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TIME COPY
Bv RAYMUND DANIEL
A Fragment.
Memorial Home Fund.
"Jake” Williams Better.
Dog Prays to Dog-God.
Trots Io See Master
Lovett Paid Tribute.
Chattooga Means Life.
Searchings of Child.
Queer Questions Queried.
Time Copy Brings Joy.
Up by Boot Straps.
A FRAGMENT BY TIME COPY
(From Unpublished Time Copy
Verses.)
Dear God, in the little while I
stay,
Help me, Lord, to help someone
on his way—
Some little deed, dear God, not
high or great, x
Just to give some simple joy
while I wait. •
MEMORIAL HOME FUND
Gentle reader, when you think
of your safety today, remem
ber those who risked and gave
their lives to save you. Give to
the Memorial Home fund. If
you have given, give more—
give until its hurts!
-JAKE” WILLIAMS BETTER
Scores of friends of loved and
lovable J. C. (“Jake”) Williams,
postmaster at Lyerly, who was
stricken recently with a heart
attack, is showing much im
provement. His physician ex
pects Mr. Williams to be recov
ered entirely soon, although he
will have to take care of himself
for a while. He was stricken
while at work, which is charac
teristic of Mr. Williams’ service
in the post office and elsewhere.
DOG PRAYS TO DOG-GOD
If there be a big big dog-god,
which sits up in a celestial ken
nel, and all the Sunday School
puppies and the larger mongrels,
whelps and hounds so say, he is
hearing the pathetic pleading of
a little shaggy dog “to bless and
make well his master. His name
is Di Dy and he is a possession
of J. C. (“Jake”) Williams, ill
from a heart attack, and the
pet of Lyerly.
TROTS TO SEE MASTER
Six times each day down
in the morning and back; to and
from the office in the middle of
the day and up and down at
night—goes the puppy to meet
and escort his master. Recently,
there was no master to meet.
Still Di-Dy trots on, looking into
each face to find some clue; but
there is no sign of Mr. Williams.
Often Di-Dy grows tired and sits
down. He closes his eyes and
bows his head—and the old dar
key says “PRAYS.” There are
many other friends with moist
lips and eyes that join in for
“Master Jake.” All the dogs on
the street seem to pray.
LOVETT PAID TRIBUTE
Much satisfaction and pleas
ure are being manifested over
the re-election of Supt. W. P.
Lovett, of the Lyerly schools. By
his energetic ability and achieve
ments, Mr. Lovett has made Ly
erly schools of the greatest ben
efit to the local community and
by his diplomatic methods has
brought Lyerly to the forefront
of the schools of the county.
CHATTOOGA MEANS LIFE
Chattooga County has some
charm for the Angel Gabriel.
There is a longevity of life that
makes a new record of human
expectancy. Each week one learns
of residents that pass away aft
er extreme length of life. Some
are between 75 and 85 years of
age. There have been those who
have reached 114 years and an
other 104 years and many near
the century mark. There is some
thing in the hills and moun
tains that seems conducive of
good health and quieted nerves.
SEARCHINGS OF CHILD
Older residents of Chattooga
County will recall the philoso
phies of Mrs. Nannie Strain, who
passed away at the age of 84
years in February, 1935. Mrs.
Strain had many philosophies,
one of which was her love for
children and her desire to an
swer childish inquiries. “The
young mind wants to know,” she
used to say. “At their ages they
had no other way to know than
to ask." How her life lives on to
day in the minds and hearts of
those to whom she gave knowl
edge. Next to her sweetness of
nature was the daintiness of her
dress. But she loved children
most.
QUEER QUESTIONS QUERIED |
Queer questions arise from the
minds of wee ones. Time Copy’s
first introduction to his 4-year
old nephew was the latter’s ques
tion, “Where is God?” As that
was poorly explained there came
the bomb-like inquiry, “Why is
God.” Time Copy had interests
elsewhere instanta.
