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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON LINCH MIDDLING ........ 2150 Vol. 1 ]2, No. 90. WORK OR “DRAFT” WASHINGTON — (AP)--Ad vocating a new work-or-drafted law that would cover 4-F’s and men up to 45 who refuse to take essential jobs, Senator Brewster (R-Me.) declared today Congress nust move promptly to halt an wlarming” labor turnover in in justry. “Brewtsr joined with Senators pailey (D-NC) in sponsoring a bill which would: | 1: “Freeze” men between 18 and 45 in essential work by re-‘ quiring them 1o get local draft hoard approval before taking! other jobs. If they chifted with out draft board approval, they would be subject to immediate induction. 9. Empower Selective Service io conscript 4-F’s or any other registrants up to age 45 for war essential jobs whenever a gov ernment manpower committee jound that ~manpower needs could be filled in no other way.‘ pßrewster said in a statement ihe plan would halt labor hoard ing and “go a long way” toward forcing workers out of non-es eential jobs and into war-sup porting industries. “The labor “freeze” feature would apply to industry the principle previously adopted by " (Continued on Page Three) Caldwell Opens Art Auction At Chapel Tonight President Harmon Caldweil will formally open the fourth annual Art Auction in the University Chapel at 8 o'clock tonight. He will be introduced by Miss Lelia Cheney, Washington chairman of the auction committee of the Art Students’ League, sponsors of this‘ “art for bonsd” sale. This is the second year that the University’s art edpartment has staged the auction as a war bond project. Proceeds will be invested in binds which upon maturity will be used for the advancementi of art at the University of Geor-| gia and in the state. | Last year’s sales amounted o approximately $1,200. Lamar‘ Dodd, head of the art department, has estimated that the proceeds’ tonight will exceed that amount. All of the 150 works to be sold tonight have been contributed.| Danors include .. University. stu-= dents and faeulty members, Ath ens artists, nationally recognizedl artlists, and former students of the University. | Auctioneers for tonight will be | Howard Thomas, head of the art department at Agnes Scott Col lege and Mr. Dodd. | Louis Bromfield. novelist and vice president of the Friends of the Land Society, who is in Ath ens today for two lectures, will auction the illustrations for his latest book, “Pleasant Valley.” These illustrations are the work of Mrs. Kate Lord, who for the last six months has been living in Athens. All works to be sold tonight are on display in the University Chapel and may be seen until the bidding begins at 8 o’clock. ) ] Rayon Industry Is Seen As Threat | ’ To South’s Future WASHINGTON.— (AP) —De scribing the rapidly-growing ray on industry as a “serious threat tol he whole economic future of thel South,” Senator Bankhead (D.- la) “announced today a senate Subcommittee soon will investi- Bdte the use of government loanS 0 finance wartime construction ) rayon plants. Bankhead, recently named hairman of the subcommittee, éd it would inquire into reports hat more than $100,000,000 in uch loans had been approved by | he War Production Board, “many oans,” he added, ‘““to established ims that don’t need government inancing.” | Asserting the inquiry into the Xtent and nature of the loans Vill be part of a general study, Bankhead said: . ‘l's high time we investigated he éncroachment of rayon on the “lon and wool industries, be duse it directly affects the future S:r 2,000,000 cotton farmers in the Outh,” He said rayon, made principally ''m pulp wood, already had cut >V wool consumption by 15 to €0 percent, and was partly re- Ponsible for an indicated slump °{ 1,000,000 bales of 1944 cotton Onsumption, “The industry, if it continues to EIOW as it has,” he declared, “will fenude our timber lands and in bure thousands of farmers. We've Eot 1o consider the human phase 0f ;.FL problem, and the public Welfare » “Some of the loans were made '0 companies like DuPont and the lubber Companies that don’t need Sovernment financing,” Bankhead ddded. “They raise the question Whether the government should be making loans that threaten the Welfare of an important segment o agricultyre » Art Auction - University Chapel - Tonight 8 p.m. