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One High Ball.
Tonsorialitis.
Rifle Played Possum.
The Dog at Bay.
Windsor Jewels.
Edna Daniel's Column.
Finds Chicken Twins.
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By RAYMUND DANIEL
ONE HIGH BALL
“I doubt if there had ever been
a baseball thrown as high or as
far in a baseball park—or out of
a park.” This was the introduc
tion of A. E. (Al) Strange, of Sum
merville, to his story of the
throwing of a game as well as the
balls, or throwing the game by
throwing the ball. The villian of
the game was one whom we will:
call Bill Blank, and the story was
told Mr. Strange by his aged
grandfather, who saw the game
and the throw of 290 feet.
It was in Atlanta, between At
lanta and Chattanooga, that the
game was played—near the end
of the season with the score tied
for the pennant. A crowd of At
lanta four-flushers had placed
their money on Chattanooga and
bought up Bill Blank to throw
the game.
Through eight and a half in
nings, Chattanooga led by one
run and Chattanooga loaded the
bases in the ninth. Through the
same eight and a half innings,
Blank had not had a chance. In
the first half of the ninth, Chat
tanooga had three men on. A
Chattanooga played poked a
measly little ground ball down
third-base line. Blank came dash
ing in, picked the ball off his
right side and THREW!
The ball began to rise. It went
four feet over the Atlanta pitch
er’s head. It sailed six feet over
the Atlanta first baseman and 10
feet over the rightiield fence.
The policeman almost had to get
an ambulance, for Bill wanted
to take his life and all sorts of
things.
They never found the ball.
Some said it was later located in
Griffin. Mr. Strange’s grandfath
er did not know. He only knew
Chattanooga scored all runs, won
the game and the pennant.
TONSORIALITIS
Women-folk of a little Chat
tooga town were sorely puzzled
by the appearance of men-folk
with haircuts of the same nature
and the barber work showing up
on the same day. Many solutions
were offered, Strange, secret so
cieties were hinted. It was fi
nally discovered that an impor
tant barber cut airhair and gave
shaves the night preceding
the appearance of the “cuts” by
a barber and not by a bogey man.
RIFLE PLAYS POSSUM
They are both upright church
men and the highest type of gen
tlemen. But they will go possum
hunting* They are George Sit
ton, manager of Lyerly Garage,
and Jim Hollis, mail carrier at
Lyerly. Mr. Sitton always carries
a rifle—“to shoot out a possum
if Mr. Sitton does does want to
climb the tree.” He was startled
once to see, when he had cut
down a tree, a juicy possum leap
from one falling tree to another
standing nearby. Recently, he
and Mr. Hollis went hunting and
Mr. Sitton carried a rifle under
his left shoulder and a lantern
in his right hand. Without his
knowledge (or comment), the
rifle slipped out of the shoulder
socket and holster and fell unbe
knowmgest to Mr. Sitton and Mr.
Hollis. It was a .30 rifle, a reg
ular arsenal, and Messrs- Sitton
and Hollis searched all night for
the rifle. Friends advise for Mr.
Hollis to carry the rille in the
future (or the lantern).
THE DOG AT BAY
We have so often heard that
dumb animals always return
kindness. We saw it very thor
oughly exemplified recently.
There was a ferocious dog in our
neighborhood named Brownie. In
a rough manner, “Time Copy” ex
tracted some sort of a tick from
Brownie’s paw as she (or he) gut
teraled her deep gratefulness. A
few nights later, 12 ferocious
dogs set upon “Time Copy” who
cried for Brownie. The dog came
loping to the rescue, turned upon
and routed the 12 ferocious dogs-
We believe more in being kind
to dumb animals.
WINDSOR’S JEWELS
If anyone has seen a part or
the whole of the jewels of the
Duchess of Windsor, they will
realize why their value is from
SBO,OOO to $2,000,000. It is not
alone the cost but the sentiment
that hangs around the collection
of precious stones. Next to the
crown jewels, we expect the
Siunnirruilh' Nms
VOL. 60 NO. 44
Canning Sugar
Stamps Good
Until Nov. 30
Spare Stamps No. 9 and No. 10,
each good for five pounds of su
gar for home canning purposes,
will remain good through Nov. 30,
E. Bums Brooks, Atlanta district
price executive, has announced.
The extreme scarcity of sugar
in some areas has made it im
possible for many people to use
these stamps before Oct. 31, the
expiration date originally set,
Brooks explained.
Also, he said, in many homes
where considerable canning of
seasonal fruits—such as peaches
—is done, families unable to !
