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IT’S A FACT . . .
By ALPHABET, Jr.
Whence Comes Victory Comes Freedom
Following the initial appear
ance of this column last week,
we have received many favorable
comments from readers. These
comments will serve as an en
couragement and inspiration to
continue this feature column in
The News—that is, provided the
readers give their approval. The
“by line” is swiped from or rath
er inherited rrom Dad, he having
used it for several years in an
other newspaper.—Alphabet, Jr.
It seems that “Gone With the
Wind” has gone with the wind
since M-G-M’s star production oi
“Mrs. Miniver” has gone on the
road. This picture is a facsimilie of
what is actually going on in Eng
land. Two to one it will be 1942’s
best money-maker. . . . Red Skelton
seems to think he has “died and
gone to heaven” because someone
gave him a bucket of tar, a sling
shot and a handful of rocks, then
told him to do as he pleased with
them. His mommie had other
ideas! Red has since ceaser to sit
down. Wonder why???
In the future we will try to run
this column every week with the
public’s help. Please send us
articles of interest on any subject
and ask that you state all facts
clearly and briefly, as my space is
limited.
Oddities in the news is the main
object of this article. So if you
have any odd facts that you think
would be of interest to the public,
please send them to the Summer
ville News in care of the writer.
The government has it’s hands
full at the present time with for
eign troubles. We may help our
government in many ways. There
is one particular way we can help
now: Mail your Christmas pack
ages early or the boys may not re
ceive them in time. Label your
package “Do not open until Christ
mas” as he may receive it before
that date. This will save the U. S.
time and money by helping solve
the yearly Christmas rush.
State trooper was quesitoning a
man and woman driver who had
just clashed in an automobile ac
cident.
Trooper—Who was at fault.
Female—l will tell the truth, sir,
I was at fault.
Male—No officer, I was at fault.
I should have pulled off the road
when I saw her coming.
Forgive me, ladies.
“Now is the time for every good
man to come to the aid of his coun
try” is a common phrase, but is sel
dom given much thought. Since
December 7. 1941, this statement
has never been more true. May we
all have the spirit such as that oi
Wendell Willkie. He was defeated
in the race for president of this
great republic, but he has never
ceased to strive for a everlasting
peace. Mr. Willkie, after being de
feated, went to work immediately
in the interest of the American
people. He stepped into national
politics with little regard that he
had lost a great race. Mr. Willkie
did a great job on his world tour
for President Roosevelt. Doubtless
he is one of the greatest men of
modern history. Forgetting the
everlasting war between the demo
crats and republicans, he went to
work on a bigger war, as an Ameri
can. I call this American spirit.
What do you think? Are you doing
as Wendell Willkie; working for
the freedom of America and her
allies. . . .
HEROES IN WHITE
“BRIGHTON, England. Henry
Coates, oi London, was shot in the
thigh when a German plane bomb
ed and machine-gunned the build
ing in which he was working. Tak
en to a hospital, surgeons found
that a live German Messerschmitt
cannon shell was imbedded in the
thigh and that, on the slightest
touch, it might explode. After con
sultation with a bomb-disposal
squad, Dr. Donald Hall, disregard
ing the danger to himself, volun
teered to undertake the delicate
operation. Assistants and nurses
quickly volunteered to help, and
lucky for Coates and them, the op
eration was carried through with
out mishap.”
Someone did some nice work in
this county. Notice the scrap pile
since the big haul last week. All
this scrap will be most detrimen
tal to the Japs in the form of bul
lets. Keep up the good work Amer
icans.
If mistakes were hay, farmers
could cease to grow feed for their
cattle. —M.D.S.
The man that states he is get
ting rich off the war and hopes it
lasts forever is NOT YOUR FRIEND
—W.B.J.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
But I bet Hitler don’t stick around
to fiddle when our boys burn out
Berlin. _
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VOL. 56; NO. 38
County Units for
Aiding Health
Being Planned
A statewide health education
program dealing mainly with can
cer, but considering other human
Ils as well, is in the making un
der sponsorship of the Georgia
d.vision, woman’s field army for
control of cancer.
Units will be established in each
county, according to State Com
mander Mrs. H. B. Ritchie and
facilities will be developed for dis
semination of information on can
cer diagnosis and treatment. The
need for periodic physical check
ups will be stressed and a study
made of other diseases which might
lead to cancer.
