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\\'EDNSIDA!, FEBRUARY 22, 1950,
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
CALENDAR
A collection of miniature sol
diers, owned by John Wilkins,
is on display at the library.
prawings and water colors by
Miss Frances Benson are on
display in the library.
Library story Time over
WGAU Fridays at sp. m. :
Children’s Story Hour is held
each Saturday in the Children’s
Room from 10 a. m. til 11 a. m.
Hours of Opening: Monday
* prough Friday 9 a. m. %o 9 .
m. Saturday 9a m to 6 p. m
Sunday 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.
valentines of the 1850’s from
the Camak Collection, Rare Book
Room, University of Georgia Li
brary, are on display in the Re
gional Library.
Athens Church .Wom y
join the World Day of Pr?:;rer «i)lx:
Friday, February 24, 11 a, m. at
the Young Harris Memo;'lal
Church, Everyone is invited to
attend.
Gaines Civie Club will sponsor
a stunt night at Gaines School
Auditorium Friday night, Feb.
24, at 8 o’clock. Admission for
adults is 60 cents and 30 cents
for children. Proceeds will be
applied to the purchase of new
ceats for the auditorium.
The Bookmobile of Athens Re
glonal Library-will meet the fol
lowing schedule this week: -
Thursday: P. M.—Mar’s Hill,
Oconee Street, Aaron’s Strre,
First Street. |
The Pre-School “Child Study
Group will meet Wednesday
night at 8 o’clock at. home of
Mrs. Ralph Bell, 577 West Clov
erhurst. Mrs. George Elliott,
Director of Cooperative Nursery
§chool, will speak on “Imagina
tion versus Truth.”
The M & M Sunday School
¢lass of First Baptist Church will
give a party Thursday night.at
8 o'clock at the church. All
members are requested to at
tend,
The Extension Wives Sewing
Club will meet Friday morning
at 10:30 o'clock with Mrs.
Arthur Gannon, 540 Milledge
Circle. Mrs. E. C. Westbrook
will be co-hostess.
Barrow School Cub Pack
meeting will be a Family Night
Supper Friday night at 7 o’clock
at Barrow School, with the par
ents and children attending and
enjoying the supper.
Mrs. R. C. Singleton and Mrs.
J. W. Bailey,k will present a
radio program in preparation
for the World Day of Prayer
over station WRFC on Thurs
day merning, 9:45 a. m. World
Day of Prayer will be observed
on Friday, 11 a. m,, at the
Young Har r is “Memorial
Church. All church women of
Athens are invited to attend,
Open house will be held on
Saturday night, February 25, 8
to 11:30 p. m. for all Elks, their
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thoroughly as they read the news, becouse it
helps them decide what to buy—how much to
pay=and where to buy it.
“Advertising helps create the demand that ‘
boosts the production that lowers the cost."” |
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wives, dates and out-of-town
. fiuuu, at their new home, 1260
. th Milledge avenue,
Athens Woman’'s Club will
meet Taesday, Feb. 28, 3:30
o’clock with Mrs. Horace Smith,
1416 8. MilleGce Avenue, Assis
ting hostesses are Mesdames J.
0. W. McKibben, George Phill
i Lo L Whitley, A.D
Soar, and N. G, Slaughter;
Mrs, W. S, Bicwn, chairman of
education, will present Dr, B. C.
Williams who lis to talk on
“Tundamentals In Education.”
A cordial invitation is extended
to members to be present.
Margaret Callahan Sunday
School Class of the Oconee
Sircet Methodist Church will
meet on Friday, 8 p. m.,, with
“llrs. Lucile Hancock, 580 Bel
voir Helghts. Mrs. Hildga Eber
bart and Mrs. Joanne Ridling are
co-hostesses. All members are
urged to be present.
Athens Chapter 268, O. E. S.,
will sponsor on Saturday night,
February 25, 6 to 7:20, a chick
en mull supper, 75 cents; 7:30
to 8:30, a cake walk; 8:30 to
11:30, a square dance at SI.OO
per couple in the Masonic Tem
ple on Meigs street. There will
be good music and an experi
enced caller. Proceeds will be
applied to the Masonic Temple
debt. For tickets call 154-M,
2289-R, or 56-W. Tickets are
also available at the door.
