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New Order Aimed At
Fasing Unemployment
BY ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—(AP) —Defense Mob:
(-f't'icizhls were in & gdiant squeeze today, s:sihxofiilli;:;igg
round on a new order ai i ¢
;?mt' med at easing regional unemploy-
On one hand, there was pressure fro o
Lawrence, Mass., and Detroit, Mich. Th‘;‘yc‘g!::t\:éu:l%gi like
Jice of defense business to put their machines gger
hands back to work. : and idle
President Vexed
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By ERNEST B. VACARRO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—(AP)—
president Truman is getting pret
iv tired of delays in the rebuild
ing of the Whiteflouse.
He wants to move madam and
(he baby (that's Mrs. Truman and
\arcaret) back into the mansion
ihe first week in April.
The President’s impatience was
reflocted yesterday when he took
White House newsmen on a 45-
minute tour of the residential sec
tion. from which the Trumans
moved shortly after nis 1948 ‘elec
tion victory.
He cited two examples of why
(he family had to take refuge in
the Blair house, across the street
on Pennsylvania avenue.
He stamped his foot sharply on
the floor of the sitting room of
deughter Margaret’s suite,
This will hold, he said. He re
called that one-of the legs of Mar
goref’s piano had broken through
the floor in 1948, narrowly miss
irg a drop into the family dining
voom below. :
Sinking Tub
On another occasion, the Pres
ident recalled with a grin, he was
bathing when the tub in his own
bathroom began to sink beneath
bim.
If it had dropped, he said, it
would have fallen (with him in
it into the room below where
Mrs, Truman often entertained
guests.
He said he kidded the madam
ahout what she would have done
it she had been-entertaining the
Dauchters of the American Rev
clution and he had suddenly ap
peared through the ceiling in a
bathtub.
Mrs., Truman didn’t think it too
funny, he said, and told him he
wouldn’t have enjoyed the ex
perience any more than she would.
It would have been a state en
ironce, he commented.
It was an exciting, if somewhat
«i_enuous tour for the reporters,
who had difficulty keeping up
with the President’s old .army
pace of 120 steps a minute.
The President laughed over the
ponular belief that Abraham Lin
co'n slept in the Lincoln bedroom.
Actually, he said, Lincoln used
e room as a study and he.slept,
at one time or another, in prac
lically every other room on the
second floor.
Surprise Tour
Vlr. Truman’s decision to take
ihe newsmen on a tour of the re
construetion, which is costing
around $5,500,000, came -as a sur
prise to them. ;
Meeting them outside the office
o“ Presidential Secretary Joseph
thort he told them he bet they
never had such a high-powered
guide before,
e took them into virtually eve
«v room on the ground, first and
vecond floors. The third was
bearded up, he explained.
He climbed over pians and
debris to point out sights of in
terest, He talked like a man who
put every board in place him-
The President showed the new
‘lice for the dentist—he called it
il'e tooth carpenter’s place—and
“aid if the reporters didr’t behave
he r'l. send them in for a major op
eration,
w"‘he house will be completed,
‘"e President said, about the first
week in April. He said this was
- hope, at least, that he had to
D a shotgun after the builders
all the time.
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“inal rites for Mrs. Minnie Sue
Eberhart Whitehead, 72 who died
At her home in Augusta Wednes
"2y morning fellowing an extend
ed illness, will be eonducted from
‘e graveside in Oconee Hill
Ltmetery this afternoon at 3
vcock, Rev D. B. Nicholson of
ficiating,
Ulyde MecDorman Funeral Home
¥ In charge of all arrangements.
Surviving Mrs, Whitehead are her
“usband, Dr, Alonzo Whitehead,
Augusta; two daughters, Mrs.
il}.‘r]"\' = Harper, jr_’ Aug‘ust‘,
‘nd Mrs, John T. Pearsall, Aug
/'“2 one brother, Dr. A. O. Eber
"art, Atlanta; five grandchildren
“nd seven nieces and nephews.
..A native of Athens, Mrs.
Whitehead was tme former Miss
Minnie Sue FEberhart. Following
“f" marriage to Dr. Whitehead,
‘¢ resided in Atlanta for twenty
Jears and then moved to Augusta.
