Bay Street P T A Sets 1927 School Goals Agenda
The Bay Street Parent-Teachers Association met Tuesday night with Dr J R Taylor leading the opening prayer and the congregation singing It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. The group endorsed an eight hour day for children under sixteen and the eight months term pending tax equalization for poorer counties, and agreed to handle the mentally incompetent separately. Dr Saunders’ talk was postponed to January and members are urged to attend.
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Bay Street
Parent-Teachers Association
J. R. Taylor
C. ©. Abernethy
Raleigh
North Carolina
Dan Schroeder
F. R. Taylor
Saunders
Short Term Schools Divide Consolidated System
A brief school term debate questions the value of consolidation as improved grounds and facilities remain idle. Short term schools tend to delay progress and waste resources, prompting concerns about long term efficiency and educational impact.
Eight-Hour Day for NC Children under Sixteen
North Carolina advocates an eight-hour workday for youths under sixteen to boost development and future productivity. The movement cites compulsory education gains, health education needs, and preceding states' practices while noting long-term societal benefits and improved citizenship.
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North Carolina
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Georgia
Idaho
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Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
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Ray Street School Holiday Pageant Delights Students
Ray Street School presents a Christmas pageant with plays by primary and seventh graders. Students perform carols, Bible readings, poems, and tableaux with a Bethlehem backdrop and a procession of carolers. Cast includes Eleanor Stephens John Gurney Briggs Jr Chase Idol Walter Murray Burton Wagner and more.
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Ray Street
Myrtle Titman
E. M. Shipman
Dan Schroder
Bethlehem
Eloise Warner
Carol
Three Wise Men
Chase Idol
Walter Murray
Burton Wagner
Madonna
Helen Caldwell
Grimes Street School Shares Holiday Program
The primary grades at Grimes Street School were entertained in chapel by Miss Lettie Smith’s third grade with songs such as Silent Night and Santa Claus Is Coming, a poem Poor Santa Claus, and a story from Luke. The grammar department held a Christmas program in the auditorium featuring readings, a pageant by Mrs. Peacock’s sixth grade, and a choir. The boys presented the janitor with a suit of clothes.
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Bay Street
Iris Gibson
Pauline Kenith
Santa Claus
Yates
Milford Tatty
Jolly
Santa
Victrola
Henry Millis
Charles Tomlinson
Chase Sc@ll
Eccles Huff
Charlotte Hubbard
Ruth
Grimes Street
Lettie Smith
Guy Ritchie
Herald Angels
Luke and van Dyke
Virginia Thayer
Doris Pope
Evelyn Ferree
Jack and Jill
Leslie Conrad
Elizabeth Hinkle
Charles Wardell
Jack Be Nimble
Jack Hartley
Miss Muffett
Aureal Bulla
Jack Horner
Harris Covington
Lucille Stone
Charles Gueth
Sybel Fogleman
Earlene Smith
Thomas Hutchens
Ruby Yarborough
Robert Stanley
Thomas Fitze
Elm Street School Christmas Program and PTA Meeting
Elm Street School held an Older Boys Conference report in the auditorium with Jack Moore and Burt Asbury presenting. The PTA met Tuesday night with Rev Tom Sykes delivering a Christmas message and a program of carols, stories, a thrift talk, and a student play.
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Elm Street
Grammar Gerade
Winston-Salem
Elm Street School
Jack Moore
Burt Asbury
Christmas Program Shines in Chapel with Readings and Caroling
A festive chapel program featured Rev. F L Conrad leading devotions from Luke II and Miss Gaylor’s fifth grade guiding the event. Violet Lanier narrated Why the Christmas Chimes Rang as students acted and sang, with ocean of Mother Goose operetta characters, Santa gifts, and a choir from Mrs. Richardson’s sixth grade performing Silent Night and carols.
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F. L. Conrad
Luke
Robert Haney
The
Angels
Willie Valentine
Stella Crozier
Etta Creonston
Shepherds
Hassel Cecil
Woodrow Hodges
Russell Fitch
Mollie Fowler
Bethlehem
Little Miss Noreen Winslow Wins Health Poster Honor
Miss Noreen Winslow of Mrs Hayman’s first grade won first honor in the city schools Health Poster contest, earning recognition for her work.
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Noreen Winslow
Mechanicsville School News: Picture Show and Christmas Bazaar
A picture show of Snow White was shown at the Mechanicsville School thanks to Mr Stookey with music by Miss Oshlin Miss Frank Miss Margaret Copeland Mr Butler and Mr Stookey. Proceeds went to the library fund. A Christmas bazaar followed with each room hosting a decorated booth a toy filled display by the mothers for the children.
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Mechanicsville
Stookey
Snow White
Oshlin
Frank
Margaret Copeland
Butler
Mr. Stookey
Before Mummies Were Used To Make Brown Paint
Before museums valued mummies as artifacts, many were ground into powder and processed into brown paint, a practice reflected in old trade and industrial uses.
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