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Leaders in the Christian Church from
over the state will be here today for the
dedication services for the new building
of the Christian College of Georgia, The
Christian College
Dedication Today
. Dr. Wasson Elected Dean Of College;
F Full Day Of Activities Begin At 11:15
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
A full day of. activity, highlighted by the dedication of
the new building of the Christian College of Georgia, is
gcheduled to begin here today at 11:16.
The Dedication Day Services begin at the First Chris
tian Church with morning worship and a communion
gervice, At one o’clock a hasket dinner will be held in the
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Legion Plans
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Big Event
Tuesday P. M.
Installation of new officers, a
barbecue and an address by Judge
J. M. C. Townsend fif ;h‘t Steat:
Court of Appeals w eatur
meeting of gf:ssie Cily Post, 185,
American Legion next Tuesday,
beginning at 7:30 eo’clock at the
Club house on the Atlanta high
way.
The barbecue and address by
Judge Townsend will precede in
#tallation of officers, which will
be held at 8 o’clock.
Newly elected officials of the
Post are, Louis E. .Lanard, com
mander; Sam Whitehead, senior
vice-commander; Sid Wilfong,
junior vice-commander; C., 8.
Mangleburg, jr., adjutant; Julian
Stephenson, finance officer; John
Smoot, service officer; Otis Mize,
historian; Horace Few, chaplain;
Harold Lay, sergeant-at-arms;
Gene Chandler, sergéant-at-arms.
The retiring,officers are, Tommy
Lee Horne, ‘commarider; Henry
Morton, senior vice-commander;
Steve Turnell, junior vice-com
mander; Louis E, Lanard, histori
an; Sam Whitehead, service offi
eer; C R Mangleburg, jr., adju
tant; Ed Booth, chaplain; Julian
Stephenson, finance officer; Wil
bur Bullock, sergeant-at-arms and
Dick Wansley, sergeant-at-arms.
Judge Townsend, the featured
Speaker for the occasion, is a form
€r assistant attorney general of
Georg_ia and a former judge of the
Superior court. He is a widely
known political and legal figure,
having ‘been prominent in state
Politics ang legal circles for sev
eral years, He was appointed
Judge of the superior court by
former Governor Ellis Arnall and
Was named to the Court of Appeals
by former Governor M. E. Thomp
son. He served as an assistant
altorney general during the time
'Ymmer Governor Arnafl was At
*°rney General, |
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Bar Meet Set
Tuesday, July 5
5 The bar Will meet on 7 iesday,
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ae SO usuully meets on Mon.
;1“’;": Lut because of the July 4
Olidey ths meeting was changed.
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ourt House at 11 o'clock.
ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Associated Press Service
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF GEORGIA
A general meeting will take
place at the church at 2:30 where
reports regarding the progress of
the project will be made. Open
house will be held at the College
Building, located on Hull street,
from four until five o’clock.
The dedication services, featur
ing the day’s activities, will be held
at 8 o’clock at the College Build
ing. Rev. E. N. Anthony, Watkins
ville, chairman of the Board of
Trustees, will preside.
... Bring Greetings
“/Greetings from the city will be
brought by Mayor Jack R. Wells,
from the University by President
J. C. Rogers, and from the
Churches by Athens Ministrial As
sociation President J. W. O. Mc-
Kibben.
A prayer will be offered by
Charles Schwab, president of the
Georgia Christian Convention, fol
lowed by the recognition of the
Board of Trustees and other per
sons connected with the building
of the College.
Besides Chairman Anthony,
other officers of the Board of
Trustees are Paul Howle, vice
president and pastor of the First
Christian Church here, Edgar
Craighead, Atlanta, executive sec
retary, and Clare Harris, Winder,
treasurer.
Other members of the Board are
Harry Berry, Savannah; R. W,
Burns, Atlanta; John Brodman,
Atlanta; W. G. Carter, Atlanta;
Walter Hearn, Decatur; é E. Man
kin, Griffin; C. O. McAfee, Ma
con; and E. G. Orahood, Sanders
ville,
Dr. Robert W. Burns, pastor of
Peachtree Christian Church of At
iantia, wiii be the principai speak
er at the dedication service. - He
has been pastor of the Atlanta
church, whose membership totals
1,700, since 1930.
