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VOL. GO NO. 39
State Police Set
To Aid in Forest
Fire Prevention
Major W. E. Spence, state di
rector of public safety, announc
ed last week that both the state
highway patrol and the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation would,
henceforth, assist the state de
partment cf forestry in detecting
and investigating the cause o.
forest fires.
State Forester J. M. Tinker, in
developing the forest lire preven
tion campaign approved by the
Georgia forestry development
council, appealed to Major Spence
for cooperation in the law en
forcement phases of forest fire
control and received immediate
assurance of wholehearted sup
port by the state police agencies.
In addition, through the Geor
gia Police Officers’ Association,
all county sheriffs and local po
lice are expected to assist in
tracking down fire setters in the
woods and in reporting the ex
istence of fires.
“As we approach the point in
the history of the state,” Tinker,
said, “where statewide forest fire'
protection will become a reality,
we are making every effort to
tighten up on control. If a law
is enacted in January providing
statewide protection, we’ll be in
a position to take ull advantage
of it in short order.”
A network. Tinker disclosed, of
communications is being devel
oped throughout the state utiliz
ing teletype, telephone and tele
graph facilities wherein forest
fire alarms can be directed to
state forestry headquarters and
to any district forester within
the matter of minutes. The pub
lic utilities are expected to con
tribute the use of their communi
cations facilities to supplement
teletype and telephone circuits of
the department of forestry, the
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co. and several inde
pendent telephone companies.
DR. AND MRS. SMITH
VISIT BIREFLY HERE
Dr. and Mrs. Henry G. Smith,
of Overbrook, N. J., en route
home from Rome where they at
tended the funeral of Dr. Smith’s
uncle, Cary J. King, stopped here
Tuesday for a brief visit with his
cousin, L. C. Smith, Sr., and Mrs.
Smith. They also visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Smith at Lyerly.
Dr. Smith is now on the staff
cf the Essex County Hospital in
Overbrook, where he has been for
many years. He is a prominent
psychiatrist and was one of the
specialists who passed on the
sanity of Leopold and Loeb in
Chicago several years ago.
Services at Menlo, Beersheba
Churches Next Sunday
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There will be preaching serv
ices at the Menlo Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. Sept.
29, and at the Beersheba Church
on Sunday night of the same
date, the pastor, the Rev. S. K.
Dodson, has announced.
STATE PATROL HERE
FIRST FRIDAYS TO
ISSUE LICENSES
The Georgia State Patrol will
be in Summerville on the first
Friday in each month for the
purpose of issuing drivers’ li
censes.
NOTICE
All services at Chelsea Baptist
Church will be in the afternoon.
Sunday school at 1:30 p. m.;
preaching at 2:30 p. m. every
Sunday. Everyone is invited to
come and worship with us—Floyd
M. Higgins, Fasten
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fPuffiwutf
1. How long is the U. S. coast
line?
2. Can you give the name of
the king recently recalled to
Greece?
3. Who are the “huks?”
4. Do winners of the Congres
sional Medal receive special com
pensation?
5. What was the wartime “Ca
nol” project?
6. What are the two “working”
languages of the United Nations 9
7. What is the speed of the new
army jet planes?
8. What author recently sug
gested that the earth be turned
over to the ants?
9. Germany is divided in occu
pation zones; which has the larg
est population?
10 Is the OP A about to start
a drive against black markets?
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SQUATTERS TAKE OVER IN ENGLAND . . . The housing problem
an acute thorn in the side to the post-war world, has taken on a more
serious aspect in blitzed London, where squatters have taken over.
These homeless people have moved in. and apparently to stay, in
many houses temporarily unoccupied. Children are shown guarding
luggage outside a large block of houses, while their parents prepare
their new homes.
Keeping Youth Out of Prison
Is Topic of Citizens Meeting
Keeping youth out of jail will be one of the topics dis
cussed at the third annual Citizens Conference, sponsored
by the Georgia Citizens Council, in Atlanta Oct. 14 and 15.
