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■otice To Town Os Oxford
I TAXPAYERS
■ persons who own property in the Town of
■ ord are required to make returns of this
®perty for purposes of taxation. In order to
■ f e citizens of Oxford in making their tax
there will be someone at the Town Hall
■ * ord to receive tax returns on the follow
■ dates:
B^nesday, March 17 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
I^day, March 18 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
E dn «day, March 24 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
| ursd ay, March 25 . 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
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nons win oe cunsiructea. Kight
exchanges are scheduled to cut
over from manual to dial opera
t ons. The enlargement of cent
ral office facilities and the ex
tension of cable and wire net
works are scheduled for nearly
all of Southern Bell's 132 ex
changes in Georgia.
Mr. Mosley stated that South
ern Bell expects to add approxi
mately 35.000 new telephones in
Georgia this year. In addition,
approximately that many custo
mers will be given a higher
grade of service.
Mr. Mosley said that the back
log of applications for new tele
phone service dropped from 23,-
000 at the end of 1952 to 17,500 at
the end of 1953. This indicates,
he said, that telephone demand
is not quite as heavy as it has
been during many of the years
since 1945 and also that South
ern Bell is making better head
way against the demand than
before. In most places there are
sufficient telephone facilities to
take care of demand on a current
basis, while the rapid growth of
demand in some places has out
stripped the time required to en
gineer, manufacture and install
new equipment and plant.
In addition to local telephone
expansion Southern Bell is im
proving and expanding its long
distance network in Georgia. The
operator toll di- ling systems,
through which the operator tak
ing a long distance call can dial
directly and quickly the num
ber in the distant city’ without
the services of other operators,
was inaugurated in Georgia sev
eral years ago. This long distance
dialing network will be expand
ed greatly in Georgia during
1954, and a number of new towns
will be added to it.
In addition to Southern Bell’s
long distance development the
Long Lines Department of A. T.
& T. which builds and operates
j major long distance routes across
I the Nation will also spend a great
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Pictured above, left to right, are: V. A. Atkinson, Elberton: A. P. Henderson, Lawrenceville; H. B.
Monor, Gainesville; J. A. Paul, Athens; V. C. Hale, Athens; G. C. Swords, construction foreman,
Covington. These men are taking part in a retraining program being carried on in Covington now,
in the vicinity of the National Guard Avmory 01 the Sneedway.
Continuous Training Needed
For Continued Good Service
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is
continually training and retraining its thousands of em
ployees in order to provide the public with the most
modern telephone service in the world. Without this train
ing, it would be impossible to have an effecient operation
or to keep pace with the tre
mendous progress in the field
of communication.
In the accompanying picture
is shown a retraining class for
| linemen which is being held in
Covington, under the direction
of Cecil Swords, construction
foreman.
Swords stated that when em
ployed these men began an ex
tensive training program which
included Basic Climbing, First
Aid, and Cable Splicing, after
which retraining begins.
“Safety is our by-word and
it is not uncommon to pick up
a newspaper and read about a
telephone man saving the life
of a child or other person
through his knowledge of First
Aid. We are proud of our neo
ple and our company whose
policy is to provide the best
■ possible service at the least cost
| to the customer, consistent with
financial safety and fair treat
ment of our employees,” said
Swords.
deal in Georgia in expanding its
North - South and East - West
voice and television highways.
The Georgia telephone official
said that only the most opti
mistic would have prerdicted
several years ago that telephone
growth would have continued at
such a high level today. Even
though the demand is leveling
off. a telephone engineer esti
mates that the heavy construc
tion program will probably con
tmue for at least several years
to come.
Nancy Knight On
WSB-TV Thursday
The six' new Georgia 4-H Club
Council officers began National
4-H Club week with their f*rst
official meeting in Atlanta on
March 6. They set up their goals
I for 1954 and made plans for
strengthening Georgia 4-H club
work in general.
The highlight of the weekend
was the annual Dedication of the
Plow service which Dr.. Louie D.
Newton held at the Druid Hills
Baptist Church.
