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VOL. 60; NO. 29.
Farm Bureauites to
Meet in Rome at
Auditorium Aug. 1
Announcement of interest to
farmers and business men was
made this week by W. M. Storey,
of Summerville, that Farm Bu
reau chapters of the Seventh
Congressional District will meet
at the city auditorium in Rome,
Floyd county, on Thursday, Aug.
1, when problems of concern to
every citizen of the district will
be discussed by leaders in the
field of agriculture.
Mr. Storey stated that Rome
was centrally located in the dis
trict, and he confidently predict
ed that the attendance will shat
ter all past records of Farm Bu
reau meetings in this section of
the state: The meeting will open
at 10 o’clock in the Rome court
house, Mr. Storey said. He is a
member of the Board of Direc
tors of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation from this dis
trict.
Highlight of the one-day ses
sion of farmers and business
leaders will be the address of
GFBF President H. L. Wingate,
who is regarded as one of the
most able and colorful agricul
tural leaders in the south. He is
thoroughly familiar with prob
lems facing Georgia agriculture,
and in order to bring about a
more equitable distribution of the
national income, the Farm Bu
rea leader spends much of his
time with national legislative
leaders in Washington in an ef
fort to secure a price for farm
commodities that will give the
farmer a profit above the cost
of production.
Mr. Wingate, in all his address
es, emphasizes the need for in
creased membership to bring
about necessary changes in legis
lation affecting agriculture, and
he is urging that the state reach
a minimum of 50,000 members
this year.
“I believe the people of the
Seventh District will do their
part in reaching this member
ship goal,” the GFB executive
said. He added that problems
with which farmers are faced will
be solved much more easily when
we increase our membership to
this point.
Mrs. Joe S. Ray, of West Green,
president of the Associated Wom
en of the GFBF, will attend also.
Other members of the state
staff from Macon headquarters
who will attend the Rome session
include H. R. Yandle, director of
public relations and editor of the
Georgia Farm Bureau News, and
Herbert E. Woodruff, director of
organization.
MISS WYATT HONORED
MENLO SATURDAY
WITH SHOWER-TEA
The Edith B. Garvin class of
the Menlo Presbyterian church
entertained Saturday afternoon
with a shower-tea at the home
of Mrs. C. A. Wyatt in honor of
Miss Doris Wyatt, bride-elect.
The wedding of Miss Wyatt and
Max White will take place Tues
day evening at 7:30 in the Pres
byterian church.
Mrs. C. A. Wyatt greeted the
guests at the door and intro
duced them to the receiving line,
which was composed of the bride
elect, Mrs. Herman White, moth
er of the groom-elect, and Mrs.
Lawrence Graham and Mrs. P.
Moore, sisters of Miss Wyatt.
Miss Lucille Agnew and Miss
Daphne Ransom directed the
guests into the dining room,
where a tea course was served.
The dining room table was cov
ered with an imported lace cloth
and was centered with a silver
bowl filled with pink roses, snap
dragons and baby’s breath.
Serving in the dining room
were Mesdames Ralph Chamblee,
W. M. McWhorter, Charles Fink,
Lester Edwards and Misses Helen
Wyatt. June Wyatt and Margaret
Jo McWhorter.
Mrs. Henry McWhorter kept the
bride’s register.
Miss Mildred McWhorter and
Mrs. W. M. Jackson directed the
guests into the gift room.
One hundred and twenty-five
guests were invited to call be
tween the hours of 3 and 7 p.m.
CEMETERY FUND
The following have contrib
uted to the cemetery fund
since last week:
G. L. Rosser $ 2.00
Carlton Wheeler 5.00
Mrs. Annis Cochran 2.00
Joe Hammond 1.00
Making total of 130.00
Benjamin Frfanklin was the
seventh of 13 children.
I Bnmmrrinlk' Nms
Organization Meeting
Os Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday
There will be an organization
al meeting for a county-wide
chamber of commerce at the
court house here Tuesday night,
July 23. at 7:30 o’clock. All inter
ested are invited to be present.
Two active and wide-awake lo
cal civic organizations, the Lions
and Rotary clubs, will sponsor
the new chamber of commerce
for Chattooga County which, it
is felt, has long been needed in
the county.
F. F. Starr, of Rome, will be
present to help organize the lo
cal chamber of commerce.
Latest Books Added
To Public Library
The latest books just added to
our shelves for your reading
pleasure follow:
Crane—The Shocking Pink
Hat.
Dana—Death Against Venus.
Vera—Whisper Murder.
Roy—Vengeance.
Mignon—Five Passengers From
Lisbon.
