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Vol. 109, No. 27
Fain Slaughter
Named To Head
Credit Bureaus
Closing Session Of
Meet Hears Abit
Nix, F. C. Reed
BY EUGENE PETTY
(. Fan Siaughter, mana
ger of the Athens Credit Ex
change, Wwas unanimously
elected president of the As
sociated Credit Bureaus of
Georgia at the closing ses
sion of the state convention
qunday afternoon at the
Georgian hotel. He succeeds
Ww. Wayne Hinson of Way
cross who automatically be
comes a member of the
hoard of directors.
Other officers elected were M,
B, Weldon, Savannah, vice-presi
gent: and Clara iC. Conroy, Al
bany, secretary -treasurer. The
new members of the boarq of di
rectors are: L. 8. Gilbert, At-
Janta, chairman; Hoke S. Wilkin
son, Columbus; and W. Comer
Cherry, Valdosta.
The program for the closing ses
oisn included speeches by Abit Nix
Athens attorney, and F. C, Reed,
credit manager of Sears, Roebuck
Company of Atlanta. |
Mr. Reed, in discussing “Wht
I Look for in Your Credit Re
ports” told convention members
there were a lot of changes tak
ing place at all times due to the
present world crisis. He. encour
szed more credit bureaus conven
tions, more get-togethers for the
purpose of working out profitable
solutions to “countless problems
now being faced by credit bureaus
in this country.”
Complete Information
“In making out a creditor's re
port, one important thing is to have
complete credit information on the
person about to become a credi
tor”” Mr. Reed stressed “You must
have good creditors in order to
keep good credit books.”
A credit man must know the
character of the man about to be
come a creditor. He must know
that man’s ability to pay. He must
have m‘-nuww
man’s income and bac anar
Mr. Nix spoke on the subject
“gticking Your Neck Out” Ih
commenting on the remarks madel
by Mr. Reed, Mr. Nix said, “T
think you should have an appreci
able understanding of the position
of the man you are reporting on |
Mr. Nix enlivened his speech with‘
JVRAGS
The program was completed with
the installation of new officers and
a rising vote of thanks to retiring
officers. Retiring President Hin
son expressed to host Fain
Slaughter the appreciation of the
A.C.B. of Georgia members for
e
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Former Athens Man
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Dies Sunday
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In Warren, Ohio
Word was received here Sunday
of the death in Warren, Ohio, or
Huzh Bell, former Athenian and
brother of Miss Annie Mae Bell,
of this city. Mr. Bell died suddenly
Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock
from a heart attack.
Surviving Mr. Bell are three sis
ters, Miss Annie Mae Bell, Athens,
Mrs. Percy Rossee, Eatonton, and
Mrs. L. Talmadge Mayfield, Mon
roe, and an uncle, Dr. John W.
Gallaway, Athens.
Miss Bell and Mrs. Mayfield let®
Sunday immediately after they re
ceived word of the death of their
brother for the Ohio city, where
Services are to be conducted this
afternoon. Mrs, Rossee, ill with
influenza, was unable to make the
trip.
Mr. Bell was the son of the late
Dr. and Mrs. Bascom Bell, well
known Athenians. For many years
Dr. Bell was a prominent druggist
of this city. Mr. Bell left Athens
Some fifteen or twenty years ago
0 make his home in Warren.
Hollowood Wonders Who Will
bet The “Oscars” For 'AD
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Republican Raps Foes
Of British Aid Bill
For “Blind Opposition”
Willkie Expected To Urge Bill’s
Passage In Testimony Tuesday
WASHINGTON — (AP)— As the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee started its final week of work
on the administration’s British aid bill, Senator Aus
tin (R-Vt) counseled the Republican party today
against “‘blind opposition”” to the legislation.
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like this. It's Gwen Verdon
midway in a little Egyptian
rumber she does in new picture.
“Outward Bound”
Tickets Put
Or Sale Today
Tickets for “Outward :Bound”
the University Theater’s winter
quarter play which opens next
Thursday night at 8:30 g’clock
in Seney-Stovall Theater, went
on sale at Costa’s today. Busi
ness Manager Jack Meadows,
Athens, reported jearly sales
were heavy, !