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service. JAP'S PRIZED BASE IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA 1S TOPPLING; FALL OF AIRFIELDS IMMINENT Athens High Wins Coveled "V" For Warlime Service Athens High School has been awarded the “School V” for meritorious wartime service, an honor similar to the Army and Navy “E” given industry for ef ficient production, it was an nounced today by B. M. Grier, City School Superintendent. The award signifies the schoo! has qualified for membership in the 1943-44 Georgia High School Victory Corps by adopting a pro gram of activities contributing directly to the war effort. It is among the first group of schools in the state to receive this honor. Notification of the award came from Dr.' O. C. Aderhold, State Dirtcor of the Georgia Victory School Program which is spon sored by the State Department of Education and the Wartime Education Commission. It was accompanied by an ap propriate certificate and author ization to display the now “V” flag recently approved for schools which qualify for the honor. The flag, 5 by 3 foot in size, carries a large rod “V” bordered in white and centered on a blue field. The program for the flag-raising will be announc ed later. Standards High To earn membership in the Victory Corps, the school’s pro gram must give emphasis to such subjects as physical fitness, war time citizenship, mathematics, pre-induction training, mechani cal courses, and community ser vices. Some phases of all these programs were carried out. “The degree to which the high schools of Georgia reorganized their educational activities last year was not only astonishing, but the enthusiasm with which both teachers and pupils partici pated, has been a source of grati fication to us,” said Dr. Aderhold. “Students are not only develop ing personal proficiencies in the special ‘wartime subjects,” but ge to the war effort through com munity service activities.” Last year 508 high schools, or about 90 per cent of those units in the state, qualified for mem bership in the Victory Corps. Nearly sixty-five thousand stu dents took part in one or more phases of the program. While the standards for mem bership in the 1943-44 group have been raised, Dr. M. D. Collins, state school superintendent, said (Continued on Page Three) - Memorial Day To Be Observed Here Wednesday Annual Memorial Day program will be held by Laura Ruther ford Chapter, United Daughters of of the Confedéracy Wednes day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. N. G. Slaughter, president. Dr. Harvey C. Holland, pastor of First Methodist church, will be the Memorial Day speaker, and the Cross of Military Ser vice will be presented by Mrs. Slaughter to Mayor Bob Mc- Whorter. Preceding the meeting the grave of the Unknown Soldier in Oconee Hill cemetery will be decorated by the Chapter. Mrs. Slaughter announced that a box of small Confederate flags will be placed at the entrance to the cemetery in the morning and that Athenians wishing to decorate the graves of their Con federate dead may take the flags and place them on the graves. Confederate Memorial Day will be further observed Wednesday when all three local banks will remain closed during the day. The Post Office will observe the regular hours, since the day is not a national holiday. DR. CLINCHY PROPOSES FORMATION OF "ROUND TABLE” OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS By GLORIA EPPES “Prejudice is not a matter of birth, but of ignorance,” Dr. | Everett R. Clinchy, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, said here last night in an address at Civic | Hall at which time he suggested that a local ‘round table be founded here to affiliate with the parent organization. Dr. Clinchy was introduced by Max Michael, who presided. “pDuring the war the idea of national unity is of upperrost importance. The varicus groups of people of different national, racial and religious loyalties ncw join in a common national es SUNK, RUSSIANS BY RICHARD C. BERGHOLZ . Associated Press War Editor Japan’s prized base of Hollan dia in Dutch New Guinea is top pling under the surprise amphi bious