Newspaper Page Text
VOL. 60; NO. 5.
- MORE MEN, WOMEN
ARE DISCHARGED
FROM THE SERVICE
Following are listed additional
■men and women from Chattooga
County who have recently been dis
charged from the service:
Ben Franklin Gladney
Alfred Eller
Marvin Allgood
Roy Lee Moseley
4 Robert Lynn Bell
George Bruce Blackwell
William Charles J/andress
Waymond Elie Roper
Richard Albert Canada
Guy Herbert Mi'ls
Carl Walton Cline
Ernest Franklin Wilson
Robert Leon Williams
Fred Walter Lancaster
Frank Thomas Maxwell
Oliver Thomas Creamer
Franklin Lambert
Gordon Lee Sullivan
Roland Lawrence Fleming
Martin Arthur Williams
J. V. Ellison
Chester Mack Smith
Samuel Freeman
Robert Greeson Ragland
William Darty Shropshire
Ralph Martin Brown
Pearlie J. Shropshire
Bennie Lee Cleveland
Russell Benjamin Raynes
Fletcher Ray McWhorter
Donald Quinton Bouchillon
T. J. Eller
Max Alfred Hogg
William Henry Crutchfield
Glee Thomas Bryant
Paul Walker McGraw
David Crockett Parham, Jr.
Ludwig Winson Hall
Robert Gordon Johns
James Edward Adams
Paul William Stewart
Robert Russell Hines
William Wesley Peck
John Wesley Neal
Jack W. Brown
Ray Windle Busby
* Richard Harvey Hogue
Russell Lee Scoggins
James Walter Sherman
Frank William Rosser
J. C. Williams
Roy Fay Roper
John LaFayette Bryson
Clarence Junior Colbert
Sidney Fay Norton
James Dewey York
William Jackson Scharrier
Max Henry Chasteen
Carl Eugene Strickland
William Rossie Brown
Robert Vincent Watts
Archie Butts Mitchell
John B. Parker
Robert Cordle Bagley
Guy R. Sullivan
Mary E. Major
Lucien C. Turner, Jr.
James C. Whitfield
John U. Lawson
Lon E. Eilenburg
Thurman L. Pledger
John C. Cavin
John M. Durham
Herman M. Hall
’ Claude H. Seymore
Vann J. Tate
Roy L. Langston
Charles Philip Keith
Flavin L. Ashe
» William P. Welch
Edward B. Dooley
Paul M. Murphy
Dillard D. Wooten
William A. Cavin
Ruius S. Black
Louis J. Brand, Jr.
James W. Evans
Stonie Franklin Baine
Lawrence Andrew Martin
Louis Olen Allmon
Thomas Jefferson Drummond
Lon Edgar Eilenburg
Howard Ross Johnson
John Cecil Herod
Melton Al.onso Huston
Manuel Esway Hayes
John Clayton Strickland
Glen Johnson
Paulie Nelson Green
R. C. White
Walter Goree Clowdis
Milton Luther Bailey
William Arthur Wilson
Wesley Murphy Beason, Jr.
Ben Ragland
Herman Milton Trice
Carl Cameron Baker
Penn Eugene Tate
James Daniel Hawkins
John Black Whisnant, Jr.
William Bruce Clarkson
Lee Roy Lavender, Jr.
Charles Fletcher Cleghorn
Thurbert Woodrow Allison
Marshall Walter Henry Moseley
eLonard Rady Green
John William Henderson
William Myers Jackson
4 Gus Alexander Powell
Earnest Harold Boman
Edward Walker Massey
George Paul Reece, Jr.
; Robert Eugene Dyer
’ Hubert Goodwin Pegg, Jr.
Eldred Deforrest Barrett
Harold Dean White
John Franklin Rowlls
William Daniel Vinyard
©hr Sitmmmnllr Nms
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946.
Baltimore's .'Miracle Boy ” Walks‘Again
Si s|g|||
F 1 W
FX ' Iwr * it®
i' W X/1
w W Z/ /, I
Five-year-old Roger Hawk, almost completely
paralyzed for eleven months, made so rapid and
complete a recovery within five weeks that he’s
called the “miracle boy” of Kernan's Hospital.
