1960-19691960First volunteer worker to be so honored, Mrs. Brown, immediate past National PTA president, was appointed chairman of President's National Committee for 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth; National PTA leaders participated in this Golden Anniversary Conference...Mrs. Kight served as recorder and leader at the Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth; National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT) officers, state presidents, and many youth attended White House Conference...Mrs. Kight became member of National Committee on Children and Youth...Ada M. Jarnigan Lay Leadership Adult Award ($200) established by NCCPT...National PTA represented at International Conference on the Family, New York City, sponsored by International Union of Family Organizations (IUFO) ...Cooperated with NEA in radio-TV series Parents Ask About School...Sponsored conference, Chicago, for state safety chairmen...Published Thinking Straight about Drinking, first in Highlight Series of articles selected from National Parent-Teacher: The PTA Magazine...School Bell Award to magazine for distinguished interpretation of education...President attended WCOTP, Amsterdam, Holland...Goal of a quarter million memberships realized for NCCPT coral anniversary; 40-year history of NCCPT published ...National PTA memberships: 11,926,552. 1961Mrs. Clifford N. Jenkins elected National PTA president...Mrs. Jerome Z. Morris elected NCCPT president; administration theme, "Balanced PTA Program, a Challenge"...NCCPT office moved from Dover, Delaware, to Atlanta...Assignments for the Sixties, recommendations selected for PTAs from findings of 1960 White House Conference, published...Safety filmstrip One To Grow On produced in cooperation with Automotive Safety Foundation...Mrs. Parker received award of merit from Secretary of Labor for work as chairman of Advisory Committee on Young Workers...PTA motion picture Where Children Come First prepared for general distribution...Pilot projects in continuous health supervision program carried on in three states...Magazine name changed to The PTA Magazine...National PTA became member of IUFO and was represented at meeting in Madrid... Also represented at WCOPT meeting, New Delhi...Liletta Morris Scholarship Fund plan was initiated by NCCPT. 1962Convention delegates adopted resolutions on education about Communism, reducing number of school dropouts, and action for better quality in motion pictures and their advertising...Mass Media and the PTA published...Information about common health problems added to regular features in The PTA Magazine...National PTA was host for Workshop of Educational Organizations, in Chicago...National PTA president served on planning committee for 50th anniversary observance of U.S. Children's Bureau and represented the National PTA in that observance; attended WCOTP meeting in Stockholm...PTA scholarships awarded by state congresses since start of program totaled nearly $6 million. 1963Convention resolutions scored mass media advertising of tobacco and tobacco use by minors and urged securing the highest advantages for every child...Keeping Children Healthy published as guide for PTA programs for continuous health supervision...First National PTA Magazine Week held to promote wider use of PTA's official magazine...National PTA president served on President's Committee on Youth Employment and on subcommittee to prepare ways of implementing recommendations of Committee's report; National PTA represented at meetings of IUFO and WCOTP in Rio de Janeiro...First $500 annual scholarship provided by NCCPT...National PTA presented National Life Membership to Mrs. Morris. 1964Mrs. Jennelle Moorhead elected National PTA president...Mrs. Minnie J. Hitch elected NCCPT president; emphasis given to "Aspiring for One World"...Convention resolutions urged educating youth on hazards of smoking, efforts to assure equal opportunity for all children, and strengthening programs to combat venereal disease...Story of the Rocky Mountain Project published...Pilot conference of "Judicial Concern for Children in Trouble," cosponsored with National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, Marianna, Florida...National PTA represented at meetings of IUFO, Munich, and WCOTP, Paris...Published Children's Emotional Health in cooperation with American Child Guidance Foundation; In All Good Faiths; and Highlight Series #5, The American Way: Safeguarding our Individual Rights and Liberties, which won The PTA Magazine its second School Bell Award...Name of National Congress Bulletin changed to National PTA Bulletin. 1965Books for Appalachia project sponsored at request of U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; more than a million books shipped to mountain schools...Convention resolutions on the rights of citizens, financial support of the public schools, control of stimulant and depressant drugs, and moral responsibility of the mass media...Publication of leaflet Extremist Groups: A Clear and Present Danger to Freedom and Democracy received nationwide mass media coverage...National PTA president elected a vicepresident of IUFO; attended IUFO meeting, Rome, and WCOTP meeting, Addis Ababa; elected vicechairman of Conference of National Organizations...Second conference with juvenile court judges, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; third, Milwaukee, Wisconsin...National PTA again host for Workshop of Educational Organizations...Held pilot conference on safety, Seattle, Washington...Started pilot projects based on Children's Emotional Health in three state congresses...Published Highlight Series #6, The City School: Problems and Prospects, which won The PTA Magazine its third School Bell Award, and PTA Guide to What's Happening in Education...Cosponsored publication of Guide to a School Pedestrian Safety Program...National PTA memberships: 11,992,726. 