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VOL. 60; NO. 8.
Presentments Os
The Grand Jury
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY.
The Grand Jury empannelea and
sworn for the February, 1946, term
of Chattooga Superior Court hav
ing returned into court their gen
eral and special presentments, it
is ordered by the court:
That the said presentments be
spread upon the minutes of this
court and that same be published
in The Summerville News one time
and that the usual fee be paid
therefore.
The Grand Jury recommended
the appointment of Scott Cleckler
to succeed himself and he is here
by appointed N. P. and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace for the 968th
Georgia Militia District.
The Grand Jury appointed the
following to be members of the
County Board of Education: O. L.
Cleckler, five years; A. G. Dunson,
four years; Ben Housch, three
years; C. P. Hamilton, two years,
and H. L. Abrams for one year.
Their election and appointment is
hereby confirmed for the term set
opposite their respective names.
The Grand Jury recommended
that their presentments be pub
lished one time in The Summerville
News at the usual rate and it is
hereby ordered that the same be
paid for out of the funds of the
county. It is further ordered that
the Clerk of the Grand Jury be
paid for three extra days’ work in
preparing, assemblying and typing
their presentments.
This the Bth day of February,
1946.
C. H. PORTER,
Judge Superior Court,
Chattooga County.
Summerville, Ga.,
Feb. Bth, 1946.
Hon. C. H. Porter, Judge,
Rome Judicial Circuit:
We, the Grand Jury, selected for
the February term of Chattooga
Superior Court, have completed our
duties and beg to submit to you
the results of our findings.
Through our different commit
tees we have inspected the books
and records of the county officers,
and have also inspected the pub
lic buildings and institutions be
longing to the county. Our reports
are.hereby attached and made a
part of our presentments:
In view of the fact that insuffi
cient time was available to make
an exhaustive study to determine
whether or not county offices are
being properly conducted, we have
appointed a committee of jurors
to make such a study and submit
a report to this body on or before
April 25th, 1946.
Reports of County Home Committee
We, the committee, appointed by
the Grand Jury foreman at the
February term of 1946, beg to sub
mit the following report on the
County Home. We have made a
visit to the County Home, and find
it in need of repair; however, in
checking further into this condition
we find that provisions are being
made to move into a new location,
and the present establishment will
be sold. There are eleven men and
three women, and they all seem
well pleased with the treatment
they are receiving at the home.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. C. SCOGGINS,
L. J. Dawson,
V. W. Smith,
J. E. Hayes.
Report on Chain Gang Committee
We, the committee, appointed by
the Grand Jury foreman at the
February term of 1946, to inspect
our County Chain Gang, beg to
submit the following report:
We find the camp orderly and in
very good condition. The supplies
consist of 4 barrels flour, 3 bags of
Irish potatoes, 2 bags of beans, 316
pounds of sugar, 600 pounds of
meat, 2,200 cans of vegetables, 75
gallons syrup, 15 bushels of peas,
1 case milk. Equipment consists of
1 cement mixer, 1 rock crusher, 1
air compresser, 3 tractors, 2 graders
2 motor patrol graders, 4 dump
trucks, 1 scourifier and 1 complete
set of farming tools. Stock: 2
mules, 1 cow, 16 hogs and pigs.
Arms: One shotgun.
There,are six white prisoners
and thirteen colored prisoners.
Respectfully Submitted,
H. L. Kirkland,
J. L. BYNUM.
J. H. KING.
R. D. GARMANY.
Summerville, Ga.,
Feb. 8, 1946.
Report of Courthouse and Jail
Committee
We, the committee appointed by
the foreman of February, 1946,
Grand Jury, to inspect the court
house, and jail, beg to make the
following report.
We find the jail in fair condition;
however, the windows upstairs need
repairing. We think the proper
officers should consider building or
remodeling a more modern jail. We
talked with some of the inmates,
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946
Partain Gets Year On
Burglary Charge
The regular February term of
Chattooga Superior Court, which
convened Monday, Feb. 4, and ad
journed last Friday, disposed of a
very light docket, a number of civil
cases having been continued or set
tled without trial. Several divorce
cases were tried at this term.
Only three criminal cases were
disposed of during the week.
Herman Partain entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of burglary
and was sentenced by Judge Porter
to serve 12 months at the state
farm. He was charged with enter
ing the store of Rowland Henry a
few weeks ago.
Carl Hunter, charged with as
sault with intent to murder, was
found not guilty.
Archie Poles entered pleas of
guilty to two misdemeanor charges,
and was fined SIOO and costs in
each case.
The grand jury returned only 13
true bills at this term of court. C.
