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IT’S A FACT . . .
By ALPHABET, Jr.
Whence Comes Victory Comes Freedom
It’s’ a disgrace to the rat family
to let Hitler continue living. . . .
Let’s eliminate him and his bunch
of baby killers.
13 YEARS AGO
A. E. Strange Re-Elected
At the recent meeting of the
Chattooga county Masonic Con
vention held with Lyerly lodge, A.
E. Strange was re-elected as wor
shipful master. “Al” has served in
this office since the death of the
late John M. Rose a few years ago,
who had presided over the conven
tion since it was organized twen
ty-seven years ago. Sam C. Martin
was also re-elected as secretary
treasurer. Menlo lodge will enter
tain the convention next year.
Money will buy a good dog but
money won’t make his tail wag.
The public has a question before
them as to whether the AAA should
continue or not. It does seem to be
useless at the present time.
The farmers’ money is used to pay
office and field employees to re
duce the crop when we already
have a shortage of our crops. It is
the same as a man being paid to
cut down a tree when there is no
tree.
Study the problem well before
voting on December 12, but vote
regardless of your decision.
Second Front
In the past there have been many
comments in relation to the move
ment or rather actions of the gov
ernment’s waiting too long to start
the second front. The United States
, government is quite capable of ex
ecuting any and all business-like
relations that may be put before
them. I feel the reason for the delay
in the second front was to prolong
the lives of many of our men in
stead of sending them headlong in -
to battle without proper equipiment
and As it is, the plans
have been laid*so well that the U. S.
Is facing very little resistence in
Northern Africa.
It is quite possible that our gov
ernment doesn’t tell us everything
but it is safeguarding our lives by
doing this. We can never tell who
are the friends and who are the
foes, therefore, all military affairs
must be kept confidential.
Americans are noted for their
victories and having never lost a
battle in the history of the United
States, so in the future let’s all
string along with Ole Uncle Sam
and not ask questions and expect
answers that we know cannot be
answered.
“Believe It Or Not”
“Joseph, if your father could save
a dollar a week for four weeks, what
• would he then have?” “A phono
graph, a new suit, a refrigerator
and a set of furniture.”
Hitler’s Buddy
Man is not a machine but is cap
able of doing many wonderful
deeds for his fellowman. God gave
man a body, soul, heart and brain
so that he might conquer the world
in a peaceful manner.
A man is just as intelligent as
he wants to be. He may be engaged
in one of many occupations that
are provided us by the Creator of
all things.
Man has made the automobile,
aeroplane, machines of all kinds,
has acquired a fair knowledge of
the universe and many other things
have and may yet be accomplished
with the brain that God was so kind
to give us. Yet there are some who
let the alcoholic drink, whiskey,
hinder them from doing these
things.
The human body is of no use to
anyone when intoxicated. The
brain will not function to par, and
in the present day if man is to
survive he must be alert at all times.
Many happy homes have been
broken to bits due to this menace
and unless decent citizens put their
foot down and say “NO” to wine,
beer and whiskey being sold, many
> more tradgies will occur that might
have been prevented had there
been more interest in the fate of
your fellowmen.
a Go to the poles and vote agaoint
this harmful drug that will carry a
man to the lowest depths of life,
on December sth, and let’s have a
better place to live. It is your duty
to yourself and your children to
stop this stuff from being sold.
Let’s keep the American race as
it is visualized —immaculate, hon
est and a God-loving nation.
“By the Light of the Silvery
Moon” America is going to whip the
pants off of the Rising Sun.
BILLIE KEYS
Billie Keys, the 10-month old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Estell Keys, of
Sand Mountain, died at a local hos
pital Friday, Nov. 4. He is survived
by his parents, one brother and one
sister. Funeral and burial were at
Sand Mountain Saturday.
It is estimated by the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service that
approximately 25 per cent, of our
Q meat production in 1943 will be re
quired to fill military and lend
lease needs-
jhtwnwrtnlk Stew
VOL. 56; NO. 39
4-H Members Here
Did Outstanding
Working During Year
Chattooga county’s approximate
ly 429 4-H club boys and girls have
given the war effort their main
attention during 1942, collecting
thousands of pounds of scrap ma
terials, purchasing $550.50 worth ot
war bonds and stamps, taking part
in the new neighborhood leader
ship organizations and forming
many “Victory Squads” to help re
lieve the farm labor shortage.
