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Acting Gov. Thompson has
announced that disabled veter
ans of World War I and II will
be favored for appointment to
local Draft Boards if and when
Congress passes a Selective Ser
vice law'.
In a memorandum to Adj.-
Gen. Alpha Fowler, Jr., who will
be director of Selective Service
for Georgia, Gov. Thompson sug
gested that veterans disabled by
war-service, would make “most
efficient draft personnel” and
ordered their use wherever prac
ticable.
The regular meeting of the
Trion Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, U. D„ will be held
at 7:30 p. m. Monday, April 19, at
the Masonic Hall, it has been
disclosed by Mrs. Foy Holt, Sec
retary.
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting by order of the
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Edith De
witt.
The American Legion will meet
at 8 p. m. today (Thursday) at
the Legion Hall in Summerville,
at which time officers for the
coming year will be elected.
The average of the entire fat
cattle at the Fat Cattle Show
and Sale in Rome last week was
29 cents per pound, while club
calves’ average was 30 cents per
pound.
One hundred fifteen head of
fat cattle sold for $27,898.15 with
nine counties participating.
Last year 234 head of fat cat
tle sold for $45,403.94 with seven
counties participating.
Parks Strickland, Kensington,
exhibited the grand champion
which weighed 995 pounds and
was sold to Lumpkin’s Food Store
in Rome at 55 cents per pound.
Tom Hill Hutchins, of Sum
merville, owner of reserve cham
pion, weighing 980 pounds, sold
to Colonial Stores, of Atlanta,
for 36 cents per pound.
The Rev. F. E. (Doc) Crowe
will speak at the 11 a. m. service
at the Mount Olive Methodist
Church on Sunday. April 18.
Dr. Paul Mercer Cousins, pres
ident bf Shorter College, Rome,
since 1933, last week announced
his resignation from Shorter and
the acceptance of a professor
ship of English at Mercer Uni
versity. His resignation is effec
tive June 30 and he will assume
his duties at Mercer with the
fall term.
The Georgia Wallace -for -
President Committee, meeting in
executive session last Saturday
in Atlanta, issued a call for more
than 1,000 delegates to attend
the founding convention of a
new poeple’s party in the State
of Georgia. The convention will
be held in Macon on May 8.
The Convention Call declares
that Georgia followers of Henry
Wallace are “alarmed by the bi
partisan plans for war, dissatis
fied with the white supremacy
single-party system in the state,
and disturbed by the way in
which the Roosevelt program
has been abandoned.”
The State Committee has re
cently set up headquarters at 85
Alexander Street, N. W., in At
lanta.
County law officers arrested
the following during the past
week: Frank Moses, drunken
ness; I. J. Howell, driving under
the influence; Sam Marks, drunk
on highway, hitch hiking; James
W. Bennett, drunk on public
highway; Roy Lee Fowler, driv
ing under the influence; Sam
uel Lee Hall, driving without a
license.
Marriage licenses have been
issued by County Ordinary J. W.
King to the following during the
past week: Edward J. Fairey and
Mary Nell Saylors; James M.
Richie and Leatha Johnson.
The Chattooga Garden Club
will meet at 3:30 o’clock this aft
ernoon (Thursday) at the. home
of Mrs. G. J. Boling, with Mrs.
W. H. Tallent as co-hostess.
Mrs. C. C. Fink will have
charge of the program.
Mrs. Agnew Hammond, Treas
urer of the Chattooga Tubercu
losis Association, reports the fol
lowing amounts given to the Tu
berculosis Fund recently: Mr.
and Mrs. John B. Whisnant, $1;
Jesse Roger, t 2; and James
Jackson, Jr., $lO.
Chapel Hill Church to J
Be Dedicated Sunday
The Chapel Hill Church will
hold its dedication service at
service at 2:30 p. m. Sunday,
April 18, it has been announced.