Stricken with infantile paralysis in August of
1944, just after he had been crowned “Supreme
King” of perfect health in a contest for Baltimore
youngsters, young Roger’s case was considered
almost hopeless.
. Parents of the boy took the Polio Emergency i
MRS. ANNIE MAE VOYLES
DIES AT HER HOME HERE
Mrs. Annie Mae Voyles, age 51,
died at her home in Summerville
January 15 at 9:45 a.m. after a few
month’s illness. Surviving Mrs.
Voyles is her father, Mr. Ruius
Hackett; two sons, Robert Padgett
and Emmett Voyles, of Summervile;
one brother, Felton Hackett, of Cal
houn.
Funeral services were held Jan.
16 at 2:30 p.m. from the Dickey
ville church, with the Rev. John
ston officiating. Interment in the
Summerville cemetery.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. H. M. WILLINGHAM
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie
Mae Willingham, wife of E. A. Wil
lingham, were held from the
Menlo Baptist church Monday at 2
o’clock with the Revs. Piper, of
Menlo, and Floyd Higgins, of Sum
merville, officiating Interment in
the Alpine cemetery.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by one son, Winston, of near
Menlo; two stepsons, Frank, of
Rossville, Ga., and Albert, of Chat
tanooga; 1 stepdaughter, Mrs. I. O.
Tucker, of Raleigh, N. C.; four
brothers and twn °isters.
INFANT REBECv ' ANN ROBERTS
Rebecca Ann Roberts, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Odell Roberts, died in Trion Satur
day, Jan. 19. Survived by father
and mother, grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Denton, Mr. and Mrs. F.
M. Roberts. Funeral services were
held from the graveside Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Fred Woodrow Bryson
Monroe Baxter Bruce
Paul Arthur McWhorter
John David Massey
Stanley Rude Greenwood
Hubert Franklin Hall
Joseph Dodd Wood
Kelly Elmore Brown
William Alfred Roberts
Hoke Daniel Smith
Emory Willis Graham
Roland Rufus Hughes
Johnnie Ray Buckalew
Charles Robert Langston
I. W. Barber
James Leonard Hill
Charles Penn oLndon
Benjamin Harold Powell
James Calvin Sims
Herbert Kay Tucker
Winston Cicero Pledger
Calvin Virgil Hughes
Robert Lewis Shamblin
John Hugh Mills
William Deforrest Rogers
James Edward Kinsey
William Hershel Warnock
Robert Lamar Perry
Charles Grigsby
Dillard D. Bailey
Ralph Wallace Perkins
Wilburn Howard Hunter
Robert Crabtree
Roland Wyatt Ransom, Jr.
John A. Deering
Joseph J. Strickland
Silas Clayton Tims
Redford Abernathy
Virgil M. Payton
Lyman D. Howard
Earl R. Edwards
I *W i -J
I ■ HI - z
■ PRWs, a
; &W ; Iliil&uASr $
i H i ,W / Wl©* 'Zf :
IJI
I • ®Z J# " Z
Volunteers training course in polio care, sponsored
bv the Maryland Chapter of The National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, so that they could help
Roger in his fight back to health.
First photo shows Mrs. Hawk helping Roger
with his physical therapy exercises to strengthen
weakened muscles. Second photo, Roger shows
mother and dad that he really can walk again and
without crutches. Dad, incidentally, .was also a
polio victim in his youth. «
DATES TO FILE
STATE RETURNS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Taxes Due Should Be Paid to Avoid
Penalties Fixed by Law
With the tune at hand to file
state tax returns, the lollowing of
ficial information should be of par
ticular interest and value to the
taxpayer, who would do well to cui
it out and place it where he will
have ready access to it.
State income taxes must be filed
during the time from January 1 to
March 15. Every single person with
a net income of one thousand dol
lars or more or a gross income of
five thousand dollars or more, and
every married individual or hus
band and wife jointly with a $2,500
net income or five thousand dollar
gross, or more, must file returns.
