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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

Former Heads of the PTA

October 4,1994

OUR GLORIOUS PTAs... The Parent-Teacher Association - The PTA! Do you have any

idea how valuable they have been to our schools? Read this list of early PTA presidents and some
of their accomplishments, and you will see the glorious good they and their memberships did for our

kids.
MRS. FRANK IVES (1921-23,1925-26) ... She organized the first local PTA, was its first

president, and served five years. Emphasized campus beautification — got the city of Lake City to
donate $700 for shrubbery, grass, sidewalks and curbing. She also sponsored a fish fry to buy purple

and gold blankets for the CHS football team.
MRS. HUGH WILSON (1924)________ She emphasized recreation and sponsored a fish fry
to buy playground equipment. She organized local doctors and citizens to correct school sewage

and plumbing problems.

MRS. E. A. McCOLSKEY (1927-31) ... She served five years. She raised $200 to buy
milk and library books. Started a milk fund to provide free milk to needy students in primary
grades. Reorganized school clinics to improve health services for preschool and primary grade kids.

Furnished a restroom for teachers. Bought window shades for the entire school and a piano for the
auditorium. Got the local PTA officially chartered.

MRS HARRY EDWARDS (1932-33) . . . She started the PTA lunchroom, a major
undertaking to provide free lunches for needy kids. Sponsored a special edition of the Lake City
Reporter to raise funds to finance the lunchroom. She organized the County Council to link all PTAs

in the various schools.
DR. J. D. GABLE (1937-38) ... He devoted much of his personal time and money to

maintaining the lunchroom project. Pushed for the inclusion of art as a regular subject. Enlisted the
aid of local doctors and dentists to conduct clinics to address health problems. Was the first man to
serve as PTA President.

MRS. MELVIN HOBSON (1939-40)... She strongly supported the school lunch programs
to the point where 110 needy kids got a free lunch every day. She doubled PTA membership, got

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