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WITH THE BOYS
VI THE SERVICES
IST. LT. R. A. DUCKETT
AT BATTEY HOSPITAL
AFTER 12 MONTHS IN PACIFIC
Rome, Ga., Dec. 6. (Special to the
Mews)—First Lieutenant R. A.
Duckett, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Duckett, Lindale, Ga., ar
rived at Battey General Hospital
Wednesday, back from 12 months
service as the pilot of Boston At
tack Bombers in the Pacific.
Lieut. Duckett attended Rome
High school and was graduated
from the Young-Harris academy.
He was associated with his father
ta the grocery business at Lindale
until his entry into the service in
January, 1941. His wife has been
residing at Summerville during his
>our of duty overseas.
Duckett trained as a pilot at
Randolph Field and Brooks Field,
Texas. Serving overseas with “The
Grim Reapers,’’ the famed attack
group that boasts a long record of
“firsts,” he piloted attack bombers
over New Britain, New Ireland, the
Admiralty Islands, Dutch New
Guinea, Biak, Hollandia and many
®ther places that have figured
prominently in the news from the
Asiatic-Pacific theater of opera
tions.
His unit, “The Grim Reapers,”
was the first outfit overseas, the
first in Australia, the first outfit
to hit the Phillipines from Aus
tralia, the first attack group over
Rabaul, and the first over most of
the other points in succession on
the long list of Pacific targets, Lt.
Duckett points out. The long range
raid of the Phillipines from Aus
tralia was made in B-25’s just aft
er the Japs occupied Manila, he
explains.
Lt. Duckett proudly wears the
Presidential Unit Citation ribbon
of the Grim Reapers. He has also
been awarded the Air Medal.
At the moment, his chief interest
is in seeing his wife and family.
“It’s sure good to be back in
Rome,” he told an interviewer to
day.
MARINE SGT H. C. BERRY
RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS
ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. B.—Marine
Sgt. Hoyt Clayton Berry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Berry, of Sum
merville, Ga., has returned to the
States following long overseas serv
ice.
Sgt. Berry is a member of the
First Marine Division and saw ac
tion at Peleliu Island. He served
25 months in the South Pacific.
He was formerly employed as a
machinist at the Berryton Mills.
Inc.
SERGEANTS ON KP DUTY
THANKSGIVING DAY
PYOTE AAF, Texas, Dec. 6.—lt is
not customary for sergeants of the
first three grades, staff, technical
and master, to do kitchen police
•duty in the Army, but on Thanks
giving Day a precedent was estab
lished at the Pyote Army Air Field.
S/Sgt. John H. Dodd, among many
other sergeants of the upper
grades, volunteered their services
for that day in order to give the
privates and other lower grades
something else to be thankful for.
Sgt. Dodd volunteered his serv
ices in response to an idea started
by an anonymous technical ser
geant and further promoted by the
Rattler, the field newspaper. He
took his stand alongside the other
somewhat privileged-by-reason-of
rank sergeants and served food,
scrubbed the pots and pans, washed
dishes and otherwise fulfilled the
duties of the time-honored KP.
The sergeant formerly resided at
Summerville, Ga.
COUSINS MEET IN FRANCE
Sgt. Joe Sam Ray and Sgt. G. W.
(Bud) Ray met in a hospital in
France the 23 of November. Bud
was a patient from wounds re
ceived in action in Germany the
14th day of November. Joe Sam is
with a medical unit there.
Joe Sam is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Ray, of Lyerly. Bud
is the son of Mrs. Edith Ray, of
Lyerly.
LOCAL SOLDIER MEMBER
OUTFIT CITED FOR HEROIC
ACTION ON MT. PANTANO, ITALY
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY. Italy.
—Pvt. Ralph W. Hale, of Trion.
Georgia was a member of the First
battalion of the 168th Regiment
which recently received the Distin
guished Unit Citation for seizing
and holding important German po
sitions on Mount Pantano, Italy,
anchor of the German winter line
in 1943, and opening the way for
the Fifth Army drive to the Rapido
River Valley.
Hale, whose home is on Route 1,
Trion, has since been hospitalized.
The battalion is a unit of the
34th “Red Bull” Division of Lieut.-
Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army,
now in the Gothic Line in north
ern Italy.
