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VOL. 59; NO. 46.
MORRIS BORDERS
KILLED IN WRECK
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Morris Borders, 38, operator of
tire recapping services at Lyerly,
Ga., and at Center, Ala., his home,
was killed instantly Monday after
noon when a motorcycle on which
he was riding was in collision with
a truck south of Lyerly near the
Alabama line.
Borders was en route to his home
in Center at the time of the acci
dent.
A. A. Ayers, of Summerville,
owner and driver of the truck,
stated that he passed Borders
while he was parked at the side
of the highway and that Borders
later overtook him on the motor
cycle and crashed into the side of
the truck.
Borders is survived by his wife
and five small children.
Semi-Annual Meeting
Regional Library Board
Held With Library Here
The second semi-annual meeting
of the Cherokee Regional Library
Board met with the Chattooga
County Library Board on Wednes
day, October 31, at 7 o’clock, at the
Selman cabin.
The meeting was called to order
by the chairman, Mrs. Baker Far
rar, and a very interesting report
was read by the librarian, Miss Sa
rah Maret. The tresurer’s report
showed that all funds had been
paid in during the year and that
they had been disbursed according
to instructions from the Library
Extension Service. The members
present were: From Rossville, W.
H. Whidby; LaFayette, Mrs. Julian
Rhyne, Pete Stiles, Me. McKeown,
Mr. Giles and Miss Maret; Chattoo
ga County, Mrs. Katherine Clark
ston, Harvey Phillips, O. L. Cleck
ler and Mrs. Farrar.
After the board meeting a delici
ous supper was served in the living
room of the cabin. There were 43
guests. Autumn leaves and fall
flowers and a log fire enhanced
the natural beauty of the room. As
the meal was served the various
guests were introduced. From the
State Department of Education
there were three young women rep
resenting departments connected
with the libraries of the state. They
were Miss Sarah Jones, assistant di
rector of library and textbook di
vision; Miss Lucile Nix, in charge
of rural libraries; Miss Elzabeth
Donovan, instructional consultant.
They conducted a conference con
cerning better service to the school
libraries by the bookmobile. There
were representatives from the
schools to discuss this. They were
Mrs. Neal, of Berryton Public
Schools, a mill village; Miss Fran
ces Barron, of Gore, representing
rural schools; Mr. and Mrs. Akin,
representing Summerville schools;
Miss Pool, supervisor; Miss Annie
Mae Walraven, supervisor; and
Miss Mitchell, of the LaFayette
schools. The staff of the regional
library present were Mrs. J. H. Shu
mate, Miss Collins, Miss Hackney,
Miss Farris, Miss Stansell and Mrs.
Miller. The special guests were
Mrs. McKeown, Mrs. Cleckler, Mrs.
Phillips, Mrs. Stiles, Mrs. Giles, Mrs.
Tom Elder, Mrs. Whidley, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Henderson, Mr. Farrar
and Mr. McConnell.
Mrs. Penn Selman and Miss Mary
Penn were the gracious hostesses of
the evening.
Revival Starts At
West Summerville
Baptist November 11
Rev. Dewey Adams will do the
preaching. Services each evening
at 7:30 o’clock. The public is in
vited to attend these services.—
Rev. F. M. Higgins, Pastor.
Pennville Club Meets
Pennville W. H. D. club met at
the home of Mrs. John Henry Fri
day, Nov. 2.
Officers for the following year
were elected.
President—Miss Minnie Justice.
Vice-President—Mrs. J. W. Par
ish.
Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs.
Harry Smith.
Reporter—Mrs. Paul Strickland.
Members brought or contributed
to the Food for Peace Campaign.
Plans were discussed for sending
books to Alto Sanatorium.
Miss Nell Parish had suggestions
for making lovely and useful
Christmas gifts.
Plans were made for a Christmas
party in December.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
Siimmrntilh' Nms
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945.
SUMMERVILLE LOSES
TO ROCKMART SQUAD
12 TO 6 FRIDAY NIGHT
Summerville High Indians foot
ball team was nosed out by the
highly favored Rockmart squad
here on the home gridiron Friday
night by the score of 12 to 6.
