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Minister Of Britain Dies
Baldwin Had Eleven Years Ago Forced
Edward VIII To Renounce His Throne
LONDON, Dec. 15.—(AP)—Earl Baldwin, 80, thrice
Prime Minister of Britain, died in his sleep Saturday at
his home in Stourport, Worchestershire—ll years after
he had forced Edward VIII to renounce his throne as the
price for choosing to marry an American divorcee.,
Mayor-Elect Wells
Before Kiwanians
Members of the Kiwanis Club
will hear a talk by Mayor-Elect
Jack R. Wells at their regular
weekly luncheon meeting Tues-!
day. g
The meeting will be held at
the N&N Cafeteria and will
start at one o’clock.
Kiwanians have been reminded
that the custom of many years
standing — that of bringing pack
ages for unfortunate children of |
the community — will be observ
ed at the meeting on December
23. Memberg are Turnished slip:
of paper giving name, age and
sex of the child and the Kiwan
icns add a toy, in (addition to the
recessary gifts. It is emphasized
that the slip should be securely
attached to the packages as that
is on the only guide to that spe
cial child. / |
Guest spéaker for the meeting;
December 23 will be Dr. Harvey
Holland, former pastor of First
Methodist Church, now of De
catur, Ga. Dr. Holland was a
member of the Athens club while
a resident here, and will be given
a cordial welcome by his former
felicw members. .
Sellers Will Make
No Big Changes In
ATLANTA, Dec. 15—(AP)—
Dr. T. F. Sellers, who takes over
direction of the State Health De
partment on Jan. 1, announced he
plans no personnel changes “ox
cept those absolutely essential to
bring about re-establishment of
harmony”.
Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, health
Director for 30 years, was named
director emeritus last week at the
same time Dr. Sellers was select
ed to head the agency.
Although officials previously
declined comment on reports of
triction in the department, obser
ers had speculated that dissen
sion developed in the promotion
of various candidates for the di
rectorship. ik
Dr. Sellers said restoration of
morale and subordination of mis
understandings among employes
are first objectives. He added
that the state already has an
“excellent” health program built
by Dr. Abercrombie and that “all
we need to do is carry it through.”
Members of the Board of Health
conceded that strong political
pressure had been exerted in
weeks of maneuvering over the
SIO,OOO position of health direc
tor. They e<mphasized however,
(Continued On Page Three)
Four Persons Die
In Weekend Traffic
Accidents In State
ATLANTA, Dec. 15—(AP)—
Four persons, three of them
Georgians, were killed in week
end highway accident, the State
Patrol reported today.
Leonard Hubert Hendrix, 44,
of (1800 Williams St. Valdosta,
died instantly of a crushed skull
when his automobile rammed a
tree Sunday morning five miles
south of Valdosta on U. S. high
way No 41,
g W, Nesmyth b 2 ot
route 3, Pelham, died of a broken
neck Sunday evening after his
automobile left highway No. 65
two - miles west of Pelham,
plungd over an embankment,
and overturned. Lloyd Butler, of
Pelham, a passenger in the ve
hicle, was in poor condition in
a Pelham hospital. Another pass.
enger, T. J. Cooper also of route
3, Pelham, suffered lacerations of
the head and chest.
.James Maloney, 31, of Bremen,
died in an Atlanta Hospital af
ter a wreck near Ben Hill -late
Saturday night. Maloney’s auto
mobile cut down a utility pole.
Kenneth, ball, 22, of Home
stead, Fla., was burned to death
Sunday when the tractor_trailer
whcih he was driving overturned
and caught fire nine miles north
of Fitzgerald, on U. S. highway
No 129.
A passenger in the tractor-traii
er, James Gooing 22, of
Florida City, ¥la., was burned
‘about the face and hands.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Il was Prime Minister Stanley
Bal!dwird and the late Cosmg Gor
don Lang, Archbishop of Canter
bury, who told Edward that he
must renounce either the throne
or twice-divorced Wallis War
field Simpson. Edwarq chose ab
dication.
It was Baldwin, who on Dec.
10 stoed before the House of
Commgns with tears in his eyes
and delivered the message of ab
dication from Edward, a person
al friend. -
“No more grave message has
ever been received by parlia
ment and no more difficult, and
I might say, more repugnant
task has ever been imposed on
a Prime Minister,” he said.
