The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1952-03-22
LIBERTY CITY .
ELEMENTARY NEWS

ooth OF whom were out of school
for quite some time, due to ILL
ness.
On Monday, March 10, the 3rd
and 4th grade classes, represent
ed by Robert Reed, Yvonne Spot
ford, and Dorothy Bendross, pre-
sented a Safety Skit on Station
WITT at 8:45 pm. Miss Elry Tay-
lor appeared on the program with
the three children. The skit was
prepared by Miss c. McFadgon.
On Thursday of the same week.
Miss Ross of the Public Relations
Dept. of the Board of Public In
structlon, and Mrs. Smith of Sta
ton WHAT, came out to take off
on a tape recording, the program
Negro Music Through The
Ages" which will be on the air
on Sunday, April 6, at 800 pm.
Children participating in the
sklt were, Brenda Frazier. Robert
Garrison, Horace Ross, Margaret
Gordon, Shirley Ann Powell. Bar
bara Jean Cooper, Janice Jones,
Leroy Ferguson, Samuel Stewart,
Minnie Carruthers, Betty Nc
Quay, Shirley Ewing; Daniel An
derson, Rufus Rawls, Jonathan
Williams, Ronald Romas and
Clarence Evans. Mrs. Ann Russell
was at the piano and the chorus
was composed of children from
her room. The skit was prepared
and directed by a committee of
the following teachers, R. Stewart,
B. Sharpe, A. Russell, E. Wilson.
G. Robinson, A. Johnson, R. Jones,
E. Hall, M. Thomas, E. Smith and
NJ Edwards
MesdameS Knowles, Jones, and
N. Collins, Jr. Red Cross spon-
sors and members of classes
throughout the school. are busy
preparing Red Cross gift boxes, to
be sent to children of other lands.
Mr.. Jenkins was a representa-
tive from our school to the first
statewide Music Clinic for Negro
teachers, held in Jacksonville last
week. Mrs. Sanford was a very
interested member of the audience
on March II, when Sex Educa-
ton for the Young Child" one
Of a series of lectures for Pa
rents and teachers was present.
ed at the school Administration
Building. Only two Negroes were
present at this meeting. Anyone
is welcome to attend.
Mrs. Counts ana members of
her Occupational Class, journeyed
to Fl. Lauderdale last week, by
way of the Champion on the Fla.
East Coast. This trip came as
elimination of their unit on How
We Travel" They returned by
way of the Greyhound bus. They
wish to publicly thank members
of the PTA Council for their do
nation of $50 for materials with
which they might work. The
children of Mrs. Counts class,
made pins as gifts for members
of the council and sent them.
Thank You letters. Mrs. A.
Range and Mrs. NJ Reynolds are
chairman and vice chairman, re-
scectively.
On Friday morning, March IA,
Camille Jordan, Mildred john
son, Joan Owens, Betty Futch and
Daniel Nickerson of Mrs. Sandi-
lands class, gave us some inter-
esting points about st. Patrick's
Day, over the PA system. We were
also favored with a few musical
Irish songs.
= The library has been featuring
baseball for the past two week
books, pictures, newspaper clipp-
ings, as well as scrapbooks about |
Big League Players. Decorations |
of kite borne poems about March |
are seen around, as well as kites |
mades by Mrs. Colson's 4th grade
class, which are displayed in the
glass cases. Irish Fairy Tales are
being read to third graders during
their Library periods this week,
honoring st. Patrick.
On the afternoon of March IA
three Brownie Troops, composed
of fifty four girls, had their In
verstiture Services, which when
completed, made them full-pledg-
ed Brownie Scouts.
The Brownies had as their
guests. all Girl Scouts and their
leaders of Liberty City Elemen-
tary.