O. Walker, of Trion, was elected
foreman of the grand jury, with C.
R. Hentz, clerk, and C. P. Hamilton,
bailiff.
Court officials stated that much
of the grand jury’s time was taken
up in trying to find some way to
improve school conditions in the
county, it having been brought to
the attention of the grand jury that
school funds were inadequate and
that some schools were on the verge
of having to close because of a lack
of funds with which to continue to
operate.
Summerville Gets
Another Chenille Plant
A new chenille bedspread factory
will open here within the next few
days, according to Paul Waters, of
this place, who will be at the head
of the new business, which will be
known as the Waters Manufactur
ing Company.
It is said the new plant will man
ufacture chenille bedspreads and
rugs.
Summerville Divides
With LaFayette Team
The Summerville High school
basket ball tqams divided two
games with LaFayette in LaFayette
Tuesday night.
The Summerville boys trounced
the lads from LaFayette, 27-13,
while the lassies from LaFayette
were winning 29-7. Both winning
teams used plenty of substitutions
during the last half.
Girls
Summerville (7) LaFayette (29)
Story FCooper (5)
Phillips F Ramey (6)
Allison F_ Langston (10)
Little G McArthur
Tedder G Tate, I.
Bridgeman ..J....G Tate, J.
Perry Clinton (1)
Moore Gray (1)
Boys
Summerville (27) LaFayette (23)
Cash (14) F Waters (5)
Lee (1) F Kelley (2)
Baker (2) C Inman (1)
Hunter (9) G Loggins (11)
Nix G Pike (1)
Substitutions—Bush, Poole (1),
Fulton, Cordle and Martin.
More Men Inducted
At Fort McPherson
List of men inducted at Fort Mc-
Pherson, Ga., from Chattooga
county local board in January,
1946:
Ray Branson Gayler.
John Wesley Hester.
John Paul Scoggins.
Earl Hendrix Tinney.
James Earl Reece.
Roy Dewey Chastain, Jr.
Russell Harry Stanfield.
James Douglas Curtis.
Thomas Edward Romine HI.
LEAVE FOR PRE-INDUCTION
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Grady Nelson, Jr.
Clyde Wilford Angles.
Robert Julius Headrick.
William Clarence Baldwin.
William Alvin Lowrance.
Henry Luther Miller, Jr.
Carl Junior Crowe.
William Junior Mull.
Harold Cox Scruggs.
Olin Glenn Abernathy.
Donald Devoy Hammonds.
Romh Leon Bowman.
Billy Franklin Espy.
Lowi ance Russell Digsby.
Pau} Franklin Scott.
YOUTH FOR CHRIST
We “cordially urge all young peo
ple to be with us in our next meet
ing. The place: Courthouse, Sum
merville. The time: 7:45 p.m.,
February 16, 1946. —S. L. Walker,
Seen tary.
Lyerly, Menlo Boys,
Menlo, Trion Girls
Win in Openers
The Chattooga county basket ball
tournament got under way Monday
evening at 5:30 in the Summerville
gymnasium when the Menlo girls
nosed out the Lyerly girls, 33 to 38.
In this game there was plenty of
action from start to finish. The
lead changing almost as frequently
as each time a goal was made. Kel
lett, of Lyerly, and Broome and
Wafford, of Menlo, led the scoring
in this game.
The second game found the Gore
boys a little off form in the first
half, but came back strong after
the intermission only to be de
feated by Lyerly with Bryant and
Stallings leading the scoring with
a dozen points apiece.
The third game saw Trion take
a close and hard-fought game from
Summerville girls. Plummer and
Langston led the scoring for Trion
with 12 and 11 points respectively.
The fourth and final game be
tween Menlo and Trion boys which
was won by Menlo, 30-29, takes the
honors for the night, each team
fighting desperately all the way in
an effort to come out victorious.
The tournament resumed play
Wednesday night, with Summer
ville boys meeting the Menlo boys
and the Trion girls meeting the
Gore girls in the semi-finals. The
finals will be held Thursday night,
the first game beginning at 7:30.
Monday—s:3o P.M.
