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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT - RN ™ ATHENS BANNER HERALD ESTABLISHED 1808 . Published Every Evening Fxcept Saturday and Sunday and on Sunday Morning by Athens Publishing Company. Estered at the Post Office at Athens, Ga., as second class mall matter. 4,{ B TR 5 oo Sais savs Wo oo #ovs srvionas sosessss Sone sosc TS 208 PUBLISHEi BR . . el Lheh aKis e S 0 SRS ErEE BENE Hiae wesd aene ov BBE R ’ NATIONAL ADVERTISIMG REPRESENTATIVES Ward-Griffith Company, ine., New York, 247 Park Avenue; Boston, Stattler Office Building; Atlanta, 2? Marietta Street; Chicago, Wrigley Building; Detroif. General Motorsy Building; Salt Lake City, Hotel Newhouse: San Francisco, 681 Market Street. 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T DAILY MEDITATIONS But the natural man re ceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. — 1. Corinthians 2:14. T save you a favorite Bihle verse? Mail to A. F. Pledger, Holly Heights Chapel Tourist Trade In Georgia Symbolizes Economic Gain An (y‘slimated 12,000,000 visitors to the State of Georgia last year spent an average of $698,805 a day -or & total of $255,063,825-—according to the Geor= gia Department of Comnrerce, The year 1951 was by far the state’s best in the tourist business, surpassing 1950 by some S9B mil lion, and approximately $l5O million ahead of 1948. Last year’s total take amounted to a ccol S3OO mil lion, including expenditures by persons on both business and pleasure trips. It also includes an esti mate of money spent by visitors who came into the state by transportation other than automobiles. Secretary of the Georgia Departmrent of Com merce, Clark Gaines, explained that estimates were based in part on.a survey made by the State High way Department’s division of highway planning in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads and the U. S. Commerce Department, : But—on the loss side of the ledger—the Georgia Historical, Commission states that “more than a billion dollars” in tourist trade passed through Georgia on the way to Florida last year, “This startling loss to Georgians, Georgia busi ness, and the loss in sales tax revenue for schools, is a challenge to every civic minded individual, or ganization and businéss.” We can’t verify this billion dollar statistic, but it is evident that Georgia is losing by not placing enough emphasis on tourist attractions, The com mission feels that it is equipped to do the job, with an appropriation from the Legislature, “to put our state on the map in its rightful place as one of the top tourist attractions in the country.” Realizing the importance of tourist attraction, we must face this question: whose job is it to promote these attractions—the Geprgia Historical Commis sion or the Department of Commerce? No doubt the Historical Commrission is primarily ‘interested in building up historical emphasis. The Commission has recently announced plans for marking historical sites and battlefields, all of which are important, But there are still the other commercial interests that should be equally repre sented, such as our mountains, meaches, lakes and rivers and other recreational sites. Granted the importance of both, it seenrs the JLCommission and the Department of Commerce bld be represented in some sort of coalition where the two viewpoints could be integrated in a work ing organization to better promote tourist trade. Georgia, with a boost from the Department of Commerce and the Historical Comnrission, is on its way toward becoming a top-notch tourist state, as is evinced by the above tabulations. With its natu ral attractions, and steady improvement in recrea tional facilities, Georgia might well look to the tourist as a symbol of vast economic potentialities. Taxes and Waste As recently as 1929, the money spent by the Federal government totalled less than two-thirds of the income of the people of the single state of Cali fornia. During the present fiscal year, according to the First National Bank of Boston, Federal .spending will equal the incomes of all the inhabitants of this country who live west of the Mississippi, except for the residents of Louisiana, Arkansas and one-quar ter of Missouri. Even that doesn’t end the sorry tax story. State and local governments dig deep into the public’s pockets, too. Their expenditures will equal the total income of the citizens of the rest of Missouri, plus those of Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and two-thirds of Georgia. All in all, government spending will equal the entire income of people in states comprising eighty percent of the land area of the nation This is a novel and dramatic way of picturing the incredible magnitude of government spending. The nation is being bled white by ever-expanding gov ernment—and by waste which has reached shocking proportions. This must be a happy spectacle to the Russians, whose greatest hope is that America will eventually collapse economically and carry the free world down with her.