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TIME COPY
By RAYMUND DANIEL
‘Go On, Smile’—A Poem.
Welcome Puritans
Young Man at Helm.
Pick Down and Set Up.
Debate Was Lost
Gee-Haw to Self.
Made Good Horse.
Lyerly Street Scene
What Place Is This?
Streets Sand-topped.
GO ON! SMILE ON!
(A Poem from the Unpublished
Volume—“ Her Book,’’ by Ray
mund Daniel)
If this be your part
Oh lonely, lonely heart—
Fight on if all alone,
Go on! And, having gone,
Just smile for love’s old sake
E’en this heart may break.
II
The most lonely thing apart
Is a lonely, lonely heart—
Go on—you are not alone.
Tho’ all dreams be dead and
gone,
One in the dark holds on
God keeps you as His own!
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Half the bargain’s done,
Half the victory’s won.
A little way love waits,
A little way God’s gates.
Half the night is gone—
Go on! Smile on! Keep on!
Oh, lonely heart!
WELCOME PURITANS
Time Copy points with pride
to the formation of a Puritan
Club in Lyerly. The organization
is meant for rural centers and
country towns and fills a long
felt want. There are many en
terprizes that can be fostered. It;
is an organization similar to Ro- I
tarians, Civitans, Lions and oth
er clubs.
YOUNG MEN AT HELM
Lyerly Club is officered by
young men who have had ex
perience in executive capacities
and are thoroughly qualified in
every respect.
With the proper co-operation
from its membership, the club
should accomplish much good
work.
PICK DOWN—SET UP
Summervillians are still try
ing to unsolve a statement made
by a group of citizens, near the
News office recently. A freight
train, which will set off pack
ages or pick up one had just
passed through. It was a fast
freight and made few stops. One
of the Summervillians said, “It
is a pick down and set up train.’’
“You are wrong,” said his friend,
who could not untangle the
statement. So they let it lay or
lie or left it alone.
DEBATE WAS LOST
There was a great debate lost
and program defeated once in
Georgia because such a twisted
statement was made by a plain
country man in the audience
who wanted to know if the
amendment plan would “add
from or take to the Holy Bible.”
The speaker, who was author of
the amendment, never could de
cipher or decode the country
man’s question.
J EE—HAW TO SELF
Mid Mobbs, who lives on the
Lyerly Highway, is an ideal
neighbor. He always helps or
wants to help some one. He
works everybody’s garden as well
as his own. He has a hand plow
that is his pride. He plows far
and wide.
MADE A GOOD HORSE
Neighbors had settled down to
read the late paper when there
came from Mid’s garden the
sounds of “Jee, Haw, Haw, Jee
Haw,” Nearby residents knew
Mid had gone into the land with
no horse or mule. They slipped
to the hedges and “peeped.”
There went Mid plowing away
with an imaginary mule, jerking
an imaginary line out calling,
’ “Jee, Haw,” on an infinitrum.
Mid made a good plow horse.
LYERLY STREET SCENES
Street scenes in Lyerly: Rob
ert (Bob) Bagley clipping his
hedge. Preacher B. D. (Bill)
Ricks washing his car. Postmas
ter J. S. (Jake) Williams at off
hours, cleaning his garden. Mrs.
Robert Kimball packing a wick
ed hoe as she kills Bermuda and
Johnson grass, while husband
builds a church at Chipley, Fla.
Mrs. George Sitton and Mrs. J.
C. Williams sewing, sewing, sew
ing all the time. School Supt. W.
H. Lovett proudly showing his
garden with Irish potatoes, five
and a quarter feet high (or tall,
professor). Harper Edwards us
ing his electric motor lawn mow
er, while neighbors Mid Mobbs
arid J. L. Everett, and his pipe
are operating the hand-driven
style. Dr. P. H. McNellys moving
his chair further into shade.
Brother Jim” Thomas does the
same thing across the street. Ev
eryone talking about the weather
and “fishing.” School is out and
former pupils resort to all tac
tics. Little Betty Joyce Ragland,
2-year-old daughter of Ben Rag
land, running to meet her
“daddy” and Mrs. Horace L.
