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VOL. 60; NO. 3.
COUNTY FARM BUREAU
BACKS SEN. RUSSELL’S
PARITY FIGHT
The directors of Chattooga Coun-j
ty Farm Bureau held a meeting last
Saturday and discussed plans for
the next quarterly meeting which
is to be held Feb. 16. They elected
Elmer Morrison, of Lyerly, member
ship chairman for the county chap
ter, and W. F. Aldred, publicity
chairman.
In discussing the need for a
■ strong Farm Bureau chapter here
in the county, the talk Senator
Russell made to the Bullock Coun
ty Farm Bureau was brought up
and backed by our county chapter.
J. P. Agnew feels sure that if every
county had a membership as large
as Bullock County, that all of our
representatives would recognize the
need of protecting the farmers’ in
terest.
While speaking to the members
of Bullock County Farm Bureau,
Senator Russell said, “Planters must
protect own interests in this bat
tle for equality.”
In this day of self-seeking or
ganizations, the senator declared
from the stage of the Georgia
leachers’ College, “the farmer must
pay some attention to the protec
tion of his interests.”
Senator Russell, principal speak
er before the annual meeting of
the Bulloch County Farm Bureau,
also got vigorous applause when
he said that he thought the labor
cost should be figured in the com
putation of a fair parity in com
modity laws.
LABOR COST FIGURED
“If this is not done before long,”
he declared, “to call the old parity
fair will be just about like calling
Noah’s ark the battleship Missouri.
“I am going to resist the outra
geous appeals from some quarters
that farmers lost their protective
legislation.
“We must maintain a stable agri
culture and conservation program.
. The basis of stable government is
to be found in the hearts and minds
of those who deal with nature and
the soil.”
American farmers produced 17
per cent more foodstuffs during the
war years than in the period 1935-
1939, the speaker said, and did this
despite labor loss to the armed
services and industry.
URGES FARMER UNITY
National unity disappeared with
the end of the war, Senator Rus
sell declared, and, while deploring
the necessity oi pressure groups,
he urged that farmers stand to
gether in the present period of
change and confusion.
The Bulloch County Farm Bu
reau has a membership of 1,514 at
present. In three years it grew
from 181 members to the present
figure.
VICTORYCLOTHING
CAMPAIGN CONCERNS
• REB CROSS KNITTERS
BY KATHARINE HENRY
v The Victory Clothing campaign
which starts today lasting through
Jan. 30, should remind us that in
the Red Cross rooms there is yet
blue sweater yarn, waiting for the
Chattooga knitters. The cardigan
sweater that you knit may be the
means of saving the life of some
freezing, shivering war victim this
winter. A sweater of this type is
warm and lasting. It is really hard
to realize how much the knitting
of one of these cardigans can mean
to the one who knits it, as well as
the poor blue cold person who re
ceives it. Do not al’ow this wool
to remain in the Red Cross room
another week. Get yours today.
Many must have read Ralph Mc-
Gill’s article in Sunday’s Constitu
tion concerning the campaign for
discarded clothing for the shivering
bodies in Europe. The pictures he
gives is what he saw himself. He
saw the pinched faces of children in
tatters, with rags tied around the
feet. The clothing of old men and
women worn threadbare as they
stood shivering in the in line
for a bit of meat or bread. There
will be every day this winter young
people and old people who will die
because of lack of warm clothes or
food.
No clothing has been made in
Europe for six years. Thousands
and thousands of homes destroyed,
clothing in both warehouses and
t homes burned.
Again we are asked to go through
our closets, cedar chests, trunks
and basements in search for dis
carded garments. Everyone has a
£ few garments that could be dis-
T carded.
People will be alive next year
who otherwise would die but for
this gift of yours.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946.
JURORS DRAWN TO
SERVE AT FEBRUARY
TERM SUPERIOR COURT
Following is the list of petit
jurors drawn to serve at the Feb
ruary term, 1946 Superior court.
Court to convene Feb. 4, 1946, at 10
o’clock a.m.
John M. Ayers
Ross Smith
Geo. E. Pless
Sam A. Smith
H. C. Brown
Glenn Johnston
W. C. Sturdivant
M. A. Strawn
Lee Pettyjohn
W. R. Dempsey
C. G. Hood
O. W. Scott
Tom Brooks
G. G. Hartline
C. T. Webb
J. P. Henry
J. A. Morris
Ed Bryant
C. I. Garner
Henry Cook
Gordon Cook
R. C. Elsberry
H. C. McWhorter
R. G. Jackson
Will Norton
M. R. Roper
J. G. Allen
Fred Mitchell
A. J. Thomas
Ross Thomas
C. F. Joyner
Wesley Pettyjohn
Abb Snow
R. C. White
Henry Floyd
Ellis Echols
J. W. Elsberry
Bob House
H. B. Murray
G. H. Toles, Sr.
J. C. Woods
O. L. Cleckler
Sam S. Barry
D. F. Howell
C. P. Martin
Geo. M. Mosley
R. D. Chamlee
The .following jurors are to re
port Feb. 6, 1946.
