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TIME COPY
By RAYMUND DANIEL
“Hands”—.A Poem.
Her Life Service.
' Brings Story of Service.
Layman’s Day Held.
Church 114 Years Old.
Dollar a Slone.
Citizens Hie to Streams.
Long Service Record.
“HANDS”—A POEM
(From unpublished “Her Verses”
by Raymund Daniel—Written
1914)
I
Hands once strong are worn and
trembling now,
Hands that toiled oh, hard for
you,
Are gnarled and scarred and
seared
With veins all broken, thru and
thru.
II
But oft you’d clasp these hands
so tight
And say in accents sweet and
low—
“ Those are my hands to keep
and hold—
And never, never let them go.”
111
Hands once loved are old ana
empty now,
And yet you held and loved
them so.
Will not you keep the memory j
white
Os clasps of hands of long ago.
IV
The gnarled old hands hold on
to life
As in days when skies were
bright;
But lonely hands still long to
feel
The old sweet clasp 'round them
tonight.
HER LIFE SERVICE
Over in the Oak Hill district
lives a woman who has given
her years of self-sacrificing serv
ice. She is Nora Ward—Miss
Nora Ward who has given up all
to take care of her aged father,
v»’ho has a 300-acre farm. Quiet
ly, and without acclaim, Nora
Ward has put aside all other de
sires and has made her father
first in all things. Angels are
now making her crown.
BRINGS STORY OF SERVICE
The story of service is told
Time Copy by Rev. Shelton E.
Adams of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference, under
whose direction are Oak Hill and
other churches. Mr. Adams is one
of the coming ministers, if he
has not already arrived. A sym
pathetic heart works with Bro.
Adams’ well-developed mind and
the combination is finely result
ant. Time Copy is Bro. Adams’
friend. It knows his worth.
LAYMAN’S DAY HELD
Layman’s Day services were
held in Mr. Adams’ churches. At
Oak Hill and Lyerly the speaker
was Supt. W. P. Lovett of the
Lyerly Consolidated Schools. He
well carried out his part of the
program.
CHURCH 114 YEARS OLD
In the shadow of Chattooga
ville and not far from Lyerly is
the Chattooga Baptist Church,
which is 114 years or more old.
The building stands as it did over
a century ago. The edifice in
cludes a section for the slaves
who came with their masters.
The architecture is unchanged.
EVERY DOLLAR A STONE
Every dollar’ that is given to
the Veterans Memory Home is a
stone in that structure. So, see
how many stones we can put
into the building. It is a me
morial to those who gave their
all. What have we given to them?
CITIZENS HIC TO STREAMS
Citizens of Summerville, Lyer
ly, Menlo, and other towns of
Chattooga County are looking
furtively behind their backs and
then slipping even more fur
tively toward streams where fish
are said to abound. They need
not be furtive for no one will
pester them—for all the world
(including Time Copy) loves a
fisherman. In the springtime an
older man’s fancies turn to fish
ing.
LONG SERVICE RECORD
For 24 years—practically a
quarter of a century—Horace L.
Abrams, of Lyerly, served as a
secretary of a Masonic Lodge.
Seven of the years were as sec
retary of Coosa Lodge and the
remaining as secretary of Lyerly.
In all that time, Mr. Abrams
never received a penny of re
numeration —even to the remis
sion of dues. This year, although
unanimously re - elected, Mr.
Abrams declined to serve. “Let
a younger Mason take up the
work,” said Mr. Abrams.
TIME FOR CELEBRATIN’
KANSAS CITY—Mrs. Jackie
Kirkpatrick gave birth to a son
on her birthday, March 4, which
is also the birthday of Mrs. Kirk
patrick’s mother, Mrs. Elberta
Williams, of Ogden, Utah.
Jtas
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AS TEXAS CITY BURNED—Dense smoke still rollc over the town which has been rocked by a series
of explosions. This air view of Texas City, on Galveston Bay, Texas, shows the waterfront section
still burning as the flames sweep toward the oil dumps, adding further danger to rescue efforts.
Damage estimated at millions resulted. The totalof those killed and injured wiill run into thousands.
SUMMERVILLE NINE
CONTINUES WINNING
STREAK; WIN TWO
By BILLY ESPY
Summerville continued their
winning streak Saturday and
Sunday as they defeated LaFa
yette by scores of 10-7 and 5-0.
the Saturday affair going 10 in
nings.
Cavin started the game for
Summerville, but was relieved by
Nelson in the second inning.
Cavin gave up five hits and
struck out two. Nelson gave up
11 hits and struck out nine.
Matthews, who went the route
for LaFayette, gave up 15 hits
and struck out five.