Abrams tutoring tantalizing
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VOL. 61 NO. 22
CHANGES IN HUNTING
REGULATIONS GIVEN
EOR COMING SEASON
After the state game and fish
commission met last week, thel
following change were made in I
the hunting regulations for the
coming season. Thirteen days
were sliced off the quail and
turkey seasons, which now close I
Feb. 15. Bag limits are the same
as last year, and season still
opens on Nov. 20. The turkey
season will be closed completely
on a line running from Colum
bus to Augusta. Write the state
game and fish commission for
details. The possum season is
now open from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31,
but guns may not be used. Dogs
are still permitted. The coon sea
son opens Nov. 20, and closes
Feb. 28. The marsh hen season
opens Oct. 1 instead of Sept. 1,
and the bag limit cut from 25 to
15 for a day and 50 to 30 per
week. In South Georgia, the
squirrel season now opens Nov.
1 and closes Jan. 15, limit 10 per
day. In the mountain district, on
a line running from Elbert to
Haralson County, the season
opens Sept. 1 and closes Nov. 1.
The deer season in Gilmer, Mur
ray, Fannin, Pickens, Dawson,
Lumpkin, Union, Towns, White,
Rabun and Haborsham counties,
opens Nov. 1 and closes Nov. 15.
Dogs still cannot be used in
North Georgia. In all counties
south of and including Stewart,
Webster, Sumter, Macon, Hous
ton, Twiggs. Wilkinson, Wash
ington, Jefferson, Emanuel, Bul
loch, Candler and Screven, deer
may be hunted from Nov. 1 to
Jan. 5. Only bucks may be taken.
For complete details on hunt
ing regulations for the coming
season, write State Game and
Fish Commission, 412 State Cap
itol, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Mary Jane Wooten
Mrs. Mary Jane (Williams)
Wooten, 69, died suddenly at her
home, C-ll 9th Street, Trion,
Friday, at 10:45 p. m.
She is survived by her hus-;
band, James M. Wooten; one son,,
Ross Wooten; two daughters, ]
Mrs. Robert Purcell and Mrs.
Robert Chambers, all of Trion;
three sisters, Mrs. Ida Johnson, j
Thomason, Ga.; Mrs. Alice Bak
er, Cedartown, Ga.; Mrs. Bertie
Freeman, Little Rock, Ark.; 11
grandchildren and one great-i
grandchild.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church in
Trion Sunday afternoon, with
Rev. S. L. Walker and Rev. Frank
I Lewis officiating. Burial in the
; Trion Cemetery. Hill-Weems Fu
neral Home in charge.
William Lon Davis
Funeral services for William
I Lon Davis, 67, were conducted
] from the South Summerville
] Baptist Church Friday after
! noon, with Rev. B. H. Howard
and Rev. Floyd Higgins officiat
ing.
He is survived by wife, Mrs.
Minnie Waters Davis; 2 daugh
ters, Miss Sarah Davis and Mrs.
Dorothy Smallwood, all of Sum
merville; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Proudfoot, Townsend, Ga.; two
brothers, Paul and Frank Davis,
j both of Rome.
Interment in the Summerville
I Cemetery. Hill-Weems Funeral
l Home in charge.
magnolia.
“Buck” White, sitting in his
own barber chair, waiting as
“next.” Dr. Bert Brogdon divid
ing his time between prescrip
tions and perfecting the organi
zation of the Puritan Club, of
which he is the first president.
Earl Gaylor fixing a tire with
one hand and giving a customer
a soft drink with the other
hand.
WHAT PLACE IS THIS?
If there be anything which
comes closer to Horace L. Abrams
the city clerk of Lyerly, it is Ly
erly. He has made every kind of
sacrifice. He has recently install
ed signs on the highway, “City
of Lyerly.” They can be seen a
half mile. Consequently, his
heart was almost broken when
tourists drove up to him and
said. “May I inquire what burg
this is?” “Podunk in Pipkins
ville in the state of Swasita,” Mr.
Abrams replied between clenched
teeth.