—Dalion Citizen. We're not kidding ourselves about the person ality factor. A lot of our PAC (CIO Political Action Committee) women are pretty much taken with Ike (General Dwight Eisenhoker).—Jack Kroll, head of PAC. v It’s gotten beyond the point . . . as to whether it is desirable to have universal military training. The issue is now whether we can exist and stay out of national bankruptcy without such a system.—Sen ator Richard B. Russell (D.-Georgia). The free nations have never said, “We cannot live with communism in the world.” It has been com munism that has said, “We cannot co-exist with .!ue government.’—General Dwight Eisenhower, . Red Cross—A Helping Hand . In Time of Need 1t happens every week. You read that a tornado has wrought devastation on some sleepy, unsus pecting little village — death reports add up and property damage is heavy. You notice in the paper that an earthquake has loosed havoc on some town in the Far East, a hurricane has ripped into some coastal fishing village. 1f youre endowed with the allotted anrount of humane emotions, you're bound to shake your head sympathetically and mutter, “I wish there were something I could do.” Unfortunately, there is sei= dom anything the ordinary citizen can do at the exact times that nature chooses to run wild or whenever man launches his own particular style of devastation through warfare. But there is an organization that can and gen=- erally does do something as soon as news of such tragic events are made known. And through this organization, the citizens are reaching out a help ing hand to suffering humanity, too. For through your Red Cross, you, too, can answer the ever in creasing call of humanity for aid. But you can answer that cry only if you first answer the annual call of the Red Cross itself, Each year at this time, this international organization asks you to reach into your pocket and contribute to its fight to ease the ever widening chasm of human suffering. Reams of copy could be turned out on statistical reports of Red Cross activities, For example, we know that last year, the organization made 500 as signments of professional nurses who served 1,700 days on 55 disaster operations. In addition, there were 1,160 more nursg assignments made in out breaks of polio. Volunteers in the Red Cross Pro duction and Supply Service last year gave 4,046,200 hours to the production of 20,119,100 surgical dressings for military and civilian hospitals. At the 41 regional blood centers operated and financed by this group, 1,228,500 pints of vitally needed blood were collected by these energetic workers. The varied activities of the Red Cross are almost countless, Their services rendered to the armed forces, to civilian defense, to public safety would take pages to recount. To carry on their increasing round of work, the Red Cross this year must raise $85,000,000. There is only one way they can raise that quota. Through you! Citizens of each community must dig down into their pockets and come up with a help ing hand to humanity. And in contributing to this important campaign, citizens should always keep in front of their minds the fact that this is not just charity —itis a possible investment in our own future safety. For there is never any guarantee that we won’t feel the sting of disaster in our own comfortable homes. Give, and assure yourself of help when it's needed most. The Real "Price Fixer” As everybody knows, a great many commodities —especially those of a perigshable nature—cost more at certain seasons of the year than at others, And many consumers undoubtedly wonder why this should be so. Actually, there’'s no mystery to it at all. The basic reason for it is a law which is as old as civilization itself, and which was made by natural forces, not by man—the law of supply and demand. Take pork as a typical example, More than half of the pigs first come into the world in spring. All summer and a part of the fall they spend eating and growing, During this period, the supply of pork in the consunrer markets is naturally less than it will be later on, while the demand remains fairly contstant. As a consequence, pork prices reach their annual peak along about September. Then, during the late fall and winter the new crop of pigs is marketed. The supply rises swiftly and the relationship between it and the demand changes accordingly. So pork prices slide down ward, reaching their low later. There is nothing theoretical about this. Govern ment charts and figures show it to be an estab lished fact, that occurs year after year as a matter of economic routine, Here is simply one instance of how prices are made in a free market. No human being or combi nation of hunran beings “fixes” them. The only “fixer” is good law of supply and demand —the soundest economic law that ever existed or ever will.—The Madisonian. No country can dream of progress if it neglects the cause of its womenfolk. — Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. We (Republicans) have our proplems because we have extremists to the right — those who would freeze our nation into the status quo with whatever inequalities that go with it.