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VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 45
Mrs, Cerinne Blalock
Society Editor
Phones 3721 or 4086
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Mr. and Mrs., R. M. Kelley, of
Robins Field, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ware Callaway spent last week
end on a tour of the Mts. in North
Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Mr. Harry Harp of Fayette
ville, was a visitor in Jonesboro
on Monday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Stan
field, of Macon, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Stanfield and
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stanfield
last week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Carmichael
of McDonough, were recent guests
of Mrs. Drew Carmichael.
Mrs. Lewis Woodward and
daughters have returned from a
visit of several weeks with rela
tives in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. W. D. Hardy of Miami
Springs, and Mrs. Joe String
fellow, of Miami, Fla., were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Raiford
several days of this week.
Mr .and Mrs. I. W. Cousins and
son, Bobby, of Rome, Ga. were
guests of Mrs. R. C. Cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Mosely and son,
Sammy, last week-end.
Miss Dorothy Espy, of Rome,
spent last weekend with Rev. and
Mrs. W. B. Underwood. i
Mr. Harry Tanner. who holds a
position with Fulton Bag and Cot- -
ton Mills, Atlanta, left last Sun
day to. spend several months in‘
Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Tanner
will join him after a visit with her
mother, Mrs. W. H. Milligans and
family in Gray, Ga. i
"Mr. and Mrs. Audrgff' ‘Bowles of
‘Atlanta, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. .A. O. Bowles last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Bowles,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kimbro and
dagzhter, Dianne, Mrs. H. E.
Dickson and children of Atlanta,
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Mitchell, of
East Point, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Gamble and daughter, Joy, of
Hapeville, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Reeves and family last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Landers and
little daughter, Linda Gayle, of
Macon, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Camp, Jr. last week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodward
and daughter Margaret, ow Ma
con, were guests of Mrs. H. G.‘
Woodward and family several
days of this week. ‘
Stanley Wooton of University
“of Georgia, spent last week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Wooton and his sister. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boak of
Warner Robins, spent last week-‘
end with Mr .and Mrs. B. F\
Boak, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Garnerl
and families.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Tanner
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Rogers and family in Calhoun
last week-end.
Mrs. J. A. Garner spent sev
eral days of last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Boak at Warner
Robins, Ga.
O. W. Hooks, of the University
of Georgia, Rthens, spent last
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
~Mrs. O. W. Hooks Sr. and fam
ily. ;
yMr. and Mrs. W. E. }Camp were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jack
son in Atlanta on Saturday of
last week.
Hike Fletcher spent last week
end with his mother, Mrs. Verlee
B. Fletcher and his sister, Miss
Emily Fletcher in Marietta.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blalock of
New York are spending several
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Blalock and children and Mrs.
Corrinne Blalock.
" Mrs. H. F. Puckett of Forest
Park was a guest of Mrs. A. A.
Camp, Sr. and family last Sun
da{d‘rs. George Brown and grand
daughter, Gaye Rodgers, and Mrs.
J. V. Ashmore, Sr. of Mt. Vle\Y'
were visitors in Jonesboro on Fri
t week.
da;'/[:.f :::fd Mrs. J. Ellis Mund_ay
spent last weekend with Miss
Delores Mundy at the University
of Georgia.
Clagton Counly Jews
And Farmer
Sericea Reclaims
Idle and Eroded Field
T. W. COLE
Seil Conservationist
Mr. W. C. Smith, dairy farmer
of Riverdale, reports that he has
grazed 15 cows during the past
spring and summer on a 16 acre
field of Sericea Lespedeza with
good results. Prior to seeding the
area to Sericea in the spring of
1946, the field was badly gully
eroded, top soil having been re
moved and used in the building of
State Highway No. 85 several
years ago. The soil being so low
in fertility ,very little vegetation
was growing which left the sur
face exposed to erosion during
rains throughout the years.
Terrace lines were surveyed and
terraces built, the land prepared
witth lime and phosphate applied
‘and the area seeded with 30 lbs.
of Sericea seed per acre, in co
operation with the Upper Ocmul
gee River District, during the
early spring of 1946. A fair stand
resulted which was left to reseed.
Now there is almost a complete
cover of Sericea, having a good
seed yield this year, which Mr.
Smith plans to leave for reseed
ing ,together with a mulch of
leaves and stems to decompose,
helping to increase the organic
content of the soil. Too, the well
established, deep root system of
the Sericea will protect the soil
from eroding during the winter
rains.