Annual Physies Demonstra
tion, sponsored by Sigma Pi
Sigma, physiecs honor society,
will be staged on the Universi
ty Campus Friday night, Feb. 24,
at 8 o'cloek. There will be no
admission, and the public is
cordially invited to attend this
series of non-technical demen
strations of various physical
phenomena.
Eunice Philathea Class of
Prince Avenue Baptist Church
will hold its regular monthly
business meeting in the Church
Annex Thursday night at 8
o’clock. All members are re
quested to attend. :
WSCS of the Young Harris
Methodist Church will hold a
study on “Japan” Thursday
night, 7:30. The next sessions
will be held on February 28 and
March 2. Ail members are asked
to be present and visitors are
welcome,
DERSONALS
llrs. Crawfc 4 Wier was the
wet_ek-end suest of her ..iece, Miss
Elaine Hammor. 1.
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Friends of Miss Lelia Taake wi'l
regret to learn of her illness at her
home on Jackson street.
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Mrs. George F. Strother and lit
tle daughter, Caroline, have re
t ‘ned from a visit in Valdosta
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Baker.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lankford,
645 Oglethorpe Avenue, announce
the birth of a daughter, Gail, on
February 21, at Athens General
Hospital.
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Miss May Dearing Nicholson ar
rived on Tuesday from Durham,
N. C., to spend a week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Homer K.
Nicholson ?'n I’;lenderson Avenue.
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Mrs. E. B. Braswell and Mrs.
Edwin Cushman will go to Rich
nond, 7 on March Ist for the
88th birthda; celebration of Mrs.
Braswell’s mother, Mrs. M. P.
Broughton, who lives with her Son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ru--
sell Hobb or Montgomery Road.
Her friends i~ Athens plan to
henor her witgx a postcard shower.
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Mrs. Hal Heckman has returned
from a visit i Chapel Hill, N. o
with her son, Hal Heckman, jr.,
a student at the University of
“North Caroline.
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Mrs, Frank (_ane and children
are at Lome from several days’
visit in Valdosta with her parents,
Mr.-and Mrs. J. R. Martin.
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. Friends of Mrs. Ike Helms, for
merly of Athens, now of Kannap
olis, N. C., will regret to learn
she is confined to the Cabarrus
Hospital there. She is repeivxr}g
treatment for injuries received in
an automobile accident on last
Thursday, and reports state she
is improving.
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Friends of Cloyce (Buddy)
Thompson, jr., of Diamond Hill,
will be sorry to learn he is under=
going surgery in Crawford Long
Hospital in Atlanta. -
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Anne Revere To
Star On Cancer
Program Thursday
Two telling blows are being
struck by Athens and Clarke
county civic and business leaders
this week in their county-wide
public education program on
dangers and control of cancer.
The first, comes in the appoint
ment of Dean John E. Drewry, of
the Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism, as head of the public
information committee of Clarke
County Unit, Georgia Division,
American Cancer Society.
Announcement of Dean Drew
ry’s appointment was made by Dr.
John A. Simpson, chairman of the
county unit’s executive committee
and staff member of Athens Tumor
Clinic.
The second will be Thursday
morning when station WGAU
presents the fifth in a series of 15-
minute broadcasts on cancer con
trol. Starring in “For the Living”
—to be presented at 11:30 a. m.—
will be Anne Revere and narrator
Edward G. Robinson, two of Hol
lywood’s better - known ‘ screen
stars.
The broadcast, titled “Radium
Against Cancer,” explains through
its story how radium is used to
combat cancer. The story centers
on an elderly lady who refuses
proper medical help for cancer un
til two young lovers convince her
of her plight. ~ :
The radio broadcasts are only a
small part of the work being done
by the committee. Other services
include preparation of newspaper
stories to acquaint the public with
the cancer control program, speci
fic plans of the county executive
committee, and with~ facilities
available in the Clarke county area
for treatment of cancer.
