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jr—J Observations By ELBERT FORESTER Editor, The Dade County Sentinel Good Fer Her-A very kind and nice letter just received from Kathryn Stewart Sanders. Kathryn is executive secre tary, Kiwanis Club, Chattanooga Valley, Inc. She and Jim had a whole passel of good things to say about The Sentinel and me. ’Course, I’m grateful-Yeah, mighty grateful. Meanwhile, along with the letter was an invitation to attend the 23rd Annual Barbecue of the Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga Valley, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, June 10, on the grounds of Chattanooga Valley Elementary School, beginning at high noon. Various types of entertain ment, programs and the like are on tap for the entire afternoon. And, at 5 p.m., all candidates seeking public office at national, state and local levels will be given 2 minutes each to speak to the crowd. At 6 p.m., Governor Jimmy Carter is to speak. How about that! Kathryn confidentially, 1 suggest that you get Mouzon Peters, Tri-State Editor out there. Just tell him there will be a jar of scuppernong jelly awaiting him, and I’ll guarantee he’ll be there, see. All in all, just sounds to me like the Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga Valley plans to put the big pot in the little one. (That’s just an old saying doubt seriously iffen there’s a pot around for any purpose- I just put that in there. Actually, you can’t put a big pot in a little one anyhow I don’t reckon.) So much for that. ♦ * * Beat Me- David Moss, Ringgold High School Jr., has set a new state high school record in the high jump 6 ft., 6% inches, according to The Catoosa County News. Congratu lations! But, you know what, David, at first I thought 1 had you bested by about a foot or so, but 1 checked back to my high school days and found that I DID jump approximately 8 feet; however, my jump was down not up. As a matter of fact, was when I jumped out of the barn loft rather than crawl down the ladder. ’Course, that do make a differ ence- whether you jump up or whether you jump down, even though the distance would be virtually the same. (I can prove that by Cuz. Charlie-I reckon.) Just think, a fellow who could jump that high, during the huntin’ season particularly, could just walk about over the fields and haul off and leap over wire fences instead of having to crawl under, over or through ’em. Wouldn’t that be somethin’? ♦ * * Last Word-It is reported that in Sydney, Australia, a man waited his turn to use an outdoor phone booth. But the woman inside the booth talked on and on. After waiting a half an hour or more the man nailed the door shut. But the woman had the last word. She phoned the fire department. Fire fighters arrived, removed the nails, and rescued the woman. She promptly re-entered the booth and phoned her friend again to finish her conversation. * * * Murder Cases Only Quite often preachers furnish the source for a variety of yarns and jokes. Comes now the Sheriff and offers this one: A certain fellow who doubtless had bent his elbow too many times in succession, went to see the Priest to make his confession. The fellow was asked a few questions—the last of which was, “Have you killed anybody?” The answer was “No,” and he was told to go his way. On the way out he met another man who was there for the same purpose- to confess. “Have you killed anybody,” the man who was about to enter was asked by the one who had just made his confession. “No, I haven’t,” came the reply. “Well, no need to go in,” advised the first man-“he’s just hearing murder cases today.” (Ah shucks.) ♦ ♦ ♦ Too Steep-Down at Summerville, Representative Sloppy Floyd, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House, kind of got his back up about some “emergency money” requested by the University System. Among the items were an organ at $25,000, $lO ashtrays, $750 secretarial desks with $l5O chairs and a S6OO sofa. Well, by doggies, I’d have to say that such items were high on the hog myself. But, seemingly, Sloppy came out the loser, but he had the satisfaction of being heard. * * * Pa Dave rehashes this one probably not heard by at least some of the younger generation: In a San Francisco cemetery a visitor noticed an old Chinese man placing a bowl of rice on a grave. “When do you expect your friend to come up and eat the rice?” he asked. “The same time your friend comes up to smell your flowers,” the old Chinese man smiled . . . And kind of on the same line, Uncle Ed tells of the village gossip who was pumping the local doctor about the recent demise of their town’s richest man. “You knew him well,” she cooed. “How much did he leave?” “All of it. Madam, all of it,” the old doctor replied . Calls to mind the saying- What good is there being the richest man in the ceme tery? . . . Adcox Adds: If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet that the water bill is higher. (Agree, John Price?) • * • Tis Said-The police sent out photographs of an escaped convict, showing him in six different poses. A constable in a Midwestern State wired “Have captured five of them and am on trail of sixth.” * * • Be Seein’ Ye With this thought: I believe the poorest man I've ever seen didn’t have anything but money. * • • Flag Day-Come next Wednesday will come American Flag Day let’s act like it. YOOy | wltr &nnwrvtllc Nma «, i • «, ’ Sr - n Dixie’s Moro Ash, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aldred’s