Cumby High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cumby, TX)

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ia - HM xg-ffisr Realizing the value of a child-centered community, a group of interested parents and teachers accepted the challenge of Parent Teacher work and organized the local Parent Teacher Associa- tion October 8, 1940. The local unit affiliated with the Texas Congress at the first meeting and continued to follow the suggested State outline of service. Five of the members have certificates after completing the Texas Procedure Course for Parents and Teachers. The unit is active in the Hopkins County Council. Past presidents of the group are Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. W. H. Brown, Mrs. Malcoln Cox, and Mrs. H. R. Shields, and Mrs. Wm. H. Brown. Other officers serving last year were Mrs. H. L. Barker, Mrs. Dale Smith, Mrs. W. S. Manning, Mrs. Bob Moseley, Jr., Mrs. W. C. Rape, Mrs. Frank Weaver, and Mrs. H. R. Shields. The present officers are Mrs. W. S. Manning, President, Mrs. ' Jack Callan, First Vice President, Mrs. Jess Hooker, Second Vice President, Mrs. A. L. Plunkett, Third Vice President, Mrs. Mable Guinn, Secretary and Treasurer. - Although not essentially a money making organization, the P. T. A. has sponsored many projects with the proceeds used to assist the school in a physical way.

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THE FOLLOWING I5 THE P.T.A. WARTIME PLEDGE, TOWARD WHICH THE CUMBY UNIT IS STRIVING: We, the members of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, in defense of our beloved country and our country's most sacred heritage and responsibility, her sons and daughters, do hereby solemnly pledge ourselves individually and as an or- ganiaationg To remember with reverence and love the ideals of our Founders, who cherished above all else the welfare of the whole child. ' To continue with zeal and devotion our efforts to secure and preserve a good life for all children, even in the face of war and disaster. 'To persevere in discovering new avenues of service and help to youth. To strive forever forward, counting no effort wasted that brings us a little nearer to the ideals of a world founded on the principle of human brotherhood. To protect our children against all the dangers of war, whether those dangers be physical, mental, or spiritual. To keep the faith delivered unto us by our forefathers, who hewed this America out of the wilderness and dedicated it to liberty, justice, halpiness and truth, for every human being.