C. B. Padgett
W. H. Spraggins
Dewey Plunkett
T. I. Hill
Lee Brown
I. M. Berry
Horace Yancey
Roland Alexander
A. E. Strange
Rufus Jackson
M. J. Rawlls
Troy Scoggins
J. B. Vaughn
D. L. McWhorter
E. E. High
Carl Hanki/s
F. K. Dodd
Charlie Ledford
Grand jurors drawn to serve at
February term. 1946 superior court
to convene Monday, Feb. 4, 1946:
L. C. Scoggins
Homer King
J. B. Atkins
J. W. Perry
Buford Aaron
F. J. Dawson
W. J. White
T. W. Manis
Joe J. Hix
V. W. Smith
Loyd Hayes
J. T. Greeson
J. R. Burgess
J. L. Nunn
C. B. Fulton
J. E. Hayes
H. A. Kirkland
Charles Harris
Willie B. Cagle
C. R. Hentz
J. L. Bynum
C. O. Walker
C. C. Duncan
Roy Mann
M. C. Chambers
T. E. Giles
G. W. Jordan
Robert L. Garmany
O. A. Camp
T. W. Gilreath
Geo. P. Reece
G. W. Chandler
MRS. AMANDA G. ALEXANDER
Mrs. Amanda Goodrum Alexan
der, 101 years of age, died at her
home on Route 2, Summerville, Fri
day night. She was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Trion
for 85 years. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Georgia Scruggs,
of Summerville, Route 2; two
grandsons, John and Clifford Bow
man, of Gadsden, Ala., and a neph
ew and two nieces. Funeral serv
ices were held Sunday at 11 a.m.
at the Pennville Tabernacle, with
the Revs. Howard Finister, of Trion,
and Floyd Crowe, of Fort Payne,
Ala., officiating.
Interment was in the Alexander
cemetery. Pallbearers were Luke
Thomas, Jeff Henderson, Clyde Er
win, Fletcher Wilson, Clara Rush
and J. C. Tucker.
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Here are five BIG reasons for joining the March of Dimes, January 14-31.
The Big Five—Gerald Drigel, Fred Pomnitz, James McCormick, Thomas Kenny and Richard
Kresge were stricken with infantile paralysis in the New Jersey epidemic of last summer.
This hydrotherapy tank, important in the modern treatment of poliomyelitis, is used to give
under-water exercise to affected muscles—taking one boy at a time! Just for fun, the boys pretend
it’s the ole swimmin’ hole.
Your contribution to the March of Dimes helps put boys like these back in the swim.
JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES—NOW! -
ADDITIONAL MEN
DISCHARGED FROM
THE ARMED FORCES
Harry Ragland Farrow.
Billy Clarence Henderson
Arvin Quinton Chamlee
Cecil Kirk
Everett John Willie Tapp
Mack Welton Tinney
John Daniel Weesner, Jr.
John Henry Bowers
Raymond Morris Dover
Auburn Lamar Longley
William Henry Caldwell
Douglas Sus us Scoggins
Leonard Ruber Evans
Charles Billy Berry
Herman Elton Adams
Grover Lee Knight
Ernest Lee Roy Sprayberry
William Howard Helton
Joe Wood Little
John Reuben Hunter
Charles Herman Howell
Lester Ray Campbell
James Clay Bell
George Mose Kirby
Oliver Newton Mitchell
Chester Johnson Henry
Earl Watson Stansell
Frank Morton, Jr.
Charles Ray Clark
Bill Sparks
A. D. Nix
Lumas Eugene Rampley
Harry Russell Willingham
James Edward Crouch
Lester Bird White
Jim Thomas
Thurman Ira Hawkins
Charlie Roy Morton
Luther Clinton Smith, Jr.
Kelly Jones Norton
Richard Franklin Sturdivant
Mark Hall King
Arnold Augustus Hudson
Durard Lidell Mills
John Franklin Ridley
Ishmeal Vance Willbanks
M. J. Richardson
Elbert M. Wood
William H. Goodridge
Bhurman S. Pledger
William B. Young
Lloyd E. Rush
Carl Suttles
Gordon L. Wilson
G. E. Powell, Jr.
Fred S. Stephenson
Louis J. Brand, Jr.
Henry E. Byars
Thomas C. Rinehart
Cpl. Rowland W. Ransom, Jr.
To Be Discharged Soon
Cpl. Rowland W. Ransom, Jr.,
who has served twenty-three and
one half months in the armed
forces in the Pacific theater of op
erations, returned to the states De
cember 24 and is in Seattle, Wash
ington, awaiting transportation to
..Fort McPherson, where he will re
ceive his discharge. From Ft. Mc-
Pherson he is coming here for an
indefinite stay with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Ransom.
