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PAGE SIX SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS Mr. G. H. Martin has been cut ting some good hay this last week, crimson clover and serecia. He also has oats and serecia mixed that will average two tons of hay per acre. Mr. Sam Hood, Commerce, has legaTnqtices ADVERTISMENT Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education, of the City of Jefferson, at the office of the County School Superintendent at Jefferson, Ga., up until 11 o’clock, a. m.. E. W.' TA NARUS.( May 18, 1945, for the construction of the following facility at Jefferson, Ga., at which time and place all bids will be pub licly opened and read aloud. (1) The erection and completion of the General Building Contract, including heating, plumbing, and electrical systems, for an elemen tary and high school building. Pro ject No. GA-9-340 (NF). Any bid received after the time and date specified above will not be considered. Each proposal must be accompa nied by a certified check, or bid bond fiom an acceptable Surety Company, drawn in favor of the Board of Education, City of Jeffer son, in an amount of not less than five per cent (5%) of the Base Bid. Plans, Specifications, and Con tract Documents may be seen in the office of the Architect, Francis M. Daves & Associates, 774 Spring Street, Atlanta, Ga., and may be secured from the Architect on or after May 3, 1945, by depositing with him the sum of $25.00 per set, which deposit will be returned upon receipt of said plans and specifica tions, if in good condition, and re ceipt of a bona fide bid, within 10 days after award of the contract therefor. All other deposits will be refund ed less actual costs of reproduction of Plans and Specifications. Bidders qualifications must be satisfactory to the Board of Edu cation, City of Jefferson. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days af ter the date set for the opening of bids. The Board of Education, City of Jefferson, reserves the right to re ject any and all bids and to waive informalities in any bids received. Board of Education, City of Jefferson, Ga. M. M. Bryan, Chairman, Board of Education. By: Francis M. Daves & Associates, Architect. 3t. I v I § s5 jii TROPI t A L S The suits that show you don’t ||k feel the weather BELK-GALLANT COMPANY Commerce's Newest, Largest, Leading Department Store COMMERCE GA. By C. R. HALL completed terracing one of his ■ farms. He will have serecia and kudzu for water disposal areas in stead of gullies. He will also start building his fish pond this* week. Mr. G. T. Jones, Commerce, has ; fish pond completed and will fcave two acres of pond. He has been ' planting kudzu above for his water shed. By having this kudzu he will have less silt than he would have going into his pond. Mr. G. T. Bell, Jefferson, has his farm all terraced and sowed ten acres serecia and planted six acres kudzu. Mr. L. J. Nelms, Mr. J. O. Dunson and Mr. Claud Cleghorn have had Soil Conservation plans made on their farms and are ready to start improvements. JOINS THE 36TH WITH THE 36TH “TEXAS” DI VISION, Germany.—Pfc. Henry A. Brooks, Jefferson, recently joined the veteran 142nd Infantry Regi ment of the 36th “Texas” Division, fighting in Germany. His parents, j Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks, live on R. F. D., Jefferson. Formerly the Texas National | Guard, the 36th “Texas” Division was mobilized on November 25, 1940. With a reputation as a crack outfit, it left North Africa for Sa lerno, where it was the first Amer ican division to invade Continental Europe. It proved itself in the bat tle for Mount Camino, Mount Lun go, San Pietro, and Cassino. The next action was at the Anzino beachhead, where it broke the Ger man line at Velletri, driving two hundred and forty miles up the Italian Penninsular to liberate Rome and reach the heights at Piombino. Sugar Rations Cut WASHINGTON.