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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Sept. 8, 1946 13-C Georgia Veterans Get 26 Millions In GI Loans Petroff To Paint Pictures at Library Gilmer Petroff, nationally famous water-colorist, will paint a picture during a special address to be given at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the Art Gallery at Carnegie Library. Besides water colors Petroff paints in oils and at the present Civic Club To Meet tii The Northeast Civic Club will hold its regular monthly meetln? tomorrow at 7:30 p.

m. at the Liberty Guinn School on Long Island Drive, Club spokesmen have announced. The meeting will be open to all residents of that has an exhibit of 30 paintings in the gallery at the library. He has exhibited in many cities and is generally regarded as one of the best water-colorists in the country. The public is invited and Mrs.

P. D. Alexander, Chairman of of Exhibits, said accommodations are being prepared for a large audience. Georgia veterans had borrowed more than twenty-six-and-one-half million dollars under the GI loan provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act at the close of July, Vaux Owen, Regional Manager of the Veterans' Ad ft $WJtj 'A vS PROGRESS Historical Society Has Larger Home Atlanta's old pictures and other ouvenirs have a new home. The Atlanta Historical Society has purchased the palatial two-s'orv.

10-room brick home of Dr. Charles S. Jones, 1753 Peachtree Road. Henry A. Alexander, Society President, announced yester-dsv.

One nf the last of the large Peachtree residences to be erected after the last war, the Jones home was built for the late Dr. Willis fit a cost of more than it as designed by the late Necl Rcid, Architect. The property includes a small house in the rear, now used as a carafe and servants' quarters, in addition to spacious formal gardens. It has a 115-foot frontage rn Peachtree Road and a depth of 460 feet on Huntington Road. The purchase was made to house the Historical Society's large collection of pictures, silver, china, clothing, weapons and other items cf historical interest, according to Ruth Elair, Executive Secretary.

The Society began informally in 1927. acquiring a paid executive secretary in 1937. For the past two years it has been located in the Erlanger Theater Building at 585 Peachtree N. which, Mi Blair said, it had "completely outgrown." It is chartered in Fulton County a non-profit organization and receives its support from dues of its 500 members and allotments from the City of Atlanta and Fulton County. The Society's facilities have been used by a wide variety of persons searching for facts on Atlanta's early days.

Newspapers, farazines. businesses and moving pictures are among its numerous patrons. The sa'e was handled by R. Otis, of Robert R. Otis Company.

The purchase price was rot disclosed. ministration, has reported. A survey just released by the VA indicated a total of 5,831 loans had been completed by that date. The total amount involved was $26,504,169.81, of which the Government guaranteed nearly half, or $12,671,355.21. Owen reported that 39,398 veterans were drawing disability pensions or compensations, with an additional 2,457 cases pending at the end of July.

Certificates of eligibility for education or on-the-job training had been issued to 85,809 veterans in Georgia, but of the total only were actually in an education or training status at the end of the month. The education or training of 6,625 veterans was interrupted or discontinued during the month. Night Classes To Open Night classes at the Booker T. Washington High Evening School will open Monday, with registration beginning at 7:30 p. m.

Several types of courses will be offered, including commercial, vocational, musical, and those leading to a high school diploma. No charge will be made for the instruction-except a 50-cent registration fee, it was announced by Milton White, principal. Constitution Staff Photo Bonla Callaway GARDEN SPOT These formal gardens, backed by an attractive garage and servants' building, constitute part of the picturesque Jones estate at 1753 Peachtree Road, which the Atlanta Historical Society has purchase and will use for its new home. Cameras and sports goods are now in demand. Constitution Want Ads will command cash for them Bishop Walker, 16 Georgians Will Attend Convention Headed by Bishop John Moore Walker, 16 Georgians will leave for Philadelphia today to participate in the triennial convention of the Episcopal church, expected to be the most important meeting the church has held in the last decade.

Matters to be considered include the liberalization of the ancient A i Long Service Awards Made ByGeorgiaPower Forty-four Georgia Power Com-parv employes received awards Capri heralds the return of the elegant ensemble in black with jet-embroidered collar. A jacket long in front, quite lacking in the back, over a severely simple dress of wool jersey above wool. 10-16. 79.95 VA Seeks Nurses For Florida Hospital Nurses who would like to spend a winter in i sunny Florida, attention! Critical need for approximately 35 nurses for its 419-bed general medical and surgical hospital at Lake City, was announced yesterday by the Veterans' Administration. Dr.

