The Atlanta Journal du lieu suivant : Atlanta, Georgia • 26

Atlanta gcumal Wednesday Juns 3 1959 MwiteWP pzx ogt SPfeWT IggEy lagai A Awociated Prea Wirephoto NO TRAIC ON MAIN STREET KALAMAZOO Mich June Huge chunks of pavement are ripped from busiest street to make way for a permanent pedestrian shop mall Two full blocks will be ripped up and replaced by a park like concrete block and grass surface It is the first step in a long range plan designed to modernize and vitalize central business district Atlanta Masonic Club A PAUSE OR TEA Hears of Earlier Days By RANK DANIEL Early Masonry in Atlanta was the subject on which ranklin Garrett author of "Atlanta and addressed the Atlanta Masonic Club Wednes day He said in a prepared speech that the first Masonic lodge in the Atlanta area was Pythagoras Lodge No 41 in Decatur char tered Nov 7 1844 when Atlanta was still Marthasville mendation for the charter came strangely Mr Garrett said Kennesaw Lodge No 33 in Marietta" Decatur was laid out Mr Gar rett said in 1823 and Marietta came into being with Cobb Coun ty only in 1832 when the section was still Cherokee Indian lands which makes the presence of the older Kennesaw Lodge surprising AMONG THE original members Pride of Craftsmanship JLjJLjL ITfWT AXet MK The use of choice woods the use of classic motifs and finishes too laborious to be accepted by massproduction These considerations make our fine traditional groups 'proud possessions fitting complements to your business HORNE1 DESK CO 57 PRYOR ST NE JA 1 1463 of Pythagoras Lodge was Reynolds soon to become Mar second postmaster Arms a surveyor who made the original survey for the Samuel Mitchell estate originally Land Lot No 77 now just about the southern half of the Atlanta business area was also a mem ber of Pythagoras and Marthas first postmaster Two other members later At lantians were Robert and Nathaniel Mangum The first was the second ordinary of ulton County Nathaniel wras a lawyer and for him Mangum street was named IRST Masonic lodge received its charter Oct 26 1847 as Atlanta Lodge No 59 A member and schoolmaster White writing two weeks later in his diary observed: in Georgia Masonry is as flourishing as in the palmiest days All the state officials and all the posts on the railroads are entirely monopolized by the fra The first worshipful master of Atlanta Lodge was also the first lawyer to settle in permanent practice in Atlanta Leonard Simpson for whom Simpson street was named OTHER ORIGINAL members included Willis Buell who became mayor of Atlanta in 1850 James Loyd one of original merchants for whom Central ave nue was long called Loyd street Joseph Mead first ordinary of ulton County William Rushton native of England and a master mechanic for the Georgia railroad and Augustus Wheat also an early merchant for whom Auburn avenue was long named Wheat street (which explains the original of the name of the famous Wheat Street Baptist Church) The first Atlanta Masonic Hall stood at the southwest corner of Loyd street (now Central avenue) and Alabama street By 1959 there were five lodges in Atlanta In 1950 Rawson building a stone building on Decatur street between Ivy and Pryor streets offered the Masons the top floor of the construction if they would build it They accepted the proposition and the hall survived destruction during the Battle of Atlanta thanks to the intervention of Con federate Masons with ederal members However the building was accidentally destroyed by fire soon after the War Between the States May 1 1866 BREWS WOE OR YEGGMAN SAN RANCISCO June 3 John Hagerman was ar rested for safecracking after a watchman for a downtown auto agency saw him brewing a cup of tea in a lounge adjoining the company office 5 Police said he was back at work on the safe when they ar rived Hapeville Eyes Pool Prices Hapeville youngsters may lose their cents privi leges this year City Council Tuesday night de bated a raise in this swim ming pool rates to make the city swimming pool more of a self sustaining project Action on the proposed raise was deferred but a rise in price may be in pros pect for the youngsters when the city pool opens Saturday Councilman rank Coggin pro posed the raise stating that both water costs and personnel costs had advanced since last year Most of the income last year came from the 10 cent tick ets sold to youngsters He pro posed a raise to 20 cents for all under age 18 MAYOR EUGENE DIXON JR said he thought the pool ought to its own He said that a raise in prices might dis courage attendance by persons from outside the city as well as to boost the total revenue Councilman Martin pro posed more free time swimming for mornings He said that he thought the pool should not be considered as a self sustaining project Admission rates to the pool are to be set later in the week Council voted to hire Grady Mc Callman as the new city recrea tion director effective June 8 Mr McCallman a Hapeville resident is a graduate of Troy (Alabama) State Teachers College He will succeed Robert Shellnut who re signed in April In another action council voted to hire Edward Brown as a patrolman for the police force He is a replacement for Robert McGaughey who resigned Council deferred action on a contract with Central of Georgia Railway for some parking space adjoining railroad tracks 1 NOW ONLY $1 Down Will Hold on Layaway or Pay $5 Down and $5 Monthly with approved credit KING SALES CO Inc 73 Ivy St NE (next to Telephone Co) JA 4 6418 Big Bargain STAINLESS STEEL W5 Set to Customer We Have Several Brand To Choose rom SAVE! Never Before Have We Offered This close ouT 23 3 PLY 188 STAR BRIGHT WATERLESS COOK WARE SET BEING SOLD REGULAR LY OR $24995 on Home Demonstration Sale Pair Bound Over In Melee Here Officers Report They Were Attacked While Breaking Up Drinking Bout Two Atlanta men were bound over to state court Wednesday after an early morning affray during which two police officers said they were assaulted by the men Officers Redding and Nasworthy reported that they investigated when they found two men and a woman Wednesday at 3:52 am at the Dixie Bar and Grill 475 Marietta St NW Officer Nasworthy