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VOL. 60 NO. 41
Need for More
State Parks Is
Being Stressed
Declaring Georgians are not
being given sufficient opportuni
ty to see, become acquainted
with and enjoy Georgia, its nat
ural beauties and pleasant won
ders, Lieut-Gov.-Nominate M. E.
Thompson asserts that he in
tends to push for the develop
ment and increase of its state
parks and to have constructed
badly needed highways to give
better accessibility to these spots.
Addressing the Atlanta Pilot
Club, Thompson also pointed to
the need for more housing facili
ties in the state parks, as well as
other public accommodations.
He recently returned from a visit
to the mountains of Washington
state, the lakes and forests of
Virginia and a New York state
beach park which accommodates
some 15,000 citizens at one time.
He said Georgia has many fine
beauty spots in the mountains
and by the sea not readily acces
sible to the public, and that he
was going to work to have the
state government inaugurate a
definite program of action to
make them easy to travel to, as
well as provide adequate public
facilities at these locations. Thou
sands of Georgians, he pointed
out, have never seen the moun
tains, and other thousands nev
er been to a Georgia beach. Mul
titudes of high-school students
are not really acquainted with
Georgia because they have not
traveled about it enough, and
they need to know it. Although
Georgia has 140 miles of coast
line, he asserted, there exists
only three miles of public beach.
As to plans for a state park
on the ocean, Thompson declar
ed a, definite move has been in
stituted for the state to secure
Jekyl Island.
Georgia Areas
Face Milk Lack
In Near Future
One of the greatest shortages
of milk in their history faces
some sections of Georgia, insofar
as home deliveries are concern
ed, State Milk Control Director
George Stewart has disclosed.
Savannah and Gainesville have
already felt the shortage. Savan
nah is asking other sections to
provide them with 3,500 gallons
of milk each week, while Gaines
ville seeks 1,000 a week. Atlanta
also faces a shortage of milk this
winter, but not as severely as
that during the war.
Faced with milk scarcity itself,
South Carolina is reportedly of
fering higher prices to some
Georgia producers, Stewart said,
making the situation in Georgia
even worse.
“A major reason for the gen
eral milk shortage is the in
creased demand for milk in the
enlarged school-lunchroom pro
gram,” the director pointed out.
'“Schools are buying more milk
than ever before.”
As a solution to the shortage,
Stewart suggested that more milk
producers are needed in Georgia
to meet the increasing demand.
With prices the best in history,
he said, the milk-producing bus
iness is rather a good business to
get into today. In Atlanta milk
retails at 20 cents a quart and
in Savannah at 21 cents a quart.
The major handicap in the
milk industry, he pointed out, is
the lack of feed, for unless a
dairyman has his own cotton
seed to feed his cattle, it is al
most impossible for him to obtain
any.
Thomas E. Fowler
Dies in Oklahoma
Funeral services for Thomas E.
Fowler, 60, who died Wednesday i
in Oklahoma City, were conduct
ed from the Subligna Methodist
Church Sunday at 3 p m. with
the Rev. W. J. Culpepper offici
ating. Mr. Fowler was born and
reared in this county near Sub
ligna, but had made his home in
Oklahoma City for several years.
REV. FELIX W. MUSE
TO PREACH AT
PLEASANT GROVE SUNDAY
Rev. Felix W. Muse, of Chatta
nooga, will preach at Pleasant
Grove church Sunday morning
and evening. All members urged
to attend. I I
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ATOMIC BOMB GOAT RECEIVES BLOOD TRANSFUSION . . .
Survivor of the Bikini atomic bomb blast, travel-weary goat, received
a blood transfusion aboard the USS Burleson at the Washington naval
yards. Pigs, rats and goats which survived the blast have now been
returned, destined for study by scientists, who seek to determine the
effects of radioactivity on humans.
