Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-21
GROUND BROKEN
FOR THOMPSON
$4,000 SCHOOL
Erection Of Splendid Modern
Structure Begun With Appro-
pirate Ceremonies

Ground was broken Monday for
the erection of Lysian (Thompson)
consolidated districts $25,000 mod
ern school building, Work on the
structure will be pushed and it is
hoped that it will be completed be-
fore the end of the spring term of
school.
With a strong, cold wind blowing
out of the northwest, the trustees and
patrons, together with the lis pupils
of the school, held an open-air cele-
bration exercise of songs and speech
es on the site where the magnificent
building will be erected.
c. A. Phillips, principal, opened
the exercises with an invocation. This
was followed by singing THE Star
Spangled Banner" Loris Wise read
The Minuet." A song especially
composed for the occasion entitled
Thompson School Forever" was
sung by the pupils of the school.
Miss Katherine Mcdonald delight
ed the audience with reading,
That Time Honey Got Lost"
Colonel j. E. D. Shipp, chairman
Of the county board of education and
who was very active in behalf of the
bond issue that made the new school
building possible, addressed the au-
dlencc on the progress Of the rural
school. He spoke in highest terms
Of the courageous spirit of the trus-
tees and patrons of the Lysian dis
trict in their efforts to give the pres
cnt and future generations the ben
eiitS Cf modern educational facilities.
W. E. Dupree, superintendent OF
the school, made a short talk.
Advantage of Country.
Rev. II. l. Brookshire, of the Cen
trail Baptist church, Americus, spoke
of the advantages of the consotidat-
cd school in keeping the country
youth at home for The high school
training whore the environment is
more conductive to better moral and
spiritual growth than in the city.
R. r. Ewing, of the Amcricus
Lighting company, was present and
told the pupils the wonderful oppor-
Junities awaiting them in the indus
trial development Of the South if
they take technical training and pre-
pare themselves for the positions of
responsibility that will come when
manufacturers realize what it means
to them bring their plants nearer to
the production center Of raw matc-
rials, where facilities for developing
hydro-elcctric power arc so abound
ant as here.
c. M. Hall, representing the Times
Recorder, made a short talk offering
the use of the columns Of the paper
to assist in any way the advancement
cf the cause Of education in the
county.
Modern Structure.
The new school building will be
commodious and comfortable. There
will be six large class rooms and an
auditorium with seating capacity Of
$50. There will be electric lights,
steam heat and deep well to fur
nish water for the layatories and the
drinking founts throughout the new
building. AS suggested by one of the
speakers, it will be a monument to
the enterprise and far-sightedncss Of
the patrons and trustees of the
Lysian district.
At ten minutes to 1 o'clock, which
marks the hour Of an historical event
in the 7th district, W. A. Chappell,
chairman of the board of trustees,
Grove the pick deep into the soft
Earth which was the cue to the as
sembled workmen to begin work on
the new Lysian consolidated school
building.
The teachers of the school are c.
A, Phillips, principals; Miss RATHER
inc Mcdonald, Mrs. Oscar McLendon
and Mrs. Carlton Jones. The trustees
are W. A. ChappelI, chairman, and
]. J. Dozier and John Nicholson.