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HERE N THERE ,The total sale at the Coosa Valley Livestock Sale in Rome on October 6 was $34,253.68, with 62 buyers and 108 sellers exchang ing 348 cattle, and 12 hogs. Hogs were $20.75 to $24.60 cwt.; calves, $12.50 to $25.50 cwt.; bulls sls to $20.75 cwt.; steers, $13.75 lo $32.75 cwt.; slaughter cows, sl2 to $lB cwt.; dairy type heifer, sls to s2l cwt.; springers, $67 to $202 per hd. * * * The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Oct. 19, at the home of Miss Mae Earl Strange, with Mrs. Hinton Logan dn charge. * * * Robert W. Miller, 29, Summer ville, Route 3, enlisted last week in the United States Army, ac cording to ar announcement form the Rome Recruiting Sta tion. Miller enlisted in the rank of Corporal (formerly called Ser gent) under current regulations which provide that veterans of any service may enlist in the Army or Air Force with all or part of their former rank. Miller is a veteran of the European Theater, having served with the 139th Ordnance. His awards in clude the American Defense Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He is the husband of Mrs. irene Miller, of Summerville, and they have one child, Robert W. Mil'er, Jr., who is 2 years old. Robert K. Hogg, 24, of Menlo, enlisted last week in the United States Army, according to an an nouncement form the Rome U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Re cruiting Station, 406 West Build ing. Hogg is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Deforest Hogg, of Menlo. * * * A marriage license was issued last week to James Clyde King and Jula Mae Manus, both of Tennessee. Six Local Men Join 11. S. Army Six Chattooga Countians en listed in the U S. Army and Air Force in September through the Rome office, M-Sgt. R. E. Ivey revealed this week. “Os the 41 men enlisting from the entire Rome area, 18 were veterans-an indication that prior servicemen regard the army as a good job.” said the sergeant. Local men enlisting were; Charles H. Wells, Berryton, Johnnie C. Summerville, Route 3; John W. McGraw, Berryton; Mack A. Shamblin, Summerville; Richard D. Aire, Summerville Route 4; and Doyle L. McCary, Summerville Route 2. Public Can Aid in Solving Crime , Soys S immonds, of GBI The public could be of a great deal of assistance to the local law enforcement officers if it would cooperate by not disturb ing a scene of crime until the proper authorities arrive. C. B. Simmonds, of the Georg ia Buerau of Investigation, who made this statement as he spoke to the Summer'dlle-Trion Rota ry Club Wednesday, also cited two recent cases in this county where valuable evidence was de stroyed when the public failed to cooperate in this vi tal matter. “The people also should see to it that the right people serve on the juries,” he said, “because un less there are competent jurors from the best citizens we cannot have law enforcement.” It was pointed out that the G. B. I. operates to assist the law officers throughout the state. Mr. Simmonds outlined several ways in which cashing of bad checks could be prevented, the first and foremost of which is to know the person whose check you cash. The program was under the direction of Dr. Hubert Hardin, and Mose Brinson introduced the speaker. The Rev. Henry Walker, Pastor of the Summerville Methodist Church, was inducted as a new member. Sacred Harp Singing Planned at New Bethel A Sacred Harp singing will be held all day Sunday, October 17 at the New Bethel Baptist Church, two and one half miles north of Trion, it has been an nounced by W. T. Pope, who is in charge. Several singers from other counties are expected to attend, Mr. Pope said, and dimier will be served on the ground at the noon hour. Everyone is corially invited to attend this big singing event. VOL. 63 NO. 43 ARMISTICE DAY AFFAIR PLANNED BY VFW-LEGION A huge Armistice Day celebra tion is being planned jointly by the American Legion Post 129 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Mason-McCauley Post 6688 to be held at 4 p. m. Sunday, Novem ber 7, at the Memorial Home site Parents of Chattooga County men killed in World War I and II will be honored guests at the affair. Leaders of the veterans orga nizations state that approxi mately7oo persons are expected to attend. Members, all veterans of Chattooga County and their guests are invited, i Speakers for the occasion have ! not ben named, however they will Ibe discolsed in the near future, it was stated. A good American | Legion Band also is planned for | the program. John Stubbs, Seventh District V. F. W. Commander, will be | master of ceremonies, and Walt Dalton will be in charge of the food preparation Those planning to attend are | asked to buy their tickets within two weeks in order that neces sary arrangements can be made. In the event of rain, the cele bration will be staged at the Trion Golf and Fishing Club, however it is hoped weather will permit it to be held at the beautiful site of the Memorial Home, leaders state. Work on the building which is to be dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in World