Baldwin recounted how he had
tola Edward that he did not be
lieve the country would approve
the marriage and that in choos
ing a queen the people had a
voice. The Prime Minister said
Edward told him he was going to
marry Mrs. Simpson and was
“prevared to go.”
“We are not judges,” Baldwin
said. “His Majesty has announc
ed his decision. He has told us
what he wants to do, and 71 think
we must close our ranks.”
Shorily thereafter Baldwin 'be
came Earl Baldwin -~ = "~y
and retired to his birthplace in
Stourport to “raise pigs.”
Baxlwin was a Conservative in
politics who believed firmly in
PBritish - Amerfican codperation.
He was educated in the upper
class tradition at Eton and Trin
ity College, Cambridge. :
. First elected to Parliament in
1908, he served as Prime Minis
‘ter from May 25. 1922 ¢~ Jan.
99, 1924: from Nov. 6, 1924 1o
iJune 3, 1929, ang from June 7,
. (Continued on Page Two.)
Contributions To
Civitan Fund
Announcement was made to
day by Civitan Garland
Hulme, treasurer of the Civi
tan Rehabilitation Fund, Inc.,
that new contributions have
increased the total raised with
in the last few days to $198.00.
The latest contributions fol
low:
Previous donations: 163.00;
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., 15.00;
W. G. Sailers, 10.00; Robert
Hamilton, 5.00; Cash, 5.00.
The Civitan Rehabilita
tion Fund was established to
aid those who are temporarily
in financial stress. In the past
the Fund has helped pay ex
penses for operations on per
sons who, through no fault of
their own, did "not have
enough money to pay the ex
penses themselves. FPersons
who became ill have been
helped by the Fund and have
since been able to go back to
| work and pay their own wWay.
~ Numerous cases of this nature
~ have been helped by the Fund
' and will continue to be as long
1 as Athenians contribute to it.
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High School P. T. A. Advisory Group
Makes Recommendations To Improve
The Physical Facilifies At School
A number of suggestiong for
improving the physical facilities
at the High School and of the
city school system, have been
made by an advisory committee,
which was appointed by a spe
cial committee of the Athens
High School Parent-Teacher As
sociation.
Signing the letter containing
the recommendations was Dr. O.
C. Aderhold, chairman, and mem
bers of the committee present
were Howard Benson, Dr. Thomas
Whitehead, Judge Henry H. West,
Robert Hamilton, Dr. Aderhold,
Dr. Sam Talmadge and R. H.
Driftmier. (et
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TO HEAD ATHENS DISTRICT SCOUTS
A. E. Terry (center), new Athens District Chairman,
Boy Scouts of America, and Sam Wilson (right), new
District Commissioner, are congratulated on their
election by retiring District Chiarman Smiley Wolfe,
jr. Terry and Wilson were elected at a recent meet
ing of the District Commiittee. They wlil lead Boy Scout
ing in the Athens District for the year 1948. (Photo, by
Kenneth Guest.)
Dr. Terry To Head Local
District Boy Scout ! hroup
H. C. Gilbert, Sam Wilson Also Elected
To Posts In Athens District Council
.BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Dr. A. E. Terry will nead the Athens District, Boy
Scouts of 'AmeYrica, for the 1948 year. Dr. Terry was
elected to this post of Distriect Chairman at a recent meet
ing of the Ristrict Committee at the Holma.pvflotelr, R
War In Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. 15—(AP)—
The surrender of James Morelli,
20-year-old convicted robber,
brought to an end yesterday a
48-hour police search for two
survivors of a trio suspected of
a gang-type triple slaying Friday.
Richard® B. Austin, acting
state’s attorney, said he would
ask the Cook County Grand Jury
to indict Morelli and Lowell Fen
tress, 21, on charges of murder
ing the three men in the shoot
ing spree. Fentress already was
in police custody. The third sus
pect, Thomas Daley, 36, an ex
convict, was shot and killed by
police in Morelli’'s apartment
Saturday morning.
. Chief of Detectives Walter C.
Storms said Morelli denied firing
any of the fatal shots and said he
accidentally discharged only one
bullet which lodged in the wall
of a garage where the shooting
started. Storms said Morelli
blamed Daley for all three kill
ings and the wounding of two
others.
Slain were John Kuesis, 40, a
second-hand furniture dealer;
Theodore Callis, 29, and Emil W.
