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The Georgia national guard
Saturday abolished many of the!
age and prior service restrictions j
for enlisted men in local units
and opened its ranks to thou
sands of ex-servicemen up to age |
55 previously barred from serv- |
ing in the postwar outfits.
Adj.-Gen. Alpha A. Fowler, Jr.,
termed the move “a re-evalua
tion of manpower potentials”
and prophesied thdt the relaxing ■
of maximum age restrictions
would have a “tonic effect” on
the Georgia guard by generally
raising the average of experience
military and otherwise
among enlisted men.
Mayor, Flannery Pope, of Dub
lin, state commander of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, has an
nounced that the annual state
encampment of the VFW will be
held in Macon on June 20. He
said delegates from 134 posts in
Georgia will attend the conven
tion which was held last year
in Savannah.
The regular communication of
Lyerly lodge, 338, will be held at
7:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 5, it has
been announced.
The Fellowcraft degree will be
conferred and all Masons are in
vited to attend.
The Summerville Parent
Teacher association will meet at
3:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Sum
merville school, it has been an
nounced by Mrs. L. C. Smith. Jr.,
president.
A 1937 Ford truck was stolen
Monday afternoon while parked
near a Summerville drug store,
it has been reported by county
officers.
The truck, owned by Mose
Clayton, of Lyerly, has a stake
bed, and the 1947 Georgia tag
number is A/P4285. The motor
number is 184010935.
A SSO reward has been offered
the person who recovers the
stolen vehicle.
The 1940 Chevrolet belonging
to James W. Locklear, which was
stolen in Trion Tuesday morning,
has been recovered, it has been
disclosed by members of the
sheriff’s force.
The two-door black vehicle was
recovered Tuesday afternoon
south of Chattoogaville, near the
Alabama-Georgia line, by Leroy
Tucker, Summerville policeman,
and S. L. Smith.
No one has been arrested for
the theft of the automobile, it
was stated.
Those held in the Chattooga
county jail within the past week
include the following: Junior
Harrell, larceny from house;
Junior McWhorter, larceny from
house; W. B. Williams, driving
under the influence of alcohol;
Andrew M. Young, driving under
the influence of alcohol; T. C.
Brown, drunk on streets of
Trion; Paul Ridley, drunk on
streets of Trion; Thomas O.
Maynor, manslaughter.
Pamphlet to Be
Compiled for County
A pamphlet, containing impor
tant information about Summer
ville and Chattooga county is to
be compiled in the near future,
it has been disclosed by B. W
Farrar, chairman of the public
ity committee of the chambe’-
of commerce.
The committee met at Mr.
Farrar’s home Friday evening
for the purpose of discussing
further plans for publicizing the
points of interest and other in
formation concerning Chattoo
ga county. *•
Those attending included L. B
Harrell, D. T. Espy. C. B. Bricker
and M. E. Brinson
Clarence Middleton Hurt
In Automobile Accident
Clarence Middleton, who was
injured in an automobile acci
dent at 11:30 p.m. Friday, is re
ported improving at Trion hos
pital where he was taken follow
ing the accident.
Mr. Middleton was injured
when the 1941 Chevrolet, driven
by Claude Farrow, ran into the;
rear end of hi? automobile, al
1935 Ford, approximately one]
mile north of Summerville. Mr I
Farrow, and the other occupant
of his automobile, John Crow ’
were slightly injured.
According to members of me
sheriff’s force, Mr. Middleton
had driven, from the driveway of
his home into the highway to al
low another car to pass out. and
had started back into his drive
way when Farrow, proceeding
southward, ran into the rear of
his car.
Farrow was charged with driv
ing under the influence of alco
hol, speeding and reckless driv
ing. •
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Vol. 63; No. 5
REVIVAL AT PENNVILLE
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“The revival at the Pennville gan on Jan iB.
Baptist church continues in great Worship services are held
power,” according to leaders of “ d the public iS inVited
the church. i Leaders described the revival
Paul E. Goodner. evangelist, is series as “the most unusual in
conducting the series which be- I this section in several years.”
