The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1960 Page: 2 of 8
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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1960
The Naples MONITOR
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Toward a better education
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The educational process at Pewitt school
is getting a hard look now with the purpose
of making any changes that are necessary to
turn out a better student.
Administrators and school board mem-
bers already have sat down together for the
study and have formulated some policies they
deem to be worthwhile.
Their findings so far are particularly in-
teresting in the light of a similar study made
recently of the schools in California. The
study there was made by eight college profes-
sors commissioned for the job.
Their recommendations following the stu-
dy would wipe out all traces of "progressive'
education.
Here are some of the things they recom-
mended:
Keep extra-curricular activities away from
school hours.
Reduce non-essential field trips, such as
those to post offices and fire houses.
Require teacher competence in the sub-
ject to be taught rather than in teaching ad-
ministration.
Increase the number of hours devoted to
English, chemistry and biology, and increase
the number of essay type answers required
in examinations in place of true or false and
multiple choice answers.
Increase maximum teachers' salaries with
merit increases replacing automatic advances.
Require greater qualifications from teach-
ing personnel and remove from their respon-
sibilities the many administrative and other
non-teaching duties.
These are only a part of the recommenda-
tions but enough of them to indicate that the
San Francisco problem and solution to some
extent are the same in the Pewitt district.
The Pewitt administration and board al-
ready had shown dissatisfaction with progres-
sive education and is well along with an effort
to substitute a plan of its own that might
aptly be called "hard education".
The student who is free to pursue his
studies with the least amount of distraction
by non-essentials and the teacher who is free
to teach without being tied up with extra-cur-
ricular work should result in a better end
product.
And that should be the- whole purpose
of the school anyway.
An oversight?
Members of the Pewitt tax equalization
board, despite their devoted effort and hard
work, are guilty of an unfortunate oversight.
They failed to place a tax on commercial
egg flocks in the school district.
If the man in the grocery store, the dry
goods merchant, the car dealer, the land own-
er and the livestock man should pay taxes on
his property, why not the man who has invest-
ed his money in chickens as a means of liveli-
hood? What's the difference?
The oversight is unfortunate and a little
hard to understand because two members of
the tax board are poultrymen.
Former local resident dies at Atlanta
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"Well I guess it is too wet to plow."
Ants may be controlled by insecticides
By R. J. Dean
Ants can be a real house-
hold nuisance but application
of the right insecticides will
bring them under control in
a hurry.
Chlordane or dieldrin, sold
in many stores as roach and
ant sprays, are very effective
against ants.
Several species of ants can
become pests in the home.
Some may nest in the house
but most build their nests
outside and find their way
inside through openings.
Once they find a food sup-
ply they set up a regular
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SAGE OF SULPHUR BOTTOM
Most business might be
run from underground
but what about farming?
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July 29
Bill Spencer
Mrs. Jerry Chambliss
Mary Jane Cherry
Weldori Peurifoy
Russell Brock
Cheryl Bottomi
Mrs. Lila Merle Robison
July 30
Hattie Hawkins
Dorothy Beggs
July 31
Mrs. W. C. Stevens
Mrs. Herbert Hicks
August 1
Louis Boozer Jr.
August 1
Jim Spencer
Ray Jones
Willie Cast
David Raymond Jones
August 3
Ricky Cobb
Mrs. Josie Moon
Richard Michael Cobb
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THE MONITOR
(Editor's note: The Sage of
Sulphur Bottom on his John-
son grass farm has found out
something new to worry him
this week.
Dear edi'-ar:
There's a move on in the
world that lias me worried.
It's the theory that to be safe
in this nuclear warfare age,
everything has to go under-
ground.
It's a fact. I read only last
night that it's possible that
all homes some day will he
built underground. Why not,
the argument went. We've al-
ready found out buildings
don't need windows, you can
air-condition them the year
around, so why not build the
houses underground?