For Summerville, Cash, Silvers
and Baker got extra-base hits
and along with Ralph Alexander,
all got two for five. J. L. Alex
ander and “Lefty” Broom had
(two for six.
For LaFayette, Peppers got
three for four, one a triple which
> was almost stretched into a home
run, but he was out at the plate
by two feet. Johnny Clinton also
had a triple to make two for
four.
Sunday, behind the fine two
jhit pitching of “Clebo” Jackson,
the Legionnaires collected six
hits off two LaFayette pitchers
; for a 5-0 win.
“Lefty” Broom led Summer
. ville’s hitting with two for three,
both doubles. Abie Brock and
Paul Silvers also had doubles.
Saturday at 3:30 Summerville
will play Dalton at Legion Field,
and we would like to see a good
crowd out for this game. Last
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IFesZ Summerville Home
Demonstration Club Is
Entertained April 24
The West Summerville Home
Demonstration Club was enter
tained in the home of Mrs. R. R.
Garrett on Thursday afternoon,
April 24. Mrs. W. H. Treadaway
had charge of the meeting.
Beginning with song “Dixie
Land,” Mrs. Rice Morgan led the
devotional, reading Gen., chap
ter 41, verses 2-18 and prayer,
and after the business part of
the meeting, in which the dress
revue was discussed, and planned
for on May 30.
Miss Burkett gave a very in
teresting demonstration on mak
ing shoulder pads and gave each
'lady a pattern for slip covers.
Mrs. Robbins read an article on
“The Elixir of Youth,” and dur
ing the social hour a most de
licious salad course was served
by Mrs. Garrett and Mrs. Cas
sidy, who was a welcome visitor.
The next meeting will be held in
May with Miss Mittie Dodd at
her home in Menlo.
i
SINGING NOTICE
i The spring session of Chat
tooga County singing convention
will meet at the courthouse here
next Sunday. We are expecting
to have one of the best conven
; tions ever held in the county.
Come and help make this sing
ing a success.
’ We will have several quartets
I present. Will have the Harmon
eers Quartet from Knoxville with
us and they will appear in con
cert at courthouse next Satur
day night. If you enjoy a good
quartet and a clean concert, do
not fail to hear them.—Oren
Blessing, President.
All-Star Wrestling
Card at Legion Field
Saturday Night
Saturday night at Legion Field
there will be an All-Star wrest
ling match with several good
bouts scheduled.
The opening bout, which will
pit Charley Harbin, 224 pounds,
of Stone Mountain, Ga., against
Bill Collins, 215, of Atlanta, will
begin promptly at 8:15, one fall,
30-minute time limit.
The semi-final bout will bring
together Dick Lever, 255, of
Nashville, Tenn., and Joe Cor
bett, 240. of Boston, Mass., two
falls out of three, one hour time
limit.
The main event features Don
Mclntyre, 222, of Sedalia, Mo.,
and Wally Grebb. 230. of Pitts
burgh, Pa., two out of three falls,
90-minute time limit.
All wrestling fans be sure and
come out. as there will be plenty
of excitement at Legion Field on
Saturday night at 8:15.
Beasley in Plea
For Road Program
Free of Politics
Some $360,000,000 is needed for
road construction in Georgia in
the next three years, but only
about $70,000,000 will be availa
ble for the purpose. State High
way Director John Beasley made
this disclosure as he addressed
the convention of the County
Commissioners Association which
met in Savannah and pleaded
with the officials to “Get to
gether among yourselves and de
cide which roads in your own
county should be paved for the
benefit of all the people.”
Beasley said that local politics
was a serious obstruction to the
county road construction and
stressed the need for a 10-year
highway program under a con
stitutional board which could not
be disturbed by each new ad
ministration.
“The state’s oldest roads,” he
declared, “are carrying the heav
iest loads. Approximately 74 per
cent of them are too narrow or
are worn out. It will cost SIOO,-
000,000. to widen and put state
highways into shape. It will cost
$75,000,000 to build needed farm
to-market roads. It will cost
$60,000,000 to pave roads through
the cities and eliminate certain
grade crossings. We ought to
inaugurate a 10-year program
and not let any changes in pol
itics or state administration in
terfere with it.”
DONKEY BALL GAME AT
LEGION FIELD FRIDAY NIGHT
There will be a donkey base
ball game Friday night at 8
o’clock at Legion Field with the
members of the American Le
gion and VFW playing.
All who possibly can are asked
to be there, as 20 per cent of the
gate receipts will be donated to
the Memorial Home Building
Fund to help build and equip a
memorial home in honor of those
who served in the armed forces.
