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Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • Page 5

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education Today Teachers Find Newspapers Can Be Used As Textbook Missionary Gives Message To The MountvilleUM MOUNTVILLE, June 24 Mrs. Shirley Daub, vocal solo, I Mrs. Carl Butler a former mis- with Mrs. Mildred Bragg, ac- sionary to India gave the Fath- companist, along with the boy's 3 DTary tm ss a inJ the Mount and girl's fellowship choir. In Church cnarge ot the gjfts to thfi fa By LARRY MARGASAK I SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.

(AP) Twenty three Central Pennsylvania teachers are learning the way to a relevant education for their students may be through daily newspapers. The teachers are enrolled in a graduate course at Shippensburg State College entitled, "The Newspaper in the Classroom." They are learning to use the newspaper as a "living textbook." "The purpose is to get schools to use the newspaper in the classroom on a day-to-day basis, because it provides a relevancy to real life," said course instructor IV'ark Lipper. "With the current knowledge explosion, textbooks are often outdated when they come off the press. Kids often look at a textbook as a strange thing. Many of them, especially poor kids, don't have books at home.

But a newspaper is still cheap enough to get into homes." "A newspaper Is revised every day and is a lot cheaper than sophisticated equipment." Lipper, who formerly taught a similar course at Southern Illinois University, said past ex perience showed that use of newspapers motivated students better than a formal textbook "A study was made in Cham bersburg on how newspapers motivated fourth grade, students," Lipper said. "Some students became so motivated they going home and embarras sing their parents with their knowledge. In some cases the parents started reading news papers." Lipper said the newspaper; could be especially useful for students in poverty districts where a major cially among black students was the lack of relevancy. ville United Methodist Sunday morning. A newspaper, he said, through an in depth study, could bring he life of the ghetto right into he classroom something a textbook would probably not do.

"The newspaper can be used in teaching several different subjects, but most of the students in the class are English and social studies teachers," Dipper said. Most of the teachers have not yet used newspapers in their classrooms on a regular basis, but one said she asked each student in her 7th grade class to bring in three articles on drug abiKp dUUOGi "Most of them brought in seven or eight," she said. The course is sponsored in conjunction with three newspapers, the Chambersburg Public Opinion, the Waynesboro Record-Herald and the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Mrs. Butler and her husband, pastors in a non-denominational church in Harrisburg, are house parents to 20 mentally retarded children.

The Cross and Crown Sunday School class was in charge of the program. Mrs. Howard Fittery, led the service. Mrs. Joseph Speck was in charge of the devotions.

Mrs. Eugene Kunkle read the Sunday School lesson. Special music was given by who gave a camat niere to every fathei Special gifts wer Mason Koms, Edwii and Milford Hauer. ushers were Mrs. Jo Mrs.

Ellen Moyer, Weikel and Mrs. Weierbach. Bible Scho The daily vacati school closed after session with a prog church Sunday eveni thers was Mrs. Alvin Miller bouton- given to Etzweiler, Serving as Warren on Bible a two week The school was directed by Mrs. Howard Fittery.

Mrs. Eugene Kunkle served as pianist and Mrs. Milford Hauer as song leader. The theme this year was, "God Cares Today." The scripture lesson was read by Brenda Doster. The prayer was given by the pastor, the Rev.

Chester Hartman. The presentation by the nursery class was entitled, "God Loves Me." The teacher was Mrs. Luke Hitz and the helpers were Mrs. Edwin Dechert, Mrs. Herbert Sattazahn and Mrs.

Jack Osewalt. The beginners presented "God helps in time of trouble" with Miss Marion Meily as teacher Lebanon, Wednesday, June 24, 1970 Page 5 Helpers were Susan Weikel and Flora Yiengst. The primary theme "The class Lord used Is the My Shepherd." The teacher, Mrs. Warren Weirbach with helpers, Mrs. Joan Garman and Vickie Weirbach.

The juniors led by Mrs. Eugene Kunkle presented, "The Bible Guide for our lives." The helpers were, Mrs. William Swisher and Kerry Fittery. The youth class, led by Miss Geraldine Meily presented, "I looked for The helper Mrs. Ernest Meily.

STATUE PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) There is a man atop Rhode Island's State independent man." The 14-foot man originally was to have been Roger Williams, founder of Providence, but the architect vetoed the idea on the grounds that no one knew what he had looked like. But they did Williams stood for independence. Galveston, located on a Gulf Coast island, was founded by a Canadian, Col. Michael B.

Menard, on Dec. 9, 1836. ELECTRIC HAIfFR iONTRACTINIC- EUURIt ISL 23 S. 6th St. SERVICE Zeller Family Picnic Held In UCC Church MYERSTOWN, June 24 The 50th annual reunion of the Zellers family was held Sunday in the social hall of the Tulpe hocken United Church of Christ Some 100 persons attended the covered dish luncheon and me morlal service conducted by the Rev.

Earl Zellers, Annville. The address for the service was delivered by the Rev. J. Backenstose. The officers for the reunion were Brock Zeller, president; Edgar Zeller, Samuel Nelson, Mrs.

Walter Zeller, Alfred Zeller, vice presidents; secre. tary, Mrs. George Oxenreider; corresponding secretary, Mabel Zeller Lutz; treasurer, Grace Gingrich and historian, Thomas Zeller. Games and contests were conducted by Mrs. John Bausman.

The entertainment committee consisted of Mrs. Alfred Zeller, Mrs. Helen Dornbach, Mrs. Donald Mrs. Elkin Faust and Mrs.

Annie Babb. Prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ehrenfried of Manheim, Germany, Deborah K. Zeller, Lisa Frantz, Raymond Zeller, Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Yarnell, and Rev. and Mrs. Earl Zeller. The gate prize was given to Mrs.

Edgar Zeller. BUSY BEES LEXINGTON, Ky. '(P) At least 50 cultivated farm crops require the services of the tiny honeybee, University of Kentuc ky 'horticulturists say. One bee, say the horticulturists, can pollinate hundreds of flowers a day, and can "airlift a payload almost as heavy as its body weight" in pollen. Created for today's living and for tomorrow's heirloom treasures the Danekeri take pride in offering a most complete line of grandfather, grand.

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