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SUMMERVILLE Vs. McHENRY, FRIDAY NIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK, STURDIVANT FIELD
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A revival series will begin at
the Mt. Olive Methodist Church,
Monday, October 25, conducted
by the Rev. Wrathbum Cash.
Services will begin at 7:30 o’clock
each evening.
Herman L. Copeland, fireman,
U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Copeland of Lyerly, Route
2, is serving aboard the light
cruiser USS Huntington, now
crusing in the Mediterranean Sea
as a part of the Sixth Task Fleet
of Admiral Richard L. Conolly’s
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterran
ean Forces.
Mediterranean duty offers op
portunities to visit many of the
southern countries of Europe and
those of northern Africa.
Horace L. Hamilton has recent
ly been promoted to the rank of
Private First Class.
Pfc. Hamilton is the son of,
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hamil
ton, of Summerville, and is pres
ently assigned to Company “A”,
562nd Engineer Special Brigade,
the only Army amphibious unit
not active.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge No. 160 will be held at
7:30 p. m. Monday, October 25,
at the Lodge Hall.
The Rev. R. H. Brubaker, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., conducts a
tent service at 2:45 p. m. each
Sunday on Highland Avenue, in
Summerville.
The Rev. Warren Beal, of
Columbia Seminary and now
pastor of the Bethel, Walnut
Grove, and Sardis Presbyterian
Churches will preach at 11 a. m.
Sunday, at the Bethel Presby
terian Church.
Harvest Time Aids
Bond Purchases
Harry Lee McGinnis, County
Chairman, says that Saving
Bonds sales in this county were
$18699 for September end have
reached $201,884 for the first
three quarters of 1948. Thus
there remains $98,116 t obe pur
chased by December 31st.
Special efforts are being made
to reach 30,00 new Bond buyers
on the Payroll Savings Plan.
Likewise, the goal is to get
6,000 in the professional, self
employed and business groups to
join up with the Bond-A-Month
Plan.
Farmers will increase Bond
purchases as their crops reach
the markets.
Everybody who can is asked to
help promote national security
and personal security by buying
and holding U. S. Savings Bonds.
Warr Talks at
Lions Program
An explanation of the Mini
mum Foundation Program by
John Warr, veteran educator and
now Superintendent of the Floyd
County Schools, featured the
program of the Summerville
Lions Club at their semi-monthly
session Tuesday evening at
Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Mr. Warr revealed statistics
which showed that if the Legis
lature passes the Program it will
mean a big increase on the
amount spent educationally on
each child in Georgia.
Mr. Warr laid particular stress
on the fact that the Minimum
Foundation Program for Educa
tion in Georgia is not for the
benefit of the teachers so much
as for the 750,000 school children
of the state, whom he called the
most important people on earth.
Mr. Warr also added that we
are spending less than half the
national average per child in
Georgia for educational purposes.
Much money is needed for addi
tional busses so that children
will not have to get up before
daylight in order to ride the
first, or the second or the third
load. Much additional is needed
to supply additional texts and
other teaching aids, to make the
buildings safer and more sani
tary, and to buy suitable school
furniture and other equipment.
Mr. Warr, as every true teach
er, places the child’s interest
above all else. The school chil
dren of today will be in nearly
all the important jobs twenty or
thirty years from now. How we
train them now will determine
what kind of isms we will have
then.
Attend The Mass Meeting For a Park at 8 o'clock Tonight
®lip iwiuwrmllr faa
VOL. 63; NO. 44
R. D. DAVISON FILES INJUNCTION
AGAINST CITY-ENGINEERING CO.
[ Hearing of an injunction byj
R. D. Davison, against the City
, of Summerville and the J. B. Mc-
Crary Engineering Company,
, has been set for 10 a. m. Satur- j
day, October 23.
The injunction charges an
“unjust act of favoritism toward
, the property owners” along a
section of Washington Avenue in i
, Summerville, where the engi
’ neering company is installing
cast iron sewer pipes. The peti-!
| tion declares that this is “un-
Ijust discrimination against the!
| remaining property owners of
■ the City of Summerville, includ
ing the plaintiff.” Terra Cotta
I pipes are presently in use on
■ \ this street and other sections in
: town where it is thickly popu
lated.
