The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1967 Page: 1 of 12
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VOL 80, No. 37
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metnbers
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for the
at their
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program
re
out
the
Club meets at 12
Ivy Kooin of the
tn till' secur
development
a room ,
that it is a
to know about modern
V isit Vour child * room
math iwriod
be explained meant a six y’c.lr
elementary sclwol. a two -yctrr
junior high scfitSol a Jour
that Lincoln's Gettysburg
was the result of an al’ter-
... It seems that Edward
has! been asked to deliver the
in ■nanv
the high
a .large
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r " •
f.imf
soon • \
()ne. question asked if an en-
gineer coqld ltell how long the
building,would be sound.
Shopping
Guide*
hi ’ announcing- the t
.- prisei .im - the <
■ luted out tll.lt tile
Milton Heinze
Nominated for
Farmer Award
\ thought-
ensued . . . finally there
tentative suggestion: "A
I not
being
live on the s|w>t
to see your child
Plan- for the raising-<4 S#u><
JUXi |<i f>, used III- Securing th""
di-sfYiai growth for Balhpger
v < c announced Monday by di
rectors, of Ballinger Industrial'
I- oimd.it luu
The campaign to Im- (hunched
Burleson Aide
Will Address
Lions Club
mee'in.
Othei
cto not need all new bmh+m—v
I am aware it, takes money to
progress '
When questioned as to the
spundiics-s of the structure of
cation They pointed out in dis
mission that the needs were
Journey b.u I* to 'the s<
room toi th* I \ |*e school-
you attended la or :*!' yi-aTs
ju.Ht doesn't '
ill the type
dents
Throughout the meeting
which lasted over- two hours —
various jiersons voiced their
opinions anti reactions to the
various needs they found while
making a tour of local school
buildings.
SujK-rintendent Pick Richey
told the group that until Mon'
Iday night some 59. persons had
Lone through the buildings. Of
this number MF were members .
bl the committee He did not in
elude any committee
4 ho are connected
school faculty.
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Take advaniftg'e'of feeing for
yourself the basic learning per
lod of every day life today
I the public schools.
hl lives
W.sxirow Huffman of the 1<m al
Soli Conservation Service said
lb mz<-
I he ’inn will enable the
kouixlation to purchase the n<‘i
essary land, and have ou hand
sufficient funds to secure a loan
tor tjiv construction fyuildi
mg inc.y said
In making the drive
$60,000. directors are
cash doi.atJonu a* inuch
siblc, hut also will
(Tbwded otidifion*
of the classrooms in
Members of'-the Sujx-rmten
■y dent s Advisory Committee
gave a unified front Monday
night when they met following
tours of the three school bttild
ings in the Ballinger .system
The agreement indicated a
pressing need (or improvement .
of physical facilities of the sys-
tem
I he 45 to 5 1 persons present
agreed that the needs in the
local system were caused by a
drastic change in teaching
methods and m teaching equip
fear of im[M-nding disaster
through 'collapse of a building
or -fire through worn out. out
dated wiring to expressions that
a much more extensive mam
tenan.ee progrltn was a "must"
if facilities-we now havrTrr *to
bi- kept in usable condition
Discussion throughout •
evening centered latgely'
voicing
* pointed
rooms
teacher
up and
the crowded conditions
Along these Ijhes Sup< rinten
■ dt-lU Richey , aly' pointed out
'that little u-te.was bcm ; made
of audio visual equipment in
-the high school courses because
most classrooms were so small
that the equipment could" not he
He citqff the lack ' of
use of overhead projectors and
classroom.
, . /
een the row-
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bale King field represents
tire ami public relations man
for Congressman Omar Burle-
son will be speaker
I.I<XV» Club
luncheon
Adair.
