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VOL. 60; NO. 13
WORKERS IN COVERED
EMPLOYMENT IN STATE
SHOW SLIGHT INCREASE
The number of workers in cov
ered employment in Georgia show
ed a slight increase, though wages
made a slight decrease, during the
last three months of 1945 despite
the fact that total employment in
December was approximately 28,-
500 less in July and approxi
mately 75p00 less than the peak
reached during 1943, Commission
er Ben T. Huiet, of the Georgia
department of labor, has revealed.
Commissioner Huiet explained
that continuing decreases in em
ployment in war industries have
been more than offset by increased
employment in other establish
ments during the quarter. An anal
ysis made of approximately 95 per
cent of establishments covered by
the Georgia unemployment com
pensation law showed employment
rose from 420,833 in October to
424,247 during December.
Georgia Employment Security
Agency records show that the
amount of wages paid for covered
employment by the establishments
analyzed during the fourth quar
ter of 1945 was $183,668,395 or sl,-
988 less than during the third
quarter, which is evidence of the
fact that increased wages paid to
workers in wholesale ‘ and retail
trade, transportation, communica
tion and other public utilities, fi
nance, insurance and real estate,
the service industries and some of
the manufacturing industries al
most offset the significant decline
in wages paid in war industries.
Reduction of workers in ordnance
and aircraft and ship construction
industries accounted for a decrease
in wages to the extent of approx
imately $15,616,883 that was offset
largely by increase employment
and wages in other fields.
Other decreases experienced dur
ing the fourth quarter are attrib
uted to a strike in an automotive
plant in Atlanta, and in season
al industries, Mr. Huiet said.
Trion High Announces
’46 Football Schedule
According to an announcement
by Homer H. Brinson, Jr., principal
of Trion High School, the football
schedule of the school is as follows:
Sept. 27: Cedartown, here.
Oct. 4: Ware Shoals, there.
Oct. 11: Open.
Oct. 18: Loudon, Tenn., here.
Oct. 25: Cave Spring Acamedy,
here.
Nov. 1: Lee High, there.
Nov. 8: Summerville, here.
Nov. 15: Cave Spring High, here.
Nov. 22: Cartersville, here.
Hazel Owings Named on
Dean's List at IFesf Georgia
CARROLLTON, Ga„ March 20
Fifty students were named on the
dean’s list at West Georgia College
for the winter quarter, according
to Dean W. Fred Gunn. Among
the 50 was Helen Owings, of Sum
mervil’e. Ga. To make the dean’s
list, a student must make an av
erage of 87 or above.
GIRL SCOUTS ON HIKE
The Girl Scouts of Troop 1 hiked
to Berryton Thursday afternoon
and rode back to Summerville on
the train. Miss Claire Mizell, our
assistant leader, accompanied us.
We all enjoyed the trip very much.
—Billie Watkins, Troop Scribe.
C. B. FULTON CITED
FOR MARKSMANSHIP
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HONOLULU, T. H. (Delayed).—
Marine Sgt. Columbus B. Fulton, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. B. Fulton.
Sr., of Summerville, Ga., has quali
fied for U. S. marine corps rifle
and pistol competitions in May at
Quantico, Va., by scoring 545 out
of a possible 600 in Pacific division
rifle eliminations held here.
He was awarded a gold badge for
( marksmanship on the Puuloa Point
rifle range near Ewa, Oahu. The
leatherneck is a member of the
Sixth Division team. His unit is
based in Tsingtao, China.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946
Army Regulars Land Fast Jet-Propelled Plane by Remote Control
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Robot control of jet-propelled planes in flight is one of the newest developments of the U. S. Army Air
Forces. The radio-control truck shown in the right foreground is manned by Regulars. It is their job to
maneuver the plane in flight by means of television and telemetering devices. Men in the Regular Army
may attend a wide variety of technical schools. Qualified civilians, 17 to 34 years of age, inclusive, may apply
for enlistment in the Regular Army.
JOB OPENINGS IN
CHATTOOGA, FLOYD
ANNUONCED BY USES
A number of job openings in
Chattooga and Floyd counties that
the people of Summerville and vi
cinity, who are unemployed, may
be interested in, are announced by
the United States employment ser
vice, department of labor, in Rome.
World War II veterans naturally
will be given preference on these
job openings.
A representative from the Rome
office of the USES is at the court
house in Summerville every Thurs
day to receive applications for work
and to refer applicants to jobs. Job
openings are for both males and
females.
