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VOL. 60; NO. 27
43 Chattoogans
Dead, Missing
In Recent War
The first consolidated listing
of army dead and missing in
World War ll—a compilation of
the names of nearly 310,000 men
and women who gave their lives
t in the nation’s service—was re
leased today by the War De
partment.
The list was made up of 50
booklets, one for each state, one
> for the District of Columbia, and
one for the Territories and Pos
sessions of the United States.
In Georgia, there were 3,043
killed in action; 424, died of
wounds; 12, died of injuries; 7,884,
died non-battle; 320, finding of
death under Public Law 490. 77th
Congress; 18, missing, for a total
of 5,701.
Chattooga Statistics
There were 43 casualties from
Chattooga County, who are as
follows, together with serial num
ber, rank and manner in which
he met death:
Pfc. William B. Alexander, 34-
576935, killed in action; Pvt. Hoyt
L. Ashe, 34826813, killed in ac
tion; Pfc. Joe R. Banister, 3410-
9961, killed in action; S/Sgt- Ja
hugh K. Barfield, 34766861, killed
in action; Pvt. William D. Berry,
34767101, killed in action; Pfc.
Charles M. Boatman, 34948370,
killed in action; Pfc. Drewy M.
Campbell, 34820297, killed in ac
tion; Pvt. Buster B. Chapman,
34446152, died of wounds; Sgt.
John C. Clark, 34084791, died
non-battle; Pfc. William H. Clow
dis, 34820296, finding of death
under public law; Pvt. William T.
Croy, 34011709, killed in action;
2nd Lieut. James W. Dobbins, 02-
005691; killed in action; T/5 Earl
> N. Farrow, 3436048, died non-bat
tle; 2nd Lieut. Joe C. Favor, 0-
927211, finding of death under
public law; Pvt. Samul F. Fuller,
34449784, killed in action.
i Pvt. Roland A. Gayton, 348325-
79, killed in action; T/Sgt. Deck
erd J. Gray, Jr., 14047686, finding
of death by public law; Pvt.
Jesse J. Grigsby, 34832095, died
non-battle; T/Sgt. Roy D. Ham
mond, 34267357, killed in action;
2nd Lieut. Harold B. Hood, 0-6874-
81, died non-battle; S/Sgt. John
C. Hunter, 34571366, killed in ac
tion; Cpl. Archie L. Jennings,
34446089, died of wounds; Pvt.
Charles L. Johnson, 3432346, kill
ed in action; Pvt. Charles L. Lit
tle, 34832547, killed in action;
Pvt. James L. Loggins, 34979561,
killed in action; Pfc. Gordon L.
Massey, 34571231, kiled in action;
Sgt. Paul D. McElroy. 14036314,
finding of death by public law;
Pvt. Clarence E Mitchell, 3419-
6621, died of wounds.
Also, 2nd Lieut. Lamar H. Mit
chell, 01304769, killed in action;
Pvt. Nathaniel Monstiller, 3490-
7299, died non-battle; Pvt. David
C. Mosley, 34557020, died non-bat
tle; Pfc. John R. Murphy, 3483-
„ 4258, killed in action; Pvt. Clyde
F. Orr, 34576939, killed in action;
Pvt. Frank Q. Peace, 14137608,
died of wounds; Pvt. J. T. Potts,
34832983, died non-battle; Pfc.
t Ordia O. Richardson, 7081991,
killed in action; Pvt. John F.
Rickett, 34832148, killed in action;
Pfc. Ben Ridley, 34267833, died of
wounds; Pfc. Glenn L. Rush, 34-
766365, killed in action; Pvt. Jas.
L. Shamblin, 34196613, died sf
wounds; Pvt. Thomas W. Stowe,
14011279, killed in action; Pic.
William M. Thomas, 34820241,
killed in action, and Pfc. William
M. Veatch, 34350807, died of
wounds.
M. C. 'Bud’ Chambers
Dies Here Tuesday
M. C. “Bud” Chambers, 63, died
in Trion Tuesday morning at 8:30
after several weeks’ illness. Well
known in Chattooga County
where he was born, Uncle “Bud”
came to Trion in 1901 and for
the past 17 years was manager
of the Trion Barber Shop where
he was forced to retire due to
poor health March 23 of this
year. A member of the First Bap
tist Church of Trion, he served
as choir leader for a number of
years.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. An
nie Morrow Chambers; one son,
Paul Chambers, of Trion; one sis
ter, Mrs. Fletcher Cochran, of
Lyerly; three brothers, J. C., of
Trion, Route 1; J. P., of Chatta
nooga, and R. E., of Chicka
mauga.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday at 11 a. m., E.
