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Newspaper Page TextAthens Civilian Defense Program By COL. F. W. WHITNEY Civil Defense in the event of ‘ional emergency, would be me a matter of vital concern to very man, woman, and child in s city and county. Education of ¢ public-in respect to the true tentials and actual limitations ¢ atomic warfare is the only cans by which the civil popula on may be adequately prepared . meet the eventualities of atomic ttack. should a war gas attack occur, obably the greatest danger is e likelihood of panic. Panic -ices from fear, but knowledge a 0 understanding help to dispel car, thus enabling the.individual » meet the situation calmly. | Therefore, proper training not nly of the civil defense workers hemselves, but of the general hublic is of paramount impor tance. The fifth and final division of his office is under Assistant Di -cotor James Barrow, City Attor oy of Athens, and is divided into .he following sections: .. Legal Division under direc tion of Mr. James Barrow. This Jivision acts as the legal advising ,cency to the Director of Civil hofense. It covers advance, long range legal and legislative plan ning in the main, but often, in an ~mergency, might have to render ‘mmediate opinions on the legali (. of certain actions not previous- Iv covered by legislation. l). Administrative Division. This <~ction is charged with, (1) re cruitment, classification and as . onment of persons engaged in civil defense work and adminis {rotive records pertaining to them, (2) responsibility for the procure ment and distribution of civil de {ense supplies, and (3) keeping of vecords, files of activities pertain ina o civil defense, collection, and preparation of local eivil defense «tatistics and reports. ¢, Public Information Division. Mrs. Harold B. Hodgson, a grad- Late of the National Defense Staff College heads this section. It is responsible for the dissemination of timely advance information concerning civil defense and gath ers information from the publie on matters of importance to civil (Continued on Page Seven) For T. C. Post Joe B, Cooper, Athens business man, yesterday qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Execu~ tive Committee as a cz‘xﬁgzge for Clarke County Tax setor in the county Democratic Primary to be held on March 26. Mr. Cooper, 42, came to Athens in 1918 and resided here until 1935 when he moved to Oconee County, He served as chairman of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, Roads and Reve nues from 1938 to 1944, resigning to go into the armed forces. He served with the 101st Coast Artil lery for sixteen months and upon being discharged became manager of the General Finance & Loan Company, a position he still holds. Mr. Cooper was also connected with the General Motors Accep tance Corporation in the field of dealer contract and collections. e also was connected with the United States Department of Agri culture in the farm loans and col lections work. In Oconee County he was a member of Watkinsville Christian Church and a member of the Board of Deacons. He is now a member of the First Christian Church here. He also served as Red Cross County Chairman and Oconee County Chairman of Ci vilian Defengse. ~ln 1933 Mr., Cooper married viiss Beth Campbell, daughter of the late J. Phil Campbell and Mrs, Campbell. Mr. Campbell or canized the Georgia Agricultural Fxiension Service. He was its first director, a post he filled for twenty-six years until being called !0 Washington to help implement the various farm programs insti- '3;3,::'. e 3 SRR e e S ‘-'t"‘:": :'::"l‘,.{_:; 3 ' B '.g,:'fl‘;f' Feng SRS ’ : G R s 1":‘ 4 ::;:;555 g‘. }v‘:’Z R .‘ 2 & 3"{”’ 4 :v'.j'fzb-i'ff R e T Y G T oy T 3 e sSR 3 ¢ e # : 7 :‘ \r\f/c;;?: '{?3 o : ; k S 4 e G g.’ . . ' e aang s Lo : b e TP “ . . L . e oil & 5 4 Ty v §St :4{ So e (e e e Cior e 2|e . s eH: - e i - 7 . i L ARNALL THREATENS TO USE BRASS KNUCKS— 'mmediately after he was sworn in as head of the ?lfti(;le Of D i 1y . - { Price Stabilization in Atlanta, Ga., Ellis iﬂ_rna o 5 ear-old former governor of Georgia (left), threatenec to use “brass knucks’ to fight inflation, if necessary. Sut here he poses with a pair of oversized boxing gloves #s he takes a friendly poke at DeWitt H. Roberts, regs onal head es the Wage Stabilization Board, who Pr sented him with the gloves.