The committee also assists in
distribution of educational pamph
lets on cancer, of which more than
400,000 have been sent out in
Georgia during the past three
months; sponsors speakers for civ
ic organizations, distributes post
ers, sets up exhibits of every type
in store windows and public
places, and supplies motion pic
tures for club groups.
- Dean Drewry, a long-time resi
dent of Athens, was educated at
the University of Georgia and Co
lumbia, and began teaching journ
alism in 1922. He rose rapidly to
the position of dean of the Jour
nalism school, a position which he
has held for more than 14 years.
_An active Rotarian, he has serv
ed as president of the Athens club.
He is a member of the First Bap
tist Church of Athens and is form
er chairman of the board of dea
cons.
Among national honors he holds,
Dean Drewry is listed in “Who’s
Who in America,” and has held
posts as secretary, vice president,
and president of the American As
sociation” of Teachers of Journal
ism. He is also a member of num
erous honorary societies.
Other members of the public in
formation committee are Dr. John
L. Barner, director of Athens Tu
mor Clinic; David Michael, county
commander of the Clarke County
Unit; C. M. Riddlenuber, campaign
chairman; Dr. Simpson, and Mrs.
John L. Barner, radio chairman.
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Physics Society
To Sponsor
Demonstration
Annual Physics Demonstration,
sponsored by Sigma Pi Sigma,
physics honor society, University
of Georgia, will be staged in Phy
sics Building on the campus Friday
night, Feb. 24, at 8 o’clock.
Oliver Wiesdahl, president. of
the sponsoring organization, an
nounced today that no admission
will be charged to the show which
will consist of non-technical dem
onstrations of wire, tape and disc
recording, high voltage electricity,
geiger counter, polarized light, vis
ible sound, gyroscopes, and other
physical phenomena, including the
construction of an electronic organ
in ten minutes. :
The poster presently being cir
culated throughout the city by
members of Sigma Pi Sigma in
forms the public that all interested
persons are cordially invited to at
tend.
Other officers of the sponsoring
organization are Joe Struby, vice
president, and Lawrence Akers,
secretary-treasurer.
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PARENTS' NIGHT HELD
A Parents’ Night social was en
joyed by members cf the O.W.L.S.
social club last night at Memorial
Park Teen-Age center.
Movies were shown, among oth
er activities, and talks by Presi-~
dent George Champion, jr., and
Secretary Dickie Mendenhall were
heard. A good representation of
members and parents was present
at the function.
The O. W. L. S. club is a social
organization, but is rot, affiliated
with the Athens Higll School.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
George Washingfon®
BY MRS. JOHN L. BARNER
Chairman Press Relations,
Elijah Clarke Chapter,
N.S.D. A R,
George Washington, the most
important leader in American
history, was born on February 22,
1732, to one of the first families
of Virginia. 9 »
Receiving little 10rmal school
ing in the colonial wilderness,
Washington in later years recall
ed the careful training and fun
damental education he received
from his mother and his half
brother, Lawrence. A leader
among his boyhood companions,
Washington was tall and strong
and matured early in physique
and intellect, His early interest in
mathematics led hinr to the most
important and lucrative profes
sion of his day, that of surveying,
at a time when Virginia plant
ers, pioneers and speculators were
interested in frontier lands. He
made five dollars a day, which
was a fortune in that day, and he
took his pay in choice tracts of
land. Thus even without Mt. Ver
non, which he inherited from his
half-brother, Lawrence, in 1752
and the land held by the young
widow Martha Custis, whom he
married in 1749, he was a great
landowner in his own right.
Washington’s military leader
ship began in 1755 when he was
made principal aide to General
Braddock who was sent by Eng
land to drive the French from the
present site of Pittsburgh. When
Braddock’s army was ambushed
and the General killed, Washing
ton not only took charge, but also
saved the remainder of the army
from complete annihilation at
the hands of the French and the
Indians. He was made the Com=
mander of all the Virginia troops
at the age of twenty-three and
spent the next three years pro
tecting four hundred miles of
frontier with seven hundred
tadly disciplined troops and with
fi‘leglslature unwilling to support
m.