Also every fiduciary, trustee or
guardian, partnership or corpora
tion must file, regardless of income.
One-third of the income tax may
be paid on or before March 15. The
taxpayer may pay all or any part
over one-third, but at least one
third o. the tax must accompany
the return. Penalty for failure to
file on time without extension is 25
per cent of the tax plus one per
cent interest per month, if not paid
when due.
Tags for all automobiles, trucks,
trailers and all other motor ve
hicles must be purchased during
tne period irom January 1 to April
1 to avoid 20 per cent penalty, in
addition to one dollar sheriff’s fee.
Returns on intangible taxes must
be made from January 1 to March
15, with a penalty of 25 per cent for
failure to make return. Penalty
accrues as of March 16. Rates on
intangible items include: Money,
ten cents per thousand dollars;
stocks of foreign corporations, $1
per thousand dollars; mortgages or
notes secured by real estate, $3 per
thousand dollars; bonds, except
governmental, $3 per thousand dol
lars.
Chain store taxes were due Jan.
I, or at commencement of business.
If not paid within sixty days, a ten
per cent penalty is prescribed; or
if not paid in ninety days, a 20
per cent penalty.
The law as to filling local tax re
turns with local tax receivers has
been changed so as to require re
turns to be made January 1 to
April 1. The statute further pro
vides that application for home
stead and personal property exemp
tions be made within the same
dates.
RED”CROSSELECTiON
A meeting of the members of the
Red Cross will be held in the office
of the Home Service Secretary in
the courthouse on Monday, Jan. 28,
at 2 o’clock p.m. for the purpose
of electing officers for 1946.
Everybody who has contributed to
the Red Cross fund is eligible to
vote and is urged to be present.—
J. T. Morgan, president Chattooga
County Chapter ARC.
AUTO TAGS MUST HE
PURCHASED DY MARCH I
Automobile tax licenses must be
purchased between now and March
31 under a 20 per cent penalty, says
State Revenue Commissioner M. E.
Thompson, who said he would ask
or no extension of the deadline.
State intangible tax returns must
be made up as of Jan. 1 and filed
by March 15. The tax can be paid
in the fall to county tax collectors.
Thompson pointed out that state
income tax returns must be made
oy March 15 by every single per
son making over SI,OOO or over and
every married person making $2,-
500 or over, as well as persons with
a gross income exceeding $5,000. A
penalty of 15 per cent (minimum
$5) will be charged every one who
files late, and a 50 per cent penal
ty will be added for attempted
fraud. Income taxes bear interest
at 6 per cent until filed and at 1
per cent per month when delin
quent.
Will Collect Penalty
"In every case I expect to collect
the penalty and interest provided
by law from delinquent taxpayers,”
Commissioner Thompson said.
Commissioner Thompson said
that investigators in his office col
lected $633,352 in delinquent taxes
during December alone, and would
continue to go after delinquents.
SUMMERVILLE WINS
DOUBLE-HEADER
The Summerville High School
won a double-header basketball
game from Menlo Tuesday night.
The girls’ game was close all the
way, but the Summerville girls
came out at the end with a 2-point
victory.
The boys’ game was not so close,
with the Summerville boys leading
14-0 before the half. The Summer
ville boys won by a score of 36-20,
and the Summerville girls won by a
score of 26-24.
Our next game will be with Ar
muchee Tuesday.
Summerville—Lee, 14; Cash, 10;
Baker, 2; Nix, 6; Cordle.
Substitution—Hunter, 4; Martin,
Poole, Jones, Daniels.
Menlo —Hutchins, 2; Tucker, 0;
Chamblee, 9; Bob James, 0; Powell,
9.
GIRLS’ GAME
Summerville—Phillips, 8; Moore,
0; Story, 2; Tedder, Little, Allison.
Substitutions P. Tedder, 13;
Perry, 3; Bridgeman.
Menlo—Woffard, 14; Hall, 10;
Hardwick, 0; Thomas, Sloan, Hix.