Conversation 5 in School Proves
To Be Indicator of Town's Gossip
By W. P. LOVETT
Chairman, Chattooga County
Education Association
A few days ago I did what I be
lieve every parent would enjoy
doing. I visited the first grade of
Lyerly School. When my child
asked me to go to the school and
see her new teacher, I dreaded
the thoughts of it, but it turned
out to be a very pleasant and ed
ucational trip.
The children flocked in smil
ing after a long ride on the crowd
ed bus. They brought so many
flowers to their teacher that I
began to wonder if that was
some special occasion they were
to celebrate. The ilowers were
soon arranged in the windows
and on the teacher’s desk and ail
went out to play.
The school bell rang; every
child was out in front of the
room in a jiffy and in such a per
fect line that I believe they were
showing off for me. I enjoyed
seeing them strut as only a child
can do.
I looked at the schedule and
decided to stay longer. The roll
was called, then every one read
the news which told what day
it was, how many were present
and absent. However, the thing
that caused me to stay longer
was next on the schedule, “Con
versation”; I still was in a quan
dry about what that could be. I
never had been exposed to such
a course even in high school.
After the news was read I quick
ly had the opportunity to satis
fy all curiosity I had formerly
had.
Hands rose in the air and con
versation began in such a lively
fashion that the teacher had to
call them down and let one speak
at the time. This conversation
proved to be an indicator to the
whole town’s gossip as the inno
cent little dears told all their
family plans and troubles. So
that you may get what I mean,
I shall put down a few of the
thoughts that I remember. I wish
I could think of the exact words
Mrs. McWilliams
Passes Here Saturday
Mrs. R. E. McWilliams, nee
Elizabeth Guille, 49, passed away
Oct. 5 at Riegel Community Hos
pital in Trion following a long
illness. Mrs. McWilliams was the
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
B. F. Guille. The Rev. Guille
served as pastor of several Pres
byterian churches in this vicinity
for many years.
Mrs. McWilliams is survived by
her - husband, R. E. McWilliams;
uwo daughters. Mrs. Barry Alex
ander, Miss Betty McWilliams;
two sons, Eugene and Tommy Mc-
Williams; mother, Mrs. B. F.
Guille; two sisters, Margaret and
Frances Guille.
Mrs. McWilliams served as his-j
tori an for the woman’s auxi-iary
of Cherokee Presbytery and serv
ed as teacher of the women’s
Sunday School class in the Pres
byterian Church for many years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Trion Presbyterian
Church Sunday at 4 p. m. with;
the Rev. Leßoy Obert, pastor of
the church, officiating. The body
was in state from 3:30 until 4
o’clock.
Pallbearers were Charlie Har
ris, Leo Baker, J. C. Langston, T.
D. Edwards, Walter Williams and
Joe Pursley. Honorary pallbear
ers were the Rev. D. B. Maffett
and elders and deacons of the
Trion Presbyterian Church.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1946
they used for that was really a
treat.
“ Teacher, our cat had two kit
tens last night, one black and
one white.”
“Fine, and how were they this
morning?”
“They were just fine and I’ll
give you the" white one when his
eyes open: I’m going to keep the
black one for good luck.”
“Our cow had a calf too down
in the pasture,” said another
bright lad.
“Teacher I’m hungry,” said an
other.
“Why, dear, didn’t you have
breakfast?”
“No, ma’am. Mama and daddy
were fussing and mama wouldn’t
cook any breakfast.”
“I forgot my incidental fee,”
said another.
Then one spoke up defiantly
and said “My daddy saic he
wasn’t going to pay no fee ’cause
he pays taxes.”
A child who had seemed very
blue for a long time spoke up and
said, “Daddy had to carry mama
to the hospital last night.”
By this time I had learned one
lesson from school. It was that I
never should talk before my child
unless I was willing for it to be
repeated. I also made up my
mind that I never would blame
the school for any mistake it
might make. How in the world
any person could answer all the
questions, heal all the wounded
feelings, pull all the loose teeth,
tie up the sore toes, and please
the mothers of 40 youngsters, I
can’t see.