Texas
Week
is a
(or you
daily pfiiWsT of leanr -
This
ken (luring a class In Book-
1 BailiitgA'r 'Iitrli School-re-
While the schools are divitk
ed in this manner for records,
he said they are phy sicallv Io
rated il> a
becairse
» classroom
school building f • ;
'Presently ninth- gra^v
Next week has been designated as
Fublic Schools Week in Texas wiUi’
special emphasis put on school visita-
r-tion . . . Ballinger schools have not.
planned any special events for the
week but |r.iri»nts and friends are wel-
come to drop by and see the work that
is being done in out' schools ,\ *,with
all the^tudy that is-being done by the
fKthpo| board and interested citizens ol
the town concerning thp rendition of
our schools, thi^C would be an excellent,
time for all of us to seeifirst’ hand just
what the situation there is and maybe
help, ep me up with some answers they
are looking for.
, ld< ii(iiic.itiof) <>t
Ix-rv have Ix-gpim- coi^imm m ■
mam of She- -mallcf town- m
l exa- W tu rc (hcv. h.n c Ji-'.-rr
prcjiHiMd in this manner Io .u
commodate mdu.-'ties, im-o
have been successful m sCt»-<c'
V ou re invited to an ( >|h-u
Ijousc at-any of Mie three public
schiHvls m Ballinger
The dale'
Any school day from Monday,
Marell 6th, through Thursday.
March 9th
Why ’
’ ICs
S< hools
This
chance
in the
idg
W ant
math"
during
Interested, in wha he rends
(in during English jH'riod
rending |>eriod
The choice is yours The
sponsibility is yours to find
just what is going on ifi
school system,-'not only for Bal
linger residents, but for people
throughout .'Texas
It s yopr privilege and obli
gation to see. first hand. fto»»
Texas educators arc meeting
the
on
three area-?*- conditions in the-
High School building, a need
tor improv emeiia in JooRs'' and
|'C’-siiti<. whet het’ or iiot they htive
( llildl eli II) sclteud; te see tt>f tllX‘111-
.selves the conditions llu-tl exist there. •
- I i k-er >taff Phuto1-
of Knowledge
clinics, the ratio
same as it was
lion
He explained
members thut touchers are al-
lowed bv the Texas Education —
Agency to have no more than
150 pupiis per day He did point
out that two or three yehra ago
the system had a pr
along these Uues. but th
problem had been sblvpt
In expanding thp num
course! a' student take!
; graduation./tfce
number pupL,
in on^ day’waa i
had . distinct ad-
the arrangement
i e . the 6-2-4 <ys-
enrollment -had
in the past five
yearV In 1961 — ar the end ofc
the ^x weeks period which ftti
in October — total school en- •
rolhnqnt stood at 1,378 In 1966
at the comparable time the en-
rollment was 1.344.
' .dents are attending classes fh
both the High School brulding
and the Junior High- building. -
- Some sophomores, juniors ai)d
seniors also attend certain
classes ui the Junior'High build-
- ing. . "
" Richey emphasized that the .L_
organization of tfie school by
classes and ’divlsiotjs was ^ol- v
twit ary, but
vantages, in
. being used,
tem ,
Bather pointed” ' comment!
" Tmphasized the opinions of shut-
t-ral committee .cnentbers con-
cerning the science clhskrooin-
’ la'airayirv in the hMUor -high
school building ____
5. ■ .
s ( rdw8*d* ' .- - . -uiA—
jilm strip projectors because '
tin r-e was npt r^om enough, to
get an image large enough for
k .the entire' class to see <•
( (intmentiug. albng the samo
lines <>n the .size"«L available
clussriMims in the high -Xchuol,___
Richey said that they ‘Mays of
the 2x4 teacher are over — a
teacher who teaches from be-
tween the covers of a Ixiolt and
the four wa'ls of
He continued
proven fact that students can
retain more when they can see
and hear He said that in khop
courses . and in homemaking
courses, students arc give* in-
dividual participation
Amiu.il I’irtilu
group
Still isH>
jfould nfil be i nough twoney to
- bin tlic land. coisstruct a.build
1 m-g ol ationt +2.0-HI sgiv^re iee^
ai'd do other things-which Jire
prerequisites to the securing oi
mdustty'
mx new businesses -
Announcement of
of businessmen ’ ami
(crested citizens v^jll
nouuced in Hie near, fulure Ip
\l I. a-t tv'1 firms are how
< oi'isi.li r.t^t Ballinger as site tor
-rr jifai.f loc ilion 'hey said Tlmv
emphasized that BalHngcr jn
dustrial I ound.illon Inc Inust
ami
from the
• • High fa-
cilities and what to do vxtth the
Carver School bujlding.
