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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: jßnwwrttUk Metw VOL. 54; NO. 2 Dedicate Methodist Church-School Sunday,- Bishop J. Lloyd Decell To Preach egg at Mt a j jMfi * ' ' >, ' • < i i I ■ iillilniaj 'llir ' F* • > 1 . > « fli ft.* * k• HI I ■ 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. 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