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CIRCULATES IN BEST
SECTION OF NORTH
WEST GEORGIA
VOL. 58; NO. 42.
More Men Leave
For Pre-Induction
Physical Examination
The following named registrants
of the Chattooga County Local
Board left this week for their pre
induction physical examination at
Fort McPherson, Ga.
Lawrence Andrew Martin.
Wiley Thomas Henderson.
William Carl Jones.
Allen Ballinger.
Arvil Beecher Chasteen.
Howard Leonard Ramey.
Morris Epeworth Hall.
Dewey Lee Gilreath.
Johnnie Russell Gentry.
Clifford Roland Hughes.
'torn Willis Phillips.
Robert Glenn Burton.
Delmas Lionell Pope.
Judson Cromer, Jr.
Joseph Winston McWhorter.
Bud Teems.
J. D. Craig.
Gordon Lee Silvers.
Henry Clinton Brown, Jr.
Fred Billie Hurley.
French Jack Roberts.
Leland Herbert Chandler.
German McKinley Stanley.
Claude Battles.
Willie Melvin Loggins.
John Russell Hunter.
J. T. Anderson, Jr.
Charley Gramlin Sims.
MUSIC CLUB HOLD MEETING
Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Jr., and Miss
Elizabeth Jackson Hostesses
Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Jr., and Miss
Elizabeth Jackson were hostesses
to the Summerville Music Study
Club on Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
18, at 3:30 o’clock at Miss Jackson’s
home on North Washington Street.
The collects were read by all pres
ent after the meeting had been
called to order by Mrs. John D. Tay
lor.
The program chairman, Miss
Alma Zada Ellenburg, had invited
guests from Bob Jones College of
Cleveland, Tenn., to present the
program for the afternoon on the
“Music of France.” Mrs. R. K. John
son, sister of Miss Ellenburg, intro
duced Miss Margaret Shaper, a
post-graduate student at the col
lege; Mss Jane Stoner, a piano
teacher in the college, and Mrs. H.
D. Kilpatrick of Lyerly, a former
student of the college. These tal
ented young people presented the
following program with skill and
poise:
“Meditation From Thais” (Mas
senet, a violin solo, by Miss Shaper.
“The Nightingale and the Rose”
(Saint-Saens), “L’Oisean Bleau”
(Jasques Dal Croze), vocal solos by
Miss Shaper.
“Galliwag’s Cake Walk” (Deßus
sy), a piano solo by Miss Stoner.
“Clair de Lune” (Joseph Szuk,
“Shadow Song From Dinorah”
(Meyerbeer), two vocal solos by
Miss Shaper.
“La Marsellaise” and “The Bells
of Saint Mary’s,” two marimba solos
by Mrs. H. D. Kilpatrick.
Each member was introduced
with explanations about the work
and its composer. This fact added
much to the enjoyment of the com
positions.
The hymn study for the after
noon was based upon “O Ambrose,
Bishop of Milan. Mrs. W. J. Cul
pepper gave an interesting discus
sion of this hymn, after which she
led the club in singing it.
Mrs. O. L. Cleckler won the prize
for bringing the largest number of
pictures of musical instruments.
The members were asked to bring
stories of songs or hymns or any
type of musical compositions to the
next meeting for the club’s scrap
book.
Miss Ellenburg and her guests
wore lovely corsages of variegated
chrysanthemums. She also pre
sented the hostesses with beauti
ful golden yellow chrysanthemum
corsages. Fall flowers were used in
the living room and dining room,
on this occasion.
A business meeting and a social
hour followed the program.—Pub
licity Chairman.
FBI LAW CONFERENCE AT ROME
To Meet Nov. 6 for the Purpose of
Instructing Enforcement Officers
On Nov. 6, 1944, the FBI Law En
forcement will be held at Rome, Ga.,
in the recorder’s courtroom at 2
p.m., central war time. This con
ference will be held for the pur
pose of giving instructions to the
various law enforcement officers in
the Rome area in modern tech
niques of law enforcement. The
program will include a discussion
and demonstration of the tech
niques of conducting investigations
of hit-and-run cases, as well as a
discussion and demonstration of the
techniques and mechanics of arrest
and searches. These two subjects
will be handled by FBI experts, who
have had extensive training and
experience in these subjects.
