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WITH THE BOYS
IN THE SERVICES
SUMMERVILLE SOLDIER
SERVICES PLANES IN FRANCE
With the U. S. Forces in France,
Nov. 15. Repairing airplanes,
sometimes within sound of enemy
gunfire, is the army job for Sgt.
Herbert McClain, Jr., Summerville.
He is a mechanic, working on air
planes of a liaison squadron, which
supports the ground forces by act
ing as air couriers, carrying mail,
dispatches and special passengers.
Before coming into the army 2 1 / 2
years ago, Sgt. McClain was a wait
er in the Busy Bee case, Rome, Ga.
MILLARD C. JONES MEMBER
REFUELING UNIT IN ITALY
15th AAF in Italy, Nov. 15.—Sgt.
Millard C. Jones, son of Mrs. W. C.
Jones, Summerville, Ga., R. 1, is
a member of a refueling unit at
tached to a 15th AAF B-24 Libera
tor group which has flown over 150
missions over enemy territory.
Sgt. Jones entered the USAAF in
April. 1943. After completing his
basic training, he was sent to the
special purpose motor vehicle school
at Chanute, 111. Since his arrival
at his present station in the Ital
ian theater, Sgt. Jones has been
attached to’the ground personnel.
SUMMERVILLE SOLDIER
PROMOTED IN ITALY
With the Fifth Army in Italy,
Nov. 15.—Cpl. Herman R. Coulter,
son of Mrs. Ethel H. Coulter, who
lives on Route 4, Summerville, has
been promoted to sergeant. He is a
tank driver with the First Armored
Division of Lieut.-Gen. Mark W.
Clark’s Fifth Army in Italy.
WILLIAM BUSBIN PROMOTED
TO GRADE OF STAFF SERGEANT
The promotion of William Bus
bin from the grade of sergeant to
staff sergeant was announced re
cently “somewhere in England” by
Maj.-Gen. Hugh J. Knerr, com
manding general of the Air Service
Command, United States Strategic
Air Forces in Europe.
Sgt. Busbin is the son of Walter
C. Busbin, of Lyerly, R. 2, and at
tended the Lyerly High School. #
ROBERT S. SPEER, JR., ’
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Somewhere in the Pacific Area,
Oct. 1 (Delayed).—Having complet
ed the navy training course for
ship’s cook third class with a mark
of 3.10 and all required practical
factors for petty officer third class
in accordance with bureau of naval
personnel manual, Robert Sterling
Speer, Jr., is this day awarded this
certificate. Notation to this effect
has been made in his service rec
ord. Signed by Alex L. Platt, divi
sion officer.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Speer, of Men
lo, Ga., recently received this cer
tificate of Robert’s promotion. Rob
ert has been in the Pacific area
since February, 1944, and has par
ticipated in several major naval en
gagements.
MRS. GRACE KITCHENS VISITS
HUSBAND AT FLORIDA CAMP
Camp Blanding Fla., Nov. 15.
Mrs. Grace Kitchens, of Summer
ville, Ga., is visiting her husband,
Infantryman Lee A. Kitchens, now
on duty at Camp Blanding, Fla.
While visiting at Camp Blanding
she was able to stay at the guest
house maintained by the Army
Service Forces on the post to take
care of service men’s visitors. The
guest houses are maintained by the
post exchange. Guests are allowed
to remain at a nomnial cost up to
three nights, reservations in ad
vance being required. There are
five guest houses maintained on
the post.
MARTIN R. TALLENT
RETURNS TO STATES
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 15.
After 25 months’ service in Africa,
Italy, England and France, S/Sgt.
Martin R. Tallent is back in the
States, now a patient at U. S.
Northington General Hospital, Tus
caloosa. He is a native of Summer
ville.
At Northington General hospital,
Sgt. Martin, aided by one of the
world’s finest medical and nursing
staffs and a complete program of
physical and educational recondi
tioning, will be restored to the best
possible health in the shortest pos
sible time.
