21, at
8 p.m. There will be a social
hour immediately preceding
at 7:30 p.m. Both the social
hour and meeting will be
held in the school cafeto
rium.
A choir, made up of three
year-olds, from the First
Baptist Church of Forest
Park, will sing inspirational
songs. The choir is under
the direction of Mrs. Ginger
Lee and will be accompanied
by Mrs. Dee Wilson.
Charles S. Tucker, County
Agent, will be present to
briefly tell of the County
4-H program. The project
winners from Ash Street
School 4-H clubs will present
their projects and tell about
them. The school 4-H club
faculty advisors are Mrs.
Carolyn McCoy and Bill
Dorminy.
—Mrs. Gene C. Cochran
Morphine comes from
opium.
Fores! Park
Junior High
Bands Perforin
The Band Boosters Club of
Forest Park Junior High and
Elementary schools met
Monday night, March 6, for
their monthly meeting at
the Junior High Cafetorium.
The meeting was called to
order at 7:30 with Mrs.
Tamer Swiney presiding.
Mrs. Dorothy Thompson led
the opening prayer.
The program was pre
sented by Guerry Youmans
and the Cadet and A bands.
The Cadet band played “Now
Thank We Our God”, "For
est Splendor”, and “Little
Irish Suite”. The A band
played “Blazing Brass”, “Co
lonial Rhapsody”, and “Cho
rale”.
Both of these bands trav
eled to Griffin, Ga. High
School on Friday, March 10,
and played the same music
in the State Music Festival.
The Cadet band entered in
Class J and performed at 3
p.m. The A band entered in
Class B and performed at
6:30 p.m.
We are very proud to have
had 15 of our band students
participate in the sixth dis
trict Music Clinic in Feb
ruary. Six of these students
played first chair positions.
Twelve band members
have been chosen to partici
pate in the All-State Band
and Orchestra which will
meet in Dublin, Georgia
March 31 and April 1. The
All-State Band and Orches
tra is made up of the most
outstanding band students
from all over the State of
Georgia.
—Mrs. Charles R. Ingram
Publicity Chairman
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Two Brides-elect Honored
The YWAs of the Ash Street Baptist Church held a white
Bible ceremony and shower at the home of Mrs. Ed Mur
ray Monday evening, March 6, for two March brides-elect.
Miss Marilyn Davis, left, and Miss Gayle Yates were hon
ored with gifts from the YWA members and their coun
selor, Mrs. Joe Moore, and were presented the traditional
white Bible. A program was presented on Love’s Perfect
Gifts and was closed by a solo, “O Perfect Love,” rendered
by Miss Edwina Murray. Following the program refresh
ments were served. Miss Davis will become the bride of
Jim Banks of East Point March 18 at Ash Street Church.
ASCS News
‘ Every Clayton County
' Farmer with a cotton or
wheat Allotment and/or a
feed grain base who is not
1 already signed up under the
1967 program (s) is urged to
1 visit the ASCS Office, 103
' Courthouse Annex, Jones
-1 boro, Ga. by Friday, March
1 17, 1967.
Recent ACP approvals in
cluded: George P. Babb, Roy
Z. Chamlee, Charles A.
1 Mueller and Paul E. Trippe.
J Beautification - Conservation
Practices: James Armour,
Fred Dixon, FFA Chapter,
1 and John B. Treadwell and
W. I. James 111 as “new”
participants; James Byrom,
William R. McDonald, W. R.
[ Sanders and J. M. Vickery,
. establishing permanent cov
‘ er where grading and filling
is required; Grady Bowen,
Hugh Elliott, M. Ellis Floyd,
W. L. Gravitt, E. P. Hanes,
H. N. Jackson, Sr., Stiles A.
Kellett, H. E. Kendrick, seed
in g “permanent” peren
nial cover; Earl Andersen,
G. P. Babb, H. H. Baxley,
Hugh Elliott, P. W. Feagin,
D. L. Gabriel, R. N. Gilbert,
Guy W. Neal, S. G. Reeves,
W. R. Wilson, improving pe
rennial cover; Adamson
Brothers, L. H. Rickett,
Shellnutt Dairies, Inc., seed
ing temporary summer cov
er; Shellnut Dairies, Inc.,
liming farmland to be later
established to a legume or
perennial grass; Stiles A.
Kellett, establishing wildlife
cover; and Mrs. Bessie A.
Turner, planting trees.
—W. W. Dixon,
County Office Manager
Clemson College’s campus
in South Carolina was for
merly the plantation home
of J. C. Calhoun.
3
6 Wonderful
World of
Flowers’
The "Wonderful World of
Flowers” will be the topic of
the meeting of the South
wood Garden Club this
Thursday evening, March
16, 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. S. D. Buntyn, 2473 Ven
tura Drive, Forest Park. The
speaker will be Mrs. Betty
Radney, of Southern Bell
Telephone Company.
The program includes a
slide presentation with
samples of traditional, mood
and parly arrangements, as
well as the Japanese, or Ike
bana school.
Short cuts to more attrac
tive floral designs and handy
maintenance sug ge s tions
will round out the program,
along with an assortment of
“fun arrangement” ideas for
the children.
LEE STREET
(Continued From Page 1)
will feature all areas of
school work. The program,
carrying out the theme of
children’s work, will be
based on creativity in chil
dren.
It is most important that
all members attend this
meeting. Officers for the
coming year will be elected.
Lee St. will have a paper
sale this month—March 21
7:45 a.m. until 10 a.m.
—Mrs. Joe Crumbley
EGG REGULATIONS
Quality and size, both
extremely important to
consumers, are checked
throughout the state in en
forcement of egg laws and
regulations, according to J.
Henry Massey, head of the
Extension Service poultry
science department at the
University of Georgia.