Cockleburr Ranch, is shown during the trophy presenta tion at the Pineland Challenge Tro phy, Chattahoochee Charity Horse Show, in June, 1969. The Morgan stal- Giles, Floyd Represent Local Area at Meeting The Chattooga County area was well represented at this year’s annual Service Officers’ Training School sponsored by the Georgia Department of Veterans Service. The school is designed to acquaint persons engaged in service to veterans with the latest changes in vet erans law. Veterans Service Director Pete Wheeler said, “It is grati fying to see such a large turn out of dedicated people who want to avail themselves of the knowledge and experience of experts from the Veterans Administration and other par ticipating agencies, in order that they might better serve the veteran. “This school is Georgia’s primary method of acquainting service officers across the state with the frequently changing veterans affairs program. The service officers in attendance this week are now better pre pared to render assistance to Georgia’s more than 500,000 veterans. Taking part in the meeting were several top Washington officials, including Oliver Meadows, staff director of the U. S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs; Olney Owen, chief benefits director of the Veterans Administration; Rufus Wilson, associate deputy administrator for the Veterans Administration; and Lawrence R. Pierce Jr., chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals. Representing national vet- LOCAL STALLION TO COMPETE erans organizations from Wash ington were: Cooper T. Holt, executive director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Charles E. Mattingly, deputy director, National Legislative Commission of the American Legion; Kenneth R. Hubbs, national service and legislative director of the Military Order of the Purple Heart; and John J. Keller and Charles L. Huber, national service director and national legislative director, respectively, of the Disabled American Veterans. Members of the Georgia Food Stamp Assistance Received By 1,763 Here ATLANTA There were 1,763 low-income Chattooga County residents on the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Stamp program in March, as compared to 1,643 the previous month, Russell H. James, Southeast regional ad ministrator of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service reports. Taking the state as a whole, James noted, the number on the Food Stamp program was up 5,453, while the food dis tribution program’s total was down by 6,244 to give an over all gain of 1,209. He attributed most of the increase in the food stamp program to the switching of five counties from NOW HANGS IN STATE CAPITOL Campaign Button Inspires Bug Design Although we cannot claim Mrs. I) F. Nisbet as a native resident, she has made Chat tooga County her “second home" since her daughter, Mrs. Herman E. Spivey, had her family have lived here. Eva Nisbet, who hails from Louisville, Ky., created a bit of news recently when she donated a hand-hooked rug to the State of Georgia, and which is now housed on the fourth floor of the State Capitol in Atlanta Celestine Sibley, a featured writer for The Atlanta Consti tution, recently devoted an entire column to Mrs. Nisbet's rug Said she: "Somebody told me the other day there's a new trend in decorating covering walls with carpet. While I was still feeling oppressed by that news, word came through that Secre tary of State Ben Fortson is hanging a rug on the wall of the State Capitol “But, of course, it is a very special rug not going on the walls of the House or Senate to soundproof them, no matter what you think, but going up in the capitol museum. Second Front lion will compete Friday and Satur day in the first annual Stone Moun tain All-Morgan Horse Show at Stone Mountain Park. The rider above is March Hall of Macon. House and Senate Defense and Veterans Affairs committees also attended the conference. More than 60 experts in the various fields of veterans bene i fits participated as panelists i ind speakers during the four day event which was attended by over 400 persons from Georgia and several neighbor ing states. Chattoogans attending the service school were state VFW Commander Ray Giles and state VI'W Quartermaster- Adjutant Sloppy Floyd. donated food to food stamps in March. A total of 120 Georgia counties are now operating food stamp programs. During the month, he said, 265,502 people on the food stamp program were issued $6.4 million in stamps. Os this amount, $3.8 million was in free or bonus stamps. This was an average of sl4 43 in bonus stamps f^r each person on the program. In the food distribution program, 129,441 needy people were given 4.3 million pounds of USDA-donated food. Cockleburr Ranch Entry to Compete In Morgan Show Scheduled June 9-10 In Atlanta Dixie’s Moro Ash, a seven year-old Morgan stallion owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aldred’s Cockleburr Ranch, will com pete in the first annual Stone Mountain All-Morgan Horse Show, scheduled June 9-10 at Stone Mountain Park. This horse was the 1969 winner of the Pineland Challenge Trophy offered that year at the Chattahoochee Charity Horse Show. This year’s trophy class will be held at the Stone Mountain show, which is sponsored by the Georgia Morgan Horse Club, and will include 40 classes in four sessions, commencing at 6 p.m. Friday, June 9. Morgan horses from throughout the Southeast will compete