——(AP Photo.) Defeatist Stand Is “Poppycock” Edward W. Barrett, the man who until this week was Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Voice of America and other in formation services, told Georgia editors here today that “it is the worst kind of defeatist poppycock to say that the free world is losing the battle for men’s minds.” All the evidence points against this attitude, he said in an address prepared for delivery at the 24th annual Georgia Press Institute meeting on the University of Georgia campus. Backing up his statement he pointed out that Communist party membership has dropped in every free nation in the last four years The annual winners of the University of Georgia’s Agricul tural Extension Service Awards for the best presentation and in terpretation of agricultural and homemaking news are the Way cross Journal-Herald, in the daily field, and the Coffee Coun ty Progress, Douglas, in the weekly field. The winners were picked by a committee appointed by the Georgia Press Association, Their announcement was made at one of the final sessions of the 24th annual Georgia Press Institute. and that Communists have not won a genuinely free election in a single nation at any time. And he added that the best in formation indicates that more than 70 per cent of the people living behind the Iron Curtain are anti- Communist and anti-Kremlin. Reds Do Blunder “Nor are the Soviet propagan dists the infallible experts they are so often considered,” he said. “They haev blundered, and blun dered badly — in handling the Marshall Plan, in handling Tito, in handling Korea, in handling the recent San Francisco Conference. And Vishinsky’s action in openly ridiculing the recent ftri-partite disarmament proposal was a very serious blunder that did a great deal to undermine Soviet claims “of peaceful intentions.” o Rarrett deseritfed in some detail the work being done in countries across the world in America’s ‘Campaign for Truth.” During the 18 months since the campaign got underway America has substan tially expanded and strengthened its radio network here and over— seas. The Voice of America, he said, is now overcoming at least 100 per cent better than two years ago the vast Soviet effort to drown it out, and the number of languages used in broadcasts has been. in creased from 25 to 46. This campaign also includes ] work with foreign newspapers, publication of books and pamph lets, film showings, circulation of American and anti - Communist sbooks and a stepped-up exchange program. l Honesty Is Impressing By exchange, he said, intelligent ’leaders of thought from abroad are brought over here to see this | great, big crazy country of ours |for themselves. They are very, | very greatly impressed with its honesty, its openness, its strength, its moral force, and its physical strength. The objective of our information services is more than just present ing a “full and fair picture of America.” Our ebjective is to ex pose the phony and reactionary nature of Communist imperialism, to build a real spirit of unity, spunk and determination among al] free peoples, and to erect all possible psychological barriers to ' -attanad On Page Three) FPT W i ATHENS BANNER-HERALD SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY, Vol. CXX, No. 37. County Prima Is To Be Held 0 D€ reid March 26 was set as the date for the Clarke County Democratic Primary with entries closing at noon on March 8, at a meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee held in the Courthouse vesterday with thirteen of the fif teen members present, Registration is to close also on March 8 with the closing of the office of Tax Collector, where re gistration is made, on that date. Hours so rthe election are fixed by state, from 7:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. in all of the militia districts in the city and county. Entry fees for candidates were fixed as follows: For Sheriff, $175; Clerk of Courts, $175; Tax Collector, $175; Tax Receiver, $175; Treasurer, $175; Ordinary, $125; County School Superintendent, $75 and Coroner, $lO. Candidates may qualify for the above offices with either the chair man of the committee, Ed. D. Wier, or the secretary, B. C. Lumpkin. Deadline Fixed A regulation was adopted by the committee limiting the time a can didate has in which to suggest names of friends to serve as elec tion officials, which the com mittee may, or may not, accept, according to its judgment. In the past there has been no time limit and it was found this worked con fusion, some candidates not nom inating until the very last. Any suggestions to be made by a can didate must be in the hands of the committee secretary not later than one week following the closing of the entires. These attending the meeting were Chairman Wier, who presid ed; Vice-Chairman D. D. Quillian; Treasurer Robert D. Hamilton, Secretary B. C. Lumpkin, Reese Carne, Allen D. Wier, J. A. Free man, Pope Spratlin, James Lay, W. I. Hopkins,, R. W Phillips, Harris Thurmond and T. W. Morton. Hamilfon Seeks Robert D. Hamilton, Princeton, Saturday qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Execu tive Committee for nomination to an- endorsement term to succeed hinyself as Cotnty “Treasurer in. the County® Democratic Primary to be held March 26. Mr. Hamilton ig a lifelong resi dent of the Princeton