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‘Opening Public Records
Many persons are watching with interest
the episode involving an Austell newspaper
man and a school principal who is charged
by the newspaperman with refusing to let
t he press see certain financial records of the
school.
Georgia state law plainly says that pub
lic records which are not specifically exempt
(such as those concerning adoption, etc.)
are open to the scrutiny of the public, which
includes, of course, the press.
Occasionally, ignorance causes a public
official to balk at opening his records. New
ly-elected or newly-appointed officials some
times simply do not know the law on the
subject. This type of official is usually glad
to comply once he realizes the facts in the
matter.
However, there is sometimes an official
who blatantly refuses to open records, de
spite the law and despite the fact that he is
sworn to uphold t he law. A newspaper which
wishes can then pursue the matter in court
-a situation which the official isn’t likely
to relish
Another and more common type of offi
cial who doesn't like the idea of everyone
knowing what is going on in his office is
the evasive type. He is clever enough to
Kling Is Good Choice
The selection of George T. Kling as new
chairman of the Chattooga Hospital Au
thority will be greeted with approval by
most Chattooga Count ians.
H I. Abrams, the retiring chairman, had
served well tor 10 years and it wps only on
his insistence that he slepped down, not
Boni in g Alley Coming
An announcement of plans to locate a
bowling alley in Chattooga County has been
greeted with much favorable response.
Although the center will not be open for
some months yet, there is already keen
anticipation among both young and old.
Bowling is a healthful recreation and one
Tales Out of School
By BERNICE McCIHLLAR
I
Director of Information — State Department of Education
MONEY FOR 'HIE SCHOOL
BUILDING Governor Vandiver
went to New York November 12
to sign the bonds tor our new
school building program. These
are about 32 million, and will .
help finance a total 90 million
dollar building program Added
to the 250 million building pro
gram of the nineteen-tit Ues. this
will go a long win toward put
ting all our children in good
school buildings The second
money is being distributed at
about 50 dollars per teacher for
ALL schools that have needs,
and about $lB per child lor those
additional children in the sys
tems that have had big increases
sinet the first building More
ovei those building projects
that are less than SIOO,OOO are
being financed in cash Os the
recurring 5 million m the annual
budget for capital outlay for this
program $4,800,000 are for the
regular public schools and $700,-
000 for th< trade school pro
gram. This second program In
creases the annual capital out
lay item in the budget from 14 l g
million to 20 million Good
schools arc good investmen's
Says Churchill. First we shape
our buildings and then our
buildings shape us "
WANT TO NOMINATE A
TEACHER OF THE YEAR' 1 The
VS Office of Education is for
the llth year eo-operatmg with
flu Chief State School Officers
te nominate the nation's Teach
er of the Year For the 2nd year.
loOK Magazine is helping with
tl.i project Last year a Georgia
tmcbei from Marietta, was one
of the Top Ten. Sia is Mrs.
Sherman Lee. Jr. Do you have a
fine idea for a nomination ' Let
DOES YOUR SCHOOL HAVE
A VISITING TEACHER
Nesbit. our Visiting Teacher con-
■ a- ' says that of the 170
qualified Visiting Teachers in
' t 79 have a Master's d<
■ ;
B
attendance officers, and 17
Nu ro workers in this progrum.
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L know the pitfalls of absolute refusal so he
cordially non-cooperates.
I He may keep his records in such disarray
! that without his assistance one cannot ac
curately determine what the records con
tain. lie may, if he is keeping minutes,
manage not to have them “typed up” even
days after a meeting. He may make it a
point to always be too busy to talk at
i length with the press or he may “be out” if
the press approaches. He may declare
there’s “nothing going on” in his office
when actually a big matter has been con
cluded that he doesn’t especially want
known. He may request deletions of re
marks made at public meetings.
Such evasive public officials fool only
themselves.
The press is a medium for informing the
public of the things that are going on in
their community, including their govern
ments.
When a public official blatantly refuses
to open records or cordially non-cooperates
he would do well to beware.
The newspaper has a responsibility to the
public it serves and it will, in the final
analysis, carry out that responsibility.
only from the chairmanship but also from
the board itself. He is due the thanks of
the county tor his 10 years of service.
