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HERE ’N
THERE
The total sale of the Coosa
Valley Livestock Sale on Septem
ber 22, at Rome, was $28,798.80,
with 56 buyers and 95 sellers
exchanging 289 cattle, 18 hogs, 10
pigs and two goats.
Hogs were $20.50 to $29.20 cwt.;
calves, $15.40 tx> $26 cwt.; bulls,
$14.90 to $21.70 cwt.; steers, S2O
to $25 cwt.; slaughter cows, $6.70
to 18.80 cwt.; dairy type heifers,
$15.30 to $22 cwt.; springers $56
to $315 per hd.
A homecoming will be held at
the Mt. Union Baptist Church
Sunday, October 3, it has been
announced by the pastor, the
Rev. Wrathburn Cash.
This will be an all-day service
with several pastors participat
ing. Everyone is cordially invit
ed, the Rev. Mr. Cash said.
Preaching services at the Unity
Baptist Church has been chnged
from the first Sunday to the
third Sunday and Sunday night
in each month. The Rev. George
Schroeder is pastor.
Harry Robert Foster son of
the Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Foster,
2 Congress Street, Summerville,
has enrolled as a member of the
freshman class of Presbyterian
College at Clinton, S. C.
Mr. Foster is planning to take
a pre-medical course at P. C.
Albert Frederick McCurdy, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mc-
Curdy, of Summerville, has en
rolled as a member of the sopho
more class of Presbyterian Col
lege, S. C.
Classes for 467 students began
at the college on September 10.
Mr. McCurdy is a graduate of
Summerville High School.
Marriage licenses have been
issued from the County Ordi
nary’s office to the following:
Will Jordan and Jane Hodges;
James W. Busbin and Betty Earl
Lee; Ollie Kellett and Martha Jo
Willingham; Luther Jennings
and Gladys N. Bates; Rudolph
Dover and Alpha Joyce Gardner;
Frank Kirby and Beulah Eliza
beth Turner.
I NOW YOU TELL US I
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In your opinion, what single
improvement would benefit the
city of Summerville most?
Clyde Packer, manager, shoe
store—Wash the streets. I think
it’d be a good idea to have them
washed once a day. It’s a hard
job to try to keep stores clean
vzhen so much dirt and dust
comes in from the streets.
J. Ralph Rosser, attorney, La-
Fayette— A new courthouse or
modernization of the present
one. Os course, I’m speaking from
the viewpoint of a lawyer and I
don’t know too much about your
other needs. The acoustics in the
present courthouse are bad and
there isn’t enough office space.
Also, I think the present area
used for the courthouse should
be converted to business property
and have the courthouse located
a block or two from the center
of town.
Mrs. Aleta Matthews, clerk, dry
goods store— Fixing the streets
is the greatest need I see for
Summerville. So many streets are
torn up and need to be paved.
When it’s dry, it’s dusty, and
when it’s raining, it’s muddy. We
just need to have them paved.
Mrs. John Fowler, office secre
tary, Chamber of Commerce.
Clean up the streets and build
ings. When I was riding the bus
to school I’d have people say to
me, “Why it’s certainly a dirty
city, isn’t it?” and similiar
things. So many stores need to
paint their fronts and the streets
are really dirty.
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED TO BE
, AIDED IN SEARCH FOR JOBS
Increasing suitable job op
portunities for the physically
handicapped and disabled vet
erans is a prime objective of EM
PLOY THE PHYSICALLY HAN
DICAPPED WEEK which will be
observed throughout the nation
Oct. 3-9.
M. A. N. Patton, Rome, North
Georgia chairman of the fourth
annual EPHW, says the obser
vance will emphasize three main
points.
“First, to make sure that every
person in this community is
made aware of the problem of
job development for the handi
'• capped and disabled veterans
and just what the community
can do to solve it. Secondly, we
want job openings for every
* handicapped person seeking em
ployment. In the third instance,
we must stimulate the use of
vocational rehabilitation facili
ties for any of the handicapped
VOL. 63, NO. 41
JOHN JUSTICE, OF TRION, NAMED
HONORARY MARINE RECRUITER
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Maj. Reusser Mr. Justice Sgt. Bradford
John A. Justice, popular mana
ger of John’s Swimming Pool,
Trion, has been appointed an
Honorary Marine Corps Recruit
ing officer for this area, accord
ing to Technical Sgt. Sam W.
Bradford, in charge of the Rome
Marine recruiting station.