TIME COPY BRINGS JOY
Mr,, and Mrs. J. J- Brady, of
Macon, will be happily remem
bered in Chattooga County. Mrs.
She Bnmnimnlh -Xrius
VOL. 61 NO. 10
Crop Seed Loans
Now Available
At FHA Office
Annual crop or seed loan serv
ice which farmers formerly re
ceived at the crop loan office
from Mr. Harrison will be avail
able now at the office of the
Farmers’ Home Administration,
at the Courthouse in Summer
ville.
This announcement was made
yesterday by Janies E. McCoy,
FHA county supervisor. The new
arrangement is the result of the
merger last November of the
Farm Security Administration
and the Emergenry Crop and
Feed Loan Agency of the Farm
I Credit Administration. The new
| agency, set up by action of the
79th Congress, makes possible
the handling of crop loans, and
various types of supervised credit
formerly furnished through the
FSA, in the one county office.
The types of supervised credit
include production loans of one
to five years for the purchase of
livestock, machinery, farm and
home equipment, and other op
erating needs; farm ownership
loans for the purchase of fam
ily-type farm homes amortized
over a possible 40-year period.
They are available only to bor
rowers who cannot obtain credit
upon reasonable terms from oth
er sources.
Special attention is given to
loans for eligible veterans, it was
announced.
Girl Scouts Take
Safety Training
Twenty girls were present for
our first lesson in health and
safety training last Thursday
afternoon. Our first lesson was
a discussion of a well-balanced
diet. Mrs. Minters, R. N., asked
each girl to keep a scrapbook
for this course, which will be
judged at the end of the study.
Pictures of a well-balanced meal
will be pasted in our scrapbook
before next meeting.
To know just how healthy you
are, it is necessary to visit a doc
tor. Each girl will have a physi
cal check-up by her physician
before the end of the course. Our
weight chart will be checked
each week; also our personal ap
pearance at Scout meeting.
Every girl wants to be good
looking and to have plenty of
life and energy. We may not all
be beautiful, but every girl who
has good health, who takes care
of herself, is interested in other
people, and unconscious of her
self can become a “nice to look
at and to live with” sort of per
son. Positive health means that
there is nothing at all the mat
ter with 1 you. No one can be per
fectly haelthy without giving
some thought to the way she
lives. The Greeks thought of
health not only as bodily health,
but health of mind and spirit
as well. Today we still want to
think of health as a positive
state of body, mind and spirit.
This will help us to live in away
that makes us charming, intel
ligent and courageous.
At the close of our lesson we
played two new, interesting
games, directed by our leader,
Miss Eilenburg.—Reba Fulmer,
Troop Scribe.
NOTICE
There will be a revival begin
ning at Mountain View Baptist
Church the third Sunday. March
16, 1947. Bro. Cummings of Dal
ton will be bringing the mes-.
sages each evening. Service will
begin at 7 o’clock. We invite
everyone to come and be with us.
Brady was Miss Lena Bagley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
W. Bagley, of Lyerly. Mr. Brady
for many years has been with
the Central-of Georgia Railroad,
is now supervisor in a division
of the road. Recently, Mr. and
Mrs. Bagley, of Lyerly, received
a letter from Mrs. Brady that
she had read in Time Copy of
the kind said words of her par
ents. “It made me put my head
back two inches and it is still
there,” said Mrs. Brady.
UP BY BOOT STRAPS
The advancement of J. J.
Brady reads like a romance. He
now, as supervisor, recalls the
first years of his service after
World War I. He was “rolled” so
many times that he “became diz
zy.” He would get a pick and
shovel and “sub” for someone.
He kept on and success came. He
entered the service under Capt.
A. J. Gayler, retired, of Lyerly.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THUURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
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WHAT TO DO DURING WINTER . . . This group seems to have the answer to the familiar phrase:
“What will you do when winter comes?” With the water at an even 32 degrees and the air hovering around
12 degrees, these hardy members of the Iceberg club gamboled in Coney Island surf in annual mid-winter
dip.
