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LAST HOME GAME-SUMMERVILLE VS. SYLVANIA—FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8 HERE ’N I THERE A revival is now in progress at the Congregational Holiness Church, near Lyerly, according to an announcement by the pastor, the Rev. Paul Fowler. The Rev. Joe Lovin, evangelist, is conducting the series, and everyone is cordially invited to attend, the Rev. Mr. Fowler stated. The regular meeting of Trion Lodge 160, F. & A. M„ will be held Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Lodge Hall. All qualified Masons are in vited. The Menlo School Store located next door to the Menlo Garage, is now open.. “You will find real bargains in wearing apparel and various ar ticles useful in the home,” school leaders said. . Capt Horace T. Clary, of Com pany E. 122 Infantry Georgia Na tional Guard, of Rome urges all men of his company to meet at 9 o’clock today (Thursday) at the National Guard Armory. He urges all men to be present as this is a most important meet ing. The annual dinner meeting of Cherokee Regional Library Board will be held at 6:30 p. m. Friday, November 12, at Riegeldale Tav ern, Trion. Several members of the State Department of Education will be principal speakers at the occas ion. The annual dinner meeting of the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, November 18, at the dining room of the Summer ville High School, it has been an nounced by Mose E. Brinson, President. Officers for the coming year will be elected and awards will be presented to the three local communities who were winners in the Community Improvement Contest. Little Sand Mountain won first place; Hanson, second; and Teloga, third. f'rs. Enda Dover Dies a! Trion Mrs. Enda Dover, 73, died at 8:45 p.m. Thursday in Trion aft er a lingering illness. She is survived by three daugh-| ters, Mrs. Cynthia Emma Wilson, of Dalton; Mrs. Ludie Mabie| Maxwell, of Trion, and Mrs. | Moena Adkins, of Birmingham, Ala.; four sons, Oscar and Jessie Martin, both of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Claude Martin, of Tren ton, and Mike Dover, of Flat Rock, Ala.; three brothers, Ben Hawkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; J. D. Hawkins, of Flat Rock, Ala., and S. K. Hawkins, of Ida Ala.. A number of grandchildren and ' great - greatgrandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church, near Flat Rock, Ala., at 1 p.m. Saturday. Interment was ■ in Liberty Hill cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. INDIANS LOSE TO LEE HIGH, 25 TO 6; ( I DACUS RETURNS KICKOFF 104 YARDS BY BILLY ESPY The only bright spot in the rainy, muddy game between Lee High and the Summerville In dians came in the third quarter when Joe Faye Dacus. Summer ville’s fleet halfback, took a Lee kickoff 4 yards behind his goal line and with some excellent blocking raced 104 yards to score the Indians’ only touchdown. Key blocks on this run were made by Bobby Nix and Jimmy Bush. Lee High scored early in the first period after taking, the kick-off and marching 60 yards to score with Keeton going over from the 1. Parrish scored the extra point. Lee kicked to Summerville, Bush taking the ball to the 38. Ralph Stanley was hurt throw ing a block on this return and had to leave the game, his ear being cut badly. Dacus lost 4, and Cash fumbled the ball, be ing recovered by Lee High on the 22, 2 lirie plays netted 4 yards as Mac Smith heaved a long pass that was intercepted by Bobby Nix on the goal line. Nix raced up the sidelines to the 25. where he slipped and fell trying to side step in the mud. Dacus picked up 5, Nix got 1 and a pass from Dacus to Jimmy Bush was good for 9 and a first down, then the Indians’ offense bogged down and Dacus kicked out of bounds on the 10. One line play picked up 4 for Lee and from there it was Keeton again, this time rac ing 86 yards for the tally. The Join The Chattooga'Chamber of Commerce-Drive Starts Nov. 19 (Th? Nma VOL. 63; NO. 47 t : Huge Group Hears Pope > Lanham and John Brock i More than 500 persons gather bed at the beautiful Memorial l Home site Sunday afternoon to ; pay tribute to these Chattooga Countains who lost their lives in World War I and II and to celebrate Armistice Day. I The occasion was the third an nual Armistice Day celebration, which was sponsored jointly by t American Legion post 129 and . VFW Post 6688. 