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Five Scout Troops
Now In County
A Scout Good Turn, performed in a
characteristic Scouit way, was the
very beginning of the Boy Scouts of
America, the beginning of an organi
zation which has a present member
ship of well over a million boys ani.
men. Over eight million boys have
passed through the ranks of Scouting.
An English Boy Scout voluntarily
helped an American business man,
back in 1909, find an address during a
heavy fog. Not only did this Scout
show the American his way, but also
guided him back to his hote|. Ti
Scout explained that he was “just do
ing” a good turn and, of course, r*
fused to take a tip. This so impressed
Mr. Boyce, the American, that he im
mediately found out all about the Boy
Scouts, carried home a trunk full c
literature and became instrumental in
the organization of the Boy Scouts of
America. From this small start, there
are now over 40 JOO troops and packs
serving boys from the age of 9 and up.
Scouting was organized in Chattoo
ga county in *he fall of 1930 when
the Summerville-Trion Rotary club
appointed a steering committee to af
fect a district organization in the
county. A district committee was duly
made under the leadership of T. J.
Espy, Jr. The following men of Chat
tooga county are members of the
Chattooga district committee of the
Northwest Georgia council, Boy
Scouts of America: T. J. Espy, Jr.,
Moses E. Brinson, Harry .Marks, W
C. Sturdivant, 0. L. Cleckler, Sam A.
Cook, C. E. Bell, G. J. Boling, J. G
Kirchhoff, Harvey Phillips and G.
C. Sublette. *
At present there are five Scout
troops in the county; a troop each in
Summerville, Trion, Subligna, and
Menlo and a colored troop in Sum
merville. Two more troops are in the
process of organization at the present
time. Scouting is doing well in Chat
tooga county and will mean much to
the lives of our future citizens of the
county.
Our Aims.
The world interest in the Boy Scout
movement challenges the intelligent
understanding of everyone, and yet
many people still ask, “What is
Scouting?” “Who do Boy Scouts do?’
Scouting means outdoor life and so
health, strength, happiness and prac
tical education.
It develops the power of initiative
and resourcefulness.
It helps boys.
It insures good citizenship. _
The Boy Scout movement health
fully and sanely offsets the disadvan
tages which civilization has caused.
It seeks to help boys on leaving
school to escape the evils of “blind
alley” occupations—that is, such work
as give the boy a mere wage for the
moment, but leave him stranded with
out any trade or handicraft to pursue
when he is a man and so send him a
a recruit to the great army .of unem
ployed and, what is worse, the unem
ployable.
Scoutscaft includes instructions ir
first aid, life saving, tracking, signal
ing, cycling, nature study, seaman
ship, campcraft, woodcraft, chivilry
and all of the handicrafts. No expen
sive equipment is required. All that is
needed is the out-of-doors, a group
boys and a competent leader. By com
bining wholesome, attractive out-of
door activities with the influence o
the Scout oath and law the movemer
develops character.
In Scouting the boy does not stand
still. The opportunity and incentive
for progress are always at hand.
He becomes a tenderfoot and then
a second-class Scout, and then a first
class Scout. After this the whole
sphere of the scout program is made
available by the boy’s own applica
tion in qualifying himself to pass the
tests for the various merit badges.
As a Scout the boy willingly adopts
as real and vital the universally ac
cepted principles of life as set forth
in the scout oath and law.
A Means To An End.
Character development is the real
objective of the Boy Scout movement.
Every step in the Scouting program
is but a means to this end. The varie
ty and interest of, as well as the prac
tical knowledge insured by the tender
foot, second class and first class tests
are, after all, but a means for hold
ing the interest of the boy, pledged
to the scout oath and law, under such
leadership as will bring about char
acter development. Likewise, the
whole scheme of merit badges is pri
marily for this same purpose. The
form of troop organization, the scout
master and his assistants, the local
council, and indeed the national coun
cil and all of its officers, are also but
a means to this end.
This character development mani
fests itself in health, efficiency, chiv
alry, loyalty, patriotism and good
citizenship.
NOTICE.
All baseball players wishing to try
out with Chattooga county baseball
team please be at Sturdivant leld Sat
urday by 2 o’clock.
Unemployed Receive
SIO.OO During Week
Unemployed workers in Chattooga
county were paid $lO in benefits by
the bureau of unemployment compen
sation during the week ending March
16, it was announced today. Numbei
of payments was reported at two
Total payments to Georgia work
ers that week amounted to $63,332.51
represented by checks which
went into 111 counties of the state.