Weighty Matters Face
Solons at This Session
It has been a long time since*-
a session of the Georgia Legisla
ture was so confronted with vi- ,
tally important legislation, ques
tions of high import to the wel
fare of the people. ,
For instance, confronting the
House Ways and Means Commit- .
tee has been the task of provid- .
ing some $39,000,000 additional ,
revenue for expanded state serv- .
ices, including a 50 per cent in- (
crease in that part of the school
teachers' salaries paid by the <
state. <
The House Committee voted,
29 to 6, in favor of a 3 per cent ,
general sales tax, and during ,
the week-end recess of the ■
sembly, its members went home j
to talk the matter over with j
their constituents. Such tax, it ,
was estimated, would raise $28,-
000,000. <
As approved by the commit- ,
tee, retail merchants would col- t
lect 1 cent on sales from 10 to
30 cents; 2 cents on those from t
31 to 70 cents, 3 cents on sales |
from 71 cents to $1.05, and 3 per
cent on all sales exceeding this
sum. ]
Not subject to the levy, if com
mittee bill is unchanged, would , ]
be farm products when sold by |
producers in the original state; ]
and the tax would be only 2 per
cent on automobiles selling for
more than SI,OOO net. j
Instead of a sales tax on the E
wholesalers’ transactions, a flat I (
levy of,sloo against each whole
saler was substituted. ) j
Then, the Legislature was t
faced with the question of labor
legislation. Measures making un- <
lawful the closed shop and the. t
involuntary check-off of union t
dues as well as restrictions r
against mass picketing, were i
passed the House of Representa- r
VETS' NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
The Veterans Administration
conducts the largest mutual in
surance system in the world, and
its insurance activities affect
more people than any other
phase of VA operations.
Within the last six years, VA
has written approximately 19,-
000,000 policies; having a total
face value of near $150,000,000,-
000; on the lives of 16,000,000 in
dividuals.
Known as National Service
Life Insurance, or NSLI, this
Government insurance for mem -
bers of the armed forces in
World War II was provided by
Congress in 1940. NSLI originally
was issued on the five-year level
premium term plan, which
means that premiums are paid
at a fixed rate for insurance
protection alone, the policies
having no cash, loan, paid-up,
or extended insurance values.
This form provides the maxi
mum amount of temporary pro
tection at the lowest cost. The
term period for all National
Service Life Insurance issued
prior to Jan. 1, 1946, was ex
tended three more years; there
fore, those term policies may be
continued in their original form
for eight years from the date of
issue. They need not be convert
ed to a permanent plan before
the expiration of that period.
Policies issued after Dec. 31,
1945, must be converted within
five years.
L— -
tives, as follows: Anti-closed
shop check-off, 157 to 28; anti
picketing, 146 to 16.
The State Senate had already
given approval to similar bills.
The proposal for state-owned
and operated liquor stores was
another important measure giv
en birth by the hoppers, as well
as legislation for a bonus for
Georgia’s World War II veterans.
As favorably reported out of
the Veterans’ Affairs Committee
cn the House, the bonus bill pro
vides that former servicemen
would be given $lO for each
month’s service overseas and $7
for each month on the home
front. The Senate committee
likewise reported out a bonus
measure.
A state bond issue of some
$40,000,080, payable over a pe
riod of 10 years, would be floated
to meet the cost.
Also, a constitutional amend
ment was proposed to submit the
bonus question to the people.
Fire Prevention
Bureau Is Urged
By Zach Cravey
Georgia’s need of a State Fire
Prevention Bureau was empha
sized by Comptroller-Gen. Zach
Cravey, w’ho is also state insur
ance commissioner, in address
ing the State Senate Appropria
tions Committee.
Cravey foresaw the possibility
of incidents of arson in connec
tion with d'.vellings built during
the inilation period, when nor
mal times return, unless defin
ite safeguards or preventive
measures are set up in advance.