Girls
Lyerly (33) Menlo (38)
Kellett (25) ....FBroome (15)
White (4) F .... Wafford (17)
Kimbell (4) —F Hall (2)
Brady G Toles
Rogers GThomas
Brison ...G. Sloan
Jackson -—G Pattun
Hicks
Monday—6:3o
Boys
Lyerly (39) Gore (27)
Bryant (12) FOwens (1)
Bishop (6) F Willingham (9)
Gayler (6) C Hendricks (7)
Stallings (12) .G Cargle (2)'
Crawford (1) ....G West (4)
Black (2) Aldrich (4)
Monday—7:3o
Girls
Summerville (18) Trion (27)
P. Tedder (4) ....F Green (2)
Phillips (9) F Langston (11)
Story (3) F Harold (2)
Allison (2) G Hollis
Tedder G Farmer
Little G Ellis
Bridgeman Plummer (12)
Moore Crye-Knockie
Monday—B:3o
Boys
Menlo (30) Trion (29)
H. Jones (13) ... F_. C. Hayes (15)
Hutchins (7) .. FB. Hayes (2)
Chamblee (8) C A. Hayes
B. Jones (2) G J. Hayes (6)
DanielG Cochran (61
Tucker Crawford
Massey
Menlo Wins
Double-Header
Before a large crowd of interested
spectators at Menlo gymnasium,
Menlo won over Johnson High in
two close, hard games Feb. 5. The
girls score being 14 to 12 and the
boys score 23 to 21.
The line-up for each game fol
lows:
Girls
Menlo Johnson
Wofford (10) ... F McClain
Rail (2) FBaker (5)
Hardwick F Glenn (7)
Sloan G Collins
Thomas G Patrick
Toles G Carnes
Subs, Menlo—Broome (2). Subs,
Johnson —Dillard, Gresham.
Boys
Menlo Johnson
Hutchins (6) ....FMorrow (5)
H. Jones (7) .....FBray (2)
Chamblee (4) —CKerce (9)
B. Jones G McClain
Daniel G Marshall
Subs, Menlo—Powell (6).
Subs, Johnson —Byars.
DANIEL L. JOHNS AWARDED
CASH PRIZE FOR HELPING TO
INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION
Daniel L. Johns, of Summerville,
member of the Georgia Association
of the Future Farmers of America,
has been awarded a cash prize to
talling $35 for his part in helping
to increase Georgia’s food produc
tion during the last year of the
war. Dr. M. D. Collins, state school
superintendent, announced today.
LYERLY TO PLAY
PEERLESS WOOLEN MILLS
AND FORT OGLETHORPE
Lyerly will play the Peerless
Woolen Mills team in Lyerly on Fri
day night at 8:15 in Lyerly.
Lyerly will play the Fort Ogle
thorpe Soldiers in Lyerly Saturday
night at 8:00.
Jodie A. Pullen, Sr.,
Passes in Chattanooga;
Formerly Lived Here
Jodie, A. Pullen, Sr., life-long
resident of Summerville, and fore
man of the carding department of
the Summerville Manufacturing
Company for 25 years, died Mon
day morning at a Chattanooga hos
pital after a long illness.
He is survived by six children,
Mrs. Annie McGee Roach, Mrs.
Pauline Leland, Scott, Marvin, Paul
and Joe Pullen; three sisters, Lucy
Bird, Nonnie Belle Pullen and Mrs.
Sallie Penley; three brothers, Carl,
Bob and the Rev. Alfred Pullen;
several grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist
church with the Rev. Alfred Pullen,
brother of the deceased, officiat
ing, assisted by the Revs. Ben C.
Scarbrough and E. L. Williams, of
Chattanooga. Interment in the
Summerville cemetery. Active pall
bearers: Ernest and Andrew Bridg
man, Alfred Cash, O. L. Webb, Mark
Johnson and Johnnie Whitley. Hon
orary pallbearers: Claude Turner,
John Whisnant, J. L. McGinnis, Dr.
W. B. Hair, Dr. F. W. Hall, Dr. R.
M. Little, Dr. H. D. Brown, C. L.
Hale, Carl Wilson, E. Montgomery,
Bob McLeod, John King, John
Jones, A. H. Glenn, Penn Selman,
Baxter Colbert, J. A. Scoggins,
George Crawford, Ed Eilenburg and
W. E. Turner.
Walter H. Tinney
Dies At His Home
Walter H. Tinney, 57, died sud
denly at his home just north of
Trion, Ga., Friday at 4 p.m. Mr.
i Tinney had lived in Chattooga
county since 1928 and was an ac
tive member of the Pleasant Grove
Church of Christ. A member of
the Modern Woodmen of America
and secretary of Lodge No. 16347.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Hendrix Tinney; five sons, J. H.
.of Dallas, Ga.; R. H., of Rome;
Earl H., of Camp Lee. Va.; Dwight
. and James Pat, of Trion; 1 daugh
ter, Miss Minnie Sue Tinney, of
Trion; two brothers, L. A., of Trion;
J. Ed, of Berryton; six sisters, Mrs.
Myrtis Burt, Albertville, Ala.; Mrs.