Junior Woman’s Club
To Meet For Lunch Thursday
At Tavern in Trion, Ga.
The Junior Woman’s Club, of
Summerville, will meet for lunch
at the Tavern in Triop on Thurs
day, January 31, at 12 o’clock. Miss
Sarah Maret, librarian for the
Cherokee Regional Library, will
give, a review of the play “Okla
homa.”
SUMMERVILLE TAKES
HARDWOOD CLASSIC
In their first victory of the sea-1
son the Summerville “5” defeated (
Trion 44-31. The Indians took an
early lead which they maintained I
throughout the game. Summerville
had been defeated three times this?
year, twice by one point and once i
hy three points. Trion had de- ;
»eated Summerville previously by'
one point. This was a fast game
from start to finish with both teams
playing excellent ball, but Sum
merville could not be overcome
again. The game was enjoyed by a
capacity crowd. Our next game
will be with Berry High School on
January 11. Don’t forget to see
our next home games with LaFay
ette Jan. 15.
Summerville.
Forward, Cash, 9; Forward, Lee?
21; center. Baker, 8; guard, Hunter, j
4; guard, Nix, 0.
Trion.
Forward, B. Hays, 3; forward, C.
Hays, 19; center, Cochran, 2; guard.
A. Hays, 4; guard, Crawford, 0.
Subs'itutes Bush. 2; Cordle.
Poole, Martin, Fulton.
Girls’ line-up:
Summerville.
Forward, Pat Tedder, 14; forward,
Perry, 5; forward, Story. 1; guard,
Mary Jim Tedder; guard. Allison;
guard, Phillips.
Trion.
Forward, Plummer, 10; forward,
Langston, 9; forward, Ellis, 3:
guard. Hollis; guard. Farmer;
guard, Crye.
Substitutions, Summerville C.
Moore, Little, Blackwood.
Substitutions, Trion—Greene, 6;
Harrell.
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UNIT URGED FOR
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
The local Parent-Teachers’ Asso
ciation will sponsor a special meet
ing for “Daddies’ Night” Tuesday,
Jan. 15. The program will be in
the interest of launching a public
health unit for Chattooga County,
and the guest speaker will be Dr.
H. M. Graning, assistant director
of the division of local health or
ganization of Atlanta.
Chattooga’s greatest need is more
and better health facilities. Every
wide-awake citizen is aware of this
fact. Various local clubs and or
ganizations have gone on record as
being heartily in favor of a public
health unit for Chattooga County.
Every citizen must be awakened to
the good that such a health unit
would be to each individual and to
the county as a whole.
Every interested person is not
only invited, but is urgently re
quested to attend the meeting at
the High School Library Tuesday,
Jan. 15, at 7:30 o’clock. The public
health unit project needs your sup
port.
BASKETBALL
Lyerly Independent boys and
girls basketball teams will play the
Chickamauga teams Thursday night
in Lyerly.
NEW MAYOR AND
COUNCIL ELECTED ON
SATURDAY, JAN. 5
The regular election for mayor
and council of the city of Summer
ville was held last Saturday, Jan. 5.
Candidates for mayor were Oscar
Perry and Dr. F. W. Hall. Perry
won over Dr. Hall by a vote of
146 to 125.
In the First ward, J. R. Burgess,
who had no opposition, received 38
votes. In Ward No. 2, there were
two candidates —D. T. Espy and
Clayton Peacock. Espy won over
Peacock by a vote of 43 to 11. In
Ward No. 3, Willis James and Hin
ton Logan were the candidates,
James winning over Logan by a
tally of 62 to 34. Dennis Cox, in
Ward 4, had no opposition. He was
given a councilmanic vote of 82.
Mayor-Elect Perry and the new
councilmen were sworn in as city
officers at 9 a.m. last Monday
morning, Jan. 7. They were elect
ed for a term of two years.
Harry McGinnis has served Sum
merville as mayor during the last
two years. Those serving as coun
cilmen during his term were: Ward
1, W. Fred Aldred; Ward 2, Tom
Hill Selman; Ward 3, Marshall
Lowry, and Ward 4, Gordon Allen.
At the last session of the Geor
gia assembly the incorporate limits
of Summerville were extended from
one-half to a mile in all directions
from the County Courthouse. The
population of this extended Sum
merville is said to be between four
and five thousand.
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ID,ODO AT WELCOME
HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
We wish to express our gratitude
to the members and many friends
■f Welcome Hill Baptist Church for
their co-operation in the year 1945.
