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BLUE AND GRAY MUSEUM
By GLENN McCULLOUGH
The friendly city of Fitz
gerald, down here in south
west Georgia, recently started
its celebration of the Civil
War Centennial with the dedi
cation of a museum in memory
of veterans of both Union and
Confederate forces.
This is an ideal place to have
such a memorial, for this is a
friendly place. You arrive in
town somehow already feeling
that you’re welcome for as you
approach the city, there are
miles and miles of signs bid
ding you to “retire in Fitz
gerald ... a friendly place . . ~
etc.”
And having arranged for
lodging for the night and tak
ing a stroll abnii* *own, your
feeling is confirmed.
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Oddley enough, this cradle
of Southern hospitality was
colonized by veterans of both
sides in the war after an In
dianapolis lawyer and publish
er conceived the idea of a col
ony in the South where aging
Union veterans and their fami
lies could escape the hard win
ters. He was P. H. Fitzgerald,
for whom the town is named.
The American Tribune Sol
dier’s Colony Company was
organized; 1,000 acres, a
square, in the middle of 50,-
000 acres, was set aside for
the city. The rest of the land
was sold at cost to veterans
and families. The interesting,
and attractive, thing about the
founding is that the land was
free if the owner moved onto
it.
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streets east of Main Street
were named for Union gen
erals; those to the west were
named for Confederate gener
als.
By 1895 the population had
reached 2,500 and represented
35 states.
To overcome an economic
slump during the McKinley
administration, the Colony
Company initiated one of the
first work projects to furnish
employment. It built a 150-
room frame hotel, four stories
high, and named it the Lee-
Grant Hotel. At the time, it
was the largest and most ele
gant hotel in the South.
But to get back to the re
cently dedicated museum. It
is in the Lee-Grant Hotel.
Cases of relics, including guns,
diaries, uniforms and other
items have been collected from
North and South under the di
rection of the local Centennial
committee. The result is one of
the most interesting Civil War
Museums anywhere.
And aside from the fascinat
ing tour of the museum, you’re
sure to enjoy the friendly peo
ple and the wonderful South
ern cookery provided by the
hotel.
Fitzgerald is on U.S. 129,
and may be reached also by
several state routes. Ask your
neighborhood service station
dealer to mark the best route
from your homeland come on
down. If you can’t retire here,
at least visit a while.
POPE’S MUSEUM
By GLENN McCULLOUGH
Nothing refreshes the soul
j more, nor lifts the heart higher
than to get away from the
| usual, the routine, the com-
I monplace. And down in South-
I west Georgia, you’ll find at
I least one answer . . .
In a somewhat unlikely spot
| nine miles south of Pelham, on
| the road to Cairo, stands one
of the most unique museums
I in the state. It is the former
home of a most unusual wo
man, the late Mrs. Laura Pope
1 Forrester.
There is really no theme or
| period or motif in this museum,
| but there’s something else, per
haps more important—the spir
it and artistic expression of a
’ woman who obviously had a
zest for life and a love of peo
ple.
As you approach the house.
। you get an errie feeling from
j the array of animal statues on
i the porch. As you come closer
ito this display you wonder
whether they are statues or
| real! The detail is marvelous
j and each figure are monument
to the patience of this nimble
| fingered woman.
Inside you’ll find a maze, and
i it’s literally a maze, of statues,
objet d’art (and that reference
| object d’art (and that reference
I is used advisedly).
On either side of the house
lis a lovely garden, liberally
: punctuated with pieces—large
■ and small—most of which are
I the creations of Mrs. Forrester.
A wall in front of the house
also contains many pieces of
i sculptured stone, perfect in
detail, giving them an amaz
-1 ingly life-like appearance.
Mrs. Forrester created a sort
of International Totem Pole
which stands on the front porch.
Carved into this pole are more
than 20 faces —from King Tut
j of Egypt to an Arab face to
j the face of the American moth
er. Each takes on more mean
ing as you learn the explana
tion as set forth by the creator
of this piece which is available
in printed form at the museum.
Painting and sculpturing
j were not her only talents.
। There are numerous chairs,
i loveseats, benches, candelabra,
j urns, picture frames and vases
j —all made by Mrs. Forrester.
And you have to see these
■ objects to believe it — but
they're made from pieces of
sewing machines, automobiles,
! wheels from machinery, oil
stoves, lard cans and hat racks.
Mrs. Forrester loved to have
i people in to see her work and
; after her death and according
THE COVINGTON NEWS
to her wishes, the house was
converted into a museum.
It’s well worth driving to
Pelham to see and it’s an ex
perience you will not soon for
get. Pelham is located on U.S.
19 — and your neighborhood
service station will happily
supply you with roadmaps,
showing other roads to this
friendly Mitchell County city.
For an enjoyable weekend
and as they say here—“come
home to Pelham”.