said he went to the patrol car to call a supe rior officer with Bruce Gentry 32 cf 939 Peachtree St NE telling him to call anybody he pleased I am losing my place of business tomorrow HE LOOKED back inside said officer Nasworthy and saw his partner Redding on the floor with Gentry and Renard Blackburn 30 of 987 Juniper St NE on top of him He pulled Blackburn off said the officer whereupon Mrs Gen try 39 took his place in the fracas In the scuffle said the report officer Redding got his hand hurt and Gentry got his face hurt of drunk and disorderly and penalized $22 or 20 days in the stockade looding of the Aboothlacoosta Creek and the Hopoethyeloholo Creek which unite near famed Indian Springs probably caused the high water that inun dated the picnic area and the en closure over the springs A flash flood upstream from the Georgia Indian Springs State Park Monday night must have sent these creeks out of their banks and caused the overflow people in the US geological Survey in Atlanta said Wednesday Indian Springs residents called the downpour one of the heaviest in memory Parks Manager fc BEES SWARM MAN CAUSE BACK INJURY SULLIGENT Ala June 3 Roy suffered a back injury as a result of bee stings O'Mary tried to Cut a limb from a tree where a bee hive was located but the 'bees swarmed on him was stung into uncon sciousness and fell from the tree injuring his back below normal in the upper half of the state despite frequent rain fall in May he added It is up to as much as two and a half times medial! in the lower half of the state average flow of the Chat tahoochee River at Atlanta during May was 1579 cubic feet per sec ond Lake Lanier stored the equivalent of 1319 cfs during the month which would bring the Atlanta average to 2898 cfs which is about 30 per cent above the normal for the report shows Indian Springs Recovers rom lash lood Marshmallows bananas and puppies appeal to Sambo this morning but none of that civili zation stuff! Sambo is the 4 year old ring tail monkey that has evaded all efforts to catch him since Tues day His former owner Bill Smith 232 College Ave De catur let it be known that any one interested could have Sambo for he is tired of his snake fear ing pet Mr Smith has 20 snakes Now prancing around the back yard fences of Greenwood Ave NE Sambo continues to stay elusive Despite efforts of Mrs Herman Raphael and Mrs Harper residents of the street Sambo prefers to take marsh mallows and bananas with no strings attached! just been jumping on the garage fences and all says Mrs Hertcr Greenwood avenue laundry holds special interest for Sambo GIRL KILLED BY CAR IRONDALE Ala June 3 A 14 year old Birmingham girl Mar tha Tyler was struck and killed by a car while crossing US High way 78 two miles west of here Tuesday night ing it up Sambo favors a dachschund puppy Mrs Raphael is the own er of five small puppies who have received special attention from Sambo 1 "This morning Sambo reached from his perch to pet one of the puppies" says Mrs Raphael "but he just jumps too fast to be caught" RADIOEAR Hearing Aids Give BETTER Hearing Complete service in of fice while you wait Glasses over thc ear and on the body types Liberal terms Trade ins accepted Davis Hamilton 219 Volunteer Bldg JA 4 7341 MODERN MONKEY Still on the Lam i Sambo Likes Space i He has gotten particular delight in taking all laundry off lines and doing a beautiful job of mix BOTH WENT to Grady Hos pital for treatment Gentry and Blackburn were bound over under $400 bond each later in the day on charges of assault and battery and resisting an officer Mrs Gentry was found guilty Paul Coats Indicted Paul Coats has been indicted by the DeKalb County grand jury on a charge of murder by strangula tion in the death of his wife The body of Mrs Coats the iormer rances Jane Stowers who disappeared from her Cham blee home last Nov 15 was dis covered in March in a shallow roadside grave near Doraville A medical examination showed death was caused by strangula tion Coats Is scheduled to be tried beginning next Tuesday Dunwoody Boy Gets Lion Award Robert Wesley Lowry a sev enth grader at Dunwoody Ele mentary School has received the third annual Dunwoody Lions Club Achievement Award This award is earned by having the highest record of successful participation in school home church civic and personal activities Strobel chairman of the boys and girls committee of the Dunwoody Lions Club presented Robert with a loving cup and a check for $25 in the Dunwoody Elementary School Chamblee An award plaque bearing Rob name with other award re ceivers was presented to Mrs John Austin principal by Gewin lowers president of the Dun woody Lions Club Anderson found the place flooded when he got there Tuesday morn ing He added that the springs were back to normal Wednesday and notified anybody planning a picnic in the park to come ahead Streamflow in Georgia during May was above normal all over the state according to Thomson who said lev els in the eastern part of the Pied mont region were above median for the first time since August CUMULATIVE runoff since Jan 1 ranges from 10 to 20 per cent Hope Held Out or Lost Pilot The Civil Air Patrol said Wed nesday there is a chance an Al bany Air orce sergeant miss ing on a light plane flight since early Tuesday might have bailed out of his airplane Lt Col James Carlton in formation officer for the Georgia wing of CAP said it has been learned the missing sergeant not only was wearing a parachute but is a trained paratrooper as well Sgt Alfred Boucher of Albany took off from Asheville NC early Tuesday ferrying a T34 training type plane to Turner Air orce base at Albany for the Aero Club there of which he is a member 1 Another Air orce sergeant took off at the same time in a tri pacer but turned back after 10 minutes because of severe thunderstorms in the area Sgt Boucher continued but never re ported at Augusta his first in tended stop CAP planes from Augusta were searching the area north of that city for the airplane ''1 1 MOK MfeQ gjl Mm Spray Set without Charge when you Buy Large size Ogilvie Sisters Highlights Shampoo! 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