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HERE N THERE Hubert H. Cook, 18, Summer ville, enlisted in the United States Army last week, according to an announcement from the Rome Recruiting Station, 406 West Building. Cook is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cook, of Summerville. A recruiting sergeant is at the Summerville Post Office every Wednesday and Thursday. The Local unit of the Georgia Education Association will meet at 1 p. m. Thursday, Noverber 11, at the Lyerly High School, ac cording to an announcement by R. J. Dodds, president. The Rev. Mr. Craig and the Rev. Mr. Miller delivered messa ges at the Chapel Hill Church Sunday afternoon. A large num ber attended, church leaders said. Clarence Hudgins, negro, was lodged in Chattooga County jail this week after having shot at J. W. Price, also negro, on Sun day. The incident occurred near Lyerly. Hudgins bond was set at S3OO however he has not yet been re leased. The regular communication of Lyerly Lodge 338 will be held to night (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. Special business will be taken up it was disclosed. Piedmont Hospital Nurse Scholarships Are Offered Here An unlimited number of schol arships in Piedmont Hospital of Nursing in Atlanta will be awarded to applicants from Sum merville and vicinity,' who can quality, according to an an nouncement this week by the hospital’s Board of Trustees through the President, Dr. Floyd W. Mcßae. These scholarships have been donated by an anony mous giver. “Atlanta has become a medical center for the entire state of Georgia,” said Dr. Mcßae. “Both public and private institutions will execute building programs within the next few years. Natur ally these new buildings will be useless unless there is an ade cnate staff of nurses available. Piedmont’s nursing scholarships have been offered as an answer to this pressing need.” Piedmont Hospital, a 150-bed non-sectarian institution, is one of the general hospitals in the Atlanta area now laying plans to expand its facilities through a building program. Its new hospi tal will be located on Peachtree Road. Applicants for the scholarship must be between 17 and 35 years old. and graduates of accredited high schools. Classes will begin with the new term on Jan. 2, 1948. Application blanks and further information may be ob tained from the Director of Nurses, Piedmont Hospital, Inc., Atlanta. ! HOW YOU TELL US ; *. *> Were you surprised at the out come of the national election? I. M. Henderson, Summerville watch repairman— Why yes, I hadn’t thought about the Dem ocrats sweeping the country so. You know Drew Pearson said that Truman wouldn’t carry a state above the Mason-Dixon line, and that’s where he’s get ting his votes. 1 don’t think too much about the Congress, but it looks like it’ll be Democratic too. Mrs. H. B. Hood, Summerville Route 3, housewife— Yes, I was. Listening to the radio on elec tion night, I could tell it was go ing pretty strong that way, and I’m glad it’s going to stay Dem ocratic. It’s good that the Demo crats also have control of Cong ress because there’d be bickering if we had a Democratic Congress and Republican president. Russell Bums, LaFayette, soft drink dealer— Were you? I think everybody was. I was so sure the Republican president was going in. Hadn’t thought much about the Congress, but from the radio and newspapers it seemed like Dewey was sure to get it. J. B. Vaughn, Lyerly—Yes. I was surprised, but gladly surpris ed. I’m glad it went like it did From the commentators on the radio and newspapers, as well as the Gallup poll, I felt that Dewey would win. Barkley said that Gallup was just trying to mess them up, that he wasn’t right, and he wasn’t. I think Truman’s daughter got a lot of votes for her father. They say she is really a great entertainer. I was sur prised too at the way the House went. Thought it’d be Democratic in the Senate, but that it’d be much closer than it was. I (The Nms VOL. 63; NO. 46 Community Contest Winners Are Named By Helen Toles After a year’s planning, im provement and much hard work, the local climax of the Chatta nooga Area Community Improve ment Contest came last week when the winners were named. Taking top award of SSO, given by the local Chamber of Com merce, and the $75 awarded by the Chattanooga Chamber, who sponsors the contest, was Little Sand Mountain Community. Hanson ran a close second, judges state, and were the winn ers of the S3O given by the local Chamber. Teloga trailed a close third and won S2O. The Little Sand Mountain Community will now compete with the county winners in the other 20 counties in the Chatta nooga trade area who are parti cipating in the contest. The grand prize is SSOO. Local judges were E. C. Pester field, D. L. McWhorter