Substitutions—Hurt, Payton.
HOMER A. PURSLEY
DIES AT HIS HOME HERE
Homer Alexander Pursley, 88,
died at his home, Summerville Rt.
3, Jan. 21 at 8:30 p.m. Funeral
services were conducted from the
Beersheba Presbyterian church
Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment in
the Macedonia cemetery. Rev. S. K.
Dodson officiating.
H. L. WINGATE TO
DELIVER ADDRESS AT
FARM BUREAUMEET
W. M. Storey, member of the
board of directors of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation, an
nounced this week that H. L. Win
gate, president of the organization, |
will return to the state in time to
deliver the principal address at the ;
district meeting of farm bureau >
chapters to be held in Rome on
Wednesday, Jan. 30, beginning at
10 a.m. in the commissioners’ room
of the Floyd county courthouse.
Mr. Wingate has been in Wash
ington for several days leading the
fight against the proposal of OPA
to place a ceiling price on the 1946
crop of cotton, “and when the
GFBF executive addresses our
farmers we will have a new appre
ciation for the work this organiza
tion is doing for the farmers of the
Seventh district,” Director Storey
stated. Every farmer in the dis- ■
trict should be present for the
Rome conference, the director said,!
“to enlist his support in the fight
to protect the cotton growers and 1
other producers of farm commodi
ties against the discriminatory pro
posals of OPA.”
The Rome meeting will not be
confined to the discussion of cot
ton, Mr. Storey pointed out, “but
will include every commodity pro
duced on the farms of our district,”
he continued, “and when the rec
ord of achievements of this organi
zation are revealed to our farmers
I am confident that we will see the
beginning of a membership drive
that will reach new heights during
1946.”
Mr. Storey will preside at the
Rome meeting and will introduce
the speakers on the program. The
principal address will be delivered
by President H. L. Wingate, while
others to appear on the program
include Mrs. Joe S. Ray, president
of the Associated Women; Herbert
E. Woodruff, director of organiza
tion and research, and H. R. Yan
d!e, director of public relations and
editor of the Georgia Farm Bureau
News.
Every newspaper in the Seventh
district has been invited to attend
the Rome meeting as a guest of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
Director Storey said, when infor
mation pertaining to every phase
of the organization will be fur
nished the editors.
CHATTOOGA TEACHERS
INDORSE G. E. A.
LEGISLATIVEPROGRAM
At a called meeting of the Chat
tooga County Teachers’ Association
held in the courthouse at 2 o’clock
Jan. 10, the group unanimously in
dorsed the legislative program as
adopted by the representative as
semply of the G. E. A.
The meeting, called to order by
the president, Miss Frances Bar
ron, of Gore, opened with commu
nity singing, led by Principal Smith
of Pennville. Miss Poole, county
supervisor, acted as secretary, due
to the moving away of Mrs. Smith,
until Miss Kelley, of Summerville,
was elected to fill the post.
Mrs. Clarkson, the county school
superintendent, made announce
ments concerning teachers’ income
tax returns, and the payment of
federal aid to teachers. Then in a
discussion, she clarified some ques
tions relative to the teacher retire
ment act.
The chairman of the Sixth Dis
trict of the G. E. A., Mrs. Ruth 1
Williams, superintendent of Catoo- ,
sa County Schools, brought before |
the group the legislative program
adopted by the representative as
sembly of the G. E. A. She stressed
the importance of active local
teachers’ organizations in order to
sell the legislative program to the
legislators through the people,
aroused by the needs of schools
and teachers.
The local association unanimous
ly indorsed the program. Principal
Harris, of Menlo, was appointed
chairman of a publicity commit
tee to get the program before the
public.
Representative Grady Ramey, a
guest, told of his hearty indorse
ment of the program, and pledged
his support in aiding to pass it at
the present legislative meeting.