Eunice Rogerts, Lorraine, Texas;
Mrs. Mattie Thompson, Marietta,
Ga.; Mrs. Ola Broome, Menlo, Ga.;
Mrs. Eula Floyd and Mrs. Nora Day,
of Trion, Ga. Funeral services were
conducted from the Pleasant Grove
Church of Christ Sunday afternoon,
with the Rev. Harold Kennemer,
pastor of the church, officiating.
Nephews of Mr. Tinney served as
pallbearers. Interment in the
Howell cemetery.
Representatives Here
To Aid Residents
Representatives of the agencies
listed below contact Summerville
and Trion on the dates indicated
and render the various services to
residents of Chattooga county:
United States Employment Serv
ice representative at 10 a.m. every
Thursday for purpose of taking ap
plications and referring to jobs.
Georgia State Employment Se
curity Agency representative at
courthouse every other Thursday
for the purpose of receiving appli
cations for Employment Compensa
tion Claims (not Social Security)
and service men’s readjustment al
lowance.
Veterans’ Service representative
in Summerville the second and
third Thursdays of each month at
courthouse. Next visit will be Feb.
14, 1946.
Social Security Board represent
ative in Summerville at postoffice
at 10 a.m. to 12 noon, on the sec
ond Tuesday of each month. Trion
postoffice at 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
on the fourth Tuesday of each
month.
WHO KNOWS?
1. What determines corporate
excess profits?
2. What is the Ball-Burton-
Hatch bill?
3. Do enlisted men in the army
receive terminal pay when leaving
the service?
4. Did the Japs make a success
ful surprise attack in the Philip
pines after Pearl Harbor?
5. Name the five permanent
members of the Security Council of
the United Nations.
6. Are privately published maga
zines barred in Russia?
7. What does the navy mean by
“guinea pigs?”
8. Who organized the C. 1.0.?
9. What is the maximum wage
set by federal law?
10. Who is George E. Allen?
(Answers on Inside Page)
American Legion
To Hold Regular
Meeting Friday Night
The regular meeting Chattooga
County Post 129 American Legion
will be at Legion Hall Friday night
at 7:30. Every ex-service man and
woman in county are asked to
come. There will be refreshments,
so come and bring someone with
you. There will be cards for mem
bership and you are asked to get
your 1946 card.
Membership of the Legion is a
recognition of individual invest
ment in the future of the nation,
and of individual sacrifice to de
fence of country. The Legion but
ton stands for the bearer’s contri
bution in toil and sweat, in drill
and fatigue, in undergoing willing
ly danger of death, in perhaps spill
ing own blood on a battlefield, all
in the cause of the nation’s free
dom.
The Legion has been so thorough
ly identified with genuine Ameri
canism that the Legion cap has
been a passport over the Interna
tional Bridge at El Paso, and has
even gained admittance .for its
bearers to the White House, with
no other credentials.
JIM TEDDER,
Post Adjutant
American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
The Legion is fighting the bat
tles of the veterans and is exert
ing a tremendous influence for
the good of America. The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary is going for
ward shoulder to shoulder with the
Legion in these endeavors. A part
in almost all Legion activities is
assigned to the Auxiliary and
we need increased membership
strength to carry this responsi
bility.
At this time the Auxiliary is of
fering the wives, mothers, sisters
and' daughters of all Legionnaires
an opportunity to share their Le
gion interests and activities with
them during the coming year. The
year of 1946 will be one of the most
active in Legion history, with many
important issues at stake and big
events scheduled. Women of the
Auxiliary will be working side by
side with the men of the Legion to
make the year a complete success.
Auxiliary members share in Le
gion social events, as well as in the
work of its serious program. A mem
bership in the Auxiliary strength
ens family ties by providing com
mon interests, friends and activi
ties.”
Enrollment of Auxiliary members
for 1946 is going forward rapidly,
with 100 per cent of the Unit’s 1945
strength already enrolled. Many
women newly eligible through
World War II have become mem
bers and are taking an active part
in the work of the organization.
Invitations are being extended to
others as rapidly as they become
eligible through enrollment of vet
erans of their families in the Le
gion.
The Auxiliary will meet Tuesday
night, Feb. 19, at Legion Hall. All
ladies eligible are urged to attend.
UNION BAG & PAPER
SPONSORING SERIES OF
ADS SHOWING TIMBER LOSS
In an effort to be of assistance
to Georgia timber tract owners in
protecting their trees from forest
fires which are at their height
during the winter months of the
year, Union Bag & Paper Corpora
tion, of Savannah, Ga., is sponsor
ing a series of three newspaper
advertisements pointing out ways
of controlling fires and calling at
tention to the tremendous loss suf
fered by all Georgians when woods
burn.
