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VOL. 60; NO. 11.
Chattooga County Boy & Girl
Os Year To Be Selected
Civic Clubs of Chattooga County
are sponsoring selection of candi
dates from this county to partici
pate in the Georgia Junior Citi
zenship Award. These clubs, the
Lions Club of Summerville, Lions
Club of Trion and Summerville-
Ttion Rotary Club selected com
mittees, which working together,
form the County Boy and Girl of
the Year Committee and have for
mulated the following rules, ac
cording to the rules of the state
contest:
BOY AND GIRL OF THE YEAR
COMMITTEE OF CHATTOOGA
COUNTY
Sponsored by Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club, Summerville Lions
Club, Trion Lions Club.
The following plan has been
agreed upon by the above commit
tee to direct the selection of can
didates from Chattooga County to
participate in the Georgia Junior
Citizenship Award. These candi
dates will be selected from the fol
lowing high schools: Summerville,
Trion, Gore, Menlo, Lyerly, Sub
ligna.
The students selected from our
county will be given a scholarship
award of $l5O to be applied toward
their expenses to the college of
their choice.
The final selection of candidates
will include the following:
One from Summerville.
One from Trion.
Two at large from Chattooga
County from any of the above men
tioned high schools, but not more
than two from any one high school.
There will be two boys and two girls
in the final selection.
For the semi-final selection the
following will be selected:
Four from Summerville (2 boys
and 2 girls).
Four from Trion (2 boys and
2 girls).
Two from Gore (1 boy and 1
girl).
Two from Menlo (1 boy and 1
girl).
Two from Lyerly (1 boy and 1
girl).
Two from Subligna (1 boy and 1
girl).
The semi-final selections must
be made by April 2, 1946. The final
awards will be made before the
earliest commencement date of any
of the above mentioned high
schools.
Selection of Candidates
The semifinal selection of can
didates will be made by popular
vote of the high school student
body in their respective schools.
Candidates are to be the upper half
or third of the senior classes (50%
girls and 50% boys). This voting
will be under the supervision and
advice of the faculty members of
the respective schools. Before se
lecting candidates from the upper
half or third of the senior class
faculty members are to determine
as far as possible that such candi
dates would definitely attend col
lege.
Final Selection
The two boys and two girls from
Chattooga county who are to re
ceive the scholarship awards will
be chosen from the semi-final list
of candidates by a committee com
posed of representatives from the
communities of the above men
tioned high schools.
Suggested Qualification of
Candidates
A—Age: High School senior.
B—Scholastic Requirement: Up
per half or third of senior class.
C— Leadership: Initiative as evi
denced in schools, clubs, church and
home activities.
D—Character: Usefulness, un
selfishness, integrity, consideration
for others, loyalty, tact, friendli
ness.
E—Citizenship: Service to school,
service to church, service to clubs,
service to community.
The Awards
The scholarship awards of $l5O
will not be given directly to the
winners, but will be sent to the col
lege of their choice to be applied
toward their expenses.
The candidates not selected for
the final award will be given a Cer
tificate of Merit.
The awarding of the scholarships
and the certificates will be made at
a banquet to be given in honor of
all the candidates who were in the
semi-final selection. The parents,
or guardians, of these candidates
will be invited to attend this ban
quet. It is planned to have the
banquet during the earliest Com
mencement week of any of the par
ticipating high schools.
The scholarship must be used by
the candidate the following school
year. If the candidate receiving
the scholarship award cannot use
it the following year, the scholar
ship will be given to an alternate.
Alternates
Alternates will be selected at the
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946.
Lyerly School and
Community Plans For
Many Improvements
Lyerly is having its third plan
ning program Tuesday night at
8:00 o’clock. The first two have
been very interesting and are al
ready proving fruitful. ,
In the first meeting the discus
sion was on “How the school should
serve the people.”
The last meeting was on “Health.”
In this meeting the patrons plan
ned to do its part in getting an Ellis
Health Unit for the county. Also
some of the patrons were interested
in a clinic room for our school. A
committee of Mrs. Brogdon, Mr.
Abrams, and Mr. Spann is headed
by Mr. Lovett as chairman to pre
pare the room. Many gifts included
a cot, first aid kit, bed linen and
money were subscribed toward the
clinic at the meeting.
A committee was appointed to in
spect the elementary school build
ing for improvements. This com
mittee will report back next Tues
day night and at that time plans
will be made for raising funds for
this purpose. At this meeting a re
port will also be made on the -prog
ress of the clinic and plans will be
made for its completion.
Lyerly patrons are invited to have
a part in making their school the
best in the county.
Garden Club to Meet
Thursday, March 21
The Chattooga County Garden
club will meet Thursday afternoon,
March 21, at 3:00 in the home of
Mrs. A. F. McCurdy, with Mrs.