The Sericea stand has not only
established a future perennigl
grazing crop for 6 to 8 years but
has done a good job in checking
and controlling erosion, and at
the same time making the field a
profitable asset for Mr. Smith in
stead of a liability.
MRS. J. L. REEVES HONORED
Mrs. J. L. Reeves was honored
by a celebration of her birthday
last Sunday at her home in Jones
boro.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Audrey
Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kim
bro and daughter, Dianne, Mrs.
H. E. Dickson and children of At
lanta, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy
Mitchell of East Point, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Gamble and Joy, of
Hapeville. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nix
and son Ronny.
An artistically decorated birth
day cake and a number of lovely
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Scar
brough, Mr. and Mrs. Bowersock
of Chicago, 111, Mr. and Mrs. Ir
win Wootton, of Atlanta, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Scarbrough, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Irvine and families last Sunday.
Mrs. George E. Sundre is spend
ing several weeks with relatives
in Dallas, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wilson were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
Landers and daughter Linda
Gayle, in Macon, several days of
this week.
Mrs. Robert Arnall of Fayette
ville, was a visitor in Jonesboro,
on Tuesday of this week.
The many friends of Mrs. S. C.
Perdue. now of Barnesville, form
erly a beloved resident of Jones
boro, were interested in the an
nouncement of her 98th birthday
on the Radio Birthday Program
on Tuesday of this week.
~ Mrs.: Perdue is the mother of
‘Mrs. W. P. Chambers and Miss
Leone Perdue of Jonesboro, Mrs.
M. A. Hanes of Griffin, Mrs. R.
L. Bush, of Barnesville, and Mr.
Roland Perdue of Hapeville.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. An
drews, Miss Opal Sundre and Mr.
John Ruff, of Rochester, N. Y.
were recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. E. Sundre and Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Benham and children.
They accompanied their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Sundre to
Jonesboro, where they are now
making their home with Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Sundre.
Miss Jeanette Parker, of At
lanta, spent several days of this
week with her parents, Mr. and
On the EARM FRONT
State 4-H Members
Participate In
Achievement Week
Reports trom county and home
demonstration agents throughout
Georgia indicate that the state’s
113,000 Four-H club boys and
girls are taking time out this
week to check u pon 1947 accom
plishments and plan for 1948,
The occasion is National 4-H
Achievement Week which ends
November 9.
“Georgia 4-H club members are
completing one of the best years
in history after participating in
more than 30 different farm and
home projects,” Mrs. Martha
Harrison, assistant state club
leader, pointed out.
Mrs. Harrison said that com
munity clubs and county 4-H club
councils in Georgia are observing
the week as follows: (1) sumariz
ing accomplishments in 1947; (2)
work of parents in assisting with
club program; (3) working out
plans for 1948, and (4) encourag
ing rural boys and girls to join
the 4-H organization.
- Among the projects carried out
by the members scattered thru
out the state are livestock judg
!ing, dress revue, paint, public
speaking, better methods with
electricity, bread and muffin mak
ing, sweet potato production and
marketing, dairy foods and pro
duction, forestry, egg marketing,
health, home improvement, bed
room improvement. farm fence,
wildlife conservation, community
improvement, poultry, pastures,
farm safety, -leadgrship, home
grounds beautification ,soil con
servation, canning, food prepara
tion, tractor maintenance, field
crops, meat animal, gardening,
frozen foods, swine and farm co
operatives.
W. M. S. PROGRAM MEETINGS
The W. M. S. of The Baptist
church will hold regular program
meetings on Monday, Nov. 10th
at 3:00 o’clock.
The Margaret Marchman Circle
at the Home of Mrs. Jim Mundy.
The Pearl Todd Circle at the
the Home of Mrs. E. L. Adamson.
The Reba Stewart Circle at the
Home of Mrs. C. R. Chesney. Mrs.
A. A. Camp, Jr. hostess.
All members please attend.
gifts were presented to the Mrs.
Reeves.
Mrs. Grover Parker and family.
Mrs. Roy Goss, of Atlanta,
spent Tuesday of this week with
Mrs. Jim Duncan.
Miss Francesca Duncan, of
Washington Seminary, Atlanta,
spent last week-end with her
grandparents, Mr .and Mrs. Jim
Duncan.
Mrs. T. L. Burnham, Mrs. J. B.