Ethel—Reveille for Romance.
Janet—Up Goes the Curtain.
Colt —Wheels in the Dust.
Coryn—The Marriage of Jose
phine.
Stanley—Showdown Guns.
Strong—Stranger at the Inlet.
O’Donnell—Those Other Peo
ple.
Mcßride —Tune In for Elizabeth.
Seagrave—Burma Surgeon Re
turns.
Grew—The Wild Dog of Ed
mondton.
Leslie—The Border Raiders
Drake—Big Flight.
Kent—Country Mouse.
Jacobs—Laurel for Judy.
Field—Powder Valley Show
down.
Barnes—My Lady of Cleves.
Ford —The Trigger Slammer.
Garfrae—Pennywise
Walworth—Nicodemus.
Taber—The Family on Maple
Street.
Cunningham—Death Rides a
Sorrel Horse.
Halleran—Shadow of the Bad
lands.
Scott—Desert Gold.
Reed—Yeoman’s Progress.
Noble—A Dancing Heart.
Welton—Sarah Mandrake
Miller—Spotlight.
Powers—Sheba on Trampled
Grass.
Lansing—Nancy Naylor, Cap
tain of Flight Nurses.
Tuttle—The Double Trailer.
JUVENILES
Watson—Trooper, U. S. Army
Dog.
Johnson—Dixie Dobie.
LeGrand—Augustus Hits the
Road.
L’Hommedieu Robbie, the
Brave Little Collie.
Kunnhardt—Onpe There Was
a Little Boy.
McKinley—Harriett.
Eberle—Basketball.
Olds—The Big Fire.
Slobidkin—Clear the Track.
Derleth—Who Knocks?
Queen—The Black Dog Mys
tery.
Martin—Animals for You to
Make.
Coatsworth The Wonderful
Day.
Petersham—The Rooster Crows
Nura—Nura’s Children Go Vis
iting.
Kissin—Cramp’s Desert Chick.
Chase—The Jack Tales.
Hograth—A Bible ABC.
Carst—Scotty Allan, King of
the Dog Team.
Ringer—A Travel Book
Sacagawea—Bird Girl—Sacag
awea.
Easton—The Faith of a Prot
estant.
Berry—Harvest of the Hudson.
McSwigan—Hi-Barney.
Belpre—The Tiger and the
Rabbit.
Hayes—Green Peace.
Harper—Where the Red Bird
Flies.
The V. R. C. is progressing very
nicely, and the children seem to
enjoy their lovely new books so
much.
The Story Hour is held every
Saturday in the library at 10 a.m
and children from 5 to 8 years
of age are urged to attend.
Our circulation for the month
of June was 1,301, and we are
very proud of this report and
hope to increase it more and
more each month.
ROSA FARMER SHUMATE.
Librarian.
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United States, forty-two are in
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUI TY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946.
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DECIDE FATE OF OPA .. . This house-senate committee made
up of conferees from both houses of congress, decided the fate of
OPA extension legislation. Front row, left to right: Senators
Tobey, Wagner, Barkley; Representatives Spence, Paul Brows
of Georgia. Standing left to right: Senator Downey, Repre
sentative Barry of New York, Representative Gamble of New
York, Representative Patman of Texas, Representative Wolcott
•f Michigan, Senator Milliken, Senator Taft and Representative
Crawford of Michigan.
J. W. Davis, Roman,
Forms Partnership
With Moses Brinson
Os interest to Chattoogans is
the announcement of the forma
tion of a law partnership com
posed of Moses E. Brinson, well
known Summerville attorney,
and John W. Davis, formerly of
Rome.
Mr. Brinson has engaged in
law practice in Summerville
since 1935 and has served in the
house of representatives, senate
and as county attorney, which
latter oifice he still holds. Dur
ing the war, he attained the rank
of lieutenant commander in the
navy, and saw service in the Pa
chic.
Mrs. Brinson is the former
Ruth Maddox, of Rome, daugh
ter of the late Ed Maddox.
Mr. Davis was born in Rome in
1916, attended public schools
there, and graduated law school
at the University of Georgia in
1939. He practiced law with his
father, John Camp Davis, in
Rome until he entered the serv
ice in 1942.
During the time he was in the
army, Mr. Davis was a special
agent in the counter intelligence
corps, and was stationed in
Brazil. He participated in the in
vestigation at Rio de Janeiro of
the widely publicized Frank
Hirt espionage case.
Since returning from the army,
Mr. Davis has served in Rome as
command of the Veterans of For
eign Wars Post No. 649 and pres
ident of the Rome Bar Associa
tion, which offices he relinquish
ed upon coming to Summerville.