“he and her husband were fre-
Juent visitors to Athens and Mrs.
Whitehead was well-known and
:"‘ f’atkljy admired here. She was a
"“mber of Second P de
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
On the other was an angry cry
from the south, raised at the possi
‘bility of losing some of their own
defense business.
In the middle was Charles E.
Wilson, Defense Mobilizer. Wil
‘son put out an order Tuesday de
signed to channel some defense
business into areas of critical un
employment.
He did it after urgent cries for
help from labor leaders like Wal
ter Reuther, head of the United
Auto Workers (CIO), who held a
special “we want jobs” convention
here Jan. 13 with 600 auto workers.
From New England came Tex
tile Mill Officials, labor leaders
and city councilmen. Give us de
fense contracts, they said.
The order set up a surplus man
nower committee. Its. members
haven’t been named. Its job: To
incestigte unemployment areas and
defense facilities they have and
revort to Wilson.
Wilson then will tell the defense
department that “it is in the pub
lic interest to give preference to
such areas in the placement of
contracts in accordance with the
findings of the committee.” These
contracts weuld not necessary be
made on a low-bid basis. They
could be negotiated.
That’s the NUB of the order.
The joint defense production
committee yesterday called Ar
thur 8. Flemning, Wilson’s top
manpower adviser, to ask him
about the order.
Southerners see in it a “life or
death” proposition if it isn’t
administered fairly. That’s what
Senator Smith (D-NC) said at
yesterday’s hearing.
Maybank Statement
Senator Maybank (D-SC), com
mittee chairman, said he was “not
going to sit here and-presided over
the liquidation of the Southern
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A large part of the textille in
dustry has moved from New Eng
land to the south. -
But in a letter to the committee,
Wilson said the new policy “is
not designed to cure all the
«economic ills of whole industries.”
He said “it would appear that the
textile and garment industries
have historical problems which
this pelicy cannot cure.”
At yesterday’s hearing there was
talk of changing the defense pro
duction act to outlaw the order.
Maybank suggested it.
Rep. Lanh m (D-GA) said 5
won't vote to continue the de
fense production act” unless the
order is cancelled.
However, Maybank, whose com
mittee is about to start work on
extending the production act—the
basic price and wage control law
—said after the hearing ended that
he had great confidence in Wilson
and felt the order, if administrered
properly, might work out all right.
NEWSMEN BLASTED
TOKYO, Feb. 7.—(AP)—Gen
eral Matthew B. Ridgway’s
public information officer today
said some U. N. Command news
correspondents are abusing their
privileges in covering the armis
tice talks at Panmunjom by “fra
ternizing and trafficking with the
enemy.”
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STEALS sHOW—In the role of Ko-Ko, Lord High Exe
cutioner in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” which
will ge on for the second night in Fine Arts Auditorium
tonight at 8:30, W. C. Owen left a capaeity local audi=
ence in stitches after last night's performance. Others
featured in the Music Department cast are Carlton Eng
lish (Nanki-Poo) ; Sibyl Seymour (Yum-Yum) ; Cass
Crawford (Peep-Bo) ; Shirley Hemly {Petti-Sing) ; Cass
Hoffman (Pooh Bah) ; Paul Kea (the Mikado) ; Jimmy
Oglesby (Pish-Tush) ; and Mary Andrews (Katisha).
Mr. Owen, a University student, has become one of Ath
ens’ most popular entertainers with his comic songs and
; accompanying antics. In this production of “The Mika
do” hé joins other excellefit performers to offer a fine
evening of entertainment.
Bill To End -
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Quick Marriages
By MERCER BAILEY
ATLANTA, Feb. 7T— (AP) — A
bill aimed at ending “quickie mar
riages” in Georgla was sent from
the House to the Senate today
with barely enough time left for
enactment into law.
The same was true of a proposal
to give all state employes—from
the common laborer to the consti
tutional officers—a cost of living
raise to give them the same pur
chasing power they had in 1943.
The House passed both bills late
yesterday and ordered them sent
immediately to the Senate. Since
the Senate already had adjourned
fgfir the day, the bills got their first
reading in the Senate today.