With opening night this quarter
informal, tickets may be purchased
for 50 and 75 cents. For those who
wish to buy tickets on the night
of the plays, they will be sold at
Seney-Stovall box office.
Revival of “Outward Bound”,
produced here for the first time in
1930, was hailed this morning by
Athenians who saw the first pre
sentation as ‘“one of the most
heartening bits of news” in several
seasons. “Outward Bound” is ex
pected to be the most appealing
Pplay since ,ocal theater-goers high
ly praised “Romance” in 1939.
Including a cast which features
several stage stars described as
the “best in the southern collegiate
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; HOLLYWOOD.—(#£)—"Who gets
the -‘Oscars’?”"—Hollywood's great
{ annual guessing game—is on.
For the 13th time, the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sci
ences has posted its nominations
lits for meritorious performance
awards—the gold statuettes long
ago dubbed “Oscars.”
Neither of the defending cham
pions—Vivien Leigh for “Gone
With The Wind” or Robert Donat
for “Goodbye Mr. Chips’—was
nominated. Chiefly notable in
President Walter Wanger's an
nouncement last night was the
| predominance of new faces.
~ But the newcomers’ sweep could
not, crowd Bette Davis, twice a
| winner and twice more a candi
i L sb——
Auston, assistant minority lead
er, already has backed the gen
eral objective of the measure and
his new statement was interpreted
by some legislators as anindirect
effort to keep senate opposition
from asuming the predominantly
Republican character of the fight
on the bill in the house,
‘When the house passed te bill
Saturday by a vote of 260 to 165,
the final roll coll- showed 135 Re-
publicans lined up against the
legislatian with 25 Democrats, 3
progressives, 1 farm-laborite and
1 American-Laborite. Twentyfour
Republicans and 236 Democrats
voted for ijt.
Austin told newmen that Repub
licans should give ‘“reasonable
study” to possible changes in the
measure, but said that nothing
should be done which would “de
stroy” the legislation.
Raps Opposition
“It is not for a few men to
create the impression that the
faith in our institutions and in our
Republican party doeg not have
people, the Vermont Senator said.
“The Republican partyshould not
adopt a policy of blind opposition.”
He mentioned the scheduled ap
pearance ofWendell L. Wilkie be
fore tne Foreign Relations commit
tee tomorrow, ¢
Austin said that the 1940 Reubli
canpresidential nominee had done
“a, fine .thing” in making a trip to
Britain to survey conditions there.
Wilkie, he said, had abandoned
%_r_tisanship An his ha&itndp toward
e British aid measure.
‘Wilkie favors the legislation with
modificatons, and he was expected
in his testimony tomorrow to re
state his approval, with recommen=
dations for several changes in the
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Athenians Honor
Dr. E. L. Hill On
34th Anniversary
By WARREN WESTON
i Presbyterians and friends of
rother denominations gathered Sun
iday to honor Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor
‘of the First Presbyterian Church
and Athens’ oldest minister from
Ipoim of service, on his thirty
fourth anniversary ag a clergyman
in Athens.
"The honor was as simple as it
was singular, keynoted by a few
lwords of apreciation by Dr. W. D.
Hooper in behalf of the entire con
lgregation. Dr. Hooper, clerk of the
session, is the only present church
lot‘icer who has ben in continuous
iservice during Dr. Hill's pastorate.
Dr. Hooper stated that in the
34 years Dr. Hill has served as
pastor he has grown in grace and
lfa.vor with both God and man
’through his help and guidance of
}the entire city.
Testify Strongly
’ “The great number of young
| people in the congregation today
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Home Economics
Clubs Hold
Cenvention Here
By LAVINA FLOWERS
The members of the University
Demonstration School Home Eco
nomics Club were hostesses Satur
to about 250 delegates who attended
the anunal meeting of the 10th Dis
triect of the affiliated Home Econo
mics Clubs of Georgia. Approxi
mately twenty-five clubs from the
10th district were represented.
Miss Marie Lewallen, president
of the University Demonstration
Home Economic Club, was elected
to represent the 10th district at
the annual State Convention of
Home Economic Clubs. The State
Convention will be held on April
11 in Augusta. Plans for sending
a delegate to the National Home
Economic Club Convention to be
held in Chicago in June were also
discussed.
