Evening star., 1939-01-01
Fruits Of New Year
Rest With Each One,
Says P.-T. A. Head
Conscientious Efforts
Can Make 1899
Productive
BY MRS. WALTER B. FRY,
President D. G. Congress Of Parents
and Teachers.

President D. c. Congress OF Parents
and Teachers.
Again the wheels of time have
completed a revolution and we are
face to face with the beginning Of
new year. What that year shall
mean to us and to those with whom
we come in contact rests primarily
within ourselves. We can, by our
own conscientious efforts, make it
year of progress, of successful ac-
complishment, of mental and spir-
itual growth. Or we can idly watch
the days go by, with nothing to
mark their passing save the chang
ing hours OF day and night.
1t is an intriguing thing to visual
ize the first day of a new year as the
clean, unmarried page of a new book,
spread open to receive the record
we shall write. Undoubtedly, there
will be blots upon some of the pages
of the 1889 yearbook, there will be
smudges-but there cannot be era
sures. What we write upon the
pages of life remains an ineradicable
record. We may correct mistakes,
but we cannot entirely erase them.
The new year is here, waiting for
our welcome, and in the face of
world conditions perhaps it will be
we'll for us to think seriously before
we start our record. Perhaps it
would be we'll for us to remember
that this-our country-is a free
country, founded upon the principles
OF equality, liberty, freedom, justice;
whether it remains an exemplifica-
ton of these principles rests with us.
We can cultivate tolerance in all
walks of life; we can radiate friend
illness and neighborliness and UNDER
standing we can, by our example,
demonstrate that we value the her
itage that is ours in this greatest
country in the world, and resolve
to keep it the greatest-safe for our
selves. for our children and for our
neighbors.
So it is with deep sincerity and
thankfulness that express the wish
that all who may read this message
experience throughout the coming
year the joy of accomplishment, of
happiness, of worthiness and the
unbroken resolution to chart a fair
course and to keep on it.
Happy New Year!
Blair-Hayes.
The Executive Board will meet
Thursday in the Hayes School.
Wheatley.
Fathers night will be celebratedr
January II at pm. Dr.. w. w.
Eldridge, chief of the medical staff
of st. Elizabeths Hospital, will dis
cuss "Is There Relationship Be-
tween Mental and Physical Health
and Good citizenship" A play
will be given by the fathers, under
the direction of William Lee. The
Wilson Teachers College Glee Club
will present several selections.
Woodbridge.
The executive meeting will be held
Wednesday at l:30 pm. at Alad-
din's Kitchen in the Pepco Build
ing. A broadcast will follow.
Baskets, clothing and toys, do
mated by parents and friends, were
distributed to needy families at
Christmas.
Children of the school were given
candy as Christmas remembrance
from the association.
Janney.
The Executive Committee will
meet Tuesday at / pm.
Mrs. o. R. Stranley. student aid
chairman, helped distribute shoes,
socks and toys to needy children at
Christmas. Several classes pre-
sented clothing and Christmas pres
ents to less fortunate families so
that all would be remembered.
Mrs. w. E. Wise, Mrs. j. E. Gray
and Mrs. P. M. Kayser assisted
with the sale of the health seals.
Many of the classes presented
plays before the closing of school
for the holidays.