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londuct Services
R C. Orr Today
Veteran Official Of
Clarke County
Died On Thursday
Services were conducted
ihis afternoon at 3:30
selock for Judge R. C. Orr,
jor many years Clarke
County Ordinary, from Cen
iral Presbyterian church.
Judge Orr died in g local hos
vita]l where he had been ill since
pepruary 10, Thursday afternoon.
He was 81 years old.
The services were conducted by
pev. M. G. Bradwell, pastor of
the church, of which Judge Orr
was 3 member, and Dr. Eugene L.
yill, pastor of First Presbyterian
church.
mterment was in Oconee Hill
cemetery, Bernstein Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pall
pearers were W. H. Paul, Broadus
' (oile, John Green, Tate Wright, E.
. smith and Homer Nicholson.
An honorary escort included
raron Cohen, IC. M. Strahan, W.
H. Bocock, W. D. Hooper, C. D.
Newton, Max Michael, Ed Wier,
George Crane, T. W, Reed, Harryi
Hodgeon, Dr. W. L. Moss, Joe M‘
pilling, A. E. Davison, Marcus
prvant, W. R. Coile, King Craw-l
frd, W. M. Bryant, Jack Herring,
r J. crawford, Bill McKinnon, C.
B Kidd, Walter Jackson, George
W. Nash, Burke Betts, J. K.
Davis, J. H. Hubert, J. F. Ham
ott. George Burpee, W. Milton
Thomas, Preston M. Almand, Judge
Dlanton Fortson, Judge Arthur
Oldham, Henry H. West, G. D.
pailev, D, L. Branyon, Bert Beusse.
Judge Robert Craig Orr was born
Jackson county, Georgia, June
25 1859, son of William Craig Orr
ang his wife, Cynthia Anp Mont
comery., William Craig Orr was an
nventor, a maker of cotton gins
1 his work made him known
iroughout the southeast. Judge
Ory was a cousin of Gustavus J.
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T e sy
Need For National
Unity Stressed
By South’s Writers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(AP)—
Need for national unity ‘in the
time of emergency was stressed
by two southern newspapermen
and a southern author in a
a radio program, America’s
Towm=Hall of the Air, here last
night,
Mark Ethridge, vice president
and general manager of . the
Louisville Courier-Journal, John
Temple Graves TI, columnist of the
Birmingham Age-Herald, and Ers
kine Caldwell, author of “Tobacco
Road” and other mnovels dealing
with the South, discussed the
question, “are we a united people?”
The three agreed the United
States was ‘mot “a united peoble.”
Ethridge and Graves cited section
-1l differences, and Caldweil assert
¢d that sectional differences were
“the spice in our mnational pud
ding,”
lithridge declared = that many
northerners “write the south off
il¢ a backward section stewing in
its own juice because it is too lazy
to get away from g feudal agri
cultural system. This is a super
ficial attitude, but no doubt easy
on the consciences of people who
have had so much to do with
shaping our ecivilization.” -
National Problem
He held the south, as a national
problem:*is’ “the product - in large
measure op mnational policy and
eastern exploitation.” Citing freight
tate differentials as “discrimina
tory” against the south, he charged
further that “the final count of in
dictment of the north ig that it
has exercised political control over
the south.”
“It is no secret,” he continued,
that utilities and railroads, mnot
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Florida Youth Leaves For-War;
Trained With Canada’s RAF
LOCAL WEATHER
GEORGIA — Fair to partly
cloudy and continued cold to
night and Saturday, frost to
night. ™ .
TEMPERATURE \
Highest - et o @ (500
Lowest™ /i die ity 1l = 800 4
ol B A e
Normal . iie b oWy 6
RAINFALL
Inches lost 24 hours .. :.. .00
Total since February 1 .... 1.17
Deficit since February 1 ... 2.61
\verage February rainfall . 5.13
Total sirce January .1. s 380
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Cox, Danner Speakers
Press Instit ty Meet
G-Man Praises Aid Of Newspapers;
Cox Blames “Isolation” For Hitler
By Mark Waits
Featuring the 14th annual Georgia Press Institute
at the University of Ceorgia, visiting newsmen and
women this morning heard speeches by a former
governor and a G-man. - : :
fA!ways On Losing
Side, Mourns
Edward W. Beattie
BY JEAN ROSS
“l have always been on the
losing side in wars, in Ethio
pia, China, Poland, Finland,
and in France, but the English
are tough and don’t seem to
mind my being in JLondon,”
said Edward W. Beattie, jr.,
~ United Press foreign corres
pondent in an interview yesa.
terday. Mr. |Beattie was a
featured speaker at the Press
Institute Thursday.
