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PATTERSON POOL IS DEDICATED ~ Part of the crowd which was on hand last Friday for the opening and
dedication of the Patterson swimming pool is shown above. Governor Herman Talmadge delivered the principal
address. In the background is the shed under which barbecue was served and at right is the barbecue pit. The
project was sponsored by the Patterson Lions Club. (Photos by J. B. Hendry.)
UNIVERSITY SWIM TEAM - G. Q. (Bumps) Gabrielson,
left, who was present with three University of Georgia
swimmers to help dedicate the swimming pool with a
swimming exhibition. The swimmers, left to right, are
Reid Patterson, called “the world’s fastest swimme'r”;
Mark Link, Atlanta girl who is at the university for the
summer; and Marshall Floyd, Southeastern Conference
champion in the 220-yard free-style bracket.
LEAF SUPPORT PRICE FOR 1953
TO AVERAGE 47.9 CENTS POUND
The U. S. Department of Agriculture announced
Monday in Washington that it will support grower prices
of the 1953 flue-cured tobacco crop at an average of 47.9
cents a pound.
Last year’s crop was supported
at an average of 50.6 cents.
Both crops were supported at
60 per cent of parity as of July
1 of the years in which they
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BLACKSHEAR MARKET RANKS HIGH
IN AVERAGE PRICE RAID GROWERS
10,068,982 Pounds Sold in ’52
For Record Average of $54.21
Tobacco prices on the Blackshear market topped all
previous records during the 1952 season, with producers
sales amounting to 10,068,982 pounds at an average price
of $54.21 per hundred.
Blackshear has consistently
ranked- with the top markets in
the Georgia-Florida Belt in
prices paid and 1952 was no ex
ception. The local market last
year had the second highest aver
age price for the season of all
the 22 auction markets in the
Belt
Total value of the 1952 crop
was $5,458,570, according to U.
S. Department of Agriculture fig
ures.
The 1951 crop amounted to
11,181,362 pounds, selling for
$5,092,247 — or an average of
$45.54.
Blackshear’s average price
for 1952 was $5.15 per hundred
higher than the total average
price paid for the 19 markets in
Georgia.
The Blackshear market oper
ated with six warehouses and
two sets of buyers last year,
one additional warehouse having
ported by means of loans. The
loan rates will range from 73
cents a pound for top grades,
down to 14 cents for lowest
grades.
As of June 1, about 497 million
pounds of tobacco of all types
with a value of about 219 million
dollars, were stored under price
support loans. Os this, about 215
million pounds were of the flue
cured type.
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Opening date of the 1952 sea
son was July 21. Tobacco was
sold for 20 days on the Black
shear market, with the auction
season closing on August 15.
In 1951, Blackshear has a
22-day selling period, opening on
July 19 and closing on August
17.
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GOVERNOR IS SPEAKER - Governor Herman Talmadge
is shown as he arrived at the Patterson Lions Park to'
deliver the dedicatory address Friday. At left is Lonnie
Pope of Douglas and at right from the Governor are Lee*
Popple, Harry Echols, Lonnie E. Sweat and J. O. (Buddy>.
Echols.
DOG LOST
Seven-months-old puppy, black
back, red legs, white feet and white
nose, reddish around eyes and
head. Name and address of owner
on collar. $lO reward for informa
tion. Harry M. Smith, Nahunta, Ga.
TELEVISION SETS
See us for bargains in tradein
television sets. Prices usually less
than half the original price. Moody
Bros. Furniture Company, Nahunta,
Ga.
If you want to post your land,
get the signs from The Brantley
Enterprise. Signs read as follows:
“Posted, No Hunting or Trespassing
Allowed”. Signs cost only five cents
each.
JOS. B. STRICKLAND, AGENT
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KNIGHT-VICKERS
DRUG STORE I
Wm. R. Viekers and
Ernest Knight, Pharmacists
Phone 2254 Jesup, Ga.
Georgia