They will have to be given first
handling in order to complete leg~
BULLETIN
ATLANTA, Feb. 7—(AP)—
The House today passed and
sent to the Senate a bill creating
the Office of Tax Commissioner
in Clarke county.
The measure abolishes the
office of Tax Receiver and Tax
Collector and consolidates them
in the new commissioner’s of
fice. It provides a $7,500 amn
nual salary for the commission
er.
The bill provides for a refer
endum so that the voters can
decide if they wish to make the
change. After passage by the
Senate the bill will be engrossed
and ready for the Governor to
sign,
islative action on them before
final adjournment of the 1952
session on Tuesday.
Major bills passed by the House
today were c::e‘ssflving the Agri
cultural Com oner SIOO,OOO to
finance an anti-rabies drive and
another authorizing Forestry De
partment fire -investigators to
make arrests.
The Senate passed a bill chang
ing the state’s limited partnership
act and a bill cutting the tax on
domestic wines from $1 a gallon
to twenty five cents.
Tuesday Finale
Senate President Marvin Grif
fin and House Speaker Fred Hand
announced both chambers would
work Saturday to handle the end
of the session gm of legislation.
THe session ends Tuesday, i
The salary bill, which passed
126-14 without debate, orders all
employes given increases suffi
cient to make their current sal
aries double what they were get
ting on Jan. 1, 1943. Since most
employes have received sizeable
pay hikes since 1943, State Auditor
B. E. Thrasher estimated the new
raises would total only about
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ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952,
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time in histo%, Britain has three living comes the Dowager Queen, and his
queens. With King George’s death Queen daughter, Elizabeth (right) ascends to the
Elizabeth (left) beecomes Queen Mother, throne as Queen.—(NEA Telephoto.)
lke Supporters Double Efforts
To Gain A Political Beachhead
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DR. PAUL AIKEN
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Speaks Tonight
Dr. Paul Aiken, pastor of Kirk
wood Baptist Church in Atlanta,
will be the inspirational speaker
tonight at a general meeting of
Baptist Sunday School workers
who have been conducting sessions
at First Baptist Church since Mon
day in the interests of Sunday
School Emphasis Week.
Programs this week, all of which
have been held at night, are under
the direction of Dr. T. W. Tippett,
who formerly served a pastorate
in Athens. Assisting Dr. Tippett
in the leadership of these sessions
are nine Baptist Field workers—
Miss Sucie Eubanks, Mrs. T. W,
Tippett, Miss Marguerite McKen
zie, Miss Eula Windham, Miss
Hazel Bailey, Miss Frances Jones,
Miss Kathleen Aycock, Mrs. E. E.
Steele, and Miss Ruth Crowley.
Nightly Meetings
Nightly sessions include depart
mental classes from 7:30 until
8:15. Inspirational periods follow
the first series of classes, and &
second period of classes completes
a night’s work, which ends at 9:30,
Workers here for the sessions’
feel that they are indeed fortunate
to have the opportunity to hear
Dr. Aiken during the inspirational
period tonight. He is widely known
in the state and his serviceg as &
speaker and minister are in con
stant demand.
Sparepta Night
Friday night has been designat
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Shorthand Class
Several Madison county com
mérical teachers have organized
anh evening class in shorthand to
meet at Comer High School every
Thursday evening at 7:30. Mrs. J.
B. Cobb, Comer High commerical
teacher has been the inspiration
back of this plan. Other teachers
interested in the plan are Bill
Gmoflna and John Smith of
C . "This group bas asked Mrs.
Polk Gholston to ##ach the class.
Mrs. Gholston has gharge of the
Commerical Department of the
General Continuation School of
Athens. ’
There is a large group of boys
and girls in Madison County who
have studied typing, but never
“had the opportunity to learn short
‘hand. Due to the increasing de
mand for clerks and secretaries
many studeats and adults now
feel the need to learn shorthand to
‘fit themselves for worthwhile
clerical positions.
The first class will open this
‘Thursday, ¥ebruary Bth. It is
‘hoped that all who are interested
\will be on hand. A slight fee will
be charged to cover expenses.