He has been reporting the war
from London since last June. He
left England last December, but
is planning to go back in a month.
“'ll be glad to get back. After
you have lived through something
like those air raids in a city—it's
your city,” he explained.
“After a while the air raids
don’'t bother you much., People go
on with their work except during
the worst part of a raid, then they
go to a shelter. They have learned
to pick the times when the raiders
are over another part of the city
to go from place to place,” he said.
Raid Shelters |
Speaking of air raid shelters,
he said that the living conditions
in them are improving. They are
gradually getting them better
equipped with bunks, and heating
systems. “At first they were awful
with no sanitation, mo heat, and
they were damp and poorly venti
lated,” he added.
“It is surprising how diseases
have not spread with these con
ditions,” he continued. The health
department can’'t explain this. The
health curve which is normally
down in November and December
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Pormis s
“ ”To Be
Golgotha” To
Shown Here 3
o
Times Wednesday
First talking motion picture of
the life and ecrucifixion of Christ,
“Golgotha,” will be snown at Mell
Auditorium under the sponsorship
of the Athens Lions Club Wednes
day, of next week.
Three shows will be held, one at
3 o'clock in the afternoon, an
other at 7 and the last at 9. The
film requires an hour and forty
minutes to be shown.
Acclaimed by critics far and
wide as the greatest picture of its
kind ever made, “Golgotha’l pre
sents’ the immorfal story of Christ
in a spectacular and impressive
manner. §
A complete set of the finest
talking motion picture equipment
that can be bought, is being
brought to Athens for the showing
of the picture.
Made at a cost of SBOO,OOO or
about four times the average cost
of a Hollywool picture, “Golgotha”
is a masterpiece. The cast, cos
tumes, and settings made it one
of the greatest scenic dramas ever
filmed. It was made in Europe
consequently‘ the scenic back
grounds are accurate and correct
in every detail
“Pilm Daily,” official publication
P
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! BY FRANCES PHILLIPS
. »Have you dived an airplane 400
lmiles-an.hour, firing a machine
gun at the same time?” asked
John Rogers, Orlando, Fla., youth
who enlisted in the RAF.
This sounds like a question, but
it was the blond Floridian’s ans
wer when asked why he felt he
must fly in the war. “It's a thrill
vou never forget - . . can’'t get it
iout of your. blood,” he said, with
la grin, % b
A tall, gcod-looking boy with
| adventufe in his blood, Rogers
has no ax to grind with the Ger
mans. He believes Britain has
better planes, and by flying them
|he will have a better chance of
coming back.
Since December he has been
sy "m ! %“:fi%a.f'“‘w%;f o
~ Richard G. Danner, head of the
Atlanta Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation, spcke at 10:30 in the
Chapel, and was followed by form.
er Governor James M. Cox, pub
_.sher of the Atlanta Journal and
the Miami Daily News.
Danner was introduced by P. T.
Anderson, jr., wpresident of the
Macon Telegraph. News, while John
Paschall, editor of the Atlania
Journal introduced Gov. Cox.
The G.man, stressing the im
portance of the press in these
times, said ‘the press can assist
by protecting consututed authority
from the propaganda mongers of
groups Who recognize that to
wreck our internal security, they
must first wreck our constitutedl
authority. ‘ i
Newspapers were termed one of
the most powerful allies of the,
I"Bl—the guardian of the peace,
officer who is the guardian of the
law.
Aiding INow !
Danner said it was only a smalll
minority of the press which on
several occasions “thoughtlessly"l
flared premature headlines that
nullified weeks of tedious FBI
work. He mentioned insances such
as premature stories of plans to
capture Johp Dillinger, Alvin Kar
pis and ‘“Machine-gun” Kelly,
Against these instances the files
of the FBI are thick with cases
wherein the press played a vita.l}
part in bringing crime drives to
fruition, he added.