Other subjects will be various*
types of community action to
stimulate junior citizenship, se
cure more adult leaders for youth
serving agencies, improve pre
school child training, prevent sex
delinquency, improve year-round
recreation programs and better
human relations.
Delegates from 10 Southern
states will be present at the con
ference, Lon Sullivan, director of
the council, has announced. Some
300 are expected from Georgia
communities.
Outstanding national speakers
include:
Dr. Howard McClusky, Univer
sity of Michigan, nationally rec
ognized authority on youth and
community organization prob
lems; Dr. Grace Sloan Overton,
former instructor of adolescent
psychology and author of several
books on “Love and Marriage,”
“Orientation to Life,” etc., and
Christmas Packages May Re
Mailed Overseas Oct. 15 to
Nov. 15 Without Request
Christmas packages for army
personnel overseas may be mail
ed without request slips between
Oct. 15 and Nov. 15. Major George
F. Heinz, postal officer of the
Seventh Army, announced this
week.
That gives relatives and friends
of the Gls a month longer to mail
packages to insure their arrival
overseas by Christmas Day than
was the case during the war, Ma
jor Heinz stated due to the great
reduction of soldiers in foreign
fields since the shooting stopped.
Only one package may be mail
ed by any one person to any in
dividual overseas in any one week
during the mailing period speci
fied. The weight limit per pack
age is 70 pounds and may meas
ure not to exceed 100 inches in
length and girth combined.
For army personnel sent over
seas shortly before or subsequent
to Nov. 15, packages will be ac
cepted up to Dec. 10, but the
sender must present a change of
address card from the addressee,
received subsequent to Oct. 30
and these packages must be
marked “Christmas Parcel.” Onlv
one such parcel will be accepted
from any one individual.
A change from the war years
is noted in the fact that parcels
may be insured or registered, but
they must be securely packed or
wrapped to be acceptable.
No liquor, matches, combusti
bles, ammunition, revolvers or
other firearms may be mailed
and no perishables.
Georgia Leads the South in Lumber Production,
Atlanta Federal Reserve B ink Review Reveals
Thanks to foresight of many
small farm owners, Georgia’s
lumber production picture is now
the brightest in the South.
While lumber production in
other Southern states is declin
ing, Georgia’s output continues
+ o climb because of the state’s ef
ficient utilization of its timbei
resources, Thomas R. Atkinson,
economist of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, revealed in the
bank’s monthly review, just made
public.
With employment in the lum
ber industry now constituting 13
per cent of total manufacturing
workers in the state, it now ranks
next to textiles as Georgia’s sec
ond largest industry, Mr. Atkin
son disclosed. An all-time peak
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946
! Dr. Clyde Miller, Columbia Uni
versity, who will ta'k on “Human
i Relations.”
Assistant U. S. Attorney Gen
eral Theron Caudle, head of the
criminal division of the U. S. De
partment of Justice, will repre
sent Attorney General Tom Clark
and tell of the “juvenile delin
quency” prevention work contem
plated by that department.
James W. Armstrong, executive
director of the committee for
Kentucky, which has recently re
ceived nation-wide recognition
for work to improve the human
resources of that state, will also
i address the conference.
Workshops at which profession
al and non-professional leaders
will exchange information and
discuss with the national leaders
ways to improve their own pro-
I grams wil consume much of the
i two-day period.
Fraudulant Claims
Cause 24 Veterans
To Lose Benefits
Fraudulant claims have caus
i ed 24 veterans of World War II
:to lose their benefit rights for
j veterans’ readjustment allow-
have made them liable
to Federal prosecution. Georgia
I employment security agency of
ficials have revealed.
A majority of the claimants,
agency officials state, were
charged wi h failure to report
earnings and drew benefits to
which they were not entitled.
They a’so state that 23 addition
al cases charging fraud are now
pending and hearings will be
i held in the near future.
