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HERE ’N I
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The Summerville P.-T. A. will
have its regular monthly meet
ing at 3:15 p. m., Dec. 16. All
patrons are welcome.
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An automobile and a truck
were slightly damaged Tuesday
night when Oscar Wood, driver
of the truck, ran into the auto
mobile driven by Mrs. O. C. Ma
han.
The collision occurred at the
intersection of Washington and
Commerce Streets.
No charges were made and the
responsible party agreed to pay
costs of repair to the automobile.
The? savings bond quota for
Chattooga County for the montn
of December is $35,000, it has
been disclosed by the state di
rector of the Savings Bonds Di
vision
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At the Coosa Valley Livestock
sales in Rome on Dec. 3, 44 buy
ers and 124 sellers exchanged
343 cattle, 20 hogs, 16 pigs and
9 goats making the tota Isales
$24,902.88.
Hogs were S2O to $25.50 cwt;
calves, $8 to $22 cwt; bulls, $10.90
to $14.80 cwt; steers, $10.60 to
$22.20 cwt; slaughter cows, $6.10
to sl9 cwt; dairy type heifers,
$9.30 to $14.70 cwt; springers, S4O
to $167 per head.
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The veterans are reminded the
deadline date for reinstating Na
tional Service Lite Insurance
without a physical examination
is Dec. 31, 1947. This leaves onlv
17 days before the deadline.
There have been deaths in this
area recently without this insur
ance coverage and the'’Veteran.-
Service office in the Barron
Building in Rome, is particularly
anxious that all veterans have all
information concerning the ben
efits of National Service Life In
surance.
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Nine persons have been arrest
ed by members of the sheriff s
force within the past week.
They are: Roy Ballenger, pub
lic drunkness; Randolph Daniel,
driving under the influence of
alcohol: Fred B. Hurley, aband
onment: Henry Roach, driving
under the influence of alcohol;
T. D. Holcomb, peace warrant -
Dewey Cook, peace warrant and
abandonment; F. D. Stiles, lar
ceny from house; Frank Mosley,
abandonment; Carmon Ramsey,
driving under the influence of
alcohol
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Summerville city police arrest
ed the following during the past
week: Duke Marshall, speeding
and refusing to stop when sig
naled by officers; Robert H.
Schroeter, disorderly conduct;
Jim Earl Reece, disorderly con
duct; Gordon Rickett, disorderly
conduct: Otis M. Hill, reckless
driving; Jack Studders, disorder
ly conduct: N. M. Baxter, disor
derly conduct; Carey Bulloch,
disorderly conduct; Robert J
Dollars, disorderly Conduct.
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Marriage licenses have been is
sued by County Ordinary J. W.
King's office to the following.
Richard Harry Mundy, Barnes
ville. N. C.. and Eleanor Lee
O’Donnell, of Barnesville, N. C.;
John Hill Hall, of Menlo, and
Doris Arie Lou Chandler, of
Menlo.
Trion Glee Club to Hove
Christmas Program
A Christmas musical program
and pageant will be presented
by the Trion School Glee Club
at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 17,
at the Trion High School Audi
torium.
Two solos will be featured.
They are “Jesu Bampino,” by
Hewlett Burton, and “Sweet Lit
tle Jesus Boy,” by Jimmy Snow
In addition to the traditional
Christmas carols, other songs will
include “O, Holy Night,” “Gloria
in Excelsis,” and “Carol of the
Bells.”
Miss Jessie Burton is in charge
of the program.
Lyerly Methodists
To Hold Conference
The regular quarterly confer
ence will be held at the Lyerlj’
Methodist Church at 7 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 14, it has been an
nounced by the Rev. Shelton
Adams, pastor.
The Rev. Peter Manning, dis
trict superintendent, will deliver
the evenings message, after
which the conference will be
held, it was disclosed.
Singing to Be Held at
Sand Mountain Chapel
A singing will be held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Sand
Mountain Chapel Church, it has
been announced by Z M. Coo
per
The Summerville Quartet will
be among those special singers
present.
The public and all singers are
cordially invited, it was stated.