The following jobs are available
at this time:
Ten first-class carpenters, $1.25
per hour, time and half overtime;
15 construction laborers, 60 cents
per hour, time and half overtime;
1 advertising man trainee; sewing
and chenille machine operators;
knitting machines and looper
learners; a number of openings for
textile workers; 1 glazier, 70 cents
per hour plus overtime; 6 rodmen,
S3O per week plus $3 per day travel
allowance; 4 registered nurses; 1
automobile salesman, $35 per week
plus commission; 2 automobile
painters, SSO per week; 2 body and
fender men, $45-SSO per week; a
number of male and female learn
ers for rayon yarn production.
Robbie Lee Brewer
Os Menlo, Winner of
County Spelling Bee
Wednesday morning, contestants
from seven of the elementary
schools in the county came togeth
er for a county-wide spelling bee.
Two children represented each
school and were chosen after a con
test was held in each of their in
dividual schools.
The boys and girls lined up in
the court house auditorium and
did an excellent job of spelling for
about 45 minutes. Near the end only
three pupils wer left standing.
These included Mackie Jean Mc-
Whorter, from the Summerville
School; Jimmie Leath, from the
Trion School, and Robbie Lee Brew
er, from the Menlo School. Final
ly Jimmie Leath missed a word
and Robbie Lee and Mackie Jean
were left standing. Mackie Jean
next missed a word and Robbie Lee
was declared winner.
Robbie Lee will be awarded a $25
war bond by the Atlanta Journal
and will go to the Seventh District
spelling bee which will be held in
Rome in the near future. Should
she win there, she will represent
our county and district in a state
contest from which the winner will
be selected to represent the state
in a national contest.
All of the boys and girls deserve
a great deal of credit. A list of the
contestants by schools follows:
Berryton, Fay Pickle and Billy
Jack Head; Gore, Martha Sue Gor
don and Gordon McCollum; Lyerly,
Auley Kendrick and Doris Vaughn;
Menlo, Robbie Lee Brewer and Mary
Allice Allen; Summerville, Mackie
Jean McWhorter and Jimmie Wil
liams; Subligna, Mary Earle Jor
dan and J. W. Tuder; Trion, Jim
mie Leath and Richard Land.
Cotton Ginning Report
According to Rosa Shumate, spe
cial agent, there were 6,418 bales
of cotton ginned in Chattooga
County from the crop of 1945 prior
to March 1, as compared with 6,123
bales for the crop of 1944.
Your Social Security Card and
What It is Worth to You
By N. FARRIS VADEN,
Manager, Social Security Board
Rome, Ga.
ARTICLE 5
For the past four weeks, The
News, in cooperation with the Rome
office of the social security board,
has presented a series of articles
on the old-age and survivors in
surance provisions of the social se
curity act. These articles have
been presented for the purpose of
better acquainting the people of
this community with their rights
and privileges under this program.
Today’s article completes this se
ries; however, since a number of
questions have been received from
people who have questions relative
to this program and since these
questions will be of interest to the
majority of our readers, these ques
tions, with their answers, will be
presented in our next issue.
If our readers have additional
questions on this program, they
may be sent to the Social Security
Board in Rome or in care of this
paper.
“Who gets the lump sum death
payment, provided in the social se
curity act; and what is the amount
of this payment?”
If a worker leaves no survivors
qualified for monthly benefits at
the time of his death, a lump sum
equal to six times his primary ben
efit may be paid to a widow, wid
ower, son, daughter or parent. If
there is no such relative, the per
son who pays the burial expenses
will be repaid up to an amount
equal to six times the worker’s
primary benefit. For instance, if
the deceased wage earner had
worked long enough to justify a
primary benefit of say S3O per
month, and then died without
eaving anyone who was entitled
to monthly benefits, a lump sum
death payment of SIBO could be
made.
“What is meant by the term
‘quarters of coverage’?”
In order to qualify for old-age
and survivors insurance benefits,
a wage earner must have worked
in a job covered by the law for a
certain length of time and must
have been paid at least SSO in each
of a certain number of calendar
American Legion to
Meet Tomorrow Night
The Chattooga County post of
the American Legion will meet
tomorrow night, March 29, at 8
o’clock, according to Tom Cook,
commander, and Jim Tedder, ad
jutant. This meeting is to celebrate
the 27th birthday of the legion.
A large crowd is expected to attend
the meting.
All ex-service men and wives,
sisters and daughters and mothers
are welcome. The ladies’ auxiliary
will serve refreshments.
YOUTHS IN PRISON
TO BE SEGREGATED
The Arnall prison reform pro
gram will take another definite
step forward soon in the establish
ment of a state juvenile detention
home to segregate young offend
ers from hardened criminals.
Director Charles A. Williams, of
the state corrections board, has an
nounced that plans for construc
tion of a state juvenile detention
home are progressing rapidly thru
cooperation of the State of Geor
gia and Fulton County.