1 C. Flannery Pope, State Com mander of the VFW, told the group of veterans and their fam- ■ ilies that he believed if those • who had given their lives in the L two World Wars could speak, ; they would advocate a number of ; improvements in this country. I Naming them, Mr. Pope placed ;! national security first and elimi nation of juvenile delinquency second. “I am of the opinion,” he said, : “that there is no juvenile delin l qunecy, but that it is a matter , of parental delinquency.” Other points brought out by the speaker as improvements ! those giving their lives for this ! country would endorse includes the following: better hospital care for veterans: better housing for veterans; better program of, • on-the-job training; improve-; ’ ment of processing veterans 1 claims; and each post with a 1 home of it’s own. Commander Pope reminded the group of the purpose of the VFW, ■ which is to perpetutate the com radeship which grew out of the associations in the Wars, and to honor the dead by aiding the living. Congressman Lanham Also on the platform located in front of the unfinished Memorial Home structure, was Congress man Henderson Lanham. Advocating some sort of world union or organization to preserve the peace, Congressman Lanham declared that he was not advo cating Pacificism, nor appease ment or the abandonment of our national policy of strength and preparedness. ; I “But we must not rely entirely ; L upon our preparedness program,” he said. “If we stop there, our 1 (very efforts to get ready for war I may lead us into war. For ex- j ample we are now thinking in ' terms of winning a third world ’ war. Some even are advocating > - that we start a third world war • as a preventive of war.’ He pointed out that it is the duty of our top military men to 1 think in terms of winning a third j 1 ■ world war if it should come, but < 'that it is just as certainly the i ' duty of our statesmen, our religi- . 1 ous leaders, our scientists, our philosophers and just “plain p John Q. Citizen” to be thinking i in terms of preventing the Third >: World War. I “We must think and talk peace instead of war,” Congressman I Lanham told the huge group of J —. I ( i try for the conversion failed. | The third period saw another : Lee score pushed across as a pass from Dacus was' intercepted by Lee on the 46. From there Lee drove to the 16, where Nac Smith went over for the score. The try for the extra ooint again failed and at the half the score stood ■ I 19-0. Summerville received the kick off after the half and after an exchange of punts, Summerville held Lee on their own 18, the In ’ dians failed to gain and Dacus’ I kick was blocked on the 16. . ; 1 Again it was Keeton, this time • from the 16, again the try for 1 s conversion failed. i Then came the big moment for■: the Indian rooters? Dacus took : ’ the kickoff behind his goal line, i hit the sidelines, picked up a couple of well timed blocks and ' ■ got to the midfield stripe where !• Bobby Nix took out the last Lee f '■ ' player and Dacus was all by < himself to score the Indians only : < ; touchdown. The try for the ex- j i i tra point failed. , 1 The rest of the third period ; [ and all of the last period the two ; teams battled without a score |. and neither team seriously • ! threatened. Friday night the Indians play i i their last home game, playing • ■ host to the undefeated team 1 . from Sylvania, Ala. Sylvania has ; been scored on but twice this ! season and from all reports are a bunch of big boys with a cou nle of hard running backs. Game 1 ■ time is set for 8 p.m. EST. s SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948 listeners. The speaker quoted from Dr. Arnold Toynbee in his book, “Civilization on Trial,” which says that whether western civili zation survives or goes the way of all prior civilizations, depends upon our answer and response to the great challenge our civili zation, which is war. Discussing a world government, Congressman Lanham said that most advocates of such a plan agree that it should have at least the following miniipum powers: 1. Prohibit the use or threat of force in the settlement of in ternational disputes; 2. Control atomic energy and other similia. scientific developments; 3. Limit the arms and forces of member nations to leves required for in ternal policirtg; 4. Raise revenue under a limited but direct taxing power independent of national taxation. “You men bo whom I speak to day know better than anyone else living the horrors and de structiveness of war. Your or ganizations could become the mightiest forces in America to day in promoting world security and peace if you would embrace as part of your program the formation of such a world feder ation. It is my hope and prayer that you throw your strength in to the urgent battle for the pres- I ervation of civilization and hu manity.” In conclusion, the speaker said that “then we could rejoice in the poets Parliament of Man, the Federation of the World. Then j indeed could we beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into pruning hooks, and men would learn wa: no more.’ John Brock, of Adairsville Seventh District Commander of the American Legion, told the veterans that they are first citi zens and that both the organiza tion he represents and the VFW are primarily concerned with civilian activities. The only good thing about war is the friendships made, Mr. Brock said, and the nearest thing to heaven on earth is a war’s end. A welcome was given by Em mett Clarkson, commander of the local American Legion Post, who expressed his appreciation for the help given toward con struction of the new building, which is now in progress. In a joint - welcome to the group, Hinton Logan, VFW com mander of Post 6688, commented on the progress of the building and urged all eligible men to join the VFW. Miss Mae Earl Strange. Unit President of the American Leg ion Auxiliary spoke briefly and announced the Auxiliay’s mem bership drive. John Stubbs, of Summerville. Seventh District V. F. W. Com-; mander. acted as master of ceremonies and introduced the Speakers. He extended a special welcome to the honor guests, the gold star families, who had re served seats near the speaker’s stand. The Marine Reserve Band, of Rome, presented several musical selections during the program, including the National Anthem. Ku-Klux Klansmen Parade On Streets; Meet Again Tonight More than 100 hooded Ku Klux Klansmen paraded on the streets of Summerville Saturday night and distributed literature calling ) for a mass meeting tonight j (Thursday.) While approximately 30 of the men marched in a procession several rode horses and a number followed in automobiles. A huge electrically lighted cross burned j on top of one of the automobiles, while hundreds of curious spec tators looked on. The literature distributed by | the hooded klansmen announced a mass demonstration of the Klan at 8 o’clock tonight, at the Summerville baseball park and stated that those interested in joining were invited to appear for the initation. Dr. Samuel Green, of Atlanta, Grand Dragon, in a statement this week declared that he would attend the meeting here. ' CITY ATTORNEY ESPY RULES ON SEWER, WATER QUESTION City Attorney T. J. Espy this week issued a ruling to the effect \ that it is not illegal for the City of Summerville to have sewers and a water system installed in houses outside the city limits. The ruling followed a charge by a group of citizens that the city was acting Illegally in con nection with the installation of a number of sewers and water sys : terns in several outlying houses of the Summerville Manufactur ing Company villiage. Mr. Espy cited the water Reve nue Certificate Act, title 87-801. which grants to municipalities the authority to construct water systems and sewer systems “within and without the munici pal limits” of any city in Georgia, i In Georgia Reports 201, page 228, Mr. Espy also cited the case of Reed vs. the City of Smyrna, and revenue certificate law 37, Constitution of ’45, where each revenue certificate becomes a part of the charter of every mu nicipality of this state. The city attorney has forward-i ed his ruling to Maddox and Maddox, of Rome, the law firm representing the citizens making the charges. Survey for Park Is Now Being Made A survey is being made this week of the park area, after which plans for drainage will be made, according to a statement by the Board of Directors in charge of the building of the Park. The move to secure a park for Summerville was begun recently by a group of interested citizens who felt that the need for such a recreational spot was great and that it was up to the people to ;see that it was obtained. The Board was eleced recently at a meeting ol a number of in terested people from Summerville and vicinity. The plot of land between the Summerville High School and the railroad has been set aside for this park. THREE ESCAPE INJURY IN ACCIDENT HERE Three men escaped injury Sunday night in an accident near) ; the bridge on U. S. Highway 27, i South of Summerville. According to members of the Sheriff’s force the 1941 Buick’ Convertible driven by Thomas Corbin, Jr., of Rome, crashed in- I to the railing near the bridge ■ and was demolished. Corbin was charged with dirv ing under the influnece of alco hol. The names of the other men were unavailable. Police Officers, Leroy Tucker,) Sdmond Kerce and W. G. Tallent nvestigated the case. MEDICAL SOCIETY IN FAVOR OF A COUNTY HOSPITAL The monthly meeting of the) Chattooga County Medical So-i ciety was held Tuesday evening at the home of Dr. R. N. Little. Several items of business were taken up, among them the dis cussion of possibilities of getting i a county hospital for Chattooga County. The Medical Society | went on record as being 100 per i cent in favor of taking advant age of the present program of the Federal and State Govern ments under the Taft-Hartley ; law, for erection of County Hos- I pitals wherever needed. ' Under this program the Fed |eral and State governments will furnish two-thirds of the neces sary funds for building and 1 equipping a county hospital, pro- , vided the County raises the re maining one-third and furnishes a suitable site for location of the : building. This is a wonderful opportunity for Chattooga Coun ity to secure a much-needed, ) adequate, well-equipped hospital : I for only one third of its actual cost. ; Following the business session of the meeting, a delicious din ner was served by Mrs. Little. After dinner, three case his tories were presented for discus sion by Dr. G. H. Little, of Trion, and Dr. Howell P. Holbrook and Dr. William T. Gist , both of Summerville. Only two members were absent ' from the meeting. WAR-INSPIRED FRIENDSHIP CONTINUES