Reeves, Mrs. J. M. Reeves, Mrs.
J. A. Suder, Mrs. W. D. Acker,
Mrs. T. T. Ford, Mrs. Parker
Babb, Mrs. Banke and Mrs. Law
son were members of Clayton
County Woman’s Club who at
tended a District meeting in Lo
cust Grove on Friday, Oct. 24.
Mr. C. Y. Thurman, of Rex, was
a visitor in Jonesboro on Tuesday
of this week.
~ Ist. Lt. Pierce K. Dixon, Jr.,
Mrs. Dixon and their little daugh
ter left this week for San Antonio,
Texas, where they will spend
three months on completion of his
training. Afterwards Lt. Dixon
will be stationed at Barksdale
Field, Shreveport, La. where
they will then make their home.
Mr. Parker Babb of Lovejoy,
was a visitor in Jonesboro on
Tuesday of this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Clark had as
their guests on Friday of last
week a group of friends from
Winder; those composing the
party were Mrs. H. A. Carithers,
Mrs. R. L. Rogers, Mrs. H. M.
Herrin, Mrs. C. A. Shaw, Mrs.
Guy Shields.
Mayor F. C, Cargile and Mr.
N. H. Benefield of Riverdale, were
visitors in oJnesboro on Tuesday
of tthis week. IR
JONESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1947
Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation
Convention
Three = Georgia Congressmen
have accepted invitations to ad
dress the ninth annual conventicn
of the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration in Macon November 12-13,
it was announced from GFBF
headquarters this week by H. L.
Wingate, president.
The 1947 convention will open
in Macon’s bowl-shaped Municipal
Auditorium Wednesday afternoon
November 12, at 3 o’clock with
addresses by Congressman Prince
H. Preston, Jr., of the First Dis
trict, and Congressman Hender
son Lanham of the Seventh Dis
trict. The two freshmen mem
bers of the Congress are ardent
supporters of the Farm Bureau
and their messages to Georgia
Farmers will be of vital interest,
Mr. Wingate declared.
Congressman Paul Brown of
the Tenth District will be the
principal speaker at the member
ship session of the convention on
November 12, at 7:30 P, M., Mr.
Wingate said. Wilson E. Still,
GFBF director of organization,
\will preside and present those to
appear on the program. At this
session awards and trophies will
be presented to the winners by
G. P. (Pete) Donaldson, of Tifton,
and donors of the various tro
phies.
“This year’s convention,” the
GFBF executive stated, “will be
‘the most important in the history |
of the Farm Bureau. Our pres
ent price support program for ag
ricultural commodities expires at
‘the end of 1948 which means that
a new program must be written
in- the néxt session of the 80th
Congress convening in January.
!Farm people will converge on Ma
con for this ninth session and give
itheir views to Congressmen and
}Senators on the type program
‘needed to insure a sound agricul-‘
\ture."
W. T. Sorrells Co.
New Dealer for
Duo-Therm Units
The W. T. Sorrells Co. of Fay
etteville was successful in secur
‘ing the dealership for Duo-Therm
Automatic Heating Units in and
around this section of Georgia.
These Duo-Therm heating units
are designed to supply an even
heat in all parts of homes and
business plants completely auto
matic.
The most recent installation of
these units by the W. T. Sorrells
Co. has just been completed in
the plant of the Fayetteville
Enterprise and Clayton Co. News
in Jonesboro.
We invite you to stop in and in
spect this new automatic heat
ing system. 5
JOINT MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE
HELD BY JONESBORO CHURCHES
Armistice Day services sponsored by the Tara Post of the
American Legion and Auxiliary, of which A. L. Wootton, Com
mander, and Mrs. E. L. Adamson, President, will be held at
Jonesboro Methodist Church, Sunday morning, November 9th,
at 11 o'clock.
The Rev. F. B. O'Leary, pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
Jonesboro, will be the principal speaker on a program which
will also include several musical numbers, under the capable
direction of Mrs. R. G. Turner and Mrs. J. D. Carmack.
Special seats will be reserved for Gold Star families.
At e e e
“ABOUT AUTUMN”
There’'s a lonesome sort o’
stillness G
That pervades the atmosphere |’
An' the gorgeous tints o’
autumn ‘
Are appearin’ here an’ there
You can see the tints a creepin’
Where the green has been the |’
theme,
Witk a splash o' gold an' silver
Flickerin’ like a diamond's 4
gleam.
