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EAKLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1970
In Time of Emergency
Fallout Shelter Built Into Home Seen
As Practical Way to Survive Attack
The public fallout shelter system which has been
developed in the United States would protect tens of
millions of Americans from fallout resulting from a
nuclear attack. However, few public shelters exist in
locations such as suburban and rural areas that lack
large, heavy structures. In places with inadequate or
non-existent public shelters, a home fallout shelter
could be a life saver.
The basements of some homes are usable as family
fallout shelters as they now stand without any major
changes, especially if the house has two or more
stories, and its basement is below ground level.
Most home basements, how
ever; would need some im
provements in order to ade
quately shield their occupants
from the radiation given off
by fallout particles. Usually,
householders can make these
improvements themselves, with
moderate effort and at low cost.
Milliqns of homes have been
surveyed for the U.S. Office of
Civil Defense by the U.S.
Census Bureau, and these
householders have been given
information on the fallout pro
tection' their present base
ments would provide, and how
to increase this protection by
making specific improvements.
Shielding Material Is Required
In setting up any home fall
out shelter, the basic aim is to
place enough “shielding ma
terial” between the people in
the shelter and the fallout par
ticles outside the home.
Shielding material is any
substance that would absorb
and deflect the invisible rays
given off by fallout particles
jutside the house, and thus re
duce the amount of radiation
reaching the occupants of the
shelter. The thicker or denser
the shielding material is, the
more it would protect the shel
ter occupants.
Some radiation protection is
provided by the existing,
standard walls and ceiling of a
basement. But if they are not
thick or dense enough, other
shielding material has to be
added.
Concrete, bricks, earth and
sand are some of the materials
that are dense or heavy enough
to provide fallout protection.
For comparative purposes, 4
inches of concrete would pro-
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as:
• 5 to 6 inches of bricks
• 6 inches of sand or gravel
• 7 inches of earth
• 8 inches of hollow con
crete blocks (6 inches if
filled with sand)
• 10 inches of water
• 14 inches of books or
magazines
• 18 inches of wood
Some of the materials listed
above may be handled more
easily if they are packed into
bags, cartons, boxes or other
containers already placed
where the additional shielding
is desired.
A home shelter can be either
a permanent basement shelter,
a preplanned basement shelter,
or a permanent outside shelter.
Plans for each type may be
obtained without charge by
writing to Civil Defense, Army
Publications Center, 2800
Eastern Blvd., Baltimore, Md.
21220. In writing for either
type of basement shelter, men
tion whether Plan A, B, C, D,
or E is wanted.
Permanent Basement Shelters
The following 3 shelters are
probably the best type to build
in homes with a full basement
or one corner below ground
level. The required shielding
material would cost about SIOO
to S2OO. Persons with basic
carpentry or masonry skills
could probably do the work
themselves. Shelters of this
type should always be built in
the “best” corner of a home
basement—the comer which
is most below ground level.
CEILING MODIFICATION
(Plan A) calls for increasing
the overhead shielding against
“downward” radiation by
screwing plywood sheets se
curely to the bottom of the
ceiling joists, then filling the
spaces between the joists with
bricks or concrete blocks. An
extra ceiling beam and a screw
jack column may be needed to
support the extra weight.
If 12 inches or more of the
basement wall is above ground
level, this plan should not be
used unless two interior parti
tions are added to form a shel
ter area and protect the shel
ter occupants against radia
tion coming from the side.
ALTERNATE CEILING
MODIFICATION (Plan B) is
similar to Plan A, except that
new extra joists are fitted into
part of the basement ceiling
(over that section of the base
ment which will be used as a
shelter). The new joists will
help support the added weight
of the overhead shielding ma
terial, and the extra ceiling
beam and screwjack column
will not be needed.
CONCRETE BLOCK OR
BRICK SHELTER (Plan C) is
a plan to build, out of concrete
blocks or bricks, a separate
5 x 11-foot shelter in the “best
corner” of a basement. It re
quires construction of only two
walls and a ceiling for the shel
ter, since the regular basement
walls will serve as the other
two walls of the shelter. Built
low, this can serve as a “sit
down” shelter, or by making
the walls higher, a shelter can
accommodate people standing
erect. The shelter ceiling, how
ever, should not be higher than
the outside ground level.
