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Progress In All Phases of Disease Control In Clarke Reported
- Commissioner flm ‘ Repgorts 5
On Successful Efforts Here
- To Protect Health 0f Public
‘% _(Continued From Page One)
i
f ® Dr. Harold B. Hodgson, dairy and
i food inspector; H. A. Haygood,
' .ugjta,ry inspector; Fred E. John=
= §ton, sanitary engineer; I'ouise
fiw, bacteriologist; Maude Bird,
% Busie Tuck and Mudred Stewart
% public health nurses. \
= . Outstanding featureg in the com -
% missoner’s report are the follows
& ing: \
& 1. Citatien -of the need of a
medical and surgicur clinic for the
~__underprivileged. |
= 2" Accomplishments of the ven
~ ereal disease clinic which was,
vj W last year. :
8. Preparation of the depart
. . ment to combat ' 'malarial fever|
* swhich ig becoming more prevalént |
_ ““in this section due to the infection
.of mosquitoes with the malarial
E germ. |
® 4 Success of the tuberculosis
, Xx-ray clinic held by the d(’part-‘
ment for the first time last year. j
© 5. Continuation of suecessful |
. control of typhoid fever, diphtheriai
. and scarlet fever in Clarke county.
i 6. Expangion of the maternity
. service diyision of the health de-
A &
. 7. Recommendation that the
~ control of rabies by the health de-
g B
FREE
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partment include the county, as;
]well as the city, which would re-|
| quire licensing of dogs in the|
!cuunty that have been wvaccinated!
’.‘against the malady. '
| 8. Neea for municipal legislation.t
' to aid in restaurant and case saniw |
‘| tation, ;
' Thanks Agencies j ‘
' The commisgioner pays tribute |
{to Dr. Whelchel, who served asi
ipresident of the board of kealth |
for several years; the' Juniar As-‘
}sembly. an organization Of/young'
-women interested in public W elfare;
lfhe Clarke County Tube.':culogle[
,agsociatlon; Athens, Womaj I’s club |
amd the dentists and physi clans ofl
the . community for ' their / eoopera- |
tion with the deparimenmt in at
| taining its objectives. / ]
'i As a means of giving’ the pub
'lic a moré complete knd wledge of
| the activities of the heakth depart-’
'ment and its aims, the following,
' verbatim excerpts from the Com
‘mlasloner’s report are herewith
[ ye-produced:
| BEGIN COMBATING
| WWENEREAL DISEASES
\probably the most moteworthy
achievement of the depgrtment 15‘
the ‘completion of the fist year of
the mew venereal disease clinic
o’prot@d < in the bagsement . clinic
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TRADE at CROW’S and SAVE
‘ 255 East Clayton Street
THE HOME OF REASONABLE DRUG PRICES
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT CROW'S)|
Irooms of the department in the
city hall. From a very meager be
ginning and with patients restrict
ed to only those who are unable to
Ipay for the services of a private
fphysician, the clinic has become a
;major function of the department
|in a comparatively short time. |
| “During the year 2,234 specimensi
|of blood were examined for evi
{dence of syphilitic infection. Of|
{this number 552 were found to be!
| positive. 305 of these were given
?frr',eg treatment in the clinic and
| othiers referred to their family phy-
Isician. A total of 2,803 treatments
"wyere given in the clinic during the
Jyear. Many patients of the clinic'
‘ have shown remarxable improve
|ment in general health. Some who
|came into the clinic almost blind |
‘or on crutches are are now, to the |
Icasual observer, in perfect health
| “Some of the patients have taken
!only a few treatments while others!
Qhave received as many ag 41 week
ly injections. The eclinic has on ns‘
‘ro]e—men, women and children,
‘lboth white and colored. An etfortt
is made to follow up all patients
wlwh.o fail to return for treatmen\[
lbefore being cures, Many sermtai
!in Athens, cooks, maids, and otherg
Jare receiving treatment in thei
clinic and those showing a nega
tive blood test are given a certifi
’cate to* be used in obtaining em
ployment. |
| CITES INCREASE |
IN MALARIA !
