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V OLUME 52
Funeral Held For
Mrs. C.H. Sapp
Mrs. C H. Sapp, 70, of Gordon
died 1n & Macon hospital at 10:40 .
p. m. Sunday, after an iliness of*
several weeks. She had lived in
Gordon all her life. - :
Survivors include her husband,
three Sons. A. W,,Gordon; B. J,
and John W. of Atlanta; four
sisters. Mrs. I B. Stinson, Macon
Mrs. Frances Beck and Mrs E,
H. Lewis of Gordon, Mres C. A.
Smith, Savannah; four grand
children.
fluneral services wre held at 2
p. m, Tuesday in Asbury church
near GOrdon burial was inAs
bury cemeters; .
Feed Costs Are
Higher
Costs of feed bought for livestock
and poultry in Georgia have climbed
sharply, Bureau of Census figures
show. While farmers spent a little
more than six million dollars for feed
in 1939, this cost had risen to 33 1-2
million per year by the end of 1944,
latest date for which figures are a
vailable. Livestock men poeint out
that a part of this increase is due to
the added number of livestock and
ghickens on farms and urge that home
grown feed costs in many instances,
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends for the kind deeds during
our sickness and death, also for
the many beautiful flowers.
Mrs. J. E. Kemp
Son and Daughters
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Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia
Obey. The Rules Os
‘The Woods
Pointing out that the cost es torest
fires in Georgia is a stagQ@ering an
nual tribute to our carelessness, Un
ion Bag and Paper Corporation, of
Savannah, through its Woodlands
Division, is currently engaged in
open warfare against forest fires - =
(Georgia’s npatural reseurce epemy
number jone.
All Georgians are being urged to
obey the “rules of the woods’ which
are: be sure your cigarette is out;
break your paatch after extinguishing
it; never start a refuse fire you can’t
control; extinguish your camp fire to
the last spaik; cooberate with the law
in hunting down '‘fire bugs’’.
. Union Bag & Paper Corporation
officials pointed out that fire destroys
mere timber each year in Georgia
than is consumed by the pulp and pa
per industry within the state.
During The Storm
The presence of stormy weath
er calls for addional care on the
part of the driver. National Con
~servation Bureau issues the foll
owing precautions to Ga. drivers:
1. Keep Your Windshield Clear
Be sure your car is equipped
with a defroster and your wind
shield Wiper is in good condition.
2. Drive Slowly. for in addition
to danger of meetin another ve
hicle unexpectediy there is the
danger of skidding on slippery
pavements. Never forget the
chains.
3. Watch out for the pedestrian
with the umbrella; he may be
carrying it in suech a position
that he is unable to see.
Social Security
Bulletin :
Tell Your Family
1. Tell your family about vour
social security account Tell them
there may be monthly insurance
payments for your wife and
children or for your elderly de
pendent parents— if you should,
2 Tell your family where you
keep your social security card or
its stub, so that if you should die
they can take the card with them
when they go to their local Social
Security field office to claim sur
yivors insurance. .
3 Tell your family to remem
ber that social security benefits
do not begin until they have filed
a claim for those benefits.
For further information about
old age and survivors insurance
write or visit your local social se
curity field office.
Navy Authorizes
Yacht Pennants
The Secretary of the Navy has
authorized a Naval Reserve yacht
owners pennant, which may be
flownas a personal pennant by
any person who made available
to the Navy a yacht or any other
craft for service during World
War 11.
In order that former owners
may have, documental evidence
of their right to fly the pennant
a eertificate signed by the Sec.
of the Navy and the Command
ant of their Naval district will
presented to eligible owners *
Shouting is the effort of a limited
mind te express itself.
FripAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946 NoO. 49
Fire Safety Bill To
Be Introduced
Ameng the bills to be introduced
in the coming session Os the Georgia
Legislature to provide precautionary
measures against hotel fires is one by
Representative-Elect R. P. Hampton,
of Fannin County,
Hampton’s measure would require
_hotels to provide either steel cables
or powerful hemp repes long enough
to reach the ground.
Hampton’s bill, like the others, is
a result of the Winecoff Hotel catas
trophe in Atlanta.
Open Fireplaces
An ordinarly constructed fireplace
is about one third as efficient as a
good stove cr ciaculator heater, ac
cording to G.- I, Johnson, Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service engin
eer. He adds, however, that fire
places have a place in the home if
properly built.
In Memoriam
MRS. S. B. GILBERT
On Friday afternoon, Nov. 15,
1946, our church and community
was made sad in the tragic pass
ing of Mrs. S. B. Gilbert, nee
Dora Beck. ”
For a number of years Mrs.
Gilbert has been outstanding in
the social, civie, and religious
life in Toomsboro, She served as
coresponding Sect. of the WSUS
and was a member of the Board
of Steward of Toomsboro Metho
dist Church at the time of her
death.
Whereas, in Mrs. Gilbert's pass
ing,words fail us in trying to ex
press the loss we feel. :
Whereas, we humble ourselves
to God's will realizing that God
doth all things well, and on be
half of Toomsboro Methodist
Church WSCs we offer the follow
ing resolutions,
1. That we extend our heart
felt sympathy to Mrs. Gilbert's
family, praying that God will
sustain them in their sorrow,
2. That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the family. to the
county papers, to the Wesleyon
Christian Advocate, and they be
recorded in our WSCS minutes,
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs, A, L. Brannan
Mrs J. C. Dixon
Mrs. R. O. Bargineer
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A child enters your home and for
twenty years makes so much noise
that vou can hardly stand it: then
departs. leaving the house so Silent
that you think you will 20 mad. :
~ Dr. J. A. Holmes.