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Civil Service Exams
Are Announced
Junior Custodial Officer, $1,860 a year,
bureau of prisons.—This examination of
fers young men and women interested in
social and penal problems an opportunity
to make correctional work a career in
the prison service. Accordingly, persons
with the aptitude for this work and with
the educational qualifications in keeping
with the government's promotional plan
are desired. A mental test will be given
to measure applicants’ fitness and their
aptitude for prison work. Applicants
must have completed a four-year high
school course, or fourteen units of high
school study, but special credit will be
given for certain college study. The phys
ical requirements are rigid. Applicants
must have reached their twenty-fifth but
must not have passed their forty-fifth
birthday. Applications for this position
must be filed with the Civil Service com
mission at Washington, D. C., not later
than Sept. 18, if received from states
east of Colorado, and not later than
Sept. 21. 1939, if received from Colorado
and states westward.
Chief Budget Examiner, $6,500 a year,
and Principal Budget Examiner, $5,600
a year, for employment in the executive
office of the president, bureau of the
budget.—These examinations are to se
cure high grade specialists for govern
ment budget work. Experience of a high
ly responsible nature, including progres
sively responsible experience in the man
agement or financial control of govern
mental or large industrial, commercial,
or other non-public organizations, is re
quired, except for partial substitution of
specified college study. Applicants must
not have passed their fifty-fifth birthday,
the closing dates for receipt of applica
tions are Sept. 12 for states east of Col
orado, and Sept. 15, 1939, for Colorado
and states westward.
Inspector of Hats, Inspector of Mis
cellaneous Supplies (hosiery and knit un
derwear), Inspector of Textile, and In
spector of Clothing, all at a salary of
$2,000 a year; Junior Inspector of Tex
tiles. and Junior Inspector of Clothing,
$1,620 a year.—Examinations are an
nounced for these positions in the quar
termaster corps of the War Department,
employment at Quartermaster Depot,
Philadelphia, Pa. Applicants must not
have passed their fifty-fifth birthday.
For the junior inspector positions they
must have reached their twenty-first
birthday, and for the other positions they
must have reached their twenty-fifth
birthday. The closing dates for receipt
of applications are Sept. 25 for states
east of Colorado, and Sept. 28, 1939, for
Colorado and states westward.
Full information may be obtained
from the secretary of the United States
Civil Service Board of Examiners at the
post office or customhouse in any city
which has a post office of the first or
second class, or from the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washington,
District of Columbia.
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A LETTER FROM A MOTHER TO
HER CHILD IN PRISON.
(By Mrs. Earl Miller.)
Our home is so sad and lonesome
Since you have gone away,
But we think of you always—
Even if you are miles away.
I sit at home and think of you,
When I am all alone,
For memory is the only thing
That trouble can call its own.
Your clothes, we keep in your trunk,
Your shoes are under your bed;
We are going to keep them all
Just as if you were dead.
Your place at the table is empty,
Your hat and coat hang on the wall,
And many other things of yours,
But we will keep them all.
Your picture stands on the dresser,
It smiles down at us so sad.
And memory brings back to us
All the good times we’ve had.
Our home is wrecked in sadness
When we think of the way you did ;
But I trust when you come home
That you'll be a better kid.
As I meet my friends on my way—
They say they are sorry you went
astray;
They said you seemed so nice and sweet
As they met you on the street.
Not one of them though you would do
any harm,
Not enough to be sent down to the
State Farm.
Os course, no one but you is to blame,
And you can get foregiveness for the
very same
If you will sing, pray and try,
You can go to heaven when you die.
CONSOLATION.
When I was a sinner no comfort had I.
I stood with the guilty and sentenced to
die.
I cried, Lord have mercy, forgive all my
sins,
And grant me full pardon and cleanse
me within.
I knelt at the altar laden with grief,
And cried out to Jesus, Lord give me
relief.
My cries reached to heaven and God on
the throne
Threw His arms around me and made
me His own.
The spirit from heaven uplifted my soul.
Now I am so happy since He has control.
The spirit’s my witness, I'm happy each
day
Since the Lord gave me pardon and my
sins rolled away.
When my labor is ended and my life here
is o’er,
I’ll my Saviour on that beau
tiful shore.