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
BERRYTON CHURCH OF GOD
The revival now in progress at
the Berryton Church of God is
progressing with good interest each
night. The attendance has been
good and is expected to increase
nightly. Rev. J. R. Davis, of Cal
houn, is the evangelist and has
been doing some of his best preach
ing. The pastor, Rev. John D. Car
ter, states that he believes anyone
will be blessed to hear Rev. Davis
each night at 7:15 p.m. through
the revival and cordially invites
the public to attend.
Snntnu'rntUr Nms
VOL. 58; NO. 45.
MURE MEN LEAVE
FDR INDUCTION AND
PREINDUCTION
The following named men left
this week for induction into the
Armed Forces at Fort McPherson,
Ga.:
John Dalphes Debord
Hubert Raymond Adams
Grady Lively
George William .Alexander
Dan Lee Brooks, Jr.
Melvin Eugene Youngblood
Charlie Goldman Corbin
Ralph Duward Tomlin, Jr.
Paul Eldon Ridley
Alfred Mathis Angles
Louis Mack Gentry
Melvin Neal Hollingsworth
Deforest Eugene Hogg
Robert Lee Raines
James Luther Hendrix
Calvin Coolidge Railey (trans
ferred from South Pittsburg, Tenn.)
The following named men from
Chattooga County left last week
for their pre-induction physical ex
amination at Fort McPherson, Ga.:
Albert Reynolds
Ernest Porter Kimbell
Lee Jackson Hickey
John Starling Smith
Calvin Clayton Pettyjohn
Lee Raleigh Treadaway
Clyde Mason
Howard Monroe Lively
Gordon Alfred Horn
Merdie Reeves
James Theodore Brown
James Henry Hunter
Dwight Robert Smith
Thomas Winford Chambers
$l3O REALIZED FROM SALE
OF POPPIES ARMISTICE DAY
Mrs. Paul Weems, county Poppy
sales chairman; Mrs. Joe Hayes,
Berryton Store; Mrs. Charles Har
low, chairman Trion sales, and
Girl Scout Troop 1, of Summerville
gave fine reports on cheerfulness
and co-operation during Poppy
sales, sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary on Armistice Day
One hundred and thirty dollars was
raised from these sales.
Poppies are made by disabled vet
erans of both wars. Money made
from the sales is used for rehabi
tation. Mrs. Clyde Harlow, treas
urer of the local unit, reports co
operation of Chattooga County unit
in all state and national causes
contributed to by the American
Legion Auxiliary.
EVANGELIST JACKSON
AT PENNVILLE
NOV. 12 THROUGH 26
Hear Evangelist Murray Jackson
at the Pennville Gospel Tabernacle
Nov. 12 through 26. Special sing
ing each night, with v’siting quar
tets from other sections. Services
each evening at 7:30. Every one
is welcome.
NOTICE
The Business Women’s Circle of
the First Baptist church will meet
Monday night, Nov. 20, at 8 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. Lyra Mae Wal
lace, with Mrs. Frank Prince in
charge of the program. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
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(1) In the invasion of Saipan, a certain Marine platoon was given the platoon with a murderous machine-gun and rifle fire. (3) Arse-
the job of cleaning out a Jap pocket which was impeding the ad- nault and his companions were pinned down behind the limestone
vance up the western coast. Shy, Quiet Norman Arsenault, an 18- boulders i separated the c..fi from the sea. Real.zing taeir hop< -
year-old private from Lawrence, Mass., was a member of this pla- less position, Arsenault quietly left the outfit and, grinping his
toon. (2) The Japs were imbedded in a deep crevice in the face of carbine, started to move bad; to the water. The lad thus beyan
: a seven-foot cliff. Lying in a prone position, they opened up on the act that will forever keep him in the memory of his buddies,
m ism' -T" Z ArW
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(4) Twenty feet out in the tidewater, Arsenault stood erect and
began pumping bullets into the crevice. Fifty enemy guns returned
his fire and hundreds of enemy bullets went zinging toward him,
rippling in the surf about him. (5) While Arsenault carried out
this daring one-man maneuver, his buddies scrambled from behind
the boulder. One by one, they began to creep to safety atop the
cliff, while the Japs concentrated their fire on Arsenault. (6)
Out of ammunition. Arsenault sloshed through the water to the
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1944.