Interest in the campaign to con
trol cancer in Georgia this year
reached its highest peak, Mrs.
Ritchie said. Many counties reach
ed the A-l bracket in their educa
tional campaigns and women lead-,
ers in these communities have been
cited for their achievement.
Seventh District—Mrs. O. H. El
gin, Summerville; Mrs. E. M. Bai
ley, Acworth; Miss Emma Crabb
Rockmart; Mrs. S R. Maddox
Dalton; Mrs. E. P. Grant, Rome.
Public Library
The Georgia Depository of Edu
cation has given our Public Library
a splendid opportunity through our
efficient county superintendent
Mrs. Kathryn Wyatt, who is doing
all she can for us, an opportunity
which our people of Chattooga
county cannot afford to let slip,
an opportunity which the Librarian
and supervisor cannot take ad
vantage of without some financia
aid. You know our financial means
are very limited. Our only support
being S2O from the city and $3 from
our Junior Women’s club. The en
tire county, readers from every
nook and corner, should help us.
This library should be the joy and
pride of Chattooga county and 1,,
as a citizen of the county, knowing
her people as I do and having so
many, many friends in the county,
believe and feel sure she would
rally to this “drive” for a little fi
nancial aid. “If she only under
stood.”
The proposition to us. The Chat
tooga Public Library— is: For
every SI.OO we put in the library for
books, they will meet it with $2.00,
thus giving us $3.00 worth of books
for SI.OO. Now, Nov. 15-21 is known
to public libraries all over the
state of Georgia as “Book Week.”
Each library is to make a display
of her books, inviting all the pub
lic to pay her a nice little visit and
become thoroughly acquainted with
their library as well as the mem
bers of the library board and their
librarians.
In the meanwhile, I will come to
see as many of you as I can—to
find out how much you can and
will help in this drive for a little
money, which means so much to
us. Why can’t some of you come tr
the library to see me? Wouldn’t it
be nice if we could buy $3.00 or
$4.00 worth of books? Wouldn’t our
library be grand!
Another thing I wish to call your
attention to is “our “War Infor
mation Centre.” We are display
ing in this a collection of the pic
tures of our Chattooga county sol
dier boys. I have a good many of
these pictures, many more prom
ised and want every mother, father,
wife and sweetheart to know I
want the picture of their “soldier
boy” in this collection.
Hoping to see and hear from
many of you, I am
Your Librarian,
MARY HEMPHILL ADAMS.
Buy a Poppy and
Help a Buddy
“In Flanders’ fields the poppies
blow
Between the crosses row on row.”
Memories of the war dead always
bring thoughts of those who did
not die, but came back doomed to
years of hardship and sufxering,
sometimes worse than death. In
I the poppy was found away to link
the honoring of the dead with
service for the living victims of the
war. Soon after the war patriotic
organizations in different countries
began to conduct sales of poppies
made by disabled veterans, to raise
funds for relief work among suf
fering ex-service men and their
families. A double significance be
came attached to the poppy. Wear
ing the little flower came to mean
honoring the dead and helping the
living.
These poppies will soon be on
I sale throughout the county. Please
buy one and help a buddy.
MRS. PAUL WEEMS,
Poppy Chairman Amerigan Legion
Auxiliary.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942
YOUR
/ GEORGIA
IN NOVEMBER
The American. Legion is sponsor-' from the postoffices or banks in
ng the sale of war bonds in the j the county.
slate of Georgia during the month! When such purchase is made
)f November. The quota for the please ask that the American Legion
state is $9,000,000, the quota for be given credit for the bonds you
Chattooga county is $47,320.00. The buy.
Legion feels confident that our Please remember: Buy as many
sounty will over subscribe this bonds in November as possible. Buy
imount. them through the American Le-
Some member of the committee gion. Let’s buy more than the
will call on you to get your order quota.
is soon as possible, but should you WALTER STURDIVANT,
wish, you can buy your bond direct Chairman, Chattooga County
Tom Morieda Salutes
Chattooga County
Over Station WHO
Personally and in behalf of the
citizens of Chattooga county I
want to thank Mr. Thomas Morieda,
and Radio Station WHO for an
nouncing over the air our county
wide scrap metal drive Friday, Oct.