Five hundred thirty-six payments
for $4,557.61 to workers in other
states who previously had established
wage credits in Georgia, brought the
total to $67,890.12.
Number and amount of checks mail
ed by the bureau ranged from one
check for $2 03 in Pickens coufity to
2,<26 checks for $16,104.89 in the At
lanta area, which embraces Fulton
and DeKalb counties:
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VOL. 54; NO. 2
Dedicate Methodist Church-School Sunday,-
Bishop J. Lloyd Decell To Preach
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The special series of services now
being held at the Methodist church
will terminate next Sunday night
when Bishop J. Lloyd Decell, of Bir
mingham, will dedicate the educa
tional building.
Rev. J. G. Kirkhoff, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, is leading the
singing during the week days. The
pastor, Rev. Chas. C, Cliett, is doing
the preaching and will continue until
Sunday night, when the Bishop will
preach.
Extension Service
Publishes Revised
Pasture Bulletin
Permanent pastures for Georgia
farms received greater emphasis thi
week with the release of the state ag
ricultural extension service’s revised
bulletin 457, “Pastures for Georgia,’
0. P. Dawson, county agent, has an
nounced.
The twenty-f our-page bulletin, writ-1
ten by E. D. Alexander, extension ag
ronomist, says the permanent pasture,
if properly managed, can be made one
of the most valuable areas on the
farm, and that no farm, regardless of
its size, is complete without an area
established to plants for grazing.
In farm planning, the permanent
pasture should have consideration
along with’the other important fam
crops, the publication states. It is a
supply crop in the truest sense, as it
furnishes high-quality feed at a low
cost, it says.
Copies of the extension service bul
letin 457, “Pastures for Georgia,” may
be obtained from the couty agent’s
office.
CHATTOOGAVILLE W.H.D. CLUB.
The Chattoogaville Woman’s Home
Demonstration club .met at the home
of Mrs. Will Gaylor March 22. Twelve
were present.
The meeting was called to order and
the roll called by the president.
There was a business meeting in
which plans were discussed for mak
ing several stools at the next meet
ing. It was decided for the members
to meet at 10:30 at the next meeting
instead of the usual time in the aft
ernoon. The change was made in or
der to finish all stools during the day.
Mrs. Will Gayler read an interest
ing article on gardening.
Devotion was led by Mrs. Milton
Rawlls. Prayer by Mrs. Will Gayler.
Song by the group.
Miss Henry gave a most helpful
talk on “Kitchen Improvements.” Also
talked in “Small Equipment for the
Georgia Farm Family’s Kitchen” and
showed the equipment, its use and
where it might be purchased.
The members were especially inter
ested in more convenient plans and
equipment for the kitchen and several
plan to do new work in the kitchens
this spring.
During the social hour, delicious re
freshments were served by the host
ess.
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Earl Gayler.
REPORTER.
State To Repair Rome,
Summerville Road
ATLANTA.—The state highway
board announced last week it would
award a contract March 28 for 4.726
miles for shaping base and surface
treatmept upon the Summerville-
Rome road in Chattooga county.
This highway was damaged in many
spots by the recent heavy freeze.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940
The writer has been unable to as
certain the date of the organization
of the Methodist church in Summer
ville. The earliest records show that
an active church was in operation in
1844. The first building was con
structed about 1849, previous to this
they worshipped in a building with
the Baptist and Presbyterians. The
present church building was erected
in 1907. The educational or churcl
school plant, to be known as the Ed
Program For Sunday
School Convention
Below is the program for the Sun
day School convention to be held with
the Menlo Baptist church March 31:
Sunday school at regular hour.
11 A. M. —Evangelism, by Rev. J.
G. Black.
12:00—Lunch.
1:00 P. M.—Election of officers for
next year.
1:15 —.How to Get Ready For a Re
vival meeting, by Rev. M. D. Short,
Summerville, Ga.
I:4s—How to Have a Revival Meet
ing by E. B. Shivers, Trion, Ga.
2:ls—Round-table discussion on
how that our Sunday schools might
enroll every church member in Sun
day school.
PENNVILLE 4-H CLUB.
The Pennville 4-H club held its reg
ular meeting March 15 in the school
ouilding. Dorothy Bulman presided
over the business meeting. Miss Annie
Ruth Housch was chosen 4-H club
sponsor for the Pennville club. The
following representatives were chosen
to attend the annual Baby Chick &
Egg show in Rome: Margaret Kerr,
Alma C. King and Minnie Floyd.