MEN LIONS CLUB
CHARTER NIGHT
On Thursday evening, Nov. 9, at
7:30 o’clock in the Bremen High
School gymnasium Charter Night
of the newly organized Bremen
Lions club was celebrated.
Some two hundred and fifty or
';ore guests were present from dif
ferent clubs throughout the state
and it was evident that each one
greatly enjoyed the occasion.
Lion Homer Wood, formerly of
Summerville, promoted the organi
zation of the Bremen club and he
was chosen president of that or
ganization. Tire club was organized
with forty charter members.
A very interesting program was
provided. The toastmaster of the
occasion was E. Aldine Richardson,
president of the Decatur Lions
club. Mr. J. J. Maugham, promi
nent citizen of Bremen, delivered
words of welcome and Deputy Dis
trict Governor Leßoy Stynchcombe
o'fered the response. Talks were
made by Cabinet Secretary Percy
Plant, Past President Joe B. Davis
and Chaplain Sam A. Cartledge.
The charter and the gavel were
presented to the Bremen club by
District Governor Eugene Sanders,
of Decatur, and these were ac
cepted by Lion President Homer
Woods.
Special musical numbers fea
tured the program and the ever
present Tailtwisters highlighted
the occasion with their accum
tomed intrusions and nonsensical
activities.
A delicious barbecue was greed
ily and enjoyably devoured by the
hungry Lions and Lionesses.
Those attending this meeting
from the SummervPle Lions club
were President J. T. Morgan and
Lions J. R. Burgess, Marshall
Lowry, John D. Taylor, A. F. Mc-
Curdy, Jack Stephens and Wilson
J. Culpepper.
The Decatur Lions club were the
sponsors of the Bremen club.
A thrilling moment occurred dur
ing the program when a telegram
of congratulations was read from
Lion Melvin Jones, the general sec
retary of Lions International.
DANIEL ISAAC RIDER
DIES IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Daniel Isaac- Rider, 78, of Menlo,
died in a local hospital early Sat
urday morning, Nov. 11, after a
lengthy illness.
He is survived by his wife; one
son, Elbert D. Rider; Mobile, Ala.;
one’ daughter, Mrs. Thelma Cleve
land, Menlo; three sisters, Mrs. Lid
die Baldridge, and Mrs. Dora Nix,
of Copperhill, Tenn.; Mrs. Lizzie
Adams, of Menlo; four brothers,
John and Charles, Copper Hill;
Tom, of North Carolina, and Sam,
of Ocilla, Fla.
Funeral services were held from
the Menlo Methodist church Mon
day, Nov. 13, at 2:00 p.m., con
ducted by the Rev. Gilreath.
Interment was in the Alpine
cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral
Home in charge.
Mrs. Carlton Wheeler, Mrs. Hoke
Echols and Miss Lettie Crawford
spent Saturday in Chattanooga.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
NEARING COMPLETION
The new High School building is
nearing completion now and it is
hoped it will be ready for occupan
cy soon, which will greatly relieve
the crowded condition in the Gram
mar school buildings.
The complete faculty is now as
r ollows: C. B. Akin, superintendent
and’coach; high school, Mr. Dune
gan, principal; Miss Maude Sewell,
Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Mrs. J. D.
Taylor, Mr. Ellis and Miss Hughie
Majors.
Grammar School, Mrs. Anne
Stubbs, principal; Mrs. Alice
Wright, 7A; Mrs. Dellinger, 7B; Mrs.
Stubbs, 6A; Mrs. Veatch, 6B; Miss
Mabel Aldred, SA; J. D. Cook, 5B;
Miss Bryant, SC; Mrs. Carlton
Wheeler, 4A; Mrs. Nell Weems, 4B;
Miss Kathryn Echols, 4C; Mrs. R.