community, where he operated a grocery store for thirty vears. Shortly after be ing elected to his first term of four years in 1948, Mr. Hamilton said he found the duties of the office, to be properly administer ed, demanded more time than he could give it and retain his gro cery interest, so he disposed of the store, Mr. Hamilton is married to the former Miss Zealure Mae Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell of this city, and they have three children, Miss Faye Ham=- ilton, a graduate student at Tu lane University; Bobby, a student at Young Harris College, and Gail, who resides with them in: Princeton. He is a member of Princeton Methodist Church, chairman of the Board of Stewards and teacher of a Sunday School class. ; He is a former member and ‘former chairman of the Clarke ' County Board of Education; for lmer member of the County Wel i fare Board; former member of the Regional Library. Mr. Hamilton is also a Past President of the Athens Civitan Club and a former Lieutenant Governor of the Georgia District of Civitan Clubs. t For fifteen years he served as Justice of the Peace in the Prince {ton Militia District, is a member lof the Troop Committee of Boy | Scout ‘Troop No. 27 at Princeton, i and has been a member and treas "[urer of the Clarke County Dem | ocratic Executive Committee since ;1940.- | BRITAIN PLANS CROWNING i LONDON, Feb. 23 — (AP) — Plans to crown Queen Elizabeth in | the late August or early Septem t ber—in time to lure an extra mil lion tourist dollars this season— | are being considered by the Brit | ish court, the Daily Express said today. The paper said the Queen is ex~ pected to decide on a date within three weeks, If the coronation is in 1952, she will be the first Brit ish monarch in two centuries to hurry through the formal pagean try in the same year of coming to the throne. il R i | ATHENS AN DVICINITY Cloudy and continued cool Sunday. High 52. Sun rises at 7:10 and sets 6:24. 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In the photo at left, Thomas Plans Get Underway For Annual Red Cross Campaign In Athens Truce Parley Tied U i y b As Reds Protest Riots BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday, Feb. 24.—(AP)—The Ko 'rean armistice talks were tied into fresh knots today by a i Communist charge that the Allies had “barbarously” mas sacred civilian prisoners on Koje Island Monday. Lodging a “serious’ protest Saturday, Communist nego tiators served notice they would have plenty more to say about the Red-led riet in which 75 Korean prisoners and one U. S. soldier guard were killed. “Our side reserves the right to pursue further into this intoler able, sanguinary incident,” said Col. Tsai Cheng-Wen, Chinese Communist staff officer at the prisoner exchange session. The protest was delivered to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway and an Allied spokesman indicated any reply would come from the Supr eme Commander. \ In this atmosphere of new bit terness, staff officers of both sides | arranged to meet again at 11 a. m. (9 p. m. Saturday EST) to grapple again with the prisoner exchange and truce supervision issues. The Caommunists Saturday seiz ed upon the rioting to bolster their arguments against Ailied demands for voluntary repatriation of pri soners.» The Reds want all prison ers returned, forcibly if neces sary. : “The latest massacre,” Tsai as serted, "fully testifies to the bru tal inhumanily with which your side treats our personnel captured by you side. Tsai also used the incident to demand again an accounting for 44,000 prisoners captured by the Allies and reclassified as civilians, ‘Hickman agreed to an account ing if the Communists would give informatior. on 50,000 Korean pri soners whom the Reds say they turned loose long ago. Hickman said the Communists evaded an answer and then asked for a re lcess. In an adjoining tent, staff of l (Continued on Page Seven) B ebR Ordi Ordinary Jeeks " " Re-Nomination | Mrs. Ruby Hartman, second | ranking county officer in point of service, yesterday qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Executive Committee as a can didate for re-nomination as Ordi nary in the County Democratic Primary to be held March o Mrs. Hartman was elected Ordi nary in March of 1941 to serve out the unexpired term of Judge R. C. Orr, in whose office she had serv ed for twelve years. She has twice been re-elected to the post of Ordinary. Mrs, Hartman is a past presi dent of the Athens Business Girls Club, a unit of the Young Wom en’s Christian Association and she has long taken an active part in its activities. She is the widow of the late W. M. Hartman who was a partner in the firm of Hartman-Bedgood Lumber Company when he died a year after she had been elected Ordinary the first time, ~ Mrs, Hartman has two children, Lieut. W. R. Hartman, United States Navy, stationed at Sandis Air Base, Alberquerque, N. M, and Mrs. A, O. Brymer, Moline, Illinois. She came to Athens from Mad ison County when she was fifteen years old and practically all of her residence here has been spent in work that brought her into eontact with the public after her gradu -ation from the Athens Business g he s L. Maddin (right) was snapped as he dabbed his wounds received while he was held as hostage for Bondurant, W. D. Sasser, jr., another hostage who was un hurt, holds part of the robber’s loot. Ama teur photographer Homer Hurléy hap pened to have his camera with him in his car, and when he heard the shooting, came on the double and got both of these pictures.