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One night last week along
boU t dusk the telephone rang
{ our house, and hastening to
answer it, aJ
' ” voice said,,
|! is the chej^..-
|| champion call-
g ing; -how about
a game or two o»
Chinese check
ers tonight.” I
didn’t recognize
the “champion’s”
voice, but upon
inquiry, he re-
plied, “Pop”
Hewitt.
■ '“Well,'Pop,” I said, “you may
“champion’ up on your end
of the street, but I’m looked up
to as-the head man in the Chi
nese checker playing down on
lower Campbellton Street, so
- come on down, and we’ll settle
i , this thing for good.”
v “0. K.” Pop replied. “Weil
; bring Jim’ and. Mrs. Vandiver,
A and Jim can provide, the enter-
jltainment alon-g with the- .women
folks talking while we duel over
the marbles.”
Well, along about 7:30 p. . m.,
Pap; Mrs. Hewitt, Jim and Mrs.
Vandiver arrived, and after a
few preliminary “How are you’s”
and “What did you get for
Christmas,” the big game got
underway around the checker
board.
At the first ‘bat out of the
box,’ I knew I was in the wrong
company, because they sprung a
new set of rules on me, but I
agreed to go along with them,
figuring that before the . game
went too far, my superior game
would overcome any advantage
that they could have by playing
fiforth Campbellton Street rules.
I think I wound up last, even
letting the three ladies finish
ahead of me in the first game,
which Pop easily took from us.
He was crowing like, a bantam
londter about “how a champion
■ always wins,” and from the way
H he was talking I fully expected
him to say that he had signed up
to endorse “Wheaties,” the
“Breakfast of Champions.”
But the second game was
tougher going. Starting off with
same “off tackle’” plays that he
1 learned from attending the local
high school football games, Jim
was soon far out in front, and it
was easy to see that only a
speedy broken field runner could
.erer tope to catch him, and keep
him from scoring a touchdown at
13;e far side of the field. Ppp
wasn’t doing so badly, but fell
a victim to a vicious block ap
plied by one of the ladies, in
their mad dash to finish''in the
win, place dr show column.
The lead Jim took in the be
ginning of the game was too
much to overcome, and he fin-
khed first, with myself struggling
in to a poor second. Pop finish
ed in third place, only one mar
ble behind me.
Finishing in second plats, using
a strange set of rules, gave me a
pepped-up feeling of confidence,
and at the beginning of the third
round, I quickly took a lead that
was going to be hard to over
come. Dreaming up trick plays
as the game developed, I galloped
across the board at a speed so
dazzling that no one else had a
ghost of a chance, and I emerg
ed the winner with so little steam
left that I do not remember who
finished second or third.
The end of that game gave
each of us men one notch on the
championship, with the odds in
the fourth game favoring Pop as
he readily admitted that he stay
ed in constant training, and spent
many hours figuring plays from
all angles, and in every situation.
Before beginning the fourth
game Pop warned that we must
keep a constant watch on Jim as
he explained, “everytime the go
ing gets tough, and it looks like
he is going to lose, he’ll someway
manage to upset the board, and
make you think of a regular Em-
dy Post with her ever so nice set
of apologias.”
Keeping one eye on Jim and
another on Pop we set out to
break the three-way tie. It was
a case of every man for himself,
with scant attention being paid
to the ‘tongue flapping’ of the
women and their feeble efforts to
stay in the game. It was do ot
die, now or never.
My first effort to run a marble
across the board home died be-
lore it got to the 40-yard line,
while Jim was loping his home
fast as Charlie Trippi ever
lagged the pigskin for Georgia,
«nd Pop was not far behind. In
spite of help from the feminine
trio in trying to block Jim’s
speedy movements, both Pop, the
tampion of Upper Campbellton.
meet, and myself, the champion
ot Lower Campbellton fell be
fore his terrific onslaughts, and
the
emerged the winner and new;
ftSSH w ith Pop and myself
pgntmg it out for second place.
“The King is Dead,
’ Long live the King.”
mthu'l
'THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD FOR DOUGLAS COUNTIANS'
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OFFICIAL ORGAN
TOWN AND COUNTY
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1948
ADVERTISING RATES
ON REQUEST
No. 1
Two Douglas Countians Killed
In Traffic Accident Dec. 22
MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR of the'Firs!"feaptist Church as they rendered a Christmas Cantata. First row, left to right: Mrs. ;
Tom Morton, Barbara Smith, Mrs, Gordon Banks, Mrs. Dumah Adams, MiriamfMorris, Mrs. Fred Morris, Mrs. Herman
Johnston, Laverne Harden. Second rowi Jimmie Lou Prichard, Patsy Yancey, Marie Phillips, Jane Camp, Joy Smith, Mrs.
