The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise and Press, 1927-05-26

| Thursday Night !Fairy Drill 12 little girls Eaivy Drill = .- - 12ditt]le girls . Grandma Drill_________B little girls | "Safety first'" given by members of l 7th and Bth grade. : i List of Characters | Mary Ann Ofinnerty, Curtis Rob Rob{itzsch, - {itzsch, Rob{itzsch, Mrs. Mabel Montgomery, Theo Theo! - ! Theo! la Dorminey, Virginia Bridger, Hazel ' Robitzsch, Luelika, Eddie Sue Snel Snelgrove, - grove, Snelgrove, Mrs. Barington, Ida Millican Jack Montgomery, H. J. Pickard, Jer Jerry - ry Jerry Arnold, Jimmie Peterson, Elmer Flannel Jimmie Pickard. McNutt Irish Policeman, . Leo Ball Alou Ben Moc¢ha Ted Dorminey l Friday | | 11:30 A. M. | Friday's program consisted of a number of recitations, drills, songs. and a short but an able address by Mr. Pittman, Secy. of Chamber of } Commerce of Fitzgerald. Dinner Friday Night 8:15 P. M. '""Path Across the Hill"' was present presented - ed presented by members of the Bth and 9th grade, following is a list of characters Ruth Conrad.____Ora Lee Snelgtove] Flo Ruth's city Cousin_Jewell Bishop Grandma Davis ____Sarah Millican' Lutie - e-_Edna Maddox Zuzu (cook) _Mable Bishopl Grandpa Hanes Dormineyi Walter Conrad ._Drew Barden | Dr. Jimmie Reed J. M. Hutchinson ! Mr. Robert Past___W.H. Robitzch Jr. Salamander Alexander John Henry Jones_____________Lester Seagraves Doll Shop by several small boys and girls. Pantomine__by several of the sth and 6th grade girls. Following this was held the gradua graduation - tion graduation exercises of the 7th, Bth and 9th grade. Certificates were awarded to 18 boys and girls, Supt. J. H. Bullard delivering the address, Mr. R. R. Dorminey and W. H. Robitzsch, Sr., members of board of education to together - gether together with Hon. W. R. Walker, Chairman board of truseess, Mr. B. H. Dorminey, Secy.-Treas. and Mr. Swanson, together with faculty of the school taking part in the exercises. This ended a successful year. i

Road of Rememberance Ceremonies in dedication of the Road of Rememberance were held at the completion portion of this road on the Dixie Highway, just beyond Seven Bridges, at 5 o'clock Tuesday after afternoon. - noon. afternoon. A holiday was declared by Walace Miller Mayor between the ghours of 4 and 6 o'clock in honor of the dedica dedication - tion dedication which will be in charge of the Dixie Highway Auxiliary. The mayor issued a proclamation to that effect as follows: "WHEREAS, to Carl Fisher, of In Indianapolis - dianapolis Indianapolis in the year 1915 came the idea of the Dixie Highway, conceiv conceived - ed conceived in a spirit of promoting good will between the North and the South; AND WHEREAS, after the conclu conclusioh - sioh conclusioh of the World War, Mr. Fisher's or/ ¥nal plan was enlarged upon by tk.. women of the Dixie Highway auxiliary in a decision to make of the Dixie Highway a Road of Remem Rememberance - berance Rememberance cr memorial to the boys who, for the sake of preservation of liber liberty - ty liberty on earth, had given all and asked nothing in return; | "AND WHEREAS, a section of this' road of Rememberance - a link ex extending - tending extending south one mile from where the old Macon and Birimingham rail railroad - road railroad crosses the Dixie Hig'hwa.y - has} been beautified by the planting of

Librarian Urges Children to Join and Parents to Encourage them to Complete Course For the third year the local library is offering to children of the grade schools a summer Reading Course. It has proved quite popular with a num number - ber number of the children during the past two years and it is to be hoped even more young people will find pleasure as well as profit by taking the course this year. The librarian has carefully explain explained - ed explained the plan to the teachers and to the parents at the P. T. A. meetings but she will be glad to explain to any par parent - ent parent or child who does not understand. For the past two years, a great number of young people have joined but not quite fifty per cent have fin finished - ished finished the course. There is always some thing gained by finishing every task that is begun and the librarian will be most appreciative if parents will co-operate in teaching their child children - ren children the old proverb-"If a task is once begun, never leave it 'til it is done"'. The books for each grade have been carefully selected-with the idea of giving pleasure and at the same time give to the young people some things that will be helpful in adding to their store of information and help helpful - ful helpful them in building character.