Th(‘ board is fortunate in having a,man
of Mr. Kling's caiibre to step into the chair
manship vacated by Mr. Abrams. , , .
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which can be indulged in the year-round.
It is one which appeals to persons of all
ages and to both sexes. When teams are
formed, the competitive spirit is fostered to
a high degree.
Chattooga County is fortunate that at
last she is to have this sport available.
Os the 201. there are 165 state-I ■
paid The remainder are paid ,
with local funds. Only 14 of our (
198 local school systems an 1 1
without this service now: lust
i year. 32 systems had none.
ADVICE FOR YOU AND YOUR
CHILDREN James Thurber,
whose wil and wisdom delighted
a generation, wrote this line
1 that young and old should 'ake
Io heart: “Let us not look back
In anger, nor forward m fear,
but around in awareness "
BIST IN Till NATION’ If
wt Just told you that Georgia
had the best school science pro
; gram in the nation, you’d say
■ "Just bragging Nothing but
propaganda " But the other
night, after a program m Athens I
to which 425 of your children's I
high school science teachers
1 came at their own expense. this
' happened Dr John S Richard
son. professor of science educa- :
’ tion at Ohio State University,
was talking with Georgia s state
superintendent of schools This
is what the man said. “Dr. Pur
cell. Georgia has the outstanding
1 school science program in the
nation” Said the slate superin-1
tendent. with a pleased smile.]
Would you put that in writ - !
ing The Ohiun replied. In
. deed I will, nisi as soon us I can
get back to my office, too." Vic
tor Bullock is our science co
ordinator Call up your science
• | teacher and tell him your uppre- ,
i elute what he is teaching your
children Better still, let your
. hard - working superintendent
and principal know
TH! BRITISH LISTENING
Ruby Crowe, chairman of the]
committee that developed the
new social studies guide now be
ing trie out in Georgia schools
flew to England in the late spring
on an odd mission. She said, “I
have never known a Britisher
try I wanted to find out how the
British teach history and gov
ernment in their schools to
engender such loyalty" Mrs
1 Crowe said that she once lived
next door, in Georgia, to a
. British family. The mother
A Prize-Winning
Weekly Newspaper
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
_zTL_JEanMißA!iaia
heard over the radio that the
king would speak to his subjects
at 2 o'clock She finished her
household tasks, got the car.
picked up her five children from
five different schools, and called
her husband. They all listened to
the king .
HONOR FOR A GEORGIAN
Thelma Davis, first grade teach
er from Griffin and past presi
dent of the Georgia Classroom
Teachers, goes to Washington
for Thanksgiving to do a big job.
She was chosen from all the na
tion as chairman of the national
study conference of the Class
room Teachers.
READABLES FOR YOU Some
of these may give you apoplexy
but they will make you think
Article in Saturday Evening Post
titled Have Our Teachers Col
leges Failed Us?" . . Conant's
new book on "Slums and Sub
urbs What Iran Knows That
Johnnu Doesn't by Arthur S.
Trace. Jr . a new book . . Why
doesn't somebody write one
| titled What Johnny Knows
I That Ivan Doesn't'"’
WHAT THE CAMEL DRIVER
SAID The Pakistan camel
driver recently entertained by
Vice President Lyndon Johnson,
had some advice for American
school children: "When I was
young. I did not have an oppor
tunity to go to school You do
Make the most of it so you can
make this a better world "
PERBONAI ABOUT PEOPLE
YOU MAY KNOW A former
State Department of Education
architect who may have helped
with your local school building
program has been appointed the
new Italian consular representa
tive in Atlanta. He is John
Fornara . . . Dr M D Collins,
tor 25 years your state superin
tendent of schools, is still con
valescing from an illness Write
him a card Address it to the
State Department of Education
His secretary for 27 years is han
dling his office while he is out
. . Josephine Martin, our new
school lunch state supervisor,
comes back to the Department to
take this job on November 20.
succeeding the late Eleanor
Pryor, whose assistant she once
was
THF SCHOOL NAMED IRENE
Georgia's first school was
named Irene It was the school
set up about 1736 by the old
Moravians John Wesley used to
visit there. So did Tomochichi.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA
Cancer Kills More Children
Than Any Other One Disease
BY LESTER HARBIN, M. D.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles by phy
sician board members of the American Cancer Society, Georgia
Division, to alert our readers to the best ways to guard themselves
and their loved ones against death from cancer.)