J. T. Brown, Mrs. J, L. Gable. Third row: Roy Ogle, Benny Cochran, H. A. Fowler, John Dodson, J. T. Smith, Rev, Pat
Johnson. Mr. P. D, Mathews directed the cantata-with Mri, Mathews, pianist. !
Business And Financial Outlook For 1949
By ROGER W. BABSON
General business off 5 per cent.
National Income off 5 per cent.
Farm Income off 15 per cent.
Bituminous coal off 5 per cent,'
Anthracite off 10 per . cent.
Crude oil production up 3 per
cent.
Steel output up 5 per cent.
Automobiles up 10 per cent.
Building and construction off
20 per cent.
Lumber off 5 per cent.
Foreign trade up 5 per cent.
Airline passenger miles up 10
per cent.
Military activities including
aircraft up 50 per certt.
Retail trade off 5 to 10 per
cent.
Addition To Lithia
School Completed
Lithia Springs now has, to'
meet the New Year, the best-
equipped and finished school it
ever has known, according., to
modern standards.
Work done on the compara
tively new building has been in
process during the last few
months with the aid of a number
of local residents.
The most outstanding improve
ment is the addition of three new
rooms, a lunchroom and two
classrooms. Glenn Florence, a
Douglasville resident who has
been Instrumental in develop
ment of the business district, and
Mack Winn, of Lithia Springs,
undertook the construction of the
three rooms, Mr. Winn reported,
on a cost basis.
Shortly before the Christmas
season, - a number of teachers,
pupils and' parents gathered in
the building for a night of work
and succeeded in giving most of
the rooms a sizeable face-lifting,
including painting of walls,
shelves, desks and chairs. Rich
ard Kerley was in charge of this
work.
1. Total volume of business for
1949 will be less than that of
1948. There surely will be many
soft spots.
General Business
2. Most industries will show
srhaller net profits. This means
that, in many eases dividends
will be less in 1949.
3. Military preparedness will
be a new and powerful industry
which this country never here
tofore experienced in. peace time.
It is destined to bolster employ
ment for some years ahead, but
not the standard-of-living.
4. Inventories quoted both at
their dollar values and in vol
ume will increase during 1949.
Both raw material piles and man
ufactured goods will be in great
er supply during 1949.
Commodity Prices
5. Some rationing or priorities
may be attempted in 1949. The
public WiR.--.make demands for
price controls in the case of cer
tain products. Beware of install
ment purchases in 1949.
6. We expect the peak in
wholesale commodity prices has
been reached for this cycle. We,
therefore, advise going easy on-
inventories; .1949 is a time to get
out of debt and stay out of debt.
7| The retail price of some
goods, other than food products,
may be higher during 1949, but
we believe that the Cost-of-Liv-
iiig Index has turned downward.
8. Retail price changes lag af
ter wholesale price changes.' This
explains why we expect many re
tail prices on good quality mer
chandise to hold’ up for awhile
after wholesale prices decline.
Farm Outlook
9. The total farm income for
1949 should be less than that of
1948, due to . lower prices for
wheat, corn, pork, poultry, eggs
and certain dairy products. Farm
ers should diversify more in
1949, get out of debt, putting sur
plus money into savings and pre
pare for real trouble some day.
10. The supply of Certain vege
tables and fruits should Increase
during 1948. The price of these
should fall off, barring some
weather, insect or t blight catas
trophe.
Santa Claus Scene
At Lithia Springs
Will Be Continued
One of the most elaborate
Christmas displays pin this region
will be continued . through the
New Year week-end for the ben
efit of these few who have miss
ed it to date.
Mr. Hoyt West, of Lithia
So rings, has turned one entire
hillside of his Hickory Hills
Farms into* a gfgantic Santa
Claus scene, including figures
larger than thoseJLused in the
famed Governor’s mansion dis
play in Atlanta.
.Floodlighted, the display shows
Santa and his reindeer angling
up' into the sky after leaving a 1
brilliantly lighted home below.!
An amplifier sends Christmas
carols echoing into the night for
the benefit of visitors. >
A large number of persohs
have visited the exhibit. Mrs.
West said it would remain intact
until next Monday morning.
BODY OF CECIL W. BLEDSOE
BEING RETURNED HOME
The body of one of Douglas
County’s World War II dead is on
its way home from an overseas
cemetery, according to a report
from the U. S. War Department.
