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_THE_BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 15, 1947.
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Valdosta Welcomes Chevrolet Motor Co.
The Thompsons to City Offers New Model Truck
With Mamoth Barbecue To Owner Of Oldest Unit
Notice To Contractors
Valdosta, May 9—Acting Gov. M.
E. Thompson was welcomed to his
home Friday with a mamoth cele
bration which prompted him .o
comment that it marked the end
of the “political war.”
The Chief Executive declared
several members of the “opposi
tion” in the legislature came to
banquet celebration Friday night
and planned to remain for a bar
becue prepared for some 6,000 per
sons Saturday at the Valdosta and
Lowndes County Livestock Audito
rium.
The Acting Governor and Mrs.
Thompson were guests of honor
Friday night at the banquet at the
Country Club. Gov. Millard Cald
well of Florida accepted an invita
tion to the banquet.
Wm. S. Morris, publisher of the
Augusta Chronicle and Chairman
of the Thompson State Democratic
Executive Committee, arranged to
attend the celebration, along with
numerous State officials.
It was Thompson's first visit to
the city and the little green bunga
low he bought here, since his vic
tory over Herman Talmadge in the
gubernatorial battle.
Streets were decorated with wel
come signs and a banner across
the main thoroughfare acclaimed
the Governor as “Valdosta’s Own.”
“I feel that this occasion is ush- 1
ering in a new era of good feeling
in Georgia,” Thompson said. "Sev
eral members of the opposition in (
the Legislature are here and I be
lieve we have reached the point
where we can forget our diffeer-
ences and go to work.”
NO. 1
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with her two young children went
to Muscogee county to live with
her brother, Ralph Banks, for sev
eral years. She later retained to
Forsyth.
“Miss Pearl”, as she was known
to all her pupils, was taught by
her mother and received her fiist
diploma from the Butler Male and
Female College, in Butler. In
1879 she and her mother taught a
country school at old Mt. Zion
Church in Monroe County. Soon
alter sire went to Peaoody, Nash- |
vill, Tenn. From Peabody she came I
to .each m Macon, where she j
taught until her death on June 2» j
192o, except for a two-year period |
(1888-89) when she had a pricate
school in loisyth.
Miss Pearl was offered positions
in many colleges throughout the
i. d.ioii, oui Macon held her devo-
Uv.ii a.iu nuertst. bhe taught at a
j. ,.. no ..iui scnuoi here, which
was situated where the Macon Vo-
ci.v.„iiui ochGci is now. She was
a.so p: .a..pal at Whittle School
lor a number of ycuis.
In revealing tentative plans for
the -uu.e.... lfa ccicinonies, Mrs.
W'eslty and several of Miss
Stephens’ former pupils would
lam part. Alfred Willingham, one
of her former pupils and a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church,
which Miss Stephens attended
waen sue taught here, will give
the invocation.
Following the invocation the two
seventh grades of Pearl Stephens
School will sing Miss Stephens’
favorite hymn, The Old Rugged
Cross.
Wallace Miller, chairman of the
bibb County Board of Education,
who was one of Miss Peari’s“boys”
when she w'as principal at Whittle
will give a talk entitled One of
Her Boys.
Mrs. Maria Hertwig, teacher at
Charles H. Bruce School, who at
tended the normal school, will
give a talk on Her Girls.
Miss Augusta Worsham, teacher
at Alexander II, will speak on Miss
Pearl’s Home Life.
Jbhn Stephens, president of the
Monroe County Bank in Forsyth,
ad nephew of Miss Stephens, and
Miss Katherine Zellner, grand
niece of Miss Stephens will pull
the cord to unveil the picture.
Mrs. Wesley will present the
picture, a gift of the Stephens
family on the condition that it al
ways hang in Pearl Stephens
School, to the board of education.
Clay Murphy, another pupil of
Miss Stephens, will receive the
picture for the board.
Mrs. Wesley, who said all former
Students of Miss Stephens are In
vited to the ceremonies, urged all
•vho desired to attend notify her
Immediately. Due to the fact old
records at Whittle and the normal
school have been lost, it is im
possible to get a complete list of
the former pupils, Mrs. Wesley
•aid.