For four days and nights from
Nov. 29, 1943, to December 3 the
battalion, after storming and seiz
ing the vital objective, clung tena
ciously to its positions despite fe
rocious Nazi attacks, severe casual
ties, bitter weather, rugged terrain
and almost insuperable supply,
B’nmnu'rnillr Nnns
VOL. 58; NO. 47.
More Men Leave For
Pre-Induction Physical
Examinations
The following Chattooga County
boys left this week for their pre
induction physical examination at
Fort McPherson, Ga.:
Richard Clay McFarland, Jr.
Robert Hill Hall
John Hill Knowles
William Lee Knowles
Austin Wilson Daniel
Martin Louis Palmer
Robert Herman Gentry
Harvey Blenard Morgan
Asher Cheslum Tucker
Deforest Spraggins
J. D. Hurtt
John Henry Willingham
Donald Franklin Christol
communications and evacuation
problems.
German attempts to regain the
objective were preceded by intense
artillery and mortar barrages and
climaxed by bitter fire fights and
hand -to - hand engagements. At
times, due to the shortage of am
munition, the embattled Yank in
fantrymen threw stones and ration
cans at the assaulting Nazis.
The battalion’s stand forced the
Germans to abandon their winter
line.
At the outset, when the Ameri
cans took the mountain, under a
rolling artillery barrage, the weath
er was clear and cold, but rain and
snow soon added to the suffering,
while fog and haze limited observa
tion.
The one trail to the crest of the
knoll was slippery and under con
stant enemy observation and fire.
Mule pack trains could travel only
half the distance,’ supplies being
carried by hand from that point. It
required from four to six hours to
evacuate one casualty. Frequently
blood plasma was administered on
the battlefield and the aid station
was situated only 200 yards from
the front lines. Medical officers
crawled under fire to treat wound
ed men.
Enemy losses were estimated at
400 killed and wounded, while the
First Battalion suffered 24 killed
and 171 wounded. The battalion
commander was wounded and 15
other officers, including two com
pany commanders, were casualties.
PVT. HUGH T. HENDERSON
AWARDED DRIVER’S BADGE
43RD DIVISION IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC. Pvt. Hugh T.
Henderson, son of L. T. Henderson.
Summerville, has been awarded the
Driver’s and Mechanic’s Badge in
his transportation section for out
standing efficiency in handling and
maintaining the jeeps and six
wheel trucks of the division.
The award is given to only those
who can successfully pass a rigid
competitive examination in which
all phases of the driving and care
of the motor vehicles is minutely
covered.
Flenderson has been in the Armv
more than three years, of which
25 months have been spent in over
seas duty. During that time he par
ticipated in the action that secured
the island of Guadalcanal as a ma
jor South Pacific base early in
1943. Later in the same year he
went through the New Georgia of
fensive to oust the Japanese from
their positions around the Munda
airport. He is now stationed at
this forward base under the com
mand of Gen. MacArthur.
In civilian life Henderson was
employed as a textile worker in
the Trion Company at Trion.
SPT. ERNEST TIBBS PROMOTED
Sgt. Ernest Ivison Tibbs has re
cently been promoted from corporal
to sergeant, serving with the in
fantry in the Phillipine Islands.
Sgt. Tibbs is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Tibbs, of Summer
ville, Route 2.
He has been serving overseas
three years, in the Hawaiian Is
lands, Australia, New Guinea and
now the Phillipines.
CPL. LEROY DAY, IN ENGLAND,
COMPLETES ORIENTATION
COURSE TO COMBAT ENEMY
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
IN ENGLAND, Dec. 6.—Cpl. Leroy
Day, the son of Mrs. Mildred Day,
of Commerce Street, Summerville,
Ga., recently completed an orienta
tion course designed to bridge the
gap between training in the States
and combat soldiering against the
enemy in Germany.
At this Air Service Command
Station, Cpl. Day attended a series
of lectures given by veterans of this
command, which included instruc
tions on chemical warfare defense
and pertinent tips on staying
healthy in a combat zone.
His next station will be one from
which America’s fighting planes
cover our advance into Germany.
Before entering the Army Air
Forces, he was employed as a loom
fixer by the Trion Company, Trion.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER- 30, 1944.
D. L. McWhorter
On Committee to Push
Expansion of Industry
D. L. McWhorter, of Summerville
has been named temporary chair
man to promote a local mass meet
’ng for the purpose of perfecting a
permanent organization to push
expansion of industry in this com
munity.