©h? Sunuiwnnlb Nms
VOL. 62, NO. 49
Baker and Elrod
Now in Race for
Mayor of City
With yesterday’s announce
ment of the entrance of a “GI
I ticket” in the City of Summer
ville election to be held on Jan.
: 3. 1943. the race for city officials
i is gaining momentum.
| Fred Elrod, World War I vet
eran, has qualified and announc
ed that he is a candidate for
mayor.
J. E. Baker, local grocer, had
previously announced his candi
dacy for this office. O. H. Per
ry is now the mayor of Summer
ville.
Running on the “GI ticket”
with Mr. Elrod is Ray Van Pelt,
! councilman, Ward 1; Hill Ham-
Nov. 20 Issue
The Summerville News will |
I pay 25 cents each for the first
- three copies of the Nov. 20, :
1947, issue of The News.
Proper Preparation
For Mailing Gifts
Urged by Postoffice
The handling of Christmas
mail will be greatly facilitated
jby careful preparation of the
mail by senders and the local
: post office asks the co-operation
of the people of this vicinity.
The following points will aid
greatly, it was state: 1. Prepay
postage fully on all mail matter;
: 2. Address all matter plainly and
completely in ink, giving street
address or box or rural route
number whenever possible. Place
sender’s return card in upper left i
hand corner of address side; 3.
Pack articles carefully in strong
durable containers. 4. Parcels
containing _ perishable articles
should be prominently endorsed
with the word "perishable.” 5.
Parcels may not ex ?’d 100 inch
-les in length and girth combin
j ed. 6. The limit of weight of
i fourth-class or parcel post mat -
ter is 70 pounds for all zones. The
same limit applies to first-class
matter and air mail. 7. Parcels
may be marked “Do not open
until Christmas.” 8. Christmas
seals or stickers should not oe
placed on the address side of
mail.
Post office officials urge the
public to send Christmas greet
ing cards as first class mail.
“When so sent the greetings
: may be sealed and contain writ- j
ten messages not otherwise per
mitted, therefore having a per
sonal appeal, which is, of course,
more highly appreciated by the
recipients. Also, such greetings
are dispatched and delivered
first, given directory service, and
additional charge. If undeliv
erable they are returned without
charge provided the sender's
return card is shown on the en
velope.”
I Cigarettes and tobacco prod
j ucts may not be mailed for de
livery through APO’s In Ger
many, France and Austria, it
was disclosed.
Local Rotary Club
Hears Henry Pyne
“Good Public Relations” was |
the subject of an address by s
Henry Pyne, secretary of the:
Rome Chamber of Commerce, |
and a Rome Rotarian, at the
weekly meeting of the Summer-'
: ville-Trion Rotary Club, Wednes- I
day at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.i
Mr. Pyne, who has been de-!
scribed as a most entertaining
speaker, used the subject as an |
acrostic and illustrated each with
an anecdote.
The speaker was introduced oy!
Abie Hammond.
Visitors included John Davis,
of Summerville; Harold Clotfel- :
ter and B. H. Mooney, Rome Ro -I
i tarians.
Program chairman for next
week is Buddy Hammond.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
All the Chattooga County
j schools will close on Dec. 19, it
I has been announced by C. B.
Akin, county school superintend
ent.
A majority of the schools will
resume schedule on Jan. 4, how
ever, Lyerly High School, which
was out during the harvest sea
son, will go back to the class
rooms on De«. 29, W. P. Lovett,
principal, has disclosed.
mond, councilman. Ward 2; and
Leroy Alexander, councilman,
Ward 3.
Those having announced they
will run on the other ticket in
clude Otis Gorman, councilman.
Ward 1; Andrew Williams, Sr.,
councilman, Ward 2; and Charles
Fink, councilman, Ward 4
James R. Burgess, present
1 councilman from Ward 1, has
announced that he is seeking re
election.
Present councilmen are as fol
lows: Dennis Cox, Ward 4; D. T.'
Espy, Ward 2, and Willis James,:
Ward 3. None of these have an
nounced their intention of seek
ing re-election.