Claude Bagley co-hostess.
The Garden club of Cartersville
extends a cordial invitation to all
members of Chattooga County Gar
den Club to attend the annual Gar
den school March 19, 1946, at Cher
okee Avenue school auditorium.
Registration beginning at 9:00,
opening exercises at 9:30 and start
ing of school program 10:00. Lunch
period 12:00 to 2:00 and from 2:00
to 4:00 floral arrangements con
ducted by Mrs. J. L. Welles, of Nor
folk, Va. Others taking part on
program are Mrs. Robert Neely,
president Garden Club of Georgia;
Mrs. Skinner, Rec-Sec., and two
gentlemen from the faculty of the
University of Georgia.
New Real Estate
And Insurance
Office Opens
Bob Davison today announced
the opening of the North Summer
ville Realty & Insurance Company
under management of Charlie Hol
lis, formerly of Trion. Mr. Hollis
is a native of Chattooga county and
is well known in this section, hav
ing been employed by Trion com
pany for the past twenty-two years.
He is now building a new home on
left side of N. Commerce street,
which will be completed in about 30
days when he, Mrs. Hollis and their
daughter will become permanent
residents of Summerville.
Mrs. Sonny Elgin and Wanda Nell
were shopping in Chattanooga Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Weems and
son, Tommy, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Teddar Sunday
night.
same time the four winners are
chosen. One boy and one girl will
be selected as alternates.
Final State Award
The Boy and the Girl of the Year
from each of the communities in
the State of Georgia will be given
a banquet in Atlanta during June
or July. At this time the Boy and
Girl of the Year for the State of
Georgia will be selected. The two
boys and two girls selected in Chat
tooga County for this award will
have their expenses paid to this
banquet in Atlanta.
Trion Lions Club Committee,
Leßoy Obert, Chairman
A. E. Harrington
W. C. Langford
Summerville Lions Club
Committee
Willis James, Chairman
J. R. Burgess
J. T. Morgan
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
Committee
J. R. Adamson, Chairman
W. E. Reid
Harvey Phillips
Harvey Phillips Is Paid High Honor
By Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
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With complete accord as to the
fitness of the tribute to be be
stowed upon the member of the
club who has been the guiding
influence since the idea for the
Summerville-Trion Rotary C ub
was conceived, the members paid
their respects to Harvey Phillips
by dedicating the last meeting as
Harvey Phillips Day.
A well-planned program, with
Ralph Coarsey as leader, gave
testimony of the esteem in which
Harvey is held by each and all
of us in the club. Because Har
vey celebrated another natal day
on Thursday last, the date for
this testimonial of appreciation
was arranged to coincide with
his birthday celebration.
Completely unaware of the
club’s desire to show how highly
he is regarded, Harvey was over
whelmed by the applause and
the other surprises given him
during the course of the pro
gram. He was able to respond
graciously as always to the sing
ing of “Happy Birthday,” and
to show that he was deeply
moved by the words of some of
the members who have been
more closely associated with him
in the development and manage
’ment of our club.
Mose Brinson, who was the
second club president, spoke of
his appreciation of the help Har
vey had given him personally
when he needed some one who
Your Social Security Card
What’s It Worth To You?
(Article 3)
BY N. FARRIS VADEN, Manager
Social Security Board
Rome, Ga.
For the seventy-odd million of
you who are eligible, membership
in this Federal family insurance
system—the possession of a Social
Security card—is not voluntary. It
is compulsory in a job covered by
Social Security. You cannot get or
hold such a job unless you show
your card to the boss. If you have
been working on a job not covered
by Social Security, or if you are
just starting out to work in a job
so covered, you must obtain a card
from the Social Security board.
What do we get for that money
which we and our employers put
into this system?
To better acquaint people of this
community with the insurance pro
visions of the Social Security Act,
The News, in co-operation with the
Rome office of the Social Security
Board, is presenting this series oi
articles. Questions relative to this
program should be addressed to
the Social Security Board, Rome,
Ga.
“Benefits are based upon the
worker’s average monthly wages.
How is this average monthly wage
determined?”
As a general rule, the average
monthly wage is determined by di
viding the total wages paid to the
worker by the total number of
months in which he could have
earned wages under the program.
Here is the rule:
Add up the wages a worker has
received from jobs covered by the
law from the time it went into ef
fect (January 1, 1937) up to the be
ginning of the calendar quarter in
which he dies or become eligible for
retirement benefits. Then divide
this total amount of wages by the
number of months in that same
period of time.
“Is there an easy way in which
a worker can figure his own bene
fits?”