As a planter Washington spent
the next fifteen years at Mt, Ver
non. He practiced crop rotation,
diversified products so as so
raise food for his people and ex
perimented in breeding horses
and cattle.
When trouble with England de
veloped over taxation, the House
of Burgesses was dissolved by the
royal governor, and the decision
was made by the former legisla
ture to formr a Continental Con=-
gress, with Washington as one of
the seven delegates.
Commander-in-Chief
Congress appointed Washington
as Commander in Chief of the
Colonists Army to oppose the
British. He showed his character
istic energy in organizing raw
volunteers,: collecting provisions
and munitions and rallying Con
gress to his support. The maxi
mum support of his army was
twenty thousand and the General
realized that the success of the
Americans depended upon avoid
ing a fatal battle with the larger
British army, thus he became a
master of fighting and retreating.
He led the ragged, ill equipped,
hungry American army to vic
tory, a goal which must often
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have seemed impossibie in the
five long years of the war.
In May} 1787 “Washington pre
sided over the Constitutional
Convention. His weight of char=
acter did more than any other
single force to bring the conven
tion to an agreement and to ob
tain ratification afterward,
In 1798 Washington was unani
mously elected President, which
he reluctantly accepted. The eight
years of his administration were
the most critical of our history up
to the War Between the States.
He guided the young republic in
questions of tariff, whiskey tax,
banking policies, debt repayment
and interpretation of the Consti
tution. Foreign affairs were made
more difficult by the French Rev
olution and the resulting Euro
pean war.
Refusing a third term as Presi
dent, Washington retired to Mt.
Vernon where he died two years
later in 1799. He was the greatest
leader this country ever had and
as Amrerican citizens we should
be proud to honor his memory on
this day of hig birth‘.l
From My
‘Potpourri’ Jar
Stories in books and magazines
always find an eager audience in
children who will listen for many
minutes, begging to be read to
again and again.
This is all right during the week,
but on Sundays pretty little Eu
genia Lee Daniel, four-and-a-half
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Daniel, jr., puts them aside
for her Childs Catechism which is
taught at the Presbyterian church.
So, all dressed up, her light brown
hair, and sweet doll-face setting
off her lovely frocks, she goes to
her department at Sunday School,
returns home and gives an ac
count of all she has seen and
heard, proudly telling that she
learned so and so and so from the
“Kiss-a-catter.”
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The interest of anyone, especially
of a child, is aroused by lots of
bright packages, colorful boxes,
and heaps of goodies spread on a
kitchen table. A lay-out such as
this draws attention and encour
ages one to ask many questions.
The curiosity of Jake Hutchins
at four years of age was wide and
loud. He was not an exception. He
just had to know what his mother,
Mrs. Julian Cox, was doing and
why; what was in this bag and in
this box; why so much sugar and
so many eggs; what was that good
smelling stuff in the cup, and to
please let him taste it—and over
and over and over he wanted more
of this in the pan and in the plate.
When he was told that they were
the good things that were going in
to his borthday cake, his enthusi
asm knew no bounds. He got so
much in his mother’s way, that
after being warned repeatedly to
keep out of the way, but with no
results, she thought to borrow a
few of his extravagant words,
maybe that would influence him.
But with, “If you don’t leave me
alone you might be slapped down
dead, and then you won’t have a
cake or a birthday”—she was in
formed that “George Washington
was dead and he had a birthday.”
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Special Art Exhibition Planned
For Annual Press Institute Here
~pecial exhibition has been ar
ranged for the School of Journal
issm to mark its annual Pr -~ In
st.tute for wvisi .g publishers and
pressmen in the Georgia Museum
of are from February 22 to 28.