attack by Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces and capture of Hollandia’s tnree airdromes, the only major objectives yet to be reached, is imminent. Today’s reports from Allied commanders and Associated Press correspondents at the invasion scene confirmed that Tadji air drome at Aitape, 150 miles south west of Hollandia, has been pressed into active duty less than 48 hours after it was taken and gave this picture of the fight for Hollandia: ll—Hollandia town has fallen without serious opposition and (Continued on page two.) Citizens Asked To : Aid Salvation Army Secure Home A committee chosen from the Advistory Board of the Salva tion Army has been searching the city for several months for a suitable location for a perma nant home for the Salvation Army Chapel and Home. A special committee composed or W. H. Benson, R. F. Harris, C. O. Baker, Mrs. S. 'C. Moon, and Mrs. Sam Woods, assisted by the Army Advisory Committee met at the Georgian Hotel yes terday and completed the pur chase of 653 College Avenut from H. O. Epting for the price of $2,700 on which it will -be necessary to spend approximate-‘ ly twelve hundred dollars to convert it into a suitable chapel and living quarters for the army. & . The committee and advisory board is to raise the money by r‘ﬂrb&ic -subscription,” ‘and every one in the county is invited to take part in this most worthy project and cail their subscrip tions {o Chairman Bensen, or to anyone of the committee or ad visory board. Group Seeking To Raise Subsidy On Milk Disappointed WASHINGTON. — (AP) — A Georgia delegation seeking an in crease in the present milk sub sidy from 80 cents to SI.OO a hun dredweight has been advised by Rep. Tarver (D.-Ga.) that the War Food Administration appar ently plans to lower it for the next four months. (In Atlanta, the Constitution said Alton Cogdell, director of the State Milk Control Board, had telephoned that the subsidy would be cut to 85 cents for May, June, July and August and then hiked to 90 cents for the next seven months). - Tarver, authorized to act for Georgia congressmen in the milk matter, said he had been informed unofficially that the WFA intend ed to reduce the subsidy for the next four months but to increase it for the following seven months, with an average 80-cent rate as the goal. Although understanding that the program for lower subsidies already has been recommended by the WFA, Tarver said a final de cision had not been made by Sta bilization Director Fred M. Vin son. Tarver added he would ap peal to him. Members of the special state legislative committee present were Senators Walter Harrison of Mil len and Henry Arnall of Newnan, and Representatives John L. Ma vity, Rossville; Glenn Phillips, Harlem: P. C. Rosse, Eatonton; and W. L. Broome, Decatur. fort. After the war is over we shall need this same combined work as we approach difficult economic, political, and social problems,” Dr. Clinchy said. «The National Conference of Christian and Jews hopes to see Protestants, Catholics and Jews cooperate as_ citizens for our common ideals. Differences will continue. These groups will wor ship separately and friendly ri valy must be expected, but. on common objectives we can work together for the good of our country in peace as well as war,” he pointed out, ~ The National Conference of (Continued on Page Three) Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 25, 1944, MRS. TALMADGE 1S BY BUNNIE COX Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, re cently elected National President ‘General of D. A. R, and Miss Grace Anderson, campaign man ‘ager, returned to Athens Tues ‘day afternoon after attending the 53rd Continental Congress which ‘was held last week in New York City. ~ They were met at the train 'by a group of loyal supuvorters an dfriends. The group included. from the Elijah Clarke Chap ter of the D. A. R, Mrs. J. W Bailey, regent; Mrs. Boyce Grier. first vice-regent; Mrs. Hampton Rowland, second vice-regent; Mrs. Joel A. Wier, chaplain; Mrs. Hugh' A. Huggins, recording secretary; Mrs. Herbert Breedlove, corres ponding secretary; Miss Ansley Payne, treasurer; Mrs. Albert W. Wier. registrar; Mrs. Frederick Burman, editor; Mrs. Edwin M. Everett. chairman of junior