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VOL. 60; NO. 17
' Citizen Contest
Winners to Be
Chosen May 10
Contestants in the “Boy and Girl
of the Year Contest” are eagerly
looking forward to May 10; for that
i is the date on which the winners
of the contest will be named. At a
large banquet, at which guests will
be contestants, their parents and
school principals, the civic clubs
4 will name the winners, who will be
selected by a committee appointed
to select those to receive the schol
arships.
The contestants, nominated by
the student bodies and teachers of
the county schools, include the fol
lowing ;
Gore: Dorothea Holcomb and
Dwight West.
Lyerly; Nannie White and Wal
lace Johnston.
Menlo: Mildred Pay ton and Ralph
Chamblee.
Subligna: David Grigsby and Lu
cille Gilstrap.
Summerville: Rose Nell Weems.
Bobbie Dempsey Allison, Jack Poole
and Jim Cordle.
Trion: Naomi Roberts, Ruby
Langston, Malcolm Powell and El
mer Loggins.
Job Opportunities
Are Increasing in
Chattooga County
Opportunities for employment
are increasing in Chattooga County
for both males and females, accord
ing to the United States Employ
ment Service. Work on the Menlo
» Cioudland highway is progressing
and offers employment to a large
number of males in the Menlo and
Lverly areas. At present, there is a
need ’ for about 50 laborers, two
t jackhammer operators and two
wagon drill operators on this job.
Laborers are paid 60 cents per hour
and the work-week is scheduled
for 55 hours.
Production at the new hosiery
mill at Lyerly is getting under way
and will offer employment to fe
males experienced in looping or
knitting.
In Summerville and Trion, there
are openings for experienced tex
tile workers, sewing and chenille
machine operators, male and fe
male; male hosiery boarders, wait
resses and counter men, laborers
and workers for building construc
tion. A representative of the Unit
ed States Employment Service may
be ' contacted at the court house
here every Thursday morning be
tween 10 and 12 o’clock.
In Rome, approximately the same
general assortment of openings are
on order as were listed last week:
Auto mechanics, painters and body
and fender men; auto salesmen
(experienced) knitting machine fix
ers and operators, loopers, workers
in the textile industry and manu
facture of rayon yarn; molders,
chenille and sewing machine opera
tors, stenographers, sales clerks,
‘ salesmen, automobile service sta
tion attendants, cooks, dishwashers
and domestic servants, registered
nurses and workers in the building
trades
The United States Employment
Service advises anyone interested
in securing employment to contact
them either in Rome or Summer
ville at an early date as the best
jobs are being filled rapidly.
Bible Conference
Continues at Menlo
The evangelistic Bible conference,
which began last Sunday night at
the Menlo Baptist Church, will con
tinue through the coming Sunday
night. Services each night will be
gin at 8 o’clock.
The Rey. E. A. Piper, pastor of
the church, announces that he will
speak on the following subjects for
the remainder of the conference:
Thursday night/ ‘The Millennium
—What? When? How?”; Friday,
“The Predictions of Jesus Christ
Concerning This Age”; Saturday,
“Signs, True and False”; Sunday
morning, “The Vow of a Separate
Life,” and Sunday night, “Who Is
a Liar?”
Vic Werner, music director of the
Highland Park Baptist Church, of
Chattanooga, has charge of the mu
-1 sical program. He is assisted by his
wife.
These services are held in the
spiritual interest of the entire pub
lic, and an invitation is extended
► to all to attend.
About one-third of the states
permit absentee registrations and
voting, including soldiers and sail
ors in the U. S. service.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946
State Primary
To Be Held
About July 1
The state Democratic primary,
which will nominate a governor and
other state officials, will, be held
about July 1, it is predicted follow
ing a ruling given Gov. Ellis Arnall
by Attorney General Eugene Cook
as to the laws governing such this
year.
Another equally important rul
ing provided the governor by Cook
is that persons in all counties ex
cept Fulton will have until July 5
to register.
Both opinions were requested by
Arnall to clarify these questions.
The ruling in regard to the primary
reads in part as follows:
“The general election will be held
on Nov. 5, 1946, and by the terms
of the law it will be necessary for
the state Democratic executive
committee to certify to the secre
tary of state the Democratic nomi
nees at least 90 days prior thereto,
which will be Aug. 7, 1946.
“Since the law requires that the
nominees be certified to the secre
tary of state by Aug. 7, 1946, it is
imperative that the primary be set
on a date which would give suffi
cient time for a second primary and
party convention.”
The statutes set forth that 21
days be allowed for a run-over pri
mary, should such be necessary,
and 15 days for a convention, or a
total of 36 days, which would place
the date of the primary around
July 1. The state executive commit
tee is expected to meet about May
2 and set the date.