Mrs. Clarkson made an added
appeal for the program by present
ing the amount of, and sources of.
school taxes for the county, and
by showing the dire need of Chat
tooga County without federal funds,
which will not be available another
year. Unless some measures be
taken, Chattooga County Schools
will not be able to function for
1946-47.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
ANNOUNCE CHANGES
AND COMMITTEES
At the regular meeting of the
City Council matters taken up have
been the election of a police chief,
Carl Hankins, a Summerville boy,
who has been in the army three
| years, 2>/ 2 years spent in England
i serving as a MP. W. B. Whaley also
| was elected as a member of the
■ police force.
Miss Mary Thompson was elected
city clerk.
Attorney Jesse M. Sellers has
been appointed city attorney.
Bill Edwards, recently returned
from the navy, has been put in
charge of the city waterworks and
as recorder.
The mayor and council has under
consideration the removing of all
taxicabs from Commerce street
from Cleghorn spring to Trimble
i Service Station. Please contact your
[ councilman and give him your opin
i ion.
■ We will name at our meeting
I Monday night a committee to as
j sist and advise us on residential and
| business house restrictions before
1 issuing building permits. Any sug
gestions will be considered.
Mayor Perry announced the fol
lowing committees:
Tax assessors were chosen from
the members of the council, J. R.
Burgess, Dennis Cox and D. T.
Espy, with three men acting as
advisory committee, W. P. Selman,
W. B. Hair and A. G. Dunson.
Following are the standing com
mittees:
Finance Committee Willis
James, chairman; J. R. Burgess,
Dennis Cox, D. T. Espy.
Street Committee—J. R. Burgess,
chairman; Dennis Cox, Willis
James, D. T. Espy.
Ordinance Committee D. T.
Espy, chairman; Willis James, Den
nis Cox, J. R. Burgess.
School Committee—J. R. Bur
gess, chairman; D. T. Espy, Willis
James, Dennis Cox.
Relief Committee —D. T. Espy,
chairman; J. R. Burgess, Dennis
Cox, Willis James.
Nuisance Committee Dennis
Cox, chairman, D. T. Espy, Willis
James, J. R. Burgess.
Fire Committee Willis James,
chairman; Dennis Cox, J. R. Bur
gess, D. T. Espy.
Light Committee —Dennis Cox,
chairman; Willis James, D. T. Espy,
' J. R. Burgess.
Park Committee—J. R. Burgess,
chairman; D. T. Espy, Willis James,
Dennis Cox.
Water Committee—Dennis Cox,
chairman, Willis James, J. R. Bur
gess, D. T. Espy.
Entertainment Committee—Wil
lis James, chairman; J. R. Burgess,
D. T. Espy, Dennis Cox.
Sanitary Committee—D. T. Espy,
chairman; Dennis Cox, J. R. Bur
gess, Willis James.
COMPENSATION TAX
PAYMENTS MUST DE
TURNED IN DY JAN. 31
AU 1945 unemployment compen
sation tax reports and payments
must be received by the Georgia
Employment Security Agency on or
before Jan. 31 for employers to re
ceive full credit for their payment
as an offset against the federal un
employment tax and avoid penal
ties, Commissioner Ben T. Huiet, of
the Georgia Department of Labor,
employment security agency warns.
Most employers covered by the
unemployment compensation law
are Uable to the federal govern
| ment for a 3 per cent tax on their
' payrolls, but they are given full
credit and offset by the federal gov
ernment for all timely payments of
contributions to the state agency,
Mr. Huiet explained.
The state agency automatically
certifies to the federal government
each year the amount of contribu
tions paid by each employer on or
before the following Jan. 31, in or
der to protect the rights of Geor
gia taxpayers.
Employers of eight or more work
ers for some portion of a day in
each of 20 different weeks within a
calendar year in the United States
who have employment in Georgia
must submit wage reports and pay
unemployment tax to the Georgia
Employment Security Agency.
A STEAK WINDFALL
Detroit. —Inspecting a sklyight in
the building occupied by his clean
ing establishment Morris Sandu
brae discovered 22 packages on the
roof of his building. They con
tained about 100 pounds of beef
steak. The meat was turned over
to the poUce to keep cool for any
potential claimant.
1.50 A YEAR