Discuss Problems
Mrs. Martha Ross Griffeth, dis
trict chairman, spoke on the privi
lege gained by having affiliated
Home Economic Clubs. One of the
most important advantages, she
said, was the fact that the differ
ent clubs could meet and discuss
comizon problems. She alsp ex
pressed her appreciation for the
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Four House Leaders are shown in Washington after the House passed tne “lease-lend” bill to aid
Britain by a vote of 260 to 165. Left to right: Majority Leader John McCormack, Speaker Sam Ray
burn, Foreign Affairs Cammittee Chairman Sol Bloom and Luther Johnson.
Auto Mishap Proves
Fatal To Helen | =
Mergendoller Sunday
Miss Helen Mergendoller,
formerly of Atlanta and later
a resident of Athens, was killed
Sunday morning when the au
tomobile in which she was re
turning ‘from Atlanta over
turned near Monroe,
Norman Heggie, Jacksonville,
Fla.,, was painfully injured in the
mishap, and both were carried to
a Monroe hospital. Miss Mergen
doller died three hours after-arriv
ing there.
The mishap occurred just before
they reached the Monroe city limit.
Heggie’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howell Cobb Barwick, former Ath
enians, arrived this morning from
their home in Asheville, N. C. Hos
pital attendants said Heggie sus
tained a general shock, crushed
ankle, and lacerations.
Both were former students at the
University of Georgia, where Miss
Mergendolley was president of Del
ta Delta Delta sorority in 1939, the
year she was graduated. She re
ceived a bachelor of arts degree
Arom the School of “Journalism. "
‘While an undergraduate she ap
peared in several University Thea
ter productions; was a member of
Thalian - Blackfriars, dramatic
group; Theta Sigma Phi, national
honorary Jjournalism society for
women; and Wiomen's Pan- Hel
lenic Council. At present she was
connected © wity, the general ac
counting office of the Agriculture
Adjustment Administration.
Miss Mergendoller wag the great
granddaughter of the man who in
vented the Mergenthaley linotype
machine, used in printing newspa
pers. He; grandfather changed the
name to Mergendoller.
Flew From Dallas
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Mergendoller, Her
father was a prominent citizen of
Atlanta, and was transferred to
Dallas, Texas several months ago.
At word of her accident the family
flew here from Dallas. She wag 23
years o,ld.
Funeral services were held in
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Myers Announces
.
Gain In Postal
Receipts Over "40
BY KATHERENE FRANKUM
Postmaster J. R. Myers announce
a slight gain in the post office
receipts for the month of January
1941 as over January 1940. The
The-$10,599,672 received for Jan
uary 1941 show an increase of
about 1 percent over the $10,493,020
received for anuaJry 1940. Mr.
Mys said he considered this ex
ceptionally god because of the
great amount of sickness during
the past month,
Mr. Myers said he would be
satisfied if the receipts for the year
of 1941 measure up to that of 1940,
which was the neaviest in the his
tory of the post office.
Declaring the postoffice reflects
the state of other business, Mr.
Myers expressed the opinion that
“as soon as we have some good
weather and other busines begins
to open up, the post ofice will show
increased sales. The post office is
just like any gther busines, but we
have no way to solicit business
except by courteous and efficient
service.”
“Sports News and Views"’
To Carry Story Of
Bobby Hooks Tonight
Bobby Hooks, who for four
years was an outstanding ath
lete at the University prior to
his graduation in 1928 will be
one of the main figures tonight
on , Ernie Harwell’'s “Sports
News and Views”, which comes
over WSB at 7 o'clock, (E.S.T.)
Harwell who conducted his
program from the Schocl of
Journalism Radio Laboratory
last Friday evening, “brushed
up” on the story of Bobby
Hooks while he was here, and
decided to put it on his pro
gram tonight. o mes s
Sabotage Efforts
Coming Soon,
Rear Admiral Warns
. WASHINGTON . —(#)—Con
gress has.been told,-a commit
tee report disclosed today, that
efforts to sabotage the nation's
defense program “will not much
longer be delayed.”
