Pickens County Progress du lieu suivant : Jasper, Georgia • 2

OLD MAN WBTO No cikodir li needed is tell us that Winter 1 Just round the corner. Ac the cun swings lower towerd the ihorteet day of the jeer and Winter makes He entrance on December thought will turn to activities of the new aeaaon winter sport, Christmas Holiday and finally a New Year. While many people like the placid continuity of eternal summer and follow the sun as it moves south, others find stimulation in the changing seasons. Like the land itaelf, most men are renewed by change. Nature in her wisdom has arranged for the changing seasons because with change there is growth.

Unless there was Winter, there could be no Spring, no renewal. Thus, Winter is as essential to man as to all other life. It prepares the earth for next year's growth. So lets settle in and enjoy the company of Old Man INR Ball Ground merchants have organised a Merchants Association. The aims of the association are to, of course, promote trade 1" Ball Ground but they are also functioning somewhat a Chamber of Commerce for the city.

The association has some ambitious plans for the town. One of their aims is to give Main Street a new old look. New store fronts will give the appearance of the year 1905. The most unusual aspect of their ambitions is that they expect to do it themselves. The association does not look for any outside or government money to be spent on their project.

Ball Ground was the subject of a recent television documentary from which many viewers erronously concluded that Ball Ground had a somewhat dismal and apathetic outlook. The actions of the Merchants Association prove otherwise. Hunting The Good Boys And Giris Share With Me The main reason is that they permit greater flexibility in teaching. The open space school is designed with few interior wall in order to create large areas which encourage more creative approaches to teaching. a great deal of creative teaching already is taking place in many classrooms, teachers are limited in what they can do because of school building design.

Most of today's schools are designed something like ice trays with rows and rows of equal size compartments which are used by teachers for classrooms. Education is rapidly moving sway from the organizational plan which calls for one teacher, one classroom, and 30 students. New approaches to teaching demand more divereifeation in the teaching staff ranging from aides and other para-professionals to lead teachers greater teamwork among the Instructonal staff, and diffemt types of student grouping according to what is being taught and the individual needs of students in achieving understanding. The open space school permits students to flow together Into large groups for certain lessons during the day and to break up into groups as small as one' teacher and one pupil for other instructional sessions. Another big advantage lies In cost reductions that can be achieved in construction.

With school coats continually On the rise and taxpayer becoming more reluctant to approve bond issues for school plants, educational planners are experiencing real pressure to develop more economical buildings. What Georgia school men have learned from open space schools will be discussed in Miami during January by Dr. C. W. McGuffey, professor of school administration in our college and president-elect of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International.

He will speak at an educational institute on open space for schools, jointly sponsored by the Council and General Learning' Corporation. Dr. McGuffey'i research on open space schools which he helped plan for Hall County shows that principals there like the idea but warn of certain problems. One of the most important problems that has to be overcome is teaching teachers how to teach in open space schools. Space is as much a teaching tool as are blackboards and books, and unless the teacher Is trained to use new space concept effectively, she will never be able to do her best job in the open space school.

Another problem which principals have found is the impersonality of large spaces. Teachers, and their pupils, often feel more cozy and secure in a small compartment-like laoire problCrfi. The opeii-space school demands the use of carpeting as acoustical floor coverings plus other sound reducers in order to avoid distracting noises from the various groups that use it. There are other problems which can be solved with common-sense planning. However, none is so great that it overpowers the advantage of having a school In which interesting and creative teaching can take place, in' frrKl if TO THE EDITOR A recent Pickens County Progress article on our own community of Hinton has prompted me to tell of a place 1 visited this past summer: Hinton, Alberta, Canada.

Very'Aiuch like our 6 wit' Hinton, the main industries are pulpwoothand farming. 1 came in contact with only a few of the local residents there but they were typical Canadians, warm and friendly. The Canadians have a friendliness that is difficult to match. A visitor is always greeted warmly. The attitude toward tourism is one of the two major differences I 'found between the Canadians and the Americans.