Chairman Wiley Moore, of the
state correction board; Director
Williams and former Director Fran
cis R. Hammack recently inspected
proposed sites for the home near
Atlanta.
quarters. (A calendar quarter is
the three months’ period beginning
the first of January, April, July or
October of any year). Quarters in
which he is paid SSO or more are
cal’ed quarters of coverage (this
means SSO during the quarter—not
SSO per month nor per week, but
SSO during the whole 3 months.)
In order to qualify for benefits, a
worker’s wage record must show
that he worked in covered employ
ment, in at least half as many
quarters as those elapsing after
1936, and before the worker reach
ed age 65 or died.
“What does it cost? Who pays
for it?”
Workers and their employers
share the cost of old-age and sur
vivors insurance. The worker pays
a tax on wages he receives. The
employer pays a tax on his payroll.
At present, the tax rate is 1 cent
on each dollar of his wages. The
employer pays the same.
The worker’s tax is taken out of
his pay by his employer who sends
it to the Government at the end
of the calendar quarter. If he has
more than one employer, it may be
found, at the end of the year, that
the worker has paid taxes on more
than a total of $3,000. He may, in
that case, obtain from the Bureau
of Internal Revenue a refund of
taxes paid on any amount over
$3,000.
“What is the difference between
old-age and survivors insurance
and old-age assistance as provided
in the social security act?”
Old-age and survivors insurance
is for wage earners. It provides an
income for themselves and their
families when death or old-age cuts
off wages. This insurance is based
on the worker’s own wages in jobs
that come under the plan.
Old-age assistance is for people
after they are old and in want.
Through it, each state, with Fed
eral help, provides for its own nee
dy aged. Allowances paid under this
plan depend on the individual’s
own need at the time during which
aid is given. The state decides who
shall get aid and how much shall
be paid to each person. The recipi
ent does not contribute to this sys
tem, and the payments are not
! based on his former earnings.
W. M. U. Associational
Meeting Date Changed
The date for the W. M. U. asso
ciational meeting, which is to be
held in Subligna, has been changed
from April 23 until April 30. This
change was suggested by our state
secretary due to a conflict with
our state Sunday School conven
tion which is to be held in Atlanta.
The program will be announced la
ter.
Preaching at Church
Os Christ Sunday
Bro. Sewell Hall, a young preach
er and talented singer of Chatta
nooga, will preach at the 11 and
7:30 hours Sunday at the legion
hall. The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
Singing at Berryton
There will be a singing at the
Berryton Baptist Church on Sun
day, March 31. All good singers and
listeners are cordially invited.
Japan to get Allied flour to make
bread for hungry.
Big expansion of airmail serv
ice is planned in postal study.
1,473 State Vets
Get Federal Jobs
One thousand four hundred and
seventy-three veterans in the state
of Georgia were placed in Federal
Government jobs during the
months of January and February
of this year, announced Director
O. E. Myers, of the Fifth region of
the United States Civil Service
Commission, this week. There were
6,378 veteran placements in the
entire region consisting of the
states of Alabama, Floria, Geor
gia, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Puerto Rico. Largest employer was
the War Department with 2,744
placements. The Navy Department
was second with 2,229, the veterans
administration third with 525,
while the post office department
was a large employer with 513.
World War II veterans accounted
for 6,116 positions, while widows
or wives of disabled World War II
veterans accounted for 47. Veter
ans of other wars filled 195 posi
tions and the widows or wives of .
of disabled veterans in this group I
filled 20 jobs, bringing the two- j
month total to 6,378. Veterans or
others interested in Federal em
ployment should apply direct to
the agency or establishment in
which employment is desired, and
not to the United States Civil Serv
ice Commission.
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IN STATE DROPPED G 6
PER CENT DURING WAR
Georgia’s critical housing short
age, already apparent to anyone
who is seeking living quarters, is
emphasized graphically by latest
federal statistics which show that
the volume of home construction
in the state plummeted from 14,900
units in 1941 to a mere 5,000 in
1944. a decrease of 66 per cent.
The tremendous drop in con
struction explains why the state
has a pent-up demand for new
houses that will keep the build
ing industry busy for years, said
Thomas McDonald, vice president
of Minneapolis-Honeywell Regula
tor Co., in commenting on the sit
uation. Mr. McDonald recently
completed a study of the national
housing shortage.
“Although the war-time mora
torium on home construction was
not entirely to blame for the pres-
I ent shortage, it was the most po
tent factor,” said Mr. McDonald.
“It brought to a head a condition
that had been growing for years.
“For example, United States la
bor department records show the
number of private and public hous
ing units constructed in Georgia
in 1941 was 14,900. That dropped
to 10,000 in 1942; then increased to
13,000 in 1943 and dropped to 5,-
000 in 1944. Official figures for
1945 are not yet available, but the
volume last year was not much
greater than in 1944.”