Don’t forget folks, Friday at 8
p. m. at Legion Field. Bring the
whole family along as there will
be fun for everyone.
Brazil looks to the U. S. for aid
in fight against inflation.
The French zone is self-sup-
chief says.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947
MUSIC WEEK TO BE
OBSERVER BY THE
LOCAL MUSIC CLUB
National Music Week is the
first week in May. The Summer
ville Music Study Club will begin
an observance of that week with
a vesper service on Sunday aft
i ernoon, May" 4, at 5 o’clock at the
Methodist Church. Mrs. R. D
Love, from LaFayette, will direct
the program and will bring some
of her students to participate in
the performance.
The service will consist of:
Processional: “Love Divine All
Love Excelling.”
Invocation: Mr. H. R. Foster.
Scripture: Mr. F. E. Crutcher.
Choir: “Angel Voices Ever
Singing.”
Choir: “O, Praise Him—Alle-
I luia.”
Scripture.
Choir: “Let All Mortal Flesh
j Keep Silence.”
Scripture.
Choir: “Gloria in Excelsis.”
Choir: “Dear Lord and Father
| of Mankind.”
Choir and the congregation:
i “America the Beautiful.”
Scripture.
Choir: “A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God.”
Choir: “Once to Every Man
and Nation.”
Scripture.
Instrumental solo.
Choir and congregation: “God
of Our Fathers.” •
Choir: “Lord Dismiss Us With
Thy Blessing.”
Scripture.
Choir: “The Holy City.”
Benediction: Mr. H. R. Foster.
Ou Tuesday afternoon, May 6,
members of the Summerville
Music Study Club will present a
( program over radio station
WRGA, Rome, from 2:30 until 3
: o’clock. Mrs. J. R. Burgess will
announce the program. Mrs.
; Henry McWhorter is club chair
man for National Music Week
! and Mrs. O. L. Cleckler is radio
chairman.
Higher Prices For
Used Fat Profitable
Meat dealers are finding the
higher price now being paid for
used cooking fat is profitable to
them as well as to their cus
(tomers. By advertising the in
; creased price kitchen grease
' brings, and suggesting the mon
i ey be applied to other purchases,
! meat dealers increase their sales
by helping customers to offset
high food prices.
Recently in Laconia, N. H.,
I John’s IGA Store told women,
i “Don’t kick about high prices.
; Help yourself by getting out your
■ used cooking fat and letting it
; buy some more food for you.”
i This advertisement pointed out
that if women brought in one
pound of kitchen grease, they
; could buy black pepper for 3
(cents a can; chicken soup for 6
(cents a can; coffee for 27 cents
a pound; frankfurters for 17
cents a pound; plus 32 other
products at considerable savings.
“This trend on the part of the
(grocers to stress used fat retail
prices, checks with a recent sur
vey showing that women are not
only turning in more fat, but are
insisting upon begin paid for it,”
the American Fat Salvage Com
mittee states.
‘MISS CHATTGOIiA
COUNTY 1947’T0 BE
SELECTED MAY 9
Who will be “Miss Chattooga
County of 1947?”
She will be selected in a coun-
I ty-wide beauty contest at the
i Chattooga County Courthouse on
I Friday night, May 9. More than
50 of the county’s most beauti-
I ful and talented young ladies
will vie for beauty honors. Each
girl will be sponsored by a busi
; ness man or woman, or some or
i ganization.
Winner will be selected by ma
jority vote of the audience. With
each admission ticket, a ballot
will be attached that will enti
i'tie holder to cast a vote. “Miss
Chattooga County” will be
awarded an expense-paid trip to
Columbus to compete in a state
wide contest for the title of “Miss
Georgia,” or a cash prize of SSO.
Runner-up will be crowned “Miss
Popularity,” and awarded a
handsome prize.
Jackie Scott and her orchestra
will furnish a special concert for
the program. Songs, tap dances,
and other novelty numbers will
round out the show.
Regular admission at the door
will be $1.20 for the adults, in
cluding tax; 60 cents for the
children, including tax. Advance
sale of tickets is being made by
members of the Summerville
senior class—sl. for adults; 50
cents for children.
The Chattooga County beauty
contest is being sponsored by the
■ Summervilel High School senior
1 class as one of the features to
aid the financial drive for the
trip to Washington. Jimmy Trip
pi, having completed the “Miss
Rome” contest, is handling the
promotion, and is being assisted
by Miss May Dell Harden.
THOMPSON CITES
FORESTRY WEEK;
FESTIVAL IS SET
I Next week, May 4-10, is Geor-
I gia Forestry Week. It will be cli-
I maxed by the second annual Pine
Tree Festival at Swainsboro in
Emanuel County, on Friday.