Cancer strikes only one child i
in every 7,000, but it still claims
the lives of more children be- ■
tween the ages of one and 14
। than any other disease. Only
| accidents kill more youngsters
than does cancer.
No one knows where or when
cancer will strike, so all parents
I should be aware of the signs of
I the most common childhood
: cancers, and if one should ap
, pear see that it is promptly
checked by a physician. Parents ■
should not be alarmed about
childhood cancers, but they
should be alert to their symp
toms.
Cancer may arise in any or
gan in the child, but the fol
lowing are among the more
common:
Eye Tumor—The eye tumor is
; called retinal glioma. Its victims
’ are almost always less than four
I years old. Usually one eye is in
| volved, but in one of every four
or five cases, both eyes are af
fected The first sign is widen-
1 ing of the pupil in one eye, re- I
sembling a squint. Later, the
eye assumes a pearly glint.
1 Retinal glioma is one of the
I most curable of the cancers of i
childhood. The earlier the diag- '
nosis and the smaller the tumor,
the greater the chances of cure i
and conservation of sight.
Tumors of the Brain Tumors
of the brain vary a great deal, \
depending on their location. :
One or more of the following |
symptoms may give the first:
warning: |
(1 > Disturbance of vision— i <
I blurred sight, o: “seeing dou-1
Riegel to Honor Quarter
Century Club Group Monday
The annual Quarter Century
Club meeting will be held Mon
day evening, December^ 4 at 6
1 o'clock. Invitations have been
extended to members. There are
265 members of the Club, l>f
.[.which 216 are active member^,
11 Thirty-two new in online ri
have joined the Club during the
past year and each will be pre
sented a gold watch and a
framed certificate at the meet
ing.
Dinner music for the occasion
I will be furnished by Mrs. Lenora
Buice. P. H. David. General Man
ager, will introduce guests and
[ present certificates and watches.
| G. H. H. Emory, Vice Chairman
of the Board, will bring the mes
| sage of the evening. Entertain-
I inent will be furnished by “The
; Perry’s." C. C. Cobb, Assistant
' General Manager, will be in
[ charge of the business session.
Door prizes will be given.
The banquet will be held at
■ the Trion School Cafetorium.
I New Quarter Century Club
members include the following:
. Ervin Leon Allen. Evelyn Fran
ces Barrett, Charles Wesley Bow
man, Roy Joseph Bruce. Robert
| Layton Gray. Samuel Marshall
Grogan. Mrs. Willie Beverly Hix.
। Mrs Alice Hoskins, Joseph Al
-1 fred King. Charlie Hill Knowles,
John Artie Knowles. Charlie Ru
ben Littlejohn. William Earnest
| Locklear. Glover Cooper Mahan.
Mrs. Millie Irene Mahan. John
William Mart in. Jr.. Robert Lewis
Martin. Emmitt Lee McCamey,
Mrs Ivy Lee McCollum, Carl
; Allen Newsome, Marion Hobert
i Oliver. Samuel Earnest Plummer.
IA. B. Rush. Drue Labron Sim
mons. William Thomas Stancell.
Mrs Margaret Alice Stowe. Mrs.
Annie Hugh Swope. Carl Millard
Webster. Millard Lee Webb. Ad
dis West. Mrs Mary Eleanor Wil
son. James Amazar Woods.
THREE WXOIXCE
(Continued From Page D
member of the Trion 50-Yard
! Chib. Trion Lions Club, Ameri
' can Legion, an d Chattooga
Wildlife Assn
The candidate's wife is the
। former Miss Willa Locklear and
they have two children. Janet.