POLIO UPSWING CITED
AS HEALTH MENACE
The rising tide of polio inci- j
dence in the past five years is
part cf an alarming upward
trend that becom’' a
threat to national health, Jack
son P. Dick, State Chairman of
the 1498 March of Dimes de |
dared yesterday in pointing out
the need for redoubled public
support in the fight against polio
hdne waged bv the National
Foundation f or Infantile Paraly
sis and its chapters.
In the five years since 1943,
polio incidence in the United
States has increased 150 per cent!
over the previous five-year pe-|
riod, Mr. Dick said.
Revealing that approximately
80,000 persons were stricken
I with the disease from 1943 to
date, Mr. Dick said that thou
sands of these patients must be
i treated for months, and often for
I years, through facilities made
available by the March of Dimes.
“Ten years ago 10,000 cases
was considered an abnormally
high total for one year, but when
we reached that figure in 1947 its
true significance was almost ig
nored, coming as it did on the
heels of the terrible epidmeic of
1946. which saw 25,191 persons
stricken in this country. Actual
ly, last year was the fifth con
secutive year of exceptionally
high polio incidence, and we.
don’t know where this upward
trend is going to take us in the
future.”
Calling upon every man, wom
an and child to enlist in the fight
by joining the March of Dimes,
Mr. Dick revealed that in the ten
years of its existence, the na-
VFW TO MEET
The Mason McCauley post.
6688, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will meet at the Summerville
Court House, Thursday evening I
Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. All mem-!
bers are cordially invited to at
tend this meeting.
“Back your post by attending
the meetings.”
True Bill Returned
For Burning of Woods
The Chattooga county grand
jury for the February term of
Superior court, Monday returned
a true bill on a misdemeanor
charge of burning the woods |
against George Odom, of Route 3.
Summerville.
The fire in question burned
160 acres of wooded land on the i
east slope and top of Lookout
mountain on Jan. 7. 8 and 9. Had
the fire not been suppressed. 800 I
to 1.000 acres might have been I
burned. The fire was put under,
control by the county protection'
unit
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, Thursday, February 5, 1948
tional foundation for infantile
paralysis has come to the aid of
88,000 polio victims.
“Every year leaves us with
thousands more to be cared for,”
he stated. “Rising case loads
and rising costs have placed a
staggering burden upon our re
sources. The average cost for
one polio case runs close to
$2,000. Ana, even more impor
tant, we must continue to fi
nance research projects to find
a cure or preventive for this ter
rible disease. If America is to
seem the rising tide that is men
acing the lives of our children,
it is up to each of us to con
tribute more generously than
ever before to the March of
Dimes.”
Local Boy Scouts Join
In OhservingAnniversary
The Chattooga copnty Boy
I Scouts will join the more than
2.120,000 members of the Boy
; Scouts of America throughout
| the nation in observing the 38th
I anniversary of the organization
during Boy Scout week which
! opens Friday, Feb. 6 and con-
I tinues through Thursday, Feb.
12.
The anniversary will be cele
[ brated in every city and town
and most villages and hamlets
I throughout the nation and its
possessions. It is young Ameri
ca’s largest birthday celebration.
The theme of Boy Scout week
this year is, “The Scout Citizen
at Work ... in his home . . . in
his community in his na
tion ... in his world.” Scouting’s
activities for the year beginning
with the birthday celebration
will be related to this theme.
“Bushels of Food” Plan
[ The nation’s Boy Scouts are I
; engaged in the program of sav- I
ing and producing food to allev- j
iate the world’s food shortage, j
As part of their service program [
i this year each Boy Scout is ex
| pected to “save a bushel, grow a;
i bushel, share a bushel” of food. |
Each cub pack, Boy Scout
I troop, senior scout unit, will
I share in a “Report to the Na
tion” that will tell of their com
munity services last year and
their program for this year. The
report will be made to the presi-:
: dent of the United States, to
congress and to the United Na-
I tions.
