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Treating Children As Individuals And In Consistent,
Fair Manner Is Best Discipline, PTA Panel Resolves
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Consistency and fairness in
-dealing with children, treating
them as individuals and taking
time to study and work with
their special needs were among
the qualities named as important
physical conditions which must
be adjusted in both the school
and the home. The school, for in
stance, must supply furniture
that fits the child, while parents
should see that he has proper
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discipline problem at Monday | f'sets of eyes or ears are discov-
night’s meeting of the Eastiered and adjusted
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Southern Pines Parent-Teacher
Association.
An eight-member panel of
teachers and parents—with Dr.
A. C. Dawson, superintendent, as
moderator—discussed aspects of
discipline in school and home
and how the school and home
shculd cooperate in this matter
for the best interest of the child.
■Mrs. I. A. Woodell, PTA presi
dent. presided, at the business
session. An innovation that was
well received was opening the
meeting with a color guard of
three Boy Scouts from Troop 223
who marched in with a United
States flag, placed it on the stage
and remained while the audience
gave the pledge to the flag and
sang one verse of “America.”
Composing the color guard were
Jimmy Ritenour, flag bearer; La
ment Brown and Robert Mc-
Crimmon.
The Association gave its ap
proval to a recommendation of
the executive board that the
PTA sponsor the recreation cen
ter being established in a house
on school property by seventh
and eighth grade students and
their parents.
Mrs. Woodell said she had been
asked to point out to parents the
situation on the New York Ave
nue side of the school grounds
where children leaving school
are placed in danger by the
backing and turning of cars that
enter the dead-end section of
New York Avenue to wait to
pick up youngsters.
It would help in that situation,
it was stated, if parents picking
children up would park on New
Vork Avenue below Ridge and
not enter the dead-end street or
the school grounds. However, it
was suggested—in line with re
quests from school officials—^that
parents use the “horseshoe”
driveway off Massachusetts'
Avp., east of the elementary
school, in picking up children.
At this location no child has to
cross the path of a car or go
behind a car, and the continuous
driveway provides a free flow of
traffic all going in one direction.
It was also rioted that parents
have been asked not to use the
driveway that circles the audito
rium because of the blind curve
at the end of the building. Sev
eral parents in the audience said
they had not previously known
of this regulation and had been
picking up students there.
A vote of approval on the
1957-58 budget, already approv
ed by the executive board, was
postponed to the next meeting.
Members were reminded of a re
quest for a donation of 10 cents
from each member to help build
a State PTA headquarters build
ing in Raleigh. A district PTA
meeting, to which committee
members and officers are espe
cially invited but which will be
open to all members, was an
nounced for Tuesday, October
21, at Aberdeen, with registra
tion at 9:30 a.m.
T^ng part in the panel dis
cussion, in addition to Dr. Daw
son, were Miss Barbara Elliott,
Miss Mary Logan, Miss Pete
Dana, W. A. Leonard and Roger
Gibbs, all teachers; and Mrs.
Robert Ewing, Mrs. Don Traylor
and Dr. Bruce Warlick, parents.
Each member of the panel had
been assigned an aspect of dis
cipline for discussion. Dr. Daw
son added his comments and
smnmed up ideas advanced, and
then there was general discus
sion and comments from the
floor as to points that had been
raised. Mrs. Ralph Chandler, Jr.,
PTA program chairman, had ar
ranged the program. She turned
proceedings over to Dr. Dawson
who introduced panel members.
Opening the discussion. Dr.
Dawson said that “the pendulum
has swung back near the center”
in the matter of school discipline,
between the extremes of very
strict discipline of 30 years and
more ago and the “progressive
education” influence of the mid
dle 1930’s when many educators
minimized discipline in favor of
letting pupils do what they were
most interested in and did best.
Miss Elliott pointed out that
discipline does not mean punish
ment, but, in school, means the
“degree of order maintained in
the classroom" and the establish
ment of oider there.
Miss Logan said that the school
wants the child to • realize his
best self. Speaking on the rela
tionship of physical development
and behavior, she said that many
behavio ■ problems are related to
Teachers must have great faith
in humanity, said Miss Dana, and
must try to see how other per
sons, including their pupils, feel
in each situation. The child
should be made to feel that the
teacher is willing to help him. To
these points Dr. Dawson added
that both the 'teacher and parent
shoud try to find the thing in
which the child excels. Nothing is
so satisfying as a sense of ac
complishment, he noted.
Mr. Leonard pointed out that
children should be treated as in
dividuals. Important also is the
difference in the way children
are accustomed to be treated.
What’s normal for one child isn’t
normal for another and they res
pond best to different treatment.
Children need to be interested in
what they are studying, he said,
but still they must learn to do
things they have tp do and still
don’t want to do. A child needs
training in psychology that
t-aachers have had. Common
sense and a sense of humor are
essential in meeting discipline
arid behavior problems, she said.
