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Saturday, July 26, 19 47.
First Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
Meets With Mrs. 5. B. Wallace
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the j
First Presbyterian Church was en- I
tertained Monday afternoon at the |
home of Mrs. S. B. Wallace on Ma- I
pie. drive. j
and Mrs. Mrs. Wallace W. S. Harden president, presided, J
opened the
meeting with prayer. The meeting |
featured reports by Mrs. Wallace
and other members of the Auxiliary
who attended the Auxiliary training
school at Montreat, North Carolina.
Mrs. Wallace was delegate from the
Auxiliary, and others attending were
Mrs E. S. McDowell, jr., Mrs. L. W.
Russell, Mrs. B. C. Plowden, Mrs.
D. N. MacLemore, and Mrs. T. G.
Dulin Mrs. B. F. Harris gave the
treasurer's report, and Mrs. L. W.
■ Topping, secretary, read the min
utes .of the previous meeting. Mrs.
Weyman Hutson was appointed
chairman of Circle Two, replacing
Mrs. H. R. Perkins, who has moved
5 from Griffin.
Following the meeting the group
enjoyed a social hour with the hos
tess. Punch and cookies were ser
ved
• Social Calendar •
MONDAY, JULY 28
The American Legion Auxiliary
will elect and install officers at a
(< simper meeting at the Veterans
Memorial Clubhouse at 7:30 p. m.
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Brilliant colors liven u£ the dignified silhouettes of Fall fashions
for school girls. Boldly plaidcd in orange, green, white and black,
the woolen greatcoat, left, is an example of the full swinging coat
silhouette/' Matching hood Is detachable. In the slim-lined en
semble, right, a straight, fingertip-length Jacket in green wool tops
a tweed suit striped in red, green and white.
Dr. Leon M. Latimer
And Miss Cooper
Marry On July 17
Dr, Leon Mobley Latimer, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Greenville, S. C.. and former pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
here, and Miss Emma Cooper of
Laurens, S. C., were married on
Thursday, July 17. in Laurens.
Following their marriage Dr,
and Mrs. Latimer left for a wedd
ing trip to the mountains of Nor
th Carolina.
Dr. Latimer was pastor of the
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church here for approximately ten
rears.
Bethel Baptist WM5
Meets On Tuesday
With Mrs. Bass
The Bethel Baptist Woman’s Mis
P nary Society met Tuesday eve
rung at the home of Mrs. Homer
Bass.
The program topic was China
Mrs. Tom Littleton gave the devn
llo;ml, and Mrs. J. Harrell led the
roup in prayer. Presenting the
program were Mrs. Lamar Williams.
Mrs. Tom Bethune, Mrs. Littleton,
Mrs. Clarence Howell, Mrs. Wiley
Virdrn, Mrs. Grady Morgan, and
Miss Essie Martin. Mrs. Littleton,
president, presided during the busi
ness session which followed.
Light refreshments were served
during the social hour.
Nineteen members were present.
We The Women
BY RUTH MILLETT
NEA Staff Writer
Said one woman shopper to an
other woman shopper in a recent
newspaper cartoon: “I’m so proud
of myself. I shopped all day and
didn't buy a lot
| of things I did
n’t need."
1 The American
housewife can
appreciate the
truth as well as
t h e humor of
that. For the in
ner glow of pride
she gets from
passing up purchases that aren’t
essentials, from turning
thumbs down on an article because
Miss June Sloan Irvin's Engagement
To Mr. Murrans Announced
Ruth MIHett
The engagement of Miss June I
Sloan Irvin to Leonard Joeeph
Murrans of New York Is announced I
today by the bride-elect’s parents, -
Mr. and Mrs. James Roger Irvin of
Uriffin. The marriage will take
place in the Little Chapel of Olenn
Memorial Church, Atlanta, in the,
early fall.
Miss Irvin’s mother is the former
Miss Willie Sloan, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Douglas
Sloan of Anderson, South Carolina.
The bride-elect’s paternal grand
parents are Mrs. John Calhoun Ir •
vin and the late Mr. Irvin of Con
cord.
Miss Irvin attended Georgia
Teachers College in Statesboro and
!.: now employed by the Diamond
Match Company in Atlanta. She is
a member of the Tau Beta Phi So
rority. Her twin sister is Miss Jane
Irvin, also of Atlanta.
Mr. Murrans Is the son of the for
mer Miss Annie Victoria Wyatt ahd
John Joseph Murrans of New York.
HIe grandparents are the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Wyatt of Nova Sco
tia. Canada, and Mrs. John Mur
rar.s and the late Mr. Murrans, also
of Nova Scotia,
The groom-elect spent three years
in the U. S. Navy and has recently
graduated from the Georgia School
of Technology, where he served as
president of the Kappa Sigma fl-a
ternity. He is now associated with
George F. Richardson and Com
pany of Atlanta.