Council members participated
on several raido programs dur
ing the weekend and also appear
ed on television throughout Na
tional 4-H Club Week. These
officers are Jerry Whitesides
| Nancv Knight. James Jarrett,
i Irma Lee Smith, Nadine Brown
j and Jimmy Strickland. Our New
’ ton County council member,
Nancy Knight, Girls’ Vice-presi
dent, was interviewed on WSB
TV News Program on Thursday,
March 11. Nancy summed up the
activities of the weekend, spoke
of what Georgia 4-H’ers were do
■ ing to celebrate National 4-H
Cl4b Week, and outlined the
councils plans for the busy jear
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY? MARCH 18, 1954
Indirect Sunlight
Affects Fabrics
With Yellow Dye
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Most of us .at one time or
another have experienced soma
■ ill effects from the ultra-violet
rays of sunlight. But one of
the most baffling problems that
we can encounter is the deter
। ioration that takes place in our
j draperies and curtains with just
1 one season’s exposire to the in
direct rays of the sun!
For some time now. The Na
tional Institute of Drycleaning
I has been receiving in their Tex
tile Analysis Department, vari
j ous types of drapery fabrics that
deteriorate in just one portion
of the printed design or pattern,
j The fabric may be made of cot
ton or ravon or a combination
of these fibers in a variety of
fabric contructions. In every case
the damage appears in localized
areas that have been printed
; with a yellow dyestuff or a
; j color that has yellow as one part
of it,such as chartreuse. For a
long time this baffled the tex
tile chemists. It has long been
l®iown that exposure to sun
, light weakens a fabric over a
period of time. But why should
’ some fabrics go into holes just
, in certain areas that are printed
’ with yellow dyestuffs?
It took some English scientists
to solve the riddle, according to
. H. F. Meadors, local drycleaner.
Extensive tests made in labora
tories in England have shown
that yellow dyes, when exoosed
to sunlight and the moisture
which is present in the fabric,
accelerate the formation of hy
drogen peroxide from the oxy
> gen in the air and the moisture
I in the fabric. Some peroxide is
I generated by the action of sun
) light on water vapor and atmos
( pheric oxygen throughout the
. fabric, but so much more is
generated in those areas dyed
with certain yellow dye«, that
these sections of the fabric ar?
1 weakened much quicker than
! the rest of the drapery. The
• dyed areas are so weakened
! that just the normal mechanical
action encountered in drvcloan-
I ing causes breaks in the drapery
. fabric.
CORN CAMPAIGN
‘ A campaign designed to in
’ crease corn production per acre
’ and decrease cost per bushel
was started in Georgia in 1946
by the Agricultural Extension
’ Service. Each year since that
time county agents have carried
on result demonstrations with
I cooperating farmers, and these
fields of corn have demonstrated
‘results obtained from proper
' practices. The value of the cam
paign is shown by the average
। yield of 20 bushels per acre in
Georgia in 1953, the highest on
record.
| SUPPORT THE RED GROM |
Southern Bell
Annual Report
Cites Expansion ।
Telephone expansion in the
south during 1953 continued to
reach higher levels of achieve
ment, but the impact of the high
costs of providing service re
mains a major problem, accord
ing to the annual report of the
Southern Bell Telephone Coni- 1
pany.
More than a quarter - million
Southern Bell telephones were
added during the yea/ bringing
t-he total in service past the 4'4
million mark. The report was re
। leased here bv C. M. Eberhart,
Atlanta District Manager.
Investing in new construction
of telephone plant and service
improvements at the rate of
more than $3,600,000 per week,
Southern Bell spent a record
$189,530,704 to meet the continu
ing demand for telephone serv-.
ice during 1953.
Progress In Many Ways
Southern Bell’s progress took
many forms during 1953. By in
stalling telephones at the rate of
more than five per minute of
every working day, the company
achieved a net gain of 266,588
telephone's. More than 1 mil
lion orders involving work on
the customers' premises were
handled —a record.
Responding to needs for rapid '
communications in the South's |
agricultural areas. Southern Bell
in 1953 spent $27,000,000 for new
telephone facilities to meet this'
demand. Telephone service was j
provided for 80,989 new rural 1
subscribers during the year.