I told the teacher I had en
joyed the visit to her class very
much and she seemed proud be
cause I had been there. As I left
this class in conversation I heard
one more remark which made me
proud I was going, though I felt
ike a heel for slipping out the
door leaving the poor woman
smothered in forty wiggling chil
dren:
“Teacher, I-I-I believe I-I have
we-et my pa-nts.”
FARM NOTES
Our membership drive has
slowed up the past week or two.
Only a few have joined. I guess
the reason for the lack of inter
est is that everyone has taken
advantage of the weather we
have been having to harvest our
crops and do our fall sowing.
But, fellows, we can’t let this
keep us from joining and from
getting new members on our
every opportunity. I believe ev
ery farmer in the county knows
how we have benefited by our
organization, and to those who
haven’t joined already should do
so at once. Any member will
take your membership. If no
one has already approached you
to join, on your first trip to
town, drop by the County Agent’s
' office and leave your member
ship fee with Mrs. Johnson and
she will turn it over to me when
.1 come in.—W. M. Storey. Secre
tary, Chattooga County Chapter
Farm Bureau.
MISS HOLLAND FETED
Mrs. Jenille Hardy entertained
Tuesday eevning at a dinner at
Riegeldale Tavern, honoring Miss
Nancy Hollard, whose marriage
to G. W. Hubler will take place
on Oct. 12. A gift of crystal was
presented the bride-elect by the
hostess.
Covers were laid for the hon
oree, Misses Miriam and Sarah
Holland. Mrs. J. A. Mills, Mrs.
J. P. Adderhold and the hostess.
Schools to Begin
Short Session for
Cotton Picking
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Chattooga County Schools will
open at 8 o’clock and close at
1:30 beginning Monday morning,
Oct. 14, and will continue on this
schedule for an indefinite length
of time.
The regular school schedu e
has been changed in order that
the rural children will get home
in time to assist their parents
with cotton picking in the aft
ernoons. School attendance this
year has been far above the av
erage for the month of Septem
ber for the past few years. It
is hoped that parents will not
keep children out of school to
pick cotton and that this same
good attendance will continue.
The short schedule will continue
as long as there is enough cot
ton in the fields to warrant it.
With this in mind parents are
urged to have their children pick
cotton after school each after
noon and keep them in school
during school hours.
Social Security
/
For Veterans
Veterans returning to their old
jobs need to know their social
security number which was giv
en them before the war. Some
have them but a large number
of cards have been lost. Any vet
eran who has lost his card and
is returning to his old job or is
entering on a new job, should
apply to the nearest social se
curity field office for a dupli
cate. Many veterans are now
entering employment for the
first time. A social security ac
count number card is required
for any job in business, com
merce and industry.
Social security account num
bers, both original and dupli
cate, can be obtained by mail,
but it is preferable for the vet
eran to call in person at a field
office and have thp benefit of a
personal interview on the need
and importance of the number
in the social security program.
Application blanks (Form SS-5>
for either original or duplicate
numbers are also obtainable at
any post office.
Trion Golf Club
Tournament
Here is the schedule of matches
for the Trion Golf Club Tour
nament starting Friday, Oct. 11.
The first match is to be play
ed by Wednesday, Oct. 16. The
second match is to be played by
Saturday, Oct. 19. One dollar en
trance fee must be paid to Pro
Tommie Bean before playing of
first match.
Matches by flights:
Ist Flight
J. R. Adamson vs. Harrington.
H. Hardeman vs. P. Dunson.
R. Hardeman vs. S. Cook.
W. Ransom vs. M. Ferguson.
2nd Flight
H. Weaver vs. W. E. Reid.
E. H. Dobbins vs. G. L. Mc-
Cartha
J. Welborn vs. H. Boyles.
Sam Moon vs. Ty Herndon.
3rd Flight
C. Ragland vs. Fred Aldred.
B. Henderson vs. R. Brooks.
V. Winkleman vs. J. Williams.
C. Thomas vs. C. E. Peppers.
4th Flight
N. B. Murphy Sr. vs. M. Hobbs
Junior.