I n freshman at West Georgia
College. Carrollton, and John
And so did Oglethorpe The
Moravians did not stay there
long because they refused to
fight, and they were not popular
with the other colonists. But
their school was one of the nu»**
interesting in the history of
Georgia.
which one helps your
SCHOOLS’ These are our area
representatives who have offices
near the schools so they can help
work out school problems: Fred
Blackmon. Thomson; Hayden
'Bryant. Macon: J M Jarrard
Gainesville. Frank Jenkins. At
lanta Sidney Jenkins. Newing
iton; W P Sprayberry. Acworth;
J H Morrison. Waycross: W H
Rehberg. T1 omasville: and R G
Williams. Americus We also
have two attendance account-
I ants W C Britt, Snellville, and
IT. M Atkinson. Valdosta.
ble”: (2) disturbance of motion
—interferences with muscular
coordination; (3) disturbances
\ of the digestive tract—vomiting
with considerable force, usually
without warning or previous
nausea: (4» disturbance of per
sonality—lack of alertness,
spells of drowsiness; <s> pain—
headaches and convulsions,
which if due to a tumor of the
; brain will increase in severity
i and persist longer with each
recurrence. Obviously, these
signs can be caused by condi
tions quite unreleated to a can
cer of the brain. Yet, the ap
pearance of any of them, or any
combination of them, is impor
tant enough to call for an ex
amination by your doctor.
Abdominal Tumors—A com
mon abdominal tumor, the neu
roblastoma, arises in the fibers
of the sympathetic nerve struc
tures behind the abdominal
cavity and in front of either side
of the spine. Although it can i
develop as far down as the I'
pelvis region, a common loca-1
tion is in the region of the
kidney. The earliest symptom of
this tumor is apt to be pain. ■
Tumors of the kidney are among
the most frequent of the cancers | :
of children, but they are rare | •
above the age of seven. They j
are called “Wilms’ Tumors”. The I ।
usual first sign is the presence !
of a tumor or mass in the 1 1
abdomen or flank. This can j
either be seen as an enlarge-; <
ment of the abdomen, more \ <
prominent on one side than the ’ 1
other, or felt before the enlarge- | I
ment has become visible. A child i
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LEAD HEART FUND — Lewis F. Gordon Jr., left, and W.
Cameron Mitchell, state co-chairmen for the 1962 Heart Fund
drive in February, hold a manual on stroke rehabilitation, which
will be the educational theme of the Georgia Heart Association
next year. Gordon is an Atlanta advertising executive, and
Mitchell is a Hampton industrialist and president of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce.
Gordon and Mitchell Head 1962
Heart Fund Campaign in Ga.
Lewis F. Gordon. Jr., of At
. ■ lanta. and W. Cameron Mitchell,
of Hampton, have been named
co-chairmen for the 1962 Heart
.Fund in Georgia, announces
I Carter L. Redd of Atlanta.
Chairman of the Georgia Heart
. Association’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Gordon is a partner and
vice president of Grizzard Ad
vertising. Inc., and has been ac
i tive in the work of the Heart As
i sociation for several years. He is
la former vice president of this
voluntary health agency and in
1958 served as general chairman
for the five-county Atlanta Area
Heart Fund.
Mr Mitchell, who is president
of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, is executive vice
president and treasurer of
Southern States Equipment Cor
poration in Hampton. Next year
will be his second as State Heart
Fund Co-Chairman
They will direct the annual
February funds campaign which
will enable the Heart Association
to continue its program of re
search public and professional
' education, and community serv
ices.
Jn recent years the Georgia
‘Heart Association has been in
strumental in the organization
of a statewide clinic system for
indigent cardiacs, several com
munity education and rehabili
‘ tat ion training sessions to assist
stroke patients, and since 1950
has allocated more than $1,000.-
000 for heart research.
Currently, the Health Associa
tion is sponsoring 16 research
Jr . 34 The Gilreaths reside at
358 Walnut Street. Trion.
Mr Gilreath said his platform
। calls for tax equalization, bet
ter recreation facilities, good
I government in general and fair
ness to each citizen.
I may complain of pain before
any signs have appeared. In
| some cases, blood in the urine
may announce the presence of
I “Wilms' Tumor”. Doctors are
now able to cure about half of
the children suffering from
“Wilms’ Tumor”.
Leukemia—Leukemia accounts
I for about half of the deaths
from all forms of cancer in chil
dren between the ages of one
and 14. Acute leukemia often
follows an acute infectious ill
ness, such as tonsillitis or severe
cold, when resistance is lowered.
Leukemia is cancer of the blood
forming organs. It causes an
over-production of white blood
cells which crowd out the red
cells. Early symptoms are fa
tigue and a tendency to bleed —
minute hemorrhages under the
skin and bleeding of the gums.
