Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-02-04
Mrs. AImore
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greetings rom. theresa VI. AL
more, President.
To: All Presidents, District,
Council and Local Members and
Associate Workers.
While the year is still young, I
am extending to each and every
member of our parent teacher fam
lily, warm and special greetings
with the hope that the year ahead
may hold for you the best of every
thing.
AS we pause on the threshold Of
the New Year, naturally we feel
it is time of reflection and dedi-
cation: AS we look back over the
year, we wonder if we did our
best as parents, teachers and citi-
zens to make conditions better in
this world of unrest and confusion.
This year we will make no lip
resolutions but with Gods help we
will work every day in every way
we can for the things which will
bring US security, better homes, q
revival of the spiritual life in the
home and a closer relation with
God; so that we can hold firm
under the pressure of life in this
changing world, and will "stand
for the right against easy wrong"
If we begin the New Year with
God and work with him each day,
we will accomplish much toward
t promoting the welfare of all chill
dren in the home, school, church
and community, and the world.
Will you share with me this
Thought For The year?
ITO awaken each morning with
a smile frightening my face; to
greet the day with reverence for the
opportunities it contains; to ap-
proach my work with clean mind;
to hold ever before me, even in the
doing of little things, the Ultimate
purpose toward which I am work.
ing; to meet men and women with
laughter on my lips and love in
my heart; to be gentle, kind and
courteous through all the hours;
to approach the night with weari-
ness that ever woos sleep and joy
that comes from work well DONE"
Polio is not licked yet. The
drive is now on. Give generously.
Pay your Poll Tax before Feb
ruary l, 1856.
Our February Celebration Is A
Must
The Mississippi State Congress
of Colored Parents and Teachers
counts it a great privilege to add
it's tribute of respect and honor to
the Founders Of the Parent Teach
er Movement in the United States.
February is a slime for remember
ing many great Americans. 1t is
also a time when we pay homage
to the birth of great organiza-
ton. The National Congress of
Parents and Teachers, born Feb
ruary IT, 1897, made promising
day in history and the ideals that
motivated that birth live today
as then, and spur millions to ac-
ton. Although the National Con-
gress of Colored Parents and
Teachers was not organized until
Nav Z. 1926. we pay homage in
February to our Founder and First
President, Mrs. Henry r. Butler,
| Sr., of Atlanta, Georgia, and Los
Angeles, California. With Mrs.
Butler and representatives of the
parent body who assisted in the
organization, was small body Of
stalwarts gathered from a states.
To all of these Founders / would
dedicate these lines paraphrased
from 1.-THE Builders" by Longfel-
low: "They were all architects of
Fate, and worked in the walls
| of time: some with massive deeds
and others not so great. Nothing
was useless or low: each thing was
| in its place and supported by the
rest. They did their work well,
both the unseen and the seen and
built strong and sure with firm
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