STREETS SAND-TOPPED
All streets in Lyerly, not hard
surfaced, have been sand topped,
adding to the usefulness of the
streets.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1947
CHATTOOGA COUNTY I
FALLING BEHINH IN
STREPTOMYCIN FUND
Have you contributed to the
Streptomycin Fund for patients
at Battey Hospital yet? There
are 110 patients who will die if
Georgians do not contribute the
necessary funds to buy the new
wonder medicine for tubercu
losis. Don’t you want to help
them get well?
Chattooga County is falling
behind in these contributions.
Floyd County has raised well
over $5,000, while we haven’t re
ceived the SSOO mark yet. Are
we going to lag behind like that?
Let’s all get busy and help these
folks live.
Following is a list of contribu
tions since the last issue of The
Summerville News:
John Jones, $5; Mrs. Agnes
Hammond, $1; Mrs. John L. Pol
lard, $5; Mrs. O. B. Millican,
$1; Herbert L. Reid, $1; Williams
Laundry, $1; Mrs. Dewey Ham-:
monds, 50 cents; Miss Beulah ]
Shropshire, $5; McGinnis Drug:
Co., $5; June Quinton, 50 cents; ■
Betty Grady, $1; Sam Grady, [
$1; Loop Furniture Co., $5.
Please send or give your con
tributions to Miss Mabel Crouch,!
Mrs. Agnes Hammond or Mrs.
Nora Newman, all of Summer- j
ville.
John Oliver Wyatt Dies
In Menlo Monday Night
John Oliver Wyatt, 73, died at
his home in Menlo Monday
night at 9 o’clock after a brief
illness.
Mr. Wyatt had been a life-long
resident of Chattooga County j
and had lived in the Menlo com
munity since childhood. He was
a loyal member of the Menlo
Methodist Church and was one
of the most beloved and highly
respected citizens of Menlo and
Chattooga County. He had been
employed by the Menlo Fruit
Package Company for the past
35 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Frances Mobley Wyatt; three sis
ters, Miss Ada Wyatt and Mrs.
C'. L. Hale, of Menlo, and Miss!
Ella Wyatt, of Rome.
Funeral services were held j
from the Menlo Methodist
Church Wednesday morning at
10:30, conducted by his pastor,]
the Rev. George D. Erwin, as
sisted by the Revs. S. K. Dotson]
and Hugh James. Interment in j
the family lot in the Alpine Cem- I
etery.
Thompson Backs Control
Board in Milk Battle
Acting Gov. M. E. Thompson
entered the current milk price
i dispute in Atlanta by unquali
: fiedly endorsing the state milk
| control board which he recently
| reorganized.
“I don’t know what the price
of milk should be.” he told the
Atlanta Federation of Women’s
| Clubs, “but I have the utmost
confidence in the milk control
and will endorse whatever deci
sion it makes.” The governor
] made his address to proclaim
j the month of June “Dairy
] Month” for Georgia.
In the meantime, the dispute
] over the merits and demerits
lof Atlanta’s 22-cents-per-quart
] price for Grade A milk contin
: ued. Commissioner of Agricul
ture Tom Linder told the milk
control board he favored a co
operative program in which milk
I would be graded and priced ac
i cording to its butter-fat con
tent.
W. B. Hyde, state milk control
I director, opposed this plan as
' “too complicated.” He also took
' issue with a charge by Columbus
Roberts of the Georgia Milk Pro
ducers Confederation that At
lanta dairies were mixing un
graded milk from outlying com
munities with high-grade locally
produced milk and selling the
finished product as Grade A
milk.
To complicate things still fur
ther, members of the Atlanta
Restaurant Association have an
nounced they will seek permis
sion from the board, June 4, to
operate their own dairies.
GEORGIA FLAG GOES
TO ARMY AT TRIESTE
A cotton flag, representing
Georgia (the second largest cot
ton-producing state) will fly in
a U. S. Army July 4 celebration
in the Free State of Trieste. Act
ing Gov. Thompson presented
the flag to the American Red
Cross for use in the ceremony
and requested that it be returned
to the capitol where it will oe
displayed with the state flag
that accompanied the Byrd Ant
arctic Expedition.
