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McCORMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 26, 1945 INSURANCE • i Fire Inntrence And AD Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding life Insurance. HUGH a BROWN, MeCORMICK. S. C MALARIA CHECKED IN 7 DATS WITH LIQUID for MALARIAL SYMPTOMS Take only as directed JckiACJiah Dr. James E. Bell, Jr., Lieutenant (j.g.),.Naval Reserves, has return ed to Roper Hospital, Charleston, S. C., after spending his vacation here with his parents, Postmaster and Mrs. J. fe. Bell. Mrs. Elmer Creighton has re turned home, after attending a Nutrition Workshop at Winthrop College. Hon. and Mrs. Thomas M. Boul- ware of Allendale were week end visitors in the home of Mrs. Boul- ware’s sister, Mrs. S. L. Britt, and >"'JM 11 Mr. Britt, of the Buffalo commu nity. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Kirk of An niston, Ala., spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tyra Walker. Mrs. David Robinson is in New York for about ten days, buying Fall and Winter merchandise for the H. Drucker store here. Mrs. L. H. Edmunds of Port Royal is visiting friends and rel atives here - this week. Mrs. J. B. Britt and sons, Mas ters Joe and Edward Britt, of Greenwood, spent the week end here with her daughter, Mrs. Wel- bourne Schumpert. Buy Your Furniture From J. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. * * Misses Edith Fleming and Erline Odom of Anderson spent Sunday with the former’s parents. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walker during the past week end were: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walker, Jr., and son. Master Buddy Walker, from Ridgeland, and Mrs. W. W. Walker and fam ily from Anderson. Hodges-Torchia Mr. and Mrs. Frapk Hodges of Bordeaux, S. C., Announce the marriage of their daughter, Irene Nellie, to Patrick Samuel Torchia of Utica, New York, and Charles ton, S. C., on June 23, 1945. Mrs. Torchia is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hodges and is a graduate of De la Howe State school. For the past year she has been employed, as drill press operator in Charleston Navy Yard. Mr. Torchia is the son of Mrs. Camilla Toiuhia of Utica, New York, and is stationed with the Naval Shore Patrol of Charleston, S. C. The couple will reside at pres ent at 131 King St., Charleston, S. C. -X- Mr. Edwin Parker of the Bell- vue community was a visitor here Friday. Miss Byrd Walker from Greens boro, N. C., has been visiting in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walker, for the past two weeks. Miss Virginia Minor and Miss Lura Williams of Greenwood vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Allen Owins in Augusta, Ga., over the week end. Mrs. Owins is a sister of Miss Wil liams. tmthood BY . / £ [MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS Atiociate Editor, Poronto’ Mogozino > I- TEACHER'S CONTRIBUTION TO CHILD'S GROWTH i 1 A O NE generation of teaching in| which every teacher was a gifted one and loved his or her job j could, in our opinion, produce an enlightened people capable of re-| ducing the world’s woes to a few pinpricks. (We leave in the pin pricks for we don’t look forward to a time, for instance, when hus-| bands will like their wives’ hats.) In terms of honors, degrees and scholarship. We need these ambitious educators, too, bat it is the grade and high school teacher who finds happiness Rnd satisfaction in guiding your child from one stage of learn ing to the next that we are writing about. It used to be that teachers could .Misses Margaret and Irene Chiles of Greenwood are visiting Mrs. C. A. Gilbert here this week. Miss Rose Lang of Augusta, Ga., spent Saturday night and Sunday i here with hfer sister, Mrs. Wel- bourne Schumpert. V' ■’ Remember — You Always Save At... 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Nowaday£- They don t begin to be sufficiently teachers realize their respon^ibilit? grateft 11 to good teachers, and to the child’s whole development they do little but grumble to each during the year he spend S P with other when evidence points to an them. Has he acquired new inter- incompetent teacher on the school’s ests from his school work has he staff. This observation on the lack learned to give a little more of him- of parental interest in the school self to the success of the school personnel is borne out by a study has he dropped enough of the conducted at the University of baby ways he brought with him f* Pittsburgh. A survey was made her class to show growth in self- among parents to discover what reliance? All these and manv school news published in the news- more questions the conscientious papers most caught their atten- teacher asks herself about you? ut S f ? Un ?-, t i lat n< : W . S about ch Ud. as well as keeping tab on hU the health of children interested progress in reading, arithmeUc ' them most. Then came “value of and other studies education,” “methods of instruc- The least parents can rfn tion.” “courses of study,” and “be- ask themselves the same question havior and discipline.” According about their children during and ' to the study, as reported by the at the end of each school ylar. If bureau of educational research of they can be answered in the Ohio State university, parents are affirmative, if your child is haonier least concerned with news about and better adjusted because of the ' school building programs, extra- understanding help his teacher has curricular activities, and athletics, given him, why don’t you write her To these might be added, on the a note to thank her? Now is the * basis of what the report doesn’t time to do it, while the teacher il mention, indifference to what teach- discouraged by fatigue and the in- ers are paid, whether or not they evitable failures among her pupils are overworked and their stand- Your appreciation of her efforts wiU ing as citizens of the community, help a lot to revitalize her inter- • When you consider that a est in planning for next year’s work. t * • The fact that extra-curricular I activities ranked so low in the sur vey of parents’ school interests may be accounted for by annoy ance with the time they take for practice, or the extra dollar for ! dues. good teacher counts her suc cess by what others achieve, you realize the basic selfless ness of the teaching profession. 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