On board the U. S. Army
Transport Barney Kirschbaum,
the body! of Pvt. Cecil W. Bled
soe, Route 11, Douglasville, is en
route from Europe. The trans
port also is bearing the bodies
of 80 other Georgia soldiers, the
report stated.
Private Bledsoe’s nearest of
kin was listed as, J. J. Bledsoe.
Route 1, Douglasville.
Locker- Upper
Locked Up, But
Not In Lock- Up
Deputy Sheriff Albert Howell
was locked up last Friday night,
but didn’t know it for about an
hour, and then only when Sheriff
Mac Abercrombie came looking
for him. It happened like this:
Officer Howell has been pinoh-
hitting for Douglasville Chief of
Police 1 J. W. McLarty during the
latter’s illness, and met Night Of
ficer Comer Teal at the City
Hall. After a few brief exchanges
about the weather, etc., Officer
Teal took his departure, leaving
officer Howell in the City Hall
to complete a job of getting his
feet warm. As Officer Teal went
out the door, from force of habit
he locked it tight on the outside.
Sometime later Sheriff Aber
crombie came to the City Hall
looking for Officer Ho well, and
in response to his knock, Officer
Howell said, “Come in.”
Upon being informed that the
door was locked on the outside’
Officer Hoiwell then found out he
had been incarcerated for the
better part of the hour. Sliding
his keys under the door to the
sheriff, Mr.. Howell was released
from his voluntary and unknown
imprisonment.
As an epilogue to the saga of
the locked-up officer, it was
about midnight When he was able
to go home. It seems Sheriff
Abercrombie forgot to give him
back his keys when he released
him, and as customary, the key
ring held the ignition key to his
automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Levin, of
Atlanta, Mr and Mrs Jlohn En-
trekin and son, Lee, of East Point
spent several days here this
week on account- of the illness of
their mother, Mrs J. A. Entre-
kin, at the Douglas County Me
morial Hospital.
Two Douglas Countians met
death, and an Atlanta child, a
nephew of the wife of one of the
victims died later as the result
of a head-on eollison near Hill
Tbp last Wednesday night.
The dead men were Elisha H.
Thompson, driver of one of the
cars, and his cousin, Harold R.
Thompson, both of Douglasville;
The car in which they were rid
ing collided with that of C. H.,
Duke', of Atlanta, four miles east
of Douglasville shortly before
midnight. Mr. and Mrs. Duke
and their two children, Howard
8, and Steven 1, were injured in
the wreck, with Howard dying
Friday night at Grady Hospital
i from the injuries received.
Both the Thompsons were em-.
ployed by. Yancey Brothers in
Atlanta, Elisha as a truck driver,
and Harold as ,a mechanic.
The smash-up, occurring on a
sharp curve demolished both au
tomobiles, and was described by
State troopers as the Worst the}*
had ever seen.
Funeral services for Elisha H.
Thompson were held at the First
Baptist Church December 24,
with Rev. Pat A. Johnson of
ficiating. Interment was in the
City Cemetery with J. Cowan
Whitley in charge.
Elisha Thompson is survived
by his wife, the former Miss
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET
POSTPONED ONE DAY
A meeting of the Douglas
County Teachers Association,
scheduled originally for aJnuary
10, will be held instead on Jan
uary 11, Mrs. Eula Mae Warren,
program chairman, reported.
The meeting will be held at
2:30 p. m., on the new date in
the County High School, Mrs.
Warren related.
Featured as speaker is Dr.
Floyd Jordan, of Emory Univer
sity, regional curriculum consult
ant. He is slated to discuss the
curriculum best suited for Doug
ins Cquqty High, School’s re
cently incorporated twelfth
grade system.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 31.—
Westfield High School gridders,
from the frozen north, arrived
here Tuesday to continue the
last week of practice before
meeting powerful Fitzgerald Sat
urday in the third annual Peanut
Bowl game.
The Bombers, 36 strong, along
with four coaches, left Westfield
early Monday and were .met in
Atlanta Tuesday by representa
tives of Peanut Bowl, Inc. They
arrived in Columbus shortly af
ter 2 p. m. Tuesday and, after
a tour through town, were taken
to Fort Benning, where they will
be housed throughout their stay
here.
The Purple Hurricane of Fitz
gerald will arrive Thursday and
Coach Earl Whetoy will run his
boys through two light work-
Maureen Holloway; three SOUS-
John, Stewart and Jerry, and one
daughter, Janice, and his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Oliii
Thompson. He was a veteran o£
World War II.