I'm laying up treasures in heaven on
high,
I'll have a bright mansion in the sweet
bye and bye.
I'm treading the pathway my Saviour
once trod,
I'm glad I’m a member of the great
Church of God.
THOMAS D. LYNN.
August 23, 1939.
KNOW YOUR TIMBER
(Emily Woodward.)
In Georgia and the south, forestry
now offers the opportunity for much
needed co-operation between those who
are guiding industry and those who are
engaged in agricultural pursuits.
The men who are busy with machines
have been slow to recognize the relation
of their own success to the success of
those who till the soil. With, the increas
ing investment in the south in manufac
turing plants that are dependent upon
the trees for their raw materials, the in
vestors have good reason for becoming
strong allies in all the efforts to give
permanence to southern forestry re
sources.
Although fire is still the No. 1 enemv
of the forests, the industries feeding in
our vast tree pastures are still inclined
to waste and a little greediness in satis
fying their appetites. Small saw-mills
probably have the guiltiest record in
wasteful ‘cutting practices. Although the
pulp mills are showing wisdom in the
management of their own forest lands,
there are evidences throughout the south
land in the form of devastated areas
which go to show that they have not
been altogether mindful of the need to
help other owners conserve their forestry
resources.
When manufacturers come to realize
that economic success works in a cycle,
that the impoverished land owners are
poor customers of the manufacturer’s
products, perhaps they will concern them
selves more w’ith conservation methods.
Regardless of how willing, or even eager
the owners of small timber tracts may
be to market their trees, even for a prof
itless price, the manufacturer should re
fuse to buy when the sale calls for com
plete devastation. Saw-mills, pulp mills,
and other wood-using plants would do
well to establish a policy of buying their
raw materials from only such timberland
owners as will agree to protect their
own property.
Someone ma yargue that it isn’t the
business of the manufacturer to bother
with the other fellow's affairs; if the
timberland owner wants to sacrifice his
timber it is no business of the manufac
turer. Unfortunately, this attitude has
obtained too long already. It is responsi
ble for many of the economic evils with
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 7, 1939
NEWS FOR THE
HOME-MAKER
By MILDRED HENRY. H. D. A.
Cleaning and Reshaping Felt Hats
a Home Chore.
By mid-summer a light-colored or white
felt hat may look a little the worse for
wear. It is possible to dry-clean it at
home. Use carbon tetrachloride, one of the
best dry-cleaning solvents, because it is
non-inflammable. It should be used in a
well-ventilated place, however, and there
should be enough on hand so that the hat
may be dipped into two separate bowls.
Any changes needed in the shape of the
hat other than creases or tucks put in
after blocking, should be made before
cleaning. Then brush the hat well, dip in
the dry-cleaning solvent, brush well with
a soft brush, and rinse thoroughly in
fresh solvent.
While the hat is still saturated with
carbon tetrachloride, dust over it a thick
layer of an absorbent material such as
French chalk, powdered magnesia, corn
tarch, or white talcum powder. Let the
'iat lie in a covered box overnight. In the
torning, shake off the loose powder, let
dry, and then brush off the remaining
powder. Rubbing the hat with fine sand
paper improves it. Sometimes the dusting
reatment without the dip in the solvent
s enough for a light-colored felt.
If the hat needs re blocking, use a
ound bowl or deep saucepan somewhere
ar your headsize for a mold. First,
stretch a clean cloth over the bowl, pin
ning the corners underneath. This gives
something to fasten the padding to. Pad
the mold until it is the right size and
shape and cover smoothly with a piece
of muslin.
The hat must be thoroughly moist be
fore blocking. Steam it from the inside
by holding it over the spout of a steam
ing teakettle. Then stretch it over the
mold, pushing and pulling it into shape
until it fits the mold smoothly and snug
ly. Tie a cord tightly at the headsize
line to hold it in place.
Continue to steam the felt and push
and stretch it until it comes to the de
sired shape. Do not remove from the
block until the felt is thoroughly dry.
The brim may be stretched and worked
by hand and pressed with a warm iron.
Rub the hat lightly with sandpaper and
finish by brushing with a soft brush. Be
gin at the tip of the crown and brush
around in one direction working outward
until the entire surface is smooth.