“Are the people of Clarke county’
gradually becoming more and more
subject to mosquito borne diseas
es? Very clearly there is more
’malarla. here than there was .ten"
or even five years ago. Formerly
patients with' MMWLW
been traveling in some other part
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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
of the state or had moved into
Clarke county from another sec
tion. In 1936 there were several
cases of Malaria among residents
of Clarke county, who had not been
away from home for monthg pre
ceding the attack,
“Due to improved transporta+
tion faeilities, the ever present in
flux and egress of a small army of
transients into and out of our
county has permanently deprived
Clarke county of a sectional im
munity which our people have en
joyed in the past,
“Very definitely the mosquito in
Clarke county is entering into a
new role as a direct menace to
health as well as being a nuisance
and very a?'moylng pest. Neeessar
ily we must institute more definite
measureg to contror the breeding of
the mosquito and rigidly guaran
tine patients suffering from mos
quito borne diseases, if we are to
aveoid a very definite increase in
malaria in the future. Statistics on
two countieg very close to Clarke
county show that enis disease is
very definitely on the increase in
this locality.
| “There has been a wvery aefinite
lincrease in the nunißer of cases of
| malaria in Clarke county during
|the past five years. It is hoped
| that sufficient cooperation may be
| obtained to stamp out this disease
lin Clarke county before it becomes
!d. serious health problem and also
la serious financial and economic
' problem. i |
“On December 1, 1936, a samtary
’er.gineer was added to the staff of
|the Athens and Clarke county de
| partment of health. This engineer
lie well qualified in the technique
tuf the control of malaria by means
of drainage of breeding places for
mosquitoes and other necessary
procedureg for the improvement of
the sanitation of Clarke county. A
i survey of the county .is now being
imade and maps prepared indicat
ting the present condition of the
%county from a sanitary and health
gstandpoint. The department is re
-Icelving enthusiastic support - and
i the endorsement of the citizens,
: who realize it is emore economical
. to prevent the possibility of Clarke
| county becoming a typical malaria
' county, than it will be to rid the
_county of the @jsease after its peo
ple have become generally infect
~ed. There are sections of our ¢ity
: where water and sewerage facili
' ties should be easily accessible that
are without proper sewage dis
posal. It is hoped that water and
sewer lines will be made available
for the tenants of these districts.
TUBERCULOSIS X-RAY ’
CLINIC IS HELD
“For the first time in the his-l
tory of the public health depart-'
ment, an x-ray clinic for the diag-!
nosis of tuberculosis among those!
not previously known to have the|
disease was held m the offices of"
the department on 'Noyember 18
and 19, 1936.
“The clinic was made possible|
by the assistance of the state board !
of health, and the Clarke County |
Tuberculosis association. No gen-’
eral invitation wag extended for the|
clinic, but only those selected by,
the nursing department or the phy-|
sicians of Clarke county were ad—i
mitted to the clinic,
“Two hundred and four indivi-l
duals were x-rayed during the two[
days of the clinic conducted under
the supervision of Dr. H. C. Sch-’
enck of the state department o£|
health. TFifteen new cases of tub-|
erculosis were found as a result|
of the clinic. These individuals§
will be placed under the supervi~i
sion of the loeal health depart-;
ment and every effort made to re-!
store them to health and prevent]
the spread of the earsease to other‘
members of their families, In ad-‘
dition to the 156 cases found, sev
eral suspicious cases were report
‘ed who are te receive close super
ivisiun and are to be x-rayed again
'within a few months.