Mr. Justice, who received his
appointment from Major Ken
neth L. Reusser, officer in charge
of Marine recruiting in North
Georgia, holds a commission as
a first lieutenant in the Marine
Corps Reserve. A Marine fighter
pilot during the war, he served
aboard the famous aircraft carri
er USS Puget Sound, and parti
cipated in strikes against the
Phillipines and the Japanese
mainland. Following the war, he
CHATTOOGA HIGH
IN INDUSTRIAL
RATING OF GEORGIA
Although Chattooga County is
28th in size among the 31 prin
cipal industrial counties in
Georgia, it is twelfth in manu
facturing employment and 12th
in value of products. This coun
ty is also 28th in labor force,
having 7,116 workers.
These statistics are taken
from the May issue of Manufac
turers Record, a monthly publi
cation which was entirely de
voted to Georgia that month,
and the figures are based on the
year 1940.
The value of products in this
county at that time was $9,-
640,000, while the manufactur
ing employment was 4,714 and
the size was 18,532.
The 31 counties listed produc
ed considerably more than 50
per cent of the state’s industrial
products.
Minerals commercially pro
duced in Chattooga County were
listed in the publication as clay,
halloysite and tripoli. The chief
timber trees were shortleaf
hardwoods and shortleaf-lob
lolly-hardwoods.
Ralph Brown Now
Work s at Rackley's
Ralph (Country) Brown, famed
outfield with the Atlanta Crack
er baseball team, is now associat
ed with Rackley’s Inc., according
to an announcement this week
by Eugene Rackley, Manager.
Mr. Brown, who is a Summer
ville boy, will work in the Men’s
Department, and he invites all
his friends to come in to see him.
who, at the present time are not
employable.
“Our slogan for the week will
be ‘Hire the Handicapped—lt’s
Good Business.* When handi
capped persons are placed in
suitable jobs, ability will count
and disability is entirely forgott
en.”
Chairman Patton added, “Han
dicapped workers properly placed
in work are just as careful, just
as efficient and reliable as the
non-handicapped. Work records
in hundreds of large industrial
establishments Drove this state
ment.”
Mr. Patton recommended that
any employer who will use a
handicapped worker can secure
qualified employes by calling the
nearest office of the Georgia
State Employment Service. Fur
thermore, handicapped persons
are urged to register for employ
ment with local GSES office.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1948
i was stationed for some time with
I the allied occupation forces in
China.
The Marines are now offering
one year enlistments to 18-years
olds. Major Reusser stated, and
other inducements to men of
draft age. He said a man await
ing his draft call must serve 21
months on active duty, plus three
or four years in a reserve force,
whereas a three year enlistment
in the regular service completes
the individual’s military obliga
tion.
Information concerning the
Marine Corps will be furnished
by Mr. Justice to any interested
applicant. He will also make
arrangements for a visit from a
Marine representative should the
applicant so desire.
4-H Poultry
Show Held Here
Eight Chattooga County 4-H
boys and girls exhibited their
flock of 12 pullets in the annual
Sears, Roebuck sponsored 4-H
Poultry Show, which was held
Thursday afternoon at the court
house. H. W. Bennett, of Athens,
Poultry Specialist from the Ex
| tension Service, directed the
' show.
All the puUets were five
months and one week old and
al! judged in the blue ribbon
group and some in the red ribb
on group were laying.
Those winning ribbons were:
Yvonne McCullough, Menlo, blue
ribbon; Ray Owens, Sand Moun
tain, blue ribbon; Billie Joe Pin
ion, Summerville, Route 3, white
{ribbon; Fred Ray, Lyerly, white
ribbon; Harold Teems, Trion,
white ribbon.
Those in the blue ribbon group
{were awarded prizes of $13.40,
those in the red ribbon group,
$8.90 and those in the white rib
bon group, $4.40.
Billie Joe Pinion and Yvonne
McCullough will furnish three
pullets each to be shown in 4-H
Club section of the Southeastern
Fair.
Mr. Bennett pointed out that
by merely looking at a chicken
one can tell how many eggs it
has laid. He disclosed the follow
ing method to determine this;
no yellow in vent, six eggs; no
yellow in vent or eye, 10 eggs;
no yellow in vent, eye and ear,
15 eggs; no yellow in vent, eye,
ear, and beak, 35 eggs; no yellow
in vent, eye, ear, beak and foot,
;45 eggs; none in vent, eye, ear,
beak, foot and front of shank,
100 eggs; none in vent, eye, ear,
beak, foot, front of shank and
| back of shank, 150 eggs; and
I none m any of these places and
[back of hock joint, 180 eggs. To
determine more than this, Mr.