Dr, Burns has accomplished
many outstanding achievements
during his ministry in Atlanta, do
ing much for persons individually
and the community as a whole. He
is a regular contributor to a num
ber of religious publications, be
sides holding a number of high
positions in religious organizations.
He graduated from Washington
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PICNICS, SPORTS
Atheni
themians
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Plan Quiet
4th Holiday
Athenians will observe a com
paratively quiet Fourth of July ex
cept for several barbecues, sports
events, and picnics.
The Athens Country Club golf
tournament, which begins today,
will move into the final stages on
the fourth. That night a chicken
mull supper will be held for all
members and tournament golfers
at the Country Club beginning at
T o’clock.
A VFW-sponsored barbecue will
be held in Watkinsville, The Wat
kinsville - Farmington teams of
the Independent league will clash
following the ’cue.
e eks S ey
of activity will take place at Dia
mond Hill. Two bicycle races and
an intra-community game is sche
duled for the morning and in the
afternoon a double-header base
ball affair is on tabh. Diamond
Hill meets Royston in the first and
Sanford in the second. The barbe
cue will be held at 12:30.
Comer meets Greenwood, 8.C.; at
Comer on the afternoon of the
Fourth at 3:45, The Colbert team
plays a double-header beginning
in Colbert at 2:30. They meet the
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building is located on Hull street. The
full day of activities will be highlighted
by the dedication services at 5 o’clock.
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World
xNewsx 1
Roundup
Reds Halt Arms Aid
To Tito Government;
McCloy Begins Duty
* A staunch Communist leader—
Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimi
trov — died yesterday in a sans
torium near Moscow, and eastern
European countries went into
mourning. Dimitrov, 67, died of
diabetes. :
Prime Minister Stalin led in
paying tribute. He stood in a
guard of honor before Dimitrov’s
body in the Hall of Columns i
the Trade Union Building, along
with other leaders of the Com
munist-party.
In Belgrade Tite’s military
spokesman said Yugoslavia had
been cut off from &1l military sup
plies from Russia and the comine
form countries., But Col. Gen,
Ivan Goshnjak defiantly express
ed confidence tha! Yugoslavia’s
army could .efend itself against
all comers. There have been re
ports Premier Marshal Tito is
seeking a loan from the Unite:
States to buy arms.
Elsewhere in the world: \
John J. McCloy said in Berlin
he hopes to see Berlin and Germa
n; united during his term as
American high commissioner. He
arrived there yesterday to take
over the job held by Gen. Lucius
D. Clay.
In Brussels Roget Motz, Liberal
party president, said his party
would go along with plans to end
the regency and call lang Leopold
back to Belgium’s throne. He re
jected a bid from the Social Chris
tian ;party, bi# winners in the re
cent election.
Mexico elects a new federal
chamber of deputies today. The
three legal parttes made the usual
charges of fraud.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Sunday fair and warmer,
GEORGIA ~ Partly cloudy
and not much change in tem
perature Sunday. Scatitered
thundershowers over south
portion Sunday afterncon and
Monday.
TEMPERATURE
Sk ot B
i;é\&eistr 'V.-.‘.V .’l’l’.’ LR R .o 168
Mean «sen eoss even evve '°Z§
MOPAY ol i sil
Inches last 24 hours .. s» <OO
Total since July 1 .. esees 07
Deficit since July 1 .. .. .33
Average July rainfall ... 5.01
Total since January 1 ....27.81
Dafisit since January 3 .. 61
DR. ROBERT BURNS
. « . Dedication Speaker
RAINFALL
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Slovak Peasants Protect
Priests With Pitchforks
e~ SLOVAK ——
Action Taken
Against Red
Police Force
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July
2—(AP)—Slovak peasants armed
with scythes, pitchforks and clubs
stand guard around their Roman
Catholic priests to shield them
from Communist police.