The blessings of the Lord have
been upon us. In spite of all the
difficulty we have made great prog
ress in the kingdom work of our
Lord. It has been from the Lord
through his redeemed ones that
1945 has had blessings untold. Many
of our friends and loved ones have
returned from service, taking up
their duties in the service of God.
I Our records show that approxi
! mately 8,000 have attended our
i Sunday school during 1945. Our
goal for 1946 is 10,000. The total
expenses have been $5,000.
We wish to say over and over
again. May the Lord’s blessings be
upon you along with us in the year
1946.—Members of Welcome Hill
Baptist Church, Rev. Gus Reed,
Pastor.
RONALD L. SENTELL
Ronald L. Sentell, aged 3 months,
died at the local hospital at 4:45
p.m. Dec. 26. Besides his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sen
tell, he is survived by one sister,
Janice. Funeral services were con
ducted from the Oak Hill Method
ist Church Thursday, Dec. 27, at 3
p.m. Interment in the church cem
etery.
COMMITTEES NAMED
IN DRIVE FOR FUNDS FOR
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
“Once again we have an oppor
tunity to share in the unrelenting
battle against infantile paralysis,
the dread crippier that annually
attacks America’s children.
“We can hope that the children
of our community will be spared,
in the year before us. We cannot
be sure. No one can predict where,
when or how severely the Great
Crippier will strike. It therefore
behooves us to be prepared.
■ The Chattooga County Chapter
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis is arming now.
against the possibility of an out
break in the summer ahead. They
must have the necessary funds to
he:p our health officials, physkha.-s
and Hospitals provide the finest
available care and treatment lor
infantile paralysis patients. When
a polio outbreak occurs, no one
knows how much special equip
ment and appliances, or how many
physical therapists and nurses, may
be needed.
“Our chapter, and the National
Foundation are pledged to see to it
that no victim of infantile paralysis
shall go without care and treat
ment for lack of money, regardless
of age, race, creed or color.
■ This is our opportunity to share
in one of the greatest humanitar
ian services of all time. Let us all
resolve to give generously.”
The canvass for infantile paraly
sis funds begins next Monday, Jan.
14, and will continue through Jan.
31. It is hoped, however, that the
canvass in Chattooga will be com
pleted during the week of the 14th.
Mr. Walter Sturdivant is gen
eral county chairman and Mrs. Em
mett Clarkson is general chairman
of the women’s division of the
county. Mr. Sturdivant announces
he following as local chairmen of
various districts in the county:
Trion, Burrell Simmons; Summer
ville, Wilson J. Culpepper; Mont
gomery Knitting Mill, J. R. Bur
gess; Summerville Manufacturing
Company, Pete Dunson; Berryton.
A. B. Hammond; Menlo, Oscar
Cleckler; Lyerly, H. L. Abrams.
Chattooga county’s quota is
$3,000.00.
Mrs. Clarkson will be asked to ap
point workers in other communi
ties in the county.
Let the chairmen organize their
committees as soon as they can;
and let us complete this job next
week. Let every person have an
opportunity to make a contribu
tion!
Last year Chattooga county made
an outstanding record in its con
tribution to this cause, having
raised $3,000.00. For this record
he county received the commen
dation of Gov. Ellis Arnall. the
Georgia state chairman of the In
fantile Paralysis drive and that of
other notables. We are asked to
contribute not less than the
same amount this year, and let us
resolve to do so.
DEATH CLAIMS INFANT SON
MR. AND MRS. R. C. ELLENBURG
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
C. Eilenburg, aged 3 days, died at
its home Sunday night. Survived
by one brother, Eugene Forest Ei
lenburg. Graveside services were
held at Berry ton, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m..
Rev. Jeff Dale officiating.
CLYDE C. CLEMMONS
Relatives and friends were shock
ed Wednesday when word came
chat Clyde C. Clemons, age 62, died
Tuesday at his home in Bishop,
i Texas, ~of a heart attack. Mr.
j Clemmons was born and reared in
■ Summerville and went to Texas 40
j years ago. He is survived by his
| wife and two sons, Clyde, Jr., and
Byron, of Bishop; one brother, Tom
Clemmons, of Rome; two sisters,
Mrs. D. P. Henley, of Summerville,
and Mrs. Dabney Hardy, of Rome.
BAPTIST CHURCH TO HOLD
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
The congregation of the First
Baptist Church of Summerville will
hold services at the Presbyterian
' Church on Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Because of a breakdown
in the heating system in their own
. building, it is impossible to hold
services until repairs can be taken
care of. Ben C. Scarborough, pas
tor, issues a cordial invitation to
all to attend the services on Sun
, day afternoon.
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BASKET BALL AT LYERLY
The Lyerly basket ball team will
play the Cumberland Presbyterian
team, of Chattanooga, in Lyerly, on
Saturday night. Lyerly has won
both games it has played thus far
this season and is hoping to make
it three straight Saturday.
1.50 A YEAR