Ben T. Huiet, commissioner of
the Georgia Department of La
bor, employment security agen
cy. said that it had been called
| to his attention that many stu
| dents who are receiving educa
tional allowances intend to also
| lile claims for readjustment al
lowances during a forthcoming
vacation period. He said that the
i receiving simultaneously benefits
■ under two or more different pro
, visions of the “GI bill” is strictly
! in violation of the act and that
such offenders will lose their ben
efit rights and are liable for
prosecution.
“Veterans should be familiar
with the provisions of their law,”
Commissioner Huiet declared,
“and if they will answer truth
fully all questions pertaining to
their various claims, they can
I avoid cheating themselves out of
I their just benefits.”
in Georgia lumber production
was reached during the war, he
added.
Georgia’s present increase in
lumber production is attributed
to the profitable development of
small farm-owned timber tracts,
and the fact that Georgia was
among the first states in the
South to undergo extensive lum
ber operations, thus giving sec
ond-growth timber a longer time
to mature than in other tsates.
Georgia last year accounted for
5 per cent of the nation’s lum
ber supply; all six of the South
eastern states in the Sixth Fed
eral Reserve District producing
22 per cent of the country’s to
tal saw timber, the economist
said. He added:
Surplus of State
Fifteen Millions,
Thrasher Says
Although Georgia spent $25,-
000,000 more during the last fis
cal year than in the 12 months
preceding, the increase in state
revenues was almost as great.
Adding the surplus of $17,569,799
existing at the beginning of the
fiscal year, the state was enabled
to close its 12-month period on
June 30. 1946, with a surplus of
$15,395,814.
The additional expenditures
were mainly for highways, health
and schools, it was announced
by B. E. Thrasher, Jr., state au
ditor, in his audit on the state
treasury.
The year’s allocations totaled
$79,203,422, as against expenses
of the previous year, amounting
to $53,374,551. Income in 1945’s
iscal year was $63,194,000, and
n 1946 it moved up to $81,021,000.
Increases in expenditures in
cluded: $17,606,218 for the state
highway department; $517,013 to
counties for maintenance of sec
ondary roads; $1,807,242 for in
stitutions under control of the
state welfare department; sl,-
835,000 for the University Sys
tem; $620 000 to the department
of education for common school
purposes; $541,294 to the teacher
retirement system; $475,000 to
the public health department for
health program and operation of
the tuberculosis hospital, and
$2,427 121 to other state agencies.
Income increases included:
$1 097,000 from income tax; $5,-
960.000 from motor vehicle tax:
$2 218,000 from cigar and cigar
ette tax; $6 015,000 from alcoholic
beverage warehouse charges, and
$2,537,000 from all other sources.
Mrs. Hilda Tyson
Passes at Rome
Mrs. Hilda Viral Tyson. 41, wife
of J. F. Tyson, of LaFayette, died
at Battey State Hospital in Rome
Tuesday at 3:15 p. m. after a
lengthy illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Summerville
Church of God today (Thursday)
at 2 p. m., with the Rev. W. T.
Waits officiating. Interment will
be in the Summerville Cemetery.
The body will be at the home of
Mrs. Arvie Oglesby at 37 Lyerly
St.until the hour of service.
Surviving are her husband,
mother, Mrs. Josie Hartman, of
LaFayette; three daughters,
Misses Virginia, Curtis and Etnia
Tyson, all of LaFayette; three
sons, Lindsey Tyson, of Summer
ville; William and Johnny Ty
son, both of LaFayette; one sis
ter, Mrs. Arvie Oglesby, of Sum
merville, and three brothers,
Tommy Hartman, of LaFayette;
Walter Hartman, of Fort Ogle
thorpe, and Lester Hartman, of
Rossville.
Cole is Named
To State Board
Gov. Ellis Arnall has appoint
ed Frank B. Cole, of Newnan, as
member of the state personnel
board to succeed the late H. Tal
madge Dobbs, Sr.
