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Vol. CXVII, No. 195, Associated Press Service
HURRICANE TO DIE IN SOUTH GEORGIA
Exhibit Spaces At
Fair Is Aviidable
B kmobile
@ D'splay
BY LEON DRISKELL
Staff Writer
Citizens of Athens will have an
rpportunity to examine the new
ourchased Bookmobile tomotr
at 11:00.
The Rookmobile will be on dis
play for all who are interested to
fook over. There is also to be fea
ured the official presentation of
ihe keys to Mrs, John J. Wilkins,
nresident of the Athens Library
Board. X
J. Swanton Ivy, who has given
the contract for the vehicle after
mhking the lowest bid for it,”will
pe on hand to present the keys.
Mr, Ivy stated that he was very
much “impressed by the modern
design of the bookmobile.”
Miss Mary Townes, Director of
the Regional Library, was anxious
that the citizens of Athens under
stand that they will be allowed to
go inside the Bookmopile and ex
amine it to get an idea of the ser
vice that the rural ccmmunities
are given.
Stop Requests
She also said.that any one in a
rural community who has not
peen able to get to ask for a stop
near their home, wiil have the
opportunity to make such‘a con
iact.
Theé Bookmobile is the prope
vs the three counties wgo -nfi%
contributed to the fund for pur=
chasing it, The three counties are
Clarke, Oconee, and Oglethorpe.
The small communities and
(Continued on Page Seven.)
SECOND TRY
Swim Meet
Scheduled
Again Today
Classic City Swim Champion
ships will get underway this after
noon at 2 o’clock unless cold or
rainy weather necessitates post
ponement for another week, Meet
Directer Ed Hawkins said yester
day.
The affair is schedulea for the
Legion Pool, and about 75 persons
have entered so far. Th 2 meet was
postponed last Sunday because of
cold weather, and if mecessary it
will be postponed another wezk,
Uirector Hawkins said.
Both radio stations here will
carry notices today if the meet
has to be postponed. L
Sponsoring the affair is the
Athens Kiwanis Club, and the
City Recreation Department is
conducting it| The first three win
ners in each of the more than 20
“vents will be given awards.
Spectators will be admitted to
e meet for 25 cents, nd partici
pants will be let in free.
Entries will be accepted until
the time of the meet. Al Clarke
countians 20 years of age and un
der and not affiliatea with the
University of Georgia team may
enter,
SPECIAL CEREMONY THURSDAY
Lions 25th Anniversary Near
Celebration of Athens Lions
Club’s twenty-fifth anniversary
will take place Thursday night
‘hen special ceremonies marking
the occasion will be held. :
The celebration of the anniver
v gets underway at 7:30 that
izht at the Georgian Hotel, and
“ives of all the members are in
led to attend the Iluncheon
meeting,
A number of special guests, in
‘uding Lion District Governor
Charlie Clegg of Clarksville, and
'"imediate Past District Governor
Hob Matthews of Gainesville have
been invited to attend the 25th
@hniversary observance.
Present officers of the club are:
. W. Matthews, president; Roy
‘Lurtis, J. W. Henry, and Eugene
A Epting, vice-presidents; Au=
ur Oldham, secretary: J. H. Hu
vert, treasurer; O, W. Taylor, lion
wamer; J, C. Stiles, tail twister; W.
. Horiom, Warrer, Lanier, Henry
fosenthal, F. W, Whitney, direc
tors; Alexander Bush, immediate
bast president,
International City
1t has been announced that
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ATHENS BANNER_HERALD
Commerce Building Has 49 Booths;
Rush To Sign Up To Begin Monday
Business concerns that failed to obtain exhibit space in
the Commerce building at last year’s Athens Agricultural
Fair can “get in” for the 1949 Fair, October 17-22, by
moving fast, it was learned yesterday,
A rush, therefore, to get space
will be underway by Monday. l
F. E. McHugh, a director of the {
Fair Association and chairman of
the commercial exhibits, has on
hand at his office in the Gallant-
Belk building, second floor, a plot
showing the location of all booths
in the Commerce building and
business concerns can begin sign
ing up immediately for this year’s
Fair, 1
Those who wish to arrange for
exhibit space in the building can
do so either by signing up at Mr.