“I cannot refrain from appealing
to you to assist the ¥FBI in. carry
ing on its Presidentially-imposed |
task of leading the spearhead of
attack against- the spy, saboteur,|
and foreign foe within our midst.
In making this appeal, we “of ‘the]
FBI acknowledge with gratitude
our debt to the journalistic pro
fession.” : _‘,‘__.“‘,‘l
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CALLS HITLER RACKETEER
By Rcbert Turner e
Cox told the Press Institute;
audience that America is primarllyl
respohsible - for world conditions
today. i A i id‘
“Hitler is the contribution to
human civilization of the isola.
tionists of America,” he said.
“If Wilson had not been k%killed
by his political enemies, we would’
have been living in a different!
world today.” : i ‘
Mr. Cox recalled many instances
of his personal acquaintance w‘ith!
Woodrow Wilson -~ and said he!
spoke from facts of history as he |
saw them.
Hitler wgs termed by Mr. Cox
as “nothing but a racketeer.” |
Except for his highly mechanized!
army now, he would have a revo=-
lution before sunset, he added. }
The publisher gave a brief
resume of conditions and attitudes
of mpations immediately following
the * Wiorld War, the affects of
the Versailles treaty, and their re.
lation to present-day conditions. 1
'BANKS CLOSED ]
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All three Athens banks will be
closed Saturday in observance of
George Waghington’s birthday. It
was announced that the post office
however, will keep its regula.rj
Saturday hours, .
PRESS CONCLAVE IN SECOND DAY HERE
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Louie Morris And
Ernest Rogers
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Address Collegians
Kirke L. Simpson, of the ‘Wash
ington bureau of the Associated
Press, will address the Georgia
Press Institute Saturday morning
at 11:30 in the University Chapel
as the top attraction of the clos
ing day of the 14th annual Insti
tute.
Following the address, the ' At
lanta Constitution, sponsors of
Simpson’s address, will give a
luncheon at the Georgia Hotei for
members of the Press Association.
Major Clark Howell, editor- and
publisher of the Constitution, will
introduce Mr. Simpson in the
Chapel and will preside at the
luncheon.
Georgia’'s college newspaper edi
tors will meet tonight at 6:30 at
the Holman Hotel for the first
collegiate press banquet of the
year. Members of the Georgia Col
| legiate Press Association are meet
ing on the University ‘campus in
conjunction with the Press Insti
tute.
i Morris Speaks
Louie L. Morris, editor of the
lHa.raweu Sun, and Ernest Rogers,
radic and movie editor of the At
British Speedi
’More AidpF '
‘Greece In Crisi
| is
! ——
| Senator George Warns
Nazis To Move Fast
Within Next 10 Days
b St :
By The Associated Press
l Coiumns of German mo
torized troops many miles
llong were reported rolling
Isouth through Rumania to
ward the Danube river fron
‘tley with Bulgaria today as
' Britain sped aerial reinforce
ments to Greece against an
|eg<pected Nazi invasion of
the Aegean Kingdom.
Bulgaria would provide a logical
| gateway for g flanking attack on
IGreece, probably striking at the
port of Salonika.
In Washington, Chairman George
(D-Ga.) of the senate foreign re
lations committee, an intimate
friend of Secretary -of State Hull
declared:
“Germany is preDParing to move
very fast. 1 think there will be
tremendous developments withinl
the next 10 days.”
Military dispatchesreaching Bel
grade said the mass movement of
German troops southward was ac
companied by the shifting of gen
eral staff headquarters op the
German Balkan army from Bucha
rest to Craiova, 40 miles from: the
Danube.
Stop Demonstration
Bulgarian police were reported
to have fought “Communist dem
onstrations” against the expected"
entry of Nazi troops into Bulgaria.
Attention focused on the arrlvall
in Egypt of Britain’s Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden and chief of!
the Imperial General Staff General
Sir John Dill. '
Tt was recalled that Eden’s last
visit to the middle east was fol
lowed by a lightning British of
fensive in mnorth Africa, and spec
ulation arose_in some quarters that
‘EBden and Dill may diver; some of
Britain’s north African troops to
support Greece against Nazi in
vasion.
The North African battlefront
has been almost completely inac
‘tive since the British capture oti
Berigasi on Feb. 6—which may
mean that troops used in that
campaign already have been sent
elsewhere.