As to registration, Cook cited the
new legal provision that all per
sons must be registered “at least
four months” before the general
election to be a qualified voter.
“I am,” he continued, “therefore,
of the opinion that persons in all
counties, other than Fulton, may
register at any time up to and
through July 5. 1946. and that per
sons registering within that period
are entitled to vote in the primary
to be held this summer.
This is probably the first time
in Georgia history that registration
is permitted right up to the time
of voting.
County to Benefit
By Money Spent on
Rural Repair Jobs
Expenditures totaling more than
$389,000 will be made in the next
few years by home owners on farms
and in small communities of Chat
tooga County to improve present
electric service and home plumbing.
These outlays will mean addition
al income to practically every local
business and will finance addition
al wiring, bathroom improvements
and new electrical equipment for
the county’s 1,536 farm and rural
homes already served with electric
ity, according to a study released by
the Tile Council of America.
Introduction of running water,
installation of tiled bathrooms and
replacements of out-moded plumb
ing fixtures head the list of most
wanted farm home features, D. P.
Forst, chairman of the council’s
residential construction committee,
revealed. One in five families
throughout the nation plan bath
room improvements, he said.
Additional wiring is needed in
practically every farm home with
electricity, according to the study.
A huge market likewise exists for
milking machines, quick-freezing
units, electric motors, baby chick
brookers and other equipment.
Expenditures in the county are
part of a $42,688,000 program to be
undertaken by Georgia farm and
rural home owners in the next five
years, the study revealed.
New Hunting Licenses
Ready for Applicants
The new hunting licenses for
1946-47 have gone to press, accord
ing to Phil Stone, chairman of the
state game and fish commission.
The new licenses, Stone stated,
will be 5 3/4 by 4 inches and will
have a quail in flight on the front.
The game laws will be on the back.
Fees for licenses will remain the
same as for the 1945-46 season: $1
for county hunting, $3.25 for state
hunting, $5 for county non-resident
hunting and $12.50 for state non
resident hunting privileges.
The new licenses will be good
from Aug. 1, 1946, through July 31,
1947.
Applications may be made thru
local dealers or thru the state game
and fish commission, 412 State Cap
itol, Atlanta. Citizens are urged to
get their licenses early.
Cancer Kills One
American Every
Three Minutes
One American is dying every three
minutes from cancer.
Mrs. Stewart Colley, Georgia com
mander of the field army, made this
startling revelation this week as she
urged everyone to back the current
funds drive to combat the dreaded
disease.
“The cancer death rate is in
creasing,” Mrs. Colley declared.
“Ten years ago there was one death
every three'and one-half minutes
and ten years from now there will
be one death every two and one
half minutes unless we act now to
bring this disease under control.
Through the havoc it produces,
cancer becomes a social and eco
nomic as well as a medical problem.
Homes are broken up and family
fortunes are destroyed, she said.
The social aspects of cancer be
come even more apparent when we
consider that services of a physi
cian are of no value unless adequate
facilities for diagnosis and treat
ment are available.
Cancer can be checked, she said,
if the research workers have suf
ficient funds to develop every an
gle of its cause and cure.
State Death Rate
Lowest on Record
The health of Georgians was
maintained at a high level in 1945,
with a death rate from all causes
of 8.6 per 1,000 population and the
lowest on record.
There was an 11.5 per cent de
crease in the birth rate, according
to the state department of public
health. The expectation of life at
birth is now 65 years, a gain of
13.9 years since 1920.
The lowest maternal death rate
ever achieved in Georgia was re
corded last year, 3.5 per 1,000 live
births. There was a slight increase
of 0.5 per cent in the infant mor
tality rate.
Tuberculosis, with a new low rate
of 34.4 per 100,000 population, de
clined 2.9 per cent last year. The
long-time downward trend in the
mortality from this disease was
maintained during the war years.
There were increases registered
in typhoid fever from 24 to 27
deaths; in scarlet fever, 2 to 5
deaths; diphtheria, 40 to 68 deaths,
and in poliomyelitis, from 9 to 10
deaths.
In the chronic degenerative dis
eases, diabetes declined 3.2 per
cent, cancer increased 4.7 per cent
and there was a slight decrease of
2.5 per cent in heart disease deaths.
Lyerly Masons Host
To Rome Cherokees
LYERLY, Ga., April 24.—The Ly
erly Lodge of Masons was host to
many members of Cherokee Lodge
No. 66, of Rome, at the last regular
communication held last Saturday
night, April 20.
Saturday night there will be a
call communication for the con
ferring of the M. M. degree, with
M. W. Bro. Raymund Daniel acting
as master. All qualified Masons are
invited to attend.
Present at the meeting Saturday
were M. W. Dewey Woolstein, P. G.