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1346-47 GRADUATING CLASS OF SUMMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Pictured, left to right, first
row: Glenna Waters, Opal Gass, Ann Williams, Mxgalene Jones, Wylene Perry, Martha Perry. Kath
ryn Phillips. Charlotte Moore, Dottie Stanfield, Bertha Kellett; 2nd row: Freddie Elrod. Ada Mar
garet Duff, Margaret Meadows, Kathryn Shropshire, Johnnie Allison. Betty Alexander, Mary Sue
Williams; 3rd row: Frances Palmour. Sarah Arnold, Florence Flanagan, Mary Espy, Eddie Ashe, Eliz
abeth Martin, .Mary Housch, Marlene Lanier. Wanda Fletcher, Maidell Hemphill; 4th row: George D.
Parker, Garland Nix, Johnnie Argo. Deforest Gilreath, Robt. Lane. William Parker. Dennis Cox, Joe
Frank Thomason. Eugene Pearson, Jim Berry. Walter Williams, Albert Gilbreath. Harvey Hutchins,
Charles Tribble. Billy Hurley. Mascots in front are Middleton M. Allen TIT and Jamie Ann Hughes.
Jack Cash was not plresent when picture was taken. The seniors, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Rudicil and Miss Gracie Lee Kelly, left Monday for a 10-day trip to Washington, D. C.
THOMPSON ASSERTS
NEED OF FEDERAL
SCHOOL AID FUNDS
A subcommittee on education
of the U. S. House of Repre- j
sentatives was given a message ]
last week from Acting Gov. M. I
E. Thompson in which he urged
the body to report favorably on]
a bill which would provide satis -]
factory Federal aid to state ]
school systems. The message was j
delivered by A. B. Lancaster, of ]
LaGrange, president of the Geor
gia Education Association.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state super
intendent of schools, accompa
nied Lancaster to Washington
and declared that, despite the 50
per cent increase in teachers’
salaries in Georgia, the shortage
of trained personnel is still crit- :
ical.
“We have little hope of im
proving the situation,” he said,
“unless we are able to get Fed- !
eral aid.”
The congressional subcommit
tee has been holding hearings on
the general subject of Federal
aid to schools for nearly a month.
Summerville Wins 2
From Lafayette
The Summerville Legionnaires
won two games over the week
end from LaFayette by scores of
6-5 and 11-3.
Saturday for Summerville, J.
L. Alexander led all hitting as he
got four for five, with Bill Cavin
getting two for three. Jim Ed!
Cavin pitched fine ball, striking!
out eight in eight innings. Mat
thews, pitching for LaFayette,
went the route, and struck out
three.
Sunday, Ralph Alexander was
the batting star as he got two
doubles and a single for four
times at bat. Buddy Byars pitch
ed eight innings and gave up]
only four hits, three runs being]
scored off him in the seventh
inning_on one hit, two walks and,
two errors. Jackson relieved him]
in the seventh. For LaFayette,]
Intrikin was the big stick, get
ting two for three.
Sunday George Baker received
his ninth, 10th and 11th walk
in the last four games.
Saturday Summerville jour- ]
neys to Dalton, and Sunday Dal
ton comes here for a return:
game that is scheduled to start!
at 3:30.
Gene's Portrait Will Be
Honored in State Capitol
The portrait of the late Eu
gene Talmadge will be hung
permanently in the state capitol
if the plan of the Talmadge
Memorial Commission, Inc., are
fully carried out.
A. L. Henson, the chairman,
requested permission from Act
ing Gov. Thompson to hang the
picture “temporarily” in the cap
itol building. Gov. Thompson re
plied that he would be happy to
permit the exhibition of the por
trait on a permanent basis.
“I feel,” he said, “that the
portraits of all of Georgia’s de
ceased governors should have
a place in the capitol.”