Owners cf early-model Chevrolet
trucks in Taylor county were in
vited today by R. L. Swearingen to
participate in a nation-wide search
by 'the Chevrolet Motor Division to
locate the oldest Chevrolet truck
still in active service in the United
Stales.
“The owner of the oldest truck
will be presented with a brand-new
Advance-Design Chevrolet truck
and may choose any standard mod
el in the current line of Chevrolet
commercial cars and trucks," Mr.
Swearingen said.
Trucks entered in the search
must be driven to a Chevrolet
dealership, where official entry
blanks are available. The search
ends June 15, 1947, and the winner
will be notified on or before June
20, 1947.
“We have a large number of old
Chevrolet trucks still in everyday
service in this county,” Mr. Swear
ingen said, “and the winning ve
hicle may be on a farm or engag
ed in some other hauling work
light in our own community.”
The winning truck, Mr. Swearin
gen said, must carry 1947 license
plates. The oldest Chevrolet truck
will be determined by the earliest
serial numbers. In cases where
the serial number is lost or illegi
ble, the number may be establish
ed by an original bill of sale or
other legal documents showing the
original serial number.
Entries must be filed with a
Chevrolet dealer by midnight June
15, Mr. Swearingen emphasized.
Only vehicles manufactured as
trucks by Chevrolet are eligible,
and the starch is open to all truck
owners with the exception of em
ployees of the Chevrolet Motor Di
vision, dealers in cars and trucks
and their employees.
Truman Planning
Trip to Georgia
Thompson Is Told
Atlanta, May 11—President Har
ry S. Truman plans to visit Georgia
on June 25 for the ceremonies dedi
cating a memorial at Warm
Springs to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
President Truman expressed his
wish to attend the occasion at a
conference with Gov. M. E. Thomp
son of Georgia, who visited Wash
ington to confer with the President
National Democratic officials, and
other party leaders on the party
situation in this state. The Nat
ional Democratic Party recognizes
the authority of the State Execu
tive Committee and party officials
chosen April 30 at the Democratic
State Convention, replacing those
involved in the 1946 bolt when an
independent candidate was sup
ported against the party’s nominee
for Governor of Georgia.
Mr. Thompson, who was accom
panied to Washington by W. T-
Dean, president pro tom of the
.ate Senate, National Committee-
qman Virginia Polhill Price, Nat-
onal Committeeman E. D. Rivers,
nd State Treasurer Geo. B. Ham-
Iton, chairman of the Jefferson Day
tinner committee, presented a
heck for $50,017 to the National
tarty as Georgia’s quota. The
heck was given to Geo. Killion,
easurer of the democratic party,
'ho tmeomnanied the Georgians to
the White House for their meeting
with the President.
DROP IN STATE
REVENUE SEEN
Atlanta, May 10—Fiscal officers
of the state of Georgia are getting
ready for a hard recession.
Although authoritative sources
are reluctant to go on record, those
who know what’s what are expect
ing a serious business set-back by
Autumn and a corresponding cut
back in state revenue.
Income taxes—payments made
March 15 on last year’s earnings—
.re preventing an immediate sag.
ut when these tabulations level
ff, which will be about July 1, the
evenue figures are expected to
tlummet.
Beer, wine and liquor excise
evenues are slumping already,
ust how much the deficiency will
>e remains uncertain, but a sag of
nly 10 per cent would cost the
itate $2j400,000 in revenue next
iscal year.
££ £ stops
000 CHILLS
666 for Malarial SympiomspFlf f 15
now gives you O U I N I N E ■
PLUS 3 MORE anti-malarial
cirugs combined as Totaquine os duecird
■LAMES DESTROY
ELKO POST OFFICE
Perry, May 10—The U. S. Post
Office and store of Mrs. Winnie
niles, postmaster at Elko, nine
-mile? south of Perry, burned to the
ground Thursday at midnight.