This was the picture given to
night by reliable Slovak sources to
responsible church circles and dip
lomats as this nation, torn by
State-Church conflict, embarked
on a long week-end of religious
holidays marked by pilgrimages to
places famed in early Christian
history.
It was difficult, if not impossi
ble, for Westerners to go to the
intensely Catholic Eastern pro
vince to have a personal look at
the situation because of travel re
strictions suddenly announced by
the government for diplomatic
personnel.
These restrictions for the time
being appeared to have sealed off
troubled Slovakia with a little iron
curtain,
The best fossible sources of in
formation in Slovakia reported
villagers up in arms in various
parts of the province, however, to
prevent a repetition of the riotous
scenesg of last week-end.
Clash Reported
At that time—according to re
ports from these informants ani
which since have been confirmed
by reliable Czechs here—enraged
Slovaks clashed with police who
attempted to intimidate and arrest
priests who were loyal to Arch
bishop Josef Beran, the nation’s
primate, ; :
These reports said at least.two
policemen were fatally beaten and
an undetermined number of per
sons injured.
There was every indication that
the uprising in defense of the
priests was spontaneous, not di
rected from higher sources. The
government has refused, however,
to issue any denial or confirmation
of the reports.
Some diplomats eautioned
against exaggeration of past inci
dents, but sald they had reports
of continuing unrest in Slovakia
as the holiday pilgrimages began.
Travel Bans
The Foreign Ministry announced
that “in the present circumstan
ces” diplomats would have to get
prior permission to travel there,
Diplomatic travel there, the min
istry declared, would be consid
ered an act “against the Czecho
slovak government and a gross in
terference with the internal affairs
of Czechoslovakia.”
This announcement was made
when the foreign ministry re
jected the protest of Msgr. Gen
naro Verolino, the Vatican’s charge
d’affaires here, at being forcibly
accosted by police in Slovakia.
Police forced him to drive to
their headquarters in an attempt
to question him, The foreign min«
istry explained that Msgr, Veroli\
no had not previously informed
the government of his visit to
Slovakia, although diplomatie
travel in Czechoslovakia had not
been restricted before,
Both the State and the Church
were promoting the pilgrimages,
and Czechs were flocking to religi
ous shrings in droves.
AT WATKINSVILLE
Baseball,
Barbecue
Set For 4th
Barbecue and baseball will be
the order of the day in Watkins
ville July 4th, with the Watkins
ville VFW Post sfx;onsoring both
events, Proceeds from the day’s
activities will help defray expen
ses of the Post hor&f and commu
nity center now der construc
tion.
The barbecue will be served at
Harris Shaols Park in Wat
kinsville from 12 to 2 p. m. Tick
ets for the affair, which will be
available at the scene of the bar
becue, are griced at $1.25 for
adults and 75 cents for children
under 12 . ;
Following the barbecue, at 3:30
p. m., the Watkinsville baseball
team wiil meet Farmington on the
Watkinsville diamond. The Wat~
kinsville nine is currently leading
tlie second half race in the Inde
pendent l.eague, while Farming
ton is one of the stronger teams in
the loop. The two teams havoxo
ken even in four league cont
this season.
The Post home and community
center is under construction on
land adjoiaing the Harris Shoals
Park area and the Watkinsville
water works. The nearly comple
ted structure will serve as a meet-
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ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1949.
The Mayor’'s statement was
made in connection with the semi
annual Progress report of the De
foartmcnt of Public Works made
Mayor and Council by City En
gineer J. G. Beacham.
By June 30, this year the city
had poured 26,000 gallons of as
phalt and at the same time last
year 10,000 gallons had been pour
ed; therefore, more work has been
completed.
The report state that it iz the
aim of the department to complete
its paving program as early as
possible this year as difficultg is
encountered in paving work dur
in%tho winter montns.
ity forces so far this year have
poured 1,133 cubie yards of con
crete for curb and gutter work as
compared with 1,107 cubic yards
last year.