Cast iron pipe costs approxi
’ matly $2.31 per foot eight inch
diameter, while the same size in
terracotta costs approximately
’ 40 cents per foot, it was declared.
Mr. Davison in his petition
charges that there is no existing
contract between the city and
l the engineering, company but
that instead, it’« “at the personal
instance and request of Mayor
1 Willis James.”
,! It was further charged that
: the work is not a part of the
contract between the city and
! the McCrary firm for the present
■ extensive sewer installation in
the city and that “in spite of this
•; fact- the city expects and threat
r j ens to unlawfully compensate”
J B. McCrary Engineering Com-
I pany as though this were a part
. j of the sewer contract.
Georgia Farmers
Building Soil
With Fertilizer j
1 The use of fertilizers has in- j
| creased 50 per cent in Georgia in !
the past 10 years, according to j
iL. I. Skinner, assistant director
of the Agricultural Extension
Sercvice.
| In 1946, farmers used more
; than one million tons of ferti- |
lizer, as compared to an average/
of little more than 750,000 tons]
j in the four-year period from 1936!
to 1940, Mr. Skinner said.
In the four-year period from ]
! 1942 to 1946, they used 126 per j
cent more lime than they had |
! used the preceding four years.
He explained the increased use !
of fertilizer by calling attention |
tc the higher yields and greater!
efficiency in operation which it j
makes possible and the valuable!
minerals which it adds to the
soil.
To care for the growing live
stock industry in Georgia, more
j than one hundred thousand
acres of permanent pastures j
were planted and more than two |
hundred thousand acres improv-1
ed last year with the help of j
fertilizer and lime.
More than a thousand farmers I
conducted corn demonstrations j
last year, following recommends- i
tions was about 60 bushels per j
acre.
Indians To Play
McHenry Friday
After losing to a strong
Carrollton team 2 weeks ago, the
Summerville Indians will be after i
their third win Friday night j
when they meet the McHenry
Cardinals, of Rome, at 8 o’clock, j
here.
The Indians have been going
through extensive practice sess- i
ions this week in preparation fori
i this tilt.
The McHenry aggregation
coached by J. Battle Hall will be
in top shape and will be battling (
for their victory.
Admission will remain the '
same, SI.OO for adults and 40c for
students. I.
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MAKE THEM HAPPY
In this county there’s a child j
who would get great delight out |
of playing with those old toysj
your children are through with, i
and in wearing those clothes j'
your childern have outgrown.
So make Christmas bright for
seme local children by contri
buting those old toys and old
clothes. 1
Contact Riley Parham, phone i
11, and he will pick up the toys :
and clothes and have them re- i
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 1948 ~
Lyerly School to
Reopen Monday
The Lyerly school will reopen
Monday, October 25, after being
! closed for one month for cotton
picking.
It is hoped that the patrons
i will give their full co operation
land send their children back to
i school every day possble, school
leaders said.
“Since we get our teachers
allotment from our average at
tendance it it important that
both the students and the com
munity that the attendance is
kept at its highest possible
peak,” R. W. Williams, Principal,
said.
“We realize that there will be
cotton to pick for some time yet
but we also hope that the stu
dents will be returned to school
at every opportunity between
times,” he declared.
Mrs. T. M. Booth
Succumbs Here
Mrs. Sallie Mae Burnley Booth,
78, wife of T. M. Booth, of Sum
merville, died at a local hospital
at 4:55 Monday after a linger
ing illness.
Mrs. Booth was born at Wood
stock, in Olgethorpe County, on
October 25, 1870, daughter of the
late Rev. J. T. Burnley of Lex
ington, Olgethorpe County.