and Mrs. W. E. Dunaway. Twenty-seven families, the en tire population, participated in the grand program carried out by the Little Sand Mountain Community, where the people thrive on community spirit. The number of quarts canned fruit in this community was in creased from 2,041 in 1947 to 2,- 291 in 1948, while the canned vegetables increased from 5,340 to 7,434. No new dwellings were con structed, however seven were re modelled. The total number of acres in farm land remained unchanged, there being 1751 both in 1947 and 1948. Truck farming predomi nates in this little mountain community. Perhaps the most remarkable factor in the Little Sand Moun tain Community project was Mrs. Cleckler Is Named Seal Sale Chairman Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, of Menlo, has been named chairman of the 1948 Christmas Seal Sale in 1 Chattooga County, Mrs. Emmett Clarkson, president of the Chat tooga County Tuberculosis Asso- ( ciation, announced this week. , The sale, which opens official- . ly on Dec. 6 and continues until ; Christmas, will be held in con junction with the 42nd annual nationwide Christmas Seal Sale. Proceeds from the sale in Chat- (, tooga County will be used for the : association’s 1949 tubercuolsis control program. , Serving on the county com- 1 mittee with Mrs. Cleckler will be Miss Ethel Simmons, Trion; G. ‘ D. Erwin, Menlo; Miss Fay Bus bin, Lyerly; Mrs. Tom Cook, Ber- : ryton; Starrett Self, Subligna; : Miss Annie Ruth Housch, Penn- , ville; Mrs. O. A. Selman, Sum- ' morville; Mrs. J. H. Newman, S’ nmerville; Mrs. John Stubbs, Teloga; Lovebird Harrell, Dick eyville; John Davis, Mrs. Charles ' Cochran, Mrs. Jewell Poole and : FRED THOMAS AND C. B. BRICKER ARE NAMED ON DRAFT BOARD T. Fred Thomas, and C. B Bricker, both ol Trion, have been named members of the Chattoo ga County Draft Board, it has been disclosed. M. B. Eubanks, of Trion recent ly resigned due to business reas ons. In addition to Mr. Bricker and C. A. McConnell and C. P. Hamil ton are members of the local board. j. W. NIX, 65, DIES AT TRION James William Nix, 65, died in Trion, at 2 p. m. Thursday. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Eula Williams Nix, of Trion; two daughters, Mrs. Charles F. Toles, of Rome, and Mrs. Robert W. Ramey, of Trion; six sons; Earl Nix, of Summerville; Harold, Carl and Everett, all of Trion; Delbert, of Smyrna; and A. D. of the U. S. Army, now in Panama. Funeral services were conduct ed at Trion Baptist church at 3:30 p. m. Saturday with the Rev. E. L. Walker and the Rev Ben Howard officiating. Interment was in Trion Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge of ar rangements. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1948 | their raising $5,000 locally with which to build a new church. There is now a Baptist Chuch in the community and an average of 73 persons attended church, while 64 attended Sunday School. Much of the success of the i Little Sand Mountain community (is attributed to the capable di rection of Mrs. Z. M. Cooper, who >( was president of the drive. Hanson, located near Trion, with boundaries of the Chattoo -1 ga River, the Trion Ridge, Sum merville-Trion District line and Hawk Ridge, set about the task of improving their community with much zeal and enthusiasm. ( , Four new buildings were con- ■ structed and 12 were remodelled. ' Cold running water was installed in eight homes and hot water was placed in two homes, while five acquired electricity. The farm acreage was increas ed from 2,505 in 1947, to 2,513 in ’ 1948. Earl Parker was the efficient leader in the efforts of this thriving little section of Chat ( tooga County. ■ Although it took third place, Teloga community feels that they : received much more than the . cash prize which they were . awarded. , | Through this program, direc i ted by W. W. Stancell, they ac quired a new awareness of the need for community develop ment, and a hope for greater • things in the future. In 1947 their home food supply , was 9,251, while it was increased to 11,227 in 1948. .! Nine new dwellings were con structed and 10 were remodelled. | Six sanitary outdoor toilets and two indoor baths were installed in this progressive little commu ; nity. Mrs. Raymund Daniel, all of Summerville, and Dr. J. J. Allen, Trion. "I am honored by the request to serve as chairman for the 1948 Christmas Seal Sale in this county,” said Mrs. Cleckler. “I accept the position with pleasure and know that I shall have the full co-operation of the people of this county. lam also confident that the capable members of my committee will do all they can to make the Seal Sale a success. “This is the 42nd annual Christmas Seal Sale in Chat tooga County and I am hopeful that it will be one of the best. The generous support of Chat