Cairo reports said Britain had
given Greece every assurance that
she is capable of throwing largel
numbers of troops into the Balkan
conflict. l
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'Women s Field Army
Il’lams Control Of
.
'Cancer In Georgia
| e
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. —(®— Re
| gional state commanders of the
| women’s field army for the control
lor cancer haq before them today
details of the control program in
| Georgia,.
! Mrs: Horace B. Ritchie of Ath
ens, Ga., regional deputy com-
I'mander, who was among the speak
ers on the concluding day of the
organization’s regional meeting here
explained the efforts of the Geor
| gla branch to curtail the disease.
! The three main points of her
lstate’s program, she said, were ed
’ucation on symptoms of the dis
| ease, establishment of centers for
| treatment by surgery, x-ray and
iradium, and obtaining state funds
| for treatment of indigent patients.
QShe explained the Georgia legis
| g
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lanta Journal, wiil address the col
lege editors.
Presiding at the banquet will be
Stanford Smith, Macon senior at
the University of Georgia, presi
dent. Other officers are John Cou
ric, Mercer University, vice-presi
dent, and Panke Knox, Georgia
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As officers of the Georgia Collegiate Press -Associa
tion, these three will be in the saddle when that bodv
convenes at the University of Georgia Friday in conjunc
tion with the Georgia Press Institute. They are (left
to right) Stanford Smith, University of Georgia, presi
dent; Panke Knox, Georgia State College for Women,
_ secretary, and Johp Couric, Mercer, vice president.
Athens, Ga., Friday, February 21, 1941,
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A second airway to Alaska, to be operatéd by Northwest Airlines |
from Minneapolis to Fairbanks, may soon link the midwest with ‘
the U. S. possession that is rapidly assuming strategic military im- |
portance. . Map shows reécently opened Pan American route from }
Seattle to Alaska, along with principal U. S. and Canadian airlines. i
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Wilson Will Ask Legisiation
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Barring Communist Part
Place On Ballot In Georgia
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA. — Secretary of State John B. Wilson
said today he would ask the General Assembly to
enact legislation that would bar the Communist
party from a place on the ballot in Georgia.
First Step Taken
High School Here
Inttial step. towards secur
ing a new high school building
for Athens were taken at yes
terday’s meeting of the city
board of education, which
passed a resoluton to work
hand-in-hand with mayor and
council in arranging for a
bond. issue as soon as the
city's bonded wmargin would
permit.
Superintendent B. M. Grier said
this morning it would be impos
sible to hold a hond issue until
early 1943, but the board of edu
caton is going ahead with plans
for the new building in order that
when, and if, the issue passes
work can be started immediately.
The board will study the type
of building needed and possible
sites for the new high school dur
ing the next two years. More than
likely a new building would be lo
cated on the site of the present
school house.
Miss Helen Treanor and James
Harris were elected to the faculty
of Junior High chool for thes re
mainder ‘of this term, succeeding
Raymond MeMahon, who, as a re
serve, has been called by the army
and is now serving at Fort Ben
ning.
Miss Treanor will teach the so
cial science eourses formerly
taught by Mr. MecMahon and Mr,
Harris will teach art.
Final details of a contract
——
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State College for Women, secre
' tary. |
Following the banquet, the col
llegiate journalists will be guests
of the University military depart
ment at the annual R. O. T. C.
Ball,
- A round table session will be
The measure Whlch he said he
would recommend t, the solons
early next week would require all
candidates in Georgia for state and
national offices, or the parties
nominating them, to file with the
secretary of state sufficient infor-“
mation to determine whether the
party “is designed to overthrow]
our constitutional form of govern
ment.” - & 3 -
Although the Communist party
would not be mentioned in the
bill, wilson said it and any other
similar party would be the primu'yi
target. He said similar legislation
is pending in other states and
that New York state has a bill
before the legislature that would
bar the Communists by name from
the ballot.
Refused Place
Wilson refused the ICommunists
a place on the Georgia ballot in
last year’s election and they also
were denied a place once before.
Meanwhile, Senator H, B, Ed
wards of Valdosta moved to ob
tain quick action on his bill to
make it unlawful for labor unions
to collect fees from workers on
projects financed by tax money.