Other than he* husband, she
is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Hillman Jackson, of Lithon
ia; Mrs. Clayton Peacock and
Miss Mable Aldred, of Summer
ville; two sons, W. F. Aldred,
Summerville, and James A. Al
jdred, of Atlanta; one sister, Mrs
!H. H. Park, Eaton; one brother,
/ Dr. R. T. Burnley, of Decatur,
i Eight grandchildren three great
| grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Summerville Methodist
iChurch, of which she was an ac
tive member, at 3 p. m. Wednes
;day, with the Rev. W. J. Culpepp
er and the Rev. Henry Walker
J officiating. Interment was in the
! family lot of the Summerville
/Cemetery. Arrangements are by
| the J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of
| Summerville.
Marine Schools Are
Offered 18-Year-Olds
Approximately three out of
; every four one-year enlistees in
| the Marine Corps will receive
|four to nine months of formal
specialist schooling after “boot”
camp, under a new program re
cently approved by General Clif
ton B. Cates, Commandant of
j the Marine Corps.
School facilities and quotas,
Iboth ground and aviation, will
be rapidly expanded and reallo
! cated in order to reach the de
| sired ration early in 1949, accord
ing to Major Kenneth L. Reusser.
{Officer in charge of Marine re
! cruiting in North Georgia.
“The decision to concentrate
on specialist training for the
eighteen-year-olds,” Maj. Reu
sser state, “was prompted in part
just concluded.”
All eighteen-year-olds enlisting
for one year will undergo recruit
training for ten weeks, then re
i ceive a short leave. ,
Men selected for formal t.ech
| nical training wili then com
i mence study in one of the fol
lowing schools: clerical, engineer,
| ornance repair, automotive re
pair, supply-clerical, photograp
j bic, electronics, aviation and
cooking and baking.
Men not selected for formal
schools will be assigned afteij
recruit training to special units
of artillery and infantry, com
posite tank-amphibian tractor
training units, or to regular avia
tion units, all within the United
States
Thompson to Print
Georgia Democrat
Governor M. E. Thompson last
week announced his plans for
becoming a newspaper publisher
when he retires from office.
He will publish a weekly called
the Georgia Democrat and he
expects an initial circulation of
at least 25,000. It will be mailed
from Valdosta, but he will also
maintain an office in Atlanta.
WRITE A LETTER
This is “National Letter
Writing Week,” according to
Summerville Postmaster
John Stubbs.
" The theme of this annual
“Week” is “Write today—
make somebody happy.”
JUDGEPORTER
RESIGNS; NICHOLS
; IS SUCCESSOR
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11 Claude H. Porter, Superior
j Court Judge of the Rome Circuit
s I for the past 14 years, retired
.: Monday, and H. E. Nichols,
1 1 formerly of the Attorney Gen- {
-1 eral’s office, was named by Gov.
s!m. E. Thompson to succeed him
= Judge Nichols assumed his duties
[, this week in Floyd Superior
Court.
j Seventy-year old former Judge
t Porter declared that for the past
. year he has been thinking of re
,l signing and that he never should
! have taken the judgeship, but
that he was “drafted.”
A native of Floyd County, he
| has practiced law for the past 40
j years and during that time has
served four years as a member of
I the State Legislature from Floyd
J County, four years as City Court
1 j Solicitor, four years as Assistant
j Solicitor General of the Rome
. | Circuit and four years as Solici
j tor General.
He stated that he plans to de
-1 vote his time to his personal
s business and private practice.
Judge Nichols ,a native of Ala- j
bama, served for a period as I
3 Assistant Solicitor General in th*>
' Cherokee Circuit. For a number j
of years he served as Court Re-;
1 porter in Rome.
The retiring judge describes
him as “an able lawyer, a bright'
' intelligent young man, fearless
in his conviction.”
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P.-T. A. LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR
MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM l
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BY MRS. RAYMUND DANIEL
The 15th District of the Parent
. Teacher Association meet in Cal
, houn, Monday, and launched its
' campaign for informing the pub
lie on the meaning of the Mini
r mum Foundation Program of Ed
ucation for the State of Georgia
Declaring the program a “social
security” plan for the schools i
of the state, the organization ]
brought to light the exact mean
; | ing of the Foundation in terms of
l | dollars and cents to every county
> in the state.