) Enrolled in the class will be the
commericai teachers, who plan to
offer Shorthand in the Madison
County High Schools at the next
fall term,
By The Associated Press
Eisenhower-for-President forces
are stepping up their fight to win
a political beachhead for the Gen
eral.
There were thege dcvm
for several states and W $
1. Seven speakers from Congrss
and elsewhere will begin moving
into New Hampshire next week to
boom Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
for that state’s 14 delegates to the
GOP presidential nominating con
lventlon,
2.-Gov. John Lodge of Connee
ticut publicly came out for Eisen
hower and announced he is go
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Misgieseppi and sianac I
8. Louisiana Eimhmz;r back
ers feuding with sponsors of Sen
ator Taft of Ohio are seeking to
force the GOP State Central Com-~
mittee to certify the returns of the
Jan. 15 party primary in which
l Eisenhower supporters won the
majority of seats.
4. In Washington, evidence
mounted that the General’s sup
porters are building up pressure
for him to return home and help
get the bandwagon rolling.
‘ Tke Has Edge
5. Eisenhower still has a 5 to
'3 edge over Taft in Oklahoma, but
Taft picked up two more delegates
to the GOP National Convention
yesterday in the struggle for Okla
homa’s 16 representatives. Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur has one,
one s still uncommitted, and six
more are -to be selected.
Senator Brewster (E. - Me.),
however, wasn't too impressed
with all the “I like Tke” activity.
He predicted that if present politi
cal trends continue, Taft will have
the GOP nomination “sewed up”
within a few weeks.
Senator Kerr (D.-Okla.), a
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination if Presi
dent Truman doesn’t run, said
MacArthur is supporting Taft in
an effort to prevent the Republi
cans from nominating Eisenhower.
But all the political news wasn’t
confined to the General and Taft:
With Truman’s plans still a
mystery, Senator Russell (D.-Ga.)
said he deeply appreciates the
suggestion by Gov. James F.
Byrnes of South Carolina that
Russell be a presidential candi
date. But he ducked any direct
commitment at this time,
Byrnes Speech
Byrnes, in an Atlanta speech
yesterday said it is time for the
South to fight again for States’
Rights—this time using ballots in
stead of bullets, He said it’s time
to let everyone know that the
electoral vote of the South “no
longer can be taken for granted.”
A four-way race for the Demo
cratic Senatorial nomination from
Ohio shaped up as the deadline
passed yesterday for candidates to
file. Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo,
retiring Federal Price Stabilizer,
filed just under the deadline. He
has three opponents. The winner
of the May 6 primary balloting
will run against Senator John W.,
Bricker.
The Pennsylvania Democratic
Policy Committee yesterday en
dorsed Federal District Judge Guy
K. Bard for the Democratic nom
ination to the U. S. Senate seat
now held by Republican Edward
Martin, former governor who has
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WEATHER
ATEENS AND VICINITY
Clear and coel today, tonight
and Friday. Low tonight 28;
high tomorrow 52. Sun sets to
glzy’ 6:08 and rises tomorrow
GEORGIA—Fair in north and
clearing in south, preceded by
some rain in southeast portion
this morning; cooler today; fair
and cooler tonight; low 28 to 35
in n‘g‘und west portion and
34 to 38 in southeast; Friday,
fair and cool.
University Sefs
Liberal Ars
Conference Here
Representatives from schools
and colleges throughout Georgia
and surrounding areas will meet
on the University of Georgia cam
pus Friday for the opening ses
w the University’s first Con-
The conference, sponsored by
the Pranklin College of Arts and
%unces at the University and the
vision of General Extension,
will open Friday afternoon at 2:30
and will continue through Satur
day noon. .
All sessions will be held in the
University Chapel,
Friday night Dr. Earl McGrath,
United States Commissioner of
Education, will address the eon
ference delegates at 8 p. m. on
“The Role of the Liberal Arts in
the Education of Leadership for a
Democratic Society.” His address
will keynote the conference dis
cussions.
~ Dr. McGrath has held his pre
sent position since 1949. Before
that he was dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences at the State
University of lowa.