Sehmeichel, 22. The wounded
are Nick Kuesis, 32, garage own
er and brother of John, and
Frank Baker, 17, a garage em
ploye.
.Storms said that Fentress, a
minor police character, had made
a statement saying the slayings
stemmed from a mission of re
prisal against John Kuesis which
was intended to be nothing more
serious than a beating betause
he was believed to have impli
cated Daley and Fentress in a
robbery case.
tions, the Board said:
“In view of the existing con
ditions it is imperative that ac
tion be taken immediately to im
prove the physical facilities of
our schools.” ¥
Text of Suggestions
Following is the text of the
suggestions:
“I.—We suggest that expansions
be made in the elementary school
pants to take care of the in
creasing enrollment in these
schools. These facilities should be
provided at the- earliest opportu
nity out of the bond money. We
suggest that not more than $50,~
000 to $60,000. be spent . for the
(Conunued on Page Two.)
ATHENS, GA.,, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1947.
- Elected to servfar with him were
Harold C. Gilbert as vice-chair
man of the District and Sam Wil
son as District Commissioner.
Dr. Terry in his acceptance
speech stated, “I will do the best
I possibly can”. He also said, “I
hope that we can have the best
year we have ever had in the Ath
ens District”. ’ '
The new chairman has served
The Boy Scouts of America for
over. two years. His service in
cluded duties as Athens District
Leadership Training Chairman,
District Vice-chairman, member of
the District Committee and chair
man of Leadership Training for
the entire Northeast Georgia
Council.
Associate professor in the Ger
man department at the University
of Georgia is the business position
held by Dr. Terry. /3
Mr. Gilbert, superintendent of
the Athens Manufacturing Com
pany, has been a Troop Commit
teeman and has served on the
Athens District Committee. This
vice-chairman is formerly of Co
lumbus and Rome. He followed
the textile line of business in both
places. .
Commissioner Wilson has serv
ed Scouting in many ways. He
has been a Scoutmaster, chair
man of Leadership Training for
the District, a Neighborhood Com-~
‘missioner and a member of the
District Committee. His service has
‘been for a period of five years.
Mr, Wilson is the AtHens repre
sentative of the Equitable Life In
surance Company.
At this meeting B. R. Blood
worth, chairman of the Athens
Community Fund Drive, reported
that the drive was coming along
nicely. He stated that the local
council of the B. S. A. would re
ceive a share of the funds.
Dr. R. W. Hartman, chairman
of the committee on membership,
reported that the Athens District
now has 16 active units and five
new units just organizing. He an
nounced that there is a total of
474 boys and 194 leaders making
a grand total of 668 members con
nected with this District.
In detail his report stated there
were 181 White Scouts, 95 White
Cubs and 17 White Senior Scouts.
There are 142 Colored Scouts, and
39 Cubs. In the leaders field thei
District has 95 White Troop lead
ers, 15 White Cub leaders and 11
White Senior Scout leaders. There
are 59 Colored Scout leaders and
14 Cub leaders. |
Preston Almand, Nominating
Committee Chairman, announced
the following names for membexfl
ship on the District Committee for
the coming year. They were all‘
approved. They are J. Smiley
Wolfe, jr., A. E. Terry ,B. E. Lump
kin, Bryant M. Smith, Fred W,‘
Bennett, Dr. K, E. Shedd, Wallace
Wood, B. R. Bloodworth, Dr. R. «w.{
Hartman, R. A. Arthur, Luther
Glass, Sam A. Hale, Henry Rosen-l
thal, Lamar Laßoon, James Bar
row, Rev. H. R. Burnley, H. C.
Gilbert, Preston Almand,’ C. N.
Ridlehuber, H. C. Stephens, E. B.
Cook, Ted Johnson, Sam Wilson,
Strikes In Two Major U.S.
Industries May-~2egin Soon
310,000 Electrical
U, BeiNca
Workers May Join
Western Union Men
‘ By The Associated Press
t Ranks of labor appeared to be
‘astir on a broadening front again
today for a race with the higher
cost of 'living. ‘
.~ While 50,000 Western Union em
ployes, members of three AFLi
unions oustide metropolitan New
York City proceeded with a vote‘
on a proposed Christmas season
strike, 310,000 CIO United Elec
trical, Radio and Machine Work-}
ers served notice that “a wage
increase is needed at once.”
w Conference Called
1 The General Executive Board of
the electrical workers said.a con
ference has been called for Jan,|
5 at which delegates will draft new
}contract demands.
