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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1935
Page
14
The Congress of Parents and Teachers is celebrated for thirty eight years of service linking home and school to support public education. It emphasizes joint responsibility of citizens and parents and notes active local chapters aiding schools nationwide.
Mrs Langworthy urges the PTA to shape public opinion for homes where children feel free well fed and secure with space for belongings quiet study regular daytime routines and loving care. She calls for schools that respect personal rights unify education and relieve teachers from financial and political pressures. A protected community with beauty safe health and decent conduct is sought.
Johnson Street school P T A held a Founders Day program with fifth and sixth graders presenting. A candle lighting ceremony around a white cake honored the church state school and home as pillars of education. Miss Ivey Paylor and Miss Ila Hensley were recognized for top attendance.
Mrs Aycock highlights the evolution of the National Congress of Mothers to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. It traces founders Alice McLelland Birney and Phoebe A Hearst from 1897 in Washington to a full parent teacher system by 1924 with Father involvement and the Katherine Martin Memorial Fund.
In nine years the Johnson Street school has evolved from a basic building to a modern facility. In October 1926, the school board city council Mayor H A Moffitt and Supt T Wingate Andrews attended a meeting in its auditorium. C F Tomlinson pledged $100 to start a library if the PT A raised $200, a goal met through fall festivals and plays.
The Ray Street School opened in 1923 with Mrs. R. E. Ranson as principal and ten teachers. The Parent Teacher Association grew into a major community sponsor, funding a stage, scenery, a picture machine, playground equipment, a library with 1600 volumes, maps, and classroom slides. Under multiple presidents, the PTA advanced yard work, nutrition projects, milk for members, and a central library for 4th and 5th grades, serving about 248 members with 50 percent patronage.
The Cloverdale Parent-Teachers Association formed in 1923 after the new school began. Founding president A J Borland led a slate including Mrs P L Culler and Mrs B H Bradner, with efforts area wide from school grounds to classroom supplies and health programs.
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