’’spend” their canning sugar
stamps have been forced to use
their regular “table” sugar for
canning purposes rather than let
the much-needed food go un
canned. If the extension had not
been granted, it would have
worked a severe hardship on
these families, Brooks said.
Banks handling dealers’ sugar
ration accounts are being notifi
ed that they may continue to ac
cept Spare Stamps 9 and 10 for
deposit by dealers through Jan.
10, 1947, Brooks said-
SUBLIGNA 4-H CLUB MET
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
On Oct. 25 the Subligna Senior
4-H Club meeting was held in the
high school auditorium. The pro
gram was as follows:
Devotion, Janet Barclay; pray
er, Psalms 19:14, all members;
song, “Follow the Gleam,” led by
J. W. Tudor; A Country Boy’s
Creed, Billy Scoggins; A Country
Girl’s Creed, Mary Earle Jordan;
club work, 4-H Club.
Enrollment cards were given
out by Miss Juanita Burkett. Af
ter filling out cards, Paul Snead
carried the boys into his office
and made plans with them for
their work. Miss Nell Parish gave
the girls ideas and suggestions on
the “First Aid” room for the'
school that the 4-H boys and girls
are working on.
Plans for the next meeting
were discussed. We are looking
forward to making many inter
esting things from leaves, burrs,
grasses, acorns and any materi
als usable from the fields and
forests.
A new project that we have
been working on in our weekly
meetings has been our work in
the use of Prang textile colors.
Myra White had several kitchen
towels for display at the county
fair. Maggie Pettyjohn and Mary
Earle Jordan have completed
their scarfs and variety sets. Oth
er members are working on theri
own designs for stenciling.
For our weekly meeting Oct
-21, we were fortunate in having
Harold Scoggins, a former 4-H
member from Subligna give us a
demonstration on the safety
methods and the proper way of
handling rifles, pistols and guns.
—Agnes Cordle and Louise Wil
son, Reporters.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT THE
CHURCH OF GOD SUNDAY
Special services will be held at
the Church of God Sunday, Nov.
3. at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. L. H.
Rouse, of Knoxville, will be the
speake rand have healing service
ifo rthose who need prayer. Ev
eryone is invited to attend this
( service by the pastor, Joe E. Flow-
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j Windsor jewels are the most
[ priceless in England.
EDNA DANIEL’S COLUMN
One of the most very interest
ing columns of Georgia newspa
perdom is that of Edna Cain Dan
iel, publisher and editor of the
Quitman Free Press. Writing un
der the heading of “Our Town,”
Mrs. Daniel offers a column of
local affairs so interestingly that
Quitman happenings become na
tion-wide in readability. She
stands like a tall tree on a high
hill.
FINDS CHICKEN TWINS
Little Martha Catherine,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs- H. L.
Abrams, of Lyerly (and we ex
pect this is the first time she has
had her name in the paper ex
cept when she was bom), is much
interested in chickens. She helps
care for the flocks of her parents.
Among the flotilla of chicks are
two hens who sit together when
they lay. Recently, Martha Cath
erine came into the house and
exclaimed: “Oh, mother, the
twins again are in the same
nest.”
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946
Revival at Trion
Baptist Church
A revival will begin Nov- 3 at
the First Baptist Church in Trion
with the Rev. B. H. Benton, state
evangelist, doing the preaching.
The Rev. Mr. Benton is giving his
life to evangelism, and there will
be great gospel preaching and
singing. The revival will continue
through Nov. 10.
There will be two services each
Sunday and one service each
night at 7:30 during the week,
except Saturday-
The public is invited to attend
any or all of these services
Holland D, Love
Passes Sunday
Holland Dwight Love, 39, died
here Sunday at 6:20 p. m. He was
employed by the Riegel Textile
Corporation, Trion Division.
Funeral services were held from
the South Summerville Baptist
Church Tuesday at 1 p. m. with
the Rev. Russell Head officiating.
Interment was in the Deinarris
Cemetery, Gaylesville, Ala. Hill-
Weems Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Georgia Love; two sons, Donald
and Sammy Love, of Summer
ville; one stepson, Carlton Clem
ons, of the U. S. Army, Green
ville, S. C.; mother, Mrs. Fronnie
Love, of Summerville; one sister,
Mrs. Nora Lee Cothran, of Shan
non; three brothers, W. M. and
Curtis Love, of Summerville, and
J. A. Love, of Honolulu, Hawaii.
News Notes from
Here and There
FINDS SBO—HIS OWN
SEATTLE. After rowing for
three hours, Ralph Korth started
back across Lake Sammanish and
sighted a floating billfold. He
was surprised, after picking it up,
to realize that it was his own—
with SBO in it. He didn’t know
he had lost it.