Funeral services for Harold R.
Thompson were held at Prays
Mill Baptist Church December
25, with Rev. H. L. Folsom of
ficiating. Interment was in the
churchyard.
Harold Thompson ds survived
by his wife, the former Miss Bet
ty Duke, a month-old son, Mi
chael, and his father and mother,
Mr, and Mrs. Lester Thompson.
Funeral services for the Duke
child, a nephew of the wife of-
Harold Thompson, were held
Sunday, December 26, at the Ca
rey Park Baptist Church in At
lanta, with the Rev. Glen Hanie
officiating. Burial was jn Holly
wood Cemetery,
January 15 Deadline
For Reporting 1948 ^
Program Performance
January 15 has been set as the
closing date for reporting per
formance for the 1948 program
year. Practices that should be
reported now are:
1. Application of superphos
phate, basic slag, potash, or com
mercial fertilizer to eligible
crops, also application of ground
limstone.
2. Establishing a satisfactory
cover of annual lespedeza, crO-
talaria, winter legumes, rye
grass, kudzu or sericea lespe
deza.
3. Construction of broad base
terraces or drainage ditches.
4. Clearing pasture land, seed
ing permanent pasture, sodding
pasture, or mowing pasture for
weed control.
It is very important that all re
ports be in by January 15, so that
( all obligations be computed and
payment made as soon thereafter
as possible.
cuts on the Memorial Stadium
turf Thursday and Friday after
noon.
The Fitzgerald team will com®
to Columbus by bus and more
than 35 players are expected t«
come. | A large group of Colum
bus residents greeted Westfield
Tuesday and an even greater
number was expected to meet
Fitzgerald.
Peanut Bowl activities will
get under way Friday, with the
selection of the queen set for
Friday night. The lucky girl
will be chosen from more than
18 entries, a record number, and
crowned during halftime activi
ties at the game.
Saturday a mile-long parade
will open the day’s events at
12:30 p. m. Kickoff in the game
is set for 2:30 p. m.
Peanut Bowl In Colnmbns Jan. 1
Douglas County Highlights of 1948 Taken From Files Of The Sentinel..
JANUARY
M. T. McDearmid sworn in as
Douglasville’s Mayor for a two-
year term.
W. M. Chatham made chairman
of the Douglas County Board of
Roads and Revenue, succeeding
R. H., Hutcheson.
West-Dodson Motor Company
building on Broad Street destroy
ed in a spectacular fire.
March of Dimes campaign op
ened In the county with P. D.
Mathews again as director.
New telephone equipment
promised for local office.
Miss Jean Wilson of Douglas
County wins debate tournament
at the University of Mississippi.
FEBRUARY
Douglas County farmers were
urged by the county agent to
grow pimientos on ■& large -scale.
Applications were sought for
membership in a proposed unit
of the National Guard for Doug
lasville.
Douglas County High School
closed its basketball season.
Announcement was made that
the Douglas County Electric
Membership Corporation would
erect 300 miles of new lines.
MARCH
B. R. Kirkley Chevrolet ' Co.
officially opened their new build 1
ing and garage on Broad Street.
County election returned Mac
Abercrombie as sheriff; J. W.
James, tax commissioner; L. E.
Bartlett, ordinary, and W. P.
Johnston,. county surveyor. Oth
ers named were F. M. Winn, clerk
of the court; J. W. Shadix, school
superintendent, and H. C. Woods,
B. G. Dukes, Jasper Sticher and
A. G. Meadows, county commis
sioners.
National Guard Unit is acti
vated with headquarters in the
Veterans Clubhouse.
Fashion show staged by Doug
lasville merchants in co-opera
tion with The ' Sentinel added
$170.00 to the hospital fund.
Local Chamber of Commerce
and Cluett-Peabody officials
mapped plans for a new build
ing.
Douglas Superior court . ad
journed after a record breaking
session.
Rev. Charles Maples, of At
lanta’s Sylvan Hills Baptist
Church is spefker at Easter Sun
rise services.
APRIL
Douglas Mill baseball team op
ens season on Saturday, April 10.
Announcement is made , that
the local Woman’s Club will
sponsor a visit of the Red Cross
Blbodmobile.
Lithia Springs Baptist Church
observes second anniversary.
Douglas County Memorial Hos
pital opens doors for service to
county and community, with
young Richard Laird, of Hiram
as first patient.
Dinner for local doctors climax
to hospital opening.
