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Happenings In Our Schools
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
If you have passed Phyllis
Wheatley recently and noticed
the large flag waving from the
flag pole you probably did not
know that it was a gift to the
school. The entire school is in
debted to Mrs. Madge Kelly of
1722 NW 2nd avc. who gave this
large flag of our country to the
school. The principal, faculty and
students wish to take this means
of publicly thanking Mrs. Kelly
for such a fine gift.
On Oct. 25 the Girl Scout
Council gave awards at the St.
John’s Baptist church to those
leaders who have given five, ten
or fifteen years of service. The
following persons received awards
from Phyllis Wheatley School
For 15 years Mrs. Dorothy J. Mc-
Kellar. For 10 years, Mrs. Grace
B. Albert. For 5 years, Miss E.
C. Thomas, Mrs. Audrey Wynn.
Mrs. Mable D. Thompson, Mrs.
Pauline Smith, Mrs. Winifred
Johnson, Mrs. Mae Wells, and
Mrs. Erma Lee Frederick.
Pupils of Mrs. Mattie Blake’s
first grade were thrilled no end
over their pre-Halloween party or.
Friday, Oct. 30. Parents partici
pating in the party were as fol
lows: Mrs. L. M. Eubanks, Mrs.
B. Bouie. Mrs. E. Sweeting. Mrs.
R. Seymour. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wil
liams, Mrs. G. Mitchell, Mrs. O.
Thompson, Mrs. E. Perry, Mrs. L.
Smith, Mrs. E. Peters and Mrs.
S. Williams. Thanks again pa
rents for your fine cooperation.
CARVER HIGH
The * latest club, “tfouth for
Action” at George Washington
Carver school is really beginning
to function; to discourage the sale
of liquors to minors and the sale
cf liquors on credit.
The club was organized be
cause of the Elizabeth Virrick
Contest so named for its spon
sor who is a well known civic
worker in Miami. The main pur
pose of the contest is to stimulate
interest among high school stu
dents in Dade County in beauti
fying their immediate communi
ties.
Within the next few weeks
many citizens and residents of Co
conut Grove will receive letters
asking their cooperation in mak
ing the project a success.
It is very important that the
Youth for Action Club receive
the support of all citizens. They
want the community to take the
project seriously and help them
win the contest.
Be on the look out for the Car
ver Band of the year in the clas
sic parade.
The New Look of the Carver
Clarion really brought raves from
the student body, faculty and
friends of the school.
The FTA Club of Carver plans
to visit Dorsey High School on
Nov. 9, 1953. This is a part of our
FTA program to know our neigh
bors.
Everyone is looking forward to
our homecoming game on Dec. 4
with Ocala high school.
The lovely Miss Bennie Mitchell
will reign as Miss Carver High
with Barbara Mallard and Miss
Fannie Finch as her attendants.
Carver High Student Council
officers have been elected, they
are: ..
Helen Jackson, president,
Floyd Dawson, vice president:
June Dale Mitchell, secretary;
Johnnie Mae Jordan, assistant,
Lawrence Thompson, treasurer.
We are going to make our
school better than it has ever
been.
“Unity is the key to our suc
cess.”
Carver’s Allied Youth Past is
really anticipating attending the
Annual Allied Youth conference
in Buckhi'l Falls. Pa.
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RICHMOND HEIGHTS
The Richmond Heights PTA
had a successful silver tea in the
cafetorium about two weeks ago.
The guest speaker was Atty. G. E.
Graves of Miami.
It was really Halloween time
on the campus last Friday after
noon. The spooks, goblins, and
witches accented the social side
of our activities. Each class, en
joyed a little Halloween party.
The fourth grade class render
ed an interesting program in
chapel last Tuesday morning.
The Gra-Y boys were install
ed during our regular assembly
by Moses Perry, who is the ex
ecutive secretary of the YMCA
in this county.
Among the pupils installed
were Bernard Smith, Eugene
Smith, Roy Bentley and Clarence
Bennerman .
The Gra-Y boys gave us some
interesting facts about the origin
of the Gra-Y Club in this coun
try.
Mrs. M. V. Moore and your
reporter are the sponsors of this
organization.
Keep reading our news. I’ll
keep you up to date on all of the
happenings in our school.
Walter A. White, principal
Geneva A. Campbell, reporter
LIBERTY CITY PRIMARY
The Junior Red Cross enroll
ment campaign has begun. Boys
and girls are making contribu
tions from money saved or earn
ed and are proudly wearing their
Junior Red Cross buttons. Our
school hopes to report a 100 per
cent membership in the Junior
Red Cross again this year. We
will let you know the outstand
ing class rooms at the end of the
enrollment drive.