. Hal Swann, head of the AFL
1 Telegrapher Employes’ Union, said
the Western Union Workers were
voting about 10 to 1 in favor of
a strike to enforce their demands
for a wage boost of 15 cents an
hour.
Representatives of 2,500 CIO
Communications Workers voted to
call a strike against three major
cable companies in New York if
1948 contracts terms satisfactory
to the union are not agreed upon
by Dec. 31. The companies are
Mackay Radio and Telegraph
Company, the Commercial Cables
Company, and the Cables Division
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
Although wage demands were
not part of their dispute with the
United Air Lines, a spokesman for
the AFL Air Lines Pilots Associa
tion announced last night that a
strike vote is under way among
900 flight officers.
‘ David L. Behncke, ALPA pres
' (Continueda on Page Two.)
Last U, S. Troops
Leave Italy
For United States
LEGHORN, Dec. 15 —(AP)—
The last American occupation
troopg in Italy were homeward
bound today aboard the trans
port Admiral Sims, thus bring
ing to an end a military opera
tion which began when U. S.
forees stormed ashore in the Sa
lerno area on Sept. 9, 1943.
The troops — 97 officers and
1,356 enlistea men — sailed yes
terday exacthy nine hours ang 45
minutes ahead of the midnight
deadline set for their departure
by the Italian peace treaty.
Their departure, which the
Italians watched with mingled
feelings because of the country’s
internal political situation, left
on Italian soil only a graves reg
istration unit and a handful of
memberg of the military liqui
dation administration — in all
about 300 men.
Departure: of the last members
of the American occupation army
ccincided with the departure
(Continued On Pag, Three)
Negro Confesses
Burning School,
2 Negro Churches
MCNROE, Ga., Dec. 15.—(AP)
—A negro farmer has confessed
burning two negro churches and
a negro school in the Loganville
community, Solicitor General
Marshall Pollock reported today.
+ The church and school burn
ings aroused widespread com
ment because they occurred in
Walton county where the mass
lynching of four negroes in 1946
remains unsolved.
Solicitor Pollock said Isiah
Grimes, 27, negro farmer, con
fessed he poured gasoline on the
churches and school and set them
afire. He said the negro gave re
venge as the motive, Grimes was
charged with arson.
Grimes is the son of Maggie
Cdtlin, whose husband Fluke
Catlin, died last May. He .left
two insurance policies, Pollock
said, naming an adopted daugh
ter, Minnie Catlin, as beneficiary.
Two negro lodges administer
ed the insurance* policies. The
lodges had been meeting in' the
churches and the school. Pollock
said Grimes told officers he
burned the buildings so the lodge
members would not have a place
to meet. He said he resented the
fact that his mother had not been
named beéneficiary in the policies,
Pollock reported.
- Three other negroes arrested
for invVestigation have been re
leased, Pollock said, e
GOP Orders Stratequ
Huddle On Leqslation
Want Passage Of Anfi-Inflation Plan
Without Amendments By Opposition
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—(AP)—House GOP lead
ers ordered an eleventh hour strategy huddle today on
their plan to pound the Republican anti-inflation bill to
passage without letting the opposition lay a hand on it.
The idea was to plunk the four
point program before the -House
with word to take it or nothing.
Based on voluntary efforts to
hold down living costs, the bill
then would be pushed to a vote
under a procefure so rigid it
would: 4
Forbid any changes, restrict.
debate to 20 minutes for and 20
against, and require a two
thirds majority for passage.
Only a final nod from the
leadership was needed to set the
plan in motion.
And a meeting was arranged
for mid-morning (exact hour
not set) among Speaker Martin
Negro Pulls One-
Man Train Robbery
In Chicago Suburhs
CHICAGO, Dec: 15—(AP)—A
negro gunman single-handedly
robbed ‘the:passengers in two cars
of a New York Central passenger
train of jewelry and an undeter
‘mined amount of cash between a
'suburban station and the down
town terminal ‘Saturday night.
Judge Roger Kiley of the Illi
nois Appellate Court, one of sev
eral judges and lawyers among
the victims, estimated the cash
loot at $350. He said several‘
watches and rings were taken from
passengers in the rear car. i
H. E. Brice, 55, a reporter, said
the robber boarded the train when
it stopped at the Englewood (63rd
St.) station and that he carried a
paper bag into which he forced
about 10 passengers in the rear
car to drop their wallets, watches
and rings.