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Postal Fee Rise
Effective Nov. 1
New fees and other charges on
domestic, insured and cash on de
livery mail will become effective
Nov. 1, Postmaster F. F. Chapman
announced.
The following are the new fees
and rates, as outlined by Chap
man:
Insured Mail
From SO.OI to $5.00 3c
From $5.01 to $25 10c
From $25.01 to $50.00 15c
From $50.01 to S2OO 25c
Money Order Fees
From SO.OI to $2.50 6c
From $2.51 to $5.00 8c
From $5.01 to SIO.OO 11c
From $lO.Ol to $20.00 13c
From $20.01 to $40.00 15c
From $40.01 to $60.00 18c
From $60.01 to SBO.OO ..20c
From SBO.OI to SIOO.OO. 22c
Special Delivery Fees
(In addition to regular postage)
Ist cl. 2d. 3d
Mail 4th cl
Up to 2 pounds 13c 17c
Over 2 lbs. up to 10 lbs 13c 17c
Over 10 pounds 25c 35c
C. O D. Mail (Unregistered)
From SO.OI to $2.50 15c
From $2.51 to $5.00 20c
From $25.01 to $50.00 40c
From $50.01 to SIOO.OO 50c
From SIOO.OI to $150.00 55c
From $150.01 to $200.00 60c
C. O. D. Mail (Registered)
The fees for C. O. D. service for
registered sealed domestic mail of
any class bearing postage at the
first-class rate and the limits of
indemnity for the loss, rifling or
damage thereof in the mails, shall,
in addition to postage and any
other required additional fees, be:
From SO.OI to $lO 40c
From $lO.Ol to SSO 55c
From $50.01 to SIOO 75c
From SIOO.OI to $200... SI.OO
When indemnity in excess of S2OO
is desired, the fees for domestic
registered C. O. D. mail, shall, in
addition to postage and any other
required additional fees be;
From $200.01 to S3OO $1.05
From $300.01 to S4OO 1.10
From $400.01 to SSOO 1.15
From $500.01 to S6OO 1.20
From $600.01 to S7OO 1.25
From $700.01 to SBOO 1.30
From SBOO.OI to SI.OOO 1.40
Miscellaneous
Fee for service in effecting de
livery of C. O. D. mail upon
terms differing from those
originally stipulated at the
time of mailing 10c
Charge for demurrage on do
mestic C. O D. mail, per day 5c
Fee for notifying the sender or
his representative of inability
to deliver a C. O. D. article 5c
(No charge has previously been
made for notifying the sender or
his representative of the nonde
livery of C. O. D. mail.)
BIBLE CONFERENCE AT MENLO
Conducted by Rev. E. A. Piper, Will
Continue Through the Week.
The Bible conference at the Men
lo Baptist church continues through
this week. The conference is being
conducted by Rev. E. A. Piper, who
is delivering discourses on vital
biblical subjects.
Services each night, including
Saturday at 7:30. The Lord’s Day
services will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 a.m.; morning wor
ship at 11 a.m.; sermon theme, “The
Church of the Living God, the Pil
lar and Ground of the Truth”; B.
T. U. at 7 p.m., and the evening
service at 8 o’clock; sermon theme,
“Those Who Go the Way of Cain.”
The general public is invited to
attend all these services.
T/SGT. CHARLES W. GREENE
AT REDISTRIBUTION BASE
Miami Beach, Fla., Oct. 25.
T/Sgt. Charles W. Greene, 21, of
Summerville, Ga., has arrived at
Army Air Forces Redistribution
Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for
reassignment processing after com
pleting a tour of duty outside the
continental United States.