In one gallery will 12 displayed
a front page newspaper exhil:t
from papers over Georgia. While
the newspaper readers may think
all journals look alike, to the inia
ted, there is a :trong differcice in
the various shcets. Each newspa
per acquires its own personality.
The Savannah Mornins. News has
a characteristic appearance that
varies consicerably from the At
lanta Constitution: while the Alba
Athens Council Of Church Women
Sponsor World Day Of Prayer *
Friday At Young Harris Church
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BY MRS. J. W. BAILEY,
President Athens Council of
Churcn Women
-3 Atherns <.anal of Church
Women is a medium through
whi:l an invitation is given to all
citizens of Athens to join in a great
day of prayer being observed
throughout the’ globe in ninety
countries. The Athens service be
gins at eleven o’cloc.., Friday.
morning, February 24th, and is
being held "at the- beautiful new
Young Harris Methodist Church
on Prince Avenue.
Wit the .:ientific world mak
ing sich rapid dvances in tle
realm of knowledge that could
¢ troy the present life of our
planet, surely the time has come
for us to yearningly turn to God
for his great guidance, which we
are procised in return for a sin
cere request. In unica there is
strength, we have been told, and
surely in the . iritual world this
is just as true as it is of the phys
ical.
The heart interest of these uni-
Athenians Attend
State Girl Scout
Meeting In Macon
A representative group of Ath
ens women joined co-workers
from all over Georgia. today in
Columbus, to welcome the Presi
dent of the Girl Scouts of the
United States, Mrs. C. Vaughn
Ferguson. The national president
addressed the-state meeting at its
session this morning, held in the
Parish House of Trinity Church,
and will speak again this even
ing at the dinner.
On Thursday institutes will be
conducted on program, registra
tion, and finance. On Friday,
organization will be the topic dis~
cussed in one group, while out
door activities will be the sub=-
ject of a second institute. Pro
gram and camp committees,
trainers: and camp counselors
will find the latter particularly
interesting.
Institutes such as the above
give the most intensive and help
ful training that can be arranged
for one day, by experts assigned
to the state and region by the
national headquarters.
Council members and troop
leaders attending from Athens
are: Mrs. C. A. Trugsell, Mrs.
Homer Tucker, Mrs. Charles Un~
ny Herald has a look all its own
t at ‘istinquisl.es it {rolu thé Co=
lumbus Inquirer, .
In the other gal.ery French art
posters will be shown., These are
original poster lin color coming
from the Perspectives Gallery-in
New York City. Some of the lead
ing artists of France were glad to
contribute their genius to the war
effort and created colored posters,
both startling and attractive, to
stimulate the :uccassful progress
of the war. Picasso, Matisse, Gau~
suin, Braque, . Leger, . Magnelli,
Rousseau and many other of
world-renowned French artists are
rc resented in tnis show. _
ted prayers on this day, is foor
World peace, which we certainly
crave with ' ‘at is within us.
In gratitude for our many bless
ings, 1 feel sure we will count it
a privilege to contribute of our
mean. to the ecuses in which The
Council of Church Women is es
sracially int:: ‘ted. Schools in
f-reign lands, 1 the -ight litera
ture to be used 'n them, are to re
ceive attention, as well as doing
something for the Indians who are
still in our country. During thece
r t few _cars, we have in the
Uited States population of two
and one half millions of people
who are geing ~ oin place to pla »
helpin, with “.e gathering of
crops. For thesc “Migrants” we
provide a station wagon, called
“The Harvest.r” equipped with
pulpit- books, + @ the all impor
tant preacher, who gives t them
the privilege of worshiping in a
group on the Sabbath day.
Come, and blend your earnest
prayer: with ours, is the sincere
hope of thos whe have this ser
vice in charge.
derwood, Mrs. Claude Chance,
Mrs. Claude Leathers, Mrs, W. C.
Noell, Mrs. J. B. Leggett, Mrs. J.
W. Scott, Mrs. James Gates, Mrs.
M. B. Combs, Mrs. J. J. West=
fall, Mrs. A. C. Cohen, Mrs,
Richard Covell, Miss Gwen
Lewis, Miss Laurel Watson, Mrs.