Mr. McWhorter's selection was
made at a district-wide meeting
held at Rome under auspices of
the State Agricultural and Indus
trial Development Board, which
was created by the Legislature and
Gov. Ellis Arnall to work for the
development of Georgia’s agricul
tural. industrial and social re
sources.
The Industry Panel of the De
velopment Board is comprised of
Robert Strickland, Atlanta, chair
man; Wiley Moore, Atlanta, and
Mayor Charles L. Bowden, Macon.
W. C. Cram, Jr., Atlanta, is direc
tor. This group will co-operate
with local communities to enlarge
payrolls and create jobs for return
ing service men and women.
At the district meetings held by
the Industry Panel of the Devel
opment Board, of which Blanton
Fortson, Athens, is chairman, and
Dr. L. V. Howard, Athens, is direc
tor, Georgia’s assets and liabilities
were cited by speakers and the
need for citizens of the state to
organize and “keep at it” to carry
their communities forward indus
trially was emphasized.
Some of the liabilities of Geor
gia as well as its assets were list
ed as follows: For instance, Geor
gia in 1942 ranked forty-third in
per capita income for the United
States and the gross cash income
per larm in Nevada of $3,626 and
Massachusetts, $2 360. Farm ten
ancy in Georgia is high, the State
having 60.1 of its farms operated
by tenants and a “recent study of
southern cotton plantations indi
cates that the average tenant fam
ily received an income of only $73
per person for a year’s work.” Al
though many farmers have learned
of the value of building up soil. 61
per cent, of the nation’s badly
eroded land is found in the Sduth
and “Georgia has more than its
share.”
The low per capita income in
Georgia is reflected in the lack of
home conveniences and farm equip
ment. In possession of farm equip
ment the Southern states stand al
most uniformly at the bottom of
the list. In lowa the percentage
of farms with automobi'es is 90.2
while in Georgia it is 33.4. In the
United States as a whole 43.1 per
cent, of the homes are wired for
“lectric lights, whereas in Georgia
18.1 per cent, of homes are so
equipped. The same situation ap
plies to home refrigeration facil
ities, with 71.2 per cent, of homes
m the United States having such
facilities as against 54.4 in Georgia.
Georgia “assets,” if properly util
ized, can make this the “Empire
State” again. What is true for the
’-emainder of the Southeast is true
of Georgia. In proportion to its
area, the South has more than its
share of good farm acreage, its re
gion lies within the 40 inches or
more of annual rainfall belt; much
of the South has upwards of 60
and 80 inches and more of annua’
’•ainfall. Os the fifty-five per cent
of the nation’s frostless growing
season of more than six months,
nearly one-half of it is in the
Southeast. Thus, the South and
Georgia belong to that minority 10
per cent, of the earth’s surface
where rainfall and temperature
abound alongside the other opti
mum conditions most favorable to
mankind,.
The generous supply and wide
distribution of countless lakes and
streams throughout the region, is
equal to or better than that of any
other part of the nation. They are
available for transportation and
hydroelectric power supply, water
reservoirs for the cities and towns,
drainage and land reclamation and
industries where large amounts of
water is needed for manufacturing
processes in every state in the re
gion. The wide geographic distri
bution of its other resources, will
strengthen its base for a well-di
versified and well-balanced econ
omy.
Os the total commercial forest
area of the nation, the Southeast
contains 198,000.000 acres, or about
40 per cent., which ranks high in
potentiality. Nearly one-half of the
country’s second growth saw tim
ber area, and 44 per cent, of the
cord wood area are in the South
east.
The forest soils of the South are
fertile and strong, the rainfall is
dependable and abundant, and the
growing season long. With sound
policies for reforestation, enforced
fire control, and other protective
policies for the forests, so that they
can attain their potential yields of
raw material for manufacture by
industries turning out finished
JUST LIKE HOME
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Syracuse, jn. x.—Breakfast in bed lor the 150,00(Lh serviceman to
register at the USO Troop-In-Transit lounge in this city. Mrs. Doris
c ook, Director of the Canteen, welcomes Pharmacist Mate 3/C Walter
Babcock, of Haverstraw, N. Y., with a morning breakfast in bed, served
in sanitary paper.
