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Thursday, February 17, 1949
Cheatham Says Vets
Tardy in Applying
For GI Bill of Rights
C. Arthur Cheatham, director
of the State Veterans Service de
partment, renewed his plea this
week for all Georgia veterans
who have not done so to take
advantage of their rights and
privileges under the GI Bill of
Rights.
“Out of a total veteran popu
lation in this state of over 450,-
000, plus an additional 75,000
service men and women, less
than one-third have taken ad
vantage of the GI Bill of Rights,
except for readjustment allow
ance,” Cheatham said.
“The expiration date for many
of these benefits is rapidly ap
proaching, and if Georgia’s vet
erans fail to apply in time it
will be to their great loss. I urge
all veterans to not delay in fil
ing application at once. The of
fice at the State Capitol or any
of our field offices will be glad
to advise and help all veterans
on these matters.”
Director Cheatham returned
last week from Washington,
where he conferred with other
national veteran leaders regard
ing legislation in congress and
the various states. He has been
named national chairman of the
National Association of Veterans
Service Directors.
J. D. GODARD TO
MANAGE ROME
E. A. L. STATION
Jefferson Davis Godard, for
mer supervisor at Vero Beach,
Fla., has been named station
manager at Rome for Eastern
Ai r Lines, according to an
nounement made by Capt. Ed
die Rickenbacker, President and
General Manager.
Mr. Godard first joined the
company in West Palm Beach,
Fla., and now has more than 10
years’ service. He worked in Or
lando before being assigned to
Vero Beach. Born in Quincy,
Fla., he attended Gadsden Coun
ty High School and later earned
a Bachelor of Science Degree in
chemistry at Johnn 3. Stetson
University, Deland, Flordia. He
was a member of the Pi Kappa
Phi fraternnlty in college.
Mr. Godard will be assisted by
Hoyt Holbrook and J. C. Dudley,
both former Eastern Air Lines
men in Atlanta.
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Youlh Emphasizes
Value of Forests
Reticent lest “some people
might think what does a mere
child know about how important
the forests are to Georgia,” 16-
year-old Dickie Tucker, of Tif
ton, national 4-H Club champion
in forestry, today urged small
and large-scale farmers to plant
submarginal and cut-over lands
in pine seedlings “to have a
green Georgia now as well as in
the future.”
Young Tucker also made spe
cial reference to other youths in
the state and asked, “If boys my
age do not become interested
and know about our forest what
will happen to our most impor
tant treasure, trees, in the fu
ture?”
“In Georgia 65 per cent of our
land is woodland,” he stated.
“From this woodland the state’s
farmers get more returns than
from any other one crop.”
His statement was released to
day by KEEP GEORGIA GREEN
headquarters in preparation for
the second annual observance of
“Keep Georgia Green Week,”
Feb. 20-26.
Tucker won the 1948 national
4-H Club contest in forestry on
the basis of a two-year project
which was valued at $3,325;
He placed 110 acres under fire
protection with 8-foot fire
breaks and worked 75 of those
acres for gum resin. One year he
set out, through use of a drib
ble, 2,000 slash pine seeding on
three acres of cut-over land at
a cost of $14.00; the work was
done so well that only 170 seed
lings died.
Last year Tucker thinned 7
acres of 10-year-old trees, cut
ting 10 cords of fuelwood (dis
eased and crooked trees), valued
at $l2O, and sold 12 cords of
pulpwood for $l5O. He also made
S3OO through the sale of gum.
This Tifton High School sen
ior, who is vice-president of his
class, worked up a demonstra
tion on the use of acids to stim
ulate gum production. Utilizing
charts and a section of a pine
tree that had been properly
chipped and hung, he gave the
demonstration 37 times, includ
ing appearances before the civic
clubs of Tifton, to a total audi
ence of 1,994.
Slate Revenue Dept.
Urges Taxpayers to
Remember March 15
Georgia taxpayers are urged
not to forget the March 15th
deadline for paying State In
come and making Intangible
Tax returns in a series of ad
vertisement being run in Georgia
newspapers by the State Rev
enue Department.