mem bership; Mrs. Julius T. Dudley, Mrs. Carl Saye, Miss Mary D. Hunnicutt. Miss Callie McWhir ter, Mrs. Paul Morrow, Mrs. J. C. Jester, Mrs, H. J. Coßx, Mrs. o F. Miller, Mrs. N. G. Slaughter, Mrs. J. T. Hackney, Miss Kathrine‘ Lanier, Mrs. R. L. Patterson, sr., Mrs. R. L. Patterson. jr., Miss Marion Talmage Members of the Tuesday Bridge Club of which Mrs. Talmadge is a member greeting her at the train were Misses Mary Gerdine and Annie Bannon, and Mesdamey J. D. Bradwell, Charles Bradwell, T. H. McHatton, J. H. Rucker, O. H. Arnold, D. G. Anderson, Wal ter ' Jones, Milton Jarnagin, An drew Erwin and H. H. Hinton. Little Mae Erwin Talmadge, granddaughter of Mrs. Talmadge, presented her with an old fash ioned nosegay of spring flowers as she stepped off the train. The American Legion Auxiliary gave her an arm bouquet of American Beauty roses, presented by Mrs. Carl Saye. The Junior D. A. R. presented Mrs. Talmadge with another gift. Notes of appreciation were awaiting Mrs. Talmadge and Miss Anderson when they arrived at their home on Prince avenug, which had been beautifully deco rated with spring flowers from ‘the gardens of members of the Elijah Clarke Chapter. : The Elijah Clarke Chapter aid ed Mrs. Talmadge in giving the Georgia party at the National Congress. When Mrs. “Talmadge was victorious in the election for national presiednt general, the local ¢hapter sent her an orchid, which she chose from her many gifts of flowers and wore as she was installed as President Gen eral. . At an early date the Elijah Clarke Chapter is planning a tea in honor of Mrs. Talmadge, the first southern woman to hold the INational President General of D. A. R. By The Associated Press AERIAL -— More than 1,000 U. S. bombers and fighters hit three German airfields in France, eéxtend ing mon-stop air offensive inte 11th day. German radio reports other raiders over Southern Reich. RAF heavy bombers drop 4,000 tons of explosives on Munich and Karlsrune. RUSSIA — Soviets turn to air forces to continue attacks on German - held territory while ground units regroup for fresh. advance.. Lwow, Sevastopol and Black Sea escape lanes bombed. BURMA — Fighting on India-Burma border slack ens after Allied troops break road blocks northeast of Imphal. PACIFIC — MacArthur’s invaders apply squeeze on Hollandia, with capture of three airdromes nearby ap parently imminent, Wewak- Hansa Bay area bombed. Truk and Ponape also hit. el ITALY — Land fronts continue quiet., Air sorties pound genemy railways and shipping. ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy and moder ately cooler tonight. Cloudy and warmer Wednesday. GEORGIA: Cloudy and moderately cooler in North portion tonight. Cloudy and warmer Wednesday. TEMPERATURE et .0 Vel aT4O TAWONE c. .ii vvt 500 S Lo %e 820 | Nosthal ... i v..i sae.. 540 | RAINFALL : | Inches last 24 hours .. ... .02 Total since April 1 .. ... 539 Excess since April 1 .. .. 23] Average April rainfall . ... 3.73{ Total since January 1 ....29.03 Excess since January 1 ... 8.96‘ ESTABLISHED 1832, - e - EEREE |TR ;Ti B 4 ]: b Y "“m‘ e 5 : b k. S & ¥y g ¢S‘?‘ »" R ' b Wi % o \‘- \’ i | P 8 ‘ ‘ 5 ¢ o- T S e % ; & w* : ! lel ) e \ ,‘ N e "‘t?‘._‘., ‘\ vl 3 }B A 8 £». 3 ‘>>;‘ : : i RN TN Bam ; g - . ] S A R :@n 33 ‘ ) ko ™ LB T A% 3 _ . 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CeT SN T‘: N S BEATY i " o LWB o R G i PG BT T w 0 "gf’*w“w%%: ‘ e o J i g : 'yf"“ﬁg ‘S’ﬁ R 9i , e o ——— & g ks ‘}', P e ¥ el RN N Farmer (allaway And Farmer Bromfield Louis Bromfield, the author, who is also a scientific farmer, approvingly looks over some black berry bushes on the model farm of Cason J. Callaway (left), retired industrialist, at Hamilton. Bromfield and other noted visitors interested in farming and soil conservation, were conducted over 3,000 cultivated acres of the Callaway farm. Bromfield spoke in Athens at the University Chapel today. Bromfield Speaks On Conservation And Novel-Writing “I have seen Georgia and Ala bama at close range, and they are making what appears to be a great progress toward a new ¢ h and a new America,” said ‘Louis Bromfield, noted author, L @ speech today at the Univer sity. assembly in Fine Arts Building. Mr. Bromfield, who is Vice- President of the Friends