The club boys and girls held a joint
business session. Tjie meeting was
opened by singing “America.”
Miss Henry gave an interesting
demonstration and discusion concern
ing “Setting the Table and Table Eti
quette.”
The club was dismissed by repeating
the club pledge.
MARGARET KERR, Reporter.
GORE 4-H CLUB.
The Gore 4-H club held its meeting
March 6 in the home economics build
ing.
The meeting was called to order by
the president. The secretary read the
minutes of the last meeting.
An interesting program was con
ducted. It consisted of a song by the
club; Scripture by Dixie Lee Willing
ham; a duet by Millie Mae Gilbreath
and Dorothy Holcomb; an article
about St. Patrick was read by Alice
Johns.
After the program Miss Henry gave
a talk on our school lunches: what wc
should have fpr our lunches, and our
lunch boxes.
Everyone enjoyed the meeting.
CLUB REPORTER.
Employers Are Warned To Beware Os
Salesmen Making Misleading Statement
“It has been called to my attention
that certain book agents are showing
employers a receipt book which is
supposed to have the approval of the
social security hoard.” said H. Knox
Smartt, manager of the social secur
ity board office at Rome. “Employers
are warned to be on the lookout for
any salesman who tries to sell them
a receipt book, stating that it is ap
proved or recommended by the social
security board. The board has neither
p-nnroved nor recommended any type
o* receipt,” he said. However, all em
ployers are now required to give re
ceipt to their employes.
Certain specified information must
Sturdivant Memorial, was erected ir
1937 with funds received from th
will of the late E. W. Sturdivant, wh<
was a staunch Methodist and a de
vout Christian.
Bishop Decell will preach at th:
7:15 service Sunday night. A bap
tismal service for babies will be - con
ducted at the beginning of the serv
ice by the Bishop. He will also ba
tize those who unite with the church
this week who have not been bap
tized.
Farm Agent Gives
Details On Plan
For Grant-of-Aid
Without having to advance a penny,
farmers of Chattooga county have an
opportunity to receive lime and phos
phate through the AAA grant-of-aid
plan, 0. P. Dawson, county agent, said
this week.
All farms with special allotments
such as cotton, may use up to 100 per
cent, of the soil-building assistance,
the county agent said. Other farms
may use up to 90 per cent. Last year
only 80 per cent, could be used for
this purpose.
At Athens the state AAA office
has set up a special department for
handling grant-of-aid orders coming
in from the county offices. This de
partment received orders by March 1
for 2,351 tons of lime and less" than
twenty tons of phosphate. No orders
had been received for these ma'erials
at this time last year.
According to the county agent,
when a farmer orders lime or phos
phate through the grant-of-aid, he
signs a form stating that he is wiP
ing to release enough of his 1940 soil
building assistance to pay for the ma
terials and to use them as specified
in the program.
Mr. Dawson cited this example for
determining the soil-building assist
ance and the amount of lime and
phosphate that the AAA will fur
nish: A farmer has 100 acres in cul
tivation and a twenty-acre cotton al
lotment. One hundred acres minus 2'
acres equals 80 acres; 80 acres times
70 cents per acre equals $56, which
he may earn by carrying out regular
soil-building practices. One hundred
per cent, of the total soil-building as
sistance. or $56, may be used to pur
chase materials under the grant-of
aid.
Lime may be furnished at $2 60 a
ton delivered in bulk at any railroad
station in cars not less than twentv
tons, or delivered to farms for $3.25
per ton. The phosphate has a guar
anteed analysis of 45 per cent, and
comes in 100-pound bags at $36 a ton.
Several farms may order a car to
gether.
The county agent said that the
farmers probably will not want to use
as much as 100 or 90 per cent, of their
soil-building assistance for purchas
ing lime and phosphate as later this
vear legume seed may be available
through grant-of-aid.
be included on the receipt to the em
ployes but the wording is left to the
employer. In addition to the amount
of tax deducted, the receipt must
show the name of the employer, the
rime of the employe, the period o<
time covered bv the receipt, and the
total amount of wages paid to the em
plove during this period.
Employers are required to furnish
su p h receipts at least once a year
and may furnish them oftener—every
nuarter. c,r every month, or every pay
day, as they see fit. The receipt must
be given to the employe within two
months after the end of .he nav pe
rind, which it. covers, and, in any case,
when the employe leaves the job.
Mrs. Pittman Heads
Women’s Field Army
Mrs. Frank Pittman, Jr., has been
elected captain of Chattooga county,
in the women’s field army, American
Society for the Control of Cancer.