McHugh’s office or at the office
of F. H. Williams, Mr. McHugh’s
telephone number is 1316 and that
of Mr. Williams is 275. . s
While additional space has been i
provided this year in an effort
to make it possible for a larger
number of those who desire space
for exhibition purposes at the
Fair to arrange for it, there is no
guarantee that the space will last
long. = <
Judging by the number of
telephone inquiries already re
ceived by Mewrs. McHugh and
Williams, there is a strong de
mand for space in the building,
including several who were left
out last year because they failed
to act in time. It was not possible
last year for Fair officials to ar
range for as much space as they
have done this time, but even|
now “there is not enough space to l
go around to all business con~
cerns. . !
Naturally, the Fair Association
could not rent tents for unlimit
ed space, paying rental on the
large exhibition tent with the
possibility of all of it not being
bought. There are forty-nine ev
hibit booths available at the
present time as against thirty-one
for last year’s Fair. Last year the
space was gobbled up within 2
few days after it became avail
able.
Last year's Fair was a bang-up
success and prospects for an even
larger and more successful Fair
this year are very bright.
Fair Assocjation officials were
pleased over the size of last
year’s crowds and the number of
exhibits. As rapidly as possible
permanent exhibition buildings
will be erected, the first to go up
being the Community building,
which- will be open at this year’s
Fair.
As the old-time medicine sales
man might have said: “Get on
thé running board, ladies and
gentlemen, to buy space in the
Commerce building. Act now and
assure your business of repre
sentation at the biggest and best
Agricultural Fair in the history
of Northeast Georgia.”
: HOSPITAL WORK
Harry Hodgson, chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the
Athens General Hospital, said yes=
terday it is hoped that the reno
vation and addition of a new wing
at the hospital will be completed
by May 1950.
The work began last Wednesday
by the contractor, G. M. Caskey
and Son. The enlargcment,
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PLAN FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Shown planning for Athens Lions Club’s.twenty-fifth anniver=-
sary are, from left to right: (seated) Eugene Epting, third vice«
president; J. W. Henry, second vice-president; J. W. Matthews,
et Curtis, first \'ice-presx‘dent; (standing) Hernry
Rosenthal, director; Al Bush, imingdiate past president; I C.
Stiles, tail twister; Warren Lanier, director; F. W. Whitney, direc
tor; Henry Aiken, acting treasurer. s
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
City Poli
y ice
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Raid Post 185
Nine partially filled cases of
tax-paid whiskey and three slot
machines were captured in a raid
on American Legion Post 185 Fri
day night, Chief of Police Clar
ence Roberts reported.
Officers Alan Hansford, Roy
Davis and Det McKinnon staged
the raid after obtaining a search
warrant on information that the
whiskey and slot machines were in
the post.
Chief Roberts said that Soloei
tor General Marshall Pollock will
present the evidence to the Oc
tober term of the Grand Jury for
indictment.
This was the second raid upon
the American Legion post. Sev
eral cases of whiskey and a num=~
ber of slot machines were cap
tured in a similar raid by city
police several months ago.
Eight Injured
30 Athenians In
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Summer Graduation
A total of 504 candidates are scheduled to receive de
grees from the University of Georgia at Summer gradua
tion exercises August 31, at 5:30 p. m. in the South Cam
pus amphitheater. » o - i e
TELEPHONE 4300
Doctors’
Directory
Operating
Athens Doctors’ Directory got
underway yesterday with . num
ber of persons taking advantage~of
the new service.
When a patient can’t reach his
doctor at the doctor’s home or of
fice Lie should call telephone num
ber 4300 where he will be able to
obtain all information as to where
his doctor has gone, when he will
be back, and other data.
On becoming available again the
doctors will call into the directory
and get all informaticn on calls
received concerning them, and
they will attend to all necessary
matters immediately.
The service will be cpen daily
from 7 a. m,, to 11 p. m, and will
be available 24 hours a day if
ncessary, in case a doctor has to
go out amd there is ao cne at his
home or office to tell patients
when the doctor will be available
again.
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Of these number 71 of the stu
dents are from Athens and vicin
ity with 30 Athenians belM listed
in the group. s
Dr. Ronald C. S. Young, pro
fessor of philosophy at the Uni
versity’s Atlanta Division, will
deliver the commencement ad
dress. James H. Anderson, Jesup,
is class valedictorian.