The technical quality of South
ern Bell service continued to im
prove during the year. The re-1
nort said the time an average
telephone was free from service
interruptions has now been ex- 1
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Easter Seal
Drive Opens
This Week
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| Official opening of the 1954
’ Easter Seal drive to aid Geor
j gia’s 100.000 crippled children
L scheduled for Thursday, I
' March 18, and will continue j
। through Easter Sunday, one I
month later. Campaign emphasis ,
dates in Georgia will be March
27—April 18.
"This is Georgia's opportunity
to help dependent children be
come independent adults,” said
Freeman Strickland, Atlanta
banker and this year's State Seal
chairman. "Through Easter Seals,
these children can be taught to
walk, talk, play, learn and earn.
Not only will they gain the hap
piness that is every child's birth
right — they will gain the means
of self-sufficient adulthood so
vital to later happiness.”
Edgar P. Eyler, Savannah
businessman and president of the
Georgia Society for Crippled
। Children, the Easter Seal Agen
cy, said in a statement issued
this' week that every effort is
being made through scholar
ships to recruit therapists to en- i
large the staffs of the Society’s
eight crippled children's centers. '
| These are located at Atlanta.
Athens, Augusta, Thomasville, j
Douglas, Griffin. Macon and Sa
. vannah. More centers are need
. ed in other parts of the state.
Eyler pointed out that, in ad
dition to treatments in the cent
| ers, wheelchairs, i -utches and
special equipment are supplied;
: educational facilities in special
, classes are provided for all types
I of physically - handicapped in
cooperation with local schools;
workshops for parents aie ar
ranged; and legisktion to pro
vide needed benefits is sponsor
। ed.
I Easier seals this year will glso
help pay for a special project—
the first of its kind in the nation.
. A survey is now being made
| which will show the number and
J types of crippled children in the
state, to be followed bv an ana
lysis of existing and needed
services. Findings will provide
a sound basis for treatment and
| rehabilitation of the handicap
ped.
More than 400.000 Georgians
will receive their Easter Seals
i in the mails the last week in
j March. It will be th*ir oppor
. tunity to "help dependent chil
dren become independent
adults.”
tended to 48 months as compared
I to 29 months in 1939.
Telephone wages and salaries
continued to be the principal
| operating expense, consuming
I 49.3 per cent of the company’s
expense dollar in 1953.
Next to wages, the company's
biggest single operating expense
was taxes. The 1953 tax bill
amounted to more than $157,-
000,000 All told, about 31 per
cent of the subscriber's mo thly
bill went fo’’ taxes, or about
$3.18 per month per telephone.
Next time you hare meat loaf
( make it in a ring mold with
center filled with carrot ring',
spinach, or potato balls, for a
I new and different dish
Suggestions For
Poultrymen Are
Given by Gannon
Arthur Gannon, Agricultural Ex
tension Service poultryman, who
I has just concluded a steries of
' poultry management schools in
north Georgia, said that in visit
- ing farms he tound too much
wasting of feed.
In order to get good feed eon
version in raising broilers it is
absolutely necessary to prevent
feed waste. It can be eliminated
to a large extent by providing
enough feeders, by providing
feeders that are large enough and
by not filling them over half
full,’’ Gannon stated.
He added that most growers
have found that it is best to add
feed to the troughs about five
times a day, and that two five-
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INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
• needed for every 100 chicks.
Regarding laying flocks, Gan
non said that sexed pullet chicks
started now will be ready to be
gin laying next August and pro
j ; duction should be high through
the fall and winter months if
propery eared for.
Gannon gave several tips for
| carrying out poultry enterprises.
Chicks should have heat un
. der hovers even though the
I weather is mild. A 250 watt bulb
' for every 80 chicks is adequate.
•
Broiler mash is just as good
1 starting mash for pullet chicks
that are to be raised for layers.
Cut-down chick boxes should not
be used as feeders for longer than
a few days.
It is best to start chicks with
i chick size troughs and change In
brailer feeders at four weeks of
Chicks should be vaccinated
at ten days with Newcastle dis
ease and bronchitis vaccines.
I Gannon added this word of
; warning to poultrymen: ‘‘Grow
broilers or keep laying hens. It .9
not advisable to combine the two
enterprises.
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NUMBER 12