CONTINUE CONTROL
OF TYPHO!D HERE ]
“Another year has passed with
typhoid under «control in Clarke
county. With 54 cases of typhoid
in 1930, and 47 cases in 1081, the
1982, 1933, 1934, 1985 and 1936 rec
ord is most impressive. Through
the coperation of all agencies at
the disposal of the department of
health, the number of cases was
limited to one for the city and
county during the year 1936. In
1935 there were seven cases; in
1934 there were six cases; in 1933
there were two cases; and in 1932
there were six cases. Twenty-two
cases in the past five years com
bined as compared to the serious
situation existing in 1930 and 1931,
with approximately fifty cases each
year,
“This noteworthy improvement
over a five year period has been
brought about chiefly by means of
vigilant supervision of sanitary
conditiong in the city and county,
rather than by reason of the ad
ministration of vaccine for the pre
vention of typhoid fever. Previous
to January 1952, Athens and Clarke
county had not known one year
in the past twenty-five without al
death from diphtheria. Due to the
intensive effort of the department
of health, the expert service ren
dered by the physicians of the city
and county, the early diagnosis of‘
the disease in the @&epartment la
boratory, the past five years, 1932.1
1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936 stand outi
vividly as examples of the effi- |
ciemcy which may be attained by
the whole-hearted cooperation of]
the ‘department of health, the prac
ticing physician and the general:
public. There has been only one
death from diphtheria among the]
residents of Athens and Clarke
county during the five years, 1932,
1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936. A com
parison of the number of cases andl
the number of deaths over two five
year periods is of interest. mel
1922-1926, a period of five years,;
there were 233 cases of diphtheria
and 24 deaths in Clarke ecounty.|
From 1980-1934 a similar period, |
there have been only 32 caseg and
2 deaths. ’
“The fall of 1936 ushered in a
very threatening diphtheria situa
tion, There were an unusual num
ber of cases in counties adjoining
Clarke county and this condition
wag finally manifested in an in
crease in the cases in Clarke coun
ty. After almost five years, with
out a death from diphtheria in the‘
city and county, one case proved
fatal in the latter days of 1936.
This child failed to receive any
medical attention until too late for
antitoxin to save its life. The rec
ord for Athens and Clarke county
now stands one death from Diph
theria during the past five years,
“The increase in eme number of
cases ‘is partially due to the active
campaign of the department in its
efforts to locate all possible sour
ceg of infection and thereby,
through laboratory examination,
bringing to light several cases
which were never given antitoxin
and which recovered uneventfully.
Only nine cases of scarlet fever
were reported during the year and
many of these ~ were unusually
mild. There were mo deaths from
scarlet fever durlng 1936,
MATERNITY SERVICE
| IN CLARKE COUNTY :
| “The object or materntwy service
| carried on by the nursing staff is
|to prepare the mother for the or
lideal of child bearing, and to in
r{sure the health and well being of
tboth the mother and the child. The
v{_qervice is divided into prenatal amd
' postnatal serviece. Imstructive home
‘ivisits are made hoth hefore and
-laster the birth of the child, and
tradv.ice given on diets, exercises,
. and general hygiene, and the nec
-‘essuy of securing medical super
| visien as early as possible to in
g)sure health of the mother and
{child. The nursing staff has made
;i1684 visits to prenatal cases and
,’324 visits te postnatal cases.
| Within the county, there are 21
| licensed midwives under the super
|vision of the health department,
| who are imstructed and regulated
_!by the nursing staff. During the
' year 1936, there were held 108 con
(ferences with individual midwives,
4 midwives receiving first instruc
|tions; a total of 307 midwives in
| structions were given. The mater
inlty service has been of invaluable
v"service to the county, at a time
’when many of its citizens were un
-ia.ble to employ a physician during
the early stages of pregnancy, and
{who would have been, through
| ignorance, far from fit for the
[birth of their child had it not been
’tor the services of this depart-‘
ment.
! “The preventive value of pren-|
atal care 18 dependent upon early
medical supervision. A larger pro
portion of women who have free
care avail themselves of early
medical supervision than of the
group who will not accept charity,
but are hardly able to pay for me
dical attention.
“Assistance of a visiting nurse
in carrying out the physicians in
‘structions, furnishing necessary
supplies, and arranging for de
livery is of especial importance to
the welfare of patients of limited
income or who are ignorant as to
how to best care for themselves at
such a time, The individual serv
ice of a public health nurse to as
sist the attending physician in
such cases where for financial rea
gons the services of a special nurse
cannot be availabte is not possible
at the present time. It is hoped
that eventually the department
may be able to furnish this service
for the safety of the mother and
baby and for the convenience of
the attending physician.