S. T., from the First Baptist
„ Church of Trion, with the Revs.
S. L. Walker, pastor; E. B. Shi
vers, former pastor; Leßoy Obert
and H. L. Cochran officiating. In
terment in the Trion Cemetery.
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3rd Vet Diploma
Test Set for July
5 at 8 in Rome
The third test for Gls who
desire a high school diploma or
certificate has been set for July
15 at 8 a. m. at the Boys High
School in Rome, according to H.
Q. Tucker, director.
The following information con
cerning the general educational
developed tests is given by Mr.
Tucker for the benefit of Gls:
1. Only veterans are eligible to
take the test.
2. Any veteran who has four
or more high school credits and
who successfully completes the
test wiil qualify for a high school
diploma or certificate
3. Any veteran who does not
have the four or more required
credits and who successfully
completes the test may apply to
the state department of educa
tion for a certificate.
4. Proof of servcie must be pre
sented. (Discharge paper ’pre
ferred.)
5. A fee of $2.50 covers all ex
penses.
6. The principal of the school
that you attended will decide
whether you will be issued a di
ploma or certificate that certi
fies that you have the equivalent
of a high school education.
7. Bring pencils to use in tak
ing test.
8. Test requires eight hours.
9. The next test is scheduled
for Monday, July 15, at 8 a. m.
at Boys High School in Rome.
10. Please notify Mr. Tucker if
you expect to be there so that he
may have a test ready for you.
Revival Continues at
Church of Christ
The meeting, which started
Sunday, June 30, at the Church
of Christ on South Commerce St.,
is still in progress and large
crowds have been present at all
services. One has been baptized
and one restored to date.
Those who have not been yet
are invited to come and those
who have been to come back.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Here Friday Night
The Chattooga County Farm
Bureau will have its regular quar
terly meeting Friday night at
8:30 o’clock in the court house
here. Every farmer is urged to
attend this meeting, says W. M.
Storey, secretary of the farm bu
reau.
Francis Patterson, from South
ern Dairies in Rome, will be the
main speaker and a member of
the Walker County Farm Bureau
chapter is expected to make a
short talk. It is hoped that every
farmer will make an effort to be
at this meeting, Mr. Storey said.
Services Announced for
Beersheba and Cloudland
M. E. Churches Sunday
Preaching services for the Be
ersheba and Cloudland Presby
terian churches have been an
nounced by the Rev. S. K. Dod
son, pastor of the two churches,
for Sunday as follows:
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
services will be held in the Beer
sheba Church and in the Cloud
land Church at 4 p. m. Note the
change from 3 o’clock to 4 o’clock
in the latter church.
1. How many American ships
normally operate?
2. Did all the Allies march in
London’s D-Day anniversary pa
rade?
3. What political party in
France has a majority in the
constituent assembly?
4. Why would one say the
House of Savoy is shaking?
5. From what country did Ar
gentina win her independence?
6. How many cabinet members
has President Truman appoint
ed?
7. Who was Phineas Fogg?
8. How old was Napoleon when
he conquered Italy?
9. What is the meaning of fis
sionable as applied to atomic en
ergy?
10. What two nations dispute
the ownership of the Falkland
Islands?
(See Answers on Another Page)
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1946
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WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT,
THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL; THAT THEY ARE
♦ ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIEN
. ABLE RIGHTS; THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; THAT, TO SECURE THESE
RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN,
DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM TH . CONSENT OF
THE tOVERNED; THAT WHENEVER ANY FORM OF GOV-
DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS
THE | TO ALTER OR abolish it -
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WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT ...
Words that have particular importance as we celebrate this
peace-time Independence Day. It will be the first time for
several years that many of the sons and fathers will be home
to aid in celebrating the Independence that they gave so much
to maintain.
Cemetery Fund
Stands at $lO7
/
To date, contributions to the
cemetery fund totals $107.00. The
following donations have come
in since our last list in The News:
Bill Pullen, Jackson, Miss., $5;
N. K. Bitting, Decatur, Ala., $5;
the Pitners, $5; Mrs. A. S. Rob
bins, $2; Daisy Kellett Myers, At
lanta, $1; Mrs Ruth Arp Jackson,
$2.50; Mrs. Blanche Arp Edge,
$2.50; Jamie Marks, $2; Beulah
Shropshire, $5; Mrs. Sallie Smith,
sl, and C. C. Housch, $2.
If any one making a contribu
tion has been left off the list,
let us hear from you.