30, 1942, which was met with tre
mendous success. Mr. Morieda fre
quently pinch hits for News Com
mentator Bob Burlingame over
WHO central broadcasting station,
Des Moines, la. Thirteen times in
Ghe recent past recognition has
oeen given us over this 50,000 watt
?lear channel NBC Red network
or our participation in various
phases of the war effort. Saluta
tion in this newspaper of their
dndness is our major means of
xpressing to the public that we
ieeply appreciate the honor that
his radio station has afforded our
ommunity. . . I do not dare hesi
tate to take this opportunity to
.ay once again that this radio
facility is unexcelled in their
war program. For a thirty minute
itreamline activity in this all-out
lightly news summary of 'the last
ainute news from the wires you
nay listen in at 10:15 o’clock, C.
W. T., 1040 on your dial. The lat
ter fifteen minutes of which is a
war service billboard devotion.
NOTICE
The senior class of Menlo High;
school wishes to express their sin
cere appreciation to the business
people of Summerville, Menlo and
the Trion dairy for the donations
received for the purpose of pro
moting the Halloween carnival.
Senior Class Menlo, Ga.
Don’t Let the Soldier
Down Who Is
Holding You Up
If you have any old razors, razor
blades, clipper plates, obsolete or
worn-out surgical or dental instru
ments, you are urged to salvage
them now. All obsolete surgical
and dental instruments will be re
conditioned and sent to serve their
original purpose in our medical
corp in some foreign battle zone.
For your convenience there has
been a box placed in front of the
courthouse in which you may de
posit your high-grade scrap metal.
Christmas Gift in Scrap
Port Arthur, Tex.—While ran
sacking the autobrake shop of her
late husband for scrap metal to
turn in for the scrap drive, Mrs.
Addie Dedd overturned a box of
rivets. Under it she found a dia
mond ring and $25 in cash, neatly
wrapped and tied in a Christmas
package, which her husband had
ntended giving her.”
Willkie calls for a second front
and more vigorous leadership.
Mrs. Roosevelt finds our soldiers
want thick socks, mail;
County-Wide Drive
For Iron and Steel
Very Successful
The county-wide drive for scrap
iron and steel held Friday. Oct. 30,
was quite a success. There being
some thirty-five trucks gathering
scrap iron and bringing it into the
city and dumping it on the Red
Cross pile. These thirty-five trucks
gathered what is estimated at 100
to 125 tons during this one day.
The Red Cross and the salvage
committee wish to take this oppor
tunity of thanking each and every
one who so willingly donated, and
those who donated their laoor as
well. We feel that this is one way
which all of us can take part in
helping our nation in this time of
war.
The county extension organiza
tion of rural people organized bj
community and neighborhoods,
with the business men and profes
sional men of Summerville, and the
county as a whole, did an unusual
ly good job of this; and we cer
tainly know that it was done in
the right spirit, as all labor, trucks,
gasoline and everything was a
donation. We have heard a good
many of the people donating their
time working with these trucks
make the statement that it was
certainly a good way to learn the
people of the county. That you
; not only learn them and where they
live, but after one day’s work you
pretty well know them from all
standpoints.
We are listing below the names
of the people furnishing trucks and
also a list of names of people help
ing to do this work. During the
rush it was practically impossible
to keep record of all the names
and if some of them did not come
into Summerville themselves, please
do not feel hurt if your name is
left off and should be on. This
■list is according to our records
which we are sure is not absolutely
complete. Those furnishing trucks
and driving or furnishing drivers
are as follows:
Arthur Dooley, A. F. Williams &
Son, Deed Kellett, J. C. Martin, J.
E. Bulman, Mack Hall, Fred Aldred.
G. J. Boling,'R. H. Baker, Rice Mor
gan, Howard Baker, T. H. Selman
C. P. Hamilton, E. E. High, J. G.
Teems, Bill Rich, J. W. Chapman,
Ralph Chamblee, J. E. Hawkins.
Frank Pittman, Dill Ballenger,
Norman Garvin, J. D. White, W. D.
Copeland, J. A. Scoggins, J. H. Wil
lingham, C. C. Brooks, R. Adams,
Joe Drummond, Elmer Marshall,
Joe Moore, City of Summerville.
With probably three or four more
who we failecFto get their names.