The measure wag recommended
for passage by g senate committee
and Edwards arranged to ask
that it be put up for passage as
a special order of business next
Tuesday. Labor leaders have op
posed the legislation vigorously,
contending it would outlaw all
labor unions in Georgia.
Confronted by what floor leader
J. W. Culpepper termed “the
worst legislative jam” in the his
tory of the general assembly, the
house turned today to considera
tion of general bills with local ap
plication. Culpepper said it would
be the last chance at this session
to put such measures on passage.
.
Simpson To Speak
-
Saturday Merning
.
In Georgia Chapel
held Saturday morning in the
Journalism Building, Smith an
nounced.
Tonight the visiting editors will
don costumes for the annual party
given by the Savannah Morning
News and Evening Press. The af
fair this vear is a “tacky party”
and adnsission will be restricted to
those in costume., H. V. Jenkins,
publisher of the Savannah papers,
is the official host.
Milfatry Ball
The visitors also are invited to
attend the annual R. 0. T. C.
Military Ball tonight in Woodruff
Hall. Admission will be by regis
tration badge only. :
Other features of the Saturday
morning program are a round ta
ble session on “Problems of Edit
ing Speecial Editions” led by Otis
A. Brumby, publisher of the Cobb
County "Tmes, Marietta, and greet
ings from representatives of the
Alabama Press Association in the
Chapel at 10:30.
Speakers at the round table wili
be Rush Burton, Lavonia Times;
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A.B.C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢ Sunday
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New Officers; Griffith
) ’
Fortson, Lamkin Elected
Griffith Chosen Chairman Of Board,
Fortson President, Lamkin Secretary
- Election of new officers ‘of the Southern Mutual =
Insurance Company, made necessary by the sudden
;death of Andrew C. Erwin, today resulted in designa
tion of Arthur E. Criffith as chairman of the board of
lfdirectors; Judge Blanton Fortson as president-treas
‘urer, and E. E. Lamkin as secretary. Mr. Lamkin wagq
ialso elected a director, succeeding Mr. Erwin. - =
’l Moves,
e e
Denies He Offered
. .
Mediation In
European Conflict
l TOKYO—(AP)—Foreign
) Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
told Japanese newspaper
men today that continued
defense preparations by
Britain and the United States
in the South Pacific would
produce a situation ‘“attend
ed by considerable danger.”
Domei, Japanese Newg Agency,
quoted the foreign minister as ex
pressing hope in a lengthy lnter-j
view that “The Anglo-Saxons” |
would refrain from ‘“taking any
measures tending to .excite Japa
nese public’ opinion.”
Simultaneously he reiteratea a
idenlal he had gent an offer of Eur-~
opean mediation t, London. He
said he merely dispatched g com
munication to British Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden in which he
gave a ‘‘very frank reply” to ques
tions Eden had asked through the
Japanese ambassador t, ILondon,
Mamoru Shigemitsu.
" No Need
“There is no need of Anglo-
American defense preparations in
the South seas because Jjapan has
taken no action which should cause
Britain or the United States to
feel uneasiness,” Matsuoka said.
“1 consider it not only unnecces
sary but regrettable that there
should be any such action on the
party of Britain which would en
dorse the British propaganda cry
of ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ when no wolf is
at the door.
“I think that those in charge o 7
diplomacy should endeavor to eling
inate such illusions and should take
‘proper measures to persuade other
countries from resorting to any
preparation based on an illusion
which is unnecessary and irritates
both parties.”
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World War Vets Asked
To Register At
Legion Cabin Sunday
world War veterans willing to
assist constituted authorities if
their services are mneeded in con
|nc-(-mn with National Defense, are
| asked to register at the Legion
Cabin on Lumpkin street Sunday
afternoon.
J. A. Steaens, vice-commender
!uf the Allen R. Pleming, jr., post
of the Legion, announced today
}the cabin will be open from 1:30
Luntil 6 o'clock for the purpose of
registering the veterans. .
. All world war veterans are urg
ed to visit the legion headquarters
and register.
National Bank’s OpenfHouse
Colorful Event Last Night
From towns all gver this section
of the state they came last night,
new friends and old, to attend the
open house given by The National
Bank of Athens in observance of
its seventy.fifth anniversary.
Many traveled considerable dis
tances and braved a cold night,
but distance and chilly weather
was not to stop those friends from
calling by the bank to pay their
respects to the institution which
has so long served this section of
Georgia and to the men who are
so successfully prolonging that
service.