Postal Inspector H. H. Hudson of
Macon reported that a number of
tareel post packages, money or-
ler forms and some mail were lost
•ut that the damage could not be
stimated immediately. Nothing
/as saved.
Federal Aid Project No. F 93 (3)
| Counties of Upson & Taylor
I Sealed proposals will be received
by the State Highway Department
of Georgia at the General Office at
No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Ga.,
until 11 A. M. Eastern Standard
Time, May 23, 1947, and publicly
opened for furnishing all labor,
material, equipment and other
things necessary for the construc
tion of a new bridge at the Flint
River and 0.668 mile of graded and
paved approaches located in Upson
& Taylor Counties on what is lo
cally known as the Thomaston-
Butler Road. Otherwise known as
Federal Aid Project F 93 (3) in
Upson & Taylor Counties. The work
will be let in one contract.
The Approximate Quantities For
Roadway Are As Follows:
! 11.373 Acres Clearing and Grub
bing (Lump Sum)
^ 2.000 Acres Random Clearing
and Grubbing (Per Acre)
52036 Cu. Yds. Unclassified Ex
cavation & Borrow Incl. Ditches &
Shoulders and Construction & Re
moval of Detour.
20 Cu. Yds. Excavation for Cul
verts & Minor Structures
205874 Sta. Yds. Overhaul on
Excavation.
10 Lin. Ft. 15-in. Concrete Pipe
SD Ext.
I 56 Lin. Ft. 18-In. Pipe CD
I 42 Lin. Ft. 18-In. Concrete Pipe
CD Ext.
90 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Removed
SD or CD
20 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Relaid
SD or CD
4.36 Cu. Yds. Class “B” Concrete
Headwalls Removed
24931 Sq Yds. Grassing of
Slopes & Shoulder Sprigging
15 Each Concrete R/W Markers
It) Cu. Yds. Selected Material
Backfill-Culvert Foundation.
10.4 Sq. Yds. Plain Sand Cement
Bag Rip Rap
40 Sq. Yds. Solid Sod Rip Rap for
SD
116 Sq. Yds. Reinforced Concrete
Approach Slab
2 Each Concrete Drop Inlet Spill
ways Std. 9017 Type “A”—2 Grates
25 Lin. Ft. 9-In. x 6-In. Concrete
Header with Raised Edge Curb
117 Lin. Ft. 8-ln. CM Slope Drain
Pipe
576 Lin. Ft. Guard Rail with
Type “C” Concrete Posts
2-04 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Concrete
—Guard Rail Connections
752 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing Steel
2076 Lin. Ft. Remove Guard Rail
& Posts
172S Lin. Ft. Reset Guard Rail
108 Each Guard Rail Posts Type
“C”
2 Each Remove Concrete Spill
ways
58 Lin. Ft. Remove CM Pipe
Slope Drain
37 Lin. Ft. Relay CM Pipe Slope
Drain
1 Each Concrete Spillway Std.
9013 Type 1
1 Each Concrete Spillways Std-
9013 Type 2
4 Each Concrete Spillways Std-
9013 Type 3
33 Lin. Ft. Concrete Slope Drain
700 Sq. Yds. Solid Sod Backslopes
700 Sq. Yds. Ground Preparation
143 M. Sq. Ft. Obliteration of
Old Road
1314 Cu. Yds. Remove & Stock
pile Existing Limerock Base
2093 Sq. Yds. Remove Concrete
Pavement
1044 Sq. Yds. Processed Concrete
Pavement Placed as Rip Rap
146 Sq. Yds. Strip Sod Ditch
Checks
5 Each Remove R/W Markers
5 Each Reset R/W Markers
10 Ton Plant Mix Surface Course
Open Graded—Class F
870 Cu. Yds. Selected Material
Surfacing for Detour—Inch Ma
terial & Hauling
8639 Sq. Yds. 8-In. Plain Cement
Concrete Pavement
1072 Lin. Ft. Concrete Raised
Edge Curb
7839 Sq. Yds. Finishing & Dress
ing.