W. King, 3A; Mrs. C. B. Akin, 3B;
Miss Emmie Perry, 3C; Mrs. Mac
Agnew, 2A; Miss Kathryn Storey,
2B; Mrs. Clara Ayers, 2C; Mrs. Lyra
Wallace, 1A; Mrs. Clara Williams,
IB; Miss Mary Dobb, 1C; Miss An
nie Pitts, music.
South Summerville —Mrs. Graves
Myers, principal and first grade;
Miss Helen Webster, second grade,
and Mrs. J. K. Thomas, third grade.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
■OR THANKSGIVING
The County Board of Education
has declared that all schools in
the county school system will close
for Thanksgiving holidays on the
23rd and 24th of November.
CHATTOOGA GARDEN CLUB
TO MEET DEC. 1
The Chattooga County Garden
Club will hold its November meet
ing on Friday, Dec. 1. This meet
mg will be held at the home of
Mrs. Paul Weems at 2:00 p.m., with
Mrs. Eugene ‘Rackley as joint
hostess. It has been necessary to
postpone the November meeting
and please let each member of the
'dub take notice.—Mrs. Wilson J.
Culpepper, President.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 4,687
bales of cotton were ginned in
Chattooga county from the crop of
1944 prior to Nov. 1, as compared
with 6,473 bales for the crop of
1943.
Rosa Shumate, Special Agent
LIBRARY HOURS
The Chattooga Public Library
will be open each week Mondays
through Fridays from 12 o’clock
until 5 o’clock and Saturdays from
9 o’c’ock until I.—Rosa Shumate,
librarian.
Pvt. Walter H. Hughes, of Camp
Blanding, Fla., was visiting his wife
and children and parents Sunday.
Mrs. S. E. Strange, of Rome, is
visiting her son, A. E. Strange, and
Mrs. Strange at their home in
Berryton.
Marines still behind the boulders. He borr wcJ as many ammui:'-
tion clips as he could and went back to tal:o up where he left off.
(7) With all the men safely evacuated, Arsenault continued to
fire. Ordered to come back, he emptied one more clip. As he made
for the beach, Jap bullets killed him. Next clay, after the pocket
had been cleaned out. Marines found some 20 victims of this young
hero’s carbine sprawled in the crevice. The lad none of them had
gotten to know proved himself a fighting Marine beyond any doubt.
MUSIC STUDY CLUB
HOLDS REGULAR MEET
Mrs. H. D. Brown and Miss An
nie Pitts were hostesses to the
Summerville Music Study club on
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 8, at
3:30 o’clock. The meeting was held
at Brownwood, where both house
and yard were attractive with
chrysanthemums, roses, and other
fall flowers.
The meeting began with a read
ing of the collects, after which
Mrs. J. R. Burgess presented an
entertaining program on the Music
o. England. She called on several
other members to give illustrations
of the types of music described in
her interesting paper on English
music. These most enjoyable num
bers included a vocal solo, “The
Mock Marriage,” by Mrs. J. D. Tay
lor; “Three Little Girls From
School” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s
“Mikado,” a trio sung by Mes
dames Harry Foster, Harry Wallace
and John D. Taylor; and one of
Cyril Scott’s beautiful piano solos
by Mrs. C. A. Wyatt. Mrs. J. U.
Jackson, Jr., acted as accompanist
for this program.
Mrs. Harry Wallace gave the club
some of her husband’s descriptions
of the music he has heard in Eng
land.
Mrs. W. J. Culpepper told the
story of how the song, “Onward
Christian Soldiers,” happened to be
written. Then she lead the club in
singing this hymn.
Notes of thanks were read to the
club from Battey General hospital
for contributions to National Music
’’or the victrola given to the sol
diers and from Mrs. C. B. Romberg
Endowment Funds.
Mrs. Duke Espy was welcomed as
a guest at this meeting.
An interesting business meeting
and an enjoyable social hour when
the hostesses served delicious re
freshments followed the program.
Members of the club are asked
to bring pictures of orchestras or
glee clubs to the December meet
ing. Mrs. O. L. Cleckler won the
award for bringing the most stories
about musical compositions.—Pub
licity Chairman.