The exact amount of a worker’s
knew Rotary and its make-up
better than he. Oscar Clecklef
spoke of Harvey’s ingenuity in
the supervision and maintenance
of a stable budget and told also
of his being the “Spirit of Ro
tary.” Harvey’s counsel and
friendship were invaluable as
sets to Oscar during his term
as president.
Hubert Hardin said that few
knew of the work Harvey has
done in promoting the club, and
that he considered him to be the
life of (he club to whom only
the highest respect and admira
tion shou'd be given. Love Bird
Harrell, always ready with well
chosen words, said that his most
revered memory would be that
of his indoctrination of Rotary
idea’s when Harvey imparted to
him the information giving him
entrance into the club.
As the climax of these eloquent
words of praise, Ralph Coarsey
* told of the evidence of charac
ter which Harvey possesses in
aoundance and of his desire to
accomplish one of the most
worthwhile characteristics of life
—that ability so few of us have,
of growing old gracefully. At
the conclusion of a poem, “Age,
Birthdays,” Harvey was present
ed an antique silver French tray
as a memento of his day and as
concrete evidence of the esteem
with which he is regarded by the
members. —Rotary Reporter.
benefits cannot be determined un
til he retires or dies, but an ap
proximate figure can be found.
Take 40% of the first SSO of the
worker’s average monthly pay. Then
take 10% of the rest of it and add
those figures together. Take 1%
of that amount for each year in
which he was paid S2OO or more on
jobs covered by the law. Add this
to the total. The sum is the work
er’s primary monthly benefit. The
Social Security Board has prepared
a table which shows that an in
sured worker and/or his depend
ents should receive, after he has
worked a specified number of
years at a certain average month
ly wage, and then dies or retires.
“How are the amounts of sur
vivors’ benefits determined?”
The amount of a survivors bene
fit payment is based on the pri
mary benefit of the deceased
worker, with respect to whose wages
they are paid. A widow’s benefit
is three-fourths of the worker’s
primary benefit. A child’s benefit
is one-half of the deceased work
er’s primary benefit. A parent’s
benefit is one-half of the deceased
worker’s primary benefit.
For example: A young man who
received wages averaging $l5O per
month over a period of five years,
dies, leaving a widow and one child.
Based on his average monthly wage
of $l5O, his primary benefit would
amount to $31.50. His widow would
get three-fourths of that or $23.63
per month. Payments for the child
would be one-half of $31.50 or $15.75
per month—making a total of $39.38
per month for his widow and child.
Next issue the following ques
tions will be answered:
“When is a worker said to be
‘fully insured’?”
“When is a wage earner said to
be ‘currently insured’?”
“Where should the widow of an
insured wage earner go to file her
claim for survivors insurance? Who
files the claim for her children?
How is the payment made?”
County-Wide Planning
Group Discusses Health
Chattooga Youth For
Christ At Summerville
Presbyterian Saturday
The Youth for Christ movement
in Chattooga county is strictly in
terdenominational, just as the
name indicates—“for Christ.” We
do not have a charter; we have
not applied for one, but we are
organized on a similar basis, and
for the same purpose as “the Youth
for Christ International, Inc.”
This Saturday night, the Rev. Ar
thur Rich, pastor of the Fifth Ave
nue Baptist church, Rome, Ga., will
be the inspirational speaker. Bro.
Rich is well known to many of the
people of Chattooga county. We
expect a very good attendance. He
will bring some singers with him
from his church in Rome.
Special soloist for the evening
will be the attractive young Miss
Claire Mizell, sister to the pastor
of the Summerville First Baptist
church.
Rev. Herbert Hoover and Johnny
Scripp, of the Bob Jones College,
Cleveland, Tenn., will be in charge
of the musical program.
The meeting is featured each
month by a girls’ chorus who serve
also as usherettes for the occasion.
This chorus will be provided next
Saturday night by the young peo
ple from the First Baptist church
of Trion.
Heretofore we have been meeting
in the Summerville courthouse, but
due to a conflicting program, by
the courtesy of the Rev. Harry Fos
ter, pastor, and his good people, we
will meet at the Summerville Pres
byterian church.
Let’s have a school busload from
each section of the county I! Menlo
has had the largest attendance so
far. Why not organize at the coun
ty schools to attend?
American Legion
Meeting Postponed
The American legion will meet
March 29 at 7:30 p.m. The month
of March is the 27th anniversary
of the American Legion. We want
all ex-service men to be present.
The ladies’ auxiliary will meet
with us and help celebrate.
Tom Cook, Commander
Jim Tedder, Adjutant
Menlo Juniors Present Play
Have you ever heard of Papa
Neba? What is a Zombie? Who is
Dumballa? How do you conjure up
the dead? Don’t know? Then see
“Mumbo Jumbo,’’"the play which
the junior class is presenting Fri
day night, March 15, at 8 o’clock.