tooga county residents in buying and using Christmas Seals means support of the important tuber culosis control program of the Chattooga Tuberculosis Associa tion in this community.” Mrs. Cleckler and her commit tee will be assisted in Seal Sale work by committees in each municipality. Women, 18-35, May ' I Enlist in WAC Now j Opportunities for enlistment in ’ i the Women’s Army Corps Regu- i lar Army and the U. S. Air Force I are now open to all qualified . women between the ages of 18 (and 35, according to an announc ment from the Rome Recruiting Station, 406 West Building. j Both women with and without prior service may make applica tion for enlistment. Among the (qualifications is that the appli j cant must be a high school grad uate or possessor of a GED cer tificate. Married women without j prior military service and women (with dependents will not be ac .! cepted for enlistment. II Members of the Women’s Army , s Corps and Women’s Air Forces, ' as part of the military establish ments will receive the same pay. i allowances and benefits as male (members of the services. Application tor enlistment must be made at the Recruiting Station 321 New Post Office i Building, Atlanta and the appli cant must bear expenses to that point. Prospective applicants, however, may get more detailed information about enlistment at the Summerville Post Office every Wednesday and Thursday. HUNDREDS PLAN TO ATTEND ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION I ft ■ W* ■ K Jik ! HENDERSON LANHAM 11 ?' ' % $ i ' ' 9 gHi C. FLANNERY POPE Hundreds of Chattooga Coun ( tians, including a host of vet | erans, are looking forward to the i huge Armistice Day celebration i which is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Me morial Home site, between Trion and Summerville. In the event of rain on Satur day, the affair will take place at the Trion Golf and Fishing Club instead, according to leaders of | the local American Legion and i V. F. W. posts who are sponsor | ing the annual event. Markers will be placed along the highway for the convenience of those who may not be familiar with the route to the Home site. The program will include ad dresses by C. Flannery Pope, State V. F. W. Commander and Congressman Henderson Lan ham. John Stubbs, Seventh Dis trict V. F. W. Commander, will be master of ceremonies, accord ing to a joint announcement by ! Emmett Clarkson, American Le l gion Commander, and Hinton I Logan, V. F. W. Commander. ! A featured attraction will be i the appearance of the Marine Reserve Band, of Rome. Gold Star families of Chat tooga County will be special guests. “The observance will not only i honor the war dead, but also all 1 veterans in Chattooga County : who served in World War I and II,” Commanders Logan and 1 Clarkson said. Highfield H ouse Burns During Electrical Storm Fire attributed to lightning, destroyed the residence of Mr and Mrs. Melvin Highfield, near Menlo, at approximately 9 p. m. Tuesday. The house was located on the property of Mrs. S. G. Dodd. The fire occured during an electrical storm and both Mr. and Mrs. Highfield, only occu pants, were asleep. The roof was beginning to cave in when Mr. Highfield awakened and dis covered the tragedy. No house hold furnishings were saved ex cept a few bedclothes. INFANT VANPELT DIES HERE TUESDAY Sue, Gynette Vanpelt, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thom as R. Vanpelt, of Pennville, died ; in a local hospital at 10 a. m. Tuesday. Funeral services were conduc ted at the residence in Penn-. ville, at 11 a. m. Wednesday with the Rev. Paul E. Goodner offici ating. Interment was in Penn ville Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral I Home in charge of arrangement I INFANT OSBY DIES The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Osby died in a local hospital Sunday morning. Reuben Lyons Overwhelmingly Elected As Sheriff of Chattooga C. OF C. PLANS MEMBERSHIP BID IN MEET HERE Plans for the annual dinner meeting of the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce and the launching of the annual mem bership drive, were laid Wednes day afternoon at a meeting oi the Board of Directors. The membership drive will be opened officially at the dinner meeting to be held Thursday eve ning, November 18. A goal of 300 members has been set. The pres ent membership is 121. T. J. Espy has been Chairman of a Com jmittee in charge of arrange ments. I Highlighting the meeting will be the awarding of SIOO won by three Chattooga County commu nities in the Chattanooga Area Community Improvement con test. The local Chamber spon sored the local contest, with a SSO cash prize to be given Little Sand Mountain community, as first place winner, S3O cash to the Hanson group, second, and S2O to Teloga, who took third