of the Land, an organization whose rpose is care and conservation ~Soil in this country, said that erican farmers in the past have used some of the worst| farming methods in the-sworld. “They pioneered in this country, bled the land, and moved west wapl Jeaving wasted lands be- { “The piengers of this country ‘were fagekiess, greedy and ig ‘noram “they cost us a great ‘deal ' #@#Matural resources,” said ‘Mr. Bromfield. The same pro cess went on in the .South, he continued, but in a different way. Too many Southern far mers stayed on the farms which were destroyed, trying to eke a meager living from ¢he ruined soil. Because of the efforts of scientists, the U. S. government, and progressive farmers, a new kind of &agriculture is growing up in America, he said. An agri culture, not like the old methods that our forefathers brought {frtom Europe, byt an American (Continued on Page Two) Services For Mrs. Ben Whitehead Are Held Tuesday Mrs. Mattie Belle Middle brooks Whitehead, wife of Ben F. Whitehead, died at her home in Farmington Monday after noon at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. White head was 47 years old and had been in failing health for sev eral years. Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock from Farmington Baptist church, The Rev. E. N. Anthony, High Shoals pastor, and The Rev. C. M. Driskell, pastor of the church, officiating, i } st Burial! was in Farmington cemetery, Clyde MecDorman Funeral Home in charge of ar rangements, Pall-bearers were 0. W. Haygood, Loyd Downs, W. T. Carson, Guy Whitehead, A. A. Saxon and H. E. Whitehead. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Whitehead is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Calvin Smith, Farmington; two sons, B. F. Whitehead, jr., Maxwell Field, Ala.,, and Bobby Whitehead, Farmington; two sisters, Mrs. E. C. Saxon, Macon and Mrs. A. L. Brooks, jr., Athens; four brothers, C. A. Middlebrooks, Annapolis, Md., R. R. Middle brooks, Staten Island, N. Y., C. O. Middlebrooks, Barksdale, La., and P. B. Middlebrooks, Farm ington; granddaughter, Miss Gail Smith, Farmington, gnd several nieces and nephews. A native of Farmington, Mrs. Whitehead had lived there all her life. Wife of a well known lumberman who operated large sawmill interests. Mrs. White head was a mémber of Antioch Christian church and because of an attractive personality, kindly and democratic nature, she had drawn a large circle of friends who were deeply saddened to learn Of her passing. | THREE NAZI AIRFIELDS IN FRANCE ARE BOMBARDED ON 11TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF WAR'S GREATEST AIR ATTACK LONDON.—(AP)—WeII over 1,000 American bombers and fighters bombarded three German airfields in France today, the 11th consecu tive day of the war’s greatest aerial offensive. The German radio said other Allied raiders had penetrated into the southern sector of the Reich. Brifain Takes New I Steps To Guard 'l Hour For Invasion LONDON —(#)—Britain halted \ all but the most urgent travel overseas in another invasion ‘\secrecy step today, while the Germans predicted the invasion hour was near and declared-their ’mosl seasoned troops stood ready '{o ~meet the ‘assault. The travel ban, “except for business’ of urgent national im ‘portance which cannot be post poned,” will run indefinitely and was taken “for military reusons."{ a home office announcement said. It ' followed * ‘orders re.&:tricting‘ movements of diplomats, tighlen-l ing control over coastal areas, suspending travel to Eire, zmd; other recent steps to prevent leakage of information. ‘ Persons now holding exit per mits can use them to leave Britain until midnight Thursday. There-! after only “urgent” permits will be issued. No permit to leave the! country will be valid unless issued on or after April 19. | Berlin broadcasts told the Ger man people to expect the invasion at any moment, and boasted of (Continued on page six:) ! Governor Arnall f Urges ‘Teen ¥ . Age'rs Register _ATLANTA — (AP)— Georgia eighteen-year-olds who were given the right to vote under a constitutional amendment rati fied last summer, were urged by Gov. Ellis Arnall today to reg ;ster before the deadline on May “The primary qn July 4 will be the first time this