In the event of rain, the exer
cises will be held in the Fine
Arts Auditorium. Should weather
be doubtful, local radio stations
will announce the place of grad
uation after 4 p. m., August 31.
No seats will be reserved for
guests, although University offi
cials have announced that ade
quate seats for all guests will b€
provided. In view of the small
class, the amphitheater is ex
pected to adequately accommnro
date all who may attend.
The Rev, R. C. Singleton will
pronounce the invocation and
benediction. James Griffeth will
sing “Largo” from Xerxes, by
Handel, and Robert Harrison, vio
linist, will play “Adagio Pathe
tique,” by Godard. Local Boy
Scouts will serve as ushers. -
The list of candidates from
Athens and vicinity and their
degrees are as follows:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Janie Marie Clark, Winder;
Mary Ann Gordon, Watkinsville.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE |
Charles Nevin Briscoe, Mqnroe;
Luther Worley Hardee, jr., Frank- ‘
lin Springs; Albert Owen Mere
dith, jr., Hartwell; Donald Hogdon
Shedd, Athens; Tom Metcalfe Tal
bott 111, Athens; Arthur Abraham
Wachtel, Comer.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING EDUCATION '
Dorothea Thompson, Athens.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
JOURNALISIY '
(Continued on Page Four.) :
Services For Jacob Bernard
Joel Are Conducted Friday
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon from the residence
at 494 Cloverhurst Avenue for
Jacob Bernard Joel, prominent
Athenian, who died in a local
hospital Wednesday night follow
ing a heart attack.
Conducting the services were
Rabbi David Marx of Atlanta, and
Dr. Eugene L. Hill, close personal
friends of Mr. Joel over a period
of many years.
Dr. Hill spoke of the irrepara
ble loss which Athens has sus
tained in the passing of one of
its most widely known and most
highly esteenred citizens — one
who demonstrated his love of
Athens -and its, people and bis
loyalty to them by the congrilmw
In Three-Way Wreck
N . o
Six Children
Involved In
Accident Here
Eight persons, inclvding six
children were injured here late
yesterday as the result of a colli
sion between two cars and a truck
at the intersection of Broad,
Thomas and Oconee Streets.
Seriously injured was Mrs.
Frank Oxford, 28, of Columbus,
Ga., who is suffering in Athens
General Hospital with two broken
legs, bruises, abrasions, and lacer
ations. She is the former Miss
Frances Smith of this city and
was visiting her mother, Mrs. R.
R. Smith of 6845 Boulevard. 3
Also badly hurt was Michael
'McCranie, 2, of Adel, Ga, who
‘ was visiting here with his mother,
'Mrs. Ray McCranie. Mrs. Mec-
Cranie is the former Miss Vir
ginia Smith, sister of Mrs, Oxford
and daughter of Mrs. R. R. Smith.
Michael is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. McCranie and has a broken
left leg and a few abrasions.
Billy Oxford, 7, son of Mrs. Ox
ford, was examined at the hospital
and released. He was visiting
here with his mother. All three
were reposted to have been
on the sidewalk when caught in
the midst of the wreck. They
were all carried to the hospital by
Bernstein’s ambulance.
J. B. Henson of Athens and his
four sons, reported to be riding in
one car, were admitted to St.
Mary’s Hospital and were to be
released late last night. Mr.
Henson was treated for a lick on
the head while sons, Richard, Ce
cil, Gary, and Ray were -treated
for cuts about the face and arms.
Some of these five were carried
to the hospital by a taxi and the
other by Bernstein’s ambulance.
According to eyewitness re
ports, the accident occurred when
an Army truck, part of a convoy
coming down Thomas street, hit
a car driven by Mr. Henson who
was proceeding down Broad
street, The collision occurred al
most in the middle of the five
way intersection.
The truck reportedly hit the
Henson car and knocked it into
another auto parked on Thomas |
street waiting for the light. |
The pedestrians injured were
standing on the sidewalk near the
corner of Broad and Thomas and
were pinned between two of the
vehicles, eyewitnesses reported. |
tion his life and works had made |
to this community throughout his
entire career. Of his personal re
lationships and the iriendships he
enjoyed, Dr. Hill referred to his |
strong sense of loyality, his tender
and.gentle nature and other ad-l
mirable qualities that won the]
admiration and friendship of aui
with whom he had any dealings.