place. Little Sand Mountain will compete with other county winn ers in the Chattanooga trade area. Officers for the coming year will be elected and various com mittees will be appointed at that time. Those attending the meeting Wednesday included President Mose Brinson, J. B. Butler, J. L. Henderson, T. J. Espy, E. C. Pesterfield and Mrs. Mary John Fowler, Secretary. MENTAL HEALTH FACTS APPALLING, BUT HOPEFUL One out of every two hospital beds in the United States is (occupied by a mental patient. This startling fact was reveal ed this week by the National : Mental Health Foundation, Inc., I who are beneficiaries of the ( “Hush” contest of the Ralph Ed wards Truth or Consequences Radio Program. ( Another appalling fact was that one of every ten persons in i the United States will some day need psychiatric care. The facilities for caring for the mentally ill in this country are inadequate, it was revealed, with mental hospitals being over-crowded about ten per cent on the average. Many much more seriously. Ninety-seven of hospi talized mental patients are in tax-supported hospitals, as most communities in the United States have no psychiatric clinics. The American Psychiatric As sociation recommends $5 a day for acute cases and $2.50 a day for continued treatment cases in .order to provide adequate servi ce in mental hospitals. There is hope ahead, however, as scientific treatment results in the discharge as recovered of 17 per cent of the patients in men tal hospitals, and 29 per cent are discharge as improved even with the present insufficient staff and other facilities. Newer methods of treatment are even more promising and there is little evidence that men tal disease is increasing. As our clinics and hospitlas increase the existence of cases becomes more evident. One-half of the patients in mental hospital are due to one form of mental disease, dementia praecox on the treatment of which difinite progress is being made, it is revealed. Army, Army Air Force Negro Quotas Increased In accordance with the in creasing needs of the U. S. Army and Air Force as the services ex pand, larger quotas for the en listment of negro personnel have been authorized for the Rome Recruiting Station. These increased quotas exist both in the Army and Air Force and include the ability to pass educational and physical exami nations. Choices available now include Regular Army Unassigned, Air Far East Command and Euro pean Command. Anyone interested in enlisting may contact a recruiting ser geant at the Summerville Post Office every Wednesday and Thursday. U. S. Wildlifer to Address Local Club ; Tom Jones, of Atlanta, director ( of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will address members of ( the Chattooga County Wildlife ( and Conservation Club at their November meeting at the Lyerly school auditorium at 7 p. m. Mr. Jones will be able to an ( swer many of the questions land -owners may wish to know per : taining to game and fish, and( will outline the procedure for ( placing the county game preserve in the federal preserve, club leaders said. 1 An interesting wildlife moving ( picture also will be shown and an attendance prize will be given. Rotary Club Gives Bonds Io Six Local 4-H ers I Six lucky Chattooga County , 4-H boys, and girls were the re cipients Wednesday of various savings bonds, awarded them by the SummerviUe-Trion Rotary Club, in recognition of the ex-! cellent records of the youngsters. ( Those in the Senior 4-H Clubs | given awards were: James Mitch- : ell, Menlo, first, $100; Yvonne McCullough, Menlo, second, $75; ( •Violet Hamby, Menlo, third, $50.. Junior 4-H’ers winning bonds were: Edith Garvin, Menlo, first/ $75; Betty Jean Vaughn, Berry-j ton, second, SSO; Cuye Morrison,' Lyerly, third, $25. I The awards were made at the I weekly meeting of the Summer ville-Trion Rotary Club held; yesterday at Riegeldale Tavern. O. L. Cleckler, Chariman of the Community Program Committee J gave the members a summary of the work of the The winners were introduced by J.: B. Butler. James told something of his ( work in public speaking and the wildlife project. He is President( of the County 4-H Council, the | Menlo Club and is Vice Presi dent of the District Council, i j w’hich is composed of approxi mately 20 counties. More than 40 garments have been made by Yvonne, who also specializes in canning and cook- ( ling. • Poultry, home beautification .