Rites Held Sunday
For J. B. Cordle
John Broadus Cordle, 53, died I
in Trion at 6:10 p. m. Friday aft- ’
\ er several weeks’ illness.
Mr. Cordle was the son of the
late Rev. and Mrs. Williams C.
| Cordle and is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Zephyr Perry Cordle,
Trion; three daughters. Mrs. R.
| H. Carroll, LaFayette; Mrs. Joel
C. Thomas. Miss Madelyn Cor-
I die, both of Trion; two sons, Rev.
M. L. Thomas, Gadsden, Ala., and
Billy Cordle, of Trion; two sis
i ters, Mrs. Sell Harris and Mrs. ■
Louella Barran, Trion; two bro
| thers, Grady Cordle, Trion; EC '
Cordle, Rome.
Funeral services were held
: from the First Baptist Church
' Sunday afternoon with the Rev
S. L. Walker, E. B. Shivers and
B. D. Maffett officiating. Inter
j ment was in the Pleasant Grove
I Cemetery. Hill-Weems Funeral
Home in charge.
Italian Opera Topic
Os Summerville
Music Club Meet
The December meeting of the
Summerville Music Club was
held at the Riegeldale Tavern on
Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 9. Miss ■
Alma Zada Eilenburg and Mrs.,
T W. Elder were co-hostesses.
Mrs. C. O. Walker, club presi
dent, called the meeting to order
and led the club in the saying
of the collect. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read
; and approved.
A social hour was held during
j which a delicious salad plate wa«
served
The mogram, chairman, Mrs.
Charles' L. Rudicil, gave an in
teresting program on Italian op- ;
era. In her discussion of the his
tory of Italian opera, she brought j
out all the important Italian
composers and many of the less
important ones. The recordings;
used were “Visi di Arte,” by Tos
ca, and “Daughter of the Regi
ment,” by Donizetti.
Mrs. John D. Taylor sang “Ave
j Maria,” from “Ootello,” by Ver
di, accompanied by Miss Alm»
Zada Eilenburg.
Following the program the
oresident welcomed Mrs. Harry
Wallace, a new member, into the
club
Mrs. Foster gave a discussion
lon carols, using especially the ■
: Christmas carol “Hark, the Her- ;
: aid Angels Sing.”
Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Jr., told
i the club about the McDowell Mu-
I sic Colony and also about the
I new music colony which is being
i started at Montreat, N. C.
The Music Club will sing
! Christmas carols this year to the
I shut-ins.
The finance chairman repot'- '
ed that the bazaar .was a success.i
j and expressed thanks to even i
one who helped.
Candidates Announce
n Trion Election
Four new candidates have an
nounced that they will run in the
Trion city election to be held on.
Jan. 1, 1948.
Those entering the race against
those now in office include M.
B. Eubanks. J. C. Wood, Archie
Brown and James Simmons.
W. B. Simmons has announced
he will run for re-election as |
mayor, while Harry Hardeman
will again seek the office of Re- |
corder and Mayor Pro Tern.
Mack Arden, Hermany Bank
ey, C. B. Bricker, Andrew Camp
bell and L. C. (Sadd) Dalton are
seeking re-election for council-1
I men. I ■
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947
CATES SUCCEEDS
GEN. VANDERGRIFT
gOj
CLIFTON B. CATES
Announcement of the selection
of Maj.-Gen. Clifton B. Cates,
USMC, as the next commandant
of the United States Marine
Corps was made at President
Truman’s press conference at the
White House on Nov. 21.
Gen. Cates will succeed Gen
A. A. Vandergrift, who will re
| tire from active service Jan. 1.
At present commanding gen
j eral of the Marine Barracks, at
I Quantico, Va., and commandant
of the Marine Corps Schools at
Quantico, Gen. Cates will be the
19th commandant of the Marine
Corps since its inception over
172 years ago.
Rites Held for
J. C. Chamblee
Funeral services were held at
; 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Cloudland
Presbyterian Church for J. C.