Both teams played smart, alert
football throughout. Summerville
took the lead in the first half with
a score only to have Rockmart come
back and score twice to win the
close contest.
The Indians have improved
greatly with the playing of each
game. Coach Colbert and the fol
lowing boys have been working
hard daily and in the remaining
two games, Cave Springs here Nov.
9 and Darlington “B” team Nov. 23
here, both games at night, will
make a good showing for them
selves. Come out and boost the
team.
Right End —Wilson.
Right Tackle —Colbert.
Right Guard—Nix.
Center—Pledger.
Left Guard—Hurley.
Left Tackle—Clark.
Left End—Hunter.
Quarterback—Norton.
Left Half—Lee.
Right Half—Wilson.
Fullback—Cash.
Substitutes—Right guard, Cox;
center, Cordle; Left guard, Gil
breath; left tackle, Elliott; right
tackle, Baker; quarterback, Poole;
left half, Gross; quarterback, Argo.
LEGIONTOOBSERVE
ARMISTICE DAY
Chattooga Post of American Le
gion will observe Armistice day,
Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. at Fish Hatchery.
A good speaker has been secured.
Free barbecue. All service and ex
service men and their families are
urged to attend. Come and have a
good time. Come and visit us and
we think you will want to join us.
If it is a rainy day we will meet
at the courthouse.
Thanksgiving Comes
On Fourth Thursday
The fourth Thursday of this
month—Nov. 22—that’s Georgia’s
Thanksgiving day!
It may be different in Tennes
see and Arkansas, where the fifth
Thursday, Nov. 29, will be observed
instead, but not in Georgia. Gov.
Arnall says this state will observe
the earlier date proclaimed in 1939
by President Roosevelt, who moved
Thanksgiving up a week.
Fact is that in 1941 Congress le
galized the fourth Thursday as na
tional turkey day.
Charles S. Garrett
Gets Discharge
T/Sgt. Charles S. Garrett has
arrived home after receiving his
discharge. Mr. Garrett served as
radio operator aboard a B-17 in the
Army Air Corps. He was in the
army about 3 years; thirteen
months of which was spent as a
prisoner of war in Austria. He was
liberated on May 3, 1945, and ar
rived here in June for a 60-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Garrett. He then re
ported to the redistribution center
in Miami, Fla., where he remained
30 days and was sent to Cochran
Field, Macon,, Ga., where he re
ceived his discharge.
Collection of Food
For Starving Europe to
Continue Thru Nov 29
The Food for Peace Committee
has announced that the counties of
Georgia's campaign for collecting
food for the starving Allied nations
of Europe is to continue through
Thanksgiving week.
T. Guy Woolford, chairman of
this drive, said: “I am convinced
that chaos, revolution and disor
ders which will endanger the peace
of the world will occur in liberated
countries this winter unless they
can get food to'stave off starva
tion.”
Please do not let this plea pass
you by. It is an opportunity to
manifest a thankful spirit for our
victories and have a share in keep
ing the peace. Only two cans of
food is asked of each person. Do
not allow the time to pass without
making your donation. The cans
of food will be assembled in the
various schools and each Saturday
Jim Tedder, chairman of this drive,
will have the American Legion hall
open to receive donations.—Public
ity Chairman.
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In Honor of Those
Who Died for America
Saturday Nov. 10
There is a flaming torch neld
high in the up-swept hand of the
Goddess of Liberty—the lady who
guards the gateway to freedom. The
torch is the scarlet color of the
poppy which sprang up to give
beauty to the blood-stained graves
of those who defended freedom 25
years ago. The poppy has become
the flower of remembrance. The
American Legion Auxiliary poppy
blooms in every American city,
town and village once a year—lest
we forget.
No sun is there and no rain, in
the soil where the Poppy grows. It
is made by human hands in the
Veterans' Hospitals throughout
America. In Georgia they are made
at Hospital No. 48 in Atlanta and
Augusta Hospital No. 62. Every fall
the American Legion Auxiliary
workers take the little red crepe
paper petals, green stems and
printed tags to the men who were
disabled in their flight to keep the
torch of Liberty burning eternally.
