Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 156, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 2, 1950 Page: 12 of 30
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WIDE-AWAKE NAPPERS show how they spend part of every day at the Nursery School.
Each child has his individual cot and daily naps or rest periods are part of the balanced pro-
gram designed to meet the needs of pre-school children enrolled in the Nursery. Despite their
wide-awake attitude in this picture, they do sleep—sometimes.
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Depression, Inflation
State Charter
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ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION is a three-times-a-day matter at the Sweetwater Nursery. In
mid-morning, children are given fruit juice and codliver oil. At noon, there is a balanced meal,
and there is a mid-afternoon snack later in the day. The cabinet lias bright designs but walls
have cracking plaster. The good manners displ ayed by the children might put many older peo-
ple to shame.
Battle Of Korea
Movie Al Texas
. Theater July 4-5
A 12-minute short subject, en-
titled the “Battle For Korea,"
will be shown at the Texas The-
ater Tuesday and Wednesday,
July 4-5, according to Bill Har-
rison, assistant manager of R. &
R. theaters here.
Harrison said that according
to an advance report, the Korea
short "is the real thing” rela-
tive to the war situation in that
j country.
PHONE CALLS DIME
NEW YORK (UP) A coin-
box telephone call will cost a
dime in New York starting Jan.
1, 1951.
The Public Service Commis-
sion granted the New York
Telephone Co. the right to
double the cost of local pay-
phone calls along with other
rate increases
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Lang Ay rock Memorial Nursery
We Are Proud Of
Lang Aycock Memorial Nursery
We join with others of the Sweetwater
community in expressing appreciation for the
fine work that has been done and is now being
done by the I-ang Aycock Memorial Nursery.
This institution is worthy of the efforts
of those who have made it possible and we
are glad to have had a small part in the erec-
tion of this fine edifice.
Attend the Dedication and Open House
Sunday, July 2—4:00 P. M.
Bullock Electric Co.
Electrical Contractors
309 Oak
Dial 2551
War almost literaUy knocked
the wheels out from under the
Sweetwater Nursery School and
public needs sometimes forced
evacuation of rooms, but with
the exception of one period of
about seven weeks, the nursery
has operated smoothly since its
establishment in 1938.
It has gone through three
stages. At first it operated as a
WPA project, then as a program
supported by city-county funds
supplemented by contributions,
and now as a chartered non-
profit, charitable organization.
Started In March
According to the March 17,
1938, issue of the Sweetwater Re-
porter, enrollment was held on
that day and the school actually
opened Monday, March 21, 1938,
with approximately 32 children
enrolled.
About 40 children whose par-
ents were on the Nolan County
relief rolls were eligible for the
school.
The school was a WPA project
and the government paid the
salaries of workers but estab-
lishment of the nursery was ac-
complished principally through
the work of the Business and
Professional Women’s Club,
civic organizations, study clubs,
and the local parent-teacher as-
sociations.
First Staff
The opening staff had received
special training under Miss
Clancy Baldridge, district nurs-
ery school supervisor. The first
staff was composed of Mrs. 1. R.
Wallis, business manager; Mrs.
Hattie Boozer and Mrs. Mary
Whisenant, instructors; Mrs. Lee
Holland, cook; and Inocnia Men-
esca, housekeeper. Also assisting
w§re Helen Bulkley and Elena
Alcala of the National Youth Ad-
ministration.
The school originally had five
rooms in the old high school
building. Thanks to the firemen,
it also had 44 small chairs, 41
bunks, and 12 tables. The Pub-
lic Works Administration sew-
ing room supplied patchwork
quilts, small mattresses, and
other bed furnishings.
While the school was under
the WPA, all children enrolled
dressed alike and the PWA sew-
ing room made the coveralls
worn during the day.
Parents Skeptical
Perhaps as a result of the
general unrest and insecurity of
the 30’s, parents were at first
skeptical about sending their
children to the nursery which
had been established for under-
privileged hoys and girls.
A worker from the nursery
visited in the homes and par-
ents were invited to visit the
school. These visits helped work-
ers understand the children bet-
ter and helped dispel the distrust
many of the parents had. No tu-
ition was charged at first hut 10
cents a week was accessed for
transportation.