He is also co-owner of the Floyd
County Herald, a newly estab
lished weekly newspaper which
is being printed in Summerville
at The Summerville News plant.
Mrs. Davis is the former Vivian
Hawkins, daughter of Paul E.
Hawkins, of LaFayette.
S. S. Benefits Show
A Marked Increase
There has been a marked in
crease during the past twelve
months in the number of bene
ficiaries serviced by the Rome
oflice of the Social Security
Board as announced today by
Welch Ray, manager. As of July
1, 1946, this office was paying a
total of $27,327.31 each month to
1,876 beneficiaries living in the
area serviced by the office as
compared to $18,886.31 each
month to 1,344 beneficiaries in
July, 1945.
In addition to the monthly
benefits, 167 lump-sum death
payments totaling $20,717.82 were
paid by the Rome office during
the same 12 month period.
Mr. Ray’s office services Floyd,
Chattooga, Bartow, Gordon, Har
alson, Paulding and Polk coun
ties of Northwest Georgia.
The monthly benefits in the
Rome office area are distributed
as follows: 619 retired workers,
aged 65 or over, receiving $12,-
859.57 a month; 179 wives, aged
65 or over, of retired workers,
receiving $1,699.03 a month; 222
young widows with children un
der 18, receiving $3,688.68 month;
786 children of deceased work
ers receiving $7,887.06 a month;
59 widows. 65 or over, of insured
workers, receiving $1,067.28 a
month. Monthly benefits are
paid also to aged dependent par
ents of fully insured workers who
leave no wife or child.
Benefits to young widows with
children are of especial impor-
W. K, Beavers Passes
At Home Monday
William Knox Beavers, 69, died
at his home here Monday at 1:10
p. m. after a brief illness. He was
a prominent citizen of Chattoo
go County and was loved by all
who knew him. To his many
friends and loved ones he was
known as “Uncle Bud” and for a
number of years he served as
night policeman in Summerville.
Unc’e Bud was a member of
the Summerville Presbyterian
Church, where services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock, with the Rev. H. R. Fos
ter, pastor of the church, offi
ciating.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Howard Weems, Mrs. Leon
ard Groce, of Summerville, and
Mrs. Quentin Wood, of Douglas
ville; two grandchildren, Amy
and Frank Wood, of Douglas
ville; two uncles, Tom Beavers,
of Atlanta, ar' 4 Rube Beavers, of
Summerville, and one aunt, Mrs.
Mattie Kane, of Atlanta. Inter
ment was in the Summerville
Cemetery.
tance in keeping families togeth
er when the father dies, Mr. Ray
said. “They give the citizens of
tomorrow the chance to grow up
in normal home surroundings,
with a mother’s care,” he added.
•Without them, many homes
would be broken up and the chil
dren separated from their moth
ers and their brothers and sis
ters. They supplement life in
surance or savings, and the
mother can take a job without
sacrificing the monthly payments
co the children, though she does
give up her benefits for each
month in which she earns more
than $14.99 in covered employ
ment.
During the past several months
an increasing number of bene
ficiaries lost considerable sums
in benefits due to their failure
to file at the proper time, Mr.
Ray said. “To make sure you
get all the benefits that may be
due you under Old-Age and Sur
vivors’ Insurance, you should get
In touch with the Rome office of
the Social Security Board when
you reach 65, regardless of
whether you intend to retire or
not. There are some important
matters you should consider.
Maybe you should file your claim
for benefits even though you in
tend to keep on working" he said.
The Rome office of the Social
Security Board is located in room
8 of the postoffice building. Mr.
Ray urges any one desiring in
formation regarding Old-Age and
Survivors’ Insurance provisions
of the Social Security Act to call
at or write that office.
FARM BUREAU NEWS
The Chattooga County Chapter
Farm Bureau held its regular
quarterly meeting Friday night,
July 5, and it was one of the best
meetings that we have had.
There was about 100 farmers
present.
J. P. Agnew, our ex-president,
opened the meeting and talked a
few minutes on importance of
farm organization. He then
turned the meeting over to How
ard Baker, our incoming presi
dent, who presided. Francis Pat
terson, of Southern Dairies, of
Rome, was the principal speaker.
He talked on pastures and the
importance of raising feed for
livestock on the farm. He also
talked about the outlook and the
possibilities of a good dairy pro
gram here in Chattooga county.