— (AP Wirephoto.) Again Candidafe Elmer J. Crawford, Clerk of Clarke County Courts since 1903, yesterday qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Execu tive Committee as a candidate to succeed himself in the County Dem.ocratic Primary to be held March 26. Mr. Crawford is probably the oldest Clerk of Courts in the state ‘ in point of service, having served | as Deputy Clerk for two years preceding his taking over the of fice of Clerk on January 1, 1903, So effiicent, courteous and pop ular has the veteran official prov en in his contact with the public that he has not been opposed for the office since 1904. He was born and raised in Clarke County, being born in Sandy Creek militia district in 1874 and lived there until 1908 when he moved to Athens, He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Crawford, his father being a mer= chant-farmer. His mother was Mary Williams, member of anoth er well known family. - The County Courthouse at the time Mr. Crawford took over the -duties of Clerk, was what is now the present Athens High School. Judge of the Court then was. Richard B. Russell, sr., who later became Chief Justice of the Geor gia Supreme Court, and the So licitor General was Charles Brand, who late became Superior Court Judge and later served several | terms in the United States Con | gress as Representative from this | district, | Thirteen Judges | Mr. Crawford has served under ' six judges of Athens City Court land under seven judges of Su perior Courts of the Western . Judicial Circuit, which was com } posed of nine counties when he as sumbed his duties instead of three, | as at present. On April 25, 1905 he married ' Miss Annie King and they had ifour children, one of whom died ' when eleven years old. The other three are King Crawford, who aids his father in the Clerk’s Of fice, Peter Crawford, who has re entered the Army with the rank of Captain, and Janet, now Mrs. Earl H. Foy, of Atlanta. Peter and King are both veterans of World War Two. After assuming the clerkship, Mr. Crawford instituted a modern indexing svstem for the record rooms of the courthouse, first per ’fecting them back to 1913 and later putting in the same system }back to 1801 when the county was formed. During his many years of serv ice he has attended every term of Superior Court and City Court with the exception of two and those came while he was serious ly ill. He has sent numberless cases up to the Court of Appeals and the Georgia Suprceme Court and none of them have been re turned because of technical de | {Qontinued On Page Seven) ] B.L.Flanaganls - ’ . Drive’s Chairman Throughout the United States a million and a half volunteer workers this week will begin the 1952 Red Cross fund appeal for an “absolute minimum” of $85,000,000 to carry on the heaviest responsi=- bilities the organization has ever faced except in time of all-out war. Colonel B. L. Flanigen is chairman of the Red Cross in Ath ens, with Clyde Fitzgerald and W. O, McDowell co-chairmen of the drive. President Truman, who desig= nated March as Red Cross month, will launch the campaign with a special message to the nation Thursday night, February 28. Plans for the Red Cross cam paign on the University campus ‘are underway. The University Committee on Drives met this week to discuss their participation. Members of the committee are Prof. A. E. Patterson, department of forestry, chairman; Prof, J. Stanley Gray, department of psy chology; and Prof. Tyus Butler, School of Journalisnr. . The University committee will enroll faculty members and ad ministrative personnel on the cam pus. The work will be depart= mentalized by buildings, with one or more chairmen appointed for each. Forty buildings and 42 chairmen have b een designated. Membership cards will be provid ed all occupants of each building, and personal contacts will be ‘made by the chairman, | Last Year’s Drive - In last year’s drive the Univer sity committee pledged 461 mem-~ 'bers and collected $1,604.18. A report earlier this week stat ed erroneously that all funds on the University campus would be handled by the IFC committee,. Student activity will be direct ed by Nick Chilivis, president of IFC.