class of voters will have had an oppor tunity to exercise their francise in a state-wide elestion,” the governor said. “To be able to do so it is necessary that they reg ister by May 8. “The value to the country of the participation in public de cision by this group of citizens, I believe, will prove enormous. Many of them are demonstrating their courage and understanding of the meaning of patriotism and sacrifice upon the battlefields to day and I am proud that those from Georgia are wearing our country’s uniform as full cisizens and not as a badge of disfran-‘ chisement. | “The future of America rests in the hands of this group. “It is important under our American ideal or gradual train ing for participation in govern ment that this class of voters ex ercise their franchise “I hope that they will register from the schools and colleges, from the factories and farms, from the armed services and that they will cast their ballots with their fellow citizens on Inde pendence Day.” Under the amendment grating the franchise, persons between 18 and 21 years of age were ex empted from poll taxes until they become 21. A.B.C Paper — Single Copy, 3c — 5¢ Sunday A preliminary announcement of daylight activity, which appeared again to be on a gigantic scale, said Fortresses and Liberators from Britain smashed at German airdromes at Nancy, Metz and Dijon in the continuing all-out effort to humble Hitler’s air forces ahead of the western invasion. The daylight attacks followed attacks last night by probably 1,- 000 planes of the RAF which‘ ‘blasted industrial Munich and Karlsruhe. \ Waves of planes of all types drove forward the campaign that has poured 40,000 to 50,000 tons of explosives on Hitler's war ma 'chine since mid-April, and shortly fbefore noon the German radio re ported strong bomber formations over the southern, western and southwestern - portions of the Reich. Thirty British planes were lost last night, when the main blows aimed at factories and communi cations in Karlsruhe and Munich. Mosquito planes hit Dusseldorf and other raiders pounder the rail depot at Chambly, 20 miles north of Paris, a link in the battered rail network supplying the Ger man Atlantic wall. Mines . also were laid in enemy waters. Reconnaissance showed fires spreading over a large area of Munich an hour after the main bomber force had left, the Air Ministry said, and the attacks there and at Karlsruhe, 150 miles to the northwest, were “well cong centrated.” The raid into Ger many was described as “in very great strength.” The RAF night bombers struck following Monday’s record con (Continued on Page Three) e ’ Commando” Kelly Rests At Modest Pittsburgh Home PITTSBURGH — (AP)—Sha wano Street and “Mom” Kelly took “Commando” Kelly to their heart today. Tech. Sgt. Charles Edward Kelly, back on furlough from his exploits in the Italian campaign which won for him the Con gressional Medal of Honor, rest ed in the comforts of home after a wild demonstration of greeting that lasted late into the night. The slight, shy, ruddy-faced hero, credited with eliminating 40 Nazis in one of this war’s most sensational actions, dodged friends and admirers “just to catch some sleep and see my Mom.” Police guarded the entrane to his unpretentious home in Pitts brugh’s “Dutchdown” section while he did so. Mayor Cornelius Scully met the fighting Irishman at his home and offered him and his family an expensive suite in a downtown hotel, but the “Com mando” replied, very courteous ly: “This is good enough for Mom, and its good enough for me.” While hundreds cheered, Mrs. Irene Kelly, a widow with her eight other sons, met the hero at the county airport upon his arrival, hours late, from Wash ington. Mrs. Kelly choked back tears as she embraced her boy. : “Lusty” Greeting L The greeting for the soldier was so lusty that in the crush at (Continued on Page Two) 1 HOME MRS. J. C. HUTCHINS Mrs. J. C. Hutchins widely known and greatly beloved Athe nian, died at her home on Dear= ing street Monday night at 7:30, thus ending an earthly pilgrimage of 84 years, and writing finis. to the career of a radiant spirit that had enriched the lives of thous ands of persons who had come within the sphere of her benign influence. Although in a state of decline. for a good many months, “Miss Lollie,” as she was affectionately known, maintained her cheerful demeanor until the last, and just as the sun shown briiliantly for a brief period and then sank into the west, her spirit slipped quiet ly and peaceably into the Great Beyond for a reunion with those loved ones who had preceded her. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church, of which she was a devoted member, at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, Dr. J. C. Wilkinson officiating, followed by interment in Oconee Hill cemetery. : Pallbearers will be Rutherford Ellis, William Ellis, Vassar Woo ley, Atlanta, Ga.; Carlisle Cobb, Dr. E. D. Pusey,*'Dr. B. O. Wil liams, Lamar Rucker and Wil liam Erwin. The Lollie Hutchins Sunday School Class will act as an honorary escort. Born December 23, 1869 on the campus of the TUniversity of Georgia, where her parents re sided, Laura Williams Rutherford ’was the youngest child of Profes sor Williams Rutherford of the iUniversity faculty, and Laura Cobb Rutherford, outstanding pioneer citizens of Athens. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family and was the sister of John Rutherford, Mrs. Mary Ann Lipscomb, Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford and Mrs. Bessie Rutherford Mell. . Endowed with personal charm and magnetism to an unusual de gree and reared in an atmosphere of culture, Mrs. Hutchins was the embodiment of those incompar=- able attributes for which the women of the Old South were im mortalized in song and verse— attributes and ideals which re mained with her throughout a life that extended far beyond the allotted span, yet in a changing world there was that flexibility of character and breadth of per spective that enabled her to keep pace with progress and enjoy 3; X | companionship of old and yeung jalike. As the last member of a family that for generations had been prominent in the history of the South, the educational ad !vancement of Georgia and the social and religious life of Ath ens, the passing of this illustrious exponent of all that is great and good in southern womanhood leaves Athens bereft of one of its most admired and most univer sally beloved characters, and her memory will ever be enshrined in the hearts of countless num bers who were privileged to know and love her. Lucy Cobb Graduate Laura Williams Rutherford was educated at historic old Lucy Cobb Institute, which was named for her first cousin, and the origin of which was inspired when an Athens newspaper published a communication from “Miss Lol lie’s” mother, stressing the need for a select school for girls and signed “A Mother”; a publication which was answered by her mother’s brother, Thomas R. R. Cobb, who did not know the iden tity of the author of the suggest ion, but who approved of the idea and bolstered his approval with a donation which made possible the ( Continued on page three.) P.-T. A. Groups Of Junior, Senior Hi Meet Thursday Problems of city schools in meeting increased demand be cause of larger registrations and changes made necessary by mod ernization of education will be discussed Thursday night at 8:00 o’clock in a joint meeting of the Parents - Teacher Associations of Junior High School and Senior High at the Junior High building on Childs street. The combined meeting of the memberships of the two P.-T. A. groups, among the largest in the city, was called by Mrs. Leo Bel cher, Junior High P.-T. A. presi dent, and Mrs. J. F. Whitehead, president of Athens High P.-T. A,, and it is expetced that a large number will be present. The gathering is another in the series of discussion meetings of P.-T. A. groups, members of the Board of Education, representa tives from City Council and school officials which have been held at intervals at the various schools 33 discuss the needs of the sch and to make suggestions to the board as to how best the needs can be met. Heads of the two groups, in an nouncing the meeting said that while aall members of the P.-T. A. are urged to attend, any other interested citizens, whether or not they are members of the P.-T. A. or have children in either of the two schools, will be cordially welcomed.

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