Speaker for the opening Con
ference session Friday afternoon
will be Henry Chauncey, presi
dent of the Educational Testing
Service of Princeton University.
Chauncey will speak on ways of
finding and encouraging prospec
tive. leaders in a democratic so
clety.
Following his address there will
be a panel discussion led by
Thomas H. Mahler, dean of ad
ministration at the University of
Georgia Atlanta Division, Mem
bers of the panel will be Richard
H. Henneman, professor of psy
chology, University of Virginia;
Dean Donald H. McMahon, Geor- |
gia State College for Women; and
Dean John A. Dotson, the Uni
versity of Georgia.
The conference will give lead
ers in the liberal arts an oppor
tunity to swap ideas about their
field in the same manner as lead
ers of professional schools. j
Shedd Services
Are Held Today |
“Funeral services fer Hubert'
Shedd, 47-year-old Winterville
resident who was killed when he
fell from a structure on which
he was working at the site of the
new Clark Hill Dam Tuesday, will
be conducted from Arnoldsville
B¥tist Church this afternoon at
3 o’clock, Rev. Jesse Knight, pas
tor of Winterville Baptist Church,
and Rev. Ray Melear, of Crawford |
Methodist Church, officiating. i
Interment will follow in Ar-l
noldsville Cemetery, Bernstein |
Funeral Home in charge of ar-!
rangements. |
Surviving Mr. Shedd are his
wife, Mrs. Clara Tolbert Shedd,'
Winterville; one daughter, Hazel |
Shedd, Winterville; two sons, !
Glenn and Jimmy Shedd, Winter- l
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Tom !
Jaynes, Arnoldsville, and Mrs. |
Lewis Smith, Atlanta; and three |
brothers, Frank Shedd, At]anta,l
Merritt Shedd, Westminster, S. C,,
and Dud Shedd, Arnoldsville. i
A native of Oconee county, S. |
C., Mr, Shedd had resided in Win
terville for the past 25 years. He
was well-known and greatly ad
mired in the Winterville and Ar-!
ngdsville comx&unities. News of |
his sudden death wag a source oi |
sorrow to his many%}” ’t"
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens
Princess To Be
Proclaimed
BY ERNEST AGNEW
LONDON, Feb, 7.—(AP)
«Sorrowing young Queen
Elizabeth sped homeward
today to ascend the golden
throne cf the still-mighty
British commonwealth of
nations. Here at home a
plain oak coffin was prepar
ied for the remains of her
father, King George VI.
In resounding, historic
phrases, Elizabeth, slim and
25, will be .formally pro
claimed Queen tomorrow.
After 51 years, a woman
again reigns over Britain,
her colonies and the eom
monwealth.
At the Sandringham royal es
tate, where her father died peace
fully in his sleep yesterday morn=-
ing, silent, sorrowing carpenters
gawed, hammered and fitted the
King's coffin from a great oak
tree, felled months ago omn the
:lgtt(aite where he was born and
led.
The body of the monarch, dead
at 56 after years of strain and
illness, is expected to lie in state
for three or four days in the (rg,
16th century Sandringham church,
where he worshipped every Sun
day he was in residence there at
his favorite ecountry retreat,
Sad Duty
One of Elizabeth’s first and
most saddening duties is to make
arrangements for her father’s fun
eral. s
After lying in state at Sand
ringham and in London, he will
be buried from St. George’s Cha
pel at Windsor Castle next week.
Aiready, the dutiful FElizabeth
Wflu moment of
‘her fa s death.
She became so in her vacation
lodge in Kenya Colony, far away
in East Africa, where she had
paused early in ‘what was to have
been a five-month round-the
world tour.
| But her formal proclamation as
the new sovereign, Elizabeth 11,
!must follow.
The proclam- -n, written from
historic prece. nts by the Privy
Council — hundreds of royal -ad
visors, and representatives of com=-
monwealth countries, and the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen of the an
cient square-mile city. of London,
will be read first (at 6 a. m., EST)
tomorrow by the Garter King of
Arms, Sir George Bellew.
Clad in medieval uniform, he
will read from the balcony of St.