Paving Cost
Paving during 1949 has cost
$75,208.43. A total of 12 streets
or portions of streets have been
paved thus far. Curbs and gutters
have been constructed on most
of these streets. Sidewalk pavinz
work has been completed on five
streets,
The street department opened
Florida avenue from its former
ttermir.atio:.n to Baxter street. Also
i the department did considerable
| grading in prepari’ ¢ playgrounds
!at Oconee Street School and Bar
row School.
! Storm sewers, ranging in size
i fro.n 15 inches to 30 inches, were
ilnstalled in seven locations. Also
! additional sewess were installed
i at three locations, The ocst of mak=-
ing the sewer installations amoun=-
ted to $12,034.80.
During the first six months of
the yeay water mains were in
stalled on 14 streets. The pumpage
at the water works amounted to
368,287,000 gallons, which is about
7,000,000 gallons less than for the
same period in 1948.
Mains Installed
Sewer mains were installed on
| 19 streets during the period. The
icity forces have completed the
i relocation of the 18-inch sanitary
sewer that formerly was under
i e Central of Georgia Rallroad
i the vicinity of the University
stadium. Now it is underneath the
University of Georgia stadium
and the railroad.
The Sanitary Department has
had a slight drop in the tonage
handled for the first six months
of the year ¢ compared with the
same period in 1948, still bei.n{
over the 1947 semi-annua
amount, however. The tonage for
i th= first half of each of the three
years is: 3,966 in '47; 4,383 in '43;
and 4,266 in 49.
A total of 1,783 tons of material
w. 3 hauled from the business se=
tion and 2,483 tons form the resi
dential section this year. During
the period 1,253 tons were dis
posed of by the land fill method
and the remaining 3,013 tons were
destroyed by incineration. ‘
The basement of the City Hall
has been remodeled g;d is now
housing the Police partment,
the report stated.
Building activity for the City
has declined lhmaply compared
with what it was during the first
six months of 1948, the report
X Presstimeßulletins X
AS s S U G e
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
At least 88 persons whe started out on a carefree Fourth of July
week-end will never see another holiday.
As vacationers took to the highways and beaches, death followed.
Traffic fatalities mounted to 63 Saturday; 18 drownings were re
ported, and seven persons died in miscellaneous accidents.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 2—(AP)—A Methodist minigher who
uncovered a series of East Alabama floggings said today he had
been warned he was on “the whipping list.”
He is the Rev, Luther Brown, pastor of the Millersville Metho
dist Church 80 miles east of here. He told state officers the warne
ing was given him last night at prayer meeting there.
Bankhead Bates, director of the State Patrol, assigned men to
investigate the threat to the minister.
Brown sald he was told “you are preiiy ciose to ihe top of the
whipping list.” He did not give other details to newsmen.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., July 2—(AP)—A new discovery of
Vanadium and Uranlum bearing ore has been made near Rico,
Colo,, Blair Burwell, head of the Minerals Engineering Company,
said tonight.
Burwell said the new deposit was found by Louis and John
Dunning, long-time carnotite miners of Western Colorado. It is
located in Barlow Guich in the Entrada Strata and on the op
posite side of the mountain from the famed Hermosa Creek mines,
City Paving Program
Continues Fast Pace
26,000 Gallons Of Asphalt Poured
During First Six Months Of Year
Athens” 1349 paving program continues at.a rapid pace,
remaining ahead of last year’s activity, with over double
as much asphalt being poured so far this year as was
poured at the same time during 1948, Mayor Jack K.
Wells declared yesterday.
Services For
W. Hammond
Here Monday
Funeral gervices for Wade M,
Hammond, son of Mrs. Mary Eliz
abeth Hammond of this city, will
be held Monday afternoon at §
o'clock in Bridges Chapel.
Mr. Hammond, who had lived in
Baltimore, Md., for the past 15
years, died suddenly in Baltimore
yesterday. He was 45 {ears old
and a member of the police force
of Baltimore county stationed at
Sparrows Head Precinct.