—Governor Earl War ren. I'm sincerely opposed to Dwight's running. I question whether Christ himself could do the job that has to be done . . . I'd hate to see Dwight get in a wringer.—Edgar Eisenhower, on his brother, My belief is that he (Stalin) has no intention of indulging Russia in a global war.—W. Averell Har riman. In the discussion of the p risoner of war question, thte Communists seem unable to separate the word voluntary from the word bayonet.—Navy Lt. Wal ter Ellis, at truce talks. THE BANNER-HERALD. ATHENS, GEORGIA LA i o “3’{ R R e, o % A L e R B g e M R N R ¥1) e : L »gﬁ ARI o IR SRR 7S iT R RIS g ¥ . ’mﬁ,c’, . AA TR 0% SRR el B ST T rt st 3 %"' N o ’ -+ Al AP Ty W,?@f’ v,fﬁ‘y‘-,‘zzi';;“:" AR ,"’& A %ﬂ‘ '.‘-- NN B ik - R N . W T Tl 0 0 - 2 W,ji-":%?’.' 5 ‘!,W f s f*t.; 2 v‘r"u" v g .ﬁﬁ m;{é‘?‘(.;‘ et ARSI e 7y g e e 15 Sy o N R SN TE (RS At ?‘Q gl Bt e ol RN ) . SR (¥ ee AR L W, A e e g‘,‘—“, L Wi e et , o L Gel : ,‘)'!? rihiys o e B T L9l . X ¥ ¥ ./) CINE SRy 7 L g f\ - Py~ ) Viar ety e 4 v -y i LI 1 _"'""'l‘;v‘g‘a T; A 3?{}? ;‘" pi“"( gg* > ‘ . e ?v, R (AR | ) | e \ / S ks . ;{.‘, 24 2 R ]V? :; Wiz . 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L Wy s oo - ey NN [ SRR i v % P Y i e 1 R .“‘ T ‘%.’;’M%:‘*‘ T c > e g g v (SO A gAoTW oy : S B gy v - “Copyright 1052, Central Preas Amociation” §* — s v V=S Cp =R -52 ol Are WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY Athens, Georgia Dear Sir: It would be a service to your subscribers if you would print an article informing us why hun dreds of small square holes are being ecut in pavement all over town and belng replaced with plugs of rubble that are already beginning to go to pieces. Some of the best avement in town is thus being systematically ruined. Yours trully, ’ Roosevelt Walker (Ed. Note—The article will be shortly forthcoming.) Editor, Athens Banner-Herald Athens, Georgia Dear Sir: For a student with a heavy bur den of academic chores and with little time to read much of any thing except textbooks and paral lel literature, your new style of front page makeup with the “News in Brief” column is exceedingly helpful. After scanning the headlines and the briefs, one can keep up with current happenings and at th %me time can devote, more fi to studying. # ’ ; A STUDENT Athens, Georgia Dear Sir: Citizens of Athens are excited in many ways about the proposed Navy training station at Coordin ate Campus. Many feel that it would be an excellent thing for the city and others feel that it would be disasterous. The feeling that exists among many of my neigahbors revolts me in every sense of the word. They seem to think that the eoming of a Navy (or any branch of the armed services) base to Athens will cause a decay of moral fibre among our young people. As the mother of servicemen who are at present armed forces of our country, I object strenuous ly to this attitude. I cannat and will not feel that the presence of my csons (in either gcivilian or ) Erskine Jobuson m# % JOHNSON SEES "PLACE IN 'SUN g AS TOP OSCAR AWARD MOVIE HOLLYWOOD—(NEA) — Ex clusively Yours: They’re polishing up the Oscars for the 24th annual Academy Awards, March 20, and as my crystal ball sees it, there will be three places in the spotlight for “A Place In the Sun.” Paramount’s remake of the The odore Dreiser novel, “An Ameri can Tragedy,” should win Holly wood’s top 1951 awards for best motion picture, Shelley Winters’ best performance by an actress and the direction of George Stev ens. The other awards: Best actor: Arthur Kennedy in “Bright Victory” in a photo finish with Marlon Brando for his per formance in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Best supporting actress: Thelma Ritter in “The Mating Season” or Kim Hunter in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Take your choice. Best supporting actor: Leo Genn in “Quo Vadis.” Best song in a movie: “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening,” which Jane Wyman and Bing Crosby sang in “Here Comes The Groom.” ® ® * Bing and Bob Hope finally got together on the script of “The Road to Bali,” which the Groaner a few weeks ago was refusing to accept. But it took a two-hour conference with Bing, Bob, two lawyers and four agents, The script is due fer a big re-write along Bing’s ideas: “~ And speaking of Bing: His four teen - year - old son, Lindsay, is turning out to be a crack golfer. Playing with Bing, Bob Crosby and Peter Lind Hayes, Lindsay shot an 87. “And”, says Peter, “he had the best swing in the four some.” ZSA ZSA’S LATEST “CRISIS” THERE'S another ¢risis in the military status) would be obpect ionable to anyone. The majority of our young men at arms are of high moral calibre and would not be in the service of the nation if they were not up to certain standards. Athens will make the Navy base here wither good or bad for the community according to the at titude of the citizens toward the men. If we accept them with hos pitality and graciousness as boys far from home, learming to better protect the nation’s welifare, I cannot think that they will do our City any harm. Indeed, much good will be forth=- coming if