The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-01-19
.PARENT:TEACHERS
ASSO. MET TODAY
Good Attendance of Mothers Pres
ent in Spite of Cold Weather.
Program Furnished by Rep
sentatives from the High
School.

The regular February meeting OF
the Parent-Teacher association which
was scheduled for yesterday after
noon was postponed until this after
noon on account of the funeral ser
vices of the late Wade S. Cothran be-
ing held Tuesday afternoon.
There were goodly number of
mothers present in spite of the cold
weather and all of the teachers were
present. The program was furnished
by representatives from the high
school and was typical of Lees birth
day which is being celebrated through
out the South today.
The first feature of the program
was the singing of the Bonnie Blue
Flag by the girls of the high school.
This was followed by a brief sketch
{ the life of General Lee read by
Billy Long of the tenth grade. Then
an extremely interesting paper, Alb
bevilles part in the war Between the
States was read by Helen Cromer of
the ninth grade. To close the pro-
gram "a" section of the eighth grade
Latin class sang two verses of The
Star Spangled Banner in Latin, res
ponding to the encore with verse of
the same song in English.
After this the association entered
into business session and many SUBJ
jects of interest to the physical and
moral welfare of the schools were
discussed pro and con. The commit
tee on purchasing new window
shades for the school buildings re-
,orted that orders had been placed
with local dealers for sufficient shad-
: for rooms most in need of them.
The association expects to have a suf-
icient amount of money on hand by
spring to furnish the other rooms of
9th the high and graded school
buildings with new shades.
The question of holding a public
entertainment in the opera house on
February 25th with the pupils of the
graded school participating, and an
other entertainment on March 25th
given by the pupils of the high school
was brought up in the meeting and
! the association heartily approved of
lending assistance and patronage to
both these entertainments. Quite
elaborate plans are being made which
will culminate. in these two public en-
tertainments and the people of Alb
,eville have two excellent treats in
! store in these efforts.
Supt. Fulp announced to the assoc
! zion that it was his desire to stage
a pageant in May during the high
school commencement exercises, the
pectacle to be based on purely loca
history from the founding of the
city to the World War. He asked that
CIDER members of the association be.
gin searching through their SCRAP
BOOKS and relics for descriptions OF
various historical events in South
Carolina History, so many of which
lave a direct bearing On the history
of Abbeville. The first scene of the
pageant will probably center about
the "old red house" built by Major
Andrew Hamilton and General Pick
ems fort of logs known century
ago as the clog house." Other scenes
to be depicted will be the planting of
American flag on the walls OF
Mexico City by Lieut.. Frederick Sci.
leck, the meeting of the commission
ers to select a site for the first court
house built in Abbeville, Alpheus
Bakers school on Blue Hill, Meeting
of Confederate cabinet in the Burts
house, Perrin's Female Academy
Big Tuesday" 1876 and others.
The next meeting of the association
will be held Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary 18th.