—A 25 per cent cut in sugar rations was anounced Monday by the Office of War In formation, which declared United States sugar reserves to be at “rock bottom.” The new sugar stamp, number 36, good for five pounds and valid May 1, must last four months instead of three. OWI anounced in behalf of OPA and the War Food Administra tion. Home canning allotments also were slashed. Only 70 per cent as much sugar will be available for rationing as in 1944, and the maxi mum 1945 canning allotment will drop to 15 pounds, compared with 20 pounds last year. No family, however large, may receive more than 120 pounds of canning sugar, as against the 1944 limit of 160 pounds. THE JACKSON HERALD JEFFERSON, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT Two distinguished Georgians, one ■ a business and lay leader and the other a prominent member of the clergy, have been chosen to deliver | the principal addresses at the Uni versity of Georgia’s annual com mencement exercises. President Harmon *W. Caldwell announced Saturday that Marion B. Folsom, treasurer of the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., will be the main speaker at the com mencement program to be held in the outdoor amphitheater on the agricultural campus, on Monday, June 11, at 6:30 p. m. On Sunday, June 10, Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist Church of Atlanta, will give the Baccalaureate Sermon at exercises in the Fine Arts Build ing auditorium from 11 to 12 a. m. The annual President’s Reception will be held Saturday evening, June 9, at Lucy Cobb, and the annual business meeting of the Alumni So ciety will be in the chapel xit 11 a. m., June 11. Judge Frank D. Foley of Columbus, president of the Alumni Society, will preside at the induction of seniors into the society i at Monday’s exercises and Dr. Cald well will confer approximately 250 degrees. OUTFIT KEEPS DIVISION UNIFIED WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy. Pfc. Alfred W. Tolbert, message center clerk in the Army, and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tolbert on Cobb Street, is a member of the 88th Division Signal Company, which has been keeping elements of the 88th Division in contact as the “Blue De\Mls” threaten to break across the last mountain barriers before the Po Valley in Italy. The signalmen are stringing wire along the northern portion of High way 65, the Florence-Bologna Road, which is the principal and most di rect route into the rich industrial plain of Lombardy, Piemonte and Venezia. While the Fifth Army advanced 225 miles, nine wire teams of the 88th Signal Company’s construction section strung more than 1,500 miles of wire and the message center car ried 127,000 messages over a total distance of more than 72,000 miles, while the repair and supply com penent replaced 634,000 items of equipment lost in battle and re paired 6,000 others. EXAMINATION FOR STATE POSITIONS Examinations are tentatively planned to be held the first part of June by the State Merit System for 37 classes of positions with the State and County Departments of Public Welfare and Health, and the Bureau ofUnemployment Compensation in the Labor Department, announces Edwin L. Swain, director. Salaries range from $3lO to $95, and cover such positions as clerks, typists, stenographers, business ma chine and telephone operators, ac countants, personnel officers, public welfare workers, county welfare di- I rectors, supervisors, field represen j tatives, consultants, and nurses. “Applications must be filed by May 26, 1945, or postmarked not later than this date,” advises Mr. Swain. All qualified person 3 are urged to secure information and applica tion blanks now from any local County Health or Welfare Depart- I ment, United States Employment I Service Office, or write or call State Merit System, 301 22 Marietta Street I Building. Atlanta 3. Ga. COLORED SOLDIER GETS EXPERT MEDAL Pvt. Royce Appleby, colored, a member of the Army Air Forces, has qualified as Expert with the 30 caliber Carbine and received the Expert Medal, it was announced by the Commanding Officer of Lawson Field, a base of the First Troop Car rier Command. Pvt. Appleby is the son of Gussie Appleby of Route 2, Jefferson, Ga. He has been a member of the armed forces since April 9. 1943, and is now in the First Troop Com mand. whose headquarters are at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Troop Carrier Command is the branch of the Air Forces charg ed with transporting men, supplies jmd equipment into battle areas throughout the world. Flying twin engine cargo planes, they carry paratroops, tow gliders, and deliver vital materials to America’s fight ing men. Equipped with stretchers, j and attended by flight nurses, the TCC flies wounded men from com bat area® back to base hospital FEDERAL SURVEY OF MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPITAL OPENS By C. E. GREGORY A scientific survey of the Mill edgeville State Hospital by the United States Public Health Serv ice already is under way, Governor Arnall announced Thursday. The Governor conferred Wednes day afternoon with Dr. Samuel W. Hamilton, chief psychiatrist of the United States Public Health Service and director of mental institutions, shortly