This appointment came after
H. Talmadge Dobbs. Jr., had de
clined the position of his late
father because of business obli
gations.
A. E. Young, Jr., of Cedartown,
is now acting chairman until one
is appointed.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET TONIGHT AT 8
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce will meet to
night (Thursday), Sept. 26, at
8 o’clock in the court house, B.
VV. Farrar, secretary, has an
nounced. All members are ask- i
ed to be present.
“This district, with the coun
try as a whole, now is entering a
period cf expanding residential
construction that probably will
outdistance anything seen since
the housing boom in the 19205.
The present housing goal repre
sents a large potential demand
for Southern lumber, since hous
ing booms in the United States
are characterized by the erec
tion of numerous frame dwellings
constructed from softwood lum
ber, of which the South furnishes
a high percentage.”
Thus, the lumber industry in
Georgia and other states in the
district should benefit more than
the industry in the nation as a
whole from the increased de
mand for building materials, Mr.
Atkinson concluded.
Exam for Postmaster
At Berryton Open
The United States Civil Serv-
I ice Commission has announced
an open competitive examination
j to fill the vancancy in the po
sition of postmaster at Berryton,
Ga., in accordance with an act
of Congress, approved June 25,
1938.
In order to be eligible for the
examination, an applicant must
be a citizen of. or owe allegiance
to, the United States; must have
actually resided within the de
livery of the post office for which
the examination is held or with
in the city or town where such
office is situated, for at least one
year immediately preceding the
date fixed for the close of
I receipt of applications; must be
in good physical condition, and
, must be within the prescribed
■age limits. The competition is
open to both men and women.
Full information and applica
tion forms may be obtained at
the post office for which the ex
amination is held, or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D. C. Ap
plications must be on file in the
office of the commission at
Washington 25, D. C.. not later
than the date specified at the
head of the examination an
nouncement.
News Notes from
Here and There
AO JUSTICE
LOS ANGELES. Emerging'
from a manhole in which he was
working, John A. Sherwood was
surprised to see a man take his
lunch from his automobile. Sher
wood gave chase, bagged the man
turned him over to police. Feel
ing pretty good about the whole
thing, Sherwood settled down to
eat his lunch, only to realize that
the police had taken it for “evi
dence.”
A FULL NIGHT
CHESTER, 111. Hearing a
commotion in her chicken house,
Miss Marie Marlen, 85, got out of
bed and investigated. She found
a full-grown opossum killing one
of her chickens. She grabbed the
marauder by the neck and chop
ped off its head. Then she dress
ed the slain chicken and went
back to bed.
NO RATS, SNAKES
ARE HUNGRY
JACKSON, Miss.—The recent
rat eradication campaign con
ducted here was too efficient,
according to I. E. Bennett,
manager of the city’s zoo. He
can’t find any rats to feed his
snakes and has appealed to res
idents of the city for rats—live
ones—for the reptiles.
FINDS COIN IN EGG
COBB, Erie.—When Miss Rach
eal Finn broke an egg into the
frying pan, she heard a metallic
sound. Examining the egg, she
found a silver coin in the yolk.
How the shilling got into the egg
is something for the hen to ex
plain.
.4 N ILL WIND
PEORIA, Ill.—En route to the
bank with $2lO tucked in his
bank book, Thomas Dwyer had
the misfortune to drop the bank
book from his pocket. A gust of
wind scattered the bills along the
street. Helpful boys scooped up
$55 and handed them to Dwyer
but he has never found the rest,
of the money—slss.
JUSTICE BACKFIRES
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A heavy
set man entered the taxi of Geo.
Phillip, driver, drew a gun and
forced Phillip to surrender his
money. The driver suddenly re
membered his own gun and start
ed firing. Unable to locate the
thief, Phillip went to a police
station to report the incident.
After telling officers about it, po
lice asked him if he had a permit j
to carry a pistol. When he admit
ted that he hadn’t, they locked
him up, charged with lack of per- i
mit and “reckless use of fire
arms.”