In directing public attention
to Forestry Week, Acting Gov. M.
E. Thompson said: “It is fitting
that the state of Georgia me
morialize her forests. Our people
derive an annual income of some
$275,000,000 from timber and
timber products. Our forests
bring Georgia landowners
fully as valuable a yearly
crop as the cultivation of tobac
co, peanuts or corn, or cotton.
Until recent years, this great
natural resource has been large
ly unappreciated and very great
ly abused. Two out of every three
acres of Georgia land are in
trees. We are blessed with 25,-
000,000 acres of forests which
thrive and grow six times faster
than in almost any other state.
I recommend to the people of
Georgia that they pause during
the week of May 4 to 10 and con
template the wonder of this
God-given blessing which, be
sides providing a cash crop, pro
tects our watersheds and con
tributes to making the state one
of the most beautiful in Amer
ica.”
Final plans were announced
this week for the Swainsboro
festival which will include Con
igressman Prince H. Preston, Jr.,
and Hamilton Holt of Macon, as
honor guests. Festivities will in
clude a parade, a beauty contest,
tree-planting ceremonies using a
mechanical planter and dancing
and entertainment in the streets
until a late hour Friday. Inten
sive coverage will be given the
affair by newspapers and radio
stations and a motion picture
will record the fiesta in color.
Director A. R. Shirley of the
Georgia Department of Forestry,
will take part in the affair and
•is expected, at that time, to make
his first public statement as to
the policies of his department
during his tenure of office.
T. D. Lowry & Sons Elected
To Angus Association
T. D. Lowry and Sons, of Route
4, Summerville, have been elect
ed to membership in the Ameri
can Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’
Association at Chicago, an
nounces Secretary Frank Rich
ards. T. D. Lowry and Sons were
among the five Aberdeen-Angus
breeders from Georgia recently
elected to membership in the or
ganization by the board of direc
tors.
Peanuts should be planted as
soon as the soil becomes warm
in the spring and when there is
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Entrants Announced
For Americanism
Essay Contest
Lyerly High School was select
ed to enter four essays on “Amer
ica’s Contribution to a Perma
nent Peace,” sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary in co
operation with the American Le
; gion Good Citizenship training
program.
Those writing essays were Rob
bie Yarbrough, Ann Brogdon,
Barbara Kimball and Burl Gay
lor.
Members of the Auxiliary wish
Ito express appreciation to Mrs.
; Irwin Thomas for co-operation
( and assistance during the con
test.
Mrs. James Hawkins, Ameri
( canism chairman, announces
i that the Auxiliary is co-operat
ing with the War Department
in placing army and nursing ed
ucational plans literature in the
high school libraries.
School librarians will be glad
to assist students interested in
learning about this educational
program.
On-Job Training
Inspection Work
Completed by VSO
Georgia was the first state in
the Union to complete the job of
le-inspecting and re-qualifying
business and industrial firms
with on-the-job training pro
grams for veterans. C. Arthur
Cheatham, state veterans serv
ice director, has announced that
I some 37,000 inspections were per
formed by department of veter
ans service personnel in record
I time. This feat elicited high
praise, he said, from the Veter
ans Administration officials in
! Washington.
“We couldn’t have done it,”
Cheatham stated, in announcing |
. the news, “without the whole- >
hearted co-operation of the busi- !
nessmen and industrialists of;
Georgia. Almost without excep
tion, heads of organizations pro
viding on-the-job training fa
cilities readily devoted many
hours of study with our repre
sentatives in thrashing out the
numerous problems in the com- (
plicated picture.”
Cheatham said that, as a re- I
suit of the inspections, some 10,- j
700 job-objectives were either
eliminated from the program oh
radically changed. “We are cer- j
tain, now, that on-the-job vet-1
eran trainees are receiving bona;
fide training and are thus, ac
tually earning the subsistence;
allowances paid them by the
Federal Government.”
The re-inspection project is
probably the last official activi
ty in the field of veterans edu
cation by the Department of Vet
erans Service. The new Veterans
Educational Council, authorized
by the last session of the legisla
ture. will assume charge of this
phase of the affairs of ex-serv
icemen in June.
Acting Gov. M. E. Thompson
completed the new council this;
week, by making the following
appointments: Quintard Wright,
Dougherty County; J. L. (Jake)
Story, Floyd County; Emory
Bass, Lowndes County; Lt.-Col.
E. B. Liles, Glynn County, rep
resenting the Veterans Service
Board; F. H. Rayfield, Fulton
County, representing the gover
nor; Dr. Phil B. Narmore, Geor
gia Tech; Dr. O. C. Aderhold.