- A student committee, with | Roland Stubbs, Sylvania, chair rman, will canvass the campus for ' (Continued On Page Seven) Drama Group Festival To Feature Shakespeare Comedy “12th Night” The third annual State Drama Festival will be held in Athens on February 29th and March 1. At this time the Department of Speech and Drama of the Uni versity will play host to high school students and teachers from various colleges, including Agnes Scott, Georgia School of Technol ogy and the Wesleyan Conserva= tory and School of Fine Arts, The two day session will lead off with registration in the lobby of Fine Arts Building from 12:00 to 1:30 on Friday and will be fol lowed by the Qeonee County High School’s presentation of the one act play, “Broken Rehearsal” at 1 p. m. in the Laboratory Theatre. Next on the events for Friday will be a showing of Louis de Roche mont’s documentary film, “The Whistle at Eaton Falls.” James W. Andrews, assistant professor of drama, and former assistant to Mr. de Rochemont on the film, will give a short talk afterwards. After another one-act play by O’Keefe High School, Mr. Paul Camp, Technical Director of the University will present a lecture slide demonstration entitled “Scene Designed for Educational Theatre.” There will be another one-act play after the demonstra tion, ‘Great Balls of Fire” pre sented by the Dalton Junior High School. Twelfth Night After dinner at the Helman Ho= tel, lat ‘u’}hilch time Professor Roos evelt Walker of the Universi English -Department R e NATOWantsHuge Military Buildup Finance Drive Clarke County has thrown fts support squarely behind the 1952 Boys’ Fstate current drive for funds with the appointment today of Paul Broun as general chairman for this area. “Boys’ Estate will take a broad step foward this year,” Mr. Broun said, “and Clarke County residents will have every opportunity to join other Georgians in advancing the good work.” With the recent completion of Macon Cottage, he pointed out, Boys’ Estate near Brunswick, has nearly doubled its former capacity. The splendid new structure er rected by the citizens of the Geor gia city will permit a total enroll ment of 70 boys from bereft and broken Georgia families, and the figure will be incrased just as soon as facilities can be provided. . “QOur big objective right now,” Mr. Broun declared, “is to whittle the waiting list. In other words, we are determined to give more deserving youngsters the opport unities only Boys’ Estate can offer. “These include a decent, family~ like environment — where a boy’s past is never mentioned. Actually, Boys’ Estate is in no sense an ‘in stitution’. Rather, every effort is made to provide all of the atmos-~ phere and advantages of a whole= some and comfortable American home.” Ideally located in the wooded acres of the former Santa Domingo State Park, Boys’ Estate is an un usual project. The board concept (Continued on Page Seven.) Miss Ida Davison . (. Candidafe Miss Ida Dorsey Davison yester day qualified with the Clarke County Democratic Executive Committee as a candidate for re ‘nomination as County Tax Collec )‘tor in the County Democratic Primary to be held on March 26. Miss Davison is a lifelong resi dent of Clarke County and is the daughter of the late Albert E. Davison and Mrs. Davison. Her father for many years served as County Tax Collector and upon his death she served an interim appointment and was elected to serve the unexpired term of her father. Miss Davson’s mother is the former Stark Cobb, member of one of this section’s best known famil jes. Miss Davison resides with her mother at 320 University Drive. For some six years Miss Davison has worked in the office of Tax Collector, first as Deputy to her late father and since last May fol lowing his death, as Tax Collec~ tor. Before being elected Tax Collec tor, her father served as a mem ber of Athens City Council for a number of terms and for a long period of years was prominent in the mercantile, business and civil life of the city. BETTE ADOPTS SON HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23—(AP). Blond Michael Woodman Merrill, one month old, arrived yesterday at the home of screen actress Bette Davis and her actor husband, Ga= ‘ry Merrill, to become their foster son. talk on Songs from Shakespeare, the entire group will move to Fine Arts Auditorium where, at 8:30 p. m. they will see a performance of William Shakegpeare’s colorful comedy, “Twelfth Night,” This will be the final performance of a four day run of the play in Ath ens and also the high point in en tertainment for the Festival members. Leighton M. Ballew, director, has spared no time or effort in making this production one of the most brilliant and pol ished in the entire University Theatre's history. He has been aided in this by all members of the department serving in various