Sometimes a felt brim can be given a
freshed look if the edge is trimmed a lit
tle. Lay it on a flat surface and cut with
a razor blade held at right angles.
To clean a panama hat. try washing it
in a sude of lukewarm water and neutral
soap, with a soft cloth in the suds, and
scrub the hat lightly until it is clean.
Then rinse thoroughly to remove all the
soap and lay hat in the shade to drain
for a short time before blocking. The
brim must be pressed. To prevent scorch
ing when pressing, use a dry cloth and
a wet cloth laid over it. A soft, dry
sponge also aids in removing dust and
spots from a panama hat.
which the south is now battling.
Conservation of southern resources
must be made the concern of all south
erners of all who look to the south for
■onomic gain. Sherman’s march to the
sea is still memoralized by southerners
as a source of endless southern ills. It
is far more important, today, for south
erners to use their energies in battling
against the forces that would march
through the southland ruthlessly destroy
ing its magnificent resources.
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GARDEN GOSSIP
(Hubert B. Owens, Head Landscape
Architecture Department, University of
Georgia.)
It has been particularly interesting
for me on this trip during my vacation
to note the roadside development which
has been accomplished on highways from
South Carolina to Massachusetts.
The earliest roadside development on
a large scale nature was accomplished
by Westchester county, New York, some
twelve years ago. Westchester lies just
north of New York City, extends from
Long Island sound to the Hudson river,
and embraces beautiful scenery compos
ed of wooded rolling hills and small val
leys. It is primarily a residential county
where many people live and commute to
New York for work. The county highway
department a few years ago in attempt
ing to meet the needs of its citizens in
providing an adequate highway system
visualized a combination of the utilitar
ian and the beautiful wide right-of-ways
were obtained, pavement wide enough to
accommodate the heavy traffic was laid,
banks were sloped and sodded with
grass, and existing natural beauty was
incorporated into the scheme. A corps of
landscape architects and architects were
employed to collaborate with the engi
neers in this. This resulting network of
parkways in Westchester county provide
to be the most beautiful highway devel
opment in America.
It is said that the work accomplished
by Westchester county proved an excel
lent object lesson for the federal bureau
of public roads and the various state
highway departments as to what could
be accomplished not only in providing
adequate hard-surfaced roads for auto
mobile traffic, but also in the enhance
ment of the roadsides. This pioneer
"roadside beautification" work has doubt
less proved an inspiration for subsequent
roadside development undertakings thru
out America.
In the area of New York City much
progress has been made in recent years in
widening pavements, sloping banks, elim
inating signs and billboards, and planting
trees and shrubs along the right-of-way.
Westchester parkways have been extend
ed into other New York and Connecti
cutt counties. It was my privilege to
traverse the Merritt parkway, extending
from Westchester county line in New
York state to Norwalk, Conn. It was re
cently completed and all the latest im
provements in parkway construction were
incorporated in its development. The
Merritt parkway is undoubtedly the most
magnificent highway development I have
eve? seen.
In Virginia the Yorktown-Williams
burg parkway, the Mount Vernon park
way and the Skyline drive are excellent
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Traffic Deaths Over
Nation On Increase
A new increase in traffic deaths after
a nineteen-month slump flashed the red
light of warning to American motorists
this week.
The National Safety Council reported
fatalities rose 1 per cent, in July in the
wake of a 2 per cent, upturn in June.
It stated the upward trend in those
two months broke a record of sustained
improvement which began in November,
1937, and confirmed the "fear that Amer
ica's most successful traffic safety drive
definitely has stalled.”
During July the council counted 2,750
deaths on the streets and highways com
pared with 2,720 in July, 1938. During
the first seven months of 1939 it record
ed 16,250 fatalities —4 per cent, fewer
than the 16,880 who died during a sim
ilar period last year.
Death in rural areas increased for the
fourth successive month, offsetting gains
that had been made in the cities.
examples of roadside development proj
ects. Os all the southern states, Virginia
is proving one of the most progressive in
the matter of her roadsides. The Asso
ciated Clubs of Virginia for Roadside
Development is largely responsible for
this work and at a future date I will
have more to say concerning the func
tioning of this organization.
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