Frank B. Brewer, VA Director of Medical Services for the Southeast, said the present emergency offers an unusual opportunity for nurses wishing to spend the winter months in Florida's temperate climate. Starting salary for graduates of an accredited school of nursing is $2,644 a year. Applicants may write directly to the VA, Branch No. 5, Atlanta 3.

Episcopal marriage canon to permit remarriage of divorced persons on grounds other than adultery, possible union with the Presbyterian church and the election of a presiding bishop to succeed Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, who is retiring. The meeting will also elect a President of the House of Deputies. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be the principal speaker at the three-day Philadelphia meeting.

Clerical delegates from Georgia are the Rev. J. Milton Richardson, of St. Luke's: the Rev. Matthew Warren, of All Saints'; the Rev.

F. H. Harding, of St. Stephen's in Milledgeville: the Rev. R.

E. Fuessle, of Christ Church in Macon. Lav delegates are Judge Edgar E. Pcmeroy, of All Saints', and chancellor of the Atlanta diocese; William W. Brooks, of St.

Luke's; Frank E. Bone, of St. Stephen's Church in Milledgeville, and T. Firth Lock wood, of Trinity Church in Columbus. Delegates to the Woman's Auxiliary meeting which will convene concurrently with the Episcopal convention are Mrs.

Lloyd Mc-Eachern, Christ Church, Macon; The Style Center of the South Piedmont College Sets Date for Registration Piedmont College in Demorest will open its 1946-47 session with freshman orientation on Sept. 19. Registration for upperclassmen will be held Sept. 24. lift wt'-A I ill 4 An unusually large enrollment is indicated for the entire college, Mrs.

J. Floyd Carmichael. St Luke's-Mrs A Hartley o'f a caPacitr enrollment in the Church of the Incarnation; Mrs. freshmanxlass, school, officials re-Harold Wey, All Saints' Church, Pfted. They say that a number and Mrs.

S. Davison, Calvary of vetteran.s and f(rmer students Church, Mount Airy. Miss Mary fre ret4 resume work- m' King, President of the Woman's Yai' Auxiliary for the province of Se-wanee, and Mrs. J. F.

Heard, member of the executive board of the national auxiliary, will also attend from Atlanta. Holy Name Society Takes Communion Holy communion will be held for members of the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church at mass at 8:30 a. m. today, following a procession in which all male member of the Society are invited to take part. Breakfast will be served in the assembly room after mass, at which time new members will be enrolled.

aiJ the personal congratulations cf W. E. Mitchell, President and General Manager, for periods of Sfri-e rsnsing from 10 to 50 vra-s ThMr combined records the Company totaled 970 Dsves. retired Athens was awarded a diamond-s emblem representing 50 v-rs rf service. Similar pins for vrir e'h went to J.

C. Plunk-r Atlanta load dispatcher; J. K. '--'cor, t'ansriortation operator; r--' J. Austin, retired Macon ye.

T-i-ty-y ear emblems were arncd to Henry G. Chappelear, rrrm: T. O. Skelton. distribution foreman: E.

E. Tillman, chief clerk: L. D. Maxwell, retired Aher employe: W. A.

Glass, Villa Rica local manager: and the Atlanta transportation men: J. E. Picklesimer, E. V. Lassiter, W.

Var.sant. C. L. Holbrook, C. L.

Grav, A. W. Barrett. P. A.

Cross. M. M. White. J.

Baker an-1 C. W. Walton. These honored for 20 years of rervsce were W. R.

Seleskey. line fsreman; Joe Purcell, transportation operator; Will Stephens, Negro Transportation worker; S. C. Ayers. Tallulah Falls power plant cperator; C.

H. Snipes, Plant At-1 nnn turbine operator: Don Burt, rum heat encineer; Philip Pee-pl. commercial lighting manager; P-ilp Alexander, electrical de-f igier; C. S. Freeman and G.

D. Shaw, tcrountinc department. Fif'een others received 10-year err Ver. Jewish Youth Center Location Is Sought A server t9 determine the p-per location of a new Jewish Yiuth Center Building has been farted by the Atlanta Jewish Community Council, in with the National Jewish Welfare Board. The Jewish population study tvII; be made here this week.

A large number of volunteer enumerators will visit Jewish families to secure information pertinent to the population survey. Drr.ald Oberdorfer is President rr the Atlanta Jewish Community Council, and Herman Heyman is Chairman of the Planning P.arncy Medintz is Chair-rr thp Population Study The survey is being rar.ired and ronducled by Sarnie' I.c'f snH Edward M. Kahn. Clay Hills Garden Club The Clay Hills Garden Club will meet Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Travis Johnson.

3171 Habersham N. with Mrs. Forrest Adair, as co-hostess. Guest speaker wJlL be E. S.

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