President Truman’s new hous
ing program will help to alleviate
the shortage, but most authorities
agree that ultimate requirements
will not be met for many years,
Mr. McDonald continued.
OPENING SERVICES
CHAPEL HILL UNION
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Opening services will be observed
at the Chapel Hill Union Sunday
School Sunday afternoon, March
31, at 1:30. The Rev. B. F. Living
stone will deliver the opening mes
sage. The new Chapel Hill work is
the result of a Sunday school re
cently organized by the Rev. Liv
ingstone. He is field representative
for the American Sunday School
Union, and now maintains seven
Sunday schools in this vicinity. The
American Sunday School Union
has headquarters in Philadelphia.
The dedicatory services will be
announced at a later date. The
Rev. Herbert Henwood, superin
tendent of the American Sunday
School Union in the middle Atlan
tic states, with headquarters at
Knoxville, Tenn., will deliver the
dedicatory sermon. At this time,
many features of the work will be
explained, such as: Bible schools,
young people’s Bible conferences,
revivals, Bible courses and prayer
meetings.
The American Sunday School
Union stands without apology for
the old-time religion, and believes
that the Bible is the inspired word
of God from cover to cover.
Several local quartets will be
present and good singing is assured.
The public is cordially invited and
urged to attend both services.
SCHEDULE OF COUNTY
BOOKMOBILE APRIL 2
THROUGH APRIL 5
The county bookmobile will trav
el throughout the county April 2
through April 5. Due to the teach
ers’ meeting in Rome on Monday,
April 1, the schedule for that day
has been changed to Monday, April
8. Following is the schedule:
Tuesday, April 2: Hicks Home,
Subligna School, Gore School and
Ballenger's Store.
Wednesday, April 3: Myers
School, Welcome Hill School, Wil
liams Store, Pennville School, Ber
ryton School, Berryton Store.
Thursday, April 4: Holland com
munity, Cook’s Store (Chattooga
ville), Pine Grove School, Lyerly
School and Lyerly community.
Friday, April 5: Summerville
schools.
Monday, April 8: Teloga School,
Cloudland School, Woods Store,
Cloudland P. 0., Menlo School and
i Menlo community.
We would like to have more
adults get books from this service
I than are doing at present. If you
would like to borrow books and
i have not had the opportunity yet,
I will you please notify your county
school superintendent so that a
stop may be made near your home.
Baptist W. M. S.
Study Course to Be
Held on April 2nd
The W. M. S. of the First Baptist
Church will hold its first study
course at the home of the chair
man of mission study, Miss Maude
Sewell, on Tuesday evening, April
2, at 7 o’clock. The book selected is
“The Way of Missionary Educa
tion,” by Juliett Mather. It covers
the entire program of the organi
zation of the W. M. U., Sunbeams,
G. A.s, R. A.s, Y. W. A.s and W. M.
S.s The study will be conducted in
the form of a round-table discus
sion.
The book is divided into five in
terludes. The chairman will lead
with the introduction and the first
interlude. The Rev. Ben Scarbor
ough will discuss the second and
third interludes, and Mrs. Scar
borough the fourth and fifth inter
ludes.
The social committee will serve
refreshments at 7 o’clock, after
which the study will follow’. We ex
pect a full attendance at this
meeting.
Pulpwood Booklet to
Assist Land Owners
Being Distributed
More than 10,000 copies of the
illustrated booklet, “Pulpwood-
Key to Sustained Forest Income,”
which is one of the several pieces
of material in Union Bag & Paper
Corporation’s program to assist
Georgia land owners in the produc
tion and marketing of forest prod
ucts, have been distributed, offi
cials of the company announced
this week.
The officials pointed out that
copies of the booklet have been re
quested by more than 2,000 individ
uals and that the extension serv
ices and forestry departments of
practically every Southeastern
states have requisitioned large
quantities for use in the forestry
educational programs in their res
pective states. Additional copies
have been requested by forestry
schools in most of the Southern
: universities.
Copies of the booklet are still
available to land owmers and oth
ers in this community who are in
terested in a greater return from
the sale of their forest products. A
postal card addressed to the Wood
lands Division, Union Bag & Paper
, I Corp., Savannah, Ga., will bring
a copy of the booklet by return
mail.
WHO KNOWS?
1. Who is head of the Communist
' party in this country?
2. Is the Federal Government
spending more money than it col
lects?
3. What is the amount of the na
' tional debt?
4. How r does demobilization com
' pare with World War I?
, 5. In how many countries and
, islands does the U. S. still have
' garrisons?
6. Where will the International
I Bank have its headquarters?
7. What is the “iron curtain?”
> 8. Is there any light brighter
1 than the sun?
9. What fuel provides the nation’s
: largest source of power and heat?
10. Is there a plastic, non-run
I stocking?
(See The Answers on Inside Page)
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