The month of April is devoted to
; this crusade.
The purpose of this campaign is to
establish cancer clinics for those un
able to pay for medical treatment, re
gardless of race.
One of North Georgia’s outstand
ing woman’s club workers, the late
Mrs. Judd, Dalton, donated ten thou
sand dollars to the cancer clinic in
Dalton.
This women’s field army is a branch
of the Federated Women’s Clubs of
America.
Chattooga county exceeded its quo
ta last year, and hope to do even bet
ter his year.
For any information or literature,
call your county captain.
Rev. Thomas J. Espy
Goes To Tallapoosa
Rev. Thomas J. Espy, of our city,
has been called to the pastorate of the
First Baptist church at Tallapoosa,
Ga. He and his family will leave this
week to take up the work in this new
field.
Rev. Espy is a native of Chattooga
, county, having been born in Summer
; ville and spent his early life in and
I near Summerville. Before he entered
the ministry, he was a printer with
The Summerville News, and later
carried the mail from Summerville
on. Route 1 for five years, resigning
the mail route to further equip him
self for the ministry.
Rev. Espy was ordained by the
First Baptist church here in Decem
ber, 1912, and served several churches
in the Chattooga association before
going to school at Mercer university
and the seminary. 'While he served
churches in Chattooga association he
finished his high school work in the
schools here, graduating in 1915 from
the Summerville High school.
In the fall of 1915 Rev. Espy and
family moved to Macon where he
spent two years in the higher schools
of Mercer university. While he was
at Mercer he served church in middle
Georgia and had successful pastorates
j there.
! I n the fall of 1917 Rev. Espy and
j family moved to Louisville, Ky., where
i he and Mrs. Espy took courses in the
Southern Baptist Theological semi
nary, Rev. Espy graduating from the
seminary with a degree of ThG, and
Mrs. Espy graduating from the train
ing school of Louisville. While Rev.
Espy was a student at the seminary
he served churches in Kentucky.
Rev. and Mrs. Espy graduating in
the spring of 1919 they accepted the
pastorate of the Mount Olivet Bap
tist church at Knoxville, Tenn., where
they served the church for about three
years. They were called in 1921 to the
pastorate of the Sardis Baptist
church at Hartwell, Ga., where they
served for five years. While in Hart
well Rev. Espy led the church to erect
a beautiful, commodious and modern
house of worship that is adequate and
second, to none in all that section of
Georgia. Dr. E. P. Allredge, the South
ern Baptist statistician, says in his
book, “One Hundred Successful
Churches,” that the building is the
most completely equipped church
building outside of a corpora ted com-!
munity in the Southern Baptist con
vention.
Rev. and Mrs. Espy accepted, in
1925, a call to the pastorate of the He
bron Baptist church at Concord, Ga.
They served in this field for nine
years and. were successful in leading
the churches to higher planes of de
velopment in all the departments of
the church’s life.
In 1934 Rev. and Mrs. Espy accept
ed a call to the First Baptist church
of Ringgold, Ga., where a lasting and |
telling pastorate of five years was j
wrought. The church was heavily in- '
debted, and the building in need of!
many repairs; this debt was lifted \
and the repairs made on the building.!
and every organization of the church |
was developed and grew in numbers
and efficiency.
I In July, 1938, Rev. and Mrs. Espy I
! came back to Summerville and assist
i ed in the work of the Summerville
| News after the death of his brother
0. J . Espy. Since that time they have
served churches in Chattooga and!
Gordon county associations. They\
have resigned this desirable field, and |
will leave this week for their new
work in Tallapoosa.
Rev. Espy has been moderator of
three asociations, the Chattooga, the
Flint River and the Catoosa associa
tions. He has held several other places
of responsibility in the associational
work, being president of the Sunday
School convention in the Flint River
I association, and president of the
I workers’ council in the Catoosa asso-1
ciation.
Mrs. Espy has held many respon
sible positions in the associational
work. In the Hebron she was associa
tional young people’s leader; in the
Flint River she was intermediate
leader in the B.Y.P.U. work; in the
Catoosa she was superintendent of the j
W. M. U. work. Since moving to Chat
tooga she has filled the superinten
dent’s place in the association’s W.
j M. U. work.
i Rev. Espy was elected, in 1938, to!
! membership in the executive commit
tee of the Georgia Baptist convention
i and he will continue in this capacity
for two more years.