capacities as actors, technicians and designers. Special mention should be made of Gay Danger field, who, as costume designer, has clothed the actors in as stun- ! ning and professional a group of | costumes as could be desired. Joel Philips has designed the lighting for the show, Hugh Fraser is stage manager and Michkael Sinclair isl assistant director. Appearing in the principal roles are Creighton% Rowe as the Duke, Gretchen Eber- ; hardt as Olivia, Carroll Conroy as Viola, Carol Glassman as Maria, Eston Perkins as Sir Toby Beich, Kelly Holt as Sir Andrew Ague cheek and So! Rundbaken as Se= bastian. Twelfth Night will be toured in Atlanta in March. One-Act Plays On Saturday morning, March Ist, the Drama Festival wég con= tinue with a presentation by j e s T Europe Defense Wall Is Planned By CARTER L. DAVIDSON LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 28 AP)—The Atlantic nations tonight committed themselves to & wmss ter plan for the biggest peacetime military buildup in history. The plan calls for an Allied de fense wall of between 45 anél 80 divisions to be stretched this year across the continent of Eurape. This is to be raised to @ouk' that number of men in arms by the end of 1954. The plan will cost more than 300 billion dollars, but the ministers attending the North Atlantie Trea ty Organization’s mnt}:n:mil session adopted it unani s an investment in security #wom Commuist attack. The master plan, in more formal terms, is the report of the NWATO Temporary Council Committee (TCC), headed by W. Awerell Harriman of the United States. It was adopted virtually with out debate, and with little wom ‘ ment. Its adoption leaves the WATO council with only two major problems to handle before the ar.inisters leave for home Mon ay. ! They still have to agwee om where, when and how to tor the vast network of air fighter bases, barracks, am@t munications that will suppors armies, ranging all the way srem the Bosphorus to the arctic. " Re(ln'nnize NATO ey also must reonganise NATO itself into a more efficient’ operating body. } These problems come up Moen-) day. The ministers take a dmy 15, tomorrow, the eve of Lisben's M'al‘l;ldi Gras, ; , e master plan ig the -ﬂ of months of compromise snfl ar l gument between civil and military? leglsiherl of thc:’ alliance. . e generals told NATO they had to have to make & safe from Communist aggression.} The NATO economists went the books of each nation anél b‘B the generals they could ’ much less. The ministers yielded &t the last minute and wrote nne’ clause requested by the military’ men. This named the specifie! force requirements for 1952, deav ing in & more vague phrasing the targets for 1958 and gm. The report deals only with the men, money and machines to he provided by the original twelve NATO nations—the United States, Canada, Iceland, Britain, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Lax en;bourg France Italy and Portu gal. :: Greece and Turkey, attending their first council session as mew members, are to add their eontri butions after & NATO commilttee {pakes a study of their eapabili ies. Just before the master plam approved, some ministers 'nm‘ concern over shortages of ‘both raw materials and dollars. These (Continued On Page Sevem) SERE 00l B S Do s R TR LLITTLE LIL | - " e \ !l. l % YN e / ' A : R ; ”!l‘, «J 1 | |/7 d 1 ¥ 777 \ =1 L | 1/// < B = e W L @ == e# - . ! A lot of our politicians are the | best that money conbuy. e play “Gray Bread,” and will be followed by another one- aetplay, “The Castle of Mr, Simpson, *pre sented by Russell High Scheol. At 10 o’clock a panel discussion en titled “Problems of Speech and Dramatic Director in the Heeon dary School will be conducted by David B. Strother, assistamt pro fessor of speech. Participsmts in the panel will include teachers from high schools througheut the state. The final one-act play -of the Festival, “Out of the Dmrk ness,” will be presented by Mon roe High School at 11 o’clesk and will be followed by another gamel discussion entitled “High Secheol Speech and Dramatics frem the Student Viewpoint.” This will be conducted by assistant prefessor IJames W. Andrews and will e ' made up of students frem the represented high schools. The final event on the twe day | program will be a panel discussion entitied “Critique of the Ome-Act | Plays and Festival Summary. This panel will include Leighton W fßanew, chairman .J W ' ment of Speech Dr ‘Mrs, Lila Kennedy of the Atlaxta Civie Theatre, John Hruby of the Macon Little Theatre, high scheel mnd college teachers and faculty mem-~ bers of the Department of Speech and Drama. . Tickets for Twelfth - sented on Feb. 26th, 27th, A R et by stlling ammat 'be obtained by ealli Parts ment of sab and Drama, 4600, l‘@tm’ et Py Rty SERSREAY

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, February 24, 1952, Image 1