Those furnishing labor other than
those people driving the trucks:
W. J. Culpepper, W. W. Glass,
Brother Luke, of Lyerly; Charlie
Fowler, Frank Logan, M. M. Allen,
Sr., R. P. Brison, Gus Williams,
H. C. McWhorter, Bill Norton, R.
, M. Hawthorne, Claude Williams,
Clemons Williams, Cliff Woodall,
; Dan Brooks, Horace Hunter, Charlie
Hun ver.
County 4-H Clubs
Begin Observance
Os National Week
Beginning Saturday, 4-H club
members in Chattooga county will
s.art the observance of national!
4-H club achievement week, mark-■
■ng the culmination of the work
accomplished during 1942 and set
ing the stage for the results to be
sought during 1943.
County Agent O. P. Dawson and
Miss Nell Parish, home demonstra
tion agent, pointed out that the
week of Nov. 7-14 has been desig
nated by President Roosevelt as
national 4-H club achievement
week, and that club members in
this county will take part in the
observance.
Throughout Chattooga county
the club members will assemble for
comunity programs. A county-wide
rally has been set for Friday, Nov.
13, the extension service agents
said.
Observance of national 4-H
achievement week each year calls
attention to what has been accom
plished by the 1,500,000 4-H mem
bers enrolled throughout the na
tion and is made posible by the
earnest efforts of all those who
have co-operated on a community
basis in encouraging the participa
tion of rural boys and girls in the
4-H program.
The farm and home agents out
lined the following five-fold pur
pose of the achievement week pro
gram:
1. To provide 4-H members an
opportunity to report to the nation
their accomplishments in helping
win the war through their national
4-H seven-point victory program.
2. To acquaint the rural families
of every community with what nas
been accomplished by their own
boys and girls through 4-H club
work in helping win the war.
3. To give recognition to individ
ual and group achievement through
4-H club work.
4. To develop 4-H plans for the!
ensuing year based on results to
date.
5. To encourage rural young peo- I
pie not yet enrolled in a 4-H club!
to join.
The climax program for the cele-'
bration of the 4-H week in Chat
tooga county, as outlined by the
agents, includes:
County 4-H victory achievements
given by the president of the coun
ty 4-H council and the 1943 victory
goals. Miss Susan Matthews, ex
tension nutritionist, will speak on
“Health for Victory,” and Mr. W.
A. Sutton, Jr., state 4-H club agent,
will deliver the special awards and
certificates and progress cards will
be given to all club members.
A 4-H candlelight ceremony will
be given by a group of outstanding
4-H’ers, also.
Parents of every 4-H member are
requested to be present for this
Achievement day.
Mrs. Mattie McWhorter
Died Friday Morning
Mrs. Mattie Belle McWhorter
died at the local hospital early
Friday morning after an illness of
seven weeks. She was the wife of
the late Fred McWhorter and is
survived by one daughter, Miss
Mildred McWhorter, of Menlo; one
sister, Mrs. R. L. Henderson, of
Gaylesville, Ala.; three brothers.',
Jim Agnew, of Menlo; John, of
.Trion, and Henry, of Chattanooga.
Funeral services were held from
the Menlo Presbyterian church Sat
urday morning, conducted by Rev.
Elmer Enloe, assisted by Rev. Henry
Norris. Interment was in Alpine
cemetery.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Oliver Eugene Hankins
Died Monday Morning
Mr. O. E. Hankins died at his
home in Summerville Monday
morning, Nov. 2, after a lengthy
illness. He is survived by two sons,
Elmer and Henry, of Summerville;
two daughters. Miss Addie Hankins
and Mrs. Fannie Dixon, of Sum
merville; four sisters, Mrs. Annie
Romines, Valley Head, Ala.; Mrs.
Ncley Cattlet, Trion, Ga.; Mrs.
Emma Cole, LaFayette, and Mrs.
Sarah Cowart, Rome, and a num
ber of grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from
the South Summerville Baptist
.hurch Tuesday afternoon, con--
ducted by Rev. Herbert Morgan and
Rev. E. L. Williams. Interment was
, n adjoining cemetery.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
When man grows too old to be
optimistic and has no ambition
left he is of no further use on
earth.
J. H. Shumate
Passes Away
Tuesday Evening
J. H. Shumate, age 73, died at
his home on Washington avenue
'•in Summerville at 6 o’clock Tues
day even ng after a lingering ill
ness of over two years.