1966Revision of bylaws adopted, including increase in National PTA dues from 5 cents per membership to 10 cents..."PTA" and "parent-teacher association" registered as service marks...PTA self-study initiated...Fourth conference with juvenile court judges, San Francisco; guidelines for comparable state conferences set up...National PTA president elected a member of executive committee of U.S. National Commission for UNESCO...Project on smoking and health launched, with support from U.S. Public Health Service...Published The Truth About the PTA and His First Cigarette May Be a Matter of Life or Death...Number of NCCPT state branches dropped to nine (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas) as schools became integrated...Representatives of National PTA and NCCPT met to discuss uniting the two organizations...Joint committees created to discuss intergroup relations...National PTA published The Hour Is Close at Hand: Unite in the PTA, suggesting how to achieve unity...National PTA president attended IUFO meeting in New Delhi, India; met with PTA leaders in India, Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan...Standing committee on urban services established. 1967Mrs. Irvin E. Hendryson elected National PTA president....Mrs. Clara B. Gay elected NCCPT president....Council study project on UNESCO conducted, in cooperation with Department of Classroom Teachers And National Education Association...Published Guidelines for Planning a Conference on "Judicial Concern for Children in Trouble," in cooperation with National Juvenile Court Foundation with aid from Sears-Roebuck Foundation; also For Your Listening-Viewing Pleasure; Guidelines for PTA Mental Health Chairmen; The PTA Works for Children—in Your Community, in Your State, Throughout the Nation...National PTA president and other National Board members participated in 20th-anniversary meeting, IUFO, Quebec...Second national conference on smoking and health, Chicago, Illinois...Held two-day conference on improving home-school relations in low-income areas, with support from U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity..."First national round" of interviews completed in PTA self-study (interviews of 500 selected local PTAs a 1 percent sampling of the PTA as a whole) interpretation of findings begun....Mrs. Hitch elected chairman of Citizenship Committee of the National PTA. 1968Bylaws amendments adopted, changing length of term of national officers and national chairmen to two years...New action program, "Growing Up in Modern America: A Plan of Action for Parent-Teacher Citizens," adopted...Safety workshops, financed by grants from Automotive Safety Foundation, held in Region VI, Region I...National conference on "Judicial Concern for Children in Trouble," cosponsored by National PTA and National Juvenile Court Foundation, with a grant from Sears-Roebuck Foundation, held in Chicago...First regional conference on smoking and health held in Seattle...Nationwide project on Children's Emotional Health launched; professional advisory council formed; regional conferences held in Seattle, Pasadena, Minneapolis, Dallas, and Washington DC...Put an S in Your PTA and Films and Filmstrips for PTA Projects and Programs published; color filmstrip, What the PTA Is All About, produced...National PTA president attended WCOTP meeting, Dublin, and IUFO meeting, Vienna. 1969Mrs. Leon S. Price elected National PTA president...Bylaws amendments adopted, changing grouping of national officers for purposes of election...Standing committee on human relations established...National PTA president appointed as nonvoting commissioner to Education Commission for the States....Membership on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO continued...Safety workshop, financed by grant from Automotive Safety Foundation, held in Region III...Second regional conference on smoking and health held in Denver; third, Atlanta; fourth, Arlington, Virginia...60-second television spot on smoking and health produced...Published Telling the PTA Story; The Poor, the School, and the PTA; The PTA Is for You: The Cultural Arts and the PTA; Information Guide: National PTA Project on Children's Emotional Health...Cosponsored publication of Civil Defense: A Vital Concern to PTA; Burn Proof: Save a Life Today ...National PTA president attended WCOTP meeting, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and IUFO meeting, Paris...PTA self-study completed....NCCPT scholarship program discontinued; had awarded $7,400; five State PTAs had also awarded $2,550....Mrs. Gay appointed as adviser to National PTA Board of Managers and National PTA president as adviser to NCCPT Board of Managers....Ms. Gay received National Life Membership from National PTA. |
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