Medical examinations and classi
fication interviews at this post, one
of three redistribution stations op
erated by the AAF Personnel Dis
tribution Command for AAF re
turnee officers and enlisted men,
will determine his new assignment.
He will remain here about two
weeks, much of which will be de
voted to rest and recreation.
T/Sgt. Greene, a B-24 Liberator
radio operator-gunner, flew 30 mis
sions during seven months in the
European theater of operations,
winning the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal with three
oak leaf clusters.
Son of Mrs. W. G. Greene, of Sum
merville, R. 3, he graduated from
Summerville High School in 1940.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1944.
Representative Os
West Coast Plane
Plant Here Two Days
It has just been announced by
the Rome office of the United
States Employment Service of the
War Manpower Commission that a
representative of a company on
the west coast manufacturing B-29
Superfortress bombers will be at
the Rome office Nov. 13 through
the 25th and during this time ar
rangements have been made for
this representative to be at the
Chattooga County Courthouse on
Thursday, Nov. 16, and also Thurs
day of the following week, Nov. 23,
to interview applicants for work
with this company.
Those hired by the company rep
resentative will be advanced trans
portation and according to Mr.
Patton, manager of the Rome office
of the’u. S. Employment Service,
excellent pay and working condi
tions exist at this plant.
There are a number of openings
which require no experience. How
ever, a release will be necessary be
fore workers can be referred to this
job by the representative of the U.
S. Employment Service, and those
now employed in essential industry
at their highest skill need not ap
ply.
NAVY WANTS JAPANESE PHOTOS
Any Snapshots Taken on Enemy’s
Home Island Is Needed.
If you have snapshots or photo
graphs taken on the Japanese main
land or on islands of Japan’s war
empire, please send them immedi
ately to the nearest naval intelli
gence office. You may thus help
shorten the Pacific war.
These photographs are needed by
military strategists as invasion
plans are formulated. Analysis of
ground level photographs add im
measurably to data gleaned from
aerial photographs made under op
erational or combat conditions.
Send your pictures to the office
of naval intelligence in any of the
following cities: Atlanta, Charles
ton, Wilmington, N. C.; Greens
boro, N. C.; Spartanburg, S. C.; Sa
vannah, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Dur
ham, N. C., or Jacksonville, Fla.
The intelligence officers would
like to interview all persons with
first-hand knowledge of these areas.
NOTICE, RED CROSS KNITTERS
Need for Knitting for Armed Forces
Cited as Cold Weather Nears
By KATHARINE HENRY
Now that cold weather is ap
proaching, with long winter eve
nings ahead, we can again begin
the interesting work of knitting for
our armed forces and for the
clothesless of devastated Europe.
We have more than 20 pounds of
olive drab army yarn left from for
mer quotas, which is waiting to be
knitted into nice, warm sweaters
for our soldiers; also a shipment of
blue yarn has been received. This
yarn is for the refugees of Europe.
In the Red Cross rooms you will
find this thread. The olive drab is
for the soldiers, the navy blue is
for the war refugees. Please reg
ister name and number of skeins of
thread taken, also color of thread.
Let us not delay starting a sweat
er, and see how quickly we can
make a shipment.
PVT. JESSE GRIGSBY AT
FORT BENNING, GA.
Pvt. Jesse Grigsby, husband of
Venice Grigsby, of Summerville, has
won the right to wear Wings and
Boots of the United States Army
Paratroops. He has completed
four weeks of jump training dur
ing which time he made five jumps
the last a tactical jump at night
involving a combat problem on
landing.
Jumping at the parachute school
has been steadily developed to a
recognized war science. American
paratroopers have been recognized
throughout the world for their
meritorious actions against the
enemy.
In addition to producing jumpers,
parachute specialist training is
given to qualified men in commu
nications, demolition, riggers and
parachute maintenance, vital skills
for airborne troops.
JOE M’GINNIS KILLED IN ITALY
Mr. and Mrs. Howard McGinnis,
of Birmingham, Ala., former resi
dents of this county, have been of
ficially notified that their son, Joe,
was killed in Italy, Sept. 30.