War I and 11, is progress ing, ft was stated. Lee Bryant, ticket chairman, states that each ticket will ad mit two persons, preferably a veteran and his wife, girl friend etc. Tickets may be obtained at the following places in Trion: Mr. Bryant, bus station; C. B. | Bricker, “Snake” Tate, Tip Mc jCollum, department store; Carl Nix, barber shop; J. C. Cavin and Fred Lancaster, dye plant; Robert Crawford, main office; Gene Wilbanks, machine shop; Tip Fleming, service station. James (Sloppy) Floyd and John Hartline will be in charge of ticket sales in Pennville and Dickeyville. Those selling them in Sum merville include Jim Teddar and Raymond Gay lor, post office; Hinton Logan, Summerville Grocery Store; and Rufus Pruitt. GFBF to Convene In Macon Nov. 9 The tenth annual convention of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation scheduled to convene |in Macon on November 9, has ! arranged a program that will be |of interest to the producers of ali commodities produced in the state, according to announce ment from H. L. Wingate, presi dent. Conferences have been arrang ! ed to give full study to problems facing farmers in Georgia who produce fruits and vegetables, livestock, cotton, dairying, fores try, pecans, peanuts, tobacco and paultry. Specialists from the Georgia Extension Service will appear on the program of these commodity conferences, Mr. Wingate said. He plans also to have several members of the | Georgia delegation in congress | to address these groups. Farrar Realty Offers Bonds School Work Farrar Real thy Company is offering a $25 U. S. Saving Bond .to the Summerville High School I student who “shows the great est improvement in character, scholarship and social behavior during the school year,” accord ing to an announcement by J. Frank Harmon, Summerville School Superintendent. The faculty is to have complete charge of this award, it was dis closed. and each and every child is urged to compete. Other firms in Summerville may make similiar awards con cerning school work, it was dis closed. CORRECTION Through an error, the last paragraph in the story “City enters equitable suit against pow er company” was written as though the entire paragraph was a quotation of Moses E. Brinson the local Power Company at torney. This paragraph quoted T. J. Espy, city attorney, instead. | Mr. Brinson had no statement to , make concerning the suit at that I time. alip Npiub SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948 Welfare Department Announces New Maximum Grants New maximum welfare grants for Georgia’s recipients of old age assistance, aid to needy blind and dependent children, accord ing to the revised basis of maxi mum participation by the Fed eral Government in these cate gories of Social Security, are be come effective with the Novem ber payments. This action was authorized by the State Board of Social Securi ty in Atlanta on October 7th. A resolution to this effect, of fered by State Director W. E. Ireland, was approved by the Board. The substance of this ac ments to the Federal Social Se- In explaining these changes, curity Act. Director Ireland pointed out that the new congressional legislation also authorizes the Federal Gov ernment to raise the basis of participation from two-thirds of the first $15.00 to three-fourths of the first $20.00 per recipient of old age assistance and aid to the needy blind, and from two-thirds of the first $9.00 to three-fourths of the first $12.00 of the average monthly ward per child for de pendent children, plus half of the balance of monthly grants. “These additional Federal funds will help our State and County Welfare Departments in the achievement of two major objectives of both the Federal Social Security Administration and the State Board Social Se curity,” Mr. Ireland pointed out. According to the Director, these objectives are: 1. That all people in like cir cumstances shall receive similar treatment. 2. That any citizen who be lieves himself eligible for any of these special assistance benefits shall have opportunity to make I application, and if found quali fied, to receive assistance with out delay. It was also emphasized that these two objectives can be rea lized only by the elimination of ! the former practice of setting a maximum allocation of funds to the counties where State funds are found to be inadequate. “Assistance payments, under the old basis of Federal ‘match ing’, have exhausted the State | appropriation, but the additional Federal funds will enable us to continue in future months with jout the objectionable practice of setting a maximum allocation. This new Federal money now avialable to help the States meet the cost of assistance will enable us to move further toward the realization of these »two objec- I tives by continuing indefinitely, ; without accumulating a new backlog of pending applications. ; and without delay in granting ! normal increases as additional j need develops through reinvesti gation,” Mr. Ireland said. Church of Christ To Sponsor Bible Lectures There will be a series of Bible Lectures at the Trion Church of Christ October 18-29. The