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Serving Wilkinson and Adjoining Counties for Over 52 Years....
HE BULLETIN
Volume 52
Veterans Can Now Borrow
On Their NSLI Policy
Veterans who have converted
their National Service Life Insur
ance to a permanent form of pro
tection will be able to borrow
against their policies without de
lay, Fred E Leister, Manager of
Veterans Administrrtion Sub-
Regional Office in Macon, report
ed today.
A loan division to speed the
handling of policy loans, is now
being set up at the Branch 5 In
surance Service, Mr. Leister said
Veterans wishing to make a
loan against their policies may
get the assistance of any VA
contact representative in filing
the necessary application, Mr.
Leister explained. Processing of
an application by the loan divis
ion in Atlanta will take approxi
mately a week.
NSLI policy holders who have
converted their war time term in
surance to a permanent policy
may borrow up to 94 per cent
01 cash value of uieir' pohcy< in
terest on loans is 4 per cent.
Card Os Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends for. every deed of kind
ness shown to us in our sadness
and also for the many beautiful
flowers.
S. B. Gilbert,
Brother and Sisters.
He who knows others is clever, but
he who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu
TTewTIT
THEATRE
GORDON,GA,
Week of Dec. 9, 1946
M^n.-Tues. Dec’ 9_lo
Tars And Spars
with Alfred Drake and Janet Blair
News and Cartoon
Wed.-Thurs. Dec. 11-12
Maureen O’Hara and John Payn^ in
Sentimental Journey
News and Cartoon
Fri.-Sat. Dec. 13-14
Johnny Mac Brown & Raymond
Hatton in
Flame Os The West
Andy Clyde Comedy and Serial
. LATE SHOW
Saturday Nite Only 9:30 p. m.
A Walk In The Sun
Dana Andrews and Richard Conte
Cartoon
Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia
Bloodworth - Billue
Mr. and Mrs Ivey Bloodworth
of Mclntyre Rt, announces the
marriage of their daughter, Clar
ice to Hubert Billue of Irwinton.
The marriag took place on Nov.
30.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs Jeb Billue. He is the
operator of Triangle Service
Station in Irwinton.
Mrs- Billue is employed at
Edgar Bros. Co.
The couple are making their
home with Mr. Billue’s parents
at present.
Cotton Ginning Report
Census report shows that 2,183
bales of cotton were ginned in
Wilkinson County from the crop
of 1946 prior to Nov. 14, as com
pared with 2,504 bales for the
crop of 1945.
fax Collector’s 3rd
And Last Round
Tax Collector Third and last
Round.
I will be at the following plac
es for the purpose of collecting
State, County and School taxes
for 1946.
Monday, December 9, Griffin,
10 to 11; High Hill, 11:30 to 12.
Tuesday, December 10, Allen
town 11:30 to 1; Danville 1:30 to 3
Wednesday, December 11,
Gordon, 11 to 3.
Thursday, December 12, Ivey.
10 to 11; Bloodworth, 11:30 to 12.
Friday, December 13. Tooms
boro, 11 to 3;
Saturday, December 14, Mcln
tyre, 11 to 3.
0. W. Bell, T. C.
Wilkinson County’s Farm Income For
1946 Shows Large Increase
X Nearly doubling their annual gross
income in comparison with 1940, a»
reported by the U- S. Bureau of
Census, Wilkinson County farm ram
ilies last year produced crops and
livestocks with the record value of
more than $1,198,000.
This huge increase in farm revenue
has already created heavy demand for
general tor general farm improve
ments and for home remodeling, ac
cording to a study released by the
Tile Cquncil of America.
The study shows that many farm
improvments were made even during
Funeral Services Held Sunday At
Gordon For Moltke C. Nelson
Funeral services for Moltke
Collins Nelson, former postmas
ter. who died at his residence at
Gordon, at 5 : 30 a. m. Friday,
after an illness of several weeks,
was held at 3 ;30 p m. Sunday.
The Rev. Emmett Roberts offici
ated and burial was in Gordon
Cemetery.
Nelson was born in Gordon on
Apni 25, 1887, the son of Rich
ard Nelson and Mrs Frances
Barfield Nelson, and had lived
there all of his life. For 17 years
he was postmaster in Gordon,
and for the past 30 years was a
mail carrier.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Paul Chambliss of Gordon,
a son, M. E. Nelson of LaFayette-
La, three step-children, Mrs.
Jack Rundall, Athens, Jack Tins
ley, Jacksonville, Lee Tinsley,
U. S, Navy, one brother, one
niece and one nephew.
Protect The Forests
Os Georgia
Georgia is now in the midst of one
of its two annual forest fire seasons.
J. M. Tinker, director of the State
Department of Forestry, urged spe
cial caution this week in the use of
fire in ®r near timbered areas. The
burning of brush or pastureland
should be carefully suoervised.he said
and special pains taken to prevent
the spread of the flames into stands
of trees.
Tinker warned again that both the
State Highway Patiol and the Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation were co
operating this season with the Depart
ment ®f Forestry in apprhending set
ters of uncontrolled woods fires.
We build our ideals and they in
turn build us. Le Conte.
the war Since 1940, for example, the
number of farm homes reportind elec
’ trie - lights here has increased from
109 to 201. Heavy demand for such
modernizing as installatian of runn-
' iug Water has also resulted-
1 At forty you learn not to cross the
■ bridges until you get to them, be
[ cause at forty you know that you
' haye, in the past, feared so many
1 bridges that you never had to cross.
, You realize that you have worried
1 over so many things that never hap-
.pened. G. B. Shaw.
Friday, December 6. 1946 No. 47
Rozier-Burke To Be
' Wed On Dec. 27
An event of the Christmas
season will be the marriage of
Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Rozier to
Nim Burke of Jeffersonville, the
wedding to take place at the Bap
tist Church on Dec. 27.
Miss Rozier is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs. E. E. Rozier of Jef
fersonville. She is a Junior at the
U. of Ga, having transferred
from GSCW.
Mr. Burke is the son of Mr
and Mrs. A. N- Burke. He served
for three years with the amphi
bian forces during the war, see
ing action in the Pacific area.
The young couple will reside
in Jeffersonville where Mr. Burke
is co owner of Burke’s dry clean
ing establishment.
Veterans Get Help
In Buying Farms
Southeastern farmers who put
on a uniform during the war are
returning to the land to farm —
but as owners and tenants in
stead of laborers, Fred E Leister
Manager.of the VASub-Regisnal
Office at Macon reported today.
Information supplied the VA
by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture indicates
that 75% of the southeastern
vetersns who left the farm have
already returned to farming.
Two major VA programs are
making the job easier for former
farm hands who want to manage
their farm.
Through a government guaran
teed loan, veterans get VA help
in buying a place of their own.
VA’s agricultural training pro
gram offers specialized instruc
tions in farm management and
financial help through subsis
tence payments
Conducted in cooperation with
the various state departments of
education,\the on-the-job form
program has already attracted
more than 8,900 veterans in Ga ,
Alabama, South Carolina, Fla.,
and Tennessee.
Veterans taking the farm
training course receive regular
classroom instruction by vocat
ional agriculture teachers plus
specialized instruction on their
own farm.