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Freda Watkins readies one-year-old Janna for nursery
school at Summerville’s Chattooga County Parent-
Child Center. Mrs. Watkins and her daughter attend
PCC classes together each week. The PCC is a
Former Chattooga Teacher Named
Outstanding Educator In State
Dr. George S. Brooks, son
of Mrs. Olivia Brooks Hurley
of Summerville, was named
the Outstanding Adult/Conti
nuing Educator in Georgia at
the 1983 Annual Meeting of
the Georgia Adult Education
Association (GAEA) held on
Jekyll Island, March 16-18.
Dr. Brooks is presently
serving as Assistant Director
of the University of Georgia
Center for Continuing Educa
tion in Athens.
He heads the Department
of Professional and Occupa
tional Education which in
cludes faculty in veterinary
medicine, pharmacy, music,
home economics (and energy
program specialists), arts and
sciences, criminal justice,
social work and philosophy.
‘Hallelujah Players’ Tour
Will Set Hectic Schedule
As Summerville Junior
High School's ‘‘Hallelujah
Players’’ prepare to leave on
their annual spring tour this
Sunday, they realize that
most people would advise that
they stay at home. Why?
“It’s not that we're jinxed
or anything this year,”’ ex
glains the group’s director
teve Jones; ‘‘it just seems
that nearly everything that
could go wrong, did.”
So far this year as they
have traveled to present their
show of musical/variety enter
tainment, the group has dealt
with problems with their van,
equigment failures, costume
problems ana illness.
“At times, it's seemed like
one thing after another. We'd
get one problem taken care of
and something else would
crop up,”’ Jones laments.
Jones does point out,
however, that most of the
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Plavyers Get Ready For Tour
1982-83 ‘‘Hallelujah Players’' Left to
Right are J. J. Burnley, Niki Shropshire,
Jimmy Oxford, Rachel Cordle, Glen
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calamities the group has suf
fered have not actually been
their fault. “‘lt’s been ‘outside’
things that have happened to
us that we had no control
over,"” he says. ‘"The problems
aren’t things we caused
ourselves.”’
The problems have even
carried over to the scheduling
of the group’s tour due to the
fact that most of the schools
they usually perform for dur
ing the trek are either on spr
ing break or would be testing
during the time that the group
could be there. This has
resulted in a almost totally
new tour itinerary than the
group is used to. Of the 12
shows the group will do on the
tour, only one is on familiar
territory.
Jones comments that this
doesn't really scare him. *'l
think the quality and content
of the show speaks for itself.
Elsberry, Gabriel Scott and Melissa
Johnson. The name of their touring show
is “‘Screams, Dreams and Celebrations.”
demonstration unit of the Head Start program, offering
a nursery, flre-school, pre-kindergarten and parent
education. Photo courtesy of Glenn A. Weber, Berry
College News Service.
In addition, he is responsi
ble for joint-staff faculty posi
tions at Albany Junior Col
lege/Albany State College,
Armstrong State/Savannah
State Co%le%e, Brunswick
Junior College, Clayton
Junior College, Dalton Junior
College, Macon Junior College
and North Georgia College.
Dr., Brooks was an ad
ministrator and teacher at
Chattoo%la High'School before
joining the staff of the Univer
sity of Georgia in 1966. While
in Chattooga County he serv
ed as a high school teacher,
teacher of adult program,
assistant principal and school
counselor.
The award was presented
in recognition of Dr. Brooks’
nrofessional accomplishment
The thing that has carried us
through the difficult times
this year has been the show
itself. We've had to skip
meals, set-ui in half the time
it usual(liy takes, and hurry to
get ready,”’ Jones continues,
“but I don’t think any of our
audiences have noticed a
thing.”
Another plus for Jones is
that his performers have been
good ‘‘troupers” through it
all. “They never complain,
they never gripe. They do
their job and they do it well.”
Months of planning, phone
calls, correspondence, and
scheduling have gone in the
pref)aration for the trip which
will begin this Sunday and
last for the week of spring
holidays. Each year the group
learns more from experience
and the foremost lesson they
have mastered this year is
that they need more time dur
and extraordinary contribu
tions to the field of adult/con
tinuing education.
The contributions, cover
ing a broad scope over a
period of time, include the
orfianizing of an adult high
school, the administration of
the State Title I (HEA) Com
munity Service and Continu
ing Education Program, the
administration of the State Ti
tle VIII Program (Community
Development), the initiation
of the Task Force Technique
for research and study of com
munity needs and problems,
and service to adult and conti
nuing education through
supervision of professional
faculty providing outreach
services.
ing the tours for rest.
Although 12 shows in five
days may seem like a lot, it's
less than they usually do.
Jones has purposely allowed
more time for relaxation.
“After a while, if you're not
careful,”” he notes, ‘‘people are
so tired they begin to gabble
instead of talk.”