Problems Of War
War created some special prob-
lems for the nursery. Tire and
gas rationing made it difficult
to find anyone willing to take
the children to and from the
school.
The situation got so bad at
one time that an arrangement
was made with a local taxi com-
pany and children rode to the
nursery in style for a whole
week before someone was found
to provide transportation.
School Closes
WPA funds ceased March ti,
1943. The school closed (for the
only time in its history) until
April 19, 1943, when it reopened
as a community project main
tained completely by city-county
funds and contributions from
clubs and individuals.
At its reopening, hours were
changed from 8 to 3 to 8 to 5 to
fit tlie needs of children whose
mothers worked until 5 o’clock.
No longer restricted to the un-
derprivileged, the school was
open to pre-school children
whose parents were in the low-
er income bracket, those with
employed mothers, and those
with fathers in either defense or
military service.
Schools Help
Public schools continued«to let
the nursery use the rooms in the
old high school building rent
free and to pay utilities. In ad-
dition, they shared government
surplus goods and gave vege-
tables from tlie victory garden
planted north of the Mustang
Bowl in 1943,
Mrs. Holland, who had been
with the nursery since it open-
ed. most of the time as super-
visor, resigned June 14, 1949. She
was succeeded by Mrs. Bethal
Stevens. In October, 1946, Mrs.
L. O. Justice was named super-
visor. Mrs. Storey Bonner re-
placed Mrs. Justice when she
moved to Odessa in November,
1946.
New Emergency
At the war’s end, expenses be-
gan to mount as more children
enrolled and tuition fell further
and further below costs.
To meet this new emergency,
in February, 1947, the hoard
voted to ask monthly donations
from service clubs and raised
the fee.
Also in 1947 the board inves-
tigated buildings at Avenger
Field to see if any might lie re-
converted into a home for the
nursery. The search proved
fruitless and the committee re-
ported that no available build-
ing at the field was suitable.
Mrs. Lang Aycock was elected
to the nursery board in January,
1948, and on March 11, 1948, she
announced her gift of a lot at the
corner of Fourth and Pine and
the building on that property.
The lot was to be the site of the
nursery school as a memorial to
her husband. The building was
to be sold and the money added
to the nursery fund. She later an-
nounced that she would assume
responsibility for meeting eon-
stcuction costs.
Gifts were accepted through
the Book of Remembrance
which the Business and Profes-
sional Women started. Instead
of flowers, people made me-
morial gifts to the nursery and
this was recorded in a book to
be kept in the new building.
Merchants co-operated by sell-
ing furnishings at cost. Other
people helped in various ways—
with cash donations and work.
The VFW donated a flag pole
and flag, the B & PW donated a
record player, and the Lions
Club donated playground equip-
ment.
State Charter
Application was made for a
state charter which was granted
in September, 1948. Under this
charter, the nursery school was
officially recognized as a non-
pro f i t charitable institution,
authorized to accept gifts and
endowments.
Glenn Russell. Mrs. B. M. Neli-
lett, and Mrs. Juanita Hodges
are trustees.
Directors are Mr. Russell,
chairman; Carlos Morris, vice-
chairman; Mrs. B. M. Neblett,
treasurer: Mrs. Philip Yonge, sec-
retary; C. B. Whorton, Mrs. Ay-
cock, A. A. Bradford, A. C. For-
gay, and Mrs, Juanita Hodges.
Directors
The board of directors also in-
cludes the county judge, county
health doctor, one city commis-
sioner, the county commissioner
from precinct two, the city man-
ager, the county welfare direc-
tor, and child welfare worker.
In addition there will he a
board of honorary members con-
sisting of a representative of all
recognized organizations,
churches, and lodges. Honorary
members will act in an advisory
capacity.
The present nursery staff is
made up of Mis. Bonner, Mrs. J.
B. Floyd, Mrs. Mollie Bullock,
and Mrs. Hattie Gillilan.
The school has continued in
its old location during construc-
tion of the new building, but will
open at the new site as soon as
the fence is completed.