Three Chattooga
Farmers Honored
Clarence F. Jovner. Charlie J.
Powell and William Whalev are
three tenant purchase farmers w’th
the Farm Security Administration
who have paid off their forty
vear loans on their farms.
These three farmers were hon
ored at the Henrv Gradv hotel on
Nov. 30 at a banquet given in honor
of approximated 100 paid up bor
rowers in the state.
Gov. Ellis Arnall was the speak
er for the occasion and he praised
these 100 farmers for their hard
work which has enabled them to
have debt-free farms.
BINGO PARTY
South Summerville School will
have a Bingo party Friday niaht,
Dec. 8 at 7:30 o’clock. The public
is cordially invited. A small ad
mission fee will be charged at the
door, then every one plays until al'
the prizes are won. There will also
be cakewalks and other fun for all.
EDWARD LEE ROZELL. JR.,
AGED 214 MONTHS, DIES
Edward Lee Rozell, Jr., aged 2%
months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Lee Rozell. of Brunswick, Ga..
formerly of this county, passed
away suddenly at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Jackson Dec. 3.
Surviving are parents and one
sister, Sadie felizabeth, and grand
narerrs. Mrs. H. M. Smallan. of
Pennvil’e, and Mrs. A. E. Rozell, of
Huntsville, Ala.
Funeral services were held at
Hazel Green. Ala.. Dec. 4, at 2 p.m.,
with the pastor officiating; Inter
ment in adjoining cemetery. Paul
Weems Funeral Home in charge.
goods of high value for direct con
sumer markets, this great resource
can be made to contribute its full
weight in carrying the people of
the South forward to a better and
more secure living.
Although the South does have
considerable mineral resources,
'airly well diversified in character,
not enough is known about them
'0 indicate that minerals as such
may become one of the region’s
greatest resources of wealth. They
appear to be in sufficient quantity
and diversity, however, to supple
ment the other resources of the re
gion, and add balance to its econ
omy.
Georgia people are another one
of its assets. The Southern states
rank lowest in percentage of for
eign-born population. Its commu
nity of social, historical and eco
nomic background provides a com
munity of viewpoint, and a mu
tual appreciation of the problems
of one another, in both the white
and Negro races, and between em
ploye and employer. These factors,
if properly cultivated, can make
the South one of the nation’s great
est strongholds for democracy and
freedom in enterprise.
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Three From Chattooga
In West Georgia Choir
Helen Owins, Summerville; Helen
Dobbs, Lyerly; and June Wyatt, of
Menlo, who have been selected for
membership in West Georgia Col
lege A Capella choir, will take part
m the annual Christmas vesper
program at the college auditorium
in Carrollton on Dec. 10 at 4:00
p.m. Miss Jane Woodruff, of the
'mllege faculty, is director of the
choir. Mrs. W. F. Gunn is accom
nan’st, and Margaret Borders is
student director.
Bookmobile Schedule
The County Bookmobile will trav
el throughout Chattooga Counts 7
Dec. 11-15. Free reading may be
borrowed from the Bookmobile at
any of the fol’owing places:
Monday, Dec. 11
9:ls—Mvers School
10:15—Cameron’s Store
11:00—Welcome Hill School
12:00—Mountain View Commu
nity
12:30—Pennville School
2:oo—Sou’h Summerville School
Tuesday, Dec. 12
9:4s—Subligna School
11:00—Manis Home
12:00—Gore School
2:oo—Hammond’s Store
2:3o—Silver Hill Community
3:30 —Gore Postoffice
Wednesday, Dec. 13
9:30 —Teloga School and Com
munity
11:00-—Cloudland Community
11:30 —Cloudland School
I:3o—Wood’s Store
2:3o—Menlo School
4:oo—Menlo Postoffice
Thursday, Dec. 14
9:3o—Holland, Strawn’s Store
10:30 Chattoogaville, Cook’s
Store
11:30—Pine Grove School
2:oo—Lyerly School
3:oo—Lyerly Community
Friday, Dec. 15
9:3o—Berryton School
11:00—Berryton Community
I:3o—Summerville Schools
RATION DATES
Processed Foods Blue A-8
through B-2 (Book 4) now valid at
10 points each. Good indefinitely.
Meats and Fats—Red A-8 through
S-5 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each for use with tokens.