theme for the first week is “The Church,” and the theme for the second week is Christian Living. Speakers on this program will be: W. J. Lemons, of Dalton; C. W. Scott, S. M. Connally, Charles G Lemons, Gardner Hall, Sewell Hall and Barney Keith, of Chat tanooga, Tenn.; William Ly brand, of LaFayette; Robert ! Farrish, of Summerville; Homer Daniel and Paul Buchanan, j both of Chattanooga. In keeping with the custom ! of the Churches of Christ there j will be only vocal music, which , will be directed by H. Grady ! Slatton, of Rome. Berryton Baptists Plan 'Lamp Light' An old-fashioned “lamp light meeting” will be held at the Berryton Baptist Church at 7:30 p m. Sunday, October 24, it has [been announced by the pastor, I the Rev. Howard Fillister. Everyone is urged to wear old and faded clothing and mothers to wear bonnets, the Rev. Mr. Fillister said. The church will be lighted with candles and oil lamps and organ music and “old time singing” will feature the program. All persons over 40 years of age Will have an opportunity to dis cuss “the good old days” and will have special seats facing the congregation. MENLO IS FIRST TOWN TO PASS JUVENILE CURFEW Menlo is the first of the towns in Chattooga County to pass the curfew law, as recommended by the Grand Jury at their last session. Mayor A. B. Day and the councilmen met recently and passed a law to the effect that no child under 16 could be on the streets after 9 p. m., unless accompanied by their parents. Members of the council include | Robert William King, Robert ; Baker, J. D. Copeland and Gene Ballard. This curfew will be strictly en forced, it was stated, and any child found on the streets after the designated time will be prop erly punished according to law. Signs will be placed in plain view, it was stated, informing the (public of this curfew. The Council of the City of Summerville was scheduled to meet last Monday night and it is understood that the matter of a curfew for Summerville v/as to have been brought up. However the meeting was postponed be cause of a conflicting civic mee + ing at Trion. In statements to the News last week all the Summerville Coun cilmen indicated they would be in favor of such a curfew. Coun cilmen Dennis Cox, Andrew Williams and Leroy Alexander all declared they were in favor of it and Councilman Joe Gaines, said that he had given the mat ter no thought, but that “off hand” he’d say he also was in favor of a curfew. Mayor Willis James also stated that he had not given it too much thought, but that he felt they could cooperate for some system. However, Mr. James de c'ared that unless the parents cooperated, no system would be successful. He said that a date for the council meeting had not been set. The Council for the Town of Lyerly met Tuesday night, how ever a curfew was not discussed town clerk H. L. Abrams stated. Byron Chapman is Mayor of Lyerly. The next regular meeting is scheduled for November 9. The Trion Council also has not discussed the measure recom mended by the Grand Jury. They will meet again in November. W. B. Simmons is Mayor. Local Teachers to Attend G.E.A. Meet In Rome October 20 Superintendent C. B. Akin, of Summerville, R. J. Dobbs, Sum merville President; Mrs. Ernest Kennedy Public Relations Com mittee Chairman. C h attooga County GEA Local Unit; W. B. Brandon Trion President; and Miss Dora Bankey, Trion Public Relations Committee Chairman, will attend the Seventh District I GEA Convention at Rome Octo- I ber 20th. Others attending from Chat tooga County will be: W. C. Carl ton, J. A. Smith, Miss Martha Jo Calloway, J. Frank Harmon, R. W. Williams, S. H. Brabson, Miss Jewell Pool, Grover Smith, Mrs John D. Taylor, Mrs. Frances Alexander, Lois Peacock, Miss Isa Ethyhl Simmons. Willard Golden j and Elizabeth Johnson. ! Among those on the morning I program will be Supt. Kankakee j Anderson, Polk County seventh GEA District Director, presiding; GEA President J. G. Garrison, Dr. M. D. Collins, State School Superintendent, and J. Harold Saxon, GEA Secretary. Dr. Barnwell Addresses Medical Society Here Dr. C. H. Barnwell, of Chat tanooga, Tenn., prominent Urolo gist, was the guest speaker Tues day evening at the monthly meeting of the Chattooga County Medical Society, which took place at the home of Dr. William O. Hayden, at Trion. Dr. Barnwell discussed Urinary Calculi. Dr. D. S. Lawrence, of Menlo, was elected to membership in the Society, bringing the total membership to nine in this County. At present every Doctor of Medicine in Chattooga County is a member in good standing. A committee 'was appointed for the purpose of studying fees for various medical and surgical services rendered, and for the purpose of standarizing these fees throughout the county. Following the meeting the group adjourned to John’s Place for dinner. MASS MEETING FOR PARK DISCUSSION-OCTOBER 21 Charter Is Presented to Local' Business, Professional Women's Club The Summerville Business and | Professional Women’s Club, which was organized last, July | was officially presented its Char | tei at a formal dinner meeting (held at the Riegeldale Tavern (Monday evening. Mrs. Mamie K. Taylor, immedi ! ate past president and Member ship chairman of the Georgia Federation of Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club, made the presentation on behalf of the Si ate President, Mrs. Helen Smothers who was unable to at | tend. In her presentation address -Mrs. Taylor hurled a challenge |to all women stating “never be jfore has there been the need as | now for women to take their j place in community, governmen tal, civic and national affairs.’ She added further in her re | marks that the plea of the wo | men of the world to American Ku-Klux Klan Burns Cross in Summerville A group of robed Ku Klux Klan met in an empty lot on North Commerce Street, in Sum merville, Thursday night and I burned a huge cross. Handbills and other literature were distributed among the spectators, disclosing that the group is “reorganizing on a large scale throughout the South to fight the ever-growing threat of Communism and all other isms except pure Americanism.” Carrollton Edties Indians, 7 to 6 By Billy Espy Coach Hugh Maddox brought i his Carrollton Hornets to Sum merville Friday night and by vir- | tue of a blocked extra point kick carried home a 7-6 victory. The Carrollton team was re ported to be 18 point favorites, but by playing the best game that they played so far, the In dians held them scoreless for 3 and a hlaf quarters until Jack j Wheeler, 19 0 pound fullback plunged over from the 1 to put the Hornets ahead. The extra j point, a pass from Wheeler to( Brock Turner was good. Carrollton threatened early in the first period on a run by Wheeler to S’ville’s 22 yard line j however, a clipping penalty nul ; lified this gain, S’ville also ! threatened in the first period, iwhen they drove to the 16, but | a holding penalty put the ball on the 31 where the Indians bogged down and lost (he ball. Carrollton’s scoring drive started on their own 48 and on 8 running plays the ball was on the 1, from there Wheeler plung (ed over for the Hornets only ! score. The Indians scoring came after Carrollton kicked following their score. The kick off was received by Pettyjohn who returned to the 42 Williams lost 6 to the 46, a pass was incomplete, a pass from Dacus to Bush was good for 10. (See Page 8i Dalton District WSCS Hold Fall Seminar The Dalton District Woman’s Society of Christian Service will hold its annual Seminar at the Ringgold Methodist Church at i 10:30 a. m. Thursday, October 14. A large represetation from! each member society is expected as study plans for the entire year will be discussed. Mrs. Reeves j Gaston, North Georgia Confer-! ence Officer and Mrs. Ross Bos worth, President of the Rome District W. S. C. S., will be pres-1 ent. Mrs. Houston Jewell, President of the Dalton District W. S. C. S„ will preside. Bus to Take Menlo Group to Fair Friday A Menlo school bus will leave Alpine at 4 p. m. Friday to carry j those wishing to attend the Fair. The route will go through Menlo jand by the Sunny Dale school (route. | women is “never secrifice a single 1 freedom in your country as we ■ have done in ours.” Mrs. Taylor pointed out that I this was her third recent trip i to Summerville and that it was | the intention of her husband and j herself to some day to make their home in Summerville. In the program of the evening, (ever which Mrs. J. L. Henderson, : | president of the club presided, i ( Mrs. William Gist gave two selec l I tions, “The Desert Song” and ■! “Ava Marie.” She was accompa ! ried by Mrs. James R. Jackson, i Jr. i j Every civic club in Surmner -1 ville was represented at the ;: meeting. For the Summerville j Trion Rotary Club, Vice Presi dent J. L. Henderson made ap proiate remarks in welcoming | the new club. Irwin Thomas. • 1 president of the Lion’s Club and i) (See Page 8) Another 'Old-Timer' Writes to News The News heard from anothei of it’s “old-timers” last week, j ; Mrs. N. L. Hudgins, of Rome, who | wanted her subeription extended j for another year. Mrs. Hudgins, who is 84 years j young, stated in her letter that j the News had been going into ! her home since 1885, when it was j called the “Summerville Ga- j zette.” “The News always comes in j like a friendly visitor. . .long live j the News,” said Mrs. Hudgins. ‘ We were glad to hear from j this fine, loyal subscriber and | letters from other subscribers! are always welcome. Judges Champion Home Town Contest Are Announced Four prominent Georgiais and and editor of the Reader’s Digest have agreed to serve as judges of the Georgia Power Company’s ' Champion Home Town Contest I i which will end soon, it was an [nounced by C. A. Collier, vice president of the company. Sum- j | merville is among the 200 towns j entered. Six towns with the best rec -1 ords of community development ; j during thhe contest period will !be determined by a panel of judges composed of Mrs. Inez 1 Henry, assistant to the president of Berry Schools; Raimundo de Ovies, dean erqeritus of St. Phil ip’s Cathedral m Atlanta; Lois j Mattox Miller, roving editor for [Reader’s Digest; Roy Ulrich, i general manager of the Atlanta s Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. Allen D. Albert, professor of ( sociology at Emory University. The six winners will share in prizes totaling $3,500. The con | test is divided into two popula- | (tion groups; towns with less than I 1.000 inhabitants in the 1940 ! census, and towns with from 1.000 to 20,000. In each group I there will be a first prize of j SI,OOO, a second orize of SSOO and a third prize of $250. Winners will be selected on the basis of civic improvements, in dustrial growth and agricultural advancement during the period between March 1 and October 31. Entrants’ reports of progress are jto be submitted by Noverber 15 i to the division headquarters offi -1 ces of the Georgia Power Com- : | pany in Athens, Atlanta, Augus- ; ! ta, Columbus, Macon and Rome. Reports sent by mad must be [postmarked not later than mid night of November 15. Pastors Discuss Juvenile Delinquency With Lions A discussion of the local ju venile delinquency problem by ! the Rev. Henry G. Walker, Pastor of the Summerville Methodist Church, and the Rev. Harry Foster, Pastor of the Summer i ville Presbyterian Church, high lightde the meeting of the Sum merville Lions Club on Tuesday, October 5. The meeting was held r | at the Riegeldale Tavern, Trion. John Warr, Floyd County i School Superintendent, will be 1 the principal speaker at the next meeting which will be held Tues- $1.50 A YEAR Hundreds of people not only from Summerville, but also from i throughout the County are ex- I pected to gather in Summer (ville at the Presbyterian Church | at 8 p. m. Thursday, October 21, ; for a great mass meeting at time plans for a park for Sum j merville will be formulated. This mass meeting which is being sponsored by a group of | citizens and not by any one civic group, wall be the first ; major step in attaining the i much-needed park, and possi bly a recreational building, for j Summerville. A Board of Directors will be ; chosen at this meeting and it is emphasized that “wide-awake, civic-interested” persons should be chosen for this Board. “Park Day,” one day in which the drive for funds will concen trated, will also be chose at Thursday night's meeting. The drive by a group of citi zens followed years of discussion on the need of such a park and i recreational building, juvenile ; delinquency i n the County. | Many civic leaders have point ed out that with proper recrea tional facilities, juvenile crime could be decreased. EVERY person interested in | the betterment of his or her j community and in the future of I their children is not only invit ed, but urged, to attend this : most important meeting. All civic clubs churches, and ; other organized groups and | every individual will be called j upon to aid in this move for (a park, either financially or i otherwise. j NOW YOU TELL US [ How would you suggest the streets of Summerville be dec orated for Christmas? Mrs. Claire Baker, office elerk —Well, I think co’ored lights would be an added attraction. You know Rome uses Christmas trees too and I think that helps the appearance. However, frank ly, I haven’t any suggestions as to how the lights could be strung up or on what props the trees could be placed. C. W. Kringsberg, photograph er—Oh I think having a tree and streamers would be nice. You know Christmas isn’t much with out a tree, is it? Several years ago they had a tree and I don’t think it cose so very much. How ever now there are several im portant corners and it’d mean that there’d be several trees one at each of the intersections. Electric lights would help a lot too. The merchants and resi dents can do a lot too to help the town look pretty at Christ mas-time. Mrs. J. L. Henderson, Librarian —I always think wreaths look : pretty, but there’s hardly away to use them in Summerville. And I do love Christmas trees, but they don’t look so well without | lights. Now they might put a tree in front of the courthouse and | there they could connect it up for lights. Small cedars oif stands on the streets would be nice if they were steady, so as not to fall over. We should remember though to preserve our younger cedars and not just cut away all our forest resounds. They do that in lot of towns—it takes so many to decorate the streets. Fred Medders, Grocer Some kind of decorations around the courthouse and post office would really be nice. A yard display at the Post Office would be pretty —say maybe a tree on each side with lights. A “Merry Christmas” sign around the courthouse would be nice. The merchants can help a lot by decorating their businesses effectively. I am defi nitely in favor of our decorating the streets of Summerville for Christmas. Auditorium Work to Begin Soon —Bryant Work will begin in the near future on the Summerville High School Auditorum, it has been disclosed by A. M. Bryant, of Bryant and Sons Lumber Com pany. contractors. Mr. Bryant stated that they i expect to have the building com- I pleted by “the first of the year.” ! Also expected to be finished by i the beginning of 1949 is the Men lo High School building. Flooring i for this school is being poured this week, Mr. Bryant said.