VA urges veterans to continue
their term insurance during
their readjustment to civilian
life, and to convert only after
they have become re-established
and know what their financial
capabilities and insurance needs
will be. Every veteran has until
October, 1948, at the least, to
convert to a permanent policy,
and many considerably longer
than that.
After term insurance has been
in effect for one year, it may be
converted in whole or in part to
one or more of the following
permanent forms of insurance:
Ordinary life, 30-payment life,
20-payment life, endowment at
age of 65, endowment at age 60,
and 20-year endowment.
Below are monthly rates on
various types of policies for three
typical age groups.
Monthly premium per SI,OOO at
age 23: 5-year level term, 67
cents; ordinary life, $1.37; 30-
payment life, $1.67; 20-payment
life, $2.12; endowment at age
65, $1.67; endowment at age 60,
$1.89; 20-year endowment, $3.48.
Monthly premium per SI,OOO at
age 30: 5-year level term, 71
cents; ordinary life, $1.56; 30-
payment life, $1.83; 20-payment
life, $2.31; endowment at age
65, $1.96; endowment at age 60,
$2.27; 20-year endowment. $3.51.
Monthly premium per SI,OOO
at age 35: 5-year level term, 76
cents; ordinary life, $1.80; 30-
Crippled Children
League of Georgia
Goal Is $125,000
The 1947 goal lor the Crippled
Children League oi Georg .a in
its 11th annual Easter Seal dis
tribution for crippled children is
$125,000, Mr. J. Clayton Burke,
president of the league, an
nounced today. The drive will
open March 6 and close April
6, Easter Sunday. The Crippled
Children League of Georgia will
join more than 2,000 state and
member societies of the National
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults in the 1947 campaign
to provide funds for the other
wise unmet needs of crippled
children.
The money will be used as the
main support of the league’s
service to needy crippled chil
dren at clinics and hospitals
throughout the state and at Aid
more, the convalescent home on
Peachtree Street in Atlanta sup
ported by the organization.
At Aidmore alone, about 50
children are constantly under
treatment for such crippling dis
eases as heart weakness, spastic |
paralysis in its various forms.!
infantile paralysis, osteomyelitis,'
jspinal curvatures and congenital
deformities. Last year, J. Clayton
Burke, president of the league,
said 263 were treated, and the
patient days at Aidmore rose to
14,076.
Physical therapy treatments
| at the convalescent home totaled
3.668, dental treatments num
bered 1,004, and there were 817
X-ray photographs made of
these small patients.
T'wo school teachers, and one
speech teacher at Aidmore, in
struct the children as the staff
lof doctors, nurses and therapists
work to mend their afflicted
[ bodies.
In private hospitals over the
[state, 1,849 patient days were
payment life, $2.03; 20-payment
life, $2.53; endowment at age
65, $2.37; endowment at age 60,
$2.82; 20-year endowment, $3.56.
The low premium rates on all
forms of National Service Life
are made possible because the
Government bears the entire
cost of administration and pays
all losses traceable to the extra
hazard of military or naval serv
ice. Every dollar of premiums
collected is held in trust and in
vested at interest for eventual
return in benefits to policyhe'd
ers or their beneficiaries.
VA feels that the majority of
veterans who have let their in
surance go by the wayside are
not familiar with the privileges
and economic security that their
insurance affords them. As a
result, VA now is launching an
intensified information program
designed to explain to veterans
their rights and the benefits of
retaining or reinstating their GI
insurance.
Veterans who have let their
term insurance lapse may rein
state their policies by filling out
a simple form and paying only
two monthly premiums.
“Terminal leave” bonds, issued
under the Armed Forces Leave
Act of 1946, may be used for the
payment of premiums on all
forms of Government life insur
ance.