University of Georgia; Dr. Geor
gie B. Coijnell, Mercer Universi
ty, and C. E. Landrum, Hape
ville school teacher.
RAYMOND B. GAYLER IS NOW
TECHNICIAN THIRD GRADE
WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
KOBE—Raymond B. Gayler, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gayler,
Route 2, Lyerly, Ga.. was recent
ly promoted at Kobe, Honshu,
Japan, from technician fourth
grade to the rank of technician
third grade.
T/3 Gayler, who is assigned
to Headquarters Company, Kobe
Base, is chief clerk in the G-3
section.
Kobe’s port which is Japan’s
second largest, is being utilized
by the occupation army as a sup
ply base for the troops in south
ern Japan. Before the war it was
Japan’s import and export cen
ter.
The city of Kobe, one of the
cosmopolitan centers of the Far
East, is surrounded by mountain
ranges of unusual scenic beauty,
and has been called one of the
garden spots of Japan.
T/3 Gayler sailed to Japan in
July, 1946, and has been assigned
to Headquarters Company since
August of last year. He entered
the army January, 1946, and en
tered the induction center at
Fort McPherson, Ga.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
I AMERICAN LEGION
POST PLANS JUNIOR
BASEBALL PROGRAM
At the regular meeting of the
j Chattooga County Post 129, on
April 19, plans were made for
the coming season’s junior base
ball program. Earl Nix was elect
ed to head this program. Nix se
lected Jim Tedder and Carl
Hankins to help him in this
work. Nix has already laid the
groundwork for the program.
The members present were very
enthusiastic about the program.
All voted support and author
ized Nix to purchase new uni-
I forms and equipment for the lo
| cal team. Fred Alrded outlined
| the program and gave the first
donation, $l5O, for Hair Motor
! Co., and it is expected that oth
; er businessmen in the county will
follow with donations; several
have already made them at this
date.
The American Legion junior
baseball program is nation-wide
and offers our local boys an op
portunity to develop their ability
as well as being a health build
ing program.
Many of our big league players
(Started in the Legion junior
clubs. There will be district com
petition and then finally nation
al, with scholarships and many
valuable prizes for the fortunate
players.
All citizens are asked to back
, our team and if you know of any
boy in Chattooga County who
should try for the team, have
him contact Earl Nix, Jim Ted
der or Carl Hankins. Nix will or
ganize his team this month and
they will be guest of the Legion
post for dinner next regular
I meeting night.
THOMPSON TELLS
EDUCATORS ABOUT
STATE FINANCES
Assuring Georgia’s teachers
and the 800,000 school children
of the state that his adminis
tration would provide for the
■needs of education, Gov. M. E.
I Thompson told the Georgia Edu-
I cation Association at its annual
I convention: “Georgia will carry
j out its commitment to its
! schools.”
He went into detail about the
j needed services, some of which
(have been curtailed to provide
the money for the 50 per cent
salary increase for teachers. He
frankly told the educators that
the needs for roads, health and
welfare benefits, and state insti
tutions were acute.
After telling the school group
that he regretted the necessity
of making them the beneficiaries
of a curtailment of other serv
ices, because it might ultimately
jeopardize education by creating
hostility toward the schools, the
( governor declared that he would
| not “take refuge in saying that
j the commitment to the teachers
i was approved unanimously by
every Georgian who voted in the
1946 state primary, although that
lis true. The decision ultimately
had to be the decision of the
chief executive, as budget direc
tor. I predicted that decision
upon one simple rule, that first
j things must come first. The
schools will be kept open. The
I teachers wall be paid.”
Available this year for the
common schools, not including
i the increased grant of $1,500,000
for teachers’ retirement .is $35,-
500,000, the largest amount ever
provided for the state depart
ment of education. At least that
amount will be available for the
coming fiscal year, which begins
July 1, 1947. To provide the mon
ey, the Thompson administra
tion has embarked on a program
of drastic economy, although it
has been able to provide suf
ficient funds to match in full
Federal grants for roads and to
provide $5,000,000 annually for
highway maintenance.
In a report on state fiscal con- ’
ditions, based on his quarterly
summary, State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr., revealed that the
cash surplus of the state had
dropped only $58,944 during the
past quarter.
i “The state is still maintaining
its cash reserve to match Fed
eral funds for road purposes,
which means $2 expended for
every dollar furnished by the
state,” Mr. Thrasher declared.
“There is in the reserve account
$14,357,328.63 to match all Fed
eral funds accrued to the state
on a quarterly basis through
March 31. The state also is main
taining the position of carrying
cash reserves to liquidate all out-
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