The tour is carefully
scheduled so that the group
will have time to take care of
all their resFonsibilities. They
know exactly how much time
is needed at each particular
show, when they will have to
be there and when they have
to leave. Meals, bedtime and
leisure time is arranged
around the shows so tiat
everything will run smoothly.
When the firoup leaves
Sunday, they will head for Bir
mingham, Ala., where they
will have shows Monday at
Whaley Elementary School
and Fairmont Elementary
School. Monday afternoon
they will journey on to Mon
tgomery, Ala., where they will
tape several of their show
segments for the ‘‘Young
World"' program which airs
over WSIgA-TV.
Tuesday they will have a
morning show at Greengate
School in Montgomery, Ala.,
and two afternoon shows at
Bear Elementary School.
Wednesday the grm‘l}) will
glerform at Mclntyre Junior
igh School in Montgomery,
lfilaa., before leaving for Ocala,
Thursday, while in Ocala,
theg will perform at Fort King
Middle é)chool and do two
shows in the afternoon at Col
lier Elementary School.
Friday the group will do
two shows at Fort C}lark Mid
dle: School in Gainesville.
From there they will travel to
Orlando and spend Saturday
at Disney World before com
ing home on Sunday.
Performers with the group
include J. J. Burnley, Rachel
Cordle, Melissa Johnson, Niki
Shropshire, Donnie Davis,
Jimmy Oxford and Gabriel
Che Summerville News
Chattooga County Center
Offers Many Services
Wailing toddlers fling soap
suds and tears from a row of
small plastic bathtubs.
Despite squeals and
splashes of protest, determin
ed mothers lather heads and
scrub tiny bodies, a morning
ritual at Summerville's Chat
tooga Parent Child Center.
After a hot breakfast, freshly
dressed youngsters guided by
pre-school teachers are groom
ed for the wonder of
discovery.
For 12 years, hundreds of
Chattooga County children
have mastered the skills they
need to begin and succeed in
schol. At the PCC, their
mothers have learned to be
positive, active parents able
to sustain healthy families.
““A mother’s touch is im
rortant since we see the fami
y as the chief influence in a
child's development,’” says
Winfred Stephens, director of
the federalg'-funded center.
“‘As the primary teachers of
children, mothers learn to in
struct, while their children are
introduced to the learning pro
cess.”’
The PCC is a demonstra
tion unit of the Head Start
program, and offers nursery,
pre-school, pre-kindergarten
and parent education as well
as nutritious meals, medical
benefits and social services.
Since 1971, Berry College
has administered the Health
and Human Services depart
ment grants which finance the
Parent Child Center. Many of
the college's education and
psychology faculty give child
development lectures and
serve as consultants at the
center.
Child development resear
chers have long noted the rela
tionship between physical and
mental health and a child’s
social, emotional and educa
tional development.
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Children at the Parent-Child Center learn to work in
dividually, with grou?s of children and with adults.
Teachers Carol Cook (left) and Wylene Perry give per
Veteran Program To Start Soon
Vietn?m veteran Steve
Kemp is forming a program to
help those who%)attleg in the
jungles of Southeast Asia
‘“‘come home from the war.”
Kemp, a Marine Corps vet,
said the Veterans Administra
tion is cutting back a program
aimed at helFing veterans
relieve some of their anxiet
from the war by talking witll
others who encountered the
same feelings when they ar
rive back after fighting.
Though the program is be
ing limited to a 50-mile radius
of Atlanta, he said a Rome
chapter of former veterans is
expected. ‘‘lt's basically an ef
fort to bring the veterans
Scott.
The stage manager is
Brian Salmon and Nancy
Hammons will accompany the
group as Tour Manager.
Considering wfiat the
oup has faced this year,
glones was asked if he was just
a little bit weary of starting
another trip.
tries to insure that disadvan
t,afied children do not enter
school with health problems
and a lack of self confidence,
which would handicap their,
groiress,” says Mrs.
tephens.
According to reports from
public school teachers the
children from the center are
better gfrepared for school.
The staff teaches children to
function in grours and to feel
at ease with adults other than
their parents.
Paulette Burkhalter, PCC
social worker, says children
who wouldn’t ordinarily have
had a chance are succeeding in
kindergarten and first grade
after attending the center’s
classes.
“I keep in touch with the
children as they enter school.
We don’t have a 100 percent
success, but the children are
performing very well in
school,”” Ms. Burkhalter says.
“The children are shy at
first and cling to their
mothers. Some cry for hours,”
says Mrs. Stephens. “But
soon they grow more indepen
dent, and their mothers learn
positive ways of parenting.”
She says that many
children won’t talk or play
with others, but later they
become laughing, friendly and
eager garticipants. Teachers
remember once silent children
who now communicate and
have learned to feel good
about themselves. Their struc
tured play and learning games
ready the children to work and
?lay with other youngsters,
eed themselves, go to the
bathroom alone, and perform
other essential self-hel%atasks.
