St. Tammany farmer., 1922-12-02
FARMER DECEMBER

/ Tha Girl Scouts seemed to enjey
their summer here, using the de la
| Vergne home as their headquarters.
Mrs. Porteous is anxious to secure a
permanent home for the Girl Scouts
over here, such as the Boy Scouts
have secured. We Will use our ell
forts in this direction. Our pres1-
dent had the Scouts out on several
| occasions in autos showing them
good time generally.
We had a second cleanup cam
paign, using all the debris 70 NIL up
an immense hole in our PARK. Lartn
was filled in over this ana graued
and it mas helped materially III lne
looks OF these unsigntiy p4aees. we
are going to use much OF our en-
ergy and time in trying to Deautlty
our town park.
The above report is only part OF
our years work, and as our greatest
efforts are expenueu during lAo "ln-
| ter months, there Is much earnest
| business before us.
| WOMEN'S PROGRESSIVE IN
ION OF COV1NGTON.
Mrs. F. l.. Galigner, Sec.
" Covington, La, Nov. 8, 1922.
Mrs. A. G. Reed, President Louisiana
| Federation of Women's CiuDs.
The School improvement League
of Covington, La, has eighty men,
bers, holding their meetings month
ly, with dues at $1.00 year. Our
officers are Mrs. Chas. H. Sheffield,
president; Mrs. G. NJ. Poole, vice.
president; Mrs. E. R. Moses, treas
urer; Mrs. J. G. Burns, secretary.
Our activities cover all school
work, and in the past year we have
reached out into most Of the homes
of the school patrons and Increased
interest.
The last act of 1921 was protest
against the Florida Parishes Summer
Normal having a permanent place
for their school. We requested that
it be held at different localities each
year, and we succeeded in securing
it for Covington for 1928.
The League is entirely responsible
for finding pleasant homes and pro-
viding amusement and social affairs
for the summer school.
Our interest in legislative, work
along school lines was shown in our
endorsement Of the Sterling-ToWner
Educational Bill, and letters sent to
our Senators requesting them to vote
for it, and in joint session with the
Women's Progressive Union gave
some time to the study of our civil
laws under our able attorney, Mr..
Lewis L. Morgan, Mrs. Wilkinson of
Shreveport, and Miss Eagan. They
were entertained by the Women's
Progressive Union and the League
when they gave us lesson in good
citizenship.
We placed twenty benches in the
school yard. This was made pos
sible by soliciting funds from our
merchants. All stumps were also
removed from the yard.
Our Educational Building at the
Parish Fair is largely in the hands
of members of the League and gen.
eral work and effect for the year
1921-22 was excellent and exceeded
all other years. The silver cup Of
fered by us for the Covington school
(Which is barred from big parade)
was won last year by the third grade,
and this year by the fifth grade.
Mounting paper bought by the
League made our exhibit very beau
tiful.
Red Cross seals, under the chair
manship Of Mrs. J. G. Burns, was
passed on to the League, which man
aged the sale of them by pupils,
thereby making almost the total sale
of same for the Third Ward Of the
parish.
Health campaigns and child wei
fare work is constantly endorsed. A
request that a thermometer be plac-
ed in each class room, the windows
lowered from above and sanitary
conditions strictly enforced.
The services Of two local physici-
ans were secured to examine child
rem for skin diseases.
A request to have fire drills every
month was also sent to the school.
Rich curtains were purchased for
the stage in the auditorium, a splen-
did school flag, and pennant for
each room.
We appeared before the School
Board protesting against the lower
ing Of teachers salaries.
We held a three-day open gallery
of art, with reproductions of two
hundred masterpieces. This was
most attractive and enjoyable and
by this means secured several fine
pictures for our school walls.
We gave all needy children school
books, and found a greater percent
age unable to purchase than ever
before.
We also secured clothers from the
Kings Daughters for school children.
An offer to purchase material for
pupils who wish to study domestic
science and not able to get same, was
made by the League.
Three delegates, Mrs. G. H. Shef-
field, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. E. R.
Moses, attend the Sixth District
Convention.
Singing and music was encouraged
in our school by the purchase of one
hundred song books.
| A letter was sent to one of our
local stationery stands requesting the
discontinuance of such literature as
'fWampus Cat" and "Whizz Bang"
| All arrangements for commence
ment, such as stage decorations, the
social features, flowers for gradua-
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