If a home has & basement
but a permanent-type base
ment shelter is not desired, the
next best thing would be to ar
range to assemble a “pre
planned” home shelter. This
simply means gathering to
gether, in advance, the shield
ing material needed to make a
basement (or one part of it)
more resistant to fallout radi
ation. This material could be
stored in or around the home,
ready for use whenever it is
decided to set up a shelter.
PREPLANNED SNACK
BAR SHELTER (Plan D) is a
snack bar built of bricks or
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concrete blocks, set in mortar,
in the basement comer that is
most below ground level. Over
the snack bar build a strong,
hollow “false ceiling” that is
hinged to the wall.
In a time of emergency, the
false ceiling is lowered so that
one end rests on the snack bar,
and the hollow sections of it
are filled with bricks or con
crete blocks (which should be
stored nearby) to provide over
head shielding.
PREPLANNED TILT-UP
STORAGE UNIT (Plan E) in
volves construction of a simple
storage unit out of lumber. The
unit is like a free-standing
bookshelf or storage bin, 6
feet high, 8 inches deep, and
either 1% or 3 feet wide. At
the top, it is hinged to the
basement wall.
In peacetime, the unit could
be used to store books, canned
goods or other things. In event
of attack warning, the storage
unit would be tilted so that the
bottom would be resting on an
unmortared wall of bricks or
concrete blocks that have been
stored nearby. Other bricks or
blocks would then be placed in
the compartments of the stor
age unit, to provide an over
head shield against fallout
radiation.
The information in this
story was furnished by the
U.S. Department of De
fense, Office of Civil De
fense, to help people pre
pare for a nuclear attack
and learn what actions to
take in case an attack
should occur. Local author
ities are responsible for
supplying the public with
more detailed survival in
structions for this area.
This information was
drawn from the OCD pub
lication “In Time of Emer
gency" (H-14), which is
available without charge
at local civil defense of
fices.
First American Christmas Site
Near Tallahassee Now Named
The name and plans for de
velopment of the site near Tal
lahassee where the first Christ
mas in America was observed
were announced today by the
Department 'of Natural Re
sources.
First Christmas Historic Site
is the name chosen for the new
state park located at the Lake
JacksOn Indian mounds area,
Randolph Hodges, Natural Re
sources executive director, an
nouriced.
Development of First Christ
mas Historic Site will get un
derway after the first of the
year and will be open to the
public by early summer, Hod
ges said.
The 11.5-acre site, located
off U. S. 27 north of Tallahas
see, was part of the Apalachee
Indian village of Anhayea
where Hernando deSoto and
his men observed Christmas
while spending the winter of
1539-40. The Yule celebration
Educator Jeff Davis Jr.
Dies at Home in Albany
J. I. (Jeff) Davis Jr., 54,
recently appointed by Gov.
Lester Maddox to the Georgia
State Board of Education, and
for several years active and
interested in educational affairs,
died suddenly Monday night
from an apparent heart attack
at his 1203 Eighth Ave. home.
He was president of the
Dougherty County Board of
Education, a position he moved
up to last July when Herbert
Haley retired. He had
previously been vice president
of the board. He was serving
as president of the Georgia
School Board Association.
Mr. Davis was born July 4,
1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Irwin Davis, and moved to
Albany with his parents in 1932
from Bainbridge.
He graduated from Albany
High School in 1932, attended
Clemson College, where he
received his B.S. degree, and
later earned a master’s degree
at North Carolina State
University.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church and of
the Albany Rotary Club. He had
been president of the Rotary
Club and a member of the of
ficial board of his church.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Lillian Fort Fryer of
Blakely; a daughter. Miss Lois
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took place 26 years before the
founding of §t. Augustine, 38
years before Jamestown was
settled and 81'.years before the
Mayflower arrival.
Initial work at the historical
site will include wells, picnic
area with restroom, a paved
parking lot, service road, foot
bridges, trails and a ranger’s
residence. Eventually a mus
eum is planned to house arti
facts recovered from the In
dian mounds. The mounds date
from about 1,000 A.D. and
were part of an Indian village
that must have been the cultur
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surrounding area.
Although records of deSoto’s
sojourn near Tallahassee do
not specifically refer to the cel
ebration of Christmas, it is
reasonable to assume that the
party of Catholics would have
observed the traditional retb
ous rites. Twelve priests ac
companied the group.