She advocated making a point
of answering all children’s ques
tions and teaching safety—“the
right way to do things.” Her rec
ommendations for “don’ts” inclu
ded: Don’t force a child to eat;
don’t threaten bed as a punish
ment and don’t feel that you have
to include children in adult con
versation.
More contact between parents
and teachers was recommended
by Dr. Warlick. Teachers should
inform parents when a child has
been corrected at school and
should call parents in when a
child has a discipline problem. A
“visitation day” when parents
and teachers could meet would
give parents a closer understand
ing of what goes on at school and
what the problems are, he said.
Parents should not be offended
if teachers correct children, he
said. “If teachers are fit to teach,
they are fit to discipline children
in all ways.”
Commenting on communica
tion between the home and the
school and its relation to disci-
JOHN WHATLEY
John T. Whatley and James M.
Chiricos, both graduates of
Southern Pines High School, are
awaiting * transfer to specialty
training schools in the United
States Navy.
Whatley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Johnson, will be as
signed to a school in the elec-
The annual Moore County the Southern Pines Country
“better ball of pair” golf cham-
pienship, recently concluded at
Carpet Co. Workers
To Get Salk Vaccine
Free Salk anti-polio vaccine
shots will be given to employees
of A.&M, Karagheusian, Inc., be
ginning October 25, it has been
announced by Cecil Beith, plant
manager.
He said that efforts were being
made to obtain sufficient vaccine
for the shots but that so far the
efforts were in vain.
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JAMES CHIRICOS
tronics field and Chiricos, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Chiricos,
will be assigned to a school of
his choice after further aptitude
tests are completed at the Per
sonnel Classification Test Center
at Great Lakes, Ill.'
The two enlisted under the
“buddy system” and are train
ing in the same company.
BOND SALES
Combined sales of series E and
■ ix Savings Bonds in Moore
; County during September were
$34,244, and for the three quar
ters just ended, $313,373, it was
announced this week by the
Greensboro office of the U. S.
Savings Bond Division. The fig
ure represents 91.4 per cent of
the county’s annual goal.
the security of living under rules | pline, Mrs.* Traylor said that this
Circus This Week Rated Tops
and is likely to develop behavior
troubles when there are too
many or not enough rules.
x\dults record their own traits
and reasoning on the unformed
and developing consciousness of
children, Mr. Gibbs said. Parents
and teachers therefore are re
sponsible for how a child turns
put. He said that teachers can
see in children the results of
emotional'tension in homes; and
he listed 10 “tips to reduce ten
sion” emphasizing consideration
for and understanding of other
persons, acceptance of trouble
and failure as a part of life, doing
the best one can under the cir
cumstances and taking time for
recreation and relaxation.
Speaking as a parent, Mrs.
Ewing pointed out that many pa
is important for more reliable
understanding of children’s
problems, but she pointed out
that children, especially older
children, tend to be embarrassed
when a parent goes to the school.
In view of this, she asked, what
should a parent do?
Dr. Dawson said that in some
situations it is better that a
child doesn’t know a parent and
teacher are getting together. At
other times the child should
know. It depends on the particu
lar situation, he said, and there
is no general answer to the ques
tion.
A point made from the floor
during the ensuing discussion
drew agreement from the panel:
parents should not find fault
with the school in the presence
rents have not had the valuable of their children.
AT ABERDEEN YESTERDAY
State Program For Secondary Roads
Is Outlined By Chairman Alakepeace
The state’s secondary roads
chief, Harold Makepeace, made
peace with some of his neighbors
in Aberdeen yesterday.
He met with county commis
sioners from' Lee, Moore, Hoke,
Richmond and Scotland counties
as one of several meetings sched
uled to permit Makepeace to ex
plain the administration of sec
ondary roads in the new High
way Department organization.
Near the conclusion of tjie
meeting, Lee Board chEurman
Pei-cy Measamer Went to the
front of the room and made re
marks pertaining to what had
been described as criticism of
Makepeace from Lee commis
sioners.
Measamer said that Lee Board
members rae “quoted on every
thing we say, whether formally
or informally.” He said such
statements get picked up arid are
carried all over the state.
“We didn’t try to correct the
stories that said we criticized Mr.
Makepeace because everything
would have turned out worse,”
Measamer said.
Measamer recalled that one
story stated that Lee County,
Makepeace’s home county, was
the only one out of 100 counties
that had voiced criticism. “That
kind of thing really hurts us,
Measamer said.
Makepeace answered that the
department “appreciates con
structive criticism” and that he
understood how quotations out
of context can be misconstrued.
“Whenever anything ■-can be con
strued as criticism, it always
makes headlines,” Makepeace
said.
As the meeting concluded Mea
samer and Makepeace shook
hands.
The meeting was presided over
by Makepeace and was conduct
ed in an informal manner. Mem
bers of the Makepeace party in
addition to T. G. Poindexter,
Eighth Division engineer, were
B. W. Davis state maintenance
engineer; Bill Ingram, assistant
to Makepeace; and Sam Beard,
Highway Department public re
lations chief.