Pleasant Surprise
WELBORN, Kan. Hearing
that Glenn Masterson, 11, had
' fallen into a pond 20 volun- |
teer firemen sped to his fa- ]
i ther’s farm with resuscitating
: equipment. The pond, nine
feet deep, balked rescue efforts
by wading, so the men made
] a hole in the dam to drain
! the pond. As the water flowed
out, Glenn came trudging
down the road, surprised that
they were looking for him.
Edwards Named Top
Pharmacy Senior at U.G.
William A. Edwards, of Menlo,
was designated by classmates
this week as the "Outstanding
Senior in the University of Geor
gia College of Pharmacy for
1946-47,” a distinction which car
] ries with it the receipt of the
first annual Robert C. Wilson
! prize, a cash award of SSO.
This prize, named in honor of
Dr. R. C. Wilson, dean emeritus
and current acting dean of the
pharmacy school, is being insti
tuted by I. Z. Harris, president
and owner of the Veltex Com
pany, cosmetic and pharmaceu
jtical manufacturing concern of
] Birmingham, A1 a. Harris, a
] graduate of the University School
of Pharmacy in 1915, has estab
! lished a fund of $2,000, the in
] come from which will be used
for this annual award.
Edwards was selected for this
honor on the basis of a unique
poll conceived and conducted by
Dr. Wilson. In a secret ballot,
pharmacy seniors were asked to
select in the order of preference
] three classmates they would rec
ommend for employment as
| pharmacists on the basis of
“professional integrity, personal
ity, ability to take correction
without offense and intelligence,
natural as well as professionaly.”
The returns were tabulated by
Dr. Ralph Thaxton, university
registrar, and on the basis of the
results, Edwards was declared
I winner.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Les
] ter Edwards, the honor student
] will receive his bachelor of sci
i ence in pharmacy degree in June
] and plans to enter the University
School of Medicine in Septem
ber. A graduate of Menlo High
i School, he attended West Geor
gia College prior to entering the
] university. During World War 11.
]he served in the army.—From
j the Banner-Herald. Athens, Ga.
A New
Absorbing Story
WHITE
ROCK
TRAIL
1 Allan Dunn
Starting Next Week
GEORGIA COUNTIES
RATED HIGH BY U.S.
AS PEACH GROWERS
Some 15 Georgia counties are
among the 100 leading peach
growing counties in the United |
States. U. S. Department of Ag-,
riculture figures show that these
15 counties are growing 71 per
cent of all the peach trees in
Georgia and 6 per cent of all the |
peach trees in the entire coun-;
try.
The 15 leading counties are
(in order of importance): Meri
wether, Peach, Houston, Macon,
Coweta, Upson, Crawford, Jones,
Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Jasper,
Jackson, Bleckley and Morgan.
Vacation Reading Club
Enrolls 20 Boys, Girls
More than 20 boys and girls
have begun reading for the sum
mer. These early members of the
Vacation Reading Club have re
ceived their cowboys and begun
to color them. In addition, they
have received a bright little
] booklet in which to list all the
| books they will read during the
i summer.
The plan is to begin with the
] cowboy and then for every book
read, up to 10, some article of
: his costume can be colored. The
first book allows you to color his
! boots, the second, his trousers;
the third, the fringe on his
trousers; the fourth, his shirt,
and so on until with the 10th
book, he wins his spurs. After
that, every book adds another
lasso to his arm.
All this is fun, reading books
and coloring cowboys and seeing
who can win the most lassos, but
there is a serious reason behind
all of it. For those who read the
lequired number of books, there
will be a certificate, something
to keep and be proud of, and
something that will be a help in
next year’s school work.
So, come on boys and girls,
let's read this summer.
Next week the names of the
members will be given, so join
now so you will be in this first
list.
OPEN DATES IN THE
MANAGEMENT AREAS
Izaak Waltonites will be inter
i ested in the following open dates
.in the management area trout
] streams: In the Blue Ridge area,
June 7 and 8 will see Rock Creek
Lake and Drainage open, while
Noontootly Creek Drainage is
available to fishermen June 4, 5,]
11 and 12. In the Chattahoochee-
Chestatee area, June 4,5, 11 and
12 are the open dates in Duke’s
Creek Drainage, and June 7 and
8 are all right in the Chatta
hoochee River and Spoilcane
Creek. In the Lake Button area,
June 4,5, 11 and 12 finds Moc
casin Creek open, with Wildcat
Creek Drainage serving permit
tees June 7 and 8.