C. O. Walker vs. Bob Hentz.
J. Salley vs. J. Simmons.
L. Obert vs. E. Thomas.
sth Flight
N. B. Murphy Jr vs. P. David.
C. Haygood vs. J. Matthews.
H. Bankey vs. C. Chandler.
T. Day vs. Pony McCollum.
6th Flight
E. C. Pesterfield vs. M. Camp.
E. Bryson vs. M. Hankins.
J. T. Morgan vs. D. Martin.
N. Jenkins vs. C. H. Whitfield.
7th Flight
Glass vs. R. Ransom.
L. Williams vs. Ernie Freeman.
C. B. Bricker vs. Joe O’Neil.
W. T. Brown vs. Bye.
FISH SUPPER
South Summerville School will:
have their annual fish supper
Friday, Oct. 11 Will serve from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Come enjoy a
good meal and help a good cause.
CORRECTION
In the county tax levy printed
in last week’s News the Gore
School tax levy was given as two
mills instead of EIGHT mills.
QUEEN OF AMERICAN LEGION
. . . Betty Witcher, 23, San Fran
cisco, chief yeoman and an em
ploye in the naval department, who
reigned as queen at the American
Legion’s national convention, San
Francisco.
THE VETERANS
CORNER
Veterans Administration is
making a survey of all veterans
| enrolled in on-the-job training.
How this survey will affect
trainees is explained in the ques
tions and answers that follow:
Q. What’s the deadline for re
approval or disapproval of train
ing and educational institutions?
A. January 1, 1947.
Q. What agencies determine
whether training and education
al institutions meet legal stand
ards?
A. State agencies will continue
to approve both new and old
training establishments under
new Public Law 679.
Q. What happens to enrolled
veterans when an establishment
is disapproved?
A. They will cease to receive
subsistence allowances and no
new veteran will be permitted
to enroll.
Q. Will veterans enrolled in
on-the-job courses be taken out
of training while their courses
are being studied?
A. No.
Q. What happens if a veteran
fails to report his earnings?
A. His allowance cneck will be
stopped.
Q. What items are included in
figuring income, for subsistence
purposes?
A. Wages, salaries, bonuses,
regularly scheduled overtime and
payments, including board, laun
dry and other services will be
included to determine the total.
] Q. My son will be discharged in
October. He carries a SIO,OOO
| NSLI policy. I am anxious for
him to keep it, but I am told
| that it will be too expensive to
keep if he converts. He is 21
If his policy is converted what
will be the cost. Is a dependent
mother entitled to a pension
when her son is discharged? Mrs.
George Leßlanc, Canton, Miss.
A. Converted NSLI is probably
the most inexpensive insurance
a veteran can purchase. At 21
your son would pay for each sl,-
000 of insurance per month: $1.99
on a 20 payment life policy; $1.56
on a 30-payment life policy; $1.25
on an ordinary (whole life) poli
cy; $3.46 on a 20-year endowment
policy; $1.66 on an endowment
at 60; $1.49 on an endowment at
age 65. Remember, he does not
have to convert now. If he had
i the insurance before January 1,
1 1946, he may leave it at his pres
ent rate (unconverted) for eight
I years from the date shown on his
insurance certificate. If purchas
ed after that date, he would have
live years from the date shown
in the insurance certificate. Has
ty conversions are not recom
mended. Pensions are not paid
to dependents in the ordinary
discharge of soldiers.
Veterans wishing further in
formation about veteran benefits
■ may get a personal answer to j
their questions from Mr. William
H. McNair of the Rome Contact
Office, who is in Summerville
each Monday at the Court
house between the hours of 9:00
A. M. and 4:00 P. M.
Veterans wishing questions an
swered in this column are urged
to write The News so that an
i answer may be obtained from :
[the Veterans Administration.