The gunman then moved for
ward to the dining car where he
robbed Douglas Tate, head waiter,
of $196.20. He jumped from the
train as it slackened speed ap
proaching the terminal.
To Live With In-Laws-Temporarily:
Elizabeth And Philip End 23 Day
Honeymoon; Philip Returns To Work
LONDON, Dec. 15—(AP)—
Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip were back in the workaday
world of royalty today after 23
days of honeymoon seclusion.
The young couple stepped off
the Aberdeen express yesterday
and were whisked away to Buck
ingham Palace, where they will
live until their own quarters in
Clarence house—an old mansion
overlooking St. James Park—are
ready for occupancy.
For Philip, the end of the honey
moon meant a return to his duties
with the Royal Navy. Still on the
active list with the rank of lieu
tenant, he was scheduled to take
up a new post at once in the Ad
miralty’s Operations Division.
[ Elizabeth will oversee the re
‘decoration of Clarence house,
}which will take about a year.
The royal honeymooners’ return
"to London coincided with the 52nd
birthday of King George VI, which
was observed with a family party
at Windsor castle. The birthday is
celebrated officially on June 13—
because the weathern then is more
propitious for public ceremonies
traditional to the occasion.
On Wednesday the House of
Commons is expected to debate
the question of whether Philip
should have an allowance of
10,000 pounds ($40,000) annually
as a Royal Duke and husband of
the future queen.
A majority of an all-party
Parliamentary Committee pro
posed the latter amount, but fivej
of the nine Laborite members in
sisted Philip should have only
half that much and that Princess
Elizabeth should get only 35,000
pounds ($140,000) instead of the
40,000 pounds ($160,000) which the
majority favored. @
The cabinet will debate the
issue tomorrow.
Philip’s salary as a naval lieu
tenant is $51.80 a week, plus a
marriage allowance of $17.50
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 5¢
(R.-Mass.), Majority Leader
Halleck of Indiana, and Chair
man Wolcott (R.-Mich.) of the
Banking Committee, who intro
duced the bill,.
- Rank and {ile Republicans
were told to be on the House
floor for a showdown shortly
after noon (£.8.T.)
A gtrong hint that the “take it
or levae it” label would stick
came from Halleck, who issued
a statement last night saying if
this bill fails “Democrats will
have to take the responsibility”
for killing all economic legisla
tion at the special session sched
uled to end this Friday.
House Democratic Leader Ray
burn, of Texas, cried “outrag
eous” and “strongarm” tactics.
But Martin predicted the meas
ure' would pass with votes to
spare. :
Here’'s what the Republican
measure, up for a House show
down, would do:
1. Permit and encourgae busi
ness, industry and agriculture to
agree on (a) sharing transporta
tion facilities, (b) markeiing
livestock and poultry in a man
ner to use grain most efficiently,
(¢) dividing up scarce commodi
ties, and (d) regulating specula
‘tion on the commodity exchanges.
2. Continue export. controls f
one year from February 29, 1948,
and authorize the President so fix
maximum mark-ups in .export
prices over domestic prices.
3. Continue for the sanle per
iod existing presidential power to
allocate box cars and other rail
transportation facilities.
4. Increase from 25 percent. to
40 percent the gold reserves be
hind currency issued by Federal
Reserve Banks; increase from 25
percent to 35 percent the gold
reserves Federal Reserve Banks
must carry to support deposits of
commercial banks.
If this program ‘gets by the
House, it goes to -the Senate,
where Republican members on
Saturday put much the same
points and half a dozen others
{Ceontinued on Page Two.)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Rain this afternoen, clear
ing tonight. Tuesday contin
ued cool.
GEORGIA: Rain foday and
tonight, ending over west
portion Tuesday morning and
east portion Tuesday after
noon; cool today; warmer to
night and Tuesday, followed
by clearing and colder late
Tuesday. Rather windy today
and tonight.