First baby born at Douglas I
County Memorial Hospital was
Freda Deloris Jerkins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Jerkins.
Cluett-Peabody and Company
conducts labor survey in county.
Douglas Countians donated 89
pints of blood during a visit of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile.
Body of woman found in
Sweetwater Creek identified as
Katherine Morgan, of Atlanta.
(The slaying is yet unsolved).
Bond election is ordered held
for county on May XI after
schoolhouses are found to he in
a deplorable condition.
Douglas Mill won first baseball
game of season from Canton, 7-3.
MAY
Mrs. Wallace Smith chosen as
Douglas County mother of the
year.
Farm Bureau announced a corn
contest for Douglas County farm
ers and veterans farm classes.
County' voted school bonds
with a four-to-one majority.
Students at Douglas County
High School serve as city officers
for a day.
A. A. Fowler, Sr., long time
representative of Douglas County
in state political circles dies of
heart attack in Atlanta.
Douglas County Sentinel began
publication of a newspaper for
Austell.
Seventy-four students receive
diplomas at Douglas County High
School.
I Fire destroyd the furniture
! plant operated by F. G. Hodgson.
Work continues on new water
works system for town.
JUNE
Alford Brothers moved into
their new location formerly occu
pied by Kirkley Chevrolet.
Louise Suggs, of Lithia Springs
(now of Carrollton and Atlanta)
wins the British Amateur title.
Douglas County; 4-H Club
members plan for camping trip
to Camp Wahsega.
Revival services begin at First
Baptist Church with Rev. C. C.
Buckalew as guest speaker.
Douglas County promised pav
ing on State Highway No. 5.
Air conditioning unit purchased
for Memorial Hospital operating
ropm.
JULY
Rev. Pat Johnson begins sixth
year as pastor of the Douglas
ville First Baptist Church.
Rev. D. S. Patterson named as
new pastor of the Douglasville
Methodist Church, succeeding
Rev. Irby Henderson.
• Announcement is made that
the local American Legion Post
will award a medal to the out
standing citizen of the county.
Benefit show held at Veterans
Clubhouse for the Douglas Coun
ty Memorial Hospital. »
AUGUST
Dr. Paul Cuthbertson, optome
trist of Marietta opens part-time
office in Douglasville.
West-Dodson Motor Company
purchases building occupied by
White Motors.
Gubematrial oaindidate Her
man Talmadge speaks to large
crowd at the courthouse.
Local young men begin draft
registration.
Announcement is made that
the Douglas County Fair will be
gin on September 20.
SEPTEMBER
Douglas County High School
opens with a record enrollment.
Douglas County joins with Car-
roll and Haralson Counties in
sponsoring a Tri-County health
program.
Ernest Waldrop is -named rep
resentative in State Legislature
from Douglas County, and Glenn
Florence as senator from 39th
District.
First Baptist Church an-
nonupes plans for a new educa
tional building.
Douglas County High School
football team opens season by
defeating Tallapoosa, 13-7.
B. R. Kirkley named as ‘Citi-
en of the Year by the American
Legion.
Management of the Douglas
County Memorial Hospital taken
over by the Hospital Authority.
OCTOBER
Concord, Baptist Association
met with First Baptist Church
on October: 7-8.
Farm Bureau has membership
campaign.
Plantation Pipe Line Company
celebrates ‘Oil Progress Day' by
staging a barbecue for invited
guests at the pumping station.
Douglas Countians .awarded a
number of prizes at the South-
eastern Fair in Atlanta.
- Sentinel moves to new build
ing on Church Street.
H. L. Wingate, president of the
Georgia Farm Bureau, speaks to
members of the Douglas County
Chapter at the courthouse.
NOVEMBER
Harry S. Truman swept Doug
las County in his successful bid
to return to the White House.
Anneewakee Cotton Mill be
gins operations to give the coun
ty a new industry.
Henderson Lanham speaks to
the Diouglasville Grammar School
P. T. A. on daddies’ night.
Bloodmobile makes another
visit to Douglasville on Novem
ber 30.
Sentinel observes open house
in its new building.
DECEMBER
In co-operation with local mer
chants The Sentinel conducts i
“Trade-at-Home” campaign
Santa Claus arrived in Doug
lasville with a big celebration on
December 14.
County churches feature spe
cial Christmas programs during
the holiday season.
Douglasville elects Hugh Nich
olson, Robert Griggs, M. J. Mor
ris, J. G. Harding and Lamar
Smith as councilmen.
t Business and Professional
Women organize club.