1 ; The District RTA, which had
’ | as special invited guests for this
. j meeting, representatives from ail
. | civic clubs, churches, newspapers
: j and other organizations of the
j 7th Congressional District, divid
, | ed into four group*.
1 j One of the groups had as its
. leader, Miss Jewel Pool, Chat
.! tooga County Supervisor. Mrs.
. j Raymund Daniel acted as Miss
_ | Pool’s recorder, and Mrs. Tom
. ! Elder, was recorder for one of the
I other groups. Nineteen represen
. | tatives from Chattooga County
, | attended this meeting.
.) The main objective of the
, | group discussion was how best
! the Minimum Foundation Pro
• j gram of Education could best bp
Mrs. Lou Mosley
Dies in Boynton
Mrs. Lou Moseley, 76, of Boyn
-1 ton ,died Tuesday morning Octo
ber 12, at her residence.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. C. M. Crye, Men
lo; Mrs. Robert McCrospey, Chat
tanooga; Mrs. A. R. Leigh, Boyn
ton; two sons, E. S. Moseley,
Jamestown, Ala., and P. D. Mose
ley. Canadian. Tex.; one sister.
Mrs. J. M. Moseley, Fort Payne,;
Ala.; one brother, Paul Barry, I
Charley, Tex.; also 20 grandchil
dren and 30 great-grandchildren. !
Funeral services were held at j
11:30 o’clock Wednesday morn-I
ing from the Boynton Methodist j
Church, with the Revs. D. F.
Williams and Taylor Chandler:,
conducting. Another service was j ’
held at 2:30 Wednesday after-j
t noon from the Bethel Methodist i
Church, Jamestown, Ala. Burial
was in Moses Cemetery, James- j
town. Active pallbearers were
grandsons. Honorary pallbearers ■
were, Sam Dietz, Wallace Green •
Alvin White, Jack Williams, W. C ■
Bowman and Roy Delay.
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Pope, Lanham
To Head Armistice
Day Program
C. Flannery Pope, State V .F.
!W. Commander, and Congress
; man Henderson Lanham, will
j spark the program at the gala
j Armistice Day celebration plann
j ed for Sunday, afternoon Novem- |
| ber 7, under the auspices of the
local American Legion and V. F.
W. Posts.
Although final arrangements
have not been made, it is be
! lieved that the Marine Reserve;
| Band, of Rome, will be present j
to render appropriate music. It
is also understood that Erie'
Cocke Jr., State Commander of |
the American Legion, may be on
the program.
All veterans of the county and
their guests are invited to attend
the annual event, which features ;
in addition to the always-ex-1
1 cellent program, a delicious bar- j
| becue supper.
Those planning t o attend
| should purchase their tickets I
j at once, according to Glee Bry
j ant, chairman of the ticket sales. 1
They may be obtained at the
j following places in Trion: Mr
| Bryant, bus station; C. B. Brick
j er, “Snake” Tate, Tip McCollum,
'department store; Carl Nix, bar-
I ber shop; J. C. Cavin and Fred
.Lancaster, Dye plant; Robetr
! Crawford, main office; Gene
J Wilbanks, machine shop; Tip
{Fleming, service station.
James (Sloppy) and
j John Hartline will be in charge
Jof ticket sales in Pennville and
| Dickeyville.
j Those selling them in Sum
j merville include Jim Teddar and
ißaymond Gaylor, post office;'.
Hinton Logan, Summerville
i Grocery‘Store; and Rufus Pruitt.
presented to the public at large. 1
In the last analysis it was de- '
cided that the full responsibility j
of acquainting the public of the *
aims and purposes of the pro- i
gram would rest with County 1
PTA councilors, or the presidents
of the local Parent-Teacher or- ]
ganizations. There are three local ]
S presidents in Chattooga Count.v , j
! These individuals were instruct- !
ed to return to their home coun- .
ties and there form steering com
mittees in the county. This com
mittee to be composed of civic
club leaders, ministers, editors
and leaders of all other organized
; groups that were in constant
‘ contact with the public.