Makepeace said the new sec
ondary roads setup was designed
to expand the authority of the
division engineers to help take
the load off county commission
ers. The engineer will be a con
sultant who wiU know the stand
ing of rural roads within his dis
trict and who will be availabe to
explain the state’s position while
accepting the recommendations
of county commissioners where
ver possible.
The crux of the system will be
the method of priorities to be
established at the conclusion of
the current statewide survey
Makepeace said. Each road will
be given a priority according to
a statewide standard to deter
mine when it shall be paved or
improved.
When they are available, maps
will be distributed to each coun
ty explaining the priority of
each road in the county.
Makepeace said that the state
has 12,000 miles of primary roads
and 5,000 miles of secondary
roads, which makes the High
way Department responsible for
more roads than any similar
body in the nation.
Rites Conducted
Today For Mrs.
Mary S. Windham
Mrs. Mary Singletary Windham,
89, died in St. Joseph Hospital
early Wednesday morning.
Funeral services were held from
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church
this morning at 11 o’clock, with
the Rev. Martin Caldwell, rector,
officiating. Interment was in the
Maplewood cemetery, Wilson, this
afternoon.
Mrs, Windham was born in
Wilson, the daughter of the late
Col. Robert W. and Mary Jane
Pitt Singletary. With her hus
band, the late Junius M. Wind
ham, she moved to Southern
Pines fro mthe Eastern part of
North Carolina in 1914.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Louise Clarke Bowman
of Southern Pines; one son, J.
Lenox Windham of San Carolos,
Calif; four grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. John Dupress of Wil
son; and two brothers, William
Pitt Singletary of Wilson and
Joseph Kirkland Singletary of
Hendersonville and Bradenton,
Fla.
Gay costumes, cleverly train
ed animals, and the worlds most
widely acclaimed' swinging rope
act were enough to send hun
dreds of people away from the
Cbristiani Brothers Circus Mon
day night wishing for more of
the same—regularly.
The Circus, second largest in
the country now and the largest
that performs primarily in out
door tents, came to the Sandhills
for its one-day stand amidst
trepidation.
But some circus hands, stand
ing around after the final ap
plause had died down, said that
the stop may have been one of
the smallest but was surely the
most enthusiastic.
Crowds were thrilled at both
performances. In the afternoon,
when most of the audience seem
ed to be school children, dust got
heavy inside the tent but did
nothing to dim the enthusiasm.
The various acts, which included
shooting the “Great Zacchini”
out of a cannon, were well re
ceived.
At night the wooden stands
were again full and the show
picked up a bit. About 10 acts,
several said to be the only ones
of their kind in existence today,
were presented and drew long
applause.
Best of the evening, according
to a concensus of opinion after
the show, was a daring act per
formed on a rope that swung
from side to side of the great
tent. Gasps and relieved sighs
were recorded every time the ar
tist, a young Argentinian, swung
back and forth.
The circus officials also set up
a menagerie outside the main
tent that included, for the most
p.art, animals that also perform
ed in the various acts.
N. C. State Alumni
To Hold Fall Meet
state College alumni in Moore
County will hold their fall meet
ing next Thursday, October 24,
at Dante’s Restaurant, according
to W. O. Spence of Southern
Pines, president.
The meeting begins at 7 p. m.
with dinner.
Spence said that Dr. Edward
A. Murray, supervisor of instruc
tion in the textile school at State,
would be the speaker. He is a
native of Tacoma, Washington,
and attended both the University
of Washington and the Univer
sity of Texas.
'There are approximately 90
ex-State students known to be
living in Moore County, Spence
said, and officers of the club are
anxious to have them all attend
the meeting. Any new residents
who attended State are also wel
come and have been requested to
contact either Spence or Norman
Caudle, secretary-treasurer.
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ments and Invitations. Qaidfe
service, reasonable prices.
Folk entertainment has be
come so popular at the N. C.
State Fair that Bascom Lamar
Lunsford’s Festival of Folk Mu
sic and Dancing runs three sepa
rate performances daily.
Club, was won by Jack and Joe
Carter, two of the area’s out
standing golfers.
'The Carters, no relation, de
feated D. Worsham and Tom
Gray 2 and 1 for the title.
Other winners in the field of
64 included:
First flight, Barney Avery and
Max Forrest defeated Xm D.
Coats and Will Wiggs, 1 up; sec
ond flight, Boyd Starnes and
Louis Honeycutt defeated Don
Madigan and Chan Page, 5 and
4; and third flight, W. E. Alex
ander and A. Plunkett defeated
Dave Ginsberg and Henry Tur
ner, 2 and 1.
Club Championship
Roy Grinnell, club pro, said to
day that the annual Southern
Pines Country Club champion
ship would get underway Octo
ber 26, with Col. John Dibb de
fending the title he won from
Jack Carter last year.
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