our attitudes are right. Sincerely, A Mother Athens, Georgia Dear Sir: Many letters have been written to newspapers in the past about drivers who endanger lives with reckless driving. Mine will be another such letter as I feel that there is an attitude prevalent among Athens citizenry that it is wrong to report traffic law violat ol Any person who has suffered the heart-break of a loved one being killed or injured by reckless driv ing will refuse to embrace this completely false idea. I feel that it is the duty of our citizens to cooperate with the law enforcement officers (who are doing an excellent job) by report ing speeders, drunk drivers, and other menaces to public fellfare. I wags recently criticized severe ly by a friend who felt that the correct attitude toward such “in foarmers” was to silence him with a string of expletives ending in “stool pidgeon.” This can be attributed only to ignorance and an over-abundance of gangster movies which wrap even mature minds. I would ap preciate the Banner-Herald's co operation in correcting this wide spread misconception of duty. Sincerely, Andrew Murray life of Zsa Zsa Gabor. She's refusing to make a scheduled guest appearance on Frank Sinatra’s TV show unless she gets to okay the script. The producers to the show are, refusing to guarantee her script approval and are threaten ing legal action if she fails to ap pear. * *® & Terry Moore’s confiding that she’s about to file suit for divorce against pro-football star Glenn Davis after 10 months of haggling over a property settlement. “I haven’t been worried about it, though,” she told me, “because I'm in no rush to get married again.” Gorgeous Terry won the coveted role of Marie Buckholder in the film version of “Come Back, Little Sheba” and is saying: “It’s not only my best role but the love scenes with Dick Jaeckel are real smooth.” She wears nine sweaters in the film and they're all off-the-shoul der models. & % * Jimmy Durante’s happy over re vived interest at MGM in his film biography. Rehearsing with Gloria Swanson for another “Comedy Hour” TV show, he told me: “They're all hot to do it. The only thing holding it up is wheth= er I should play it. The studio says people won't pay money to see somebody impersonate me. I'm not a singer, like Jolson, who gave Larry Parks those songs. Maybe I ean step in after the kid stuff is over. That's the big argument.” CENSORS APPROVE FILM “CLASH BY NIGHT,” the Bar bara Stanwyck-Paul Douglas- Bob Ryan movie about marital infidelity, just won a Johnson of fice seal of purity and Producer Jerry Wald’s claiming a victory for all of Hollvwood. The movie censorship code has By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. Written for NEA Service THE situation described in the first question is, I fear, all too com mon. Some people will endure a toochache many timeg more ogani zing than any fleeing pain a dentist might inflict. It’s a self-defeating state of mind that can and should be licked. “I have never been a coward,” writes T. C., “but now I find I am. “I have to get a lot of dental work done, and I have the most awful fear of starting, How can I overcome this fear?” A—So far as I know, no one looks forward with pleasure to having dental work done. How ever, after all, when it is necessary, is is for our own good. It is best to try to conquer the fear as much as possible, and to go right ahead. * L Q—l'm five months pregnant, and I would like to have my top teeth pulled. Some people say it is dangerous and some say go ahead. What do you think? Mrs. P. S. A—This is a question which should be decided by your dentist and obstetrician pointly, They can probably decide over the telephone whether or not it is necessary for you to have your teeth taken out at this time, whether they should all be taken out at once, or not, and what anesthetic you should receive. * & Q—l would like some informa-~ tion as to whether so-called jungle rot should be treated, or if there is no cure for it? Mrs. D. M. A—Jungle rot is probably not a distinct skin disease. It seems to be a peculiarly bad condition of the skin which comes in association with any one of several kinds of specific skin diseases in people lo cated in tropical countries. Some cases of jungle rot have been extraordinarily difficult to cure, but most of them have re covered after appropriate man agement and return to a more moderate climate. * & * Q—My doctor has just told me that I have cerebral arterioscler osis. Thig horrifies me because I understand it leads to insanity. Is this true? Mrs. F. L. A—Nearly everyone after the age of 20, starts developing certain amount of cerebral arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. You .should certainly give up worrying that this will produce in sanity, though you may notice that your memory is not as good as it used to be—but whose is? * * ® Q—Through medical tests such as a bronchoscopy, I have been told I have bronchiectasis. Please ad vise if there is a cure for same? AW C. A—Bronchiectasis is the result of a long-continued chornic cough, usually resulting from infection in the