But marked paleness may be the
first sign. Swelling in the neck,
armpits, groin, chest or abdo
men are other early signs. Until
recent years leukemia always
meant a swift death. Today new
chemical compounds can bring
some relief and prolong life al
though the disease is still always
fatal. Thanks to the new drugs
over half of the children with
leukemia are now permitted to
live a year or more after the ill
ness begins, some for several
years. There is a hopeful side in
the field of leukemia in that
many researchers feel that the
first big breakthrough in chem
ical treatment of cancer will be
in leukemia, and mean the
saving of thousands of chil
dren’s lives.
For young and old. the best
cancer insurance is to have a
complete health check-up at
least once a year, and to heed
the seven common danger sig
nals.
MENLO ELECTION
(Continued From Page 1)
; five years, during which time
. city water was obtained. Four
children, Don, a teacher at Chat
. tooga High School; Tommy, a
I freshman at Jacksonville (Ala.»
State College: Sammy, 13. and
Ann 7. They reside on Edison
Street.
K. A. Canada. Born in Chat
tanooga. Tenn., and educated in
1 Daisy, Tenn. Age 41. In U. S
1 Navy 29 months during World
War II and is member of Bap
tist Church. Lived in Menlo area
20 years. Mrs. Canada is former
Miss Foye Lee Hardwick. They
■ reside on Bell Street and have
three sons. Larry Joe 18. Lamar
13 and Greg, four months Mr
Canada is employed by the Trion
Division of Riegel Textile Cor
poration.
Hill Hall. Age 37. Born in
i Menlo, educated at Menlo High
School. U. 8. Army for 27
months between 1943 and 1946
I Started in business in Menlo 14
years ago. first opening a dry
cleaning establishment and later
going into the garage-service
station business. Member city
council for three years and mem
ber Veterans of Foreign Wars
projects in seven Georgia medi
cal centers in an attempt to find
, causes of the heart and circula
tory diseases which last year
killed about 921.000 Americans,
including more than 18.000
Georgians.
During 1962 the educational
emphasis of the Georgia Heart
Association will focus on what
stroke victims can do for them
selves in their own homes to
gain maximum benefit from
proven rehabilitation proce
dures.
’know Your Teachers
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Mrs- Margie Collett is li
‘ brarian for the Trion city school
i system.
, She was born in Walker Coun
; ty and educated at Trion High
.; School, West Georgia College,
Carrollton, and George Peabody
College for Teachers, Nashville,
’ Tenn. She holds the bachelor of
’ | science degree.
•: Mrs. Collett has taught in the
“ Trion system for 17 years.
1 She is a member of the Pres
■ byterian Church and is the wife
‘ of George W. Collett, safety di
• rector of the Trion Division,
■ < Riegel Textile Corporation. Mr.
1 : and Mrs. Collett live at Peaceful
1 : Pines on Tatum Road, Trion.
1 They have “a half dozen cats”
■ and a Doberman Pinscher.
Mrs. Collett’s hobbies are gar
' dening, reading and sewing.
Miss Nora Catherine Manning
■ i teaches a special class at the
' | Summerville Elementary School.
। A native of Rome, she lives in
1 the Gore community and was
educated at Shorter College and
the University of Georgia.
Miss Manning taught for two
1 years at Lyerly before receiving
her degree and she has taught
; for a year at her present post.
She is a member of the Bethel
Presbyterian Church, Business
and Professional Women’s Club
and the Eunomian Society. Miss
Manning was a recipient of the
“Girl of the Year” award and
scholarship in Chattooga Coun
ty while in high school.
The teacher’s hobbies are
reading and working with chil
dren in church schools, Scout
ing, etc.
Mrs. Meredith C. Kendrick
teaches the fourth grade at the
Lyerly Junior High School.
A native of Mt. Zion, near
Carrollton, she entered school
at Tallapoosa and went through
the eighth grade there. She
then moved to Alcoa, Tenn, and
graduated from Alcoa High
School. Mrs. Hendrick attended
Bowdon College and West Geor
gia College, Carrollton. She is
scheduled to receive her degree
at West Georgia next summer.
Mr. Kendrick taught four
years in Carroll County and is
now in her 26th year of teaching
in Chattooga County. She has
' taught for 16 years at Lyerly.