Elizabeth Davis, a student at
Mercer University, Macon; a
son, Jeff I. Davis 111. a student
at Aoranam Baldwin
Agricultural College, Tifton; his
parents; two brothers, Allen F.
Davis, a former City Com
missioner of Albany, and
Charles R. Davis, St. Augustine,
Fla., and several nieces and
nephews.
The funeral for Mr. Davis will
be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday
at the First Methodist Church
in Albany, with Dr. J. Fredrick
Wilson of Macon and Dr. Guy
K. Hutcherson, pastor, of
ficiating. Interment will follow
in Crown Hill Cemetery.
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OBITUARIES
Funeral services
held Thurs. for
Miriam Roberts
Miss Miriam Alice Roberts,
a native Early Countian, and a
resident of Statesboro for the
past 12 years, died suddenly
on December 31 in the Bullock
County Hospital, Statesboro.
Miss Roberts, a niece of Mr.
Frank Melton and the late Mrs.
Melton, with whom she resided
for a number of years, was a
former member of the Colomo
kee Baptist Church, where fune
ral services were held on Thurs
day, January 1. The Rev. W. T.
Bodenhammer, a former Colo
mokee pastor, officiated. Manry-
Jordan Funeral Home assisted
the Barnes Funeral Home, of
Statesboro, with arrangements.
Interment was in the church
cemetery. Pall bearers were
Charles and Reuben Roberts,
Ralph Balkcom, Vincent Willis,
Willie Tom Smith and Mack Jar
rett.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs.
L. L. Roberts, Sr., Statesboro;
two brothers, Frank Roberts,
Ellaville; L. L. Roberts, Tarpon
Springs, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs.
F, S. Perkerson, Greensboro,
N. C.; Mrs. R. E. Mills, Jr.,
Atlanta; Mrs. H. J. McCormick,
Statesboro.
Burns received
Sat. are fatal
to J. B. Rogers
J. B. Rogers, a former me
chanic, died Sunday as a result
of severe burns received over
most of his body on Saturday
morning, January 3, when his
house on North Church Street
was destroyed by fire.
The Blakely Fire Department
answered a call about 2;25 a.m.
January 3. By the time they
arrived, the occupant, J. B. Ro
gers, had crawled out of the
house which was engulfed in
flames. Rogers was taken to
Early Memorial Hospital and
transferred to a Dothan Hos
pital later.
Fire Chief Byron White said
the fire apparently started from
an oil heater, the. house was
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Joseph Jones, 69,
Edison farmer,
dies Sunday
Joseph Herschel Jones, 69,
Route 1, Edison, died in a Cuth
bert hospital Sunday after an ill
ness of three months. He was
born in Early County, January 22,
1900 and had lived in Calhoun
County for the past 48 years and
engaged in farming. He was a
member of the Mars Hill Primi
tive Baptist Church, where fune
ral services were held Monday,
Elder Elzy Bryant officiating.
Interment was in the church
cemetery, Manry-Jordan Fune
ral Home in charge of arrange
ments-
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Lula Eubanks Jones, four daugh
ters, Mrs. Howard Harris, Mrs.
Ralph Harris, Bonifay, Fla.; Mrs.
James Parker, ’Blakely; Mrs.
Owen Rizer, of Marietta: two
sons, J. C. and Royce Jones,
Edison; 3 sisters, Mrs. A. J.
Eubanks, Edison; Mrs. Henry
Stamps, Shellman: Mrs. Joe Be
lisle, Ruskin; one brother, Ray
mond Jones, Ocalla; one half
sister, Mrs. Mary Lou King,
Milledgeville; one half-brother,
Mariqn F. J^nes, Blakely.
Services held
Monday for local
resident's mother
Funeral services for Mrs.
Dorothy Stevens, 72, of Glouces
ter, England, were held Monday,
January 5, in Gloucester.
Mrs. Stevens was the mother
of Mrs. Charles Drake, 306 West
ward Ave-, Blakely. Other sur
vivors were a son and four dau
ghters.
Mrs. Drake, a native of Eng
land, visited her mother the past
summer and realized her health
was falling.
completely destroyed. Rogers
lived alone. Once a promising
mechanic, Rogers was in an auto
mobile accident several years
ago, which left him handicapped.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday.
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