Joe was wounded at Anzio beach
last spring, for which he was given
the Purple Heart. After recovering
from this wound, he was returned
to action at the front.
Mr. and Mrs. McGinnis have the
sympathy of their relatives and
friends of this county in the loss
of their young son, who died a
hero’s death. He gave his all that
the principles of truth may never
die.
Price Control On
Most Commodities
During Reconversion
Reaching back to the experience
immediately following the last war
to graphically illustrate what
could happen in the months to
come. Chester Bowles, OPA admin
istrator, has made public a mem
orandum on postwar reconversion
in which he points out the neces
sity for continued price control of
most commodities during the period
of transition to combat the joint
menace of inflation and deflation.
Immediately after the first World
war, Bowles states, price controls
were dropped and prices imme
diately jumped to inflationary
levels. Hence, much needed com
modities were available only to the
few willing to pay enormous prices.
Production lagged and resultant
unemployment led to collapse in
business that wiped out most gains
of the war and immediate postwar
period. Many farmers experienced
foreclosure and thousands of small
business firms were bankrupt.
To prevent a recurrence of such
calamity, Bowles proposes con
tinued price control during the re
conversion period, administered by
OPA and designed to encourage
continued high farm and industrial
production at the present high
wage levels rather than a return
to the “normalcy” of 1940.
Bowles said the objective in set
ting ceiling prices for new con
sumer goods will be manufactur
er’s own 1942 prices being charged
when industry converted to manu
facture of war goods. The ceiling
prices, however, should be flexible
enough to allow manufacturers in
those fields where costs have risen
to increase their prices enough to
absorb legitimate increases in pro
duction costs since that time, he
said.
In co-operation with industry
committees, prices for the major
durable goods, such as automobiles,
electric refrigerators and other
household equipment, are being
worked out in Washington. Prices
for the 25,000 smaller manufactur
ers will be set in the OPA district
offices based on standards worked
out with industry advisory com
mittees.
In announcing plans for recon
version price control while bitter
fightmg was still going on in Eu
rope and the Pacific, Bowles said
plans have been made now so that
within 48 hours after V-E day pric
ing procedures will be available to
smaller manufacturers. t
Bowles pointed out that only
through continued high production
can industry supply the huge de
mands for commodities expected to
result when wartime savings and
restrictions on manufacturing are
relaxed and, at the same time, ab
sorb sharply increased supply of
manpower.
Only by maintaining high farm
production and resultant high farm
income, the OPA administrator
pointed out, can a ready market
for industrial production be pro
longed over a brief postwar period.
An attempt to return to “nor
malcy” of 1940 will mean some
rollback in general prices and vast
rollback in employment, industrial
activity and farm production and
income, he said.
Bowles cites as the chief infla
tion dangers the 100 billion dollars
of wartime savings being held by
individuals with the hope of buying
the things they wanted most but
could not get during wartime—a
new car, electric refrigerator, wash
ing machine, sewing machine,
stove, farm machinery, a new
house.
Chief causes for deflation dan
gei% were the anticipated sharp
cutback in government spending,
return to the 40-hour week with
resultant 12-billion dollar annual
loss in income, and possible un
employment resulting from thou
sands of employees leaving war in
dustries at a time the army is be
ing demobilized. In advocating con
tinued price control as a key to
reconversion, Bowles urges that the
controls be dropped promptly as
production and consumption are
balanced.
2D LT. SAM SITTON, JR.
AT STATION IN ENGLAND
An Air Service Command Station
in England.—2d Lt. Sam Sitton, Jr.,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Sit
ton, Route 3, Summerville, recent
ly completed an orientation course
designed to bridge the gap be
tween training in the states and
combat soldiering against the en
emy in France.
At this Air Service Command
Station Lt. Sitton attended a series
of lectures given by veterans of
this command which included in
structions on chemical warfare de
fense and pertinent tips on stay
ing healthy in a combat zone.
His next station will be one from
which America’s fighting planes
cover our liberation of Occupied
Europe.
