Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-09-28
=. T. A. NETTING AT
HIGH SCHOOL

On Friday afternoon at the call of
the president of the council MIR. Am.
| Stephens and by message sent through
the children, quite large representa-
ton Of all the ward organizations met
at the High School
The meeting opened with prayer by
| MIR. Bennett and the singing OF Amer
lea
After expressing his great interest
in the p. T. A. work and his promise
of personal efforts, Mr.. Stephens call
ed on others to offer suggestions in
GLIDING Mrs. E. J. Dorminey, who as
State officer had large vision of the
work as she had had it presented to
her and Mrs. Sam Abram who as pres
ident of the Third Ward Association,
had thought of definite goal for her
society, being to put on the Health
Crusade again which was tried out
with good results some years ago on
the initiative of the teachers themselves
with the mothers cooperating and the
purchase OF pair of scales for monthly
weighing tests. Mrs. Abram thought
the benefits would be of great value,
and that all the wards might take it
This measure received the hearty
Endorsement and it was voted to ask
each ward to share in the movement
and in the expense of the scales.
Miss Epsie Campbell. Mrs. l. Geld
ers, Mrs. Geo. Brown, Mrs L. A.
Turner, Mrs. f. ]. Dorminey and Mr..
Y. J. Bennett then spoke on the need
and the feasibility of getting the audi
forum. Each speaker touched a diff
! erent point of argument. Miss Camp
bell who goes all over the State in
educational field work, commented on
such a conspicuous lacl, of COMPARE
son with other schools or with other
towns and the more reeretfullv because
this is the one she claims as home.
Mrs. Gelders pointed out the location
by the present plans and sought to
visualize the splendid attractiveness
and convenience of the auditorium.
| Mrs. Brown then drew graphic
word picture Of conditions as they now
are IN the study hall and class rooms
which she thought would H.: sufficient
ly convincing to all Cll oucnts if they
would interest themselves as far as
to come and see 10. t.enselves; Mrs.
turner spoke WITH regret of the many
educational aud cultural or -ertainmc us
thar our Young people ~; been mss
ing and must continue to miss without
a suitable place to hold them.
Mrs. Dorminey urged that no ward
opposition should develop against an
enterprise so important to the best in
terests of all. She cited the fact that
for the first Is years of our town his
tory that only the first ward and the
third ward had any school buildings,
and even with the building of the high
school Y years ago, the fourth ward
still had no primary or grammar school
and then when the third ward building
was burned about E years ago, the
children of that ward had to come ov-
er to the first ward building for after
noon sessions and until the city pre-
pared to rebuild in the third ward the
second ward had never had school
building at all, so it was thought fair
after SO long time to build for them
at the same time. The first ward still
has a good and adequate building and
first ward pupils in the high school
outnumber those from any other ward
even two of them together, so thew
ought not to show any selfishness as
against movement that is for the good
of so many including themselves.
Mr.. Bennett then placed on the
blackboard the statistics for all the
bond issues of the city as follows.
Water & Light bonds,
due May 80, 1928 $4,000
City Hall bonds due
| June 1St 1922 10 0OO
Water & Light Bonds. due
sept. 10, 1888 ----------- $4,000
Schools high bonds due
Sept IS, 1888 ---- 10000
PaVlng bonds, due July |, 1912 10000
Schools WARD bonds, due
July l, 1916 -------------- $4,000
TOTAL $40 O0n|