The Rev. W. H. Dean will de
liver the dedicatory sermon, and
special musical numbers will be
presented by the Berryton Trio,
Summerville Quartet, and oth
ers. *
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VOL. 63; NO. 15
Clarkson Defeats
Scoggins For
Tax Collector
Emmett Clarkson defeated J.
A. Scoggins, incumbent, in the
I run-off in Chattooga County
Friday to become the Democratic
I nominee for Tax Collector for
ithe next term.
| Clarkson received 2,995 of the
15,501 votes cast, while Scoggins
I received 2,506, in the second
I heaviest voting in the county’s
'history. The highest number of
I persons going to the polls was in
the March 10, 1948, Democratic
! Primary, when almost 7,000 votes
were cast.
Scoggins was defeated after 24
years of continuous service as
Chattooga County Tax Collector.
Clarkson had opposed him in
the election eight years ago and
lost by a small minority in a
close race. He was in service at
the time of the election four
years ago.
In the run-off last week, Scog-
Construction Begins Soon
On Wildlife Club’s Lake
Construction on the 17-acre I
reserve fishing lake will begin in ’
the immediate future, it was dis- ;
closed Monday night by John
Davis, Chairman of the Lake ]
Committee, at the monthly meet- i
ing of the Chattooga County 1
Wildlife and Conservation Club. 1
The meeting was held in Sum
merville, with approximately 2001
attending. , 1
The contract has been award- ■;
ed to C. Chapman, of LaFayette,:
for construction. The site had I ]
been given the club by W. C. h
Sturdivant, and is located on the
old Sturdivant place, near the ■
Bolling Church. It will be ex- j:
clusively for members of the
Wildlife and Conservation Club,'
and no license will be required
Sam Wyatt Dies
In Atlanta Saturday
Sam Wyatt, 75, died in an At-
■ lanta hospital early Saturday
I morning following a brief illness.
Born in Chattooga County.
' near Menlo, the son of the late
IJ. S. and Adocia McDaniel
! Wyatt, he had spent most of his
life there.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
Lon McCurry, of Rome; four
nieces, Mrs. B. H. Little, of At
i lanta; Mrs. Guy Nichols, of Jack
sonville, Fla.; Miss Lula Stanley,
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs.
■ Blanche Cash, of Tennessee.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in th Alpine Presbyterian
. Church, near Menlo, at 4 p. m.
Sunady with the Rev. S. K. Dod
gson. Pastor of the church, offi
' elating and interment in the
> family lot of the adjoining cem
etery.
Baker Re-elected Gore
Farm Bureau President
Howard Baker was re-elected
President of the Gore Farm Bu
reau Chapter at the meeting
which was held Friday ngiht.
Roy Owings was elected Vice-
President, and Tommy Ballenger
' was chosen Secretary and Treas
; urer.
A committee was appointed to
; contact the residents of the com
.munity to acquaint them with
I the details of the community
improvement contest.
Movies on soil conservation and
i on modern methods of the prep
aration of foods were shown.
UUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:
Berryton Mills Produce High-Type
Yarn at Raccoon Mfg. Company Site
By HELEN TOLES
Located on a rippling creek in
the heart of Chattooga County
is the Berryton Mills, which
manufactures some of the high
est type knitting yarn in the
country today.
Organized as the Berryton
Mills in 1910, it was previously
called the Raccoon Manufactur
ing Company, Inc., having been
named for the creek on which
the mill was built in 1883.
In the beginning, the mill
made only sheeting, and con-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA,'THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1948
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Clark- Scog-
District sou gins
Teloga 71 38
Haywood 7 17
Dirtseller 51 31
Seminole 57 87
Alpine 311 159
Lyerly 156 175
Subligna 50 105
Coldwater 46 122
Summerville 1330 1009
Trion 770 619
Dirttown 146 144
TOTALS 2995 250§
gins carried five of the 11 pre
cincts, Haywood, Seminole, Ly
erly, Subligna and Coldwater.
Clarkson carried the remaining
six precincts, including the two
largest.
because the lake is incorporated,
with each member holding a
share.