“During the year 1936, there has
not been a maternal death among
the residents of Atnens and Clarke
county. This fact speaks most elo
quently of the faithtul and con
scientious service of the 21 mid
wives of the city and county; the
efficient prenatal and postnatal
supervision of the nursing staff;
as well as the htgh standard of
professional service rendered by
the physicians of the eity and
county,
PRE-SCHOOL SERVICE
IS RENEWED
“The object of the infant and
pre-school service is to keep the
child well, with prevention the
keynote of the service, Advice is
given as to the proper habits of
diet, vrest, exerelse, elimination,
etc. The Well Baby Clinic, under
the control of the department of
health, has beeh directly under the
supervision of Dr. Linton Gerdine,
pediatrician, who has given his
services and most efficiently car
ried forward this phase of the pro
gram. More than 25560 infants have
come under his observation at the
| Well Baby Clinic during the year.
.iDur{ng the vear, the nursing staff
' has made 1772 visits to infant and
lpreschool children, referring them
.%to their private physician when
|such a procedure was indicated.
| Before the opening of school each
:!year preschool children are given a
| physical examination and by means
{of conferences with their parents,
land follow up visits byethe nursing
| staff many defects are eorrected
| before the child enters school.
“pDuring the year the physical
| examination of children in the ele
'| mentary schools by the health
commissioner has been continued.
.fA few days before the date the
,lcmm is scheduled to be examined,
{a notice is sent to the childs par
| ents notifying them of the time and
,'iplace the examination will be held.
| i'.l‘he parents are urged to be pres
ent at the examnation in order
that the health commissioner may
| giscuss with them the defects found
land offer suggestions for the re-.
.‘moval of such defects. One of the
ipuhuc health nurses is also pres
| ent at the examination and she fol
'lows up the children needing at
l“tgpuon by subsequent visits to the
ichilds home for further conferen
ces with the parents, Each morn
’ing the schools are visited by a
‘inuru for the purpose of tlsnc-l‘
tion. Children showing any symp
toms of disease are sent home by
the nurse. These children are re
admitted to school on a certificate
from their family physician or from
the commissioner of health. This
program has greatly reduced the
chance for the spread of infections
and contagious diseases among
the children and has resulted in
high attendance recordg for the
school. The procedure also les
sens the probability of the spread
of any disease in epidemic form
throughout the city. During the
vear 482 children were excluded
from school by the nursing depart
ment.
“A comprehensive course in
health and hygiene is taught in
the schools. Health posters are
made and the children are taught
the necessity of obsgerving proper
health regulations. The value of
milk in the diet is stressed and
free lunches are provided for chil
dren who are unable to bring a
suitable lunch, from home or buy
one at school. The cooperation of
the superintendent, principals and
teachers, as well as the valuable
assistance of the Parent-Teachers
association, greatly facilitated thg
work of the department in the
school health program.
DAIRY FOOD INSPECTION
IMPORTANT PHASE
“To be guaranteed a pure milk
supply, whether raw or pasteuriz
ed, to know that every pound of
'meat you may buy in the city of
| Athens has been thoroughly in
! spected, both before and after be
;ing slaughtered, should be a com
ifort to the citizens of Athens and
fClarke county. Grocery stores,
jsoda founts, restaurants and dair
ieg are all under the supervision of
!the department of health. All em
ployees of these establishments
|must file with the department a
;health certificate signed by a re
| putable physician, Every such em
| ployee must submit to a blood test
?in the department laboratory for
' syphilis: once each year.