The teacher’s hobbies are
reading, embroidering and mak
; ing old-fashioned quilts. But,
she confesses, she never has
time to engage in any of them
now.
Mrs. Kendrick and her hus
band, a farmer, own a farm on
the Holland-Silver Hill Road.
Although they have no children,
they “enjoy the company of
children very much,” she states.
Mrs. Kendrick is a member of
the Poplar Springs Baptist
Church which she attends regu
larly. She has taught in the
Sunday School and she directed
the Baptist Training Union
during the time it was func
tioning at the church.
Julius L. Thomas is the prin
cipal and eighth grade teacher
at Holland School.
Mr. Thomas was born to the
late Mr. and Mrs. Walter H.
Thomas Sr. in Chattahoochee
County. He received his early
education at Box Spring Public
School in Talbot County. Leav
ing there after completing
grammar school. Mr. Thomas
entered The Fort Valley Normal
and Industrial School which was
operated by the Episcopalians at
that time with Professor H. A.
Hunt as principal. After grad
-1 uating from the high school at
' Fort Valley. Mr. Thomas took
advantage of the four year col
lege which had been recently
put into effect by the State Uni
versity System . . . graduating
1 from The Fort Valley State Col-1
1 lege with a B. S. degree in Social;
Science and a minor in Indus
trial Arts, he continued his
i study at New York University
where he earned the M. A. de
l gree in secondary education and
completed the residential re-1
quirements for the doctorate de
' gree in supervision and admin
istration for secondary schools
■ He has also done advance study,
■ in the field of sociology at At-
lanta University.
Aside from being qualified
and certified as principal and
teacher, Mr. Thomas is regis
tered with the State Depart
ment of Education in the field
of counseling and guidance.
During the 25 years that Pro
fessor Thomas has been in the
teaching profession he has dis-
Married to the former Miss Doris
Chandler. The Halls live on Edi
son Street and have two chil-I
dren. Rebecca 13 and David 11.
R. W. King. Born and reared
in Menlo. Graduate Menlo High
School, spent 4> 2 years in Army
during World War 11. Been in
hardware business in Menlo since .
1945. Member Masonic Lodge .
1 and elder in Presbyterian ;
Church. Mr and Mrs King, the ।
former Miss Faye Morton, reside :
ors Alabama Road.
Leroy (Budi Tucker. Born in
Jamestown. Ala. Educated at '
Menlo. Served in U. S. Army
during World War 11. In grocery .
business in Menlo for eight years i
Member Baptist Church and ' ।
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1961
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MRS. COLLETT
MISS MANNING
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MRS. KENDRICK
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MR THOMAS
tinguished himself in the fol
lowing positions: Principal of
the Woodland Colored School
where he is credited with the
beginning of a high school for
Negro boys and grls; principal
and the naming of the Crawford
County Training School, Ro
berta: principal of Kaigler
Training School, Georgetown;
and for the past three years, Mr.
Thomas has been employed in
the Holland School.
Other fields of interest to
public services that the prin
cipal has participated in include
three years in the United States
Army with the 372nd Infantry
as personnel sergeant at Fort
Dix. N. J.; New York, N. Y.: and
Fort Huachuca. Ariz.: postal
clerk at Camp Livingston, La.;
U. S. mail carrier, New York,
N. Y.
Professor Thomas is president
of the Chattooga County Unit of
Georgia Teachers Education As
sociation. member of the Ameri
can Teachers Association. Na
tional Teachers Association,
Omega Phi Psi Fraternity and
the Welcome Missionary Baptist
Church. Talbot County.
His hobbies are painting,
photography and hunting.
Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Tucker is
former Miss Virginia Wofford.
They live on Bell Street and
have two children. Dale 8 and
Marsha 4.
J. P. Thornberry. Born in Fort
Payne. Ala., educated at Valley
Head. Ala. Lived in Menlo 15
years Employe of Trion Divi
sion. Riegel Textile Corporation.
Served in U. S. Army three years
during World War 11. spending
26 months overseas Member
Masons. Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Baptist Church. Mrs.
Thornberry is former Miss Jo
Hall and they have one child.
Jerry 2> 2 . The Thornberrys re
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