sinueses or the breathing pas sageways. If the case is not too severe, good results are often obtained by con quering the infection responsible by administering penicillin or similar substance, or otherwise treating the basic cause. If the bronchiectasis is advan ced, lung surgery offers the best hope of satisfactory results. been on the griddle as outmoded and as an infringement on freedom of the screen, Says Wald: ~“The fact that the Producers As sociation has passed “Clash By Night is, to me, final proof of what I have long contended—that any subject may be handled with in the boundaries of the code, as long as it is treated with good taste.” * % ®* Peter Lind Hayes and wife Mary Healy are orginating their CBS-TV show in Hollywood while working in Stanley Kramer’s fan tasy about a child’s wild imagina tion, “The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.” When Peter told his pal Joe Frisco the film’s title, Joe cracked: “You'll never get that on a mar quee. Why don’t you just call it “Tom Thumb?” Peter’s verdict on Hollywood TV. “The lighting is 100 per cent better than in New York.” ; 4 .. LT 4 g ?’?’l b ‘,‘ R |i ‘ ' A Ui Hal Boyle, } Hal Boyle AING FAROUK-COLLECTOR OF RAZOR BLADE COVERS NEW YORK — (AP) — What king has one of the world’s finest collections of covers from razor blade packages? Why, King Farouk of Egypt. This fez-crogned, rotund Na bob of the Nile has won considera ble notoriety as one of the last of the royal playboys. His romances, practical jokes, and roulette losses have made him one of the best known of modern monarchs. But little attention has been paid to the serious side of his na ture, as reflected by his urge to collect things. Few know; for ex ample, that Farouk has assembled probably the largest private coin collection in existence, valued at several million dollars. It has never been publicly ex hibited as yet. One of the few who have seen it is Hans M. F. Schulman, an international dealer in rare coins who often does busi ness with the Egyptian Throne, A king may be no hero to his valet, but Farouk is one in the eyes of his coin dealer. “Anybody who collects coins basieally has a serious nature,” said Schulman. “But King Farouk also is an ardent stamp and match book collector. He also collects arms and armour, books on Egypt and Mohammedanism, and the covers of razor blade packages.” The variety of his interests might lead some to suspect he was not so much a collector as an ac cumulator—such as the late Coll yer brothers, who filled a Man hattan Brownstone with refuse ranging from new tin cans to old grand pianos. But Schulman, who has visited the king in his palace, says Farouk is a shrewd and active expert in his hobbies. “After -finishing his affairs of state he sometimes retires alone to his room and works over his "RUTH MILLETT B LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION %% WOULD IMPROVE MEETINGS I read a piece in the paper the other day about a doctor who was named the outstanding citizen in his town. The man who made the award summed up the reason for it in one sentence: “He has given much to our town.” The honored citizen accepted just as briefly: All he said said be fore he sat down was “This town is my hobby. Thank you.” Women’s organizations please take note. That’s not the way we do things in our women’s organiza tions. Not at all. The woman presenting the award would have spent a lot of time and perhaps a lot of money on finding just the right thing to wear, At the last moment she would have to pin a corsage on her per fect outfit, in which she probably felt a trifle uncomforable because of its newness. And you can bet she would have spent a lot of time writing and memorizing a speech so long and BOw Dvdal . - o ANALOGY DRAWN BETWEEN. OPEN WINDOW AND '52 ELECTION YEAR An election year, such as 1952, accompanied with the usual abun dance of political aspirants, casting hopeful eyes on the White House, and the inevitable criticism of the administration’s policies reminds one of the story of two men shar ing a hospital room. The room, being small, had only one window and the first of the two in the room was given the point of vantage, looking out the window. The other man was un able to move or to sit up and was placed at the far side of the room. Throughout the long winter, the man looking out the window de scribed in glowing terms the beau ty of the snow and ice for the benefit of his friend who could not see outside the small room. The budding of spring was likewise described. The fortunate one near the open window told his less for tunate friend each day of the green park, the trees and fiow ers visible through the wonder ful window. He told of the ice cream’ vendor who drew the children from surrounding houses “like flies to honey”. He told of the young couple who met daily at a sparkling water fountain and of the elderly wo man who walk}ed her dog thr 3ugh the winding paths each ay. The window began to be as sociated with all that was wonder ful in life to the sick, diseased mind of the bed-ridden man. Af ter extracting a promise from the nurse that he would