DUFFY GETS THE
REWARD
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.—Missing
the diamond from her engage
ment ring after a shopping trip,
Mrs. Doris Hobson enlisted the
aid of her husband and three
sisters to help her find it. They
accompanied her on a futile
search and returned home gloom
ily, only to be greeted by Duffy,
the family dog, who apparently
had something wrong with one
of his paws. Wedged in the paw
was the missing diamond.
Chattooga County Fair is Set
For October 16,17, 18,19
LARGEST PREMIUM LIST IN HISTORY
OF THE FAIR OFFERED THIS YEAR
The 40th annual Chattooga County Fair will be held this
year on Oct. 16, 17, 18 and 19, and the largest premium list
in the history of the fair is being offered to the county ex-
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SNAKE CULT . . . Preacher Gor
don Miller, Euharlee, Ga., shout
ed “the word of God say’s ye shall
take up serpents,” and thus be
gan the recent service of the
snake handling church, under a
crude, old-time bush arbor on the
side of a dusty road near Euhar
lee.
Farm Bureau so
Meet Friday
“This week has been designat
ed by our state leaders as Farm
Bureau Week, and our local and:
state representatives are going |
all-out in an effort to help the
farmers to become organized,”
state Howard Baker, president,
and W. M. Storey, secretary, of >
the Chattooga County Chapter,
Farm Bureau, “and if we don’t
take the advantages of this op
portunity to get in a position so
that we will be able to request
our rights, we will miss the great
est opportunity we have ever had
to get a fair price for our farm
products.
“Our county chapter,” they
continue, “is calling a meeting
Friday night, Sept. 27, at 8 o’clock
in the court house. This is our
regular quarterly meeting, and it
is urgent that every farmer and
his family attend. We have one
or two good speakers and also a|
good picture to show.”
The names of the new members
of last week will be listed in the
paper next week. The reason for
this is that every members is re-;
quested to bring a prospective
member to the meeting Friday |
night. “We are hoping that ouri
membership will exceed 500 mem
bers by the end of this w T eek, and !
we are looking for a big crowd at!
the meeting, since every member
and his family are invited.”
T. G. Gross Dies
Tuesday, Sept. 17
Thomas Gordon Gross, 59, died
suddenly Tuesday night, Sept. 17,
at his home here. Mr. Gross had
been in declining health for sev
eral months but his death came
unexpectedly following a heart
attack.
He was born at Buchanan, Ga.,
on Dec. 31, 1886, son of the late
William R. and Sarah Fullbright
Gross. He had made his home in
Chattooga County for the past 13
years and operated a repair shop
here.
Mr. Gross was married to the
former Miss Vassie Cleveland,
who survives him. In addition to '
his widow, he is survived by two I
sons, Clarence Hugh Gross, of |
the U. S. Army, and Roy L. Gross,|
of Rome; two grandsons. Roy
Eugene Gross, of Rome, and Dan
iel Allen Gross, of Dalton.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon
at the South Summerville Bap
tist Church, the Rev. A. N. White
officiating. Interment followed in
the Lyerly Cemetery.
Pallbearers included Leonard,
Hoke and Don Groce, George|
Reese, the Rev. Floyd Higgins.
and Clayton Williams.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
DRY VALLEY BAPTIST
There will be a special service
at Dry Valley Baptist Church
Sunday, Sept. 29. The Rev. John
W. Cummings will bring the mes
! sage at 11 o’clock. Everyone is
invited to attend this service.
The Rev. Floyd M. Higgins is the
| pastor.
I* Circulates in Best
Section of Northwest
Georgia. ;;
$1.50 A YEAR
fhibitors.
Larger and better premiums
■ are being offered in all the va
rious departments of the fair this
year, especially in the livestock
and boys’ 4-H club and F. F. A.
departments. For example, the
premiums in the livestock depart
ment have been raised from $4,
$3 and $2 for first, second and
third prizes, respectively, to $lO,
$7.50 and $5 this year.