JIM PARKER HONORED
Mr. Jim Parker was honored
I Sunday on his 70th birthday with
surprise birthday dinner.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
I liam Mullen and daughter. o r Ly
' erly; Mr. West Mullen, of Chat
| tanooga; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Par
ker and family, Mr. and Mrs.
! Robert Parker and family, Oscar
Parker, Rex Jackson, Edna Shi
vers, Mr and Mrs. Henry Chap
! pelear and Mrs. Jimmie Justice.
SpenceDirccting
Intensive State
Safety Program
Major William E. Spence, di-
I rector of the Department of Pub- ■
I lie Safety, was chosen to head
the intensive state-wide safety
campaign now being conducted
to avert the seasonal rise in traf
fic killings and other public ac
cidents, it was announced by the
office of Gov. Ellis Arnall.
Working with Spence on the
drive are Zach Arnold, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia
Municipal Association; Sgt. P. B.
Weeks, state patrol; Scott Cand
ler, president of the Association
of County Commissions; Joe L.
Laube, advertising executive; Jul
ian Goehm, chairman of the |
safety division of the Georgia
Citizens Council; Lon Sullivan,
director of the Georgia Citizens
Council; Prof. W. L. Cox, Georgia
Tech; R. S. Reese, secretary of
the Georgia Motor Vehicle Users’;
Association, and Mrs. Frank Den
nis, president, Georgia Federa- i
tion of Women’s Clubs.
3.000 Handicaps
In Chattooga
The United States has long
been known as the most hu-'
manitarian Nation on earth. We
have shown our concern for the ;
welfare of all peoples on innum
erable occasions. We have fed
starving China, Germany, France,
j Italy, Russia, England and other
) countries, from time to time. We
rushed medicine, food, clothing,
and ship loads of assistance to I
Japan, following a great earth
quake. Americans have stood
ready at all times to relieve suf
fering, misery and human want j
wherever it might be found.
But, here at home, sometimes,
we have demonstrated that we •
are guilty of a sort of mental
astigmatism, for we have not giv- j
en the attention their needs re
quire to our own 28.000,000’
physically handicapped in this i
Nation.
Summerville and Chattooga
County alone have approximately
3000 physically handicapped per
sons. Many of these are partially
self-supporting but the majority’
are entirely unemployed. Some
of these are disabled as result i
of military service in defense of
our country. Others were either'
born with some defect or,
through injury or disease be
came physically handicapped
later in life.
Despite being blind, deaf, hear
of hearing, or being victims of
polio, cardiac troubles, amputa
tions, tuberculosis, arthritis, spas
tic paralysis, and numerous other
diseases, defects, or injuries,
many of these handicapped are
perfectly capable of performing
varied kinds of jobs successfully.
All pub’ic minded citizens,
particularly those enterprisers
who have jobs to be filled, are
urged to give careful considera
tion to the use of physically
handicapped persons in their bus
inesses, not out of generosity or
in a spirit of charity but as good
business practice. However, it is
a humanitarian gesture that will
pay off. If a job can be filled as
well by a physically handicapped
person as i-y another, the employ
er win n c t cnly get his work
done but will get a type of loyalty
a person can only feel for one
who has helped him regain or
keep his self-respect by making j
him self-supporting, an asset to
society and a burden on no one.
CHRISTMAS PARCELS
SHOULD BE MAILED EARLY
Charleston, S. C.—Christmas'
parcels for Naval and Marine t
Corps personnel in the extreme'
forward areas should be mailed■
not later than Oct. 15, to afford
probability of delivery before
Christmas day it was announced
by the Sixth Naval District Pub- '
lie Information Office. Parcels j
for personnel known to be in an
area permitting subsequent mail- ■
ing may be mailed at appropriate :
dates selected by the sender.
It is important that parcels
for overseas be packed in excep-!
tionally strong containers, that I
the senders follow the postal reg- - •
ulations which prohibit mailing j
perishables overseas, that the full'
name, serial number, and com
plete address of the recipient bel
used,and that all packages con-1
taining valuables be insured.