Officiating at the services will
be Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor of the
Young Harris Memorial Methodist
Church. Interment will be in Oco
nee Hill Cemetery. Bridges Fun
eral Home is in charge of arrange
ments.
. Pall-bearers will be J. T. An
derson, Allen Smith, W, L. Huff,
Frank Hughes, Charlie Hughes,
and O, V. Walton.
Survivors are his mother; four
sisters, Mrs. W. H. Anderson, Mrs.
Raymond Bond, Mrs. R. J. Smith,
and Mrs. Joe Hughes, all of Ath
ens; five brothers, H. L., L. T,
Bennie, J. J., and H. P,, all of Ath
ens; and several nieces and
nephews.
Mr. Hammond, a native of Ogle
thorpe county, was a member of
the Methodist Church, a Mason,
and one of the most efficient mem
bers of the Baltimore county police
department. He had many friends
in Athens where his family has
resided for many years.
NEW EQUIPMENT ENJOYED ““‘.
YWCA Camp In Full Swing
] BY JEAN BUTTS
Eighty eager campers appeared
at the YWCA Camp site Wednes
l day morning to begin a one month
¢ ion of camp,
The campers are getting the
benefit of a great deal of new ath
letic equipment, and a well round
ed athletic program is being car
ried on under the supervision of
Jo Wickliffe. Activities include
swimming, hiking, archery. soft
ball, badminton, ping pong and
larts and crafts, Each camper par
ticipates in "at least four sports,
‘and tournaments :-e carried on
over a two weeks period.
One of the many new attrac
tions in the ‘camp is the addition
of horseback riding. Mis. Ed
Downs, whe has taught riding at
Tally Ho Stables, will have sev=
eral insfruction elasses during
each week. A large riding ring
has been erected at the camp. As
sisting with horseback riding are
Beth Eberhart, Linda Downs and
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~———— FAIR ———
Construction
Underway On
New Building
_Although the second Athens
Agricultural Fair will not open
until October 10, plan for the big
event were thrown into high gear
Saturday with announcements that
construction has started on a new
building on the fairgrounds, to be
completed by September 20.
The announcement was made by
A, P. Winston, president of the
Athens Agricultural Fair, Inc,
which sponsors the yearly events.
Mr. Winston said the new perm
anent building will be 60 feet by
150 feet and of one-story design
with ten windows and two 12-foot
rolling doors at each end.
The new structure will be the
first building on the right ag one
enters the fairgrounds and at the
approaching fair will be used to
house the Community Exhibits
and later will be used for livestock
exhibits,
Open for Meetings
“This new building will be open
at any time for community meet
ings, meeting of civic clubs, ex
hibits, displays and for organiza
tions,” Mr. Winston said. “We in
tend to try to derive revenue from
the building, the funds so raised
to put right back into the fair
grounds development so that we
can continually expand this an
nual event.” Mathis Construction
Company is erecting the building,
he said.
Mr. Winston said that the fair’s
Building Committee, of Walter
Sams, sr,, chairman, and F. E. Me-
Hugh, Dr, W, H. Cabaniss and F.
H. Williams, carefully considered
four types of building, finally set
tling on the Wrmanent brick struc~
ture. Mr. Winston, as president,
serves as a member of all com
mittees.
The fair president also said that
work is proceeding on tnking out
stalls in the main barn and re
modeling it to glrovido more space
for exhibits of hogs.
Stock Avallable
Mr, Winston also said that some
shares of stock remain open and
he hopes these will be rapidly
taken up. The stock sells at S2O
per share with a limit of SI,OOO in
stock for any one person or busi
ness. Already a goodly number of
shares have been purchased by
citizens of other counties, thereby
attesting their confidence in the
successes of the annual fair, Mr.
Winston said. This confidence
was borne out by the fact that, the
fair was held for the first time last
year and such ventures usually
lose money at the start, the Athens
Agricultural Fair not only did not
lose money but showed a modest
profit. This was immediately
“plowed” back into the fair de
velopment and expansion.