James Carmichael to
Speak Here Next
Tuesday, July 9th
James V. Carmichael, candi
date for governor, will speak at
the court house here next Tues
day, July 9, at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Car
michael is running on a plat
form of good and honest govern
ment, and it is expected that a
large crowd will turn out to hear
him next Tuesday.
State Gross Income
On Forest Products
Shows 0275,000,000
The gross income value of for
est products for Georgia in 1946,
according to R. L. Mosely, man
agement and marketing special
ist, in a report to J. M. Tinker,
director of the state department
of forestry, was as follows:
Lumbering, $120,000,000; pulp
and paper, $50,000,000; naval
stores, $25,000,000; boxes and fur
niture, $30,000,000; veneer, $15,-
000,000; poles and ties, $20,000,-
000; fuel, $10,000,000, and miscel
laneous, $5,000,000, for a total of
$275,000,000.
RED CROSS WARNS HOMEMAKERS
OF CARBON MONOXIDE DANGER
Odorless and invisible, carbon
monoxide gas is one of the most
treacherous and dangerous of
public enemies. Though it takes
its heaviest toll during the win
ter months, the American Red
Cross accident prevention serv
ice warns to be on guard against
it every day of the year.
Carbon monoxide, the Red
Cross says, is the lethal
agent in virtually all cases of gas
asphyxiation. It is present not
only in automobile exhaust gas
but also in the burning of any
fuel such as coal or kerosene
where there is incomplete com
bustion.
Automobile exhaust fumes con
tain enough carbon monoxide to
make the average closed garage
deadly in five minutes. The driv
er who starts his motor in a
closed garage and then putters
about the car, cleaning the wind
shield, checking tires, or perhaps
just waiting for other members
of the family, is courting death.
The victim of carbon monox
ide may not realize he is in dan
ger until his knees give away.
Then it may be too late, because
even though he remains consci-
Laborers Needed
For Vet Housing
The veterans housing program
is under way and laborers are
needed for production of lumber
and other building materials,
both in Chattooga and Floyd
counties, M. A. N. Patton, man
ager of the Rome office of the
United States Employment Serv
ice, stated this week.
~A~ representative will be in
Summerville Thursday, July 11,
and any applicants wishing to
secure job information may do
so at the Rome office of the U.
S. E. S., 522 Broad St., between
8:30 and 5 o’clock Monday thru
Friday, except July 4, which is
a legal holiday.
Menlo Vacation Bible
School Successful
The Menlo community vacation
Bible school came to a very suc
cessful close last Sunday night,
June 30, at the Presbyterian
Church where the school was
held with a very interesting com
mencement program which each
of the four departments of the
school participated in. The guest
speaker for the occasion was the
sister of the Rev. S. K. Dodson,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Menlo, Miss Frances Dodson,
a missionary recently returned
from Korea.
The school began Monday,
June 24, and was conducted
throughout the week. Each ses
sion was held for two and a half
hours in the morning with an
average attendance of around 63.
This does not include the 12
teachers from the various
churches in Menlo who directed
and taught the children.
The children, 4 to 14, enjoyed
the fellowship and recreation
they received along with the Bi
ble training they obtained. They
are eagerly looking forward to
next year’s school.
ous he probably will not have the
strength to leave the gas-filled
enclosure. To be safe, always
open the garage door wide be
fore starting your motor.
Even outdoors exhaust fumes
of an automobile are a threat to
occupants if the car is parked
and the windows closed. The gas
may seep through the floor into
the car and thus affect the oc
cupants.
Formation of carbon monoxide
may also result from incorrect
banking of the furnace at night.
Soft coal or very small hard coal,
such as the rice, buckwheat, or
pea sizes, is liable to produce this
dangerous gas if it is allowed to
blanket the fire tightly and pre
vent complete combustion.
Being lighter than air, carbon
monoxide may follow outlets that
lead upward to bedrooms and
other parts of the house. To
overcome possible danger when
banking the furnace fire, use a
type of coal larger than pea size,
or, if fine coal is used, make cer
tain that the fire bed is not com
pletely covered and that the
check slide in the furnace door
1s left slightly open.
VD, TB Centers
In Georgia Are
To Be Expanded
Patients who recently vacated
Alto Sanitarium and moved to
Battey General Hospital in Rome
are finding their new quarters
more spacious and able to accom
modate a greater number of pa
tients. Where there was room for
only 500 tubercular patients at
Alto, the Rome unit will be able
to accommodate 1,500 almost im
mediately.
The health department is now
making a state-wide survey to
locate cases of tuberculosis, and
funds have been augmented to
find and provide treatment for
all Georgia tubercular patients.
In the near future, capacity of
the sanitarium will reach a max
imum of 3,000 beds.