The author has done an unusual
thing: He has taken Voodoo out of
its mystic West Indian Jungles, and
placed it in a New England farm
house, not way off in nowhere, but
on a busy state highway. One mo
ment it’s the tensest of mysteries,
the next the most nonsensical of
farces. One moment it’s rib-tick
ling, the next spine-tingling! But
see it for yourself! At the Menlo
gymnasium.—Reporter.
Pennville Club Meets
Pennville W. H. D. Club met Fri
day, March Ist, with Mrs. Paul
Strickland. Miss Parish gave a talk
on “The Best Methods for Prepar
ing Foods and Cooking Them to Get
Most Food Values; Also the Best
Cooking Utensils to Use in Cook
ing.” Refreshments were served.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chappelear
and Patsy, of Menlo; Mr. and Mrs.
Wilburn Hudson and son, Kelly;
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chappelear,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Parker
and family were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Parker and Madelyn Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Wheeler and
daughters. Linda and Margaret,
will arrive soon from Tampa, Fla.,
to make their home temporarily
with their mother, Mrs. J. V.
Wheeler.
Major John Stubbs, Jr., is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webb
and Miss Betty Webb in Bristol
this week, and will attend the
spring dances at Virginia-Inter
mont.
Mrs. Frank Echols, Miss Ruth
Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn
Elrod were dinner guests Saturday
night of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Wheeler.
Miss Jean Smith returned from
Houston, Tex., Tuesday to be the
guest of her aunt, Miss Ruth Full
er. after attending the funeral of
her nephew there who was killed
in an automobile accident.
At a recent meeting of the school
planning group the group agreed
that the school should have a re
sponsibility in helping people solve
their health problems. They think
the best way to have a good health
program is to discover real local
problems and then take some of
these to work on for health im
provement. To read information
from a book is not sufficient with
in itself. A part of the educa
tional program must be doing
something about the problems that
exist.
Among the problems that con
front us the group thinks the fol
lowing are pertinent and that the
school should assist in:
Helping to get and use public
health service in the county.
Improving sanitary conditions.
Making provision for an ade
quate nutrition program.
Providing wholesome recreation.
Providing physical education for
all.
Providing for correction and pre
vention of physical defects.
Making provision for prevention
and cure of communicable dis
eases.
The health problems in all areas
cannot be dealt with immediately.
Some may require long-time plan
ning and different facilities. Oth
ers could receive early attention.
Let’s continue to come to our
meetings and plan further for ac
tion.
Dogs Must Be
Inoculated By
April 15, 1946
April 15 is the dead line set by
the City Council for the inocula
tion of all dogs. Each spring it is
necessary for a number of stray
dogs to be killed who have not re
ceived inoculation for rabies. All
owners must see that their dogs re
ceive this inoculation by April 15
or they will be disposed of.
Section 3 of the rabies law states,
“Every owner of a dog shall cause
such a dog to be inoculated against
rabies by the rabies inspector or by
his deputy or by a licensed veteri
narian. All dogs that are other
wise vaccinated must be revacci
nated or they are subject to im
poundment and/or disposed as out
lined in Section 7 and 8 of this
law.
Four From County
Training in Detroit
Detroit.—Four Summerville, Ga.,
boys are listed among the thou
sands of youths throughout the
United States who are building
model automobiles and Napoleonic
coaches to compete for university
scholarships offered in the 1946
competition of the Fisher Body
Crafsman’s Guild.
Summerville entrants in the
model car competition include:
Kenneth Lee, Route 4; Carl M.
Fowler, Jr.. Route 4; Carlton Cor
dle. Route 4; Ross White, Subligna,
Ga.
Bob Davison
Appointed Willys
Dealer for County
Price Auto Company, of Chatta
nooga. Willys-Overland distributors
today announced assignment of
Willys-Overland franchise to Auto
Service Company for Chattooga
county.
Willys at this time is concen
trating on the war famous “Jeep”.
The civilian Jeep as it is now built
with four wheel drive is an all
purpose passenger car, truck, trac
tor and power unit. These mar
velous little vehicles so packed with
power and rugged endurance are
now rolling off the assembly lines
in daily increasing numbers and a
demonstrator is expected here this
week. In addition to the Jeep,
Willys-Overland will shortly have
available pick-up and panel trucks,
station wagons and passenger cars
powered by the Jeep motor. A full
line of farm implements for use
with the civilian Jeep will be on
the market this spring. Odell Le
master is back in charge of the
shop for Auto Service.
Mrs. J. P. Majors and daughter,
Miss Hughie Majors, of Menlo, were
guests Sunday of Mrs. Majors’ sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Echols.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Teddar and
Naomi spent Sunday with Mrs. Os
j borne on the Menlo road.
1.50 A YEAR