This week, Nov. 7-14, has been
designated by President Roosevelt
as National 4-H Achievement Week,
and throughout the county the 4-H
members are taking stock of their
1942 accomplishments and prepar
ing for the 1943 program, County
Agent O. P. Dawson and Home
Agent Nell Parish for the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service said.
Regular projects have not suf
fered in this county because of the
stress on these new activities. In
fact, the added emphasis has in-:
creased interest in food production,
and preservation projects as well asj
clothing and health, with no phase
of 4-H work neglected. 909 projects
were completed.
In the salvage campaigns, 146
boys and 283 girls participated, col
lecting 43,980 pounds of scrap
metal, with the biggest campaign
still underway; collected 4,225
pounds of rubber.
A conservative estimate of the
total value of all 4-H products mar
keted and on hand by boys and
girls in Chattooga county during
1942 is $11,517 for boys and $796.20
for girls, making a total of $12,-
213.20.
Several members of the 4-H or
ganization in this county belong to
the neighborhood leadership sys
tem, with 80 girls doing Red Cross
sewing and 146 club boys have
worked numerous hours on farms
other than their home farms dur
ing 1942 and girls have worked
quite a few hours, too.
Food and nutrition projects at
tracted 243 girls, who canned 7,085
quarts of fruit and 11,250 quarto
of vegetables, dried 2,430 pounds of
food products and brined 800 gal
lons. In the clothing project, 250
girls were enrolled and they made
1,125 articles valued at $2,250, and
renovated 100 articles valued at
S2OO.
Four-H’ers enrolled in corn proj
ects numbered 21; wheat, 3; pas
ture, 3; peanut, 8; Irish potatoes,
4; sweet potatoes, 4; cotton, 18.
Total acreage in these projects was
132.
Garden projects were carried on
by 11 boys and 110 girls. Enrolled
in home ground beautification proj
ects were 97 girls.
Enrolled in wildlife conservation
were 10 boys and 5 girls. 16 boys
and 20 girls carried out poultry
projects which involved 1,960 chick
ens.
CALL ISSUED FOR UNLIMITED
NUMBER OF DEFENSE WORKERS
Mr. Karl McPherson, civilian di- ]
rector of personnel at Warner|
Romins army air depot, Warner
Robins, Ga., located near Macon,;
has issued a new call for an un-;
limited number of defense work-I
ers, men and women, at the vast!
new depot.
Civilian employees in the follow- i
ing classifications are needed, gen-)
eral mechanic helpers, aircraft
electricians, junior aircraft elec
tricians, junior sandblasters, jun
ior journeymen, furnace mechanics,
steamfitters, pipefitters, plumbers,
leather and canvas workers and
machinists.
“Applications will be accepted
from men with children and from
those who are not subject to se
lective service because of physical
disabilities,” according to Mr. Mc-
Pherson.
NOTICE
The car for the Thornwell Pres
byterian Orphanage will be loaded
on Thursday, Nov. 19. All Presby
terians of the city and county are
urged to take note and to bring
their contributions on that day.
W. W. GLASS
WHO KNOWS?
(Gen. Havell recently selected
the six greatest generals of history.
He mentioned others. Can you
identify them by nationality and
tell approximately when they
fought?’
1. Who was Belisarius? In what
century did he fight?
3. Hannibal?
2. Frederick the Great?
4. Scipio Africanus?
5. Napoleon Bonaparte?
6. Duke of Wellington?
7. Robert E. Lee?
8. Duke of Marlboro?
9. Gustavus Adolphus?
10. Julius Caesar?
(See “The Answers” on Inside Page)
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 194
"BEVERAGE ALCOHOL ARCHENEMY
OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST’
For Christians the real argument against beer and wine is
that it opposes, weakens and destroys everything that the Cross
of Christ stands for. Let’s see if it doesn’t:
The Cross Stands For Beer and Wine Stands For—
1. Love. 1. Greed.
2. Unselfishness. 2. Self-gratification.
3. Redemption. 3. Destruction.
4. Sacrifice. 4. Indulgence.
5. Death for others. 5. Death to others.
The finest intellect that you know becomes stupid and flabby
under alcohol’s blighting touch. Every mature reader of these
lines knows one or more families of which the brightest and most
promising members have fallen before liquors deceptive lure.
Beverage alcohol is the most frequent cause of moral bankruptcy.
It not only robs its victims of purity, decency and honor, but
breaks down and releases the individual for headlong destruc
tion. Yes, it enslaves man, while the Cross stands for man’s
liberation.