Roy Davis, Mrs. W. D. Hicks,
Mrs. Earl Everett, Mrs, M. M.
Oppegard, Mrs. R. Q. Benneit,
Mrs. Dorothy Shutt. . iy
University Play
"The Male Animal”
To Tour State
The University of Georgia
Theater will ta’ 2 . punch at col
lege life and ‘college minds in
Athens next week when it pre
sents James Thurbr’s comedy “The
Male Animal” in the Fine Arts au
d*¢~rium, The play will be presen
ted fcur nights, Feb. 27-March 2,
at 8:30 p. m.
The pk.,, ' choice collection of
the famous Trurber humor, will
go on state-wide tour next month.
It will be >roduced in nine Geor
gia cities.
“TL: Male Anim:l" is the tale
of ‘a serious young professor who
finds him:-1f in the midst of an
acad nic freedom controv rsy at
the same time ‘hat ILIs domestic
t- ppiness +is being threatened by
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n ex-fooball hero,
Undercurrents of the play sa
’ize under-developed minds in
board of trustees, radieal Mfi ents
college football heros, and eampus
“yed” scares. ° PR
Director Leighton Ballew, heac&‘
of the University’s drama depart=
ment has ~od. >d the play with.
a wealth of stucent talent. 5
Jay Gardner, Camilla, heads t
cast in the “title r01e.,” Kathy Pen
der. Decatur, will play the pro
fessor's wife arl Grarson Trap
nell, Madison, N. J., will be cast
as the ex-football here. ‘
0. .r cast members are Baxter
Webb, Atlanta; . C. Hulme, El
berton; Virginia Woodall, Atzhgm:
and John KO]JOCE' .:.tlanta.
UDC Members Visit
BY
MRS. JAMES WEEKS BAILEY.
President
Recently three ladies, Mrs. W.
A. Rowe, corresponding secretary,
Mrs. S. C. Moon, membership
chairman, and the writer,
president of the Laura Rutherfc~”
Chap .er, United Daughters of the
Confederacy went to Atlanta es-,
specially to pay a visit to the
12 widows of Confederate vete
rans who are nrw In the Confed
erate Home.
Miss Eva Cathy, superintendent,
was most grocious, and took us in
each of the rooms where we saw
the ladies sui sunded by their
own little personal treasures. At a’
Christmas party, pretly pins had
been received, some were being
worn, and others had thei’s safely
tucked away In cotton, to be
shown only tc the favored few.
We were shown some beautiful
|crocheted patterns, on which a
precious lady of just ninety was
working . She was becomingly
dressed, sitting in her comfortable
chair, making “hat pin-cushions”
which she seemed to enjoy mak
ing to give to her friends. Vases
of flowers were in the rooms, and
as we were coming out, a “flower
day” passed us going in, carrying
fresh blossoms for their vases.
~ Miss Cathy says that they ‘are
'so much like little children, that
when gifts are sent, life is easier
for her, if there is little difference
in the articles she is to present. For
valentine day, we sent a box of
twelve trinkle, six baskets and
six tiny vases, filled with tiny
lolly pops, wrapped in pretty val
entine paper. We noticed that little
“pretties” from the Christmas sea
'son were still being kept, and
‘surely if a ray of sunshine can be
‘sent into the thinking of these
‘dear old ladies, the time we give
to them i- more than well spent.
The morning was given to person
al visits, and we found they liked
to have some one around who
would listen to things they have to
'say as well as bringing to them
news from the outside world. One
of the main grievances came from
one of the non snuff dippers, for
it seems most of them do enjoy
their own special brand, which
has to be carefully ordered for
them. In the room where the tele
phone is located, to which they
have access, is a snuff dipper, and
it seems the non dippers object to
this location for this public utili
ty for their convenience. The cli
max of the visit came when we
heard dear Mrs. Mattie Osborne
recite her poem, “Growing Old,”
which she did without once hesi
tating, though she is ninety one
Fyears old and bed ridden.