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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 ? „ > 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 1 ■ v i J s f s 'K * A, ... v /' W* .. a* a* 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. Nms 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. 1 f M IF '■ vBG-k Ja Jfw .>x,, .. A ' ■ 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. i. < X, *. 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 See Page Eight 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.