RAMEY’S LEAD 8 VOTES;
HAIR-HARLOW AND
KLING-BAKER RUNOFF
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Tarver Trails Lanham
In Chattooga’s
Unofficial Voting
In the race for Congressman
from the Seventh Congression
al District. Malcolm C. Tarver,
incumbent, was trailing Hen
derson Lanham and Chattooga
County by 533 votes, with a few'
small precincts not reported,
the unofficial vote was:
LANHAM 1844
TARVER 1433
In official returns from Whit
field County, Tarver’s home
county, Lanham was leading
by 158 votes, with Dalton, the
county seat, not counted.
William Buchanan
Dies at Uncle’s Home
William C. Buchanan, 40, died
at the home of his uncle, R. O.
Brown, Trion, Route 1, at 7:45
a. m. Tuesday after a lengthy ill
ness. Survived by wife. Mrs. Ber
tha Mae Wright Buchanan; two
brothers, Arthur S. Buchanan, of
Atco, and Robert C. Buchanan,
of Atlanta.
ed from the Mountain View 7 Bap-
Funeral services were conduct
tist Church Wednesday at 2 p.
m., with the Rev. Scott, pastor of
the church, and the Rev. Frank
Lewis officiating. Interment was
in the Trion Cemetery.
BOOKMOBILE IN COUNTY
WEEK OF JULY 22-27
Following is the bookmobile
schedule for Chattooga county
for the next three months. Please
clip this schedule so that you
may refer to it from time to
time:
Monday, July 22, Aug. 19 and
Sept. 16—Morning, Teloga Com
munity, Storey Home; Menlo
Community, Hutchins Home; aft
ernoon, Menlo postoffice. Due to
road construction, the bookmo
bile is calling off its schedule on
this day to Cloudland.
Tuesday, July 23, Aug. 23 and
Sept. 17—Morning, Gore Commu
nity, Hicks home; Dawson home;
Subligna, White’s Store; Manus
home; afternoon, Gore Commu
nity, Speer home; Aired home;
Cooper home; Tidings Commu
nity, Gordon’s Store; Gore, post
office.
Thursday, July 25, Aug. 22 and
Sept. 19—Morning, Holland. Rat
tills Store; Chattoogaville, Cook’s
Store; Pine Grove Community,
Mitchell home; afternoon, Lyer
ly Community, Bagley’s home.
Friday, July 26, Aug. 23 and
Sept. 20—Morning, Welcome Hill
Community, Teems home; Cam
eron’s Store; Mountain View
Community, Williams’ Store;
Pennville Community, Greason
home; afternoon, Berryton Store;
Trion highway, Harris’ Store.
A number of children are read
ing in the Vacation Reading Club
this summer. A certificate is of
fered to those who read as many
as ten books during their vaca
tion. It is not too late to meet
the bookmobile at one of its stops
and read in the club. For those
who are unable to meet the
bookmobile, deposits of books are
kept in most of the homes visit
ed, and you may borrow them
by going to these homes. If this
service is not coming near your
home and you would like to have
books, please notify your county
school superintendent and a
stop will be arranged near your
home.
FIRST BAPTIST W.M.S.
TO MEET MONDAY, JULY 22
The W. M. S. of the First Bap
tist church will meet at 3 p.m.
Monday, July 22. Each member
is asked to bring a dish for a
picnic supper at the Fish Hatch
ery. The regular devotional pro- j
gram and business session will be
held on the lawn. Miss Maud
Sewell has charge of the pro
gram, the topic of the month
being “Missionary Education.”
All members are to assemble at
the church, transportation being
provided for those who do not
have cars.
Rev. W. H. Dean will preach at
Chapel Hill church next Sunday
at 3 o’clock. Everybody invited.
* In one of the most hotly contested elections ever held in
the history of Chattooga County., H. G. Ramey yesterday
was leading L. B. Harrell by eight votes early this morning
to represent the county in the general assembly of Georgia.
It was a race which was very hotly contest and in which
both participants predicted victory until the last vote was
counted.
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NAVY HEAD WATCHES . . .
Secretary of the Navy James
Forrestal, right, and Vice
Admr. W. H. P. Blandy, com
mander of joint task force,
watch from the bridge of the
USS Mt. McKinley as the
atomic bomb goes off at Bikird
atoll.
In the governor’s race, Car
michael led over his nearest op
ponents, Talmadge, by a major
ity of 704 votes in Chattooga
County. The unofficial vote for
the county was:
Carmichael 1907
Talmadge 1203
O’Keiley 116
Rivers 486
STATE SAFETY CHECK
REVEALS 50 PER CENT
OF VEHICLES UNSAFE
In the recent safety check up
of cars on Georgia highways, the
state patrol inspected over 32,882
vehicles and found 16,257 un
safe.