Pall-bearers were Dr. J. B.|
Neighbors, Howell Erwin, jr.,|
Walter Danner, Earl B. Braswell,l
Dr. L. S. Patton, Frank Dudley,
Dan Hill and Newman Corker. An}
honorary escort was comprised of
members of the Board of Direc—{
tors of the Southern Mutual In-|
surance Company, of which Mr. |
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T‘W U Cllbc ArtlStS
A man and his wife are being held by city police today
after admitting passing four worthless checks amounting
to $146.40 here. }
The couple listed their names ag Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mc-
Quaig of Angusta, Only one of the checke hag heen found.
Three others are still at large in the city. .
Theé couple was arrested by Of
ficer Woody Gann on Broad street
after they had passed a check in
the Russom and Harper clothing
lstore at 311 Broad Street. The
owners of the store became sus
picious of the couple and their
actions after they had left the
clothing store and notified Offi
cer Gann who was passing. The
officer acted swiftly, barring their
escape.
The couple was brought to po
lice headquarters for questioning.
tMeanwhile Chief of Police Clar
[ence Roberts called Evans John
'son, of the First National Bank,
upon which the check was writ=
ten., and asked him to check his
records to see if the couple had
a bank account.
He found none, and when con
fronted with this information, the
couple admitted to police cashing
the of $36.60 they cashed at Rus
som and Harper’s was worthless,
They also told police of passing
three other checks in the city yes
terday for the same amounts.
“The check passed at the cloth
ing store was made out to R. E.
McQuaig but was cashed signed by
W. R. Parker. The other three
checks were also made out to Mc-
Quaig, but bore signatures of
Walker, ‘White and Banks, the'
couple said. |
Chief Roberts urged all mer
chants who received any such
check to notify the police imme-'
diately. q
Christian Rites
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary J. Christian, 88, of 179
Hiawassee, will be held this
afternoon at 4 o’clock in Brid
ges Chapel. Mrs. Christian died
last night in a local hospital.
She had lived in Athens for the
past 50 years. Rev. Paul Howle,
pastor of First Christian Church,
will officiate,
She is the widow of the late
T. R. Christian., She is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Annie
Brown of Auburn, and three
sons, Frank and George of
Athens, and Giimer of Atlanta.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cisinge - Sunosy <oith intar.
mittent rains. High Sunday 80.
Sun rises 6:02 and sets at 7:05.
TEMPERATURE
Highest i.. .. .. ..., @ 88"
lowes .7 a 0 AW
Mean.. . .o sl 49
Novhall ... 2o 00l i T W
RAINFALL |
Inches last 24 hours .. .. ~A 47
Total since August 1 .. .. 255
Deficit since August 1 ... 158
Average August rainfall .. 4.62
Total Since January 1 ....34.45]
Deticit since January 1 .. 147
HOSPITAL
SUPT. IS
ELECTED
Board of Trustees of the Atheng
General Hospital announced
through their chairman, Harry
Hodgson, yesterday the election
of Oscar S. Hilliard as adminis=
trator of the hospital, to take of
fice on September 15,
Mr. Hilliard comes from the
University Hiospitai of Augusia,
where he has been assistant to
the administrator of that institu
tion, which is a 500 bed hospital,
He is married and has two sons.
The older son will enter Chase
Street School at the opening of
the fall term. The Hilliard's will
live at 595 King avenue. They
were introduced ta the mediecal
staff at the annual party given by
the nurses to the doctors, trustees,
county commissioners, and their
wives on Friday night.
Succeeds Mrs, Littlejohn
Mr, Hilliard succeeds Mrs, Myr
tle Littlejohn, who recently re
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Registration Dates
For Schools Fixed
or CINNOOIS IXe
Announcements of registration dates and opening of
school have been made by County School Superintendent
W. R. Coile and City School Superintendent Fred Ayers,
along with other information parents and students should
know before beginning the new school year.
CITY SCHOOLS
| Athens Public Schocls will hold
pre-planning week beginning
Monday, September 5. Ou the first
day there will be a general facule
ty meeting at the High School at
10:00. Prior to the beginning of
pre-planning week a principal’s
meeting will be held at the School
Superintendent’s offie2 in the City
Hall on Saturday, Sepiember 3.