Mr. Shumate came to Summer
ville in 1911 from Dalton, Ga.,
where he was born. He has been
a resident of this town since, open
ing and operating a mercantile
business in the building now oc
cupied by the Home Stores.
Mr. Shumate was married in
Columbia, S. C., to Miss Rosa Nelle
Farmer, of that place.
Summerville mourns the loss of
such a fine, loyal citizen, as he
was at all times loyal to his friends
and neighbors, thereby being loved
and honored by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. J. Milton Denton,
of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Marshall
Cantrell, of Summerville; one son,
Jack, of Atlanta; one brother, F.
E. Shumate, of Sea Island, Ga.;
one sister, • Mrs. E. L. Coffey, of
Dalton, Ga.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m. Thursday from the home,
conducted by the Rev. Wilson J.
Culpepper, pastor of the Methodist
church, with interment in the
Summerville cemetery.
Tires and Tubes
Issued by Board
Tires and tubes issued by Chat
tooga county war price and ration
ing board. 7-27-1, Oct. 27 and 30.
Grade 2 Tires—Teal Wallin, 1.
Tractor Tires and Tubes—Chat
tooga county, 3 tires and 3 tubes;
John S. Knox, 2 tires and 2 tubes.
New Passenger Tires and Tubes
—A. W. Hensley, 1 tube; Talmage
Lewis, 2 tubes; Teal Wallin, 1 tube;
iP. H. McNeills, 1 tire and 1 tube;
iJohn H. Adams. 1 tube; Mrs. Mack
! Agnew, 1 tub *. .
Obsolete—James Pierce, 2 tires;
Walter Elliott, 4 tires; Glenn Love,
1 tire; J. H. Pettyjohn, 2 tires; Geo.
A. Kling, 2 tires.
New Truck Tires and Tubes —
Selman Farm & Mule Co., 2 tires
and 2 tubes; J. F. and R. L. White,
3 tires and 3 tubes; Henry Reyn
olds, 1 tube; G. T. Ragland, 1 tube;
County Farm Truck, 2 tubes.
Passenger Recaps John W.
Herod. 2 recaps; Charles Gaylor,
2 recaps; Joe Simmons, 2 recaps;
R. H. Hayes, 2 recaps; Talmage
Lewis, 2 recaps; Emory Payne, 2
recaps; T. L. Pettitt, 2 recaps; Rob
ert L. Chambers, 2 recaps; S. O.
Sitton, 2 recaps; Mrs. Mack Agnew,
1 recap; O. H. Perry, 2 recaps;
Claude Richardson, 1 recap.
Truck Recaps—Chas. Hunter, 2
recaps; Henry Hughes, 2 recaps;
O. A. Mathis, 1 recap; O. H. Perry,
2 recaps.
FAMILY REUNION
A very happy occasion was the
reunion given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. I. F. Roberts Sunday in
honor of their sons, Private T. J.
Roberts, of Camp Carson, Colo.,
who is here for a few days, and
also their only son at home, Harvey
'J. Roberts, who leaves Nov. 5 for
training camp. At the noon hour
a sumptuous dinner was spread.
Plates were laid for Mr. and Mrs.
I. F. Roberts, Harvey Roberts, Pri
vate and Mrs. T. J. Roberts, Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Stinnett, Frances Stin
nett, Thelma Stinnet, George Stin
nett, Walter Stinnet, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Bumgarner, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Burke, Wilma Burke, Daisy
Burke, Wayne Burke, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Grubb, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Mashburn, after which several pic
tures were taken. All reported a
I nice time. ,
WHO KNOWS?
1. How many times have axis
armies invaded Egypt in this war?
2. What new job has been as
sumed by Vice Admiral William F.
Halsey, Jr.?
3. What general led the German
panzer column through the French
army in 1940?
4. Is Japan bound by the terms
of the Geneva convention, regu
lating the treatment of prisoners
of war?
5. Who is Draja Mikhailovitch?
6. What are the “Sea Bees.”
7. Name the congressman who
outlawed liquor in 1920.
8. Who were the Houyhnhnms?
9. Which is further north, New
York or Stalingrad?
10. Why is the capital of Liberia,
the Negro republic, called Mon-
. i rovia?
i (See “The Answers” on Page Two)
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