Bennett explained that the
method reverses, starting at the
bottom and going up from back
jof hock joint, etc. to vent.
The average egg production
per chicken annually in Georgia
|is 80 eggs, he said, however a
j 4-H boy in Pickens County raised
la pullet who produced 252 eggs
; in a year.
Out of a total of 187 hatcher
jies in Georgia, only 12 are repu
table, the poultry specialist said.
In view of this, only 50 out of
100 chicks are raised to pullets,
it was pointed out.
Mr. Bennett advised poultry
raisers to sell their old hens and
start with new pullets each fall,
jit takes 75 pounds of feed to
merely maintain a chicken for
a year, but a total of 102 pounds
chicken for a year will give
a production from that chicken
of 200 eggs per year.
Keep hens in a laying house
when they start to lay and feed
them plenty of chicken mash.
Cheaper eggs are produced this
way, it was stated.
ROY NICHOLS IS
KILLED IN AUTO
ACCIDENT AT TRION
Roy Nichols, 37, a Rome furni
ture dealer, was killed instantly
late Tuesday afternoon at Trion
when the automobile he was
driving crashed into the brick
underpinning of a Trion village
house.
Elbert Johnson, 37, also of
Rome, the only other occupant
of the automobile, was released
from Riegel Community Hospital
yesterday after receiving treat
ment for bruises, cuts and a
fracture.
According to Mr. Johnson, he
and Mr. Nichols were returning
to Trion from Mountain View
when Mr. Nichols dropped his
cigarette on the floorboard of the
car. Both the men attempted to
• retrieve it, and Mr. Johnson stal
led that the next thing he saw
was a brick wall, then the crash.
The automobile ran head-on in
to the house, which is occupied
by Tommy Langston, and turned
back into the opposite direction.
Mr. Nichols was born on Oct.
29, 1902, at Powder Springs, the
son of the late J. A. and Emma
Johnson Nichols, and he went to
Rome 29 years ago where he be
came associated with J. N. Chan
nell. He was later employed at
Sterchi’s, having left there in
1944, at which time he began
operating Harper-Nichols Furni
ture Company, in Rome.
He had served the people of
Trion and Summerville in their
home furnishing needs for 27
[years, and was a member of the
! First Baptist Church, Rome, and
[Oostanaula Lodge 113, F. and A.
M.
Mr. Nichols is survived by his
wife, the former Emma Irene
Jones; one daughter, Betty King,
both of Rome; two sisters, Mrs.
J. N. Channell, of St. Petersburg,
Fla., and Mrs. John Edwards, of
Atlanta; five brothers, Judson
• and Miles Nichols, of Powder
Springs; Paul, of Florence, S. C.;
I Guy, of Jacksonville. Fla.; and
Jack, of Kansas City, Mo.
! Funeral service are to be held
at 3 o’clock today (Thursday) at
! the First Baptist Church, Rome
with Dr. Bunyan Stephens, Pas
tor, in charge. Interment is to be
at East View Cemetery.
Pallbearers include Harley
Harper, C. D. Rhodes, Joe Outler,
Alec Harris, Forrest Shropshire,
I. H. Graves, F. E. McGhee and
I Asa Burns.
Congressman Lanham
To Visit County
Last year soon after the first
session of the Eightieth Congress
adjourned, the Seventh District
Representative in Congress, Hen
derson Lanham, visited each
[ county in the Seventh Congres
sional District where he main
' tained an office for several days
for the convenience of the peo
| pie of the district.
This was an entirely new serv
ice to the people of the district
[ which made it possible for many
[ people, especially veterans, to
I discuss their problems with their
[ Congressman without the neces
[ sity of going to Rome to see him.
This year Congressman Lan
[ ham is again visiting each of the
| counties for a few days.
He will spend Thursday and
Friday, Oct. 7-8, in Chattooga
County, and will be located in
[ the pastoffice, Summerville from
: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
I Mr. Lanham says he wants as I
I many of his friends and con- [
stituents as possible to come by
to see him while he is maintain
ing offices in the county.
The New England Courant, in
1722, was the first American
newspaper to say that it had a
woman among its writers.
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CITIZENS OF TOMORROW’—Top row, left to right: Lynette,
daughter of Edward Hanks, of Summerville; Billy, son of Eli
Stephenson, Summerville Route 2: Glenda, daughter of Mrs. Ruth
Nittka, Summerville Route 3. Bottom row, left to right: Janice,
daughter of Mrs. Harvey Hutchins, Berry ton; Richard, son of
Ralph Romine, Menlo; James Gordon 111. son of J. G. Allen, Jr.,
Box 174, Summerville.