Alcohol destroys man’s soul, deadens all sense of spiritual
values. No one ever heard of it inspiring a man to read his
Bible —to be faithful to his church, to live close to the Lord. Al
cohol supports every evil that it does not originate. It is the will
ing ally of every vice, no matter how filthy and low, and would be
the eager accomplice in every crime. It sinks man’s soul into
Hell. For Christ’s sake, neighbors sake, young boys and girls sake
“Let’s go to the polls the sth of December and cast our vote
against this awful evil.”
REV. HERBERT MORGAN
Pastor South Summerville Baptist Church
Tires and Tubes
Issued by Local Board
Tires and tubes issued by Chat
tooga county war price and ration
ing board, Nov. 3 and 6.
Grade Two Tires—Clyde Gamble,
1 tire; Grady Love, 1 tire.
New Passenger Tires and Tubes
—James F. Hawkins, 1 tire and 1
tube; Dr. E. E. Chambers, 1 tire.
Obsolete Tires—Fred W. Stewart,
1 tire; C. H. Cleveland, 2 tires; Ar
thur Mason, 2 tires; I. H. Perry, 2
tires; Martha A. Stubbs, 2 tires; A.
S. Alexander, 2 tires L. D. Pledger,
2 tires.
Passenger Recaps—J. D. Mc-
Knight, 1; Wilburn Rhinehart, 2;
J. W. Pettyjohn, 1; T. R. Bowman,
2; E. Montgomery, 2; J. C. Shiver,
1; Herman Harrison, 2; William
Ray Dalton, 2; W. T. Kellett, 2;
Walter R. Williams, 2; Floyd Crowe,
2; R. C. Powell, 2; C. W. Maxey, 2;
Frances Mullen, 2; J. T. Ragland,
1; Mrs. Erwin Millard, 1; W. S.
James, 2.
Truck Recaps—J & J Transfer, 2;
Sam W. Favor, 1.
New. Truck Tires and Tubes—
Rice Morman, 2 tires and 1 tube;
Trion-Summerville-Berryton - La-
Fayette Bus company, 2 tires and
2 tubes; E. J. Bush, 1 tube.
NOTICE
All individuals interested in the
new mileage rationing program and
tire inspection program are invited
to attend a meeting in the audi
torium of the courthouse Wednes
day afternoon, Nov. 18, at 3:00 p.m
Mr. Walter E. Gay will be with us
to conduct an educational meeting
on the tire inspection program.
Chattooga County War Price and
Rationing Board
RICHARD T. EDGE DIED
AT HIS HOME IN BERRYTON
Richard Edge, 34, died at his
home in Berryton at 1 p. m. Sun
day, after an illness of several
months. He is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Blanche Arp;
mother, Mrs. G. W. Caheely; a
brother, Ted, of the U. S. army,
and four sisters, Mrs. Walter Hunt
er, Mrs. Grady Nelson, Mrs Paul
Cook and Mrs. Bob Jones, all of
Chattooga county.
Funeral services were held from
the Berryton Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. T. M. Luke. Graveside serv
ices were in charge of Units 133
and 229 of the Georgia State Guard.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Geraldine Byars
Weds Grady R. Wesson
Mrs. Louise Hollander announces
the marriage of her daughter, Ger
aldine Byars, to Grady Raymond
Wesson Nov. 7 at the home of Ordi
nary J. C. Keown in LaFayette.
The bride is a graduate of Sum
merville High school, class of 1942.
She is the eldest daughter of Mrs.
Louise Hollander and granddaugh
ter of Mrs. W. E. Bynum, of this
place.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Wesson, of Dry
Valley. He received his education
at the Trion High school. He is
now employed in the Glove Mill at
Trion. Mr. Wesson and his bride
for the present are residing witn
his parents.
List of Selected Men
To Leave Nov. 30th
List of selected men to leave
Chattooga county for induction at
Fort Benning, Ga., on Nov. 30, 1942.
Evie Adams, Jr., Summerville.
J. Charles Stamper, Route 4,
Summerville.
Robert Allman, Route 2, Summer
ville.
Gordon Lee Hoskin, Summerville.
Mose Edward McMichael, Sum
merville.
Mills Louie Smith, Summerville.
Pearlie J. Shropshire, Route 4,
Summerville.
David Columbus Mosely, Route ,1
Summerville.
Dewerry Landrum, Route 2, Ly
erly.
MAE EARLE STRANGE,
Clerk.
West Summerville
Community W. H. D.