be moved to the window when his narrator near the window left the hospital, the man began to hope that his friend would e:ther die or get well so that he, himself, could watch the happenings of the outside world through the window. At last the end came for the man who had described the park and its inhabitants so vividly. The bed ridden one could scarcely conceal his joy. The next day after repeated re quests from the sick one, the nurse doubtfully had him moved to the vantage point near the window. Feverishly, he ordered the blinds opened. The nurse complied with his command and he looked anxi ously out the window. His gaze was met with a blank SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1958, coins and stamps until six o’clock in the morning,” Schulman added, Like any enthusiastic amateur, Farouk likes to do his collecting personally. An Amsterdam lady sent him some Dutch mateh book covers and hopefully asked #f he had any Cairo match book eovers in exchange. lnstead of handing - the matter over to a secretary, the king rounded them up and maileq them to her himself. “If you give him a coin as a present to add to his collection— a coin worth maybe a dollar or less—he is happier than a school boy,” Schulman said. But Farouk knows values, and likes a bargain. “His collection of U. S. coins is fantastic,” Schulman remarked. “The only ccin he lacks is a very rare $5 gold piece minted in 1829, One sold several years ago in Baltimore for sl4,soo—the highest price ever paid for a coin any where. * “Farouk knew about it but didn’t bid on it.” Schulman was understandably ill at ease when he first called at the palace. The king noticed this at once and said: “Don’t be nervous—you're just meeting another customer.” According to the coin dealer, Farouk enjoys poker, is a witty conversationalist, and keeps up to the minute on American politics and American slang. “If you ever talk about me on a television program,” he said, “be sure and don’t follow Dagmar —you won’t be able to hold the audience.” Later, after dinner at a Cairo club, the king gave Schulman a silver cigaret case as a souvenir. He also had a present for Mrs, Schulman—a cigar. “He has a real sense of humor,” explained Schulman, so flowery that her audience would have been worn nut long before the honored member ever stood up to accept the award. THE GUESTS’S TURN TO BE BORING As for the honored member, (also wearing a new outfit), she would have gone through just as much agony getting ready for the occasion. And ten to one her speech would be long and full of false modesty. It would contain all the old cliches, such as, “I couldn’t have accomplished anything without your help,” and “I feel it is you who should be getting this award, not me.” That’s the way we women do things. Why, we can’t even stand up and move to spend eventy eight cents without making a speech. If we could just cut our public remarks down to a few sentences —our meetings wouldn’t be so long drawn out and so boring and so much more talk than accom plishment. —(NEA). wall, a portion of the kitchen wing of the hospital. There was nothing to be seen, save row after row of red brick. y It is possible that such disillus ion might be forthcoming for poli tical aspirants who desire the “vantage point” of the White House above all other things. A careful analysis of services presently rendered and the likeli hood of increasing these services to the nation after election day, might cause some political figures to hesitate before entering the race. Careful consideration as to “what I'll do when I get there” might be of more value than the current question of “how can I get there.” The American ideal in years past and up to the present includes the tenet that any boy can be presi dent of the United States. That statement, however, includes an Uif.)) If his contributions to the na tion warrant the trust and honor of the White House position. Every politician is faced with the problem of selection of the point from which he may serve best. i * = = Much comment has been heard recently on the local scene con cerning beautification of public property. Athenians watched with interest some months ago the tear ing down of the water tank at City Hall. Equal interest has been given the beautification of the area between Regional Library and First Presbyterian Church. That area has been marvelously con verted into a garden that literally “lifts the face of the entire area. E Citizens also were seen staring into the skies last week as the City Clock received a scraping and paint job, City Engineer Jack Beacham reports that dead dogwoods are being replaced at a rapid rate on the streets of Athens. The trees were planted some time ago and many suffered from lack of water last summer and from unseasonal weather. ok Other progressive improvements are obvious over the entire town and hopes seem to be that spring, which is fast on the heels of win ter, will see a revival of beauty in the Classic City.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, March 16, 1952, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8