for trophies, ribbons, and SIOOO in prize money. The versatility of the breed will be shown by the variety of classes offered, and they will be shown in English tack, Western stock saddles, and pleasure harness classes. There will also be a full youth division as well as park saddle and fine harness classes. The Morgan horse of today has behind him 180 years of in-bred qualities of excellence. He has a high degree of intelli gence, and a willingness to learn and to try new things He truly enjoys working and makes an honest effort to do well. He will give you the best that he has, for that is the “Morgan way.” STAYING POWER Another of his valuable qualities is his stamina. Kept in condition, he will astonish you with his endurance and un flagging good spirits. Because of this staying power, Morgans have a notable record in the field of competitive trail riding. A third Morgan asset is his agility. Morgans are used ex clusively on many stock ranches, where their alertness, “cow savvy,” and ability to move handily off either end have proven their value as working stock horses. Thefr popularity as cutting horses is growing steadily. The gentle, tractable dis position of the Morgan horse makes him an excellent family pleasure mount. Morgans are fine horses for children, and a great many of them are being used in 4-H Club horse projects across the country. Morgans are also noted for longevity, and many years of pleasure may be expected for the family which begins with a young one. “... It is a hand-hooked circle reproducing a button worn during the first pres idential campaign of them all the election of President Wash ington.” And a special rug it is, indeed! The old campaign button, used by George Washington about 1790, was dug up a few years ago in a Kentucky garden. Mrs Nisbet, who usually fashions her own designs, was so impressed with a picture of this campaign button, she decided to capture its design on a rug. About 12 feet in circum ference, the rug is red, white, and blue (what else?) with the initials “GW" in the center, and the initials of the 13 original states around it. This made up the original design. Eva Nisbet added a blue border with twelve white stars, and finished it off with an eagle. Around the “GW" are the words, "Long live the Pres ident.” Celestine Sibley, in her column, said, this "shows how close we still were to England WHAT IS IT? Mystery Picture Is Real Puzzler Last week’s Mystery Picture must have been a real puzzler for our readers. Six entries were received and only two of them correct. For correctly guessing last week’s object as a sponge, we are sending a free three-month subscription to The Summer ville News to Joe Simmons, 204 Green St ~ Cloudland, and to Jerry Henderson, P O. Box 511, Milledgeville, Ga. We send our congratulations to these new winners. This week’s picture should be easier to identify. The object is one that all of you are very familiar with, and should not offer a big challenge. Look it over carefully, and when you think you have cor- and their “Long live the King” in those days.” It was a fortunate day for Georgia when Mrs. Nisbet de cided to offer this beautiful rug to the state museum Secretary of Stale Ben Fortson was most happy to accept it and it was mounted on a board and hung off the fourth floor balcony in the capitol. “It's a beautifully done piece of work," Fortson said, “and since Georgia was one of the 13 original states, it is par ticularly fitting that we have a momento of the first Pres ident's campaign We arc get ting ready for our bicentennial celebration in 1976 and this gift from Mrs Nisbet will be of special interest to all who come to the museum.” Eva Nisbet has been making hand-hooked rugs for some 25 years now In addition to these original rugs, she also makes purses, wall hangings, and does crewel embroidery and needle work. In all, she has done “hundreds of rugs," according to her daughter. Sue Spivey is particularly rectly identified it, send your entry to: Mystery Picture, Box 310, Summerville, Ga. 30747. The rules for sending in your guess are simple. Only written (cards or letters) entries can be accepted, and we ask you to please not phone in your guesses. A person may win one time only. All correct guesses are placed in a box. Three cards or letters are drawn from these entries, and they are declared the winners for that week. All entries for this week’s picture must be in our office by noon on June 13. Why not send in your guess right now Join in the fun. You might be one of the winners. proud of a 12-foot by 14-foot rug her mother made for one of the bedrooms of her home on Nixon Street. Mrs. Nisbet is not satisfied with just designing and making her rugs She selects and cuts the wool yarns and mixes her own dyes In this way, she gets the results that only a profes sional such as she can accept. Eva Nisbet does original work for the Shaker Museum in Pleasant Hill, Ky. Two of her original rug designs are on display in other museums. The rug that now lungs in the Stale Capitol is tentatively scheduled to be shown in a proposed Americana Museum at Stone Mountain Mr. and Mrs. Nisbet are now visiting the Spiveys, the main purpose of their current visit to attend Chattooga High School's graduation exercises, at which their granddaughter, Kathy, will be one of this year's graduates. We are happy to have the Nisbets as visitors to our city and are glad to have Mrs. Nisbet as a “part-time resi dent.”