Legion Auxiliary
| Will Elect Officers
At Meeting Monday
The American Legion Auxiliary
w;!l elect officers at. a supper meet
mg Monday night at 7:30 at the
Veterans Memorial Clubhouse, Mrs.
| E. F. Travis will install the officers,
Mrs. Ralph Jones will report to
t ie group on rehabilitation work,
and Mrs. George Weathers will I
speak on the subject, "With the Le. (
glim for America.’ Guest speaker I
win h<- w. O. Patterson, commander
i < the local Legion post.
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GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Picked Up Weekly
Outside City Limits
i Sniall Monthly Charge
' BUNN’S SANITARY CO.
Call 4251
DRS. T. H. WYNNE,
Sr. and Jr.
OPTOMETRISTS
Phone 2924 --Griffin. G • a I
NOTICE
STOREY'S SERVICE
I STATION
223 W. Tayior St
We Are Now Giving
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Texaco Gas and
Oil
?^©NE 3924
Mrs. Frank Barnes
Entertained Friday
At Soft Drink Party
A group of friends honored Mrs •
Fiank Barnes on her birthday at a
surprise soft drink party Friday ■ v
morning at a local drug store.
Present were: Mesdames A. F.
Gilleland, Gwyn McKneely, George
Murray, Andrew J. Whalen. A. L.
! McKneely, Ben Connor, George
I Clark, Guye Haisten, Warren Hais
ten and Mrs. Barnes.
| the price is way out of line, is help
j ing to make the American woman
a far more careful shopper today
than in wartime.
I When things were scarce she op
erated on the ‘Td-bctter-buy-it
while-I-can” theory. Then she
proud of the little supplies of this
and that which she was saving for.
a day of worse shortages—most of
which never came.
IF IT WAS SCARCE—
’ In those days Mama was proud of
, what she had bought. If it was
scvarce 1 enough, never mind what
it cast. v
Now she comes home from shop
| ping proud of all the things she w
| able to resist. She is pleased with
herself for having turned down a
i T-bone steak with Not at that
price.’’ This to the same butcher,
mind you, who once could hand her
a wrapped-up piece of identified
meat and be sure she wouldn't
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of tenders, splft. h aprons nod other defenseless metal parts
caused by road salt, cbcmirals^ind other abrasive.. It act.
a'3 a sound-dcadrncr of road am igine noises takes out
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that tinny ‘ ping." Protect your car investment!
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GRIFFIN (GEORGIA) NEWS
SikMle 0$ (fa/tytA 5
Statement &wtent &>KeUtiaK
JUNE 30,1947
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Co*h in Stain Trnatury $44,555,555.92
Cash in hands of State Departments 27,225,134.70
Cash due from U. S. Government on Reimbursements 3,150,500.41
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Total Cash Assets ............ $74,931,191.03
ediCtiilUUA «
CURRENT
Accounts Payable >• r - $ 3,105,534.32
RESERVES
For Commitments Outstanding $ 2,742,541.50
Far Board of Regents Bond Funds for Construction • • 9 • • * 4,140,500.00 *r;
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j For Sinking Fund to retire State Bonds and County Certificates , » • • • ♦ ♦ 1,340,801.91
(See opposite page)
♦For Highway Contracts to Mature..... 0 90 0 90909 10,614,292.60
i- For Matching Federal Road Funds accrued to June 30, 1947 , , , • 9 • • t 14,731,909.59
For Land Title Guarantee Fund 5,709.52
For Federal Funds on hand . 9 0000 * 099 * 9*90 9*0909 1,518,526.19
For Agency Funds on hand . . 4,619,847.40
For Teacher Retirement Trust Fund ........ • ■ < 6,921,341J7
For Unearned Income............ . .. « 16,246.00
i For Revolving Fund of Agencies payable 10th July . • , • «««*•* 6,201,676.98
For Maintaining Aid to Common Schools . 3,843,318.35
For Memorandum Operating Allotments . • 0 0 9 * 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 009 9,057,013.13
For Income Equalization Reserve..... 902,566.55
I Total Reserves $66,676,291.66
. .........
/ Tolol Accounts Payable and Reserves . $69,781,825.98 f
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SURPLUS: (Cosh over Accounts Payable and Reserves Applied on fixed debt, page 3) . • • • • . . $ 5,149,365.05 .