! *“The cows in every dairy furn
'ishing milk to Athens have been
| tuberculin tested 100 per cent, and
195 per cent of all milk coming into
lAthens is grade “A” raw, as defin
[ed in the United Stateg public
;hea]th service milk erainance. Six
ity-five per cent of the milk sold in
|Athens is pasteurized. There has
ibeen a definite increase in the
[amount of pasteurized milk sold in
| the city in the year 1936. An or
;dinance passeéd by the board during
the year requireg that all milk of
}fered for sale as grade “A” pas
teurized milk shall be grade “A”
|raw milk before being pasteuriz
led, |
'RABIES CONTROL IS ‘
'SUCCESSFUL HERE 1
! “The control of rabies in the
|city of Athens was placer undet
| the supervision of the department
i.ot health by the efty council in
{1925. The ordinance requires that
(all dogg over eight weeks of age
{be vaccinated against rabies an
i nually, during the month of March.
lThe ordinance also provides that
‘the owner of each dog shall pur
ichafie a license tag from the city
lof Athens annually, which license
tag shall not be sold except upon
!the presentation of a certificate of
| vacecination. -
1 “It is urged that the control of
| rabies by this depariment be en
ilarged so as to include the entire
ficounty instead of snly the city of
’Athens. If the facts were before
ithe people of this state, it weould
lbe‘only a short time before com
| pulsery vaccination against rabies
Iwould become a state law and all
gdog's in the state would be im
! munized or destroyed. There has
’heen much discussion as to the
!va,lue of the immunization of dogs
bty means of one vaccination year
gly.. Many authoritieg are of the
fc-pinlon that sueh a procedure is
! inefficient and will not immunize
| the dog receiving the treatment.
| No doubt a series of innoculations
lcach year would more thoroughly
limmunize the dog but the exper
{ience of this department over a
prerviod of years ciearly vindicates
the appreciable value of only oné.
| treatment each year. |
;RESTAURANT AND
CAFE SANITATION
“Should we be satisfied with the
present ordinances governing the
sterilization of glasses, dishes, and
uiensils used in the preparation
for serving of food and drinks in
)our restaurants and cases? The
lexisting Ordinance requires steri
ilization by steam cr boiling water.
iThis Ordinance is adequate if it
could be enforced. Experience has
|taught us that the enforcement of
|this Ordinance is almost impossi
'ble and at least impractable under
;existing conditions. We all know
that many diseases are spread by
[mba.ns of common drinking glass,
dipper or cup. We are not far
removed from this condition in
some of our food handling estab
lishments. ‘
; “The public depends upon the
Department of Health to safe
guard their health in this particu
lar instance and when we do less
we are betraying a confidence
placed in us. This condition is
more or less prevalent im every
city, and beyond a doubt the su
pervision of such places in Athens
is far superior to that found in
many cities of equal size or larger.
Shall we temporize with this un
desirable condition indefinitely or
begin an active campaign to offer
the patrons of these places bet
ter . protection? |
“The owaers of many of these
places of business are willing to
cooperate in a better program but
realize the necessity for further
Ordinances to meet the practical
demands of the, situation. There
will be objections by some on the
grounds of ignorance and econo
my, but this does not seem a just
reason for this department to fail
to pass adequate Ordinances for
the protection of the general pub
lic in the control of the spread of
Georgia Power Company To Spend
$7.000,000 To Improve Servie
Total of SIOO,OOO Will
Be Spent This Year in
Athens by Company
! ATLANTA—The Georgiag Power
|Company will spend approximate
|ly $7,000,000 during 1937 for new
|construction to exteng and im
prove its service facilities, accord
|ing to an announcement today by
Wil Arkwright, president of the
'company. Of this amount, ap
proximately $1,000,000 will be spent
in the construction of 760 miles of
’new rural electric lines and ex
tensions to existing rural lines.
[This rural line construction will
\be a continuation of the 1936 pro
gram in whiclr 90 miles of rural
lines were built.
. In addition to its own expend
‘jture for rural electrification, the
company will cortinue its policy
of cooperation with the Rural
Electrification Administration, an
agency of the United States gov
ernment formed to fimance the
construction of ‘“cooperative” rural
lines, Mr. Arkwright said. He
pointed out the fact that the REA
has already granted or allocated
more than $1,000,000 to build ‘‘co
operative” lines in Georgia.
| Largest In Years
The Georgia Power Company’s
$7,000,000 budget for new construc
tion in 1987 is the largest since
1930. It is made necessary by
the rapidly - growing needs for
electric, transportation and other
facilities which the company pro
vides.