Ih answering questions from
theifloor. Richey told the group
than • school
varied little
lauk . . Thi* Reason’s cnlor-arc bright
and'suft. t’nusual fabrics make iu-w <.
also. -Mung with the dabgic lea’her
and vinyl there are lovely bags of
petit point, tapestry, inc-li/^trau an I
Belgium linen . . . Check Ballinger’s
stores and you’ll see tlftt ;iIn';. . have
lots of these new bags that fit the'de-
Kcriptions I read abmH,-perfectly.
windows is typical of thaf. experi-'
enced in many classrooms in both the
liigliNyhool and junior high school
bui',dings. Hfblj c Schools Week nex'
little son say: "1 have t-o go to bed at
8 o’clock, my mot Ik i is a half-hour
meaner than yours."
Then there were the little first-
graders^ getting ready for tueir first
visit to the library. After discussing
the library rules, the teacher asked
“What do you call the person uho
takes care of the library
ful silence
came this
bookie."
for the,
scckjhg;
as pos- .
accept
Mil'-'i: Heinze of Route
lies telectcd by-
TOO ( LOSE TO WORK?
pn
The lyj IIuhIs and Icclmiqucs
and equipment that an- m jw
l-vei'y d.'iy ui classes .ire de
signed for one 'purpose tn
help the student learn to read
s«-rv ati n Ihstnct for the
Worth Press OutManding
serration Farmer Xw.ird
' cordim; to Bill Minzennmy er.
< hairman
Mmzrnmaycr said Heinze was
selected for this avatd from
more thin 1 <*«i district c<h>p
<-r»tr»rs Jb- said lleinie has
Completed a conservation pro
Xi a 111 ■■li-g 42. . ALie JaiiLL.».hLiL
ent a site
financing “ im
Hable should
1 read an item from an old. old paper
recently
Address
thought
Everett
oration at the consecration of the Get-
tysburg cemetery . . . Mr. Everett had
asked that the exercises be postponed
to accommodate his schedule . . . this
was done and the Committee in charge
decided to.-Send out a number of for-
mal invitations to the exercises. In
this number was one to the president
and members of the caoinet. Unex-
pectedly the president accepted and it
was t hen. decided that he should be
asked to make a few remarks. x
Lincoln Wpte-his speech at odd mo-
ments, partly in Washington and part-
ly in Gettysburg . after Everett had
condudeU 'a twi^hour spellbinder, the
president aru>e an(FhC'TWinffinutesjfe-
comliyions in
>oa< i- i- .i\ aj’la"
Invitation Given
To Visit Schools
one ol the me-’tmgx .
spoki.-aien tor the
'pointed out that the
Just
Around Town
pledge* m order to complgfi'ly
\ -MibscrilM- the fund
Members of the board of di
rectors of the Foundation in
elude, Franu>“l’wr«iy president.
R E Ruble. Harry Lynn Hob
Northintfton. EverHJ J Grind-
statf VhfforiE Cook. Bob
Garvej and Ed Sommer
School Tours Bring Unified View
That 'Something Must Be Done Here'
,, ----- Members ofMhe Suoerinten not cau
I iflmcz r Indusfri.il Foe id.,-
. turn. Im i- -i non f-r< fit < • -r
Better Retention
Xewj materials arc- supple
menting the old methixls iii the
entice field of education, he
• pointed out He cited the addi
tion of audiovisual equipment
irt^ virtually every room of the
elementary schixil building, and
in many of the tumor high build
Ing. rooms
"■We are living in a different
'wqiHd of edpteation from even
j'tive years ago." ho- stated
Questions concerning the pu
pll-teacber ration were asjjeti
of tliche.V He answered that the ,
rtatio increased slightly 4hh the
coming of irttcgraFinb tn tbg lo
c4l system. He also ^Id thaS in
class?! other <h>n reading
the < h.iIlenip. of tomorrow
and vyhal condition the -
billldinijs t hem he- .1 re
I’ubh, Schools \V e< k in i
traditionallv h.is been se
the first full week m M.1 r, h
Final dav of ah,
day is a sc.
