The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-20

and their accomplishments.
4 The County Federation Of Clubs
is composed largely Of School I'm
'provement Associations, the support
of these associations enabled the
county federation to advocate a coun-
ty nurse for the schools of the coun-
.,ty.
Further the School Improvement
Associations supported the movement
to secure septic tanks for sewerage
disposal in every school in the coun-
ty.-
Through the activities and interest
of these associations libraries and
supplementary readers have been Sc
cured for every school, some improve
ment has been made to all school
grounds and some play ground equip
tment added, pianos have been placed
in every school but one, cooking
equipment for teaching domestic
science has been added to thirteen
schools. :
During the encumbrancy of the
present president the following
amounts have been raised by the as
sociations and spent for school bet
termept.
1857, 100000; 1918,
s25OO.21; 1888, $S212.4S; 1919
April 1, 1920, $6,O57.66.
The Executive Committee of the
Association has awarded to the
schools of Dillon County the follow
ing prizes for the splendid work
shown.
1867. 500 as a County Prize
to the County doing the best I'M
provement work, $50 to the school
making the best showing awarded to
jDothan, $25 to Minturn and $25 to
Bermuda for next greatest improve
ment. Total 5000.
1917-18, Building Prize $50 Floy-
dale; for raising the greatest amount
Of money in the county, Fork; to
the County for the best showing in
Improvement work $25; to each as
sociation holding and reporting twel-
We monthly meetings, SIS; these being
Bingham, Carolina, Dothan, High
Hill, Kemper, Little Rock, Minturn.
Total $120.
1888 Building Prize $50 each
to Hamer-Kentyre, Hillsboro, Sellers,
for raising the most money in the
county, Pleasant Hill $40; for hold
ing and reporting regular monthly
meetings SIS each to Little Rock, Min
turn, Dillon, Dothan, New Holly, Ha-
mer-Kentyre Union, Floydale, Latta,
Oak Grove Sellers. Total, S215.
1919-20, The Major Prize for
Health and Sanitation for the best
showing in the entire state, $50 to
Dalcho
$40 for Growth, up-keep, efficiency
to Harlee for the best in Dillon Coun-
ty and SIS to Kemper for the next
best.
$40 to Pleasant Hill for raising
and depositing the greatest amount
of money; SIS to each association
holdign and reporting twelve regular
monthly meetings, Carolina. Oak
land, Minturn, Little Rock Hamer,
Floydale, Dalcho, Oak rGove High
Hill, Fork, Sellers, Pleasant Hill
Total S135.00.
Madeleine Spigener.
President South Carolina School
! Improvement Association.
In the fall, the school clubs In Dill
Ion County take a definite aim for
their efforts, thus stresing the mat
terial side Of such organizations. In
this way much equipment has been
added and added in such a way that
1t brought about community spirit
and interest in the undertaking.
These aims are reported at the Fall
meeting Of the Dillon County Feder-
alton of Women's Clubs, the results
of the aims at the Spring meeting.
The following are the aims that were
taken for the year 1919-1920:
Pee Dee School Improvement AS
soc,ation-The purchase Of single
desks.
Carolina School Improvement AS
sociation-Beautify school GROUNDS
and the purchase OF play grouno
equipment
Harleo School Improvement AS
sociation-Beautify school grounds,
purchase Of equipment. .
Little Rock School improvement
,Association-Beautify school grounds
purchase of play ground equipment.
Oakland School Improvement AS
sociation Purchase of auditorium
seats for new building.
Dothan School Improvement Asso-
ciation-Beautify school grounds.
New Holly School improvement
Minturn School Improvement AS
sociation-Build fue for Domestics
Science room, purchase of globes,
maps and shades
Dillon Parent Teacher Association
Remodel school auditorium.
Dillon Community Club-Purchase
piano.
! sociation-Beautify school grounds.
Bingham School Improvement As
sociation-Purchase piano.
Hamer-Kentyre School Improve