Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-18
GOOD WORK DONE
By the School Improvement As.
ISOLATION of South Carolina.
In Recent Bulletin the President.
Miss Fair, Gives Some Interesting
Information.

information.
One OF the most potent factors for
school development is that agency
which makes the school room bright
and cheerful and therefore attractive
to children. "The School Improve
ment Association of South Carolina"
Is doing great work on this line.
The membership of this association
Is growing and. by reason of Offering
prizes to teachers of rural schools
who obtain best results in the way of
making school rooms attractive. the
interest of all the teachers of the
State is being aroused.
Each member takes this pledge:
Il do hereby pledge myself to do at
least one thing for the Improvement
OF at least one rural school some
time during this year" And when
one good deed is attempted another
is sure to follow
The officers of the association are:
President, Miss Mary 7. Nance. Alb
bevflle; vice president, Miss RATHER
Inc Mazyck, James Island; recording
secretary, Miss Lizzie Rodgers, Lang
ley; corresponding secretary, Miss
Anna P. Starke. Rock Hill; treasurer
Miss Will Lou Gray, Laurens
Executive Committee-First Dis
trict: Miss Louisa b. Poppenheim.
Charleston, chairman; second dis
trict, Mrs. Alma c. Stewart, Green
wood; third district Mrs Dora Dee
Walker. Appleton; fourth district.
Mrs. c. Y. Reamer, Columbia; fifth
district, Miss Gertrude Sherer. Ian
caster; sixth district, Miss Bertha
Reaves, Mullins; seventh district,
Miss Theodosia Dargon, Stateburg.
The County Organizers are:
Abbeville-Miss Lois Crawford
Abbeville.
Aiken-Mrs. NJ C. Robertson,
Aiken.
Anderson-Miss Lillian E. Erwin
h. F. D., Pendleton.
Bamberg-Mrs. S. l.. Baker, Olar
Barnwell-Mrs. Dora Dee Walker
Appleton.
Berkeley-Miss Essie Harvey,
Moncks Corner.
Charleston-Miss Katherine b.
Mazyck, lanes Island. >,
Chester-Miss Florence Bradford
Chester.
Chesterfield-Mis Frances Berger
Chesterfield.
Clarendon-Miss Fannie Davis,
Manning.
Colleton-Miss Mildred Padgett
Walterboro.
Cherokee-Miss Bonnie McCluney
Wilkiesville.
Darlington-Miss E. Ellis. Darl-
ington.
Dorchester-Miss Caroline l.. Die
kinson, Summerville.
Edgefield-Miss Hattie Newsome.
Fairfield-Miss Katherine Patrick,
Florence Lalla Hepburn,
Georgetown-Mrs Matte Price,
Georgetown.
Greenville--Miss Margaret A. Rob-
inson, Greenville.
Greenwood-Mis Alma c. Stuart,
Greenwood
Hampton-Mrs. M. h. Goodin,
Hampton.
Horry-Miss Lettie Harrelson,
Nichols.
Kershaw-Miss Alice Dunn, Cam
den.
Lancaster-Miss Gertrude Sherer,
Lancaster.
Laurens-Miss Will Lou Gray.
Gray Court.
Lee-Miss Hattie McCrutcheon.
Bishopville.
Lexington-Miss Sue II. Corley,
Lexington.
Marion-Miss Bertha Reaves, Null
l.ns.
| McColl.
Cope.
Pickens-Miss Olive Boggs New
Ricnland-Miss Madeleine Spigen-
| er Columbia.
Saluda-Miss Ruth Etheredge, Sa-
luda.
Spartanburg-Mis s. A. Nabers,
| Inman.
Sumter-Miss Mildred Renick, OS-
| wego.
| Union-Mrs. G.. Murphy, Union.
williamsburg Eta Jacobs
Kingstree.
York--Miss Nora Williamson,
| Guthriesville.
| The purpose of this organization
shallb to unite all the people OF
the community for the improvement
of the school: G) by placing In the
school facilities for health, comfort
and education, together with objects
of beauty; (2) by planting trees
shrubs and flowers in the school
ground; (3) by encouraging the es-
tablishment of a library in the school
a center for the community, by fur
nishing instructive amusement.
The regular annual meeting was
held in Columbia December 81, 1906
January /, 1907. This meeting was
we'll attended not only by teachers
but by prominent club women and
Iother public-spirited people. At thi:
meeting the name of the association
was changed to the School Improve
ment Association Of South Carolina.
THE association was united with the
State federation of woman's clubs
and will be represented by two dele
gates at the annual meeting In Or
langeburg in May.
Why Did He?
The Macon Telegraph asks: ''Wh!
did the president mark his letters I,
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