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(*) Highway Department Contracts to Mature Active Suspended Total
Total Contracts........... $19,398,386.57 $ 481,380.79 $19,879,767.36
less:
r Regular Federal Fund Participation . . a • • 9,241,955.74 23,519.02 9,263,474.76
Net Stata Obligation for Contracts to Mature . . 0 0 0 0 9 0 . $10,156,430.83 $ 457,861.77 $10,614,292.60
"pntwie TfCatwiiny State “DeitPosition sifeneieo
OBLIGATIONS—State Authorized
Dec. 31, 1940 Dec. 31, 1942 Dm. 31,1946 June 30, 1947
l Highway Obligations to Mature..... $ 8,386,214.61 $10,733,955.34 $14,088,985.60 $10,614,292.60 (1)
General State Bonds of 1838 ...... 3,320,022.17 3,203,202.17 97,500.00 93,500.00 (2)
Highway Refunding Bonds of 1939 . . . . 5.300.000. 00 7.950.000. 00 5,325,000.00 2,680,000.00 (3)
County Refunding Certif. of 1931 . . . . 13,333,954.73 8.000. 472.87 0 0
V/ & A Rentol Discount of 1931 and 1938 . 4.860.000. 00 3,780,0004)0 1,636,000.00 1,367,000.00 (4)
Hospital Authority Bonds of 1939 . . . . 2.390.000. 00 2.294.000. 00 0 0
Tottnoll Prison Debt . . 1 ........ 1,051,088.27 0 0 0
Tola! ............ $38,641,27978 $35,961,630.38 $21,147,485.60 $14,754,792.60
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1 Accumulated Operating Deficit . . . . • • 9 9 (016,723,906.31
) Accumulated Operating Surplus . . . 0 7,619,494.57 1,002,260.31 5,149,365.05
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Highway Contract Reserve ...... 0 0 14,088,985.60 10,614,292.60
Sinking Fund Reserves........ 2,195,040.00 2,546,720.00 7,058,500.00 4,140,500.00
Total ............ C)$l 4,528,866.31 $10,166,214.57 $22,149,745.91 $19,904,157.65
Net Obligations—State of Georgia .... $53,170,146.09 $25,795,415.81
Net General State Surplus....... $ 1,002,260.31 $ 5,149,365.05
(*Net cash deficit.)
OBLIGATIONS—Regents Authorized
Georgia School of Technology Dormitory
Revenue Bonds issued May 1, 1946 $ 3,750,000.00 $ 3,750.000.00
.... (5)
Total Regents authorized Obligations $ 3,750,000 00 $ 3,750,000.00
less Cash:
Sinking Fund Reserves .00 .00
Net Obligations—Regents Authorized $ 3,750,000.00
Net Obligations—State > 3,750,000.00
and Agencies $33,170,146.09 $25,795,415.81 $ 2,747,739 69
Net General Surplus—State and Agencies < 1,399,365
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(5)- Obligations Regents Authorized. Payable from dormitory rentals, maturing in part each May I, 1949 through
on 1978.
b ThZ ^ ^ f° W< ? f e° ' or P ora ,e ,n,i 'T i “ u,,d Dormitory Revenue Bonds for the benefit of
School of Technoloav 1. ° ( ' he Ger ral I authorizing the Georgia sub!
ieetto sip!. %°l iian '* the issuance of th.se bond., riot., nor wa, the action
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of 30 to, 7 T 0r ! Bud ^ Bursau °< Georgia. See Auditor's in finandol report
obligation of the S‘ate that not'bn a * ,0 ,he , e0al ,,0,u, of rhil obligation. Ruling wa. that this item was not an
doZory it cou'd , . °' °™ r0 > ri ° ,ed fu " d V ^ an obligation of and payable only from
the earn’mgr of the
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Comparison Current
* Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Yeor Ended Year Ended Yeor Bnding
June 30, 1942 June 30, 1943 June 30, 1944 June 30, 1945 June 30, 1946 June 30, 1947
Cosh Receipts in Stale Treasury $58,893,568.09 $58,183,496.83 $61,772,210.04 $63,193,875.80 S81,021,500.55 $98,663,506.78
(See page 6 for detail)
Current Operating Allotment. .... . . . . $41,017,766.25 $44,039,844.53 $46,421,667.47 $53,374,816.38 $73,971,693.63 $83,946,270.13
, Debt Retirement Allotment...... . . . . 8,321,890.93 15,784,968.34 10,514,482.61, 5,110,000.00 4 223,791.01 525,000.00
Memorandum Allotment, for Increased Aid . . . .00 _2? 4,348,000.00 4,549,332 79 (-)2,173,934.09 6,176.982 78
Total Allotments.......... $49,339,657.18 $59,824,812.87 $61,284,150.08 $63,034,149,17 $81,021,500.55 $95,648,252.9
(See page 7 for detail)
Excess of Receipt. Over Allotment. ....... $ 9,553,910.91 .00 $ 488,059.96 $ 159,726.63 .00 $ 3,015,253.82
Excess of Allotments Over Receipt........ .00 $ 1,641,316.04 .00 .00 .00 00
$58,893,568.09 $58,183,49683 $61,772,210,04 $63.193,875.80 $81,021,500.55 $98,663,506.7£
( Thte etatement of Georgia's financial condition li published and paid for by the Executive Department as a matter of public informa
tion. It ahows the balance sheet of our stats as prepared by the 8tate Auditor and released as his official report on July 12, 1947. this
publication does nst Include the portion of the report showing detail of receipts and allotments to agencies. A copy of the full report it
public Information and available In the office of the State Auditor.
M. 6. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
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