In the general discussion of
the proposed 83 million dollar j
program of education, Parent-
Teacher and Educational lead- |
ers side-stepped any reference as j
to how the General Assembly |
would finance the program. It j
was brought out that during the I
last eighteen months educational j
leaders had devoted much time j
in developing the exact needs of j
the state’s educational require- j
ments and that it was now up to I
the legislature to find the proper
means for securing the revenues j
See Page Five
Rites Held for
Irvin Gardner, 84
Funeral services for Irvin .
Gardner, Sr., 84, father of Mrs. i
A M. Bryant, of Lyerly were con- 1
ducted Saturday afternoon in 1
Chattanooga, Tenn. I
Mr. Gardner was a veteran j
printer and had been associated
with the Chattanooga Times for ‘
57 years before his retirement in j
! 1939. £
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Ten Local Women i
Attend Beauty Meet
Ten Summerville beauty ope- t
rators attended the annual i
Southeastern Beauty Show in At- 1
lanta on Monday, Tuesday and s
Wednesday of this week.
Those attending all or part of t
the session included Mrs. Holland 1
Ward, Mrs. R. F. Lambert, Mrs. (
W. E. Turner, Kathryn King, Mrs. r
Johnny Ratliff, Mrs. Estelle c
Davison, Mrs. Paul Crouch, Helen i
Keown, Frances Dooley and Mrs. j
Myrtle Sizemore. t
TALLENT ENTERS
RACE FOR SHERIFF
JUDGES PRAISE
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ART EXHIBIT
High acclaim was accorded the
public school art exhibit at the
Chattooga County Fair here last
j week by the judges, Miss Royce
j and Mrs. Griffin, of Shorter
| College Art Department, Rome,
j and Mr. Marshall, Rome sculptor.
As a group of grammar school
I teachers from all over the county
viewed the judging, the three
/Romans declared that it was ex
[ tremely difficult to choose the
! best work, and that the improve
i ment over last year’s exhibit was
j tremendous.
A greater part of the exhibit
was taken to Shorter College
' this week, where members of the
District Georgia Educa
-1 tion Association were entertained
with a tea and shown an art ex
; hibit yesterday afternoon, which
included the Chattooga County
work.
Winners of ribbons at the Fair
were as follows in the various
groups: Primary pictures: blue
ribbon, Preston Dodd, first grade
student, Clara Bell Williams,
teacher, Summerville; red rib
bon, Jack Whisnant, first grade,
Virginia Guffin, teacher, Sum
merville; white ribbon, Patsv
Smith, first grade, Mrs. J. E.
Kennedy, teacher, Menlo.
Elementary pictures: blue rib
bon, Gene Holt Trion; red ribbon,
Betty Joyce Ledbetter, fifth
grade, Zerilda Peck, teacher
Summerville; white ribbons, Billy
Adams, Trion, and Jimmy Ham
monds, Summerville.
High school pictures: blue
ribbon, Dorothy Gamer, eighth
grade, Trion; red ribbon, and
blue ribbon, Ozella Garrett.
Clay modelling: blue ribbon,
sixth grade, Trion; red and white
ribbons, fourth grade, Menlo,
Blanche Toles, teacher.
Textiles: blue ribbon, Dewaine
Bethune, Trion; red ribbon, Nor
man Brigham, Trion; and white
ribbon, sixth grade, Trion.
Primary miscellaneous: blue j
Summerville, Zerilda Peck,
teacher; red ribbon, Leroy Alex- |
ribbon, Olin Jones, fifth grade,
under and Charles Brooks, Sum
merville; white ribbon, fourth.
grade, Trion.
Mrs. Elder Presents
Music Club Program j
| The October meeting of the
| Summerville Music Study Club 5
was held at Riegeldale Tavern,
! in Trion, with Mrs. O. L. Cleckler
! and Mrs. Charles Wyatt as host
j esses.
Upon arrival the guests were
I invited into the private dining
room where the club colors of
blue and white were carried out
in most attractive individual
place cards and flower arrange
ments. A delicious salad course !
was served.
The meeting was called to
order by the President in the
reading of the collect.
Mrs. Tom Elder was introduced
as Program Chairman. She chose
as he subject “Forms, Choreogra
phy and Music,” in the study of
the dance.