Program for the Yeax
In addition to conserving food
and natural resources, the Boy |
fire prevention, home repairs
.Scouts will emphasize safety and
i fire prevention, home repairs
[and personal health. Through,,
their world friendship fund of J
voluntary gifts the scouts have
Aid to Be Given
Taxpayers Here
Representatives of the Inter
nal Revenue service will be in
Chattooga county on Feb. 23-
26, for the purpose of assisting
taxpayers in < the preparation
of their 1947 income tax re
turns, it has been disclosed by
I Marion H. Allen, collector.
These representatives will be
in Summerville on Feb. 25-26.
and in Trion on Feb. 23-24.
Every person who had a to
tal income in 1947 of SSOO or
more, is required to file a re
turn.
Stephenson, for
Surveyor, Only
New Candidate
With only three days left in
which to qualify, only one new
candidate had tossed his hat into
the ring for a county office
J. B. Stephenson, incumbent,
has qualified with T. J. Espy,
[chairman of the county Demo-
I cratic executive committee, for
I the office of county surveyor. No,
' one has announced to oppose Mr
i Stephenson.
The qualification deadline is
noon Saturday, Feb. 7. The |
county primary has been set for !
March 10, with the run-off
scheduled for April 8.
Those having qualified to date
| are as follows:
Sheriff
Frank Fisher.
A. H. (Tiny) Glenn.
Reuben Lyons.
A. L. tAng) Martin.
Tax Collector
Emmett Clarkson.
Herman Cook.
James (Sloppy) Floyd.
J. A. Scoggins.
Clerk of Superior Court
John Jones, incumbent
Ordinary
John King, incumbent.
School Superintendent
C. B. Akin, incumbent.
Tax Receiver
George D. Erwin.
Ray Van Pelt.
Gw'oner
I. M. Henderson.
A. T. Ray.
Roosevelt Young.
Surveyor
J. B. Stephenson.
I
Only Two Announce
"or Commissioner
Homer Gordon and W. A. Hix
1 are the only two candidates for
the office of Commissioner of
. Roads and Revenue to fill the
• unexpired term of Homer Hix.
i who died recently.
’ ! The election all be held on
Saturday, Feb. 14.
The best troop in Chattooga
county will be selected at a
county Boy Scout rally to be
held at 7:30 p.m„ Saturday,
Feb. 7, at the Sturdivant gym
nasium, SummerviHe.
The troop that receives this
honor will represent the coun
ty at the Northwest Georgia
district meeting to be held in
the spring.
sent more than 3,000 tons of
supplies to help scout organiza-l
! tions oversears to rebuild. This;
aid is to be continued through- I
1 out 1948.
Scouting is having a rebirth in
many of the countries ravaged
’ by the war. The Boy Scouts in
ternational bureau in London
' i reports a world membership of
4,409,780 boys and leaders in 42 I
, nati-ms.
World peace and mutual under;
| standing is an objective of
!scouting. Through world scout;
[jamborees and the resultant ex-[
I panding interest in friendships, |
[ understanding and personal re- .
| lationships through correspond-1
ence these aims are increasingly
being met. The sixth world jam- |
! boree last summer brought 30,-
000 Boy Scouts and leaders to-
I gether in France from 38 na
tions.
The Boy Scouts of America is
the largest group in the world [
scout brotherhood. It’s 2,120,000
scout and leaders are members [
of 68,500 units. They in turn I
come under the jurisdiction of I
1545 local Boy Scout councils
which provide camping experi-1
ences, leadership training, scout- .
craft activities and courts of
honor to mark individual growth I
through the grades of the va-1
rious programs.
Schoolboy Dies of Gunshot
Wounds, Allegedly Inflicted
By Next-Door Neighbor
Rev. Dewey Adams to
Lead Revival at Berryton
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The Rev. Dewey Adams, of Bir
mingham. Ala., will conduct a
I revival series at the Berryton
| Baptist church, beginning Sun
day. Feb. 8, it has been disclosed
by the pastor, the Rev. W. H.