Vets, Widows
Must Speed Up
Income Forms
Many Georgia veterans and
widows will not receive Feb
ruary pension checks because
they failed to return annual
Income Questionnaires to the
Veterans Administration on
time.
So reports Georgia Veterans
Service Director Pete Wheeler,
who says answers to the ques
tions on the form determine if
the person remains on the pen
sion rolls for the coming year.
He estimates that hundreds
of veterans and widows in
Georgia haven’t returned the
income form, which was mail
ed with December pension
checks and scheduled for com
pletion by February Ist.
Wheeler added that some of
these forms were completed
but misdirected to the Veter
ans Administration in Hines,
Illinois instead of the Atlanta
office of the Veterans Admin
istration.
He urges anyone who hasn’t
completed the form to prompt
ly seek aid from their nearest
Veterans Service Office to
avoid further delays in pen
sion checks.
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Railroad Grade
Crossings Pose
Winter Problem:
Railroad grade crossing be- 1
come more dangerous in No- !
vember, December, January, 1
and February, according to a (
study of grade crossing acci- (
dents by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
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The death toll shows strong (
seasonal trends for three ob- ]
vious reasons: ,
Icy or snow-covered roads
deny the driver a chance to
stop suddenly—in time to pre- ।
vent collision with an on-rush
ing train.
Car windows rolled up
against the cold weather muf
fle the sound of the train whis
tle —especially if talk within
the car is loud or the radio is
turned up full.
Windshields whose wipers
are too weak to budge heavy
snow, or whose defrosters are
not up to the task of burning
awdy inside frost, fail to give
the driver an adequate view of
railroad warning signs, auto
matic signals, or the approach
ing train itself.
According to Harry Porter,
Jr., Manager of Traffic De
partment, National Safety
Council, drivers fail to see, or
they ignore, the advance rail
road warning sign. In many in
stances driving vision is ham
pered at this time of year by
rain, sleet or snow, or road
muck. Don’t further restrict
visibility by poor windshield
wipers. Check the wiper arms!
for presure and wiper blades,
for streaking the windshield.
Streaking indicates dried out. j
dead rubber that needs prompt
replacement. Check pressure
of arms holding the blades
against windshield glass. Au
tomotive engineers rec om
mend at least one ounce of
arm pressure for each inch of
blade length. Your service
man usually has a special in
dicator to test arm pressures.
After a snowfall, clear your
windshield and all auto glass
and lights. You must see dan
ger to avoid it.
Fatigue at the wheel of car
or truck is also blamed for
many accidents by br. Porter.
He quoted from a safety in
struction card of the National
Safety Council as follows:
“Fatigue causes many drivers
to fall asleep at the wheel; I
others lose their alertness to
danger without realizing it.
To drive safely, body and
brain must be ready to respond
instantly to every hazard of
the highway.
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Research Proves
Easier Program
Os Calf Feeding
Results of calf feeding stud
ies at the College Experiment
Station. University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture,
Athens, indicate that dairymen
can save themselves consider
able time and effort by adopt
ing an “abrupt” milk replacer
feeding program in place of
the gradual program now gen
erally practiced.
Research Dairymen W. J.
Miller and Carl Clifton, who
conducted the tests, say it ap
pears that healthy calves un
der reasonablv good manage
ment will suffer no ill effects
from the abrupt beginning and
ending of the milk replacer
feeding period.
A comparison of the abrupt
and gradual feeding programs
tinuous driving without ade
quate sleep and rest.
“2 Keep in good physical
condition. Stop promptly to at
tend to bodily necessities.
“3. Don’t use ‘pep’ tablets or
‘pain killers.’ Most drugs have
a narcotic effect tending to re
duce mental alertness.
“4. Never use alcohol while
on duty. Even in small quan
tities, it is a dangerous stimu
lant. .It tends to throw out of
balance the delicate reasoning
processes and motor reflexes
of the brain.
“5. Avoid excessive hunger,
heavy eating, and eating hasti
ly at irregular intervals, all of
which tend to produce drowsi
ness and a general slowing up
of efficiency.”
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was made with Holstein and
Jersey calves of both sexes. No
significant differences in weight
gains, incidence of diarrhea,
duration of diarrhea, or calf
starter consumption was ob
served in the calves.
Beginning on the sixth day
of age, the Holstein and Jer
sey calves on the abrupt pro
gram received 9 and 7 pounds |
of milk replacer for 33 and
37 consecutive days, respec
tively. Holstein and Jersey cal
ves on the gradual program
were fed the same total amount
of milk replacer over a period
of six and a half weeks. Their
daily feeding rate began at 8
and 6 pounds, built up to 9 and
7 pounds, and then tapered off
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to 3 pounds at the end of the
feeding period. These rates
were fed for weekly intervals.
The milk replacer used was a
commercial product which has
given good results. It was mix
|ed and fed in the conventional
I manner.
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f I gone into single arches.