Reayr Admiral R. R. Waesche,
commandant of the coast guard,
informed a house appropria
tions subcommittee that there
was “every reason to believe”
that such sabotage would soon
be attempted and Dpredicted
“weg will be caught napping by
not having sufficient person
nel to give the protection to
our harbors and water fronts
which we should give.”
Testifying in support of a
request for 200 additional men
for port protection duty, Waes
che reported the coast guard
has about 2,000 men engaged
in patrolling explosives anch
orages in harbors, supervising
the loading of explosives and
guarding against acts of sab
otage. :
Discussing the coast guard’s
steps to get its vessels into
shape for service with the
ng,gx—a transfer automatic in
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Boy Scouts Will
End Scout Week
Here Next Sunday
By JAMES HILLEY
[Boy Scouts of the Athens dis
trict will end their celebration of
Scout Week with a service based
on Scout Law at the Jewish
Temple, Hancock and Jackson
streets. Time will be 11 a. m., Sun
day, February 16, according to
Scout headquarters. Rabbi ILaw
rence Block will be in charge,
Another highlight of the week
is a Scout Circus to be held in
Hardeman Hall on the night of
February 14. All troops will par
ticipate. During the week there will
be exhibitions Sc out activities
at various places in Athens.
The Secout Circus will start at
7:30 p. m., and will last more than
two hours, with the Grand Finale
coming at 9:45. In some of the
exercises and exhibitions all the
troops attending will take part,
in others ¢gnly individual troops
will partake. ;
Among Circus events in which
all troops take part a dressing re
lay and a rescue race, scheduled
for 8:00 », m. Later in the evning
a tug-of war will be conducted.
Eight troops will have a share in
the pulling.
Exerises in which smaller grougs
of scouts wll enter include a Scout
Law tableau, an archery contest,
a Tirst Aid exhibition, bicycle hik
ing, a tower building, and a lash
ing exhibition. Games of different
kinds will also be held.
Dupree Hunnicutt
Subject Of
Constitution Story
A condensed sketch of Dupree
Hunnicutt, jr., one of Clarke coun
ty’'s two representatives to the
General Assembly, appeared in the
Atlanta Constitution Sunday.
The sketch, with a picture of the
Clarke legislator, was published
under the heading,“The Gentleman
From”, a daily feature which car
ries pictures and short write-ups
of the members of the house and
senate. Severai days ago the fea
ture carried a gketch and picture
of L. O. (Olin) Price Jr., Clarke
county’s other representative.
The Constitution had the fol
lowing to say about Mr. Hunni
cutt:
“A young Athens lawyer, Dupree
Hunnicutt jr., is in the house for
his first time' this year. He was
graduated from the University of
GeorgialLaw School in 1938 and took
up his practice in his home town.
He thinks a person should vote only
as he sees fit for the best interest
of the state.
“Dupree is especially interested
in education and is pounding away
for the betterment of some of the
higher institutions of learning in the
state. He is 26 years old. 5t
Owner Of Poisoned
Dog Extended
Sympathy In Note
On February 2 the Banner-
Herald Published a letter from
a reader protesting against
what the letter charged was a
series of wholesale poisoning
of dogs in all parts of Athens.
The following letter is both a
message of condolence to the
writer of the previous letter and,
at the same time, a further indict
ment of those who poison dogs.
The letter reads:
“Here rest the remains of what
in life was a satire on the human
race and an honor to his---a faith
ful dog.” (by Alexander H. Steph
ens.) \ §
Having owned dogs and being a
lover of all dogs, my deep under
staning sympathy is extended to
the person that wrote the letter,
published in the Banenr-Herald on
February 2. . » :
I wish to add my severest con
demnation for the person or per-’
sons that stooped to the lowest
depth to poisoh a dog,
Even if the poisoney has never
Iknown‘ the friendship and the love
of a dog, the joy and pleasure of
its companionship in home life,
in fields and woods, that through
reading he would know of the fine
qualities of dogs and have an ad
miration and respect ror them.
It is not unusual to read that a
dog has saved his owner’s life, or
a child's life, or a family from
burning at the pisk of his own life.