In a number of Georgia cities,
important additions will be made
to increase the capacity of sub
stations and transmission and dis
tribution lines. Among the larger
projects are the following:
More than $330,000 will be in
vested in Augusta and its vicinity
to increase the city's power sup
ply.
More than SIOO,OOO will be ex
pended in Athens to provide for
the growing use of electric serv
ice by residential, commercial ana
industrial consumers.
The electrical needs of Columbus
will require more than $120,000 for
new facilities.
In Atlanta alone, more than sl,-
disease in our restaurants and
cases,
MEDICAL CLIN!C
A NECESSITY
“Very definitely every commun
ity is faced with a most delicate
problem in the proper care and
supervision of that element in thé
community who are not financial
ly able to pay for medical or sur
gical services, but whoe are unwill
ing to call for the services of a
eity or county physician provided
only for charity patients.
“During the year 1936, there oe
curred g death from diphtheria in
Clarke county. This death was the
first caused from diphtheria in the
county during the past five years,
This child should not have died.
The parents, honest and self re
‘specting people, were not able to
‘employ a physician unless it was
iabsolutely necessary. They were
not willing to aceept charity or
call for the services of a city phy
sician, The child was treated at
(home for several days and a few
hours before death, a physician
l‘was called. Antitoxin and heroic
efforts of the physician were of
Ino avail. Had the physician seen
the child 24 hours earlier, there is
llittle doubt that fits life would
‘have been saved.
“This isolated case, where an
unnecessary death occurreq with
in a few blocks of the Healt De
patmnt offices and within a few
blocks of the offices of all the
physicians of the city, brings very
}clearly befure our minds the fact
‘that our different services for car
'ing for the health and well-being
of our people are not functioning
in a creditable manner. This con
dition is brought about in spite!
of the conscientious effort of the
different city and ecounty agencies
which endeavor to care for such
situations. These agencies are
handicapped by lack of sufficien\;
appropriations to adequately care
'for the necessary medical, surgi
cal, and hospital needs of those
dependent upon them. |
“It is not the specific case that
is turned away gt a time of crisis
that illustrates our inadequacy
but the scores of cases needing
medical or surgical attention, whao
through years of neglect, have be
come educated to go without such
attention until often it is too late
for them to receive any benefit.
“Athens and Clarke county can
not postpone indefintely the oper
dtion of a well equipped medical
and surgical clinic for the benefit
of its less fortunate citizens. This
project has beep tossed about from
pillow to post for many years in
Clarke county. The need is rec
ognized as evidenced by the re
vival of such a clinic from time
to time. Failure to appropriate
sufficient funds for equipment andl
maintenance with adequate assist-‘
ance and supervision has been the)
downfall of the clinic in the past.
The medical profession will gladl_v}
give its services free, if adequate
equipment and supervision is pro-‘
vided. The expense of such a
clinic is just as much an obliga
tion of the city and county as is
the maintenance of an efficient
Police and Fire Department.
“The city and county adminis
trations are anxious to efficiently
serve the people of Clarke county.
They are dependent upon the will
of the people in the appropriation
of money for the upkeep of the
necessary services of thg couniy-
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 193,
000,000 will be spent to Provige 5.
ditional electric and street railyay
service ang for improvementg at
Plant Atkinson, the company's 100,.
000 horse power steam-electyj,
geuerating plant on the Chatiy.
hoochee river.
To afford an improved poyep
supply for the western section of
the state, a new substation wi) be
constructed at Bremen. Ag,
substation Jwill also be built g
Griffin and important inproye.
ments will be made at the substy.
tion gt Thomaston.
The main transmission line frop
Atlanta to Macon will be rebult gt
a cost of more than $275,000. Thig
line serves Jonesboro, Barnesvi]le,
Griffin, Forsyth and other cop.
munities and the improvementy
will give those towns greater as.
surance against interruption tg
their service.