It should be noted that poor ,
packing often results not only in
the loss of one package, but also
m damage to other parcels or
obliteration of their addresses.
Circulates in Best |
Section of Northwest
Georgia. ;
John P. Henry
Dies at Home
Here Tuesday
At 7:30 Tuesday morning, John
Pickens Henry passed to his eter
nal home. Mr. Henry had been
in ill health for several years but
for the last 10 days he had been
confined to his bed. His death
was not unexpected.
Mr. Henry was the eldest son
of the late Tom Pickens Henry.
He was a member of one of the
oldest and most highly respected
families of the county. He lived
the major portion of his life in
this community.
Mr. Henry is survived by his
wife, one son, W. T. Henry; one
granddaughter, Iris Barham
Henry; one brother. S. O. Henry;
two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Elder
and Miss Katharine Henry, all of
Summerville.
Mr. Henry, in his early life, was
engaged in the livery business in
(Summerville, later in Gadsden,
Ala. The greater part of his life
he lived on his farm north of
Summerville.
John Pickens Henry possessed
many sterling attributes of char
acter, such as fairness and hon
esty to his fellow man. Always
extremely kind and human to
the tenants who worked his land.
The amassing of wealth and ma
terial possessions did not bother
him. He enjoyed the springtime
planting of the crops, the har
vesting season, the ripening of
the golden corn, the opening of
the cotton. He took pleasure in
his livestock, he was especially
fond of beautiful horses. A friend
of his often remarked “If he were
a horse he would like to belong
to John Henry.” He was plain in
I his taste and lived simply.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock by a former pastor, the
Rev. J. G. Kirkoff, assisted by
■ the Rev. Harry Foster. Interment
was in the Henry Cemetery.
J. M. Lawrence, 75,
Passes at Menlo
J. M. Lawrence. 75, pioneer cit
izen of Chattooga County and
widely known farmer, died at his
\ home Sunday at noon.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, Miss Mildred Lawrence and
Mrs. Nedd Emerson; two grand
children, Jack and Ann Emerson;
two nephews, Joe Norton, Gaff
ney, S. C., and Lawrence Nor
ton. of Walhalla, S. C. Joseph S.
Lawrence and J. E. Lawrence,
owners of the Lawrence Brothers
Motor Co. in Chattanooga, are
cousins of Mr. Lawrence.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the residence Monday at
3 p. m. with the Rev. S. K. Dod
son of iciating. Interment was in
the Lawrence Cemetery.
Mason-McCauley
Post to Meet Oct. 10
All members of the Mason-Mc-
Cauley Post 6688, Veterans of For
eign Wars, are hereby notified
oi a cal meeting to be held with
the American Legion Post in
Summerville at the county court
house Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7:30
p. m.
This is a very important meet
ing and all members are urged
to attend this meeting Thursday
evening. This meeting was called
to make final arrangements for
a get-together to help celebrate
Armistice Day Nov. 11.
Mrs. Nancy Young
Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Nancy Rosalie Young, 80,
died at her home in Summerville
Sunday at 7:50 a. m. after a sev
i eral weeks' illness.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. L. A. Hudson, Summerville;
Mrs. Carl Cosner, Macon; a son,
S. H. Young, of Summerville; a
sister, Mrs. A. L. Landrum, Ce
dartown; a brother, S. W. Bow
man. Piedmont, Ala.; 17 grand
: children, 11 great-grandchildren
’ and a number of nieces and ne
phews.
Funeral services were conduct
(ed from the Lyerly Baptist
| Church Monday at 3 p. m. with
the Rev. W. H. bean and the Rev.
Ben Scarborough officiating. Bur
ial was in the Lyerly Cemetery.
CIRCLES OF WOMAN’S
AUXILIARY MEET
Circles 1 and 2 of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
Church will meet Monday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o’clock. Circle 1
will meet in the home of Mrs
B. W. Farrar and Circle 2 will
meet with Mrs. W. B. Hair.
$1.50 A YEAR