These disabled veterans cling to
their annual work and through the
long weary months preceding it,
anticipate it with joy.
The disabled veterans in these
hospitals necessarily lead a life of
inactivity. They all had some sort
of work before the war. Through
poppy making, they may still do
business—not “as usual,” but busi
ness, just the same. Many a man
would sink into hopelessness were
it not for producing little scarlet
flowers. They encourage and sus
tain him in his fight to regain a
normal way of life.
I heard a story recently and I
should like to tell it to you: A young
veteran of the present conflict was
taken to a government hospital in
a serious condition from nervous
ness. He spent his days and nights
staring at the ceiling while his
hands shook so that he could not
even feed himself. He had a fam
ily, and being unable to support
them, became despondent. One day
while the boy was lying miserably
on his cot, an old veteran rolled
his wheel chair close by. The old
veteran, Joe, sat there and made
little red poppies. As each one was
completed, he attached a little tag
with printed words “American Le
gion, Veteran Made” and dropped
it into a basket at his side. Cu
riousity getting the better of the
boy, he asked, “What do you think
OLIVER W. SCOTT, 34,
AWAITING TRANSPORTATION
AND DISCHARGE FROM ARMY
Army Headquarters, Midpac, Ft.
Shafter, T. H.—After twenty-six
months of overseas duty, Techni
cian Fifth Grade Oliver W. Scott,
34, of Summerville, is ready to call
it quits. He is now awaiting trans
portation back to the Continental
United States for discharge at the
Oahu army personnel center.
During the Leyte operation. Scott
served with the 598th Signal Air
craft Warning Battalion, which
played an important part in the
defense of American positions
against enemy air attack. He will
return home wearing the Philip
pine Liberation Ribbon and the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon,
each with one battle star.
Before he entered the army in
September, 1942, Scott worked as a
carpenter for Mr. R. L. Townsend.
In the future, he hopes to go back
to his old job.
Scott’s mother, Mrs. Susie W.
Scott, is a resident of Summerville.
! you’re doing?” Calmly Joe replied
. that he was making American Le
, gion poppies and just as calmly an
. nounced that he had made the best
. poppies in the hospital for over
. fifteen years. The boy watched for
■ a while and finally remarked that
; he would like to make some too, but
. he couldn’t control his hands, so
> the idea was fantastic. The out
r come was inevitable. Joe coached
and encouraged the boy whom he
■ called “Sonny” into attempting the
seemingly impossible. Finally, “Son-
( ny” was making over a thousand
. perfect poppies a week and made
' a wager that soon he could make
better poppies than Joe did. He
' never won that wager because his
' progress was so rapid that he was
J sent home, completely cured.
Among the tangible benefits to
, the veteran is the financial one.
These men are paid by the Ameri
‘ can Legion Auxiliary for every pop
’ py made. As they become expert,
the veterans are able to supplement
! the income of their families and
even have little extra comforts
themselves. They are better ad
’ justed, knowing that through their
loving work, they are helping to
‘ maintain and support their homes
and families.
’ The welfare of veterans’ children
1 is a large consideration in the Aux
’ iliary’s poppy budget. If need
arises, these children are provided
' with food, clothing and medical
! ' care, all the necessities of life. The
’ disabled veterans know this and
peace of mind accompanies this
knowledge.
Each fall, when the poppy orders
'■ begin to come in, each experienced
; \ Auxiliary worker holds her breath.
1 She knows that in her particular
district, materials are available for
just the number of poppies ordered.
; When a hospital has filled its quota,
> no more can be made, even though
the boys and men beg for more. It
is our aim to have every American
■ Legion Auxiliary poppy maker busy
every day in every month, but in
order to achieve this goal, more
and more Americans must wear the
poppies that bloom on Armistice
■ Day. Let us show the living sol
; diers that we have not forgotten
: their sacrifice, and let us prove to
them that their buddies did not die
I in vain. Let the torch of Lberty
brightly glow, as the little red
; American Legion poppy proclaims
: to the world that “we remember.”