SMOKE BUT NO FIRE
PAULS VALLEY, Okla.—Smoke
was pouring out of the windows
of a local mattress factory at 1:45
a. m.; firemen and local residents
arrived at the scene. Hooking up
their hose, the firemen dashed
inside —where they found a fac
tory employe calmly smoking out
mosquitoes.
PLANE, CAR COLLIDE
MADRIi), lowa.—lt was bound
to happen soon or later. An au
tomobile and a two-passenger
airplane recently collided on
Highway 60. The plane overshot
the landing field about 300
yards and ran onto the high
way just as a car driven by
Pete Bimbi, passed by.
WEDS FIFTH TIME AT 98
PEORIA, 111. James M. Sud
deth, 98-year-old veteran of the
Civil and Spanish-American wars,
became a bridegroom for the
fifth time recently when he mar
ried Mrs. Alfretta Hamilton Claw
son, 71, his former housekeeper,
who quit her job several years
ago.
STRANGE VISITOR
LEWISTOWN, Idaho.—An ab
sentminded intruder entered the
home of Mrs. Gena Asker. Instead
of taking anything, whoever it
was, left an expensive watch and
four silver dollars on the table.
TOO MUCH SPIRITS
PERCY, Ill.—Aroused by eight
long blasts of the town siren in
the wee morning hours, startled
cit’aens found an intoxicated
citizen in the public square
tipsily enjoying the furore. He
explained to officers that h/
saw a broken fire hydrant and
decided the alarm would bring
someone to fix it. The magis
trate fined him $1 for each si
ren blast.
ENTRY TOO SUDDEN
NEW YORK.—Those attending
the business meeting of Local 14,
A. F. of L. Engineers Union, were
startled when a girl dropped in—
right through the skylight. Cyn
thia Buckham, 18, explained that
it was unintentional—she was
taking picture on the roof and
absent-mindedly sat on the sky
light to focus her camera. She
was treated at a hospital for cuts
and bruises.
A papaya seed will grow into a
fruit-bearing tree six feet high in
10 months.
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NEW LIFELINE FOR BRITAIN , . . Reports are that the British
defense committee considers transferring principal bases from the
Eastern Mediterranean to Tanganyika and Kenya, as indicated on the
map. Meanwhile France has offered the mandated areas of Togoland
and the Cameroons for administration under the United Nations. Port
Lyautey and Naples are the only U. S. naval bases left on the Medi
terranean and Naples is not likely to become a permanent base. The
dotted arrows indicate the British lifeline. Since the British are com
mitted to the evacuation of Egypt, the proposed South African bases
would replace Haifa, Palestina and Alexandria, Egypt. Black areas
on the map show British and commonwealth controlled areas and
holdings.
William Harris
Fatally Injured
William Forney Harris, 13-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L-
Harris, died as a result of injuries
received in an accident on the
Trion-LaFayette Highway late
Wednesday evening, Oct. 23.
Young Harris had been to the
New Bethel Church to build fires
for prayer meeting serives. Com
ing back from the church he
hitched a ride on a rake which
was tied onto a wagon driven by
Mr. McDonald. A Chevrolet truck,
loaded with lumber and heading
south, was blinded by lights from
an oncoming automobile and
struck the rake, tearing it to
pieces and hit the forewwheels
of the wagon on the left side. The
truck was said to have been trav
eling at at average rate of speed.
The Harris youth was rushed
to the Riegel Community Hospi
tal at Trion, wwhere he died
shortly after entering the hospL
tai.
Funeral services were held from
the New Bethel Church Friday at
3 p. m„ with the Rev. George
Harris and the Rev. Sam Mar
shall officiating.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Harris; one sis
ter, Mary Jo Harris, all of Route
1, Trion; three half-brothers, Bob
Harris, of Florida; Roger and
Clarence Mann, of Georgia; two
half-sisters, Mrs. Mae Westmore
land, of Nashville, Tenn., and
Mrs. Lucille Pitts, of Chattanoo
ga. Burial was in the Wesley
Chapel Cemetery.
State Troopers Active
In Safe-Driving Plan
At the request of Gov. Ellis
Arnall, a statewide program of
safe drifing has been instigated
by the state highway safety com
mittee, according to Major Wil
liam E. Spence, director of the
department of public safety
Active in this drive to reduce
the large number of highway ac
cidents in Georgia are uniformed
state troopers and officers off the
highway patrol, who have offer
ed their services as speakers in
urban and rural communities
throughout the state. Governor
Arnall asked that they “talk up”
highway safety and explain rules
of careful driving to schools
church and civic groups and
community meetings.