Chamlee, 67, who died at the
Summerville Hospital at 5:20
a. m. Monday. The Rev. George
Erwin and the Rev. S. K. Dod
ison officiated. Interment was in
the Alpine Cemetery.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. B. T. Robertson, Jr., of
Atlanta; five sons. Richard. Joe,
Scott and Clyde, all of Cloudland,
and Ralph Chamlee, of Menlo;
his mother, Mrs. S. T. Chamlee.
of Woodstock; two grandsons,
i Ralph and David Chamblee, of
Menlo; four sisters and two bro
! thers.
Lyerly Basketeers
Meet Summerville
The Summerville basketball
i court will be the scene Thursday
night of the second meeting of
the Lyerly and Summerville In
dependent teams, members of
the Southern Amateur Basketball
League. The game will begin at
8 o’clock.
In the previous game, the pow
erful Lyerly team defeated the
Summer rille group by 11 points.
The Pope team of Section. Ala.. ■
will invade Lyerly in an exhibi
tion game at 8 p. m. Saturday.
Lyerly again will attempt to be
the victor in the Trion-Lyerly
encounter at the Lyerly gym
nasium at 8 p. m. Monday. The
score for the first Trion-Lyerly
game, held on Nov. 28. was 49-
34, with Trion on the low score
angle.
In what is expected to be a
close and thrilling game on Dec.
29, Lyerly again will play Peer
less, who already has defeated
them with a score of 65-37. This
will be a league game played on
the Lyerly hardwood at 8 o’clock.
Out of 10 games, only Daisy,
Tenn., and Peerless have defeat
ed the Lyerly five.
Trion 0.E.5., U.D.
To Meet Monday
The regular meeting of the
Trion Chapter, OES. UD, will be
held at 7 p. m. Monday, Dec. 15.
at the Masonic Hall.
All members are urged to be
present by the order of Worthy
Matron, Mrs. Edith DeWitt and
Secretary Mrs. Foy Holt.
BUSINESS COLLEGE MAY BE
ESTABLISHED HERE SOON
A business college will be es
tablished in Summerville in the
near future, provided a sufficient
number of students can be en
rolled, according to an announce
ment by the Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce.
To begin the school here, North
Georgia Business College officials
of Rome state that they must
have 30 day students and 32
night students.
The Chamber of Commerce has
secured a location for the school,
and all the plans have been
made, it was disclosed.
“This is a grand opportunity
for the people of this vicinity
who wish to increase their knowl-
County-Wide School Bond
Issue Election Is Called
BOND ISSUE MEETINGS
PLANNED FOR COUNTY
Meetings will be held at vari-J
ous school buildings for the pur
pose of having a round-table dis
cussion on the proposed bond is
sue for buildings, additions to
present buildings and general
repair of all the schools in Chat
tooga County, it has been an
; nounced.
“Whether you are for or
against bonds, it is your duty to
attend these meetings and ex
press your views,” Board of Ed
ucation officials said.
Some member or a represen-
J. A. Pilgrim
Dies Thursday
James Alexander Pilgrim. 85,
; died at his home in Trion at 3:20
' p. m. Thursday after a lingering
■ illness.
He is survived by wife. Mrs.
'Mary Lou Pilgrim; three daugh
: ters, Mrs. Etta Palmer, Trion;
Mrs. Bessie Ramey. LaFayette;
Mrs. Ada Phillips, Summerville;
four sons, Andre, George Thom
as, John William and Hubert O
Pilgrim, all of Trion.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Tron Methodist Church
Saturday afternoon with Revs. J
A. La.ngford, Farris Baird and
Olan Parr officiating. Interment
in the Oak Barry Cemetery near
Gayesville, Ala. Hill-Weems Fu
neral Home in charge.
Over $2,000 Raised
In Scout Drive
A total of $2,319 was contribut
ed to the Northwest Georgia Boy
Scouts, during the recent drive:
to raise funds, D. L. McWhorter,
chairman, reported Friday night
at a meeting of the Chattooga
I Boy Scout Committee.
A portion of this money willl
i be used to furnish directors for
I the county who in turn super- j
vise the Scoutmasters.
C. H. Westin, Scout executive,
of Rome, met with the commit- ;
tee. Members attending included
James Simmons, Mose Brinson, !