VENEREAL DISEASE CHALLENGE
Cited as One of the Most Deadly
Dangers to Health of Nation
By WILSON J. CULPEPPER
Venereal diseases constitute one
of the most deadly dangers to the
health and strength oi the Ameri
can people. Its prevalence throws
out a challenge to every citizen to
do something about the problem. It
is part of our patriotic and reli
gious duty to face this foe openly
and to do what we can toward its
eradication. Our lederal and state
governments are promoting cura
tive and preventive health pro
grams in efforts to reduce and elim
inate these diseases and the co-op
eration of every citizen should be
given to the best of his ability.
Under the department of health
of our state, a venereal disease free
clinic was reopened in Chattooga
County about the middle of August.
The director of this clime spoke to
a group oi interested citizens at a
union meeting held last Wednesday
evening at one of the Summerville
churches. Another union meeting
will be held tonight at another
Summerville church, at which more
information concerning the same
problems will be presented.
In her talk last Wednesday eve
ning the speaker presented some
enlightening, shocking and chal
lenging facts, and it would be well
ior more of our citizens to know
something of what was said.
The Selective Service syphilis
rate throughout the nation is 4.5
per cent, of the men selected for
the armed forces, but the rate for
the selectees of the state of Geor
gia is 14.5 per cent.
Each year in Georgia the approx
imate number Oi cases of syphilis
under treatment is 45,000, but it is
estimated that this figure covers
only about 25 per cent, of the ac
tual number of cases in the state.
The number of cases of ghonorrhea
.s estimated to be three times that
of syphilis.
Statistics reveal the following
startling facts: (1) 3,200,000 per
sons in the U. S. now have syphilis
—one in every forty-two persons;
(2) nine out of every ten cases of
syphilis can be cured if discovered
early and given proper treatment.
All cases may be rendered non-in
ectious. (31 Georgia together with
four other states, ranks highest in
the number of selectees having
syphilis. Her rate in 1941 was 100
to 171 infected selectees per 1,000
examined. (4) Approximately 100.-
000 deaths per year in the nation
are due to syphilis—a rate com
parable with the number of deaths
caused by tuberculosis, cancer,
pneumonia or heart disease. (5)
12 per cent, of all insanity is due
to syphilis. (6) Each year expec
tant syphilitic mothers transmit
the disease to at least 85,000 un
born children. Os these 85,000 in
fected babies, 25,000 die before birth
and 60,000 are born with syphilis.
In our local community eight re
jected selectees with positive diag
nosis for syphilis have been referred
to the Chattooga County free clinic,
and 39 contacts to other diagnosed
cases have been reported. Os these
contacts, six were iniected and had
received no treatment; four had
been to treatment centers previous
ly; eight were going to private doc
tors; six had not yet been exam
ined; five had moved from the
county; six could not be located;
three were not infected.
Five of the new cases of syphilis
have been sent to the female treat
ment center in Augusta, Ga., and
to the male treatment center in
Savannah. Ga., and one colored per
son was admitted to the clinic.
The case load of the Chattooga
clinic now is 13 cases, all active.
The majority of the nineteen con
tacts reported are girls between 15
and 20 years of age. These girls
were picked up on the streets, in
cases and at various bus stations
and taxi companies.
It must be remembered that the
Chattooga clinic is open only one
day each week, and that it was only
reopened last August. It has been
able to do little more than make a
beginning. The facts here revealed
by this research are, consequently,
most incomplete. Were the whole
story of our local situation in re
spect to venereal diseases known,
we would be startled still more. The
facts here given, however, are suf
ficient to stir us to efforts to help
rid our community and our nation
of this destructive foe. Let us give
our fullest co-operation to the ef
forts being made at this free clinic
to control and to reduce this evil.
The Chattooga clinic is held each
Thursday afternoon from 1 to 3
o’clock in the county courthouse.
NOTICE
All members of Pleasant Grove
church are urged to attend Sunday
school at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29.