Finance Committee Chairman
D. L. McWhorter stated that
plans are under way to raise the
funds so rthe building of the
lake.
W. A. Dupree, President of the
Floyd County Wildlife Associa
tion, was the principal speaker
at the meeting.
The membership drive, which
had previously announced as
closing Monday, was extended
for three months, after which
time the membership fee will be
$7. It is $2 at the present.
A movie on Wildlife was shown
by George Bishop, local forest
fire protection ranger.
6 LOCAL MEN
JOIN U. S. ARMY
Taking advantage of the many
j inducements now being offered
I by the U. S. Army and U. S. Air
Force, six local men enlisted in
i these services in March, accord
‘ ing to a statement released yes
i terday by M/Sgt. Robert E. Ivey,
I of the Rome Recruiting Station.
The men from Chattooga
jCounty enlisting were:
> Alfred F. Mosier, Summemr
i ville; Claude M. Rickett, Route
2, Summerville; Lloyd J. R.
Green, Route 2, Summerville;
Silas A. Mitchell, Box 135, Sum
merville; Robert Lewis Gray, Box
433, Trion, and Charles D. Lamb,
Box 43. Trion.
March enlistments through
: the Rome office totaled 33,
bringing to date 98 total enlist
ments since Jan. 1, 1948, in this
area.
“Today an applicant for en
i listment in the Regular Army
has many specific opportunities
He can select any of 10 branches
,—airborne, armored force, mech
anized calvary, chemical corps,
artillery, engineers, finance, in
fantry or medics,” said Sgt. Ivey.
He can select service in the
United States, Japan, Korea,
Alaska, Caribbean or Europe
(veterans only).
Anyone interested in an enlist
ment or career in the Army or
Air Force can get more detaild
information at the Summerville
Post Office any Wednesday.
tained 4,000 spindles. Today, the
Berryton Mills has 18,000 spin
dles, and the 425 employes pro
duce from 85,000 to 90,000 pounds
of yarn per week.
Those organizing the Raccoon
Mfg. Co,, Inc., in 1883 included
J. S v Cleghorn, C. C. Cleghorn,
J. M’ Lawrence. S. S. Lawrence
and C. D. Hill.
It was in 1899 that this tiny
mill on the banks of the Rac
coon Creek became idle, and it
remained so until 1910, at the
time of the new organization,
WINNER IN RUN-OFF ELECTION
1
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO
RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FRI.
Six Chattooga County Hign
School seniors will be given a
$l5O college scholarship each to
the college of their choice at a
banquet to be held at 7 p. m. Fri
day, April 16, at the Riegeldale
Tavern. The banquet and the
scholarships are sponsored by
the Trion Lions Club, the Sum
merville Lions Club and the
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club.
Twelve outstanding students
who plan to attend college were
chosen from thelsix county high
schools, two from each, and six
students will be given the scho
larships Alternates also will be
named.
Contestants include the fol
lowing: Kyle Lindsey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Lindsey, and Ja
nie Little, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Little both of Lyerly:
Mary Hames, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hames, and Tom
Hill Hutchins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie W. Hutchins, both
of Menlo: Sybil Eller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gus F. Eller, and
Leo Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
chie Lee Hill, both of Trion:
Maxine Palmour, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Grady Pal
mour, and Jack Reece, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Lee Reece,
both of Summerville; Janet
Barclay, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark H. Barclay, and Tom
mie Manis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Manis, both of Subligna;
Doris Coulter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Coulter, and Max
Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z.
M. Cooper, of Route 2, Armuchee.
E. Russell (Slick) Moulto”.
past president of the Georgia
Steering Committee
Named for Clean-up
Although no definite plans
have been made concerning the
Paint-Up, Clean-Up campaign
for Chattooga County, J. Leo Ba
ker, Chairman, has disclosed
that a Steering Committee has
been named.
It is composed of E. C. Pester
field, J. T. Morgan and Will
Storey.
! I when it became known as “Ber-
■ j ryton.”