J. Leo Baker, C. B. Bricker, Dr '
B. Lovingood, Gene Rackley, A ,
E. Harrington, L. C. Dalton. Rev
Harry Foster, Ralph Tribble, T. J.
i Espy, D, L. McWhorter, A. G
Dunson, Sam Cook and R. P
Hardeman.
Two Businesses Broken
Into Here Thursday
Several fountain pens, two i
men’s pocket watches, some can- |
dy and chewing gum were stolen
from I. M. Henderson’s Watch
Shop and Hollis Real Estate
Agency Thursday night when
the two businesses, located in a
joint building, were broken into
through the back door.
According to Mr. Henderson
the two watches and his fountain I
pen were in a drawer. Other ;
watches and valuables were lock- j
ed up in a safe.
A picture of Mr. Hollis’ daugh
ter was taken and the frame was
i left in his office. Several foun
tain pens, some candy and a
number of packs of chewing,
gum also were taken from this
office.
Fingerprints have been taken
and police state that investiga- •
i tion is proceeding.
edge of typing, stenography, fil
ing. accounting, or other sub
jects, and for veterans or those
who wish to learn,” Mose Brin
son. president of the Chamber
of Commerce, said. “The cost of
the course is reasonable and this
sort of training is something that
cannot be taken away from you.”
This college will offer the
same courses which could be se
cured at Rome, Chattanooga or
Atlanta, it was stated.
Those who are interested in
attending either the day or night
classes are urged to contact Mrs.,
Mary John Fowler. Chamber of
Commerce, phone 239, as early
as possible.
I tative of the board of education
j will attend each of these meet
: ings, and every interested per
i son is urged to attend.
They will be held at 8 p. m. as
follows:
Thursday, Dec. 11, Summer
ville; Friday. Dec. 12, Berryton:
Monday, Dec. 15, Menlo; Tues
day. Dec. 16, Subligna; Wednes
day, Dec. 17, Lyerly; Thursday,
Dec. 18, Gore; Monday, Jan. 5,
Pennville; Tuesday, Jan. 6, My
j ers; Wednesday, Jan. 7, Welcome
Hill; Thursday, Jan. 8, Teloga-
Friday, Jan. 9, Cloudland.
Stores to Close On
Christmas and New Year's
A majority of the stores in
Summerville will be closed
both on Christmas Day and
New Year’s Day, a survey in
dicates.
Some stores have announced
that they will be closed on
Christmas Day and the day fol
lowing, while others intend to
open on Friday.
A number of the businesses
will be closed for a few days
at the first of the year tak
ing inventory, it was stated.
Fort Payne Bows
To Summerville
In Basketball
The Summerville Independent
basketball team scored another
victory Tuesday night when they
defeated the visiting Fort Payne,
Ala., team. The score was 31-25.
High-point man for the victors
was Byars, who scored 14 points.
Groce was next with 11 points,
and R. Brown got six of the 31
noints
Scott, of the Fort Payne team,
naced his group with 13 points.
McCullough made 8 points and
Womack sent the score up by 4
i points.
In addition to those scoring
; for the locals, Bush. Shivers. D
Brown, Cash, E. Bowman and
i R. Bowman played.
McNut and Bodine were the i
; other players for Fort Payne.
Summerville will be hosts to
the Lyerly team at 7:30 o’clock:
; tonight
Disabled Vets to
Get Identification
An identification card to be
i carried by every Georgia veteran
1 who was disabled in World War
II has been prepared for imme
diate distribution, according to C.
Arthur Cheatham, director of the
State Department of Veterans
Service. Cards will be issued
through the 67 Veterans Service
offices throughout the state.
Designed to aid him in an
j emergency, the card will attest
; to the nature of the ex-service
( man’s disability, Cheatham said. ,
and will direct the proper steps
to be taken to help him. It will
also list his regular physician,
his closest relative and the man-i
ager of his Veterans Service of- 1
fice serving his home—all with
telephone numbers and complete :
addresses.
“These cards,” Cheatham said,
“will be most helpful to veter-;
ans with brain injuries, concus
sions, psycho-neurotic conditions
and tropical diseases such as I
malaria where lapses of consci
ousness are possible. But they
will be issued to all disabled vets
in the state for use in emergen
cies.”