GRAND JURY
TO COMBAT
We Have a Duty
EDITORIAL
The people of Summerville have been rightly aroused by
the sweep of juvenile delinquency which is becoming more and
more prevalent in our city.
They realize that it’s partly their fault. But they aren’t
going to stop there. Not any longer.
Summerville is going to DO something about curbing this
disease whose long, ghastly arms can reach into every type of
home in our community and tear away the very core of the
home, our children.
Facing the facts squarely in the face, a group of cour
ageous citizens are setting about the task of securing a PARK
and RECREATIONAL BUILDING for the children of Summer
ville.
The land for such facilities already has been set aside and
is located between the railroad and the Summerville Schools.
This move to secure a park and building is not sponsored
by any one organization, the City, nor the County, but IS led
by a group of people who will call on each and every person,
including the civic organizations, the churches, the city, the
county AND other individuals, to do their part, their rightful
duty, in seeing that it is a success.
In the near future, a mass meeting will be held at one of
the local churches, at which time a Board of Directors will be
formed to lead the group. There will be no committees, but
instead, everyone will be given a job to do and will be expected
to do it to the very best of his ability. Watch The News for
the announcement of this meeting.
And remember, when you are called on to help, whether
financially or otherwise, don’t hesitate. It’s YOUR community
too.
Rural Residents
Warned of Bogus
"Health Inspectors"
Warning against imposters
posing as State Health Depart
ment sanitation inspectors has
been issued to Georgia farm
owners by State Health Director
Thomas F. Sellers.
“It has been reported that
certain persons have forced
rural tenants to allow them to
clean out septic tanks and have
charged unreasonable rates, aft
er giving the impression that
they represented the Georgia
Department of Public Health,”
Dr. Sellers stated.
The health director asserted
that the work of state sanitar
ians if of an advisory and edu
cational nature. No fees are
charged. Only in extreme cases,
where a property owner flatly
refuses to eliminate a public
health hazard, is it necessary
for coercive action to be taken,
he explained.
Anyone approached by an al
leged sanitation inspector who
insists upon a fee for services
rendered should report the inci
dent to the local health depart
ment, or to the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health, 12 Capi
tol Square, Atlanta.
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RETURNED WAR DEAD
The remains of Pfc. William
Barry Alexander, 33, arrived in
Summerville last Tuesday. Fun
eral services were conducted at
the graveside in Chattanooga
National Cemetery at 10:30 a.m.
Friday by the Rev. Leßoy Obert
and the Rev. S. K. Dodson, pas
tor of the Menlo Presbyterian
Church.
URGES CURFEW
DELINQUENCY
New Army Rating
System Explained
“No lady, he hasn’t been de
moted or promoted. He just has [
a new title, he’s a Sergeant First
[Class now.”
That is just a sample of the [
I kind of answers being given to [
the queries flooding the United [
States Army and Air Force Re
cruiting Station these days ask- [
ing about the changes in rank
titles.
The reply given above was in
answer to a lady who called the
station asking about her son who
is stationed in Tokyo and had [
been a Technical Sergeant. Re- .
cently she received a letter and
noted on the return address the
initials “SFC” before his name
She called and found out that [
the old Technrcal Sergeant rat
ing in the Army now is Sergeant,
First Class.
The only radical change caus- [
ed by the new system is the
abolition and the rank now held i
by a two stripe Corporal. General [
Bradley gives as his reason for;
this is that he wanted the title [
“Sergeant” to be applied only in
the first three ranks.
One interesting change has j
been the introduction of a title'
j for men entering the service for
[ the first time. They will be called
[ "Recruit.” The next rank; Pri
[ vate will wear no stripes and the
Private First Class will retain his
| present one stripe although he
| will actually be one grade higher
[ than formerly.
The complete new system with
old titles in parenthesis is as
[follows: Recruit (Private); Pri
vate (Private First Class); Pri
vate First Class (Corporal); Cor
poral (Sergeant); Sergeant
: (Staff Sergeant); Sergeant First
Class (Technical Sergeant).
The old title “Ist Sergeant” has
been abolished except for a job
| title. All men in the first rank
are now Master Sergeant.
The new titles are being used
[ only by the Army. The Air Force,
[ which is a separate branch of [
[service now. still uses the old'
titles.