M. of the state of Georgia; M. W.
Daniel, also a past grand master of
Georgia; Bro. John Warr, past high
priest of the R. A. Masons, of Rome,
Worshipful Bro. Tippen, master of
Cherokee Lodge, and many others.
The visitors gave the E. A. degree
in -a fine way.
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WHO KNOWS?
1. Are U. S. exports exceeding im
ports?
2. How many people live in the
Western Hemisphere?
3. Have retail store sales increas
ed since last summer?
4. How does the price of wheat
compare with pre-war prices?
5. Will the German standard of
living decline as a result of the war?
6. Are American companies de
veloping oil fields in the Middle
East?
7. Has the U. S. abandoned its
bases in Latin America?
8. How will U. S. manpower com
pare with that of Russia at the end
of a quarter century?
9. What is common to these men:
Harold E. Stassen, Robert A. Taft,
B. Carroll Reece and Wayne Morse?
10. Who told Congress that the
end of the draft would constitute a
“gamble” with the nation’s security
and the peace of the world?
(See the Answers on Another Page)
Summerville to
Open Baseball
Season Sunday
The Summerville Baseball Club
will play the first home game of
the season Sunday afternoon, with
Rising Fawn furnishing the com
petition. This game will be played at
the new Legion Field ball park,
which has a new grandstand with
a seating capacity of 500 or more
seats. The entire field is enclosed
by a new fence.
In order to make this new park
possible and furnish the citizens of
Summerville and surrounding ter
ritory with sports, the American
Legion and business men of Sum
merville have been very active; so
let's all attend this, the opening
game, as a gesture of our apprecia
tion of their efforts.
As this article goes to press, it
has been impossible to determine
the hour of the game. Handbills
will be distributed later in the week
stating the exact time.
Future Farmer Contest
Winners Announced
On Monday night, Apirl 22, the
Gore and Menlo chapters of Future
Farmers of America held a joint
meeting in the Summerville Gym
nasium to determine the county
ivinners in the annual public speak
ing and quartet contests. The Men
io quartet was victorious in the con
test, while Daniel Johns, of Gore,
speaking on the subject, '.‘Guidance
for Rural Youth,” was the winner in
the speaking contest.
The judges for the occasion were
the Rev. Harry Foster, of Summer
ville; J. B. Butler, of Summerville,
and J. O. Carden, director of devel
opments of the Coosa Valley Live
stock Association, of Rome.
A similar contest was held in Dal
ton to determine the Whitfield
County winners. The winners of
each county will meet in LaFayette
next week for another elimination
contest. When the series of contests
Li. completed and the state winners
there will be a cash
prize of SIOO for the speaker and
one of S2O for the quartet.
The Chattooga County boys are
off to a good start. We wish them
success in their next contest.
May Queen of High
School to Be Crowned
Wednesday, May Ist
On next Wednesday, May 1, at
5:30 p. m., Marlene Lanier will be
crowned May Queen by Supt. C. B.
Akin, of the Summerville High
School. The queen, the maid of
honor, Mary Jim Tedder, and the
attendants of the court will be
honored by students patricipating
in folk dances of many lands.
Plan to attend the May festival,
“Dancing Around the World,” on
the empty lot south of Sitton’s
next Wednesday. The public is in
vited. No admission.
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TROOP 7, SUiMMERVILLE—Reading left to right, first row: Jacky Meacham, Allen Hix, Donnie
Espy, Howard Phillips. Second row: Curtis Meacham, scoutmaster: Billy Parker, Arnold Johnson,
Billy Dye, Bobby Pettyjohn, Donald Cornelison and Edwin Newsome.
Curtis Meacham is scoutmas
ter of Troop 7, Summerville. The
troop consists of 21 boys. When
the above picture was taken they
were resting up, having been on
an overnight hiking trip to
Cloudland. The boys all stated
that they had a very good time
ANNUAL BOY SCOUT DRIVE
IS NOW IN FULL SWING
THROUGHOUT CHATTOOGA
The annual Boy Scout drive for the financing of Boy Scout
work in Chattooga County is now in full swing, having started
Monday of this week and will continue through Saturday. D. L.
McWhorter, county chairman, and S. A. Cook, of Trion, co-chair
man, with the aid of their committees, are receiving the dona
tions for this very worthy cause.
—— —★ The goal of SI,OOO is badly needed
Robert A. Harlow
Passes April 17
Robert A. Harlow, 58, died at his
home in Summerville April 17 at
8:30 a. m. after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Harlow has been a member of
the First Baptist Church here for
41 years and served as treasurer of
the church for 17 years. He was
also a deacon for 20 years. Mr. Har
low was a rural mail carrier in
Chattooga County for 39 years,
serving Route 3 of Summerville for
30 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Minnie V. Harlow; one son, Robert,
Jr.; one daughter, Dorothy, and
one granddaughter, Dorothy Jean.