In Canada It seems that the attitude toward tourism is based on the philosophy that they have a beautiful country and want everyone to be able to see and enjoy it. However, in the U. the main interest in tourism is the economic factor envolved The Canadians have many free campgrounds, in the States they are hard to find. TlStKerTnaJor dlHeroKfe 1 noted He In' the Ideologies of the youth. All the Canadian youth with whom I talked.

believe that they are living in the best country in the world and under the world's best governmental system. There is a tendency in our youth to be dissatisfied with not only our system of government but with all governmental systems. The governments of Canada and our own are so similar we can practically say they are identical. Why then is our youth dissatisfied? Furthermore, what should you and 1 as individuals do to rectify thi situation? William Young By: Ma fern Pastor Tate-BaO Ground Circuit United Method iot Church PEACE BEGINS IN INDIVIDUAL HEART There is only one thing which man values above peace, and that is freedom. Men will give up their peace, end they will fight and die for freedom.

The highest hope anj ideals of right-thinking men, however, are that peace may come for the whole world. At this Chris; mas reason, 1971. we seem no nearer to obtaining that peace. Nations sre odU-wiULns tions. party rises against par- v.

and men are at each others throats; and our hopes of war no more" seem buried in the jungles of Vietnam. The world organization for per.ee have failed. Our best and greatest leaders have failed to bring about reconciliation between nations; and here in our own country, we see little unity. Even our churches are torn so often by strife and divided by cliques that many people no longer seek for peace there. Where then does peace begin? The anawer is so simple that we stumble over it: Peace begins in the individual heart of man.

Christ, the Prince of Peace, has madp it possible that Hemight-be born in us," bringing the peace of God to the human soul. Psychiatrists are telling us that many of their patients have no peace within -Thcy do not lov themselves; therefore, they canno: love another person. Internal strife of an individual's life so often spills oui into the lives of others. When he is not at peace within himself, a person can create a literal hell for those around him. Man must first find peace in his cwn heart.

He will then seek for the peace of his neigh bor. Here is the beginning link in a chain which may reach around the world. At this Christmsstide, may we give ourselves anew to the Prince of peace, and with His help go forth to carry His peace to others. FRAYER: Christ of Bethlehem. come into our hearts Thy peace.

May we then go forth to meet our brother. bearing our gifts of peace. Amen. REECES Restaurant JASPER, GA. 155 N.

MAIN ST, A healeaa lavltea holiday visitors through the wreath-hung uf Stone Mountain Park's 19th century Ktngsleu Bouse. (PEN) ATLANTA (PRN) Christmas in Georgia is a time of light, music, uf colorful celebrations rich in tradition. Few days gg by. In December without a concert scheduled somewhere in the State, with emphasis on songs of the season. Spertall yvtotide programs will be presented at Columbus and Savanpabat Emory University near Atlanta.

Christmas parades will start December marching at Alms and MilledgeviUe, while Callaway Garden plans a Holiday Festival packed with family-styled activities and entertain--ment. Stone Mountain presents a Living Nativity- Pageant on a two-acre natural stage on the western slope of the gray monolith, told with lights and narration, a chorus and cast of 1 65 young people. I Savannah lights up a tree in beautiful Forsyth Park. Sea Islands Cloister Hotel and Lumpkin's historic Westville vil- lage. both decked in boughs and holly, hold traditional Christmas Eve yuletide log The Augusta Area Ballet will present the classic Christmas story of "The Little Mutch Girl' at Bell Auditorium.

Another annual Christmas performance is staged by the Dance Theatre of And Atlanta's High Museum of Art plans a full Holiday Festival Weekend, with a ome-a-C aroling" family party, a play for children, and the lighting of a great tree in the souring Galleria. At Macon, a Christmas Around the World" exhibit is scheduled at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Atlanta's Bowl football game is set for the end of the month at Grant Field, all proceed going to the lighthouse for the Blind. And you can wind up the year with a chorus of Auld Lang Syne" at a New Years Eve party at Jekyll Island or Callaway Cardona. For special church services throughout the month, consult the local Chamber of Commerce or newspaper listings.

Southern hospitality seems to hit new heights during the season of tinsel and mistletoe, family gatherings and festive feasts. Whether, you are a visitor or a native son, the Department of Industry and Trade, Tourist Division, promises theres no place like. Georgia for the holidays. Lunch and Dimer Special Each Day Carpenters Wanted APPLY AT BANK BUILDING CORP. Ball Ground, Ga.

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