WHO KNOWS?
1. Who commands the U. S. Sev
enth Army?
2. What is the distance from
Pearl Harbor to Leyte?
3. Has Gen. De Gaulle’s regime
been recognized as the government
of France?
4. What was the vote in the
presidential election of 1940?
5. When did the last revolution
in Spain begin?
6. When did the U. S. indicate an
intention to make the Philippines
independent?
7. Who calls himself a “wander
ing minstrel?”
8. Who was our Ambassador to
Japan?
9. How many votes are in the
Electoral College?
10. Can you name three great
naval battles prior to World War I?
(Answers on Inside Page)
li/tiiiLEl RECORD
GEiS PRAISE OF
STATE’S AUDITOR
Judge A. J. Hartley, director of
the state department of public wel
'are. was commended by State Aud
itor B. E. Thrasher for again mak
ing substantial reduction in office
expenses of the department for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, in
a report submitted by the auditor
to Gov. Arnall.
These reductions in expenses were
made in spite of the fact that so
cial security benefits paid by the
department increased by approxi
mately $1,000,000 over the amount
disbursed during the preceding fis
cal year.
“This reduction was made in the
face of the increased number of
persons receiving benefits and the
director of the department is to be
commended for his actions,” Audi
tor Thrasher declared.
Not only were more benefits paid
during the fiscal year, but, in ad
dition, Judge Hartley succeeded in
clearing the old-age assistance rolls,
the aid-to-the-blind rolls and the
aid-to-dependent-children rolls for
the first time since the department
was established in 1937.
The state office expense for the
year ending June 30, 1944, amount
ed to $273,815.88, as compared to
$354,367.89 for the year ending
June 30, 1943. and with $366,625.36
for the year ending June 30, 1942.
This was the second reduction in
office expenses made since Judge
Hartley assumed his duties as di
rector.
Substantial reduction also was
made in state and county admin
istrative expenses. For the year
ending June 30, 1944, these expenses
amounted to $883,733.85, as com
pared to $944,873.14 the preceding
year. The number of employees was
reduced from 112 in 1942-43 to 106
in 1943-44.
Benefit payments amounting to
$10,512,168.49 were made in the
year ending June 30, 1944, as com
pared to payments of $9,522,171.08
for the preceding year and $7,687.-
321.07 for the year ending June 30,
1942.
BERRYTONSCHOOr
LEADS IN ATTENDANCE
The Berryton school is leading
this month in school attendance by
a wide margin of five points, the
Summerville school running second
place.
You will notice from the table
below that practically all of the
schools have been low in attend
ance this month. This can be
blamed mostly on the cotton pick
ing season. However, a good many
of you probably read in this paper
a week or so ago that the Berryton
children had picked several bales
of cotton after school also.
Following is a table showing
names of schools with their active
enrollment and per cent of attend
ance:
School Active %
Enroll. Attend.
Berryton 145 95
Summerville 961 90
Pennville 108 89
Lyerly 336 89
Gore 202 83
Cloudland 54 81
Menlo 348 76
Subligna 214 74
Myers 41 72
Pine Grove 23 71
Welcome Hill 90 69
Teloga 99 51
We had an active enrollment
this month of 2.621 children in the
above 12 schools. The per cent of
attendance for the entire group
was 84. This is not bad taking ev
erything into consideration. How
ever most of the cotton should be
picked by now and we hope that
all parents will get their children
back in school right away. Boys
and girls, let’s work hard and
bring the county average back up
to 90 at the very lowest next
month. Don’t stay at home and
make your school lag behind. Ev
ery day that you miss hurts the
average of your school.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
TO PLAN CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS
FOR DISABLED WAR VETERANS
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet with Mrs. Charles Harlow
next Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m.,
at which time plans will be made
to make this a happy Christmas
for disabled veterans and their
families.
Members having interesting war
souvenirs and snapshots will please
bring them for display at this
meeting.
Mrs. C. F. Orr, of Trion, was the
week-end guest of her sister, Mrs.
F. A. Echols.
$1.50 A YEAR