A story of the history of the
• Berry ton Mills in a 1923 issue of <
The Summerville News states
that John M. Berry, of Rome,
[ I one of the founders, saw the idle I
, mill while on a fishing trip, and j
i saw the possibility of developing
it as a source of supply for the
yarns used in the hosiery mills
in Rome, in which he had an in
terest.
Those applying for a charter
included Mr. Berry, R. H. Ber-
EMMETT CLARKSON
Education Association, and Su
perintendent of the Pepperell
Schools, Lindale, will make the
awards and delb'er the principal
address
The banquet will be attended
by the contestants and their
parents; the principals of the
six high schools and their wives;
C. B. Akin, County School Su
perintendent, and Mrs. Akin, and
representatives of the three
civic organizations sponsoring
the scholarships.
Action of Medical Board
Awaited on Health Program
117 EXPECTED TO GRADUATE FROM
SIX COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS
Approximately 117 Chattooga
County boys and girls will grad
uate from the six high schools
in the county during commence
ment exercises in May and June,
; a survey indicates.
Few of the high schools have
made definite plans for their
I commencement, exercises, how
ever some have announced the
' dates.
Lyerly will have the baccalau
' rate sermon on May 2, followed
by graduation exercises on May
3, while Summerville’s seniors
will graduate on June 2, preceded
by the baccalaurate sermon on
May 30.
The Gore and Trion High
Schools will have their sermons
on May 23, and the exercises will
be climaxed by the graduations
on May 24.
Plans for the Menlo and Su
bligna school graduation exer
cises were not available.
The number of seniors in each
high school are as follows: Gore,
12; Subligna, 7; Summerville, 43;
Trion, 20; Menlo. 21; and Ly- ;
erly, 14.
ry, his brother, J. N. Cheney, C. j
R. Porter, W. W. Woodruff, j
James H. O’Neil and C. C. Cleg
horn, son of J. S. Cleghorn and ,
nephew of C. C. Cleghorn, two '
of the founders of the Raccoon
Mfg. Co., Inc.
The directors elected included j
John M. Berry, President, who
still holds this office; H. R. Ber
ry, Mrs Charley Pruden, their
sister; Mr. Cheney and Mr. Cleg
horn.
The mill has run continuously
since its inception, when it was
Gorman Resigns;
Election May 1,
Bagley Candidate
MOVE TO OUST MARY
THOMPSON THWARTED
ROSS THOMAS BUYS
PLESS RESTAURANT
Ross Thomas, local business
man, has purchased the Pless
Restaurant in Summerville, it
has been disclosed, and it will be
re-opened on Wednsday, April
28.
Glenn Pless, former owner, has
been named manager of the
modern restaurant, it was dis
closed yesterday.
Poultry Chain
Contestants to
Get Chicks Friday
The Chattooga County poul
try chain contestants will re
ceive their chicks on Friday, it
has been disclosed by County
Agent J .B. Butler.
This chick project is sponsor
ed by the Sears, Roebuck Foun
dation and is supervised by H.
W. Bennett, poultryman. It has
been carried on for two years in
this county.
Those 4-H boys and girls who
are using a poultry project were
to attend a training school tu
Rome today (Thursday). This
school is held for the purpose of
teaching the boys and girls, their
advisers and parents, the best
methods in handling small poul
try flocks.
The club members participat
ing in the poultry chain from
this county are Yvonne McCul
lough, Mary Ruth Hutchins,
Christine Martin, Toni Woods,
Cecil McArthur, Bobby Kellett,
Fred Ray, Billy Joe Pinion. Ray
Owens and Harold Teems.
L ( ——
Mrs. Nickols Dies
’! In Norfolk, Vo.
Mrs. Alma Nickols, of Norfolk,
• Va., died suddenly Tuesday. She
is a sister of Mrs. J. A. Lee, for-
' merly of Summerville.
• Mrs. Nickols also is survived by
. one son, Eddie Nickols, also of
Norfolk, Va.