Funeral services were conducted
from the First Baptist Church Fri
day at 3 p. m. with the Revs. M. D.
Short, Ben C. Scarborough and
Floyd Higgins officiating. Interment
was in the local cemetery.
Active pallbearers were T. J.
Espy, Clovis Fisher, Tommy Ballen
ger, James Hawkins, Jesse Graham
and Jim Tedder. Honorary pall
bearers were R. S. Thomas, R. N.
Trimble, J. E. Baker, Dr. H. D. |
Brown, Tom Cook, James McGinnis, i
Harry McGinnis, Dennis Cox, Claude
Bagley, Sr., Curtis Meacham, O.
Moorehead, Charlie Fowler, Austin
Scoggins, D. M. Hill, John Jones,
John King and Dr. B. Lovingood.
Out-cf-town guests were John R. i
Harlow, of Griffin; Mrs. Paul Ma
loney and son, J. P., of Scottsboro,
Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and
Shirley Smith, of Nashville, Tenn.:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jimmerson.
or Unadilla; Mr. and Mrs. John
Cook, of Rome; Mrs. Felix St. Claire,
of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Smith, Mrs. Louise Ozment and
small daughter, of Coosa, plus a
great number of friends and rela
tives of this county, including the
Trion Grammar School faculty.
Bookmobile to Tour
County Apr. 29-May 3
The county bookmobile will travel
throughout Chattooga County dur
ing the week of April 29 to May 3.
If you wish to get reading material
please meet the bookmobile at one
of the schools or at one of the com
munity stops.
Plans are now being made for
summer routes of the bookmobile.
If you wish the bookmobile to stop
near you, will you please notify your '
county school superintendent or the i
principal of your school.
■ and really enjoyed the outing.
, The troop was planning on going
to Chattanooga to the opening
1 ball game.
' Billy Dye and Allen Hix are
t First Class Scouts. The troop has
four patrols, Bear, Rattlesnake,
' Tiger and Lion, commanded by
1 Billy Parker, Bobby Pettyjohn,
: Allen Hix and Willard Tillman.
$1.50 A YEAR
| and will be spent in its entirely for
the direct benefit of scouting in
Chattooga County. With the scout
program already under way and
four white troops and two Negro
j troops already working, plans call
i for an expanded program of scout
ing for the boys of Chattooga Coun
ty.
Scouting is recognized by the out
standing leaders of our country as
invaluable in the teaching of citi
zenship, good sportsmanship and
honesty. Taking a boy at the most
impressionable age of his life, he
is taught fair play, honesty, initia
tive, leadership and good sports
manship by the scout program and
is instilled with the principles for
higher living which will continue
through his adult life. Scouting
provides a valuable use of leisure
| time for the growing boys which
i might otherwise be used in un
' healthy pursuits. The community
j with a strong scouting program is
the community with less juvenile
I delinquents, as statistics indubita
| bly prove.
The fund will be administered by
the Chattooga County Council, a
1 volunteer group of men who donate
of their time and finance their
meetings in the interest of the
! youth of Chattooga County. W. E.
Read, of Trion, is chairman of this
i group and C. H. Westin is the scout
executive, with headquarters in
Rome, who serves in an advisory
capacity to the council.
John Ludge Teague
Dies Tuesday Morning
John Ludge Teague, 61, died at
his home on Route 1, Summerville,
Tuesday morning at 1:15 o’clock.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed this afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Poplar Springs Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Jesse B. Rutledge and
the Rev. John Kellett officiating.
Interment will be in the South Car
olina Camp Ground Cemetery, with
Hill-Weems Funeral Home, of Sum
merville, in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Teague is survived by his wid
ow, Mrs. Annie Evans Teague; step
mother, Mrs. Mollie Teague, of
Cleveland, Tenn.; three daughters,
Mrs. George Barlow, of Rome; Mrs.
O. T. Kendrick and Mrs. William E.
Scoggins, of Summerville. Route 1;
five sons, Charlie and Walter Tea
gue, of Summerville, Route 1; Jesse
Teague, of the U. S. Army; A. L.
Teague, of Detroit, Mich., and Wes
ley Teague, of Rome; one sister,
! Mrs. Donie Evans, of Dalton; two
half-sisters and one half-brother,
i of Cleveland, Tenn.
. I Billy Dye is senior patrol leader.
; Troop No. 7 meets every Thurs
; day evening at 7 o’clock.
When the troop was first or
“ ganized, they started from
; scratch and feel that they have
. made considerable progress. Bil
' ly Dye and Alien Hix are two
, Scouts which have made the
. most progress.