James Palace, built by Henry
VIII, father of the first Queen
Elizabeth.
Proclamation
The proclamation was published
in all morning newspapers today
and will be repeated simultan
eously with Sir George’s reading
at Temple Bar, ancient Fleet
Street gateway to the old city of
London, from the steps of the
Royal Exchange in the financial
district, and at Shire Halls and
Guildhalls throughout the coun
try.
It also will be read throughout
the commonwealth and empire.
As it is read, flags at half staff
in mourning for the dead sover
eign will be hauled to their mast
heads at the words “God Save the
Queen.” They will fly for six
hours in honor of the new ruler,
then be lowered again to half staff
until after her father’s funeral,
The Queen. flying across Africa,
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FUTURE PRINCE OF
WALES
Prince Charles, son of Bri
tain’s new queen, Elizabeth,
who is expected someday to be
come Prince of Wales, is shown
here in a birthday picture made
as he sat in his pram in St
James’ Park, London, Novem
ber 14. Prince Charles now be
comes first in line to succeed 19
the throne.— (AP Wiréphoto.)
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King George VI of Britaia Is
dead. He died im his sieep a¢
Sandringham Palace, the place
where he was born. He was 56
years old. This pertrait was
taken of the King as the time
of his coronation im 1987.—
(NEA Telephoto.)
Commies, Allies
Give Ground In
Armisfice Talks
MUNSAN, KOREA, Feb. 7 —
(AP) — Reds and Allies each gave
ground today and narrowed the
gap on troop rotatien and the fu
ture of displaced ecivilians.
But negotiators remained as far
apart as ever on key issues block
ing a Korean armistice,
Allied “z’x:gomton abandoned de~
displaced c‘l%m for U. g.m
war prisoners and that imz,nrtia!
teams interview -civilians de
termine whether they want to live
in North or South Korea.
The U. N. reiterated, however,
that all prisoners must have the
right to ehoose whether they want
to be repatriated.
Reds Give Ground
In an adjoining tent the Com
munists gave ground in the dispute
over troop rotation during an
armistice. The Allies said they
would talk about the Commuists’
definition of coastal waters and
consider dropping two demands
relating to troop dispositions dyy
ing a truce. ¥
But the key issue of whether the
Reds have the right to build and
repair North Korean airfields dux
ing an armistice has been shelved
for the time being .
The U. N. command continued
its study of a Red proposal that a
high level politicai conference be
held within 90 days after an armis
tice is signed to consider all Asian
problems looking toward peace in
Korea,
The Allies did not suggest a
date for another full dress session
on armistice agenda item five —
recommendations to governments
involved in Korea. The U. N. said
Wednesday it would request an
other meeting after studying the
Red draft.
Red Plan Studied
Washington sources said the
Communist proposal is under
study by top level officials and
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway pro
bably will be instructed to make
a counter offer soon.
These sources said the U. N. is
prepared to agree to a conferemce
to consider withdrawing foreign
troops from Korea and peaeeful
settlement of the Korean question,
but will balk at discussing broad
er issues such as Formosa.
C. 0f C. Dinner
Tickefs On Sale
More than s hundred of the 300
tickets available to the forty-sixth
Annual Dinner of the Athens
Chamber of Commerce had been
sold last night, it was announeed
this morning at th Chamber of
- Commerce.
Tickets will be available the re
mainder of this week to the mem
bership of the Chamber of Com
merce and if there are unseld
tickets they will be available to the
general public beginning Monday
morning. The tickets are $2.50
each and the dinner will be held at
7 p. m., on Thursday night, Feb
ruary 14th, at the Athens Country
Club, when Fred J. Turner, presi
dent of the Southern Bell Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, will
deliver the principal address. He
will be introduced by Abit Nix.
In addition to Mr. Turner's ad
dress there will be entertainment
under the direction of Byron
Warner, of the University, and J.
Smiley Wolfe, ident in 1951,
and W. A. Matflrl:,‘ president this
year, will divide the presiding res
sponsibilities. :
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is: %wud Watson,
W:K«;@ ‘ W |
attlebaum ‘and ‘A. D. 4
rade Area