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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
7
Clara Hearne School hosts the PTA first meeting of the year with Mrs. Telliga presiding. Officers list program chairs and topics emphasize good schools homes and communities. schedule includes Halloween party Scenes a Day in School Christmas pageant Founders Day lectures and Civic group reports through May with officer installation.
The Vance Street School PTA held its first meeting of the year in the school auditorium led by president Mrs. J. N. Seavex. Topics included Building For Tomorrow through schools, health talk by nurse Mrs. Kathleen Sutter, music aims by Miss Elizabeth Lang, and homework guidelines discussed by Mrs. Doug Debnam.
Mrs H V Daughtry praised Vance Street School staff and urged parents to teach children to be good citizens and to love. Miss Thelma Garris called for parent teacher cooperation and dialogue about student problems. The PTA set 196% membership goal, planned a Halloween Carnival, and offered a prize to the room with the largest turnout.
Winfred E. Souther known as Wimp, a Pepsi-Cola skywriter, demonstrated a large scale skywriting show using a smoke compound to spell Pepsi-Cola visible for miles. The 25 year old from Dalton Georgia trained as a pilot in the Navy era prior to joining the program, previously building model planes and stunt flying at South Georgia and Presbyterian Colleges.
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