The ads remind citizens that
the Revenue Department can
assess a penalty and interest on
deliquent returns, and urge that
returns be made as soon as pos
sible.
Revenue Commissioner Charles
D. Redwine has emphasized re
peatedly that “tax dodgers” will
be summarily dealt with by the
Department.
The 4-H club health program
includes a yearly physical ex
amination of the heart, blood
pressure, eyes, ears, mouth, nose
and throat.
AIR SERVICE STARTS AT ROME
WITH EASTERN AIR LINE FLIGHT
Rome became a full-fledged
member of the 20th Century Air
Age Tuesday, February 1, when
Eastern Air Lines began sched
uled pasenger, mail, express and
freight service into Russell Field
with flights on its Saint Louis-
Atlanta and Atlanta-Chicago
routes.
The Inauguration of air service
was marked by appropriate
ceremonies and attended by city
and county officials and execu
tives of Eastern Air Lines. Rep
resenting Capt. Eddie Ricken
backer, President and General
Manager of Eastern, was Col.
Leslie P. Arnold, a pioneer air
man who is a veteran of both
World Wars and now a vice
president of the company.
After welcoming Rome to the
family of cities in the United
States and Puerto Rico served by
Eastern Air Lines, Col. Arnold
Slone Ml. Memorial
Again in lhe News
ATLANTA,—Ga. (GSP) Before
some younger members of the
present generation were born,
there was talk of converting
Stone Mountain into a Confed
erate Memorial. It was even
started some years ago, as the
unfinished carving of Confed
reate military leaders on the
mountain’s face will testify. And
now the movement is being re
vived.
The latest plan is for the State
of Georgia to purchase the
mountain, convert it into a state
park and complete the Stone
Mountain Memorial—all at an
estimated cost of $2,000,000. The
proposal, sponsored by the At
lanta camp (John B. Gordon
Camp no. 46) of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans, recently was
placed before Gov. Herman
Talmadge, who told the group to
prepare a specific plan for later
consideration by the State
Legislature.
Stone Mountain, located in
DeKalb County, is owned by the
Venable Estate, while surround
ing areas belong to individual
landowners. Asked about the
proposal for the state’s purchase
of the property to be converted
into a state park, DeKalb County
Commissioner Scott Candler
commented:
“If the state will purchase the
mountain that will be well and
good. But in the meantime, we
are going ahead with plans for
the county to buy the property.”
Said Camp Commander Mur
ray Howard: “We are not going
to let it rest. This is the begin
ning of the completion of this
project.”
New Hybrid Corn,
Ga. 101, Released
Georgia 101, a new hybrid
corn, has been released by the
Georgia Experiment Station, Dr.
C. C. Murray, director an
nounced.
The new hybrid, the first to be
released by the station, is a high
yielding, white hybrid which was
developed under the direction of
Dr. G. A. Lebedeff, associate
agronomist at the station. The
hybrid was developed in coopera
tion with other experiment
stations in the Southeast and
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
Georgia 101 was recently cer
tified by the Georgia Crop Im
provement Association, but Dr.
Lebedeff pointed out that only
a limited supply of seed would
be available to Georgia farmers
for plantnig in 1949.
Work first began on Georgia
101 in 1944. Since then, the in
bred lines and crosses necessary
to develop a hybrid well adapted
to Georgia have been tested ex
tensively over the state. In
addition, this hybrid was tested
in 1947 and ’4B.
In 1948 Georgia 101 outyielded
other hybrids and varieties in
six different tests. The new hy
brid averaged 78.9 bushels per
acre in these tests, compared to
76.2 bushels for Tennessee 10 and
74.1 bushels for Dixie 17, two
well-known hybrids in North
Georgia. In tests in Hall and
Towns counties, Georgia 101
yielded over 100 bushels per acre.
This new hybrid yielded 106.7
bushels at Blairsville, and was
fourth highest among 36 tested
there.
Dr. Lebedeff says Georgia 101
is a good hybrid and will prob
ably yield just as well or better
than Dixie 17 nr Hennessee 10,
but it is inclined to lodge under
unfavorable conditions and is
susceptible to weevil infestation,
as are Dixie 17 and Tennessee 10.