There’s the feathered tenor
singing :
His farewell summer song
'An’ the nights are getting 4
cooler
An’' the days are not so long.
Oh ,there's something most in- |
spirin’
To the soul this time o'year
But we feel a tinge o' sadness
Seein’ summer disappear.
Yes, the good old summer’s
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER’S TOMB
I stood beside a marble slab lifted against the sky,
Marked, “To an Unknown Soldier.” Like some distant knell,
I seemed to hear again the thud of young feet march by,
And then I thought of things that marble could not tell.
For who can carve on unresponsive stone
The anguish of a Mother's heart? A bitterly blighted dream?
What sculptor reproduce the stifled moan,
Os dying men? Or chisel a clear stream,
Made red with warm-spilled blood?
What shrine, or written words can ever tell,
The white hot pain, the agonies, the tortured hell
Os war?
Man fails. God only knows, He alone hears
All the helpless lonely prayers, the hot unheeded tears,
The quiver of a broken heart waiting through long years.
Lord, knowing this, I look to Thee and pray,
The fervent prayer of every human heart,
Grant that no other sons shall ever play
The unknown soldier’s part.
Sybil Leonard Armes
BILLY MANN AND ROSEMARY
McMULLEN CROWNED KING
AND QUEEN AT CARNIVAL
The King and Queen Contest of
the Jonesboro Grammar School
was won by Billy Mann and Rose
mary McMullen from Mrs. Woot
en’s Third Grade. Harry Eason
and Patsy Butler of Mrs. Miller’s
Fifth Grade were the runners-up.
The King and Queen was crown-
Ga. Press Institute
Plans are getting under way
now for the twentieth annual
Georgia Press Institute, to be held
Feb. 18-22 in Athens ,the peren
nial meeting place. It is spon
sored jointly by the Georgia Press
Association, of which Editor Ed
win T. Methvin, of the Eastman
Times-Journal is president, and
the Universiay of Georgia's Henry
W. Grady Schoold of Journalism.
Roy McGinty, of the Calhoun
Times, is the 1948 institute chair
man; Carl Broome, of Nahunta's
Brantly Enterprise, will assist
him.
Pierce K. Dixon, Jr.
Enters Officers
Training Course
Ist it ‘Pierce K. Dixon, IJIr.
son of Mr. P. K. Dixon, Jonesboro,
Ga., entered a four weeks Basic
Officers Training Course at the
Medical Field Service School,
Brooke Army Medical Center,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, this
week.
This is his first assignment to
active duty since completing his
medical education under the Army
Specialized Training Program.
iThe course he is now taking is a
highly concentrated one, prepar
ing Reserve Officers for their re
sponsibilities as Regular Officers
in the Medical Corps. |
e e !
Fall is the time to add manure
or compost to many gardens. '
fading,
No more zephry breezes blow
There’s a misty, chillin® mantle
Q'er the valleys hangin' low
An each mornin' sees the
sumac
Just a little redder turned
While the grass is dying slowly
An’' the brown leaves may be
burned.
A feller jes' can't help a feelin’
That a greater power than
| man'’s
Is workin’ out these ‘wonders
~ Accordin’ to an Artist’s plans
An’ the lesson it is teachin’
Perhaps is better than printed
‘ creeds
For the mind of the Master
Artist
Knows what the human being
needs.
* —Kirkwood News.
led at the P. T. A. Carnival by
;Diane Dickson, Master of Cere
:monies. She stated that all of
{the Kings and Queens had collect
’ied $223.00 at 1 cent a vote. Har
ivey Hooks was given special re
{cognition for having collected the
'most money of any one child.
{Mr. T. M. Gaugh and his High
|School Band furnished the music.
| Nearly every child entered the
fCostume Parade which featured
3unusually colorful and original
jcostumes. The prizes were
}awarded to tiny Ann Marie Fer
]reira, as a Gradma, and little Al
| Whitlock and Ronny Nix as very
{baggy clowns.
1
‘Jonesbmfi.LA- To
11-save Daddies Night
| The Jonesboro P. T. A. will
|combine their Daddies Night
Imeeting with National Visit Your
! School Week, Nov. 12, 8 P. M. at
[the auditorium.
| An interesting musical program
{will be given and an interesting
§speaker from Atlanta has been
|invited.
| Now that the list of officers,
|committee chairmen and Room
ißepresentatives is complete, they
iwill be introduced at this time. |
A count will be made of the
| parents from each grade and a
iprize awarded the winning grade.
| The parents are invited to visit
the school rooms. The teachers
'will meet them there.