As illustration of the firmness
of the bonds of friendship that
exists between the bank and those
with whom jt has business con
nections, was the visit of Presi
dent J. R. Radford of the First
National Bank of Monroe, Who
HoXE
The post of chairman of the
board of directors was created by
that body when Mr. Griffith asked
to be retired as president and
treasurer. The hoard assented to
his insistent request that his res
ignation as president-treasurer he
‘accepted at this time only after he
‘agreed not to terminate his more
‘than half-century association w::;fil
the company, and accept election
as chairman of the board. i
With the election of new offi
cers, advancing Mr. Lamkin to
the secretaryship, Roy T. Scog
gins was made auditor, and Carl
ton N. Mell was elected book
keeper. No other changes in the
staff were made. . fi
The board of directors, as now
constituted, includes A. E. Gdbi
fith, chairman of the board; Blancgi
ton Fortson, president-treasureg‘ijzg
BE. B. Lamkin, secretary; Howell
C¢. Erwin, Jacob B. Joel, 8. V.
Sanford, E. D. Sledge, T. s@?
Mell, M. G. Nicholson, E. lug
Hill, Athens; Clark Howell{'Ai%
lanta; ‘William C. PBradley, Co="
Jumbus; Lansing B. Lee, Augusta;
W. T. Anderson, Macon; W,
' Hugh Stephens, Savannah. ° ~§
Long Association '{’g
Mr. Griffith becomes chairman
of the board of directors after am
association ~ with the
Mutual longer than that of an¥
other individual in its lon('%
distinguished history. In 1874 hé
entered the service of the ecoms=
pany as bookkeeper. lln 1890 he x
was made a director; and later
became a,_gpecial agent for the o,
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Car McGuire
apt. Jake Guire
Dies At Home
In OCOMM
Captain Jake McGuire, for
‘eighteen yeats warden at ¢', &
‘Oconee County conviet camp, died =
at his home this morning after an =
illness of two months. He was '17{"1",
)years of age. goe
Funeral services will be con- &
ducted tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock from the Watkinsville =
Methodist church, Rev. J. B. =
v’ s N
istephenson and Rev. Dan Joinel
Pofficlating. Interment will be 54;:_5‘1
Watkinsville cemetery, Bernst;;_‘,,(;n
funeral home in charge.
A native of Ogiethorpe couhty, =
‘Captain McGuire had lived at Wats =
‘kinsville for 20 years. holding the =
position of warden of the county -
convict forces for eighteen of .'f
lyears. He was highly irespeqt 73
throughout this section, a capabld |
'and conscientious public official.
He is survived by four da.u‘h
iters. Mrs. Elmer Weatherfo
Watkinsville; Mrs. Ferd Johnson,
Watkinsville; Mrs. Carl Sewell, &
‘Atlanta; and Miss Florine Mees
Guire, Watkinsville; four sons, J. =
'H. McGuire, Augusta; A. J. Me',,,
Guire. Sarasota, Fla.; G. G. Mcf;;"’?
Guire, Washington, D. C.; L H‘._.;
‘McGuire, Watkinsville; two sise =
‘ters, Mrs. Ben Shultz, St. Aummns
tine, Fla., and Mrs. W. W. Wray, =
Urnion Point; two brothers. J. H,
McGuire. Gainesville, and Wik
McGuire, Jefferson. ot
Serving as pall-bearers at funs
eral services will be W. W. Downs, =
Jim Jones, Obe Dillard, A. C. Camp,
Henry Harris and C. C. Parsons,
Members of the Civitan club and
Mount Vernon Lodge of Mafl;(
will serve as an honorary escort. *
was accompanied by L. C. Rad.
'ford. vice.president, and J. Po
Adams, cashier. This Monroe bank
will observe its fiftieth anniver
sary in April and its business
connection with The National Bank
of Athens has been contiuous since
the Wialton county institution was
established. T
. Hours soy the open house were
from 8 to 10 o'clock and during
that time the bank wag filled with
friends calling to exPress their
congratulations and best wishes.
Guests were greeted by officers,
directors and members of the bank
staff and their wives and delight
ful refreshments of punch and
cake were served, the cakes being
embossed with the numerals 75—
denoting the number of years the
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