the student b
tie attendm <
' meetings at-
thrivliehofi' ihe
have l-inldin
mediately - I
these firms decide
Reaclionsi Vary
Reactions voiced varied .from equipment :» Junior
< iService qnp Soks
their opinions Thev
i«it - th.it in several
it was impns-ible for a
Let’s Ho Something"*
the High School Building. Rich-
ey started that an engineer's .
• report made two years again- .•
cheated that the butldiftg 'wax
sound.»lh4jatso pointed out that
he .had been authorized to ae-
cure another cirgineer's o*pm-
ion on the building's condition,
Word is t'hat there i-ati ar.'i — iicr.tig
machine that works . . . i* teach, s
Fnorers to .quit it, according to a
British psychiatrist I? is de.-cribed
a small throat microphone a'tached
to a power unit which, in turn. i> at-
tached to the snorerL atm: When he
begins to snore, the arm gets ;t shock
that is not strong enough to vxake the
sleeper but is strong enough to eau-e
the arm to twitch.
The psychiatrist 'ays this >»■•., up a
mental block against snoring. Af’er a
few lesions the <nor»'r is -.uppose<| to
have 'a built-in resist.uice to snoring.
This little device was invented by
the head .of an electronics firm who
probably had a snoring problepj in hi.s
home ... If this will work and catches
on. people all over the world may .-deep
easier, and a good, sound <>r refreshing
sleep may be just what this old world
needs . . we might,even get one for
our house.
Just about the tm.e we women com-
plete our ensemigpi and think we are
all matched up arid looking nice the
'■styles change . and for some time
now the purses ha'-c been pretty good
size . . . the bigger the Ih»F,w. then
today I read from an authority that
"keeping right in stej .with fhe ,-hort-
er, more youthful look of Spriqg
fashions, handbags aFe on the- -maj!
side." Thia writer s^id 'that tote,
swagger or clutch or •hrrrt ^H-nnMcr
ivl-'jied a conserv
with U-chmcal hi l|#
Sot! CotiMTv atfpn
1954
I * ) tw xald Hi-m/i-
<-nt«-r<.<t in'.u a contl aft-. um1«-r
l}><- <.rent I'lam- ( on <1 v ation
I 'i 1 a m t'N».:H rd up thr .ippli
cation of lip- plan Hi completed
W'ork- Othef Places
• in- s.Hi, lit" tin- board of directors All per
in the
ntt-eiad. utilized'
First reaction voiced at the'
meeting was a Sometliin-4 *need.<
to be done — We" are behind
times — I cf s do something: ’
. -Some reactions offered early
in jhe meefjtig- pointed to the
need for rnaintena-nce "t think
we need more, rooirf and im *
pld>r-tu. nt... Mu-4 alsodbihk Wf. _ .and .hoped 7Rj have tbit' trade
ri-rpn -t- from the
tirin'-
BallitiLcr
Friday no n
me t" (al
• • - -
-3 Division of Student
• Concermmi, the present utili
ration of spaVe betweAl .'iimor
lla-uh school proetarns and High
School programs. Ri-chey told
the committee
' sc.veraT ypans ag'CJhe board of
trustees had. piit tliw school
in (>rd'T !<> give inTiv 'dual iLitenlion
t.u \arioU' -t s. Gl'iti from '.i t*
Fund Drive Will Seek $60,000
For Industrial Foundation Work
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Perry, Richard H. The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1967, newspaper, March 2, 1967; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184328/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.