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THE OLD HOME of the Sweetwater Nursery S chool was in the old high school building. Orig-
inally, five rooms were devoted to the nurser y but expansion of shop classes reduced avail-
able space. Heavy rains sometimes forced ev acuation of one of the rooms. There iti been
no suitable facilities for indoor play when w eather was too bad for children to go outdoors.
Lions Donate
Playground
Equipment
Playtime during favorable
weather for children of the Lang
Aycock Memorial Nursery will
mean full use of tlie new play-
ground equipment furnished by
the Lions Club and set up in tlie
large background of tlie new
school.
The new equipment includes
a slide, special swings with
chair-type seats and safety catch-
es, two sandboxes, and two
lawn chairs.
The gift was handled as an ac-
tivity of the Boys and Girls Com-
mittee of the Lions Club with
John Brookshire as chairman.
The committee was assisted by
A. C. Forgay and firemen in
setting up the equipment.
This is only one of die com-
mittee's projects. Among its
other activities, it has been
working on a model airplane
flying field, lias helped finance
a Lungwort h girl at a homemak-
ing school at A and M, and
assisted in Youth Canteen and
grade school athletic programs.
It is only one of 22 committees.
Biggest project of the Lions Club
is work with the* blind and furn-
ishing glasses for children un-
able to buy them. For this work,
the local Lions spend between
$800 anil $1.000 annually.
Leukemia Drug Is
Failure On Test
MeALLEN, July 1 (UP) —
Scientists took another setback
today in their all-out fight
against leukemia, the crippling
disease for which there is no
“sure cure.”
Tlie first human to use a new
drug which technicians hoped
would cure leukemia died yes-
terday. He was Gary Hyche, a
two-year-old McAllen boy.
Gary became ill on June 1 with
fever. Blue spots soon dotted
his body. He was taken to a
Harlingen hospital for a series of
tests and blood samples were
flown to a New Orleans hospital.
After receiving a number of
transfusions, the child was
brought to McAllen.
HIGH-FLYING BALLOON
PHOENIX, Ariz., (UP)— A
high-flying, brightly-colored ob-
ject, possibly a balloon, left a
swath of excitement in its wake
as it drifted leisurely over cen-
tral Arizona.
At the same time, a similar
red and green object more posi-
tively identified as a balloon was
observed yesterday by hundreds
of persons in the Denver area.
Lang Aycock Memorial Nursery
We Add Our Compliments
To Tlie
Lang Aycock Memorial Nursery
Tlie work that has been done and is now being done by offi-
cers and staff members of the I-ang Aycock Nursery should
be highly praised and we are glad to express our sincere
wishes for continued success. This is a work well worth
all the efforts put forth and we are happy to have had a
part in the construction of the fine new building. We know
much future good work will he done by this fine institu-
tion.
Attend the Dedication and Open House Sunday, July 2—4:00 P.M.
ITTMAN
Largest Stock of
Carpets and
Floor Coverings
In West Texas
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TRAGEDY MARS RE-UNION
ADD1CKS, July 1, (UP) —
A family reunion was halted by
tragedy near here laRt night , j ,y
when cars traveling in c|pp-
site directions collided, kixtng
two persons and seriously in
juring two others.
Jesse Robert Franklin, 44,
San Antonio, and Elbert U.
Hawkins, 37, Baytown, died in
the wreck at a bridge across
Addicks dam.
At the time of the tragedy,
Mrs. Sallie Franklin 69, Bay-
town, was being brought to
Houston from San Antonio Jor
a July 4 reunion with het(j 11
children. She was injured.
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POLIO STUDIED
AUSTIN, July 1, (UP) —
Studies of the 824 polio cases
reported this year in Texas
show that the disease is hitting
children hetween the ages of
5 and 9, the State Health De-
partment. said today.
The Department announced
that studies indicate "that more
males are affected than *"'e-
males and there have been
more cases reported in the age
group of 5 to 9 years.”
A total of 107 eases were re-
ported last week. Thus far this
year, polio has been reported
in 116 counties.
While playing in the streets
760 children were killed and 50,-
.610 were injured last year in
the United States.
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