"We Us & Co. | At this juncture, the ambasador re-! marked: '"When Lindbergh says| 'we' he means the ship and himself". All the way thfough. except when | asked for a personal opinion of some-' thing the flyer used the first person! plural in describing the voyage. i "After we got away from continued the aviator, "we ran into fog, then rain, then hail. Some Sometimes - times Sometimes we flew not more than 10 feet above the water, and the highest was 10,000 feet. We went up that high to| try to get above the storm, but the average altitude for th ewhole second 1000 miles of the flight was less than 100 feet. : "If we had known that the weather would be as bad over that part of the ocean as it turned out to be, we would not have started, but once we got into it, there was not any use in turning back; there wasn't anything to do but keep going. Happy At Dawn "We were mighty happy to see the dawn which we ran into about 2 o'clock New York time. In the after afternoon, - noon, afternoon, we picked up'lreland. From the maps we had and from what I read at home I knew that England was a sort of hilly rolling country, France pretty flat and Ireland inclin inclined - ed inclined to be mountainous. So when I saw pretty high ranges off in front, I knew it was Ireland. I - ."

The Closing of the Ashton Consoli Consolidated - dated Consolidated School on the 19th and 20th,l was witnessed by more than a thous-' and people on each night. The inter interest - est interest in this school has grown until it is almost necessary to enlarge the{ Building. The closing exercises are held on the front entrance and view viewed - ed viewed by the audience from the outside in the open space. Automobiles were used in many instances to seat the people and many were forced to stand during the exercises. The term just closed included eight month. The County Board of Edu Education - cation Education financed six months the Board of Trustees financed two months from the special tax on the district for' that purpose." The teachers who ren rendered - dered rendered service in this school this year' and who were responsible for the' great success were: Professor D. J. McMillan, principal; Mrs. Lena Walk Walker, - er, Walker, Miss Juda McClellan, Miss Eula Mae Paulk, and Miss Pauline Steph Stephens. - ens. Stephens. The patrons wishes again, here to express their many thanks to each of them for the manner and the ef efforts - forts efforts put forth in behalf of their children, The program was carried out with a hitch and was as follows:

Celebrateing Along entire Route Another step in the progress of good roads commemeorated on Tues Tuesday - day Tuesday and Wednesday of this week by the celebration of the opening of the continuous paved road from Perry to Marietta. With the completion of this section of the Dixie Highway - l 49 miles long - a good road connects the northern and southern boundaries of Georgia. An elaborate two-day program cele celebrate - brate celebrate the opening. Macon played a leading role in the entertainment of the members of the motorcade. A dance sponsored by the Macon Cham Chamber - ber Chamber of Commerce and the Dixie High Highway - way Highway auxiliary was given at the hotel Lanier, at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday night. The official dedication of the new pavement held from 1 to 3 P. M. Wednesday, at the Spalding-Henry county line. Here a bronze tablet was unveiled and speeches made. This was the meeting place of the two motorcades which started from the north and south ends of the pavement. National interest is being shown in the opening for the importance of this additional hardsurfaced section to the Dixie Highway is realized. Prac Practically - tically Practically all the civie organizations of the state sponsored the motorcade.

"It is Sir Alan Cobham", several said, and made a path for him to ap approach - proach approach Lindbergh, who grasped the Briton's hand and said. "I am migh mighty - ty mighty glad to meet you sir. I have heard a great deal about you.. We - I - Idid did Idid it all by dead reckoning. We didn't carry any astromomical instru instruments, - ments, instruments, and I don't know how to use a sextant". ~ "What points did you fly over in lcrossing' from Ireland to France?", 1 some one asked. ' "Hand me the map; I'll tell youn", Lindbergh replied. In answer to another question he said he did not feel either hungry or sleepy during the flight, and as to his meadls, 'I ate about a sandwich 'an da half and drank a half glass of water. I kept the windows open all the way. But, you see, our ship, the way she is built, you are protected from straight winds, and so we didn't have that discomfort." "How did you fly from Cherbourg 'on to Paris". "Oh just came on in a straight line, picked up the beams of the searchlights all right and saw the Seine. Then I got a look at Eiffel tower all light up. I knew that was Paris, and I had been told at home that Le Bourget was 14 kilometers northeast of Paris.

STORY OF FLIGHT 'Sir Alan Cobham, Great British Air-i ' man, Adds Congratulations, Hears l Thrilling Story l ' PARIS, May 22. - Captain (',harles" A. Lindbergh today told the story of his flight from New York to Parisl to a group of newspapermen in thei embassy, and when he had finished every one was firm in the belief that' he was a real flying genius. | "Being newspapermen", he bugan,' I suppose you gentlemen are inter interested - ested interested first in knowing what was thei most dangerous thing about our flight. The most dangerous thing of all was that landing at Le Bourget, bringing that ship down on a field with all that erowd runnign. I had more fear at that moment for the welfare of our plane, than at any other time in the whole flight. "The first part of the flight was better and easier than any of us ex expected. - pected. expected. The field in New York was muddy, which made the take-off a lit little - tle little long, but we got away all right. "All the way up the American coast to Newfoundland, we had uncommon uncommonly - ly uncommonly good weather - llots better than we? expected. But for the next 1,000 miles it couldn't have been much worse for us." |