Show civil defense meeting A civil defense meeting was held at the court house tuesday night july 28 with the deputy civil defense state leon ard higgins and civil defense state director col alvin session present members of the local board who were in attendance A J redd county director george palmer deputy county di rector joe cooper deputy director of engineering dr simons deputy director of health services dale kinnamon deputy director of communications and pearl butt secretary other mem ibers of the board who were excused from the meeting as the they were out of town were haro harold Z blanck deputy director of welfare zenos black deputy director of school services tully harvey halvey r deputy director of law enforcement and fire control oris ons rudd deputy director of public information and L A odette deputy director of trans transportation porta tim H A johnson deputy director of public utilities daryle redd deputy director of warden services cecil jones deputy director of personnel the state officers were the speakers of the evening their theme was be prepared for natural disaster some of the types mentioned were epidemics weather disaster refuge influx from disaster areas and bombing altho they thought the bombing was very unlikely in such a sparsely settled area they urged that the local board take stock of the present facilities and build from them to a state of preparedness to be able to combat any future disaster beginning jan 18 1954 a 4 day school will be held to teach defense measures and preparedness every interested citizen is invited to attend |