Insurance facts on VA’s south
eastern insurance service which
Memorial Home Fund Drive
Gets in Full Swing Here
TRAIN-RIDER
LOSES PANTS -
T O K Y O—Bracing himself
for the sudden stop of an in
ter-urban train, a Japanese
commuter felt his ersatz belt
snap. He was packed in so
lightly he couldn’t get his
hands down to catch his fall
ing pants. Someone’s foot
caught in the pants and
dragged them away. As the
train started again, passengers
heard excited wailing, in Jap
[ anese: “Who’s got my pants?”
Announce New
National 4-H
Award Program
Announcement has been made
of a brand new national 4-H
‘home improvement awards pro
! gram for 1947.
Among the program’s objec-
I tives are to encourage club mem
bers to gain a knowledge of prin-
■ ciples and materials involved in
I making the home more attrac-
■ tive and convenient at minimum
cost; develop skill in painting
■ and simple carpentry, and plan
: home improvements for beauty,
i comfort, health, privacy and
j safety in keeping with the needs
of every member of the family.
Participants will demonstrate to
others what has been learned
relative to home furnishings, ar
rangements and interior deco
rating practices.
Both boys and girls who are
bona fide members working un
der the supervision of the Ex
tension Service and enrolled this
year in a 4-H home improvement
project or activity may partici
pate.
Merit awards on county, state
and national levels are provided
by Sears-Roebuck Foundation.
County winners will receive sil
ver medals of ho/or. The state
winner’s award is an educational
trip to the National 4-H Club
Congress, Chicago, next Novem
ber. Eight selected state winners
will each receive the national
aw-ard of a S2OO college scholar
ship.
financed by the league, and 235
surgical operations were under
written. More than 764 special
ists treatments, many appliances
and endless hours of nursing |
service were made available to
the needy youngsters.
Burke stressed that the Crip
pled Children League, which is
incorporated by the Georgia Elks
Lodge, does not share in state
tax money, but is financed en
tirely by Easter Seal sales, con
tributions of Elks through Elks
Lodges of Georgia, individual
contributions, and memorial
gifts.
Any Georgia child under 21
years of age with a physical
handicap or condition leading
to a handicap is eligible for as
sistance through the league.
handles NSLI for veterans m
Georgia. Alabama. Florida, South
Carolina and Tennessee:
Veterans eligible for NSLI
1,234,000.
Veterans who are keeping
NSLI policies active as of Jan.
15: 247,150.
Veterans who have converted
to permanent policies: 21,642.
Estimated number of veterans
who have active policies, by
states: Alabama. 53,000; Tennes
see, 58.000; Georgia, 57,000; Flor
ida, 43,000; South Carolina, 36.-
000.
To better serve southeastern
veterans, the Branch 5 insur
ance service is now:
Making all NSLI term insur
ance reinstatements within 72
hours.
Acknowledging all correspond
ence within 24 hours of receipt.
Mailing advance premium no
tices to all active policyholders.
Veterans can help VA offer
better service by:
Forwarding ail remittances in
the self-addressed envelope sent
with the advance premium no
tice.
Always using their “N” num
ber or army serial number if
the “N” number is not known,
when corresponding with VA
about their policies.
Addressing all communications
about NSLI policies to: Insur
ance Service, Veterans Adminis
tration, Branch Office 5. Atlanta
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
* Final Returns in
From Trion Area
With the final returns in from
■ the Trion area, Summerville
; started out in full force last
j week to campaign for the Chat-
I tooga Memorial Home. The drive
‘ sponsored by the American Le
i gion Post 129 of Chattooga
I County and the Mason McCau
ley Post 6688, VFW of the U. S.,
is receiving the full support of
the citizens of our County. A
group of American Legion and
VFW members called on some of
the merchants and citizens of
Summerville last week and re
ceived donations amounting to
$928, a list of which is printed
below:
Loop Furniture Store, $25; Mc-
Ginnis Drug Co., $25; W. E. Tur
ner, $10; American Case, S2O,
Service Barber Shop, $10; Mrs.