The fire prevention series of ad
vertisements is a part of the state
wide educational program recently
inaugurated by Union Bag & Paper
Corporation in the interest of tim
ber tract owners and those indus
tries which use forest products as
their raw material.
“When we consider,” a company
official stated, “that a little more
than a cord of wood is burned for
every cord sold, and the fact that
more than half of the state of
Georgia is in forest land, we can
appreciate the tremendous loss to
Georgia’s economy from forest
fires.”
BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. J. L. Caldwell, Pastor
Morning Program:
Sunday School—lo A.M.
Preaching—ll A.M.
Evening Program:
Youth Fellowship—6:4s P.M.
Sermon in Pictures—7:3o P.M.
Come worship the Lord in sin
cerity and truth.
Additional Men
Discharged From
The Armed Services
List of men recently discharged
from the armed forces in Chattoo
ga county follows:
Raymond Pershing Pettyjohn
Frank McCutchins
Harry Terrell
Carl Montgomery
Walter Theo Jones
Eugene Bloodworth
Odell Christopher
Lewis Payton
Hillard Ray Marbutt
Lewis Monroe Hammond
Jodie Andrew Pullen, Jr.
William Henry Morgan
Elbert Hampton Brewer
Thomas Watson Tate
Morris Frederick Hightower
Oliver Eizra Perry
Herman Dave Miller
Robert Fay Barnes
Ralph Herman Curtis
John Fred Dye
Max McKinley Brown
John Dalton Howell
Clarence Clark
Ernest Mann Sitton
Eugene Bigham
John Allmon Palmer
Wallace Leroy Bailey
R. W. Williams
John McAdoo Ratliff
J. R. Hawkins
Paul Humphrey
James Robert Hughes
Homer William Atkins
George G. Hammond
Grover Cleveland Jackson
Elmer Lee Smith
Benjaniin Franklin Vaughn
Theo Frederick Hancock
Harold Cloys Elrod
Russell Lamar Grimes
Clarence Oscar Luttrell
Clarence Clayton Cameron
Clyde Winston Tucker
Guy Winford Bailey
Grady Fay Ramey
William Edgar Hix
Joseph Frank Brown
Ralph Terry Patty
Wilbur Elrod
Charles Porter Durham
Judson Henry Starkey
William Andrew Forrest
Warren Gamiel Benson
Holland Lowery Taylor
Paul Broome
Clifford Carlton Housch, Jr.
Johnny William Lovelace
Guy Everett Shamblin
Glenn William Orr
Aaron Eugene Stanfield
Alvis Owens McGuire
Nathaniel G. McCurdy
Grady James Richardson
Clifford McHenry Meadows
Andrew Russell McGukin
Alton Henry Scoggins
Will Henry Hudgins
Columbus Washington Ray
Herman Hudson Cleveland
Mack Arden, Jr.
Walter Daniel Veatch
Hubert Max Joyner
Herman Clifton Anderson
John Hill Hall
Paul Wright
Erick Cleveland Baker
Thomas Carlton McCollum
William Culberson Bryant
Troy George Atkins
Grady Winson Fuller
Cecil Guy Edwards
Albert Glenn Austin
J. W. Dooley
Johnny William Barrett
Stuart Tripp Marks
Janes Albert Bynum
John Howard Parson
Henry Lewis Broome
James Eliza Mathis
James William Watkins, Jr.
William Lee Knowles
Fred Billie Hurley
Deforest Spraggins
James H. Neal
Fred E. Farmer
Bruce E. Gregg
Joe V. Hatchcock
Thomas D. Leonard
John D. McCluskey
James L. Palmer
Dewey Edward Stewart
Lewis Jackson Waters
William H. Woods
Ralph Barclay
Harold L. Jett
Albert C. Myers
Women receiving honorable dis
charges from the armed forces fol
low:
Iris R. Alexander
Lorraine B. Williams
Mary N. Lewis
NOTICE
A revival is in progress at the
Church of God in Berryton, Ga.,
with Rev. Jeff Dale, the pastor, do
ing the preaching. If you would
like to hear a soul-stirring mes
sage come out and hear him each
night. Services begin at 7:30 p.m.
GLENN EDWARD BAILEY
DELINQUENT FROM BOARD
Anyone knowing the whereabouts
of Glenn Edward Bailey please no
tify the Chattooga county local
board as he is being considered de
linquent because of failure to report
for induction into the armed forces
as ordered by this office.
1.50 A YEAR