Burial will be at Bryan Ceme
tery. near LaFayette, today
(Thursday).
Gore Seniors Present
The Coming of Caroline'
To begin the commencement
exercises at Gore High School,
The seniors will present “The
Coming of Caroline” at 8 p. m.
Friday, April 23. it has been an
nounced.
This is a comedy in three acts,
and will be worth everyone’s
time to see, school leaders state.
‘ The seniors have worked hard in
preparing for this event so come
out and enjoy an evening of
wholesome entertainment .
Admission will be 20 and 35
cents.
greatly expanded. The old Rac
coon mill had been a two-story,
approximately 30,000 square foot
building, whereas it now has an
area of approximately 80.000
square feet.
The original, unique square
smoke stack still stands.
As might be presumed from its
location, the first power used
was water, which was followed
by steam and finally by elec
tricity.
See Page Five
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
Otis Gorman, Councilman for
Ward 1. tendered his resignation
jto the City Council Monday
i night at its regular meeting,
■stating that he was doing so
I “due to personal business condi
, tions,” and that the resignation
; would be effective April 15. Gor
man did not attend the meeting
Monday night, nor did he attend
j the two previous meetings. He
was elected to this position in
■ the election of city officials the
i first of this year.
An election to fill Mr. Gor
man’s unexpired term has been
called for Saturday, May 1, ac
cording to Mayor Willis James.
W. A Bagley announced his
candidacy for this office Wed
nesday. No one else had an
nounced late Wednesday after-
■ noon.
An attempt to oust Miss Mary
: Thompson, City Clerk, was
thwarted when the vote on the
i issue was a tie.
Andrew Williams, Councilman
for Ward 2, made the motion
, that Miss Thompson tender her
; resignation, and it was seconded
by Leroy Alexander, Councilman
for Ward 3. No reason w r as given
i for the asked resignation, offi
:l cials said.
Dennis Cox, Councilman for
: Ward 4, stated that he declined
: | to agree with Mr. Alexander and
■ Mr. Williams, stating he believec
; i the City Clerk’s job had been
satisfactory.
In the vote on the issue, Mr.
Williams and Mr. Alexander vot
i ed for Miss Thompson’s resigna-
■ tion, while Mr. Cox and Mayor
. James voted for her retainment.
,; It was disclosed that the city
, tax returns should be made be
i fore May 15. at which time the
I books will be closed.
rhe Board of Roads and Reve
\ nue of Chattooga County was
* told at a recent meeting by Dr
W. D. Cagle, public health direc
' tor for Northwest Georgia, that
ihe had secured the services of
I a young public health doctor for
this Regional Health Unit, com
posed of Chattooga, Walker and
Dade Counties, provided the
County Medical Committee made
proper steps, by having a build
ing constructed and arranging
other details.
Dr. Cagle brought with him a
blueprint of a public health
building and turned it over to
Dr. W. B. Hair, local business
man, who has agreed to build a
similar building and lease it to
the County, as soon as he has a
contract with them for a lease
for a specific number of years.
He proposes to build it on a lot
at the rear of the present Sum
merville Hospital.
The Board of Roads and Reve
nue voted unanimously to turn
the matter over to the County
Medical Committee, stating that
the money for financing such a
health unit in this County is
available in the bank, and will be
turned over to the Medical Com
mittee as it is needed.
This committee is composed
of Arthur Justice, Chairman of
the Board of Roads and Revenue,
C. B. Akin. County School Super
intendent. and Dr. H. D. Brown,
County doctor as appointed by
the Grand Jury. The Medical
Committee is composed of these
officials in all Counties, accord
ing to state law.
Under a public health pro
gram in this County, the doctor
would serve Walker and Dade
Counties, however a staff of one
or more nurses would be »n hand
at all times here. There also
would be a Secretary for each
County to keep the records, and
one sanitary engineer would be
employed for the three coun
ties.
The main function of a pub
lic health program would be pre
ventive work, especially among
! the school children. Free medical
i examinations would be adminis
: tered to these children.
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