Good indefinitely.
Sugar—Sugar stamps Nos. 30, 31,
32, 33 and 34 good indefinitely for
5 pounds each.
Shoes—Airplane stamps Nos. 1.
2 and 3 valid indefinitely.
Fuel Oil—Period 4 and 5 coupons
from last year and Period 1 cou
pons for this season now valid.
Gasoline A-13 coupons valid
Dec. 21. Rationing rules now re
quire that each car owner write
his license number and state on
each gasoline coupon in his pos
session as soon as it is issued him
by his local rationing board.
• • •
Families who cure their own
meats may give hams or other ra
tioned cuts as Christmas gifts if
they collect sufficient red points
and turn them in to their local
War Price and Rationing Board,
the Atlanta District office of Price
Administration announced. How
ever, families who do home can
ning of rationed food may give
away as many as 100 quarts for
each member of the family ration
free. OPA explained that home
canned foods are considered apart
from the commercial pack. How
ever, all meat animals are consid
ered part of the nation’s food sup
ply.
Berryton Leads In
School Attendance
For Second Month
Boys and girls, you are going to
have to really get to work to get
ahead of Berry ton. for she is at
the top of the list again this
month. If she isn’t careful the
rci.pville school will be on top next
month, however, for that school
has been running pretty close up to
say nothing of the Lyerly and
Summervil’e schools.
The percentage of attendance in
the schools for November was as
follows:
Berryton _ 95
Pennville 93
Lyerly 92
Summerville 92
Gore 90
Welcome Hill 88
Menlo 88
Myers 87
Cloudland 83
Subligna 81
Teloga 74
Pine Grove 73
All of the schools have improved
: n attendance this month. The ac
tive enrollment for the twelve
schools being 2 581 and the per
centage of attendance for the same
group being 89% as compared with
84% last month. We are still short
o" the 91% we averaged the first
month of school by 2 points and we
want to regain this average before
Christmas. Boys and girls, don’t
let your school down. Parents,
please remember that everytime
you keep your child out it is not
only hurting the attendance in
that school but taking away a very
valuable part of your child’s edu
cation that will mean so much to
him in the future. A child can
not do well in his school work when
he misses one day out of every ten
or even one day a month. Let’s
put the education of our children
first every time.
Senior Class To
Present Christmas
Program Dec. 14
The Senior class will present its
Christmas program Thursday night,
Dec. 14, at the Presbyterian church
at 7:30 o’clock.
The first half will be a one-act
play presented by seven girls who
have a special class in dramatics.
In this play, the Christmas spirit
in a modem home is the theme.
Two miracles occur at Christmas
Eve to make a trulyhappy Yuletide
for this family.
The last half of the program
will be The Nativity in pantomime
and song. A vested chorus will
sing favorite carols, telling the
story of the birth of the Christ
child. This portion of the program
has been worked out in English
class, and all twenty-one members
of the Senior class will take part.
Watch next week’s paper for a
more tailed account of the pro
gram, and a complete list of the
cast of characters. •
During the Christmas holidays,
the high school will move into the
new building. After attending
classes in cold, make-shift rooms,
doing without ’ proper equipment,
and generally being handicapped
in their work, these students are
eagerly looking forward to getting
to work in their new rooms.
The fir ETAOI NU ETAOIN NUIL
These high school students want
the co-operation of all the town
people, trust in their ability, and
confidence that they can make
Summerville High the best school
in Georgia. No matter how hard
they may work, if they lack your
backing, they can accomplish lit
tle.
NOTICE!
The Womens Home Demonstra
tion Council will meet on Dec. 12
at 2 p.m. in the County Home
Demonstration Agent’s office. Each
member of the council is urged to
attend this meeting to help plan
the work for next year.
WHO KNOWS?
1. What American army is closest
to Berlin?
2. Is Antwerp in Holland or Bel
gium?
3. How many Germans fight on
the Western front?
4. Can you name five neutral
areas in Europe?
5. What is a “pork barrel” bill?
6. What President proclaimed
our first national Thanksgiving?
7. What is a “lame duck?”
8. What is Burma’s status in the
British Empire?
9. As Allied armies began their
November offensive what propor
tion of the 450-mile Western front
was on German soil?
10. Why is Budapest known as
the “twin city?”
Answers on Another Page
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