The U. S. Army and Air Force [
Representatives will be at the
Summerville Post Office each
Wednesday.
CHARGES AGAINST CITY NOT TO AFFECT
WATER OUTSIDE LIMITS, SPOKESMAN SAYS
The controversy between a
group of citizens and the mayor
and council over the installation
of sewers outside the city limits
has no effect on water distrib
uted outside the city, according
to a spokesman for the group of
citizens.
The group, represented by
James Maddox, Rome attorney,
charged that certain contracts
made by and between the City
of Summerville and the Sum
merville Manufacturing Com
pany since Jan. 1, 1948, are ille
gal due to the fact that the con
tracts in question granted rights
and privileges to the Summer
ville Manufacturing Company
that are not available to other
citizens and also due to the fact
that the present mayor, while
acting on the contracts in ques
tion for the city, was, at the
same time, a full-time employe
of the company.
The facts brought out in the
charges showed that the manu
facturing company had secured
sewers, at the expense of the
$1.50 A YEAR
A recommendation to all in
corporated towns in Chattooga
County to pass a curfew law in
order to discourage juvenile de
linquency, was made at the Sep
tember session of the Grand
Jury.
The Jury urged the towns to
( make it a violation of the law
! for a juvenile ‘under 16 years
i of age) to be on the streets after
9 p. m. unless accompanied by
their parents.
This recommendation was
1 made in view of the continued
[ increase of Juvenile delinquency
‘ in this County.
In their presentments, the
Grand Jury disclosed that F. A.
Justice, Chairman of the County
Board of Roads and Revenue,,
had appeared before them and
assured them that their recom
mendations would receive every
consideration possible to give
them concerning the things per
taining to the county on which
the Board of Roads and Revenue
has authority. He also stated that
they would, in the near future,
provide toilets for both white
and colored men outside of the
courthouse, and that the jail
porch would be altered and re
paired.
The Grand Jury also recom
i mended that J. E. Baker be ap
pointed Notary Public and ex
officio Justice of the Peace of
Summerville District 925 G. M„
[ the term of A. E. Strange having
I expired.
Mary F. Hoskins
Dies Suddenly
I Mary Farms’- Hoskins, 57, died
suddenly at her home Summer
ville Route 1 at 3:30 a.m. Tues
day.
She is survived by four step
daughters and three step sons:
[one brother, Tommy I CXX 111UX , VFX
Summerville; two sisters, Ella
i Jett, of Summerville, and Irene
Phinese, of Rome.
Funeral seivi'sots will be con
ducted‘at the Oak Ilill Baptist
Church at 2:30 p.m. Thursday
with the Rev. S. M. Furgeson
[ officiating. Interment was in the
Oak Hill Cemetery.
[Beason Bailey vs. Glen Edward
Bailey, defendant may not re-
Sixteen Divorces
Granted in Court
Sixteen divorces were granted
in the September term of Chat
tooga Superior Court, when
Judge Claude H. Porter, of Rome,
[ presided.
They are as follows: Melba
Christine Dempsey vs. Tom Wat
[ son Dempsey, the defendant not
being given the right to remarry
and the maiden name of the
plaintiff, Melba C. Boadman, be
ing restored; Orvel E. Kelley vs.
Mrs. Doris Lorene Kelly, both
given right to remarry, and de
(fendant’s maiden name, Doris
(Lorene Hanks, restored; Nervine
[Partain vs. John Ivan Partain,
both given right to remarry, SSOO
i alimony settlement in addition
[ to S6O per month for support of
two children.
Mell Smith vs. Hazel Yar
brough Smith, both given right
|to remarry; Thomas H. Broom
(Vs. Mary Earl Broom; Mrs. Ruby
Clark vs. J. H. Clark, defendant
may not remarry; Kressie Mae
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city, to 14 houses owned by the
manufacturing company that
are located on the outside of the
city limits; that the manufac
turing company had secured for
their mill a flat rate for an un
limited amount of water each
month, whereas other firms in
the city can only secure water
on a meter rate, and that the
manufacturing company further
secured a contract calling for a
flat rate of $2 per month for
each house owned by them, re
gardless of the amount of water
used, while other citizens of
Summerville pay at the rate of
40 cents per thousand gallons
used.
M City Attorney T. J. Espy told
the News this week that he has
not passed a ruling on the mat
ter, because he has been “too
busy.” At the last meeting of
the mayor and council, held on
Monday, Sept. 16, Mr. Espy was
instructed to pass this ruling,
declaring just what the status is.