Holds Monthly Meet
The West Summeryille Commu
nity W. H. D. club met Tuesday
afternoon, Nov. 3, at the attractive
country home of Mrs. Glenn Pless,
with Mrs. W. L. Crouch giving the
devotional, using as her subject,
“The Garden of Eden,” with the
proper knowledge of good and evil,
and prayer. Minutes of last meet
ing were read and approved, and
it being time to elect officers for
the following year, with our club
being so recently organized, it was
voted to re-elect the same officers
'or another year. Red Cross work
was discussed and the ladies were
asked to donate any clothing or
bedding that they might wish to
give. Then Miss Parish, our most
efficient W. H. D. agent, demon
strated home - made Christmas
presents of toys made from scraps
of bright-colored prints made into
they will graduate as senior drill
peprs which would be very useful
and of very little cost, thus saving
our money for war stamps and
bonds. A Christmas party was
planned for the December meeting
at the home of Mrs. W. L. Crouch,
extending a most cordial welcome
to all the ladies of our community.
After which most delicious refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
Personal News
Os Interest Here
Miss Irene Bailey underwent a
minor operation at the Riegel hos
pital last week.
* • •
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell and
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lanier and
children visited relatives in Chat
tanooga Saturday.
♦ » »
Mr. Clayton J. Bailey, of Fort
Payne, Ala., spent a few days here
this week visiting his sister, Miss
Bernice Bailey.
• * •
Mr. H. L. Murphy, who has ac
cepted a position in Chattnooga,
spent the week-end here with Mrs.
Murphy.
♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Dorothy Bailey, of Fort
Payne, Ala., was the guest Sunday
of her sisters, Misses Bernice and
Irene Bailey.
♦ ♦ ♦
Sergt. Monroe Bailey, of Fort
Benning, is spending a few days
with relatives here and at Fort
Payne, Ala,
Patriotic Unveiling
At Courthouse
Wednesday, Nov. 18
BY ALPHABET, JR.
Chattooga county will pay tribute
to her loyal sons in the services of
their country by placing their
names on a large sign in front of
the Chattooga county courthouse.
This sign will be 24 feet long, 12
feet high and the name will be one
inch high. It will be very nice and
certainly an honor to have your
name on this board.
The unveiling will take place at
5:00 o’clock (Summerville time),
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. Major Herbert Morgan will
be in charge of the program, with
nany speakers from surrounding
owns. One of the most outstand
ing speakers of the south will be
at this ceremony.
The Summerville High school
band will furnish the music for the
program; music the boys would
like to hear if they were present.
In the past, Summerville has
been very patriotic and has shown
its spirit by parades and other pro
grams of this type, but never has
this town or county produced such
a program as will be Wednesday.
We are profoundly proud that we
may pay tribute to these fine, loyal
and serving men.
You are urged to attend and
honor the one you have in service.
Private Sidney Hall
Chosen for Drill
Instructor School
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (Special)
The 1043 training squad of the
595th Technical school squadron
completed their basic training Oct.
30. From this class Sidney L. Hall,
of Summerville, Ga., and Joseph
M. Grant, Jr., of Andalusia, Ala.,
were chosen as outstanding in com
petitive drill, voice and scholastic
qualifications.
Hall and Grant were selected to
enter drill instructor’s school; after
four weeks of intensive training
dolls, dogs, etc. Also bedroom slip
instructors. Hall is majoring in
first aid and chemical warfare.,
After his graduation he will teach
these subjects as well as being drill
instructor to tranees.
Sidney has also maintained a
grade high enough and passed all
requirements for officers’ candi
date school which he will enter
soon.
Miss Hammond
Weds Deckerd Gray
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ham
monds, of Trion, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Amy
Jo, to Staff Sergeant Deckerd J.
Gray, Jr., of Trion and New York.
The marnage occurred Nov. 1 in
Rossville, Ga. Those present were
Miss Mary John Hammonds, sister
of the bride; Miss Anna Jane Gray,
sister of the bridegroom, and Penn
late.
The bride wore a suit of cocoa
brown with matching accessories.
She is the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, and the
sister of Dewitt Hammond, Mrs. E
R. Payne, Mrs. James Rutherford
and Miss Mary John Hammond, all
of Trion.
Her mother is the former Miss
Margaret L. Knowles. On her ma
ternal side she is the granddaugh
ter of Mrs. Fannie M. Knowles and
the late John F. Knowles, of Rome,
and on her paternal side the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Hammond, of Trion.