Charlie Elliott warns again
that permits must be purchased
from either the game and fish
commission or the U. S. Forest
Service, and that no permits will
i be issued to anyone not holding
state fishing licenses. Minimum
■ length on trout is seven inches,
maximum bag limit is 10.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
MYRA FLETCHER IS
NAMED SCOUT OF THE
YEAR IN TROOP NO. I
At a court of awards last
Thursday afternoon, Myra Flet
cher, member of Summerville
Girl Scout Troop No. 1, was pre
sented a beautiful silver cup by
Mrs. Hugh Given, of Rome. This
cup is presented by the Summer
ville Manufacturing Company to
the troop for The Girl Scout of
the Year.
Myra, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Fletcher, holds a per
fect attendance record for three
years. She has also completed
the Girl Scout second class rank.
Other awards received in this
ceremony were the personal
health proficiency badges pre
sented by Mrs. Elizabeth Mint
ers, RN, assistant leader, and the
membership stars given by Miss
Alma Zada Eilenburg, leader.
The girls that attained these
awards were Charlotte Allmon,
Joann Caheeley, Virginia Elsber
by, Myra Fletcher, Reba Fulmer,
Shirley Fletcher, Virginia John
son, Frances Kellett, Betty Jean
Nelson, Helen Nix, Sue Nix, Anne
Pepper, Juanita Oglesby, Kath
eryn Phillips, Jacqueline Pollard,
Edna Shiver, Evelyn Simmons,
Joyce Simmons, Curtis Tyson,
Billie Watkins and Doris York.
After the presentation of the
awards the guests were invited
to the troop library for the so
cial hour.
Those invited to the court of
awards were the troop commit
tee members, parents of the Girl
Scouts and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Given, of Rome.
A court of awards is held by
Girl Scout troops for their par
ents and friends to illustrate
their accomplishments. It is an
occasion to remember as a real
troop affair.
DRIVERS' LICENSE
DEADLINE JUNE 30
June 30 is an important date,
Mr. and Mrs. Georgia Motorist.
It’s the last day for purchasing
your driver’s license without
penalty.
While at it, you know, you can
buy the license for a five-year
neriod. That means you won't
have to worry about that old
deadline every 12 months—it’ll
be 60 months before you have to
give it another thought.
The long-term driver’s licenses
are on sale for the first time this
year. They will serve the dual
purpose of being convenient to
the driver and raising funds to
: establish a veterinary school in
the university system of Geor
! gia and a textile building for
j Georgia Tech.
Cost of the five-year license
! is $5. Family licenses may be ob
j tained at an additional cost of
] $2.50 for the wife and $1.25 for
| the minors for the five years.
More than 4,500 of the five-year
licenses already have been sold,
it is reported.
15-Yeor-Olds O. K. To
Drive With License
Boys and girls of 15 who ob
] tained drivers’ licenses before
Acting Gov. Thompson canceled
| the war-time proclamation per
mitting young people of that age
! to drive automobiles, may con
] tinue to drive and may secure
j renewal of their licenses for 1948.
] The proclamation was canceled
on April 15, but all young peo
! pie who had previously secured
i licenses may continue to use
them, Gov. Thompson said, not
ing that they will all reach the
legal age of 16 before the expira
tion of the 1947-48 permits.
1. Has Congress voted finan
cial assistance to people in war
devastated areas?
2. Has Turkey requested U. S.
assistance?
3. When did the United Na
tions appoint a commission to
visit Greece?
4. What is the average British
diet?
5. Is Winston Churchill writ
ing his memoirs?
6. What state tried 31 men for
mob violence?
7. Where are the major dia
mond-producing areas?
8. What is the capital of Ko
rea?
9. Where do the Basques live?
10. Where are Fleet, Bond and
Threadneedle streets?
(See Answers Inside*