after the arrival of Dr. Ham ilton in Georgia. Dr. Hamilton told the Governor that he would spend as much time as is necessary in the investigation of the state hospital, but hoped to complete his work in 10 days or two weeks, before going to the State School for Mental Defectives in Richmond County for a similar sur vey. The noted psychiatrist also told the Governor that the United States Public Health Servioe has made numerous surveys of the Milledge ville institution during the past 27 years, but that last one was eight years ago. At that time anew build ing program was recommended. It was carried out during the Rivers administration six years ago. Dr. Hamilton said he planned to spend a day or two in Atlanta con sulting physicians and psychiatrists here about their impressions of the state hospital, to get a background viewpoint before visiting Milledge ville, but he planned to go there Friday or Saturday to take up his investigation. Governor Arnall told Dr. Hamil ton that he desired a complete in vestigation and a factual report on f the state hospital. “If the report recommends im provements that we can not afford to undertake as a whole at this time, we will at least get a good start on them,” the Governor said. “I am anxious to place the Milledge ville State Hospital higuer up on the list of state institutions for the Here’s-Another Way to Look at It! Mi Mister,thatcordof pulpwood you’ve just cut may look like s ** c^s w °°d t° y° u / but it ; will look mighty different to the Japs. This will give you ONE CORD OF PULPWOOD WILL MAKE: <0 AYS" I rft- BLOOD PLASMA CONTAINERS WEATHERPROOF MAPS " vnt /75k 4200 weatherproof pack- 6120 sheets of weather ages *° r s *“ pp ' n ß blood proof paper for military Tb’"'lS6o T RA f T '° NS SMOKELESS POWDER A £- or rat j o ” s 90,000 rounds for a Garand nile jdkf&A U K. PARACHUTES 6 inch naval shells X nLUI ill suppliesfor P flares. SHELL CASINGS V HOSP l IT f L W^ DDING j* ers for 37 mm shells. pAj AVIATION VESTS 15 . 6 v -' eather P r °of shipping con- COMMANDO BAGS 36 individual kits with ft i jaßiKaF ,-- 900 weatherproof multi-wall bags battle dressings and sulfa ,J- V fur shipment of bulk foods. tablets. V These items are only eleven important reasons why your j t£„ v g servicemen need more pulpwood now! There are actually J 700,000 items just as important and necessary. This is why America’s farmers are giving every extra hour to the produc- DON’T WASTE PRECIOUS TIME • CUT TOP QUALITY WOOD VICTORY PULPWOOD COMMITTEE J. J. Flanigan J. N. Holder Army To Release 42-Year-Old Men WASHINGTON.—The War De partment Tuesday announced that enlisted men 42 years of age or over will be discharged from the Army at their request. The ruling will not applv to any soldier who is undergoing discipli nary action or who is in need of further medical or surgical treat ment. Approximately 50,000 men in the Army are 42 or over, the depart ment said. Soldiers overseas who apply for and are eligible for discharge will be brought back to this country for release at the “earliest practicable date.” Lucky Soldiers FORT BENNING, Ga.—Mothers of 14 Fort Banning soldiers will come from the four corners of the nation for the post’s annual Moth care and treatment of'the mentally ill.” ATTENTION FARMERS! Make Your Own Bean Beetle Exterminator On account of gas and tire rationing we are releasing our Formula to the public. Bean Beetle Exterminator kills Bean Beetles, Cab bage Worms, all Flea Bugs on any and all Gar den Vegetation instantly. Also insects on To bacco Plants in bed or field, including Worms. Kills Chicken Mites and Lice, Ants and Roaches. Also insects on Flowers and Shrub bery and is used for spraying Fruit Trees and Cotton. Is easy to make. .Ingredients can be bought in any drug store. Costs less than 6 cents per pound. Can be used in Wet or Dry Spray. Get this and, help win the war by raising more food. Club in with your neighbors and get this 3 formulas for SI.OO. Full instructions sent. Money refunded if not satisfactory. SOUTHERN STATES CHEMICAL CO. P. O. Box 261 Glasgow, Kentucky W. D. Holliday J. H. Kinney R L. McElhannon THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1545 er’s Day week-end, May 11 to 13, Brig. Gen. William’H. Hobson, post commander, announced. The names of the lucky soldier sons, whose mothers will visit Fort Benning with all expenses paid by the Army post, wi’.l ue determined by drawings within ‘ne major in stallations. To Be Sure —Insure With H.T. MOBLEY F ire—Life —Health And Accident INSURANCE JEFFERSON GA. | VICTORY | 1 | PULPWOOD| | campaign!