Premium list for the 1949 fair
has been enlarged and prizes now
total SB,OOO, an increase over last
year's prize list.
The fair General Manager, F. H.
Williams, said Saturday that again
featured will be the largest Mid
way to appear in Northeast Geor
gia, the attractions of the Law
rence Greater Shows having been
signed to provide entertainment
for the thousands who will attend.
General Manager Williams also
said that following the custom set
last year, an outstanding free at
traction will be presented twice
ddily and that the fair will also
operate an independent midway,
selling space for local stands and
attractions.
School Days
School days, on which pupils are
admitted to the ground free, have
also been set, Mr. Williams said.
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~ Sentenced To 99 !
Years For Murder
In Church Kitchen
ROANOKE Va, July 2—(AP
—A Hustings court jury
found Lee (Baddy) Scott, 16, guil
ty of first degree murder in the
church slaying of Dana Marie
Weaver and fixed his punishment
at 99 years imprisonment.
The young high school athlete
heard the verdict calinly., Dana
‘Marie, his classmate, was also 16.
It took the jury exactly two
hours and 15 minutes of delibera="
‘tion to reach a verdict. The fore
‘man, E. T. Petticrew, indicated
garlier the jixy was considerinf
a first degree conviction when it
ask:d Judge Dirk A. Kuyk wheth
er life imprisonment would mean
‘tha. Scott would be pardoned or
pa_oled.
Defense Chief T. Warren Mes
sick immediately made the custo
| g;a:‘y motion to set aside the ver
ct.
Judge Kuyk said he would give
Messick until Wednesday to make
known the grounds on which his
motion was made.
Scott’s mother, a slender, be
sp2ctacled woman, was not in the
courtroorn when the jury report
ed at 5:29 p. m. (EST). She sat
in an anteroom outside.
Mother Smiled
When her | usband came out to
tell her, she smiled wanly =and
seemed glad the ordeal was ended.
GA. EGGS,
INC. GETS
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Interest is being shown in
Georgia Eggs, Inc, by both the
producers and consumers. For
several weeks producers in Clarke
and a large number of surround
ing counties have shown enthu
siasm over the new corporation
and recent.y several letters have
been received from consumers,
A typical letter is one received
Ly Georgia Eggs, Inc., from &
Miami firm which states:
“We notice from press reports
that you are an egg marketing
corportion.”
“We are interested in purchas
ing ear lots of Georgia .1“ for
export to Cuba and other islands
of the West Indies and would ap
preciate receiving your quota
tions.”
73eorgia Eggs, Inc., is & gorpor
ation which was begun bcfi the
Rural Development Coun of
the Athens Chamber of (‘&m
merce. Chairman of the Couneil is
J. Swanton ivy.
I Organization will be completed
a§ 800 N a 8 theé necessary stock is
sold. At that time the officers and
diractors of the organization will
be elected. Perferred stock is be
ing sold for SIOO per share 1.13
common stock is for saie at
per share.
Inquiries about ‘he eorporation,
have been received from a mums
ber of surrounding states. In
quiries regarding the Goors:
Eggs, Inc., should be sent to
Athens Chamber of Commerece.
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Rites For L.t,
Ben Parks
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In Marietta
Last rites for First Lieutenant
Benjamin F. Parks will be held at
Marietta National Cemetery on
Thursday, July 7, at 8 o’clock.
Lt. Parks was the son of Mr,
and Mrs. F. A, Parks, of this ecity.
| He was killed in action in Beigium
on December 24, 1844,
Full military services will be
held at the graveside with Rev. T,
R. Harvill, pastor of Prince Avee
nue Baptist Church, and Rew.
Paul C. Howle, pastor of First
Christian Church, assisting, The
family requests that friends omit
flowers. .
Lt. Parks was twenty-one years
' old at the time of his death, He
}was an honor graduate of Mays
ville High School, North Georgia
‘.College at Dahlonega, and the
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