In 1945, over 1,100 persons died
of tuberculosis in Georgia,
though it is a disease that need
not be fatal if treated in time.
Most cases can be halted within
two years or less, some in six
months, if treated early enough.
’When doctors feel that the pa
tients will do as well at home,
they are discharged from the
sanitarium.
A new feature of the expansion
i will be a vocational training pro-
I gram, which will teach patients
how to make a living when re
leased.
In the meantime, the old Alto
Sanitarium is being converted
into a rapid treatment center for
venereal diseases. It will open
July 15 under the new name of
Alto Medical Center and will at
first be staffed with six doctors,
42 nurses and 200 personnel.
The new Alto Medical Center
will be the largest and finest in
the world, according to Dr. C.
Dan Bowden, state epidemiolo
gist. It will specialize in the
rapid treatment of syphilis—the
new nine-day course of penicillin
—and will be capable of handling
l, cases per month.
The center will take over the
work being done at Savannah
and Augusta, and patients from I
all parts of the stat*ewijl L
there. State-operated buses
bring them to Alto.
It will be operated by the
state health department under
Federal funds, with approxi
mately a million dollars a year
now available.
Lanham Rally Is
Set at Rockmart
Saturday, July 6
Plans have been completed for
a home-coming for Henderson
Lanham, candidate for Congress,
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at Rockmart by Polk County
friends of Mr. Lanham, who is
a former Rockmart resident.
Mr. Lanham will speak at 3 p.
m. and the program will be
broadcast over WRGA, Rome;
WGAA, Cedartown, and WBJL,
Dalton. The candidate for Con
gress will be introduced by Hal
Hutchins, solicitor general of the
Tallapoosa circuit. Cecil Frank
lin, prominent attorney and for
mer members of the legislature,
will also speak. Music will be fur
nished by original Lindale Band
under Director Jack Kranyik
WEST SUMMERVILLE W.H.D.
CLUB ENTERTAINED JUNE 27
The West Summerville W. H. D.
Club was entertained Thursday
afternoon, June 27, in the home
of Mrs. B- E. Neal. The guests
were invited to the spacious cool
lawn where a very interesting
program was carried out. The
president, Miss Mittie Dodd, led
the devotional with the 23rd
Psalm and Lord’s Prayer being
given in unison. Roll call and
two new members were welcom
ed into the club, they being Mrs.
McWhorter and Mrs. Alexander.
Mrs. Reuben Garrett read the
nice story, “Angelus,” and Miss
Patsy Chappelear gave an inter
esting reading on what the 4-H
Club had meant to her. Miss
Julia Ann Garvin, a 4-H girl from
Menlo, gave a very helpful dem
onstration on paint and paints,
both showing the helpful train
ing of the 4-H Club work they
are having.
Miss Nell Parish, county home
demonstration agent, discussed
plans for the annual club pic
nic to be held in July at the Tav
ern near Trion.
During the social hour “Secret
Sister” presents were presented
to each member. Mrs- Neal, as
sisted by her daughter, Miss Max
ine Neal, and Mrs. Fred Neal,
served delicious refreshments.
Teacher Shortage Postpones
Opening Date of Schools
At the regular monthly meeting of the county board of
education Tuesday it was voted, that because of the teacher
shortage, the previous date set for school opening would be
changed and all schools would open September 2.
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WALKING BOOTS . . . Jim
mie Fortner, two, Seattle,
Wash., was born at Spanish
Fort, Texas, without feet. To
day, the sturdy, broad-shoul
dered boy is learning to walk
and play with his “walking
boots.” Miss John Gray, Jim
mie’s aunt, had sent him to
Seattle, where he was fitted
with the necessary artificial
feet.
First Citizenship
Institute Meeting
(A report of this meeting to
he women of Chattooga Coun
ty by Janet Farrar.)
This historic meeting was held
on the campus of the Georgia
State College for Women at Mil
ledgeville on June 27 and 28. It
was attended by 100 delegates se
.ected by 18 organizations of
women in the state. These groups
were: University Women, United
Church Women, Social Workers,
Cancer Society, Jewish Women,
Citizens Library committee. Gar
den clubs, Auxiliary of the Medi
cal Association, Women’s clubs.
Professional Women, woman law
yers, Nurses Association, Educa
tional Association, Temperance
League and several others.
The opening meeting was a
banquet presided over by Mrs.
J. C. Blaylock, of Atlanta, past
president of the Georgia League
of Women Voters, sponsors of the
citizenship institute.