Dean.
Services will be held nightly at
7 p.m. and special singing has
, been arranged, the Rev. Mr I
I Dean said.
A welcome to the public was:
I extended by the pastor
GRAND JURY URGES
REWARD BE GIVEN
FOR BROWN MURDERER
The Chattooga county grand
jury, in it’s February term re
port, recommended that the
solicitor general be authorized
and directed to request Gov. M.
E. Thompson to offer a maxi
mum reward allowed by law for
the arrest apprehension and
I conviction of the persons or per-
I sons guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Laura Katherine Brown, on
July 26. 1947, in Summerville.
The report also stated that the
I board of commissioners of roads
and revenues of Chattooga coun
ity has on deposit at the present.,
$108,705.34.
The committee investigating
I the jail stated that it was in a
i “filthy and unsanitary condi
ition, badly in need of cleaning
I and disinfecting,” and urged that
this and other unsanitary condi
tions be corrected immediately.
Several recommendations for
improvement of the county home
were made.
The entire presentments are
printed elsewhere in this paper
FATHER AND
DAUGHTER DIF
WITHIN U HOURS .
Double funeral services for
i Hurbert Holbrook, 39. and daugh
| ter, Mary Jane Holbrook. 10, were
conducted at the Mt. Olive
[ church Saturday afternoon.
The daughter died at an early
, hour Wednesday and was fol
, lowed in death by her father at
6:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Another member of the family,
, Virgil, is reported much im
proved in the Trion hospital,
where he was taken at midnight
: Wednesday after he, too, devel
oped pneumonia.
Mr. Holbrook and Mary Jane I
■ are survived by wife and mother .
Mi's. Bessie Mae Stoker Hol- 1
brook; three sons and brothers.
I Virgil, Franklin and Laßron Hol-
I brook; one sister, Drucile Hol
brook. all of Cloudland.
The Rev. Couch, of Collinsville,
Ala., officiated at the services
with interment in the church
cemetery. J. D. Hill funeral
home was in charge of arrange
ments.
Schools to Close in
County on May 26
The Chattooga county schools i
will extend their terms one week.
I at the end of the regular terms, [
Decause of the loss of last week I
due to inclement weather,. C. B. |
jAkin, county school superinten
dent, has disclosed.
Schools throughout the coun
ity will close on May 26, M>' Akin :
I said.
Claude S. Evans, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Evans, of Subligna, died late Tuesday night as the result
of gunshot wounds, allegedly inflicted by Thomas (). May
nor, neighbor of the Evans.
Maynor, held in the Chattooga County jail on a charge
of assault and attempt to murder, will have a preliminary
hearing Friday morning, it has been disclosed by members
of the Sheriff’s office.
Wilson Tried
For Murder of
Hawkins, Negro
The jury tryinv Arthur Wilson
■ for the murder of Willie Haw
kins. Negro, had returned no
[ verdict as The News went to
I press Wednesday night.
Wilson, white, is charged with
‘he murder of Hawkins, who died
lon Aug. 24. 1946. of pistol shots
| alleged to have been inflicted
I by Wilson earlier in the day.
The defendant was first tried
in September, 1946, after which
a new trial was ordered.
According to the statement of
witnesses, the shooting took
| place late in the evening at a
I Negro restaurant near the col
ored chool in Summerville.
The shooting was said to have
| climaxed an argument between
the two men.
Witnesses testified that after
being shot, Hawkins “ran off” in
i the direction of the colored base
ball park, where he was found
and brought to the Summerville
hospital by a taxi driver, Wil
burn Rhinehart, and Lint Drew,
Negro, who was in the taxi with
Rhinehart. Upon finding no
doctors at this hospital, the
I dying man was carried to the
Trion hospital in an ambulance,
where he died shortly after
wards.