CHATTOOGA
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Children’s Book Week, which is
Nov. 11 through 17th, is fast be
comiing a unified force among the
children of the entire world. If
they can be “United Through
Books,” we shall have taken a step
forward in establishing the durable
peace which we so much desire.
The Bookmobile comes to our
county once each month and some
exciting youngsters are waiting for
it at each stop to select their fa
vorite books.
Be sure to visit your public li
brary during “Book Week.”
Howard Discharged
Word has been received from the
Navy Department that Cochran
William Howard S 1/c, of Lyerly,
Ga., has received his discharge from
the navy.
BOOKLET AVAILABLE
TO THE FARMERS
OF THIS COUNTY
As a part of its program to pro
mote better forest practices in
Georgia, Union Bag & Paper Cor
poration, operators of the largest
integrated pulp and paper mill and
bag factory in the world at Savan
nah, has prepared for distribution
a thirty-page booklet entitled,
“Pulpwood, Key to Sustained For
est Income,” which is now available
to timber tract owners in this
county.
The booklet, which is highly il
lustrated, tells the story of the part
pulpwood plays in a well-rounded
forestry program and has been re
ferred to by one of the state’s lead
ing advocates of better forestry as,
“The best prepared publication of
its kind printed for the timber
growers of the South.”
Local timber tract owners and
others interested in the sale of
pulpwood and the growing and
proper care of trees may obtain
copies of the booklet by writing
the Woodlands Division, Union Bag
& Paper Corporation, Savannah,
Georgia.
FOREST SERVICE OFFICE
MOVED TO DALTON
The headquarters of the Armu- f
chee Ranger district of the Chat-|
tahoochee National Forest wasl
moved from LaFayette, Ga., to
Dalton, Ga., on Nov. 1, 1945. The
new office is on the second floor
of the Acme building, 418 North
Thornton avenue.
Mr. Frank A. Kuhn will replace
Mr. J. W. Owens as District Ran
ger. Mr. Owens is being transfer
red to the Bienville National For
est at Forest, Miss.
Mr. Kuhn has been a resident of
Dalton for the past year and a half
while serving as Project Forester
under the Timber Production War
Project which was terminated as of
Oct. 31, 1945.
Cook Discharged
Cpl. William G. Cook returned
home Nov. 3 after 32 months over
seas in North Africa, Sicily, Sar
dinia, Corsica, France, Austria and
Germany. He received the Good
Conduct medal and an honorable
discharge. He was with the Engi
neers in the Seventh army. Cpl.
Cook and his brother, Roy Gus
Cook, S 1/c, met for the first time
in 39 months Sunday, Nov. 4, at
the home of their parents, Mr. and,
Mrs. Roy Cook, in Lyerly. Their
sister, Miss Maggie Belle Cook, of
Gadsden, came home Sunday,
which made the family circle com
plete.
Others that were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Cook were: Mrs.
Mary Haygood, of Trion; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Ray and children, John
Arthur, Shirley Bell and Robert,
Miss Dorothy Lancaster, of Gads
den, and Miss Barbara Gayler, of
Lyerly.
Lt. Farmer in States
Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Brown have
received word that their son, Lt.
J. Hoyt Farmer has landed on the
west coast. Lt. Farmer has been in
the navy for 44 months, and for
the past 16 months has been on the
USS Rawlins in the amphibious
forces in the South Pacific. Mrs.
Farmer, who has been in Red Cross
work in San Diego, Cal., while Lt.
Farmer was at sea, met her hus
band in San Francisco. They hope
to be home soon.
RICHARD J. EDWARDS.
BERRYTON, ON USS INDIANA
Aboard the Battleship USS In
diana, San Francisco.—Richard J.,
Edwards, seaman, second class, I
Berryton, Ga., served on this ship
when she dropped anchor in Tokyo
■ Bay with the victorious 3rd fleet
following the end of the war with
Japan.