The Veterans Service director
said his department was moved
to prepare and distribute these
cards as a result of “several in
cidents" in which disabled men
were “roughly mistreated as
drunks” before the real nature
of their trouble was discerned ,
He said that this identification
would eliminate the hazards of
well-meant but improper medical
treatment for a disabled veteran
—especially where he may be:
found unconscious.
Cheatham said that Georgia
was the first state to undertake
this labeling of its war disabled
and that he hoped other states
would follow suit, as a public
service.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
The Chattooga County Board
! of Education has called an elec
’ tion for Jan. 20, 1948, for a coun
; ty-wide bond issue amounting to
$260,000 for new school build
ings and general repair and ad
ditions to present buildings.
"The bonds would bear 3 per
cent interest, and could be re
tired in 21 years,” members of
the board said. “In computing
the interest and length of time
required to retire the bonds, it
was found that, on an average
for the 21 years, the mills to be
levied would be slightly less than
four and one half. On a per cap
ita basis, it would mean that it
would cost less than $1 per per
son per year for all the people
living in the county outside the
independent system of Trion,
however, the levy would be on
property and not per capita.”
If the vote is favorable, and
the bonds are validated and sold,
the funds will be prorated to the
; various schools on the basis of
need and average daily attend
ance, it was stated.
The following represents a
proposed distribution of build
ings and repairs in the various
schools should the bond issue
, pass:
1. Berryton: Remodel, erect
I two classrooms and install heat
ing system and toilet facilities.
2. Gore: Install heating plant,
toilet facilities, cover vocational
cabins, repair stage, add one
room to canning plant, paiift
gymnasium and school building,
cover, repair, and paint teachers’
home.
3. Lyerly: Add two classrooms
to grammar school and overhaul
entire building, cover and paint
all buildings, install heating
plant, erect small canning plant
and workshop. (With a view
of having vocational subjects
, taught.) Add four classrooms and
install water facilities at the col
. ored school.
4. Menlo: Wreck old building,
which has been condemned, sal
vage all worthwhile material,
and erect 10 classroom building.
Repair colored school.
5. Myers-Welcome Hill: Erect
seven-classroom building, includ
ing heating plant and toilet fa
cilities.
6. Pennville: Erect seven-class
room building, including heating
plant and toilet facilities.
7. Subligna: Cover and paint
building, install heating plant
and overhaul water facilities.
8. Summerville: Cover gram
mar school building. Add eight
I classrooms and an auditorium co
I the Summerville High School
i building. Paint woodwork on out
: side of gymnasium and primary
building Change height of win
dows in South Summerville
building, and add toilet facili
ties. Add two rooms and overhaul
colored school.
9. 'Teloga and Cloudland: Do
all necessary repairs to build
ings.
The most urgent needs would
be met first, it was stated, and
then, as labor and materials be
■ came available otjrer needs would
be met.
The Board of Education said
that thp decision was reached
after much study and considera
tion.
“The overcrowded conditions
in many of the larger schools,
together with inadequate equip
ment is a serious threat to the
accredited rating of these
schools,” it was stated. “Only one
of the five high schools has a
laboratory. Libraries are used
for classrooms and study halls.
In one of the high schools, the
churches are used for assemblies
and commencement exercises.
In another, there are no indoor
toilet facilities. Only one has a
central heating system. The
grammar school buildings are in
adequate. One serving both high
school and grammar school stu
dents has been condemned and
is ready to collapse.
“Lack of room, poor lighting
facilities, leaking roofs, and nee
of paint are a few of the need
Two bus loads of students, most
of them from near the Walker
County line, are transported to
Gore due to lack of buildings at
Welcome Hill and Myers and the
overcrowded condition at Sum
merville. Barracks are being used
at Summerville and Menlo. These
are unsatisfactory, and must be
abandoned as quickly as possi
ble.”
Every school community is to
be commended for the local sup
port and interest shown, mem
bers of the board said.
“You have all done a marve
lous job in assisting in repair
ing and helping to keep the
schools open during the war
years and in this unsettled pe
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