Os automobiles checked, 2,460
had insufficient brakes, 1,432 had
no horn, 1,906 had no windshield
wipers. 3.091 had front head
lights out, 4,351 had no rear
lights, 579 had unsafe tires and
2,438 were ruled unsafe for oth
er defects.
“If the average person can
glance over machines on the
highway and find that many de
fects, just think what a trained
mechanic would find,” Maj. W.
E. Spence, state commissioner of
public safety, said
“During the safety check, of
course, we only gave the driver
a ticket showing the repairs his
vehicle needs. We are not mak
ing any cases, and I know many
drivers co-operated with us will
ingly.
“However, I am of the opinion
that owners of defective cars and
trucks should be required to
show that they have had repairs
made within a reasonable time.
“This is the only way we will
ever be able to reduce this
slaughter on ouf highways.”
Spence pointed out that Geor
gia’s percentage on defective ma
chines is higher than most other
states. For the same period, the
State of Rhode Island had only
9 per cent of defective vehicles
on roads, while Arkansas report
ed 78 per cent of cars checked
were defective.
The state patrol officials said
they will join Atlanta police in
demanding state legislation com
pelling drivers of defective autos
+ o have their machines repaired j
or face a fine or jail sentence.
American Legion to
Meet Frilday Night
The Chattooga County Post of
of the American Legion will meet
Friday night, July 18, at the Le
gion Hut at 8 o’clock. New offi
cers will be installed for the com
ing year.
Tom Cook, commander of the
local post, stated that every ex
service man in Chattooga Coun
ty is welcome to come out and
help these new officers have a
good post for 1947.
I 2 Circulates in Best
Section of Northwest
Georgia.
$1.50 A YEAR
-★ There were over 4,000 votes
■ cast in Chattooga County yester
’ day, and a large amount of in
' terest was shown in the races
for representative and the board
ioi roads and revenue. A large
j crowd remained in Summerville
until the last precinct was count
ed.
In the race for members of the
board of roads and revenue of
Chattooga County there will be a
run off in the Summerville dis
trict between Clyde H. Harlow,
incumbent, and Dr. W. B. Hair.
The official vote in the com
missioner’s race for the Sum
merville district is as follows:
Davison 243
i Gorman 262
I Hair 582
Harlow 572
In the Trion district, the race
for member of the board of roads
and revenue was between F. A.
Justice, incumbent, and John A.
Hammond, with Mr. Justice win
ning by a margain of 34 votes.
The official vote was:
Justice 643
Hammond 609
In the Lyerly District, the race
between Donald Cook and R. C.
Floyd for county commissioner,
no figures were available as to
this race at the time The News
went to press early this morning.
State National Guard
To Be Active Soon
Georgia’s National Guard will
again be active as soon as equip
ment reaches the state and can
be distributed among the va
rious units. Announcement from
the Georgia Military Department
was that the material is already
on its way, and units will be
equipped completely by July of
1947.
As soon as units complete or
ganization, Gov. Ellis Arnall will
notify the War Department to
arrange for federal recognition
of the state troops at dates to be
1 decided by the governor and War
! Department.
1 j Units of the Forty-Eighth In
; i fantry Division and the Fifty-
Fourth Air Wing are being acti
vated now and will be completed
within two or three months, of
ficials said.
1 Georgia Guards will be allotted
‘ a quota of 12,731 guardsmen, in-
■ eluding 1.851 for Air Corps units.
I Plans are being made for an Os-
■ ficer Candidate School for Air
Corps personnel. Other OCS will
be set up at a later date.
Plans also include guard units
■ for the following cities, some of
i which will have special troops:
Atlanta, Macon, Savannah,
Griffin, Springfield. Toccoa, Lou
isville, Covington, Athens, Dal
ton, Marietta, Rome, Cedartown,
Calhoun, Milledgeville, Albany,
Valdosta. Thomasville, Waycross,
Dublin, Cordele, Americus, Haw
kinsville, Washington, States
boro, Hinesville, Swainsboro,
Waynesboro, Elberton, Monroe,
Thomson, Gainesville, Augusta
and Brunswick.
Each of the units now being
formed will do its own recruit
ing, the Georgia Department
stated.
1. What month and day did
former President F. D. Roosevelt
| pass away?
2. Who was the first secretary
of the Navy in the U. S.?
3. What is the equatorial cir
cumference of the earth?
4. What is the largest sea in
our world?
5. The 21-nation peace confer
ence will meet in Paris on what
date?
6. Name the present big four.
7. How long did Japan last aft
er Germany surrendered last
year?
8. What three classes can all
mankind be divided into?
9. Explain volts and amperes.
10. What does the medical sign
R mean?
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