Since introduction of the pro
gram on Oct. 1, requests for
speakers have climbed, and Ma
jor Spence pointed out the ne
cessity of making such requests
well in advance of the date de
sired for the speech.
V.F.W. to Meet
Here Nov. 7th
A very important meeting of
the Mason-McCauley Post 6688, V.
F. W., will be held at the Sum
merville Court House Thursday
night, Nov- 7, at 7:30 o’clock. All
members are urged to attend this
meeting.
At this meeting, complete plans
will be reviewed for our fish fry
to be held in conjunction with
the American Legion on Nov. 10,
starting at 3 p. m. and ending at
5 p. m. at the Trion Golf & Fish
ing Club in Trion.
The Hon. Henderson Lanham
will address the members of the
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars and their guests at
the fish fry.
Members are requested to in
vite their wives or sweethearts to
the fish fry.
All members of the Mason-Mc-
Cauley Post 6688, future members
and those thinking about join
ing the V. F. W. are invited to
meet with the Mason-McCauley
Post 6688 next Thursday night.
Make this a red-letter day and be
at the court house here to at
tend this meeting.
Social Security Bulletin
How Social Security
Protects Your Wife
Do you know how social secur
ity portects your wife?
When you collect retirement
benefits under old-age and sur
vivors insurance, you wife—if she
is 65 or older —may receive a
monthly check amounting to one
half of yours.
If you should die—no matter
what your age—your widow may
be eligible for monthly survivors
benefits while she is bringing up
your children. When she reaches
65, she may be eligible to receive
monthly benefits for the rest of
her life.
For further details about the
protection social security can
give you and your wife, read
Booklet ISC-35, “Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance.” A copy
may be had free by writing the
social security field office.
Cotton Ginnings In
Chattooga County
The census report shows that
1,022 bales of cotton were ginned
in Chattooga County from the
crop of 1946 prior to Oct. 18, as
compared with 2,435 bales for the
crop of 1945, according to Rosa
Shumate, special agent
The human eye cannot focus
sharply on a purple light
Veteran Killed
In Plane Crash
Clyde Cecil Anderson, 28, died
Saturday at 5:30 p. m. when the
plane he was piloting crashed
near the Trion Airport. Anderson
was on his way to his home in
Centre, Ala., for the week-end
when the accident occurred.
Anderson was an employe of
the Riegel Textile Corporation,
Trion Division, in the dye and
finishing plant, printing depart
ment, at the time of his death.
Before going to Trion he had
served 11 years in the army, en
tering the service in September, •,
1935, and being discharged the |
24th of August, 1946. At the time
of discharge he held the rank of
master sergeant.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Anderson, of
Centre, Ala.; three brothers, Ar
thur Anderson, of TriOn; Donald
and Elton Anderson, of Centre.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 3 p. m. at the Meth
odist Church, seven miles from
Centre on the old Rome Road,
with the Rev. Scott, pastor of the
Mountain View Baptist Church,
olficiaing. Interment was in the
Howell Cemetery. Hill-Weems Fu
neral Home in charge.
State Board Sets
Pace in Bringing
Industries to Ga.
ATLANTA, Oct. 30 (GPS).—As
I the Arnall administration moves
down the home stretch and its
many accomplishments are eval
uated, the Georgia Agricultural
& Industrial Development Board
stands out, in the opinion of
many, as an excellent example of
how a state agency can assist in
bringing about improvements in
the business life of the state,
which, in turn, benefits the peo
ple.
Typical of the laudatory com
j ments was an editorial in a re
cent issue of Progressive Farmer,
an influential magazine which
■ long has been solidly behind the
rural industries movement. The
editorial generously praised the
A. I. D. board for its leadership
in attracting new industries to
the state. It was pointed out that
Georgia now is establishing new
industries at the rate of nearly
50 a month, an all-time develop
ment record for Georgia.
These new industries are both
large and small. They are scat
tered widely over the state. One
half of them are located in towns
of less than 5,000 population;
one-third the total number are
found in rural community cen
ters with populations of 2,500 or
less. About half of Georgia’s new
industries will process farm prod
ucts. Food processing and gar
ment making lead in the number
of new establishments.
“Georgia’s new industries and
service,” said Progressive Farmer
editorially, “are creating jobs for
returning servicemen and war
plant workers, adding to the
state’s earning power, and mak
ing better markets for farm prod
ucts. This progress was not an
accident; it is the result of care
ful planning and hard work.