Registration will be held at the
High School as follows: Thursday,
September Bt¥\ — 9 to 12 a. m,,
eleventh and twelfth grade pupils;
2 to 5 p. m., tenth grade pupils.
Friday, September 9th ~- 8§ to 12
a. m.,, ninth grade pupils. |
Superintendent Ayers has point
ed out that all seventh and eighth
graders will attend Junior High
School and sixth grade students
and below will be in the elemen=-
tary sehools. Registration for Jun
ior High and Elementar Sch\?ol,.f
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Florida
Heavily
Hugh Storm Changes |
Direction In Gulf; |
Sweeps Sewanes River
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 27—
(AP)—The monster hurricane
which staggered Florida with a
multi-million dollar blow te
night was _ thrashing . about
south Georgla in fts death
throes.
But it was dying hard, fling~
ing out angry winds of 50 miles
an hour or better and beating
the pine flats with a driving
rain,
The reeling giant passed
through Valdosta, Ga., after
twice raking Florida with
maniacal fury, sbout 9:30 p. m.
TAMPA, Fla,, Aug, 27—(AP}—
The weakening winds of ‘2 once l
monsier hurricané flailed over thg,,
Gulf and up the moss-hunlé Suy
wannee river today in North=+
central Florida,
But before marching into cpen
water for its swing north, the tot
tering giant beat a vicious trail
across the lower peninsula, leav
ing one dead, nearly three score
injured and damage in the mil
lions. g
Still ‘packing winds of .70 mfl%‘
or more—about half those of yes= |
terday—the hurricane sereamed
‘inland, the second time about 60
‘miles southeast of Gainesville. The
’coimtry thereabouts is sparsely
settled. i
Like many of its less mighty
predecessors, the raging wind
seemed destined to die in the pine
flats of South Georgia,
In any case the weather burean
ordered West Coast hurricane
“warnings up from east of Cara=
belle to Cedar Keys and hoisted
storm signals elsewhere from Fort
Mpyeérg to Panama City.,
: Wind, Rain f
Heavy gaies, iaden wiia @iiv
ing rains, were in store for most
of Northern Florida and probably
for South Georgia.
On - its- devastating rampage
through the normally-sun kissed
state yesterday, the hurricane
savagely raked some 250 miles of
‘beach playgrounds along the At«
s foiad the
adio towers toppie ;
| impact of 125 to 1?5 mm,
' roofs were wrenched off, the
famous palms stripped of their
graceful fronds and miscellaneous
debris scattered almost from one
end of the state to the other.
Weary Floridians emérging *~om
the storm shelters during the day
set about totalling the damage and
near nightfall had counted meore
than $10,000,000 worth.
| The total was still climbing and
| bid fair to reach twice that much,
perhaps even more.
| The famed citrus crop around
Lakeland was heavily damaged
by the terrific blow and the city
itself was littered with fallen tel
ephone and power poles, uprooted:
trees, signs and glass.
All through the state water
damage wae exnected to bhe heavy.
Some spots were a picture of
devastation, Thirty-seven wreck
ed airplanes were strewn around
the West Palm Beach airport.
They broke their moorings or
were hit by wreckage from twe
collapsing hangers.
Highways were blocked in many
p‘laces.‘ A.' washed out bridge
stopped rail iraific for a time at
Stuart, but four traing rolled
again when the bridge was re
paired. .
Five hundred were homeless at
Stuart and property damage st
this pretty resort town reached an
estimated $3,500,000. o
In Palm Beach, glamorous re
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COUNTY SCHOOLS
Pre-planning week for white
schools in the county will begin on
September 1 and registration will
|be held during the week schools
Igpen‘ing on Thursday, September
| The fall term will end on De
cember 21, and the spring term
begins on January 2. The spring
term ends on May 26, Superin
tendent Coile has announced.
University Demonstration
' School will open on Monday, Sep
tember 12. :
’ Colored schools in the county
'will begin pre-planning week on
August 29 and the first day of
!s,c‘!;ogl will be Monday, Septem-
All persons entering the eoun
schools for the first time nfi
present a birth certificate,
Toe Hoard ot Sapever i 3.