Mrs. Elder gave most explicit
ly and interestingly her program
which was divided into two
classes. The individual, with one '
person taking cart, and the j
choral, with more than one per- ;
son participating.
Mrs. Harry Foster gave as her .
hymn study, “My Faith Looks j j
Up To Thee,” by Ray Palmer, a ;,
Yale graduate. He wrote this |
song, at the age of 22, not for (
the eyes of others but for his '
faith looking up to Christ. Mrs
Wyatt accompanied the club in
singing this hymn.
Mrs. C. O. Walker conducted 1
the business meeting which fol- ■
lowed the program. Mrs. William {
Gist was welcomed as a new '
member to the club. The study ■
of the “Ballet” was decided to be /
used as next years study topic.
The meeting adjourned after |
the business meeting.
GROWING
WITH
CHATTOOGA
$1.50 A YEAR
Announcement was made last
week that W. G. Tallent, popular
member of the city police force,
has entered the race for sheriff
of Chattooga County in the
November 2nd General Election.
Mr. Tallent qualified last Thurs
iday before Ordinary John King,
1 several days before the deadline
: i for qalifications for this office.
• Mr. Tallent opposes Reuben
‘ 1 Lyons, Georgia State Patrolman,
| who won nomination in the
• iMarch 10th primary in a four
cornered race.
! | Mr. Tallent, 27, is a native of
,! Chattooga County, the son off
’ j Mr. and Mrs. W P. Tallent, of
, | Dry Valley. He attended Sum
merville High School, graduating
, ing 1940. While in high school, he
’j was outstanding both in footlball
| and basketball, being offered a
’ scholarship in each.
, In the March primary, ap
| proximately 6700 votes were cast
t for this the county’s highest
office. Os these, Reuben Lyons
received 3,588; F. M. Fisher, 1,-
506; A. H. Glenn, 1,467; and
Martin, 137. It it not expected
I that so heavy a vote will be regi
stered in the General Election as
jin the Primary.
Mr. Tallent said Monday that
before the election he will name
his chief deputy. He is well quali
fied in police duties, having been
a member of the City of Sum
merville Police Department for
the past fifteen months. His rec
ord, during this time, as far as
(the NEWS has been able to de
termine, has been excellent.
This race seems crtain to hold
more interest than any of the
ballot, which, incidentally, is the
largest ever printed in Chattooga
County. It measures three feet
long and nearly two feet wide.
It will be interesting to see
{what will happen now that this
contest has been whittled down
to a two-man affair.
MASS MEETING
HERE TONIGHT
Another step on the acquisition
of a playground and park for
(Summerville will be made to
i night when hundreds of inter
ested citizens will meet at 8
(o’clock at the Summerville Pres
byterian Church.
At this mass meeting a Board
of Directors will be chosen to
direct the activities in the move
| to procure this vital improvement
for the city.
One day, to be known as “Park
i Day,” will be set aside during
(which the drive to secure funds
and to promote interest will be
highly concentrated.
It is most essential that per
sons from every walk of life, in
other words, ALL persons in
Summerville attend this meeting
and get the ball rolling for a park
and recreational building. Ev
eryone interested in the welfare
of the children of the commu
nity is especially invited.
Soil Demonstration
'Public Interest Matter'
The most exciting matter of
public interest in Georgia today,
according to J. L. Fortney, mana
ger of the Georgia Baptist Chil
dren’s Home, is the Soil Conser
vation Demonstration scheduled
for the Odum Branch, at Baxley,
November 3.
According to Fortney, every
Soil Conservation Agency and
worker in the state is in some
manner involved in this project.
The State Forestry Department,
the State Fish and Game Com
mission, Experiment Stations the
College of Agriculture, and all
agencies are engaged in the task
of making this the biggest thing
of its kind in the history of farm
ing.
Two thousand six hundred
twenty-seven Baptist churches
are participating in the program.
Every farm and construction ma
chinery. Many thousands of in
dividuals are contributing
money, services and materials.
It is expected that November 3,
the climatic point in the pro
gram, will see 100,000 visitors at
the Odum Branch.