At this banquet was Dr. Ger
hart Niemeyer, of Oglethorpe
University, who as guest speaker,
gave a lecture on "Is Democracy
Safe Now?” He said we should
watch and care for all our or
ganizations which teach us and
improve us; that we should be
careful to understand the signs
of totalitarianism rearing its
head. People who live without a
philosophy—without an under
standing of world issues—who do
not read or study, become pan
icky about fears which arise in
our complex civilization, such as
depressions or inflation, or race
issues, etc., and become slaves to
some leader who promises relief
from these but who has only his
own selfish plans to fulfill. He
said that the Russians were told
every day that the world is hos
tile to them in order to keep
them subdued under their lead
ers- He said that aimlessness and
indecision were our enemies. We
must decide two things: what do
we get from life and what do we
put into life. The cures for this
blight on civilization are:
1. Know your own mind.
2. Have a clear view.
3. Study world affairs by read
ing and listening and thinking.
4. Watch jealously our ideals of
freedom and welfare and culture.
5. Keep up all organizations of
idealism.
The Friday morning sessions
were marked by interest and
enthusiasm. Mrs. James Selvage
spoke on “Facts and Techniques
of Legislation.” Mrs. Ray Meade,
of Birmingham, gave an address
on “How Can Georgia’s Women
Be Politically Effective?”
Mrs. Meade said we must gov
ern or be governed. In the war
just over, our young men died for
democracy; the time has come
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I 2 Circulates in Best
Section of Northwest
Georgia. ■
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$1.50 A YEAR
Out of the 90 white teachers
needed to staff Chattooga Coun
ty schools next year, only 60
teachers have accepted contracts.
This means a shortage of one out
of every three. It is hoped that
principals will be able to fill at
least a part of these vacancies
if given more time.
The county board realizes that
the farmers will need their chil
dren to harvest crops during the
harvest season. With this in
mind, they have stated that dur
ing the harvest season all schools
will pone at 8 o’clock and close
at 1:30. Since it is impossible to
pick cotton early in the morn
ings because of dew, it is hoped
that parents will cooperate and
send their children to school in
the mornings and use them for
harvesting only in the afternoons
and on Saturday.
If you know of a qualified
teacher who is interested in
teaching school, you would be
helping your community if you
contacted either your local school
officials or your county school
superintendent.
Missionary Rally at
Church of God
Near Trion Sunday
A special missionary rally has
been set for Sunday night at the
South Trion Church of God, an
nounces the Rev. J. V. Johnson,
pastor of the church. Two spe
cial speakers, M. E. Wilson, state
overseer, and Mrs. Bessie Wilson,
state missionary secretary, will
be present.
A revival w-ill begin Monday
night, July 8 with Brother Wood
row Pettyjohn and his music.
The revival will continue through
July 21. The public is invited to
come and enjoy these services,
which begin each evening at 8
o’clock.
Carmichael Pledges
Priority for Schools
Rural roads, which dissolved
. into tortuous stretches of quag-
I mire during the war, will get top
’ ’ priority attention when he be
\ comes governor of Georgia, Can
•! didate James V. Carmichael is
' i pledged in campaign speeches.
The Cobb County businessman
is making no rash promises to
• pave every road in the state over
’ ; which school buses and mail cars
’ i travel—such as both his oppon-
| ents have done. He points out
that such a fantastic promise
1 1 calls for spending every cent of
’ I the state’s revenue for the next
1 four years, and then winding up
; $500,000,000 in debt.
3 1 Carmichael also points out that
’ a big road-building program by
’ I the Federal Government will give
? j Georgia $23,000,000 for each of
; the years 1947 and 1948. Sixty
per cent of this will be spent for
1 paving arterial highways, 35 per
’ cent for improving rural roads,
and 5 per cent for urban roads.
None of the Federal cash can be
3 spent for maintenance.
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i for us all to live for democracy—
young people, women, men, all
) working together. She said 25
- years had brought many changes
i in the statute of women; that
> they had been slow in grasping
1 their chances for service; that
> now to be politically effective we
: should be several Bs:
; 1. Be informed, as to issues,
trends, your own community,
. your state, your government.
2. Be united—learn to work
i with other women.
3. Be sure.
4. Be able-
5. Be tolerant.
6. Be cooperative.
The city officials of Milledge
ville gave an official invitation
to the institute to meet every
year in their city.
The atfernoon session was a
series of addresses on the needs
of the various departments of
the state. The most interesting
of these was the one on the edu
cational needs. The most desper
ate need of this department is
; trained teachers. One of the
striking statements of the after
noon was the one that, by actual
; statistics, the people in counties
that have a health unit live two
; years longer than those in the
counties that do not have one.
The whole institute was char
. acterized by intelligent enthusi
asm. The delegates were selected
• women and men who were to car
ry back the messages given.