Eliminate all the costs of
style and outside architectur-
al appearance, the need for
painting, re-roofing, etc. Just
build them out of concrete,
cover them up with dirt, turn
on the air-conditioning, and
be cool in summer and warm
in winter. Not even any lawn
to mow.
Moreover, we've already got
underground munitions man-
ufacturing plants, airports for
bombers underground, sites
underground to launch guid-
ed missiles, underground gov-
ernment offices for emergen-
cy use, why only last week
they launched some guided
missiles from under water via
submarine.
Now I've been thinking
about this, maybe it is pos-
sible to live underground, to
keep all the grocery stores,
drygoods stores, highways,
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filling stations, churches, and
football fields below ground
level, at considerable initial
expense. I'll admit, but what's
money against survival?
But. it has just occurred to
me that there's one occupa-
tion that can't be put under-
ground, namely, farming.
Concequently, I can foresee
the day when everybody else
is living safely and snugly
underground, while us farm-
ers are up on top exposed to
the hot sun and Russian fall-
cut.
This is a prospect on which
i do not look with favor. Go-
ing to the added expense not
only of keeping a high-priced
Iractor running, but also of
equipping it with radar and a
geiger counter and a lead-lin-
ed radiation-safe cab, plus an
anti-aircraft gun, will be more
that a farmer can stand, re-
gardless of how .much help
both parties are offering him
during the next few months.
Farming is lonely enough
as it is, but the thought of us
being up here on top of the
ground plowing away while
the rest of you are down
there safe and carefree in the
ground, telling Russia and
China to blast away, is high-
ly unpleasant. It is something
which will not only get all
of those inefficient and mar-
ginal farmers off the farms,
but most of the efficient ones
too.
Can't they think of some
other way to run the world?
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route between the food and
their nest.
The most common species
in Texas are the Pharoah,
thief, black, crazy, fire and
Argentine ants. They range
in size from the tiny Pha-
roahs to the much larger fire
ants. They feed on any kind
of food material in the home
including sweets and greasy
foods. The thief ant prefers
greasy foods.
For inside the home appli-
cation, use a two or three per
cent chlordane or a .5 per
cent dieldrin household spray.
Special attention should be
given to drainboards, window
sills, door openings and pan-
try shelves.
For outdoor applications, a
10 per cent chlordane, 2 per
cent dieldrin or 5 per cent
heptachlor dust is recom-
mended. If an emulsion spray
is used, the label directions
should be followed.
Repeated applications of
insecticides may be needed to
give complete control of ants.
By Mrs. R. L. Harris
Sympathy is extended ib
the family of Mrs. Lon Woap
mack of Atlanta, former resi-
dent of Marietta, who died at
her home last week and was
laid to rest in the local cem-
etery.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardife Worn-
mack and son of Houston, who
were here because of the
death of his mother, visited
with her mother, Mrs. Lusta
Elliott, before their return
home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Morgan of Naples to Lub-
bock last week to be at the
bedside of W. M. Harris, who
was a patient at the Metho-
dist Hospital.
Mrs. Berry Frost, Mrs. W.
0. Betts and Lawrence McCoy
were patients recently in the
hospital at Naples.
RALPH DANIELS
Registered Public Surveyor
LAND SURVEYING
Phone 4094 Box 292
LINDEN, TEXAS
Mrs. P. A. Crocker has
been very ill at herYjjjio
here.
A group of friends were
hostesses for a lovely pink
and blue shower last Friday
evening at the home of Mrs.
Irene Smith honoring Mrs.
Kenneth McCord. The table
was laid with a lace cloth
over pink. Pink party punch
and iced cake squares were
served from the beautifully
decorated table which was
centered with a lovely floral
arrangement in pink and
white. Guests were registered
by Mrs. Hugh Stringer. Many
lovely gifts were displayed in
the bedroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harris
and Susan have returned to
their home in Pennsylvania
after a visit here with his j
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. j
Harris.
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