Myrtle Sizemore, $5; Miss Ruth
Fuller, $5; Roland Henry, $5;
Alexander Bros., $25; Peoples’
Laundry, S2O; Summerville Dry
Cleaners, S2O: Bagley’s Service
Station. $25; Glenn Pless, $25;
J. C. Shamblin, $1; Clarkston
Taxi, $25; Summerville Cash
Store, $25; Stephenson’s Taxi,
$25; T. M Booth, s;' C. Bagley
Sr., $5; C. C. Cleghorn, $10; Fay
Pledger, $10; Hammonds Flower
Shop, $10; Joe Hammonds, $5;
! Hudson’s Grocery, $10; Troy
Scoggins, $10; John Jones, $25
J. A. Scoggins, $25; George Er
win, S2O; John W. Davis, $25;
L. E. Anderson $1; C. D. Rivers,
$10; D. L. McW’horter, SSO; Farm
ers and Merchants Bank, $100;
Lowry’s Dept. Store, $25; Dr. B.
Lovingood, $25; D. F. Martin, $5;
C. M. Tutton, $25; Roy Watson,
$5; Janie Scott, $5; Chattooga
Mercantile, $25; Berry’s Good
year Store, $25; J. R. Jackson and
Sons, $25; J. G. Allen Hardware
Co., $25; Andrew Williams, sls;
Gile’s Supply Store. $10; Brooks
Service Station, sls; Estelle’s
Beauty Shop. $10: B. W. Farrar,
sls; L. C. Smith, $1; Hair Mo
tor Co., $25; Miss Beulah Shrop
shire, $25; Mrs. Martha C. Alex
ander, $10; L. W. Mitchell, $5.
The Chattooga Memorial Home
site in all probability will be se
lected by next week and plans
l are going full speech ahead to se-
I cure the necessary permits in or
der to construct this Memorial
to those who gave their lives in
World Wars I and II and to the
men who served in the armed
forces of both wars.
All contributions are greatly
appreciated, and the goal of $30,-
1000 to build this home is a long
! way off as yet. So far the organ-
I izations sponsoring this drive
have received donations totaling
approximately $14,000. It is ex
l pected to have more news by
j next week which will bring this
■ accounting up to a more encour-
I aging figure.
Remember the cause for which
I this Memorial is being built and
I back it to the full limit of your
i resources.
FRANK M. FLETCHER
DIES FEBRUARY 25
Frank M. Fletcher, 59, died
unexpectedly at his home in La-
Fayette at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday
morning, Feb. 25. Surviving are
his wife, Mrs. Jemima Murray
Fletcher; six daughters, Mrs. Eu
gene Lepley, Mrs. Dover Crom
er, Misses Frances, Marian and
i Sadie Fletcher, of LaFayette, and
Mrs. James M. Reeves, of Col
lege Park, Ga.; two sons, Murray
Fletcher, of LaFayette, and
Gordon Fletcher, of Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs.
Gordon Wallin and Mrs. W. B.
Wallin, of LaFayette, and Mrs.
C. F. Armstrong, of Florida; two
brothers, W. B. Fletcher, of Sum
merville, and A. J. Fletcher, of
Trion, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 o’clock EST Thursday aft
ernoon at Wesley Chapel Meth
odist Church, the Rev. J. R. Mc-
Curdy, the Rev. R. M. Young
blood and the Rev. M. L. Crow
der officiating. Interment was in
Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Archie
Pickard, Robert Kellett, W. L.
Abney, Gilbert Coulter, Vernon
Parker, Lon Gray, Theo Parker
and Seab Chapman. Honorary
pallbearers were Dr. S. B. Kitch
en. Dr. D. M. Cornett. Louin Ful
mer. Grady Orr. Jack Howell.
Roy Thurman. Gordon Brown,
George Spencer. Henry Small
wood. John Abney and Irvin
Parker.
Each member of the farm fam
ily averages using 35 gallons of
water a day for kitchen, bath
room, laundrv and drinking pur
poses.