At this time conference will be held
for the purpose of calling a pastor.
SUMMERVILLE BOY PROMOTED
Pfc. Roy W. Busby has been pro
moted to the rank of corporal. He
is serving in France.
SPEED VICTORY— BUY
WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS OFTEN
Menlo and Gore
Canneries Open
For Fall Canning
Beginning Nov. 7, the Menlo
School and Community Cannery
will start canning meats (beef,
pork, chicken, etc.). Below is an
application for canning at our can
nery. No meats will be canned un
less scheduled as asked or in the
application. This is an official ap
plication, so just fill it out and mail
to R. R. Harris, Menlo, Ga., if you
are interested in canning meats.
You will receive other information
immediately. All applications should
reach the school before Nov. 20.
MENLO SCHOOL CANNERY
R. R. Harris, Supervisor.,
Menlo, Ga.
Application for Meat Canning
Name
Address
Meats will be canned on the fol
lowing days: Nov. 7, 10, 14 17, 21,
24, 28; Dec. 5,8, 12, 15, 19.’
Since our canning faci.ities are
limited to about 500 pounds of
dressed meats per day, we must ask
each person to have a definite can
ning schedule. We will can sausage
(only) up to 50 pounds per person
on the regular canning days listed
above without a canning date. For
all other meats, will you list your
preference in dates below. Be sure
your dates correspond with our
canning days as listed above.
1 1st Choice: Month Day
2d Choice: Month Day.—
3d Choice: Month Day
What will you estimate the live
weight of your animal to be on the
date of your first choice? Pounds...
How much of the beef carcass do
you expect to can? One quarter,
two quarters, three quarters, four
quarters. Circle one.
The service charge, which in
cludes the salt, power, coal, water,
kerosene, equipment and a man to
cut everybody’s meat correctly, is
one and one-half cents per pound
;of dressed weight. This is the same
j service as last year. The cans are
! extra. The cannery will keep plen
ty of cans on hand for the patrons’
I convenience. An additional can
ning charge of one cent per can will
be charged to those people who live
out of the Menlo school district.
As soon as the applications are
received, I will contact you for the
purpose of making a definite can
ning date and giving you other nec
essary information.
In order to use our time and
equipment more efficiently it is
very important that a definite
schedule be set up for every per
son that expects to can beef this
fall.
Below is an application form
that all persons planning to can
beef must fill out and return to
G. W. Smith, supervisor, Summer
ville, Ga., Route 1, in the very near
future. If you are planning to can
beef and have not received one of
these forms please contact me at
once.
Due to the shortage of feed and
the low market prices of cattle we
are urging all of you to can part
of your animals. We feel that it
will be worth more to you and your
family in the can than it will if
you put it on the market at these
low prices.
Name
Address :
Approximate weight of live animal
you expect to can. Lbs.
How much do you plan to can?
•14, V 2, %. All. Circle one.
Since our canning facilities are
limited to about 500 pounds of
dressed meats per day, we must ask
each person to have a definite
schedule. Will you please co-op
erate with us in checking your first
and second choices of canning
dates?
October 31, November 3,7, 19, 14,
17, 21, 24, 28, December 5,8, 12.
Cans will be furnished at the
cannery at the following prices:
No. 2 (pints) 4c each; No. 3 cans
(quarts) 5c each. Each person will
be expected to furnish salt, wood
and a man to cut the meat prop
erly. (Mr. H. C. Gordon will be
at the cannery to cut your meat
for you at SI.OO per animal.)
As soon as the applications are
received. I will contact you for the
purpose of making a definite can
ning date and giving «you other
necessary information.
Ration Board Closed
All Day November 3
The War Price and Rationing
Board will be closed all day Friday,
Nov. 3, 1944.
It is necessary that we close to
unable us to mail out the “A” gaso
line books.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ballard and
Duke, of Chattanooga, and Mrs. J.
S. Majors and Hughie, of Menlo, .
were guests Sunday of Mrs. Frank
Echols and family.
$1.50 A YEAR