TEMPERATURE
Highont .Gl i 098
LOWENE .. v iy oBD
MBAY L. s heis it R
Nertoad . 1 il 0 S
RAINFALL
Inches lasit 24 hours .. .. .12
Total since Dée.' ¥ . ... 2.12
Deficit since Dec. 1 .. ... .19
Average Dec. rainfall ... 5.08
Total since Jan. 1 .. ....46.62
Deficit since Jan. Y . .. 8%
SANTA AND THE GOOD BOY
BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
CHAPTER 10
Tom Returns With the Wool
Poor Peter lay in the grass with
out his hat and without the magic
feather that would keep the bulls
away. He got to his feet and
searched frantically for the hat
but the bulls were already charg
ing across,the meadow.
Tom Clover, with his pocket
full of red wool, thought, “I am
safe for I have my feather in my
hat ”and the bulls will not touch
me!
LOCAL COTTON
1-INCH MIDDLING .. .. 37.30¢
Soviets Have Own
Anti-Inflation
Program Planned
MOSCOW, Dec. 15.—(AP)— |
The Soviet government has an=
nounced in a decree signed by i
Prime Minister Stalin that it will
attempt to check inflation with *
the issue of a new currency to=
morrow and, at the same time, |
will abandon the rationing of
all “food and industrial goods.”
The Moscow radio broadcast
to the Russian people the news
of the decree, which was issued
by the Council of Ministers
(cabinet) and the Communist
Party.. . R
(The decree was the first ad-§
mission by the U. S. S. R. that the
controlled Russian economy had 5
been affected by post-war infla=
tion. The Soviet action came 10
days after a statement in Wash
ington by TUnder-Secretary of °
State Robert Loveit that some= -
thing “in the nature of panic |
buying” had gripped Russia fol= -
lowing rumors of impending de=- "
valuation of the ruble.) B
The currency decree stipulat= "
ed that rubles brought to banks -
for conversion would be ex=~:
changed at the rate of 10 for one _
new ruble. 1
This exchange must take place =
between December 16 and 22. =
The decree affects persons ¢
with bonds, savings accounts and =
cash. Bank deposits up to 3,000
rubles will be exchanged on a
one-for-one basis; accounts up to =
3,000 rubles will be exchanged at =
the rate of one-to-one for the =
first 3,000 rubles and the remain
der on a basis of two new rubles =
for three old; deposits over 10,= =
000 rubles will be exchanged at
the foregoing rate for the first =
10,000 rubles and the remainder =
on the basis of one new ruble for
two old. ? : T
' Holders of ordinary state bonds =
will receive new bonds with a &
face value of one ruble for each =
three rubles of face value of the =
old bonds. Holders of the 1938 &
issue of state bonds, which were
fully redeemable at any time, =
will receive one new ruble for &
each five of face value. . &
Those who present cash Wwill =
receive one new ruble for 10 old =
ones regardless of the amount
they exchange, thus making cash
holders the chief losers under the &
reform. : i
The reform does not affect =
wages. All factories and offices &
have been. ordered to pay their &
empioyes iiiis week in new mon= &
ey their salaries for the first half
of the month to enable them to
get started under the new pro= =
gram, 0 2
(Contizued On rage Four) 1
Athenian Selected
Athenian Selected
zé
As Rhodes Scholar;
| %
To Leave Next Fall
l Homer K. Nicholson, jr, well
‘known Athenian, has been hon, §
ored by being selected as a
Rhodes Scholar from Georgia,
and will leave next October to
study for two years in England.
“Mr. Nicholson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer K. Nicholson, Dear
ing street, is now a teaching Fel=
low in the English Department |
at Vanderbilt University, where he
is working on his PH. D. degree.
The Athenian graduated from |
the University of Georgia in 1942, *
having compiled an enviable re= -
cord at that Institution. He re= @
ceived his A. B. degree and was -
a member of Phi Beta Kappa and =
Phi Kappa Phi honorary scholas,
tic societies. 3
He served in the armed forces -
for two years during the recent
war, being in the Army Medical ©
Corps. ]
In June of 1947 he. received =
his Master’s degree from Van
derbilt, where he is president of
the Vanderbilt Graduate Club 2
and faculty advisor for the Kappa
Alpha fraternity. §
But he could not leave hig I
friend. He turned and began run- =
ning beside thé bulls. He took off &
his hat with the magic feather =
sticking in it and waved it fierce- =" FH
ly at the enraged animals. = 4
“Stop!” he roared. “Go away!”?
The bulls stopped and stared in &
confusion at the feather which °
calmed their rage. While they
paused Tom ran past them and
threw his hat and feathor;dj;w =
ter’s head. i -
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