“It is important that the
mothers witness such chan(fies
in their children, says toddler
teacher Jennette Adams. ‘lt
lets them know what skills
they need to teach and how to,
get started with their
Activities At Learning Center
together to work out their pro
blems,’’ he said.
One of the problems en
countered by the veterans is
the delayed-stress reaction, he
said. ‘‘Stressors of war have
prolonged effects in develop
ment and patterns of adjust
ment,”’ he said.
Kemp said there are
220,000 Vietnam Era vets
who might need help. Many of
the vets have suf&red from
‘“flashbacks’’ to traumatic
events experienced during the
war. he said. Cynicism and
Volunteer Positions Open
The Armuchee Ranger
District of the Chattahoochee
National Forest has several
volunteer positions available
for men and women durinafi
this Spring, Summer and F
season.
The work is performed out
doors on National Forest land
as Forestry Aides in the areas
of Land Line Surveys, Timber
children,”’ she says.
Mothers grow individually
with the center’s training. The
mothers’ attitudes toward
their children change as they
gain a better underst.andir;& of
garent and child, says Mrs.
tephens.
‘Our mothers begin to
listen to their children, they
are more supportive and
positive. They understand,
new ways to keep their
children healthy, some as sim
ple as letting them get enough
rest.”
Time alone also benefits
the mothers. For many, time
away from family and the
responsibility of mothering is
a new experience. The freedgom
helps develop self-awareness
aml) self-esteem, as mothers
visit with other women and
work on crafts, home decora
tions and clothing.
Learning skills, health,
nutrition and parenting
methods are among the
center’'s main concerns, but
the staff says it assists in all
areas of family-life. The 85
children and their mothers
come from 51 low-income
families in Chattooga County.
The training strives to im
grove the (iuality of the
amilies’ involvement in the
community and at school.
PCC families live on a fr
inge of Appalachia suffering
from unemployment and work
slow downs in the area’s ailing
carpet and textile industries.
A profile of the center’'s
average family shows they are
““just barely, if they are mak
ing it at all,” says Ms.
Burkhalter.
Most are one-income
families who rent their houses
and have at least two children.
Parents, usually in their late
teens to early twenties,
average a ninth grade educa
tion.
“Disadvantaged children,’
sonal attention to two children. Photo courtesy of
Glenn A. Weber, Berry College News Service.
distrust of government
authority is another symp
tom.
Unlike veterans of
previous wars, Vietnam
veterans came back in
dividually, without parades of
celebrations, he continued.
The followinl% words were
written about Kemp, who is
now a Baptist minister, by a
Vietnam veteran: ‘I would
like to thank Steve Kemp of
the Vet Center in Atlanta. I
could not talk to anyone about
what had happened to me in
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Hosts. Housin ams utilities
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Recreation Area for the Cam
pground Host(s). Some Sub
sistence may also be provided.
Interested people may contact
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says Mrs. St,e&)hens, ‘*show
recognizable effects of poor
nutrition, lack of physical care
and restricted environment,”
For this reason medical aid is
an important part of the PCC
services.
Children are treated for
periodic illnesses, given
physicals and immunizations,
and provided medication
through the center's medical
benefits. Dental visits and a
classroom dental hygiene pro
gram are a new part of the
CC program.
The center offers a nursery
school for infants six weeks to
two years, with classes twice
each week. The toddler pro
gram for two and three-year
olds and the pre-kindergarten
for four to six-year-olds meet
four times a week.
Classes for mothers are
held twice each week. Mothers
volunteer one hour daily in the
center’s classrooms to learn
parenting skills and act as
teachers of their children.
They also attend classes in
nutrition, consumer education
and child development as well
as in sewing, cooking and
other homemaking skills.
Parents who never
graduated from high school
are offered General Education
Diploma (GED) classes
through the center, and many
have already earned diplomas.
Families now voluntarily
seek the services of the center,
which need no longer recruit
families. If the area’s economy
fails to improve, Mrs.
Stephens expects the work of
the center will become more
needed. .
She adds that working
with the families is a joy. ‘lt
is a great feeling, offering
these mothers and their
children a brighter future.”’
Vietnam until I met Steve. Be
ing a Vietnam combat soldier
himself, he was able to unders
tand what I was saying.
“He was able to relate and
help me to start getting over
all the Hell I was goin
through. A few months back%
tried to end my life with pills.
As a matter of fact, twice I
tried this.
“I was wounded in Viet
nam and I have bad seizures
even now. When Louie
Winstead, my pastor, came to
visit me in the hospital, he
didn't beat around the bush or
just say things that pleased
me. Louis told me like it was. I
needed to put Christ back in
my life.”
Kemp said the program
has heiped thousands of
veterans lget; their lives back
in order. For further informa
tion, call Ronald Smith in
Summerville at 857-2287, or
Johnny Bowers in Trion at
734-2908.
Kemp's office number in
Atlanta is 881-7264.