Or dying of a broken heart griev
ing fop his loved master,
Few people measure up to the
fine qualities of dogs, which re
minds me of Lord Byron’s epitaph
to 4 dog:
“Near this spot is deposited the
remains of one Wwho possesed
beauty without vanity, strength
without intolerance, courage without
ferocity, and all the virtues of ma.nl
without his vices,
“This praise which would be but
meanngless flattery If jinscribed
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Athenian Expected
From Basic Air
School In March
John I. Renka, jr., son of Mrs.
Sue S, White, 266 West Dougherty
street, is expected to graduate frem
the Air Corps Basic Flying Schosl,
Montgomery, Ala.,, about March 5,
1941. Prior to his arrival at the
school, he had been attending the
Air Corps Primary Training School
at Albany, Ga., where he obtained
60 hours in the air and made his
first military solp flight on No
vember 7, 1940, Renka was ap
pointed a flying cadet on October
14, 1940,
Officials of the Basic Flying
school stated that he reported
there on January 2, 1941, as a
member of class 41-D which will
graduate to the Air Corps Ad
vanced Flying School, Maxwell
Field, Alabama, about March 5 for
the final stage in the cadet's train
ing. Cadet Renka has indicated
his desire to be assigned to bom
bardment squadrons upon thecom
pletion of his flying cadet training
at Maxwell Field. Lieutenant J. I.
Curntt, Air Corps, has been as
signed as his flight instructor and
has supervised hig flight instruc
tion through ten hours of basic
training flying: g large part of a
cadet’s time in the air, however,
is solp flying when he is on his
own. o el
Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey Horns
by, Air Corps, Commanding Officer
of the Basic Flying School has
stated that in addition to the fly
ing course, the cadets must com
plete course in airplane and en
gine operations, radio code, radio
communications, meteorology (wea
ther), military law, military hy
giene, and other similar courses;
and that these courses will be con
tinued at the advanced flying
school in addition to several more
advanced courses.
Renka had been attending the
University of Georgia for three
years taking a Dpre-medical course
before joining the Air Corps.
A.B.C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢ Sunday
Relations With Rumania
Broken By British:
Royal Navy Fires Genoa
U. S. Embassy Takes Over British
Affairs In Seething Balkan Nation
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Great Britain broke off diplomatic relations with
Nazi-dominated Rumania today wtihin a few hours
after Prime Minister Winston Churchill forecast a
German thrust through the Balkans coinciding with
a phase of ‘‘greater violence” in the war. o
With The “Tools™
Britain Will
Win---Churchill
By the Associated Press
LONDON — If the United
States will “send us the tools,”
Great Britain can “finish the
job” of defeating Adolf Hitler
and Benito Mussolini without
the aid of an American Ex
peditionary Force, Prime Min
ster Winston Churchill declar
ed in a Sunday night radio ad
dress.
“We do not need the gallant ar
mies which are forming through
odt the American union,” he said.
“We do not need them tnis year,
nor next year, nor any year that
I can foresee.
“But we do need most urgently
an immense and continuous sup
ply of war materials, and we need
them here, and we need to bring
them here. We shall need a great
mass of shipping in 1942, far more
than we can build ourselves, if
Wwe are to maintain and augn'ent
our war effort in the west and in{
the east.” s 4
He warned that Hitler would “do
his utmost to prey upon our ship
ping and reduce the volume of
American supplies.”
other warning that the long-pre
dicted German invasion might be
near at hand.
“We must all be prepared to
meet gas attacks, parachute at
tacks, glider aftacks, with con
stancy, forethought and practiced
skill,” he usserted,
Grimly Confident
Speaking in tones of grimn con
fidence, Churchill declared “we
may be sure the war is going to
enter upon a phase of greater vio
lence.” He underscored the possi
bility of a German thrust through
the Balkans. e
“A considerable German army
and air force is being built up in
Rumania, and its forward tenta
cles have already penetrated Bul
garia with what we must suppose
is the acquiescence of the Bulgar
ian government,” he said.
“Many preparations have been
made ror the movement of German
troops into or through Bulgaria;”
and this southward rmovement has
already begun.”
“The copy of his speech as pre
pared for delivery said “and this
southward movement has already
begun.” i :
(Official quarters in Sofia, Bul
garia, said the only German sol
diers in Bulgaria were a few offi
cers and men training the Bul
garian army in the use of equip-‘
ment sold by Germany.)