The bride was a member of the
1940 graduating class of Trion High
school and is active in the Meth
odist church, of which she is a
member. She was employed before
her marirage in the laboratory of
the Trion company
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
D. J. Gray, Sr., of Trion, and Ware
Shoals and the late Mrs. Jessie
Parris Gray. His maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Par
ris, of Trion.
Before entering the armed forces
Sergeant Gray was employed by the
Trion company.
He is stationed with the U. S. air
corps at Mitchell Field, New York,
where he received his silver wings.
Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Gray will;
make their home for the present in
Hempstead, New York.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mrs. Milburn Gregg honored her
husband and oldest son with a
birthday dinner Sunday. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Milburn
Gregg, W. B. Scott, baby son. Gregg;
Mr. and Mrs. C. Houser, Borton
Houser, Bennie Houser, Bernice
Houser, Wilma Lee Burke and
Daisy Burke,
Old Fur Coats
Make Excellent Vests
For Merchant Marine
With the gale of winter raging
on the high seas, every American
should give thought to the men of
our merchant marines, who brave
the storms and bitter cold winds,
carrying equipment to every battle
: front. If you have an old fur coat,
donate it now, and from it will be
made warm winter vests free of
charge for the American merchant
seamen, through the kindness of
the fur industry.
You should turn in your furs as
quickly as is convenient and de
posit them in the Summerville,
Chattooga County Library, with
Mrs. Mary Adams, Librarian. They
will in turn be immediately for
warded to WHO Central Broadcast
ing station, Des Moines, lowa, or
if you prefer, you may send your
contribution direct to this radio
station, which is sponsoring the
campaign. In any case, you will
receive an official acknowledge
ment from the Fur Industries
headquarters, New York, N. Y.
Several citizens of various towns
of Georgia have donated fur gar
ments. Tuesday of this week, Nov.
10„ Mr. H. B. Hooms, of Augusta,
was recognized over this powerful
radio station for a donation of sev
eral fur garments. Also, last week
two other Georgia donors received
recognition. However, if requested,
donors name will be withheld from
radio recognition, but nevertheless
your furs are urgently needed and
you are heartily requested to turn
them in as early as possible.
Christmas Parcels
Set New Rrecord
The postoffice department now
is starting the most gigantic task
in its history—the movement of a
deluge of Christmas parcels, cards
and letters while maintaining the
regular flow of millions of pieces of
mail daily to and from our armed
forces all over the world.
Indications are that the volume
of Christmas mail will be the larg
est on record. Already in Septem
ber, latest month for which figures
are available, retail sales had
reached a level second only to the
record month of December, 1941,
according to the Department ot
Commerce. And sales are rising.
Such heavy purchases always pres
age heavy mailings.
If thousands of our soldiers,
sailors, marines and civilian friends
are not to be disappointed at
Christmas time, the public must co
operate by mailing earlier than
ever before and by addressing let
ters and parcels properly. The best
efforts of the postoffice depart
ment alone cannot be enough, in
view of wartime difficulties faced
by the postal system. The public
must assist.
About 25,000 experienced postal
workers already have been taken
by the war services. Arrangements
are under way to add thousands of
temporary personnel to postal
staffs, but this man power is hard
to find and is inexperienced. Facil
ities of railroads and air lines are
heavily taxed by movements of
huge quantities of war materials
and personnel. Extra trucks are
almost impossible to obtain. Win
ter weather, hampering transporta
tion, is beginning.
The free-mailing privilege grant
ed to members of the armed forces
has raised their mailings some 30
per cent., it is estimated. Expan
sion of those forces also is adding
rapidly to the postal burden.
The deadline already is past for
mailing gifts to army and navy
personnel overseas with assurance
that the parcels will arrive by
Christmas. The New York postof
fice reports that in late October,
350,000 such parcels were handled
daily in that office alone.
The postoffice department is
making strenuous efforts to avoid
such a terrific jam as it faced m
1918 under similar conditions, dur
ing the first World war. It can
succeed in those efforts —and avoid
many heartaches for its patrons—
if the public will co-operate by
mailing early.
CHARLIE CAHEELY DIED
AT ALTO THURSDAY
Charlie Caheely, 34, died at Alto
Thursday, Nov. 3. after a long ill
ness. He is survived by his father,
G. W. Caheely; one brother, George,
of LaFayette; three sisters, Mrs.
Nettie Garrett, of Chattanooga;
Mrs. Hattie Hesley, of Silver Creek,
Ga., and Mrs. Lucy Caheely, of
Summerville.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Berryton Church of God
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. W.
A. Latimer Interment was in the
Berryton cemetery.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements
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