Thousands of people and hun
dreds of communities are con
tributing to Georgia’s industrial
progress.
“But the Georgia Agricultural
( & Industrial Development Board,
J created by the general assembly
I of 1943, and administered by L.
IV. Howard, the executive direc
tor, is spearheading the move
ment. More than two years ago
j representatives of this board met
(with leading farmers and busi
nessmen in each congressional
' district. The problem was dis
) cussed and an action program
I agreed upon. Since that time, the
! industry panel of the board has
| been a clearing house for infor
mation. It has helped, and will
, help, any community in creating
j new income-producing opportun-
I ities.
“Georgia is doing a fine job in
‘divertifying’ its occupations. The
state and its development board
are to be congratulated. They
are creating something of a pat
tern for other states in the region (
to follow. But no one knows better
than Director Howard that Geor- I
gia has a long way to go before (
reaching the desired goal. |
Through a survey made for the
board, it was found that to ‘break
even’ in its exchange of manu
factured goods with other states.
Georgia needs 2,262 additional in
dustrial plants, and 134,000 more
industrial jobs.”
We Have a Modernly
; Equipped Job Printing
Department. ;
$1.50 A YEAR
County Chamber
Os Commerce
Meets Tonight
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce will meet to
night, Thursday, Oct. 31, in reg
ular monthly session. This is the
date for nomination and election
of officers and it is desired that
every member be present to cast
his vote for the oi fleers of his
choice.
The temporary officers have
not been idle, but have attended
meetings in Rome, Carrollton and
Columbus in the interest of put
ting Highway 27 (Taft Highway)
on the map and to attract tour
ists to and from Florida by the
western route.
It is hoped that with the elec
tion of new officers, every mem
ber will take an active interest
in this organization lor the good
of the whole county. Please be
present at 7:30 and bring a new
member.
Grammar School to
Present Halloween
The Summerville Grammar
I School is having its annual Hal-
I loween carnival at the grammar
[school building tonight (Thurs
day) from 7 to 9 o’clock.
For the past two weeks a con
! test has been on to elect a king
and queen of the harvest. Each
room elected contestants as fol
lows :
Anita Butler and Ronald
Prince, Marzelle Nelson and Hair
!el Bagley, Jimmy Duke Fowler
and Larry White, Carolyn Espy
and Jack Allen, Patsy McCollum
and Harry Gass, Jo Ann Morgan
and Eugene Rackley, Elaine Hart
line and Oran Barrentine, Ann
Peppers and Max Treadaway, Joy
; Reece and Rex Adams, Martha
Tutton and Bob Little, Annie
Ruth Abernathy and Sims Haw
; kins, Helen Green and Billy Wa
[ ters.
After a very interesting con
test, Carolyn Espy was elected
queen and Jack Allen king. Sec-
I ond place was won by Elaine
Hartline and Oran Barrentine;
third by Jimmy Duke Fowler and
Larry White.
The king and queen will be
crowned by the second-place win
ners in iront of the grammar
(school building at 7 o’clock.
Other features of the evening
will be bingo, hall of spooks,
country store with soap, sugaj,
lard and many other scarce items,
fortune teller, peanuts, popcorn,
hot dogs, cold drinks, fishing, old
fashioned Halloween party, treas
i ure island, deep, dark secret and
I an auction sale-
All the boys and girls are asked
i to wear a Halloween costume and
a prize will be given for the most
! attractive.
Admission at the door will be
10 cents. Come and help your
school!
SERVICES AT CHAPEL HILL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
The Rev. W. E. Cleghorn will
preach at Chapel Hill next Sun
day, Nov. 3, at 3 o’clock. Every
one is cordially invited.
FALLS THIRTY FEET,
UNINJURED
TROY. N. Y. Lenore Gittle
man, 4, leaned against the win
dow screen of a window in her
parents’ three-story apartment,
: fell out, caromed off an awning,
(struck a 50-year-old woman and
landed in a baby carriage beside
a 3-week-old baby boy. The child
was uninjured, but the grand
mother of the baby, Mrs. Lillian
Korkemas, suffered a possible
shoulder fracture.
1. How many people are at
work in the U. S.?
2. Is there a scarcity of cattle?
3- How many seats must the Re
publicans win to control the
House of Representatives?
4. When did the peace confer
ence convene in Paris?
5. What seas are connected by
the Dardanelles?
6. What is the population of
China?
7.. Can you differentiate Jolo
and bolo?
8. What prime minister of a
British commonwealth once
fought the British?
9. When was the first World
Series played?
10. What is the speed of wind
in a hurricane?
(See Answers on Inside Page)