Adds To Network
Completion of a transmissiop
line from Xastman to Hawkins.
ville and construction of a ney
transmission line from Madison to
Greenshoro will strengthen the
company’s silate-wide network of
power lines and give those towns
and the surrounding territory ag.
‘ditional sources of power and ad
ditional protection against servie
interruptions. Construction work
on these two lines will require the
expenditure of approximately §IOO
-
Miscellaneous improvements to
service in at least 20 other cities
will call for expenditures of more
than $500,000.
The company’s total operating
and construction budgets for 1937
will be in excess of $21,000,000,
Mr. Arkwright said. Of this
amount, $7,500,000 will be paid to
employes of the company in wages
and salary.
Tax payments to the federal
government and to staie and lo
cal agencies will amount to more
than $3,00¢,000. Of this amount tax
paymeits by the company, in
comypliance with the unemploy
mert and old age provisions of the
Social Security Aet will be aps
proximately $225,000. This is an
addition to the amount which will
be deducted from employes’ wages
in accordance with the require
ments of the law.
If the people will endorse the es
tablishment of an up-to-date clin
ic, those in authority will be glad
to authorize the project.”
Heckman Is Speaker
At Rotary Meetins
By SAM WOOOODS
Prof. H. M. Heckman of t
University s,of Georgia. School o
Commepeg, talked . to . Rotarians
that ' thgir regular wgeldy juncheon
WMWt thg @Geéorgian hotel
Profi ‘Heckman . spoke on the
Social Security Act, explainingal
phases of the act in reference 10
public health, the blind, and ol
age assistance. 3
At the conclusion® of his talk
questions were askeq Mr. Heck
man, the program providing both
instructive and interesting.
0. B. Mcßae, chairman of vo
cational service committee, called
on Jo Billing, who presented the
speaker. Abit Nix presided at the
luncheon in the absence of D
Weaver Bridges, who was out o
the eity. G ERes
M. S. Hodgson, jr, yepresenta:
tive of the Coca-Cola company,
with headgquarters in Paris, Franct
was a guest of his father, He
told of his work overseas. 3
Walter Meadows was the guest
of Jo Billing, Carter Daniel was
with E. L. Wier, W. ¢, Thur
mond and ©O. B. Mcßae, jr., wert
guests of O. B, Mcßae, sr.
Visiting Rotarians twere Fred
Corey of Barberton, Ohio, and
Henry Kendall of Greensboro, N:
£, o i _;-?h‘
Interesting Program Is
Planned for Forum
Class on Sunday
By SAM WOODS
Last Sunday, the beginning o
the administration eof President Lo
W. Cooper, Abit Nix was th®
main speaker at the meeting @
the Forum class of First Baptis
church. Mr. Nix paid high “'_‘"'
ute to the class on its organizatio?
set-up, and aectivity in church con”
munity service.
Despite the week's bad weather
more than 100 members attended
with all captains and co-captain®
being present. ¥
President Coopery gl}houncodfla“-
other good progr#m”for nextSut
day. Eugene Lumpkin presente:
the Prince -Avenue Baptist chur’
quartet,. composed of George Fields:
H. D. Wallace, J. H. and A- B
Logan, who were heard in severs!
pleasing numbers.
FARM TENANCY MEETING
dMONTGOMERY, Ala.—(P)— Pl’”;
ident Roosevelt's mittee ©
farm tenanc;'erin'ét Y%’:gltodzi}' with
editors, planters Oandodabor repré’
sentatives from nine states to i
cuss the South’s share—cr(‘?pe’
problem.
R. W. Hudgens, regional reset*
tlement director, said today's meet*
ing wolild contribute largely ot
Jong-range legislative program “
farm tenancy to be introduced "
congress this session.
Representatives arrived 12 ";
night from Alabama, Georgia, A"
kansas, South Carolina, Flflf‘d"j
Mississippi, North Carolina. T
nessee and Louisiana Hudzen
iflfll. ei4“ & .'_‘___ -.V'J