No Agreement Reached by
City and Go. Power Co.
The Summervlle city council
and Georgia Power company
representatives came to no
agreement in a meeting Monday
night, held especially for this
purpose.
The city of Summerville has
i been seeking to obtain a per-
I centage of the revenue secured
I by the Power Company through
use of the streets within the city.
No plans have been made for a
future meeting concerning this
matter. Mayor Willis James dis
closed.
The regular council meeting is
scheduled for Monday evening.
Feb. 9
No New Candidates
i For Justice of Peace
No new candidates have an
nounced for Justice of the Peace
to fill the vacancy created by the
death of T. C. Brown. The elec
tion has been schduld for Sat
urday, Ft). 21.
, Qualifying to dat are the fol
i lowing : T. M. Booth, L. F. Mc
| Graw, S. W. Favor, Sr., and Wil-
I lie F. Johnson
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Young Evans had gone to the
Maynor home in the early after
noon to borrow a sausage grind
er, when the shooting occurred,
it has been J LA6sed. Maynor
is reported to have been drink
ing heavily at the time, and he
stated that he was loading his
j gun to go rabbit hunting when it
i “accidently went off” and hit the
child.
Frank Fisher and W. G. Tal
lent, who were passers-by at the
| time of accident, stopped and
brought the child to the Sum
merville hospital.
Maynor was arrested bv state
natrol officers who accompanied
sheriff’s deputies to his home.
Funeral services for the child
w-ill be held at 2 o’clock this aft
ernoon at the Subligna Baptist
church. The Rev. B. H. Howard
will officiate and interment will
follow in the Subligna cemetery.
Survivors include the parents,
Mr and Mrs Wade Evans; one
brother, Roy Evans; four sis
; ters, Hattie Lee, Annie Ruth.
Dorothy and Sara Evans, all nt
Subligna; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clint Allmon.
Young Evans was a student at
Subligna school.
Adults Offered
Certificates From
High School
The ever-increasing value of a
j high school education and a cer
tificate as a decided asset has
been strongly evidenced in the
. many requests from non-veteran
I adults seeking to qualify forcer
! tificates by taking the general
educational development tests
offered by the State Department
of Education
I It has been strongly shown
j during recent years that it is ex
tremely difficult for an adult to
obtain desirable employment
without a high school diploma or
lan equivalency certificate and
I many states are making provi
-1 sions for people above high school
| age to qualify for certificates by
making satisfactory scores on
approved standardized tests.
This test has been available to
veterans for about eighteen
months and results were so sat
isfactory that the State Depart
ment of Education has recently
■; decided to offer high school
’ equivalency certificates to all
' adults who successfully complete
■ the test. (Minimum age limit is
twenty (20) years.
The State Department of Ed
ucation adopted this policy after
?. recently conducted poll of Su
oerintendents and Principals in
dicated that they thought the
state should make provisions
i whereby adults may have the
opportunity to qualify for the
State High School Equivalency
Cer.i icate under similar provi
sions which were originally made
| to .the veterans of Georgia.
twpoß MATION CONCERNING
I THE G. E. D. TEST:
1. Only residents of Georgia
; are eligible to take the test.
; 2. (Adults) Age must be estab-
I lished by Birth Certificate or
evidence which would enable the
person to secure a birth certifi
cate. (Minimum age limit is 20
years).
! 3. Veterans must produce proof
j of service (Discharge preferred).
4. Test requires 8 hours.
5. A fee of $2.50 covers all ex
penses of the test.
6. Tests will be given at Boys
High School, Rome, Ga.
H. Q. Tucker, Principal of Boys
High School. Rome, Ga.. has been
I selected as the Director of the
Educational Testing Center and
he states that the number of ex-
■ to be given will be de
termined by the response from
persons either veterans or non
veterans, seeking to qualify for
their high school equivalency
I certificate.
For addkional information,
Icontact H. Q. Tucker at Boys'
j High School, Rome, Ga.