Brownie Troop 432, along with
the other Girl Scouts, observed
National Girl Scout Week, Oct.
27 to Nov. 2. The Brownies had
many interesting programs dur
ing their meetings and obeyed the
Girl Scout rules of performing
good dee*ds daily. Mrs. E. Rober
son is sponsor of this group.
The Student Council has been
organized. The representatives
from each class room have been
informed of their duties of help
ing to keep order in the class
rooms, playground and cafeteria.
The officers for this year are:
President, Germine Riley; vice
president, Jacquelin Smith; sec
retary, Alfred Scott and treasur
er, Beverly Humes. Mrs. Thelma
Simmons is sponsor for the year.
Three assembly programs were
given last week. They were as
follows: Wednesday, third grade
“Safety,” Mr. R. Cohen, teacher;
Thursday, second grade “Farm
Animals,” Mrs. G. Edwards,
teacher and Friday, first grade,
•Halloween Fun,” Mrs. G. Ed
wards, teacher. The programs
were entertaining as well as in
formational and were enjoyed by
all.
Do not forget the “Tacky Party”
that our PTA is sponsoring Fri
day night, Nov. 13. Games will
be played, refreshments will be
served and prizes will be given
to the persons dressed the
“tackiest.” Come one! Come all!
Have fun!
Our regular PTA meeting will
be held Wednesday night, Nov.
4. All parents are urged to be
present.
Mrs. E. M. Williams, Prin.
Miss A. Carey, reporter
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The Student Council has been
sponsoring a “Good Manners”
drive during the past week and
it has met with noticeable success.
We are sincerely hoping that the
attitudes set up will be carried
throughout the school year.
The first grade classes are
studying a unit on “Home and
Family Life” and to get a realis
tic view of the home in its be
ginning the classes have visited
the new annex to Bunche Park,
Monday, Oct. 26. The children saw
the steps in buildings a home.
First the foundation, then the
frame, a home with the rooms
partitioned, and finally they saw
the completed model homes.
They also were reminded of the
group cooperation to build a home.
They were yery interested in
home construction.
Girl scouts had as their guest
Friday, Oct. 23, Miss -Lowe, th<j
new field director of Girl Scout
ing in Dade County. All the girls
listened eagerly as she told some
of the activities that Girl Scouts
may enjoy. We hope to have Miss
Lowe visit again real soon.
The fifth grade classes had a
gala time preparing for their
United Nations week celebration
which culminated with an as
sembly program.
Making flags, learning' U. N.
songs and poems, reporting on
foreign countries and preparing
skits kept the classes very active.
The assembly program was
centered around the four free
doms growing out of U. N. efforts.
With "Walter Pierce as master of
ceremonies, the program was a
successful and informative one.
The teacher-sponsors for the
program were Mesdames G. Wil
liams, R. Miller. L. Martin and
Mr. E. Fryar.
The classes have been asked to
sponsor this same program for
our next PTA meeting.
Mrs. A. F. Brooks, principal
I. J. Fry son, reporter
LIBERTY CITY
ELEMENTARY
Teachers and pupils are get
ting ready for an interesting pro
gram for American Education
Week. Following is a partial or
sample list of activities schedul
ed.
Show window display at Com
munity Drug, Mesdames Stewart
and Straughter; handicraft ex
hibits, Mesdames Johnson, Sharpe
and Wells, in their classroom;
art displays on educational theme,
Miss Wilson; unit on books, Mrs.
Hall, grade 6; parents go to school
day on Monday, Mrs. Mizell, Mrs.
Colson; physical education dis
play on play day. Mrs. Anderson,
Miss Delancey, physical educa
tion feacher; demonstrations in
reading and science, Miss Hud
son and Mrs. Rogers, special
PTA. A mental health film and
panel discussion, on Tuesday. On
Wednesday there will be a spec
ial assembly sponsored by Mrs.
Dawkins and Mrs. Sands A. E.
W. Emphasis in classrooms, Mrs.
G. Robinson, Mrs. Edwards and
Mrs. Knowles. Thursday, dramat
ic skit, Mrs. E. McFadgon,
parents go to school day, Mrs.