He recommends that Georgia 101
be planted in the area of the
state north of Atlanta, where
weevil Infestation is less of a
problem. He thinks that tests of
Georgia 101 are encouraging, but
pointed out that the hybrid com
program is one that never ends.
He says Georgia 101 will be re
placed when a better hybrid is
available.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
isued a statement giving a few
graphic examples of just what
air service means to this com
munity and the surrounding
area.
Rome is now within commut
ing distance (only 30 minutes)
of both Atlanta and Chatta
nooga. The flight into Atlanta
makes direct connections with
Easten’s 300 mile-per-hour New-
Type Constellations and express
DC4 flights to New York, Boston,
Washington, Chicago, Saint
Louis, Miami and many other
financial, Industrial, and resort
centers in the North, East, and
South. Miami and the other
famous Flordia winter resorts
are now less than six hours
away.
Stating that Eastern is proud
to be the pioneer air line into
Rome, Col. Arnold promised
faster and more frequent service
into the city as soon as the traf
fic volume into and out of the
community warrants it.
To cite a few specific examples
of improvement in service, Rome
is now 3 hours, 27 minutes from
New York via Eastern Air Lines,
whereas the fastest surface
transportation takes 22 hours,
25 minutes. Flying time to Saint
Louis is 3 hours, 58 minutes
against railroad traveling time
of 22 hours, 21 minutes. The trip
to Miami now takes 5 hours, 13
minutes by air Rail time con
sumes 19 hours. The flight to
Chicago is 3 hours, 14 minutes.
Rail travel is 19 hours, 15 min
utes. By air Memphis is 2 hours,
58 minutes, by rail 8 hours, 30
minutes.
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coat of paint and is more last
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MacGregor Speaks
In Behalf of
Foreslry Program
“There is no forestry problem
in our state that statewide fire
control and a well-rounded and
active educational program will
not solve,” declared Bruce Mac-
Gregor of Macon today. Mr. Mac-
Gregor, assistant forester for the
Southern Pine Association, is a
booster of “Keep Georgia Green
Week” which will be observed
February 20-26.
Uncontrolled fires remain the
South’s No. 1 forest enemy, he
said. “These fires have long been
recognized as a public responsi
bility.”
Mr. MacGregor cited estimates
that the average wild fire burn
ing over the average forest acre
in Georgia damages the timber
and soil at the rate of $3.00 per
acre, adding “this is more than
40 times the estimated cost of
protecting an acre on a statewide
basis.”
“Georgia’s forests are currently
supporting a $300,000,000-a-year
industry,” he asserted “yet the
annual growth is only one-half
of what the land is capable of
growing were it receiving ade
quate fire control.”
Mr. MacGregor complimented
KBEP GEORGIA GREEN for
having done much in the first
year of its existence “to alert
the people to the annual toll
taken by forest fires and to teach
them to be more careful with
fire in the fields and woods.”
.“It is past time for ’Keep
Georgia Green to be an actuality
and not merely a slogan,” he
said emphatically.
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In Summerville, Ga.
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TO THE TAXPAYERS OF CHATTOOGA j
COUNTY
As provided by law, the books for returns of :
:• taxes will be opened on the first day of February, ■
!; and will be closed on the first day of Moy of this ;
(year. ;>
The following is a schedule of the rounds !;
which will be made for the purpose of receiving
tax returns: ;■
I; Trion—Trion Store—Feb. 14.
Lyerly—Bagley's Store—Feb. 15
Alpine—Menlo City Hall—Feb. 16
Dirttown—Ballenger's Store —Feb. 17
Coldwater —Ratliff Store—Feb. 18
Dirtseller—Ed Harrisons—Feb. 21
I; Subligna—White's Store—Feb. 22
I; Teloga—School House —Feb. 23
Haywood—Ebenezer Church—Feb. 24
Seminole —Paul Cook's Store —Feb. 25
The books will be at my office at the County ;■
;■ Courthouse for the purpose of receiving returns ’
;> on following days not mentioned above.
Failure to return property for taxation subjects '
<! the property to double taxation under the law, un- *
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1; Tax Receiver, Chattooga County '