He referred contemptuously to
Mussolini as “the crafty, cold-I
ke
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Only Mobilization Or
War To Call Dr.
Davis To Duty In Navy
¥riends of Dr. Wieyman Davis
will be interested to know that he
has been informed that he will not
be called to active duty with the
United States Navy unless gen
eral mobilization is ordered or war
ig declared. .
Oglethorpe County Courthouse Is
Destroyed By Firs Last Night
LEXINGTON, Ga. — (Special)—
Oglethorpe county’s courthouse, lo
cated here, was almost totally de
stroyed by fire late last might..
Valuable records of several of
fices were also burned, but others
were saved by volunteer workmen
who were aroused as soon as the
blaze was discovered about 10 o'-
clock.
The Athens fire department,
which was called as soon as the
fire was discovered, was highly
praised this morning by Ogle
thorpe county officials. It was
through their work, they said, that
the frame work of the building
was saved.
It is believed that the frame
work is strong enough to be useéd
HoMF]
British Minister Sir Reginald
Hoare informed Rumanian Premier
Gen. lon Antonescu at noon (5 a.
m. EST) of the break.
Immediately United States Min
ister Franklin Mott Gunther and
his staff began taking over Brit
ish affairs. The rupture had been
expected since strong contingents
of Nazi troops began entering Ru=
mania last fall. o
“A considerable German amnf;
and air force is being built up i
Rumania,” Churchill said a broad
cast last night, “and its forward
tentacles have already penetra.te&{if
Bulgaria with what we must sup-
BULLETIN
BERN, Switzerland — (AP}
~ Diplomatic advices reaching
here late today said that Span
ish Generalissimo Francisco
Franco and his foreign minis~
ter, Ramon Serrano Suner,
were en route toe Ventimiglia,
on the French-ltalian frontier,
to confer with Premier Musso
lini and Italain Foreign Minis
ter Count Galeazzo Ciano.
pose is the acquiescence of r?
Bulgarian government.”
“Many penetrations have been
made for thg movement of German
troops into or through Bulgaria —= -
and perhaps this southward move=
ment has already begun.” A
Informed sources have said that
Britain has bluntly warned Bul=
garia that military objectives im
N ERIAR. Wikl -hes-Domped -1, Lie I
'man troops start to march inte
that country. 5 54,‘?
‘Turkey was also warned that she
would oppoge any Nazi thru 4,-
through Bulgaria. o
I Admit Damage
' Premier Mussolini’s high »e,»
mand reported at least 72 persons
were killed, 226 wounded, and
“enormous damage”’ inflicted by a
| powerful squadron of British war
| ships which boldly steamed into
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Calls Hugh Hodgson
Johnny Appleseed
Of The Music World
In his column “One Word More,”
Ralph McGill, editor of The Atlan
ta Constitution, this morning paid
high tribute to Hugh Hodgson for
his untiring efforts to bring to
Georgians good music.
Editor McGill characterizes the
Athens artist a national figure il
the world of music, as the “John=
ny Appleseed of Music.” e
Athenians have long ;
and responded to the efforts of
their fellow musician to prov a
the students and faculty of e
University here, as well as musié =
lovers throughout this sectiom,
with good music. .
Music lovers here are famili
with the fact that the now fams=
ous Music Appreciation Hour, pre=
sented each Thursday afternoom,
had its beginning in the mind of
Hugh Hodgson and that choice o
him to be director of the Division
of Fine Arts at the Univers le%‘_
was merited recognition of his®
great talent and artistry, More
cently, he won new laurels with "
completion of the unusually suc=
cessful fourth annual Festival of
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in construction of another courts
house. : s
All of the interior of the bufid=
ing was burned, the second floor
and roof completely destroyed. The
first floor was partially damaged
by the fire, and a three-faced clock,
in the dome ruined. 4
Valuable records from the offices
of the clerk, WPA, Ordinary, Tax
Collector and Tax Receiver were
saved, but records of the AAA,
Soil Conservation, City Court So=
licitor and most of the files in the
county agent’s officg were destroy=
The courthouse was bpilt in 1887
and was valued at approximately
$50,000. Exact amount of insurance
was not avaflable, put it was said
to be at & minimum, __ _.f