The Indiana, one of the newest
battleships, has a record that in
cludes operations at New Guinea,
Guadalcanal, Rennell Island, New
Georgia. Marcus Island, Tarawa,
Marshall Islands, Truk, Satawn,
Ponope, Marianas, Palaus, Iwo Jima
and Okinawa. She was one of the
first battleships to bombard the
Japanese home land.
FREAK EGG LAVED BY
WHITE ROCK PULLET
Mrs. R. H. Berry, of Lyerly, Ga.,
R. 2, Tuesday brought into the News
office an egg laid by a White Rock
pullet which was about four times
the normal size of a pullet egg.
The egg, when cracked, contained
an average-sized egg, which ap
peared to be normal.
$1.50 A YEAR
MRS. JESSIE HUNTER, 65,
HIT BY TRUCK MONDAY,
DIES TUESDAY MORNING
Mrs. Jessie Hunter, 65, seriously
injured when struck by a truck
near her home in South Summer
ville Monday night while on her
way to attend church services, died
at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning at
the Summerville-Trion hospital.
Larkin Bowman, of this place,
who is said to have been the driver
of the truck that struck the aged
woman, is in jail here. Sheriff
Glenn said that Bowman is charged
with involuntary manslaughter and
that he will be given a preliminary
hearing at 10 o’clock Thursday
morning.
Immediately following the acci
dent, Mr. Bowman came to the
sheriff’s office and surrendered, ac
:ording to Sheriff Glenn.
Mrs. Hunter is survived by six
children, five daughters and one
son. Her husband has been dead
everal years.
Funeral services were held at the
South Summerville Baptist church
7/ednesday afternoon, conducted by
the Rev. E. L. Williams, of Chatta
nooga, and the Rev. Herbert Mor
gan, of Calhoun, former pastors of
the church.
AMERWsERYICT
MEN INTERESTED IN
NEW TYPE HOMES
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 7.—The
American service man is keenly in
terested in new styles in homes, it
is revealed in the great number of
requests from service men on the
architectural competition aimed at
finding the ideal design for a small
house in Georgia.
Requests have come from service
men—and their wives in many
states of the nation, and as far as
Portland, Ore., and San Francisco,
according to Walter Rich, president
of Rich’s, Inc., sponsors of the com
petition in which SIO,OOO in cash,
including a special $1,500 Georgia
prize, will be awarded.
“This indicates the service man,
away from home a long time and
thinking about home constantly,
hopes to build a new home in the
post-war period and has unusual
ideas”-on the kind of house he
wants. He seeks to pass on these
ideas to others, to help them solve
their home design problems.”
Rich added the competition seeks
to stimulate new ideas in home de
sign and thus has allowed for plen
ty of freedom. “For instance, there
are no restrictions on the choice of
materials,” he said. “The house is
to be designed primarily for Geor
gia, but probably will result in one
that will be adaptable for use in any
other part of the country.”
Co-sponsors of the competition
are “Progressive Architecture, Pen
cil Points” magazine. The compe
tition continues through next Jan.
21 and is open to all architects,
draftsmen and architectural stu
dents.
Womanless Wedding
And Beauty Pageant
At Sturdivant Gym
There will be a Womanless Wed
ding and Beauty Pageant Friday,
Nov. 16. at 8:00 at Sturdivant gym,
sponsored by the Junior Class of
Summerville High School.
Harvest Carnival At
Lyerly School Friday
The Lyerly Public school is spon
soring a Harvest Carnival Friday
night, November 9, from 6 to 11
o’clock.
Chicken is to be served with the
hot supper at the Home Economics
department.
For the children there will be
basketball, shooting, fishing, vot
ing for the Carnival queen and
plenty to eat.
There will be no admission
charge, but be sure to come with
a pocket full of change.
HELEN OWENS, OF GORE,
MEMBER DRAMATIC CLUB
AT WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
After a series of tryouts Helen
Owens, of Gore, was given member
ship in the Dramatic Club of West
Georgia College, at Carrollton.
The Dramatic Club is composed
of students who are interested in
drama and stage management and
contains some of the best talent
from representative high schools
over the state. Each year the Dra
matic Club presents a series of
plays for the enjoyment of the
students and the faculty.