The fair, as usual, will be held
it Sturdivant Field, and the Cum
berland Valley Shows will again
be here on the midway with new
er and better rides and shows.
Make your plans now to at
i tend the fair and also enter as
many exhibits as you can to help
I make this year's fair the best
j ever held in Chattooga County.
Officers of the fair association
. are: J. B. Butler, president; J. L.
McGinnis, vice president; Her
bert Gilkeson, secretary, and Miss
i Nell Parish, assistant secretary.
Directors are R. P. Brison, Hen
ry C. McWhorter, A. F. McCurdy
and T. P. Johnston.
Officers of the Ladies' Depart
ment are: Mrs. A. F. McCurdy,
chairman, and Mrs. J. L. McGin
nis, assistant chairman.
Department chairman are:
Boys’ 4-H and F. F. A. Depart
ment, J. B. Butler; individual
crop display, Roy T. Baker; flow
er department, Miss Mittie Dodd:
heirlooms and curios, Mrs. Frank
Prince; community displays, Miss
Jewel Pool; livestock department,
Frank Agnew; poultry depart
ment, H. M. McWhorter; breads
' and cakes, Mrs. Herbert Gilke
son; girls’ 4-H Club Department,
Miss Juanita Burkett; home dem
-1 onstration club department, Miss
'Nell Parish; fancy work. Mrs. R.
R. Garrett: art department, Mrs.
E. L. Worsham; candy depart
ment, Mrs. J. T. Morgan; rugs,
quilts and spreads, Mrs. E. C.
Pesterfield.
Admission charges to grounds
will be: Persons over 12 years of
age, 30 cents; children 5 to 12
years of age, 14 cents; season
pass, $2.40. School Day (Friday,
Oct. 18) teachers and students
will be admitted for 10 cents.
PLANS MOVING RAPIDLY
FOR U. S. HIGHWAY 27
Plans for the development of
U. S. Highway 27 are moving
rapidly. Columbus Chamber of
Commerce, Columbus, Ga., has
j been in close touch with the ci
ties on U. S. 27 from Carrollton
to Tallahassee, Fla., and has ar
ranged a meeting of representa-
I tives from all communities on
U. S. 27 from the Tennessee line
! to Florida. The meeting will be
.held at the Raison Hotel in Co
lumbus on Oct. 11 at 10 a. m. All
persons interested in the devel
opment of U. S. 27 are invited to
attend this meeting.
Representatives of the board of
i directors of the U. S. 27 organi
zation, who were appointed at the
recent meeting held in Rome are
especially urged to be present at
the Columbus meeting.
Oscar L. Betts, chairman of the
tourist committee of the Colum
bus Chamber of Commerce, w’ll
be in charge of the meeting.
LT. GEORGE ROGERS
TRANSFERRED TO
FORT SILL, OKLA.
FORT SILL, Okla., Sept. 24.
First Lieut. George Rogers has
recently been assigned to Battery
“A” of the 17th field artillery
battalion here at Fort Sill. Lieut.
Rogers was last stationed at Fort
Jackson, S. C., with the head
quarters of the Fifth Corps ar
tillery. Serving overseas for 15
months in the late war, he saw
action in France, Germany and
central Europe as a liaison pilot
with the 741st field artillery bat
talion. A graduate of officer can
didate school at Fort Sill, Lieut.
Rogers took liaison pilot train
ing in 1943.
His present address is 1320 Ash
St., Lawton, Okla. His parents
i live in Columbia, S. C., and his
wife’s parents are residents of
| Summerville, Ga.
SERVICES AT BERRY TON
METHODIST SUNDAY
There will be preaching serv
ices at the Berryton Methodist
Church at 11 o’clock next Sun
day, Sept. 29. The pastor, the
Rev. Shelton E. Adams, welcomes
and invites everyone to worship
I at this ship next Sunday.