The Ordway new era., 1922-11-24
County P. T. A.
Meeting Interesting


The County Parent Teacher assoc
iatlon held the second meeting Of tn,
year at the Ordway high school or
Friday evening of last week. The
meeting was held in the cafeteria
room and the attendance was So
good that the rocm was filled TO its
capacity. A musical program pre-.
ceded the order Of business. The
Lincoln quartet sang two nun.
bers. Mr.. George Edgar PLAYED n
violin solo. accompanied by Miss
Mildred Edgar and Miss Umbreit
favored the audience by a vocal solo.
Mrs. Carl Pantle the county pres
ident, introduced Mrs. c. E. Roe.
state secretary OF the association,
who had been IL the county on
Thursday and Friday in the interest
Of p, 7. A, work Mrs. Roes talk
was one of the most interesting of
its kind given here. She introduced
the personnel of the state officers,
bringing into closer relationship the
state association and the county
organizations. She referred to the
school tax. citing one incident where
mother of three children protested
on the school tax she was paying
which amounted to $500. When
this mother was advised that each
child's schooling was costing the
state $4,000 and that her tax. tho
apparently heavy was not paying by
half what is was costing to educate
each of her three children
Mrs. Roe brought out the fact that
the school tax was falling on others,
the big interest tax payers. and that
after all the parents with children in
school were having the children ed
ucated at a normal cost to them.
matter in different light and re-
marked to Mrs. Roe that she had
never thought of figuring out the
really small amount it was costing
her to educate her three children.
The Parent-T Teacher association
Boys Loan Fund. stated Mrs. Roe. is
one of the big things that has result
ted from association work Other
organizations had Girls Loan Funds.
but it rema ned to the p. L. A. to
inaugurate fund FOR boys who de-
sire help to go thru college. She
stated that fhis fund was loaned
without interest and without security
and that always the boys who nave
borrowed pay back when they have
finished college and locate tnem-
selves in some employment. 1t is
working wonders and great many
are now enabled to take college
course who would otherwise be
compelled to end their schooling with
the public schools.
Colorado stands first in consolld-
ated schools. Mrs. Roe announced
and referred to several of the won
derfully equipped consolidated
schools in rural communities whefe
school children were being given
every advantage that could be had III
a city.
Mrs. Roe's two days work in Crow
lev county. combined with the work
of the County P. T. A. resulted in ad-
ding two new associations to the
Crowley county organization. These
are North Fowler. District No. 3l'
with Mrs. Gribble as president. and
the Joint p. T. A District No. 81
the schools of New Hope
Pleasant Hill and Grand View OF
which Mr.. Griswold is president.
The county organization appointed
the following committees: Boys Loan
Fund: M. V. Roberts, chairman
Thrift Committee, d. f. Bartlett
chairman. Legislative Committee
A. L. Butcher. chairman. Member
shin Committee. Mrs. NJ. p. Davis
Chairman.
Following the program rcfreph-
nents were served under the super
vision OF Mrs, Jay +. Johnson.