Douglas School NewsStation WDPS

TO OUR CITIZENS:

All children like to write, andthey especially like to write whenan enjoyable experience is giventhem as motivation to write. Ourclasses (all grades) are writing let-ters of thanks to our PTA. Dr. E.A. Ward, Rev. E. T. Graham, Mrs.Blackshear Editor Reeves, FatherCulmer, Mr. H .S Smith and theother members of the school ad-visory committee and members ofother PTA’s who, busy as . theywere, made time to plead our cause,and make known our needs.

Your noble, unselfish, and whole-hearted efforts shall not have beenin vain.

Proving again the versatile tal-ents of our faculty, Mrs. Anna J.Jackson was selected to direct theSnyder County wide DeclamationContest, for the elementry schools.

Our annual Declamation Conteststhe “brain child’’ of Mrs. A. Jack-son, are always big events, andhave earned for her much praise,and many orchids for the way thechildren are trained to speak.

Mrs. Vera B. Austin was select-ed as one of the judges of the DadeCounty Elementary Schools Decla-mation Contest held at B. T. Wash-ington high school on Friday, May13.

'Ere you read this, no doubt, Mrs.Eunice Liberty willbe off and awayfor June courses at Columbia Uni-versity's Teachers College for grad-uate work.

Also riding the choo choo to NewYork is Miss Nellie V. Roberts, whogoes to march in line June 1, at 3:45p.m. for that highly prized papermarked Master of Art. in ChildhoodEducation. Columbia University isAlma Mater to this “hard workingon every project” to which she isassigned. Congrats, Miss Roberts.

In the field of music, Miss Char-lotte Ellison; “holds her awn,” andshe will appear in a recital Sunday

afternoon, May 29 at 4 o’clock atthe Mt. Zion Baptist church.

This Recital is a presentation ofmusic students in classes of Mr.

Linton Berrien, and is a “must onyour list.”

Miss Caretha Bawl will also be inthat line of march June 1 at 3:45p.m. in New York City, ColumbiaUniversity’s coveted Master of Artsdegree will be honor.

The Student Council of Douglaswishes to thank the members ofBTWH Student Council, Miss Enid jCurtiss, president, for checking andcounting votes during the election.

Signed,Bobby Dwight, Pres.

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Songs And DancesSongs and Dances The World

Around” (which were highlighted onMay 6, 1949 at Dorsey Park) mark-ed the second annual presentationof the Dade County Elementary

Music Festival. This highly cultur-al program of enrichment formerlyplanned and launched last yearthrough the efforts of our Music In-structors: Miss Josie Roberts, Mrs.Sadie Johnson, Mr. Leo Jenkins,Mrs. J. Yvonne Eubanks, Mrs. Pau-line Dunn, Mrs. Mabel Thompsonand Mr. Linton Berrien.

“Music Week” reached a lofty cli-max peak with our youngstersdancing and singing beautifully atthe Music Festival representingeach Elementary School. Songs anddances showed off to advantage un-limited talent one never dreamedlay dormant within our boys andgirls.

The Music Festival each year willbecome even better. Pupils, underexpert guidance of their Music In-structors and Physical EducationInstructors, promise in the futurethe very best performances thatthey can offer to the lovers ofmusic in our community. The term“Contestants” will become non-ex-istent, simply because, everyonewill be bent on giving on-lookers anEARFUL of music, and an EYEFULof rhythmic motion as they havenever seen or heard before!!

We are all Elementary SchoolCounty-wide moving forward tomore colorful, spectacular, EYE •

EAR • APPEALING Dade CountyElementary Music Festivals as eachannual “Music Week” rolls around!

giving joy to others. Miss Pace andher class of second graders spentWednesday, May 25, at Virginia

Beach.Picnic baskets, balls, ropes and

games, provided for these littlefolks much fun an happiness, be-cause some were visiting the beachfor the first time.

Miss Pace also wishes to thankthe teachers and students of Doug-las for kind thoughts and remem-brances, in the form of cards, tele-grams, letters and a floral piecesent to Prentiss, Miss.

The Library visit proved helpful.Mrs. Sandford’s story-telling tech-nique is worth hearing. The classesenjoyed the visit.

E. B. Allen, reporter

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lege choose each year a "Miss PeachBlossom.” This year the honor goes

to Miss Estella Lucas, a freshman

AnnouncementThe Junior Red Cross of Dade

County will hold a tea and musicalprogram as their final Council meet-ing on June 2, in t he patio of theBooker T. Washington High School.This is in honor of Principals, andJunior Red Cross Teacher-Sponsorsof all the Negro schools of DadeCounty. Mrs. Marian Henry of thePhyllis Wheatley School is GeneralChairman, assisted by Miss Wiler-ine Bawl of Douglas, Mrs. GlendinaEdwards of Liberty City Elemen-tary, Mrs. Joycelyn Burroughs,Phyllis Wheatley School, and MissConstance Simmons of Booker T.Washington, and Junior memberswho will assist. Talented Juniorsfrom each school will present a pro-gram. Leading educators and civicworkers of the community havealso been invited.

student from Macon, Ga. Miss Lu-cas is a graduate of Hudson Highschool and is very popular amongher school mates. ANP.

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Dorsey High SchoolCalendar of Events

May 29 OPEN HOUSE 4:00p.m., Dorsey High School.

June 4 FACULTY PICNIC9:00 a.m., Virginia Beach.

June 10 CLASS NIGHT 8:15

p.m., Liberty City Cafetorium.

June 12 . BACCALAUREATE3:00 p.m., Mt. T.abor Baptist church.

June 14 Senior FELLOWSHIPDAY 2:00 p.m., Booker T. Wash-ington.

June 15 COMMENCEMENT8:15 p.m.. Liberty City Cafetorium.

SENIOR PLAY A SUCCESS

“What Happened to Uncle,” the

three-act play presented by the

seniors on Monday night, May 23,

was really a scream. So constantwas the flow of people to the spa-

cious cafetorium, that when the

background of classical musicstopped, the packed house was theincentive for the cast to perform a

successful play. The cast included:Homer Everett, as the lost uncle;

Colette Seymour, his fiancee; Jo AnnGreen, Miss Seymour’s mother; Ja-

cob Rahming, a lawyer; Ivan Hop-

kins, the college nephew; HelenMartin, the nephew’s bride; ErmaWilliams, The housekeeper; ThelmaDonalson, the flattering “GunMoll”; Norman Johnson, a gang-

ster; and Harold Humes, the police-man.

Among the guests were: Mrs.Grace D. Johnson, secretary to Mr.B. M. Hindman, and Miss SophiaDerbyshire, head of the dramtic de-partment at Edison High School.Miss Derbyshire had with her sev-

eral of her students.

We must definitely give recogni-tion here to the following instruc-tors who worked so diligently withthe cast: Mrs. Mercedes Thomas,

Mrs. Anette McNeal, Mrs. EstelleJones, Mr. Caleb Crosby and Mr.James Cherry.

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