. Refreshments will be served.
| The speaker will be Dr. John
'A. Dodson, Director of Teacher
gEducation at Emory University.
1
Miss Dorothy Swint
‘Weds Mr. Langford
Sims
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Swint, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Swint, to Mr. Langford
Sims, of Jonesboro, was solemn
ized at the Jonesboro Methodist
Church, on Saturday evening,
November Ist.
The ceremony was perforded by
Rev. Hubert Dodd.
The popular couple will reside
in Jonesboro.
Sunshine Dept. Store
Offers Many |
Bargains And
Gifts To Patrons
We call attention in this week’s
paper to the Sunshine advertise
which tells our readers of the
$100,000.00 in merchandise offer
ed at bargain prices by this At
lanta department store.
Bring copy of the ad, with your
name and address on it, to the
Sunshine Department Store at
795 Marietta St. at Bankhead
Highway in Atlanta and receive
a gift fro mthe management.
The Sunshine Store will save
you money on dresses, coats, suits,
shoes, sheets, curtains, overalls
and dozens of other items needed
by every family.
Thousands of people listen to
the Sunshine hill-billy program
over Radio Station WAGA each
morning from 6:00 to 6:30 and
save _money by visiting‘this ‘de
partment store. Drop by and ‘see
for yourself the hext. time you are
20
F
Di
our
pletj
wil
tion
Pop
¢
of
Legi
order
be distri
flowers ar
hand, provi
veterans un
The little
were first wo
on November 9
Moina Michael
gia ,distributed
tending the 35th
the Y. M. C. A.
Poppies were again worn in
1920 when they were sold for the
first time by The American Le
gion Posts of Milwaukee for the
purpose of securing funds for
disabled soldiers.
Making poppies at the hospital
is directed by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, which provides the
materials ,instr®®s the workers
and pays for the flowers pro
duced. Veterans of both world
wars are employed, older veterans
of World War I who have made
poppies in previous years work
ing side by side with the younger
disabled men of the second con
flict, making the flowers for the
first time.
“The work is enjoyed by the
men ,who benefit from it in two
ways,” Miss Conkle explained.
Fu-st.. making the poppies is -
beneficial as occupafl‘tional therapy,
providing interesting occupation
for hands and minds during the
long days of hospitalization and
convalescence. Second, the money
enables the veterans to help pro
vide for themselves or their fam
ilies and is a powerful moral
builder.
These poppies, blooming in hos
pital wards throughout the long
stormy winter months, will come
forth on Poppy Day to wing their
threefold message of Remem
brance, Helpfulness and Service,
straight to the heart of an under
standing America, as it listens to
the voice of the poppy as it rests
over every loyal heart.
“I am not just a crepe paper
flower. I am the glowing symbol
of the sacrifice made by that
gallant flower of American man
hood who marched away at the
call of country and who sleep
here and over there, under their
white crosses row on row, where
poppies sway and toss, to kiss each
Cross.
“I am not just a crushed bud of
paper, wound together and fash
ioned by the tired hands of those
other thousands who marched
away at the call of country, only
to return home, broken in body
and spirit and with the thread of
economic success in life broken.
I am the wistful symbol of their
Isacrmce, made daily, behind white
’hospital walls, without the blare
of drums and the cheers of frenz
ied multitudes. ,
“I am not just a tag flower, of
fered by the American Legion
Auxiliary, for I would not thus
degrade my high mission. I am
the living, throbbing symbol of
the obligations and sgcrifices re
'quired of all good citizens in bind
ing up the wounds of a nations
disabled and I represent your
contribution to that cause.
“In remembrance of America's
heroic dead and in helpfulness to
her living disabled and depend
ents, wear me, on Poppy Day!”
Poppies will be on sale in Jones
boro November Bth, under the
direction of Mrs. Dorothy Morgan
and her Co-workers.
Weed . control in the fall is
worthwhile in all gardens.
Tt is important to grow as many
(fall and winter vegetables as’
Ipossible to help in the campaign
|to furnish food for starving peo
!ple overseas.
iin Atlanta.
‘ Free parking lot adjacent to
the: store. - i