Thompson, and tag day, Mes
dames H. Robinson, R. Everette,
E. Cody, A. Johnson and Miss G.
Spicer. Mrs. Stewart is general
chairman.
notice to school
REPORTERS
School news for publica
tion on the following Friday
must be in the offices of the
Miami Times no later than
Tuesday of that week.
Thank you.—Ed.
MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI* V -ORIDA
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1953
J. W. JOHNSON SCHOOL
James W. Johnson Elementary
School is having an open house
during Education Week, Nov. 8,
from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sun
day.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone.
The principal of James W.
Johnson Elementary School, Mrs.
E. G. Primus is called to the
bedside of her mother in Atlan
tic Ga., who is ill. We all wish
for her a safe trip and a speedy
recovery for her mother.
Mrs. E. G. Primus, principal
C. L. Arnold, secretary
DORSEY HIGH
Mr. Batton of the AAA, con
ducted installation services for
the patrol force Oct. 30 at 9 a.m.
Traffic officer Hendricks pre
sented the badges. Mr. Lawrence
Adams is director of the patrol
force.
Dorsey Bulls defeated Roose
velt High of West Palm Beach
in the homecoming game Friday
night. The score was 29-0.
During the half-time show,
Virginia Dean was crowned as
“Miss Dorsey High.” Her atten
dants were Gloria Smith and Mae
Rose Alexander.
The Bulls play their next game
in Tallahassee Nov. 6. Their op
ponents will be the Lincoln high
team of that city.
As one of the activities for
American Education Week Nov.
9 to 13, the FTA is sponsoring a
chapel program Nov. 9 at 9 a.m.
The program is open to the pub
lic. Mrs. D. R. Newton is spon
sor of the FTA.
Nov. 11 parents and local bus
iness men and women will visit
the school. Nov. 13 is BJE day
when teachers will visit local
business establishments.
Mrs. Jeanette A. Gill, ianguage
arts instructor, returned to work
Monday. Mrs. Gill has been on
sick leave since September.
Arthur King, 1285, is the news
reporter on WMBM every Tues
day at 4:30 p.m. for Dorsey high
school.
DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY
The Girls’ Senate Sentinel is on
sale. You should read one. Mrs.
Hazel B. Cato and her staff of
girls are making a very fine be
ginning.
“Carmen Jones” is on her way
to Maimi: You’d better hurry and
purchase your ticket before it’s
too late. The best seats are go
ing fast.
Brownie Troop No. 204 made
a visit to the new Douglas school.
The girls were very elated ver
such a beautiful building and they
were thrilled beyond words hav
ing to climb stairs. They went
into the library and were they
amazed when they went out on
the library patio and looked down
to the ground. The troop was ac
companied by Miss Beulah Sav
age and Mrs Verma Morman.
Douglas faculty gave a sur
prise shower for Little Cathy Ar
netta Coachman last Sunday-
Baby Coachman is a future
Douglas pupil. She is now a few
weeks old.
Mrs. Eunice W. Liberty, the* or
ganizer of our Student Council,
was invited to the Richmond
Heights Elementary School to in
stall the officers of their Student
Council. This was accomplished
on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Mrs. H. D.
Thompson, sponsored of the
Richmond Heights School Stu
dent Council, and Mr. Waited
White, principal, were very
grateful to Mrs. Liberty for her
assistance. Miss W. C. Bawl ac
companied. Mrs. Liberty to the
Hic.amond Heights Elementary
School.
American Education Week will
be ooserved in all schools thru
out the na'.i'.n. The theme is
“Conri Are Your Re
sponsibility.”
In keeping with this obser
vance Douglas Elementary school
will have what we call a Parent
teacher Clinic on Nov. 9 at 8:00
p.m. The first thirty minutes will
be a “buzz period” where parents
will meet in grade groups with
teachers and discuss problems of
tbeir children and the school and
possible solutions. Tea will be
served during this time. At the
ciose ot the period, a reporter
from the various groups will rum-
marize the problems and present
them to the panel.
The panel members consist of
a nurse, a welfare worker, a min
ister, two parents and a teacher.
The nurse is Mrs. Dorothy Mar
tin. The welfare worker is Mrs.
Gracie Miller. The parents are
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Ina Black
shear. The teacher is Mrs. Hazel
Cato. A representative from the
ministers will be named later.
The panel will talk from the
topic "Parent-Teacher” and will
consider problems as presented
by reporters from the buzz peri
od. There will boa question and
answer period. AH parents and
friends are invited to attend.
Mrs. Verma Morman will be
moderator of the panel.
Verma J. Morman, reporter
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