The News wishes for him and his
I family a very successful pastorate i
1 their new field
$1.50 A YEAR
Legionnaires And
Wives Entertained
The ladies of the American Legion
auxiliary, Post 129, entertained the
men of the Legion and their wives
with a birthday party Thursday eve
ning, March 21, in celebration of the
Legion’s twenty-first anniversary.
About 100 were present.
Among the visitors to attend this
happy occasion were Vic Waldrop,
Seventh area commander, of Carters
ville; Joe Nelson, commander, of
• Cartersville post; Fred Morgan, com
mander, and four members of Trenton
post, and Zebe Vanpelt, of Dade
' county.
The Legion here was presented a
i trophy for getting more members
i above the quota than any other post
! in Seventh area; also two histories
| for reaching the 100 membership goal,
! and a citation for getting sixty-six
| members in the given time. The mem-
I bers were justly proud of these hon-
■ ors won.
After the formal meeting, games
were played and lovely refreshments
j served by the ladies of the auxiliary.
LOCAL SCHOOL
WINS DEBATE
i Summerville High school has made
a good beginning in the district debate
this year on the subject, “Resolved,
, That the Federal Government Should
Own and Operate the Railroads.”
The negative team, represented by
Ava Lee Brown and Joyce Wofford,
won at Model Friday morning, 3 to 0.
The affirmative team, represented by
Misses Ophelia Watkins and Betty
Broome, defeated the Murray county
team, 3 to 0.
Having won all six points, our
j teams will debate again in district de
bate in Chickamauga in April.
Preparations are being made to en
ter the one-act play and other literary
activities in the district meet at
Chickamauga in April.
DEATHS
Funeral services for the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Campbell were
conducted from the graveside in Trion
cemetery Monday afternoon, March
25, at 2 o’clock by the Rev. L. B. Har
rell. Arrangements by Trion Depart
ment store.
D. F. Quinton.
D. F. Quinton, 26, died Friday
morning, March 22, after a seven
months’ illness.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Ula
Mae Hawkins Quinton; one daughter,
Ula Mae Quinton; mother, Mrs. Cara
Quinton; one brother, J. W., and one
sister, Mrs. Joe Prater.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home of Milus Hawkins in
West Trion Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock by the Rev. H. E. Wright. In
terment in Trion cemetery. Trion De
partment store in charge.
Frances Melly Allmon.
Frances Melly Allmon, 76, died at
the home of her son Sunday after
noon, March 24, at 4 o’clock. Mrs. All
mon had made her home with her
youngest son, Charlie, in east Trion
for several years.
Mrs. Allmon is survived by six
sons, Will, of Dry Valley; Clint, of
Subligna; Walt, of Shannon; Jim, Ale
and Charlie, of Trion; one sister, Mrs.
Martha Bryant, of Merkel, Tex.
Funeral servees were conducted
from Trion Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev.
Veatch, Rev. Shivers and Rev. Mor
gan. Interment in Pennville cemetery.
Trion Department store in charge.
Thomas W. Rich.
Funeral services for Thomas W.
Rich were held at the First Baptist
church here Thursday at 2 o’clock,
March 21, the Rev. J. G. Kirckhoff of
ficiating, assisted by the Rev. M. D.
Short.
Active pallbearers were D. L. Mc-
Whorter, Harry McGinnis, James
Jackson, DeWitt Pullen, W. E. Tur
ner and Moses Brinson.
Interment in local cemetery, with
Paul Weems Funeral home in charge.
J. A. O’Bryant.
J. A. O’Bryant, a life-long resident
of Chattooga county, died at his home,
south of Menlo, Friday, March 22, at
4 am. after a lingering illness. He
was 79 years of age.
Surviving the deceased are his wife,
three sons, L. G., of Summerville; J.
A., Jr., and G. L., of Rome; two
daughters, Mrs. Dora Lawson, of Al
abama, and Mrs_. Mack Hutton, of
Burwood. W. Va., besides other rela
tives and friends to mourn his pass
ing.
The funeral services were held Sun
day at 11 a.m. from the Berea Baptist
church by the Revs. Wrathbum Casl
and Arthur Pilgrim.
Interment in the churchyard ceme
tery, with Paul Weems Funeral home
in charge of arrangements.
Russell Murphy.
Russell Murphy, reported to be 102
years of age. died at his home here
n p ar Summerville Tuesday. March 1°
He belonged to the well-known Mur
phv family of this county.
The deceased is survived by an onlv
son. of Trion, and one brojjier, J. H.
Murphy, of this pl»o<M