‘and sewing are the major proj-H : ects of Violet. In the junior group, Edith ! Garvin is chiefly interested ini: poultry, while Betty Jean prefers • ( bread making and canning. ‘ Cuye’s projects include livestock and public speaking. MRS. CLAUDIA BERRY WRITES TO NEWS The News was delighted last week to receive a renewal sub scription from an old subscri ber, Mrs. Claudia Berry, who writes that she is in bed most I of the time and reading is ! about all she does. Mrs. Berry, who lives in . Waco, Texas, says that the News “seems like a letter from home.” She continued, stating that the first paper printed here was ny R. c. Loomis and was the Gazatte. “When Mr. Loomis went out of business, a Mr. Ed Simin- i tion took over,” she said. Mrs. Berry was formerly ( Claudia Gaines. POPPIES TO HONOR WAR DEAD AND AID WAR'S UVNIG VICTIMS Saturday will be Poppy Day in most of Chattooga County and throughout the nation, however Trion will observe Poppy Day today (Thursday) when Girl Scouts will assist in the selling of these patriotic emblems. From early morning until; nightfall, volunteer workers of' the American Legion Auxiliary will be on the streets offering' memorial poppies to be worn in - honor of the dead of the twoi world wars. In exchange for the flowers' they will receive contributions for rehabilitation work among the disabled war veterans and for child welfare work among chil dren of veterans. The poppies, which are crepe; paper replicas of the wild poppies that grew on the European bat tlefield of the two wars, have been made by disabled veterans working in hospitals and con valescent workrooms throughout the country. . Poppy Day activities here will GROWING WITH CHATTOOGA J 1.50 A YEAR i Reuben A. Lyons, Democratic I nominee for Sheriff of Chat ' tooga County, won his bid Tues- I day, when he defeated Inde i pendent candidate W. G. Tallent Iby a 3-1 majority. Unofficially I Lyons received 3,806, while Tal -1 lent fell behind with 1,174. Chattooga County, tradition ( ally Democratic, again support i ed their party by giving Truman j 4,064 votes. Dewey came second ( with 362, while State Rights can ' didate Strom Thurmond deceived I 147 votes. Wallace received six, ( and Prohibitionist candidate i Claude A. Watson was supported by five Chattooga County voters Precinct returns on the sher iff’s race are as follows: ‘ A ’ t p f < o ra S B 01 ( Alpine 67 330 Dirtseller 25 43 Coldwater 37 86 Dirttown 9 234 Haywood 6 15 Lyerly 48 242 Seminole 41 69 Subligna 18 87 Summerville 624 1540 I Teloga 8 68 Trion 290 1092 Total 1174 3806 Approximately 4,800 Chattooga ■ Countians went to the polls I Tuesday in the drizzling rain, i The turnout was somewhat larg er than had been expected by j election officials. This was par i tially attributed to the fact that I farmers were unable to continue Itheir work in the inclement ( weather. Seeking the nomination as i Sheriff for the Democratic party, i Lyons won a landslide victory on i March 10 in the primary, when (he totaled 422 more votes than his combined opponents. Also in i this race was Frank Fisher, A. L. Martin and incumbent A. H. j (Tiny) Glenn. Mr. Fisher, with ( whom Tallent ran as deputy sheriff, was second in the pri mary when he received 1,596 votes. Mr. Glenn received 1,467 and Martin received 137. Mrs J D Wmle, Sr. Dies Monday Mrs. J. D. White, Sr., 85, died lat 3 p. m. Monday at her home in Subligna, after suffering from a fall more than two weeks ago. Mrs. White was the former Miss Isabell Fo&ter and she was a member of the Subligna Bap tist Church. Survivors include her husband, J. D. White; three sons, Charlie and Jess White, of Rome, and J. D. White Jr., of Subligna; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Duncan, of jWaterville, and Miss Eunice White, of Subligna. Seven grand children and a number of nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Sublig (na Baptist Church, with the Rev. George Schroeder officiating. Pallbearers included R. I. and T. J. Ross, James and R. T. White and Barnum Scoggins. TB, School, Health Group to Meet Here Directors of the Chattooga County Tuberculosis Association, ! together with school and health (officials will meet at 3:30 o’clock (today (Thursday) at the Sum merville High School. be directed by Mrs. Hinton Lo gan, Poppy Chairman of the local Unit of the American Leg don Auxiliary. A large corps of volunteer workers has been or ganized to distribute the poppies in downtown and neighborhood centers. “Much depends upon the suc cess of Poppy Day,” said Mrs. i Logan “On the public response to our Poppy Day appeal depends | the Auxiliary’s ability to carry ; forward its work for the disabled war veterans and for the chil dren from whom war has taken i a father’s support. We would not like to go to them with empty hands. Poppy Day contributions i give us the means to serve them I with more than words of cheer. “But the poppy is more than a badge for those who contribute to our rehabilitation and child welfare work,” she emphasized. “It is a symbol of individual tri bute to the war dead—a sign that wearer holds in his heart a place of honor for those whs (died for America.”