The Approximate Quantities For
Bridge Are As Follows:
1300 Cu. Yds. Class “A’ Concrete
176000 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing Steel
1564 Lin. Ft. Concrete Handrail
ing
Lump Sum Structural Steel
4180 Lin. Ft. Steel “H” Piling
6 Each Steel "H” Test Piles
3 Each Test Loads
485 Cu. Yds. Bridge Excavation
No. 1
1000 Sq. Yds. Plain Rip R&p
3.572 Acres Clearing & Grubbing
—Lump Sum
Lump Sum Removal of Existing
Bridge
Said work shall begin within ten
(10) days after formal execution of
contract and shall be completed
within 220 working days. When
contract has been executed, writ
ten notice shall be given the con
tractor, at which time, and not be
fore, work may be started.
Contract executed pursuant to
this notice is binding on the State
Highway Department, as such.
Said contractor will not create lia
bility, expressed or implied,
against the undersigned Director
of the State Highway Department,
as an individual nor against any
employee of the State Highway
Department, in his or her in
dividual capacity.
The minimum wage to be paid
under the contract shall be the
amounts set out in the Labor Pro
visions included in the proposal.
The attention of bidders is direct
ed to the special provisions cover
ing employment of labor, methods
of consti uction, sub-letting or as
signing the contract and to the
use of domestic materials.
Plans and specifications are on
file at the office of the under
signed at Atlanta, and at Macon,
Ga., and at the office of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Upson & Taylor Counties at
Thomaston, Ga., & Butler, Ga.,
where they may be inspected free
cf charge. Copies of the plans may
be obtained upon payment in ad
vance of the sum of $5.85. Copies
ol the general specifications may
be obtained upon payment in ad
vance of the sum of $2.50, which
sums will not be refunded,
j Proposals must be submitted on
regular forms, which will be sup
plied by the undersigned, and may
be obtained by a payment, in ad-
jvance of $5.00 for each proposal
I issued. When the proposal is sub
mitted, it must be accompanied by
,a certified check, cashier’s check,
I negotiable United States Bonds, or
other acceptable security in the
j amount of $11,000.00, and must be
plainly marked “Proposal for Road
l Construction,” County and Num
ber, and show the time of opening
j as advertised. Check of the low
i bidder will be cashed and all oth-
jer checks will be returned as soon
| as the contract is awarded, unless
it is deemed advisable by the
(State Highway Department to hold
one or more checks. If an unusual
condition arises, the State Highway
; Department reserves the right to
| sh all checks. Bidders bond will
not be accepted.
Bond will be required of the
successful bidder as required by
law. The bond must be written by
a licensed Georgia Agent in a
company licensed to write Surety
Bonds in the State of Georgia, and
be accompanied by a certificate,
from the Department of Industrial
Relations that the contractor is
complying with the Georgia Work
men’s Compensation Act.
Contracts will not be awarded to
contractors who have not been
placed on the list of qualified con
tractors prior to the date of award.
I No proposal will be issued to any
! bidder later than 12 Noon Eastern
Standard Time of the day prior to
; the date of opening bids.
I All bids must show totals for
each item and total amount of bid.
Right is reserved in the under
signed to delay the award of the
contract for a period not to exceed
thirty (30) days from the date of
opening bids, during which period
bids shall remain open and not
subject to withdrawal. Right is al-
! so reserved in the undersigned to
reject any and all bids and to
; waive all formalities.
! Upon compliance with the re
quirements df the standard specifi
cations, ninety (90) per cent of the
amount of work done in any cal
endar month will be paid for by
the 25th day of the succeeding
month, provided that payrolls have
been submitted as required and
the remainder within thirty (30)
days after the final estimate is
approved by the Engineer.
This the 5th day of May, 1947.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
OF GEORGIA
J. C. BEASLEY, Director
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RABIES NOTICE
Only Three More Clinic Engagements
to Fill.
Reynolds May 1 and May 8.
Potterville May 21.
I will continue to hold clinics in Butl
er each Saturday nntil further notice.
Bring all your dogs and have them
treated. The round up is just around the
corner.
c. c. COOPER
Rabies Inspector