WITH VISIT HERE Mfc.. KnHH MR. AND MRS. LON ED KIR BY and son, Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby were among 51 couples coming in contact with the un usual generosity of a Califorina couple, Mr. and Mrs. Al Young, during the war. Winners of Five-Acre Colton Contest Winner of the Chattooga .County Five-Acre Cotton Contest and the SSO cash prize was Henry Chappalear, of Menlo, according to an announcement by J. B Butler, County Agent. Mr. Chappelear’s five acres jpromished a yield of 10.8 bales, based on 40 per cent lint, or 13 490 pounds of seed cotton, ac | cording to a boll count. Second prize winner was Rov Baker, of Summerville, who re ceived S3O, and winning third place was N. W. Garvin, of Menlo, recipient of the S2O prize. Farmers participating included Bob Massey, Leroy Massey, R. S. Speer, C. W. Hutchins, J. E. Hardwick. Oscar Brown. R. A. Tucker T. P. Johnson and Walt Moseley. The prizes were donated by the textile mills of the county. LOCAL SEAL SALE QUOTA IS $2,000 If the Chattooga County Tu berculosis Association is to carry out its plan for expanded tuber culosis control services to com munity residents during the com ling year, it must raise $2,000 in }the 1948 Christmas Seal Sale I which begins Dec. 6 and will con tinue until Christmas. I The quota was announced this 'week by Mrs. Emmett Clarkson president of the tuberculosis as sociation. The committee, headed by Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, will con duct the Seal Sale throughout the county simultaneously with the 3,000 organizations all over I the nation affiliated with the ! National Tuberculosis Associa tion. Mrs Clarkson, in announcing I the quota for the 1948 campaign, said that the sum had been set I on the basis of an exhaustive re- Iview of the association’s func tions by its budget and program i committees. She added that the total is the minimum needed to I carry on the association’s 1949 i health program in Chattooga ) County. “Tuberculosis is killing nearly 50,000 American? annually,” Mrs. Clarkson pointed out. “We in this county must do all we can to fight the disease right here in thus community. One way to do this is by supporting the local tuberculosis association in its tuberculosis control work in Chattooga County. With this in mind, we must and will realize our quota.” Auto Thieves Arrested Near Trion Sunday W. T. Parker and Herbert Thomas were arrested early Sun day morning and charged with the theft of a 1935 Pontiac, al legedly belonging to James Pierce, of Rome. According to Trion policemen I D. H. Robinson and Pete Sum mers, who made the arrests, the two men presumably took the automobile in Rome early Sun day morning. They picked up Bobby Clines, who was hitch hiking north of Rome, later they took his wallet and beat him about the face, after which they left him on the Plaza, the offi cers said. Immediately Robinson (and Sumners sought the alleged thieves and thev were overtaken (north of Trion. By Helen Toles A young Chattooga County veteran and his wife feel that I they have a second home way out in California. Although they are the or,ly ones in Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Ed Kirby of Summerville, are not the only couple in these 48 states who have a soft spot in their hearts for Mr. and Mrs. Al Young, of Long Beach, Calif. There are 50 other veterans and 1 their wives, who as long as they ) live, will never forget the kindly ) broker and his wife. And it will I be with just as much sentiment and love that Mr. and Mrs. - Young, parents of four children . of their own, remember their 104 ; “adopted” children. In fact their recent visit to Mr. i and Mrs. Kirby here is more evi , dence that there is a bond be tween the generous couple and their devoted young veteran (friends which will not grow weaker with the passing years, but instead will grow stronger and stronger. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, and their • 10-year old son Wayne, who are ’> who are farming near the State Fish Hatchery, returned late one afternoon from their fields and found their California friends sedately making themselves at ; i home. Mr. and Mrs. Young had arrived several hours earlier and ■ 'built fires, knowing that sooner or later Mr. and Ms. Kirby would arrive. Started in 1944 It was back in 1944 when Mr Kirby, of the U. S. Navy, had just: Rex Wyall, 80, Dies Suddenly Samuel R. (Rex' Wyatt, 80. Idled suddenly at his home in' j Menlo at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Wyatt, a well-known mer- . chant and Wetong resident of, Chattooga County, was born and i reared near Menlo. He has been engaged in the hardware business in Menlo since 1920, and an elder in the j Menlo Presbyterian church a • (number of years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 1 Eula B. Alexander Wyatt, of ' Menlo; one daughter, Mrs. Sam / C. Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C.: ' three sons. Charles A. Wyatt, of j 1 Menlo: S. C. Wyatt, of Little 1 Rock, Ark., and E. M. Wyatt, of ; Oklahoma City, Okla.; four ] brothers, J. R. and H. E. Wyatt, both of Menlo: E. H. Wyatt, of ' Chickamauga, and T. H Wyatt, of Ada. Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. 1 W. M. Ransom and Mrs. J. P Agnew, of Menlo, and Miss Rosa / ‘ Wyatt, of New Orleans, La. Funeral services were held at 1 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. S K. Dodson, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Pat Brock and the Rev. George D. Erwin. Interment was in the family , lot of Alpine cemetery. J. D Hill Funeral Home, of Summer- j I ville, in charge. Fred Dale Whaley Succumbs Here Fred Dale Whaley, 43, died at the residence of his brother, I Kenneth Whaley, in Trion, at 11 j. p.m. Monday after a lingering I: illness. He is survived by his mother, |; Mrs. Laura Roberts, of Etowah. ' Tenn.; two sisters, Miss Edal Whaley, of Cleveland, Tenn., and Mrs. Beulah Harris, of Etowah, ;. I Tenn.; six brothers, Ora and: j Kenneth, of Trion; Dot and Ev- , ) erett, of Etowah, Tenn., and Joe , I and Herbert, of Chattanooga. I Funeral services are to be con- 1} i ducted at the Michigan Avenue < Baptist Church in Cleveland, f . Tenn., at 2 o’clock today (Thurs- j I day). Interment is to be in Ram- ( 1 sey Cemetery near Cleveland. Poppy Sale Nels ) $266, Chairman Says ) Proceeds from the annual Pop- ’ py Sale totalled $226, according • to Mrs. Hinton Logan, Chairman, j The little replicas of the fam- ; : ous poppies on the battlefields in | Belgium and France during: World War I, were sold by Girl: [Scouts in a majority of the com munities in Chattooga County. I GROW/NG W/TH CHATTOOGA $1 50 A YEAR 'returned from a tour of the Southwest Pacific. And he want led his wife, Nellie, to visit him Plans were made and Mrs. Kirby : was on her way to the West I Coast, but her sailor husband was worried. There was no place for them to stay. Thousands of servicemen were sending for their wives as they returned or before they shipped out, and .rooms were rare. Mr. Kirby made many inquiries at booths whose purpose was to aid servicemen in their search for living quarters, and it was after one of these futile inquires that he was standing alone won dering where to go next. A soft spoken man with a twinkle in his eyes approached and a casual conversation en sued. Mr. Young's resulting invita tion to “come home with me” both shocked and delighted the distressed Chattooga Countian. Mrs. Kirby arrived and the two of them spent eight days, rent free, in a completely furnished bedroom, with adjoining bath They were the sixth of the 51 couples who were the guests of “Uncle Al” and Mrs. Young dur ing and following the war years. Visting Others Prior to visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, they had visited eight other of their war made friends, | and planned to call on seven more before returning to Cali i fornia. A tour earlier this year i carried them to visit five vet i erans and their wives. The 51 couples who visited Mr. and Mrs. Young were from 31 states. “I had heard,” Uncle Al said “that Southern hospitality had died. But I can n. ~ay that is a malicious lie.” Mr. and Mrs. Young will re turn in time to attend the wed sring of their youngest daughter, who will be married on December 26. will be tfe: Last time I’ll walk up the aisle 1 ”* Mr. YJung said, “because all four of them will be married then.” Inspired to Help Their inspiration to help the servicemen during the war years was a picture in a newspaper of a young soldier and his wife sit ting on a park bench. They had spent the night there. Mr. and Mrs. Young immedi ately went to work furnishing and equipping an extra room in their real estate office >and mak ing it inviting and comfortable. The results of this move have been far reaching. Not only have they given much joy to the couples who were fortunate enough to be their guests, but the couples in turn have inspired Mr. Young to write a book. It is entitled “Furlough Den.’ The Indoor Sports Club, orga nized for cripples, will receive the entire proceeds from the sale of this book, according to Mr. Young. There are 17 clubs, and Mr. Young is associated with the Long Beach group, which is com posed of 175 members. “It is organized for mutual in terest among cripples,” Mr 'Young said, “and we hope to be able to get a clubroom with the proceeds from this book. It’s al ready sold and will be on the I market soon.” The creed of “Uncle Al” is this: “Do not keep alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words, while their ears can hear them and Vvhile their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by them. The kind things you mean to say when they are gone, say before they go. The flowers you mean to send for their coffins send to brighten and sweeten their homes, while they live in them. If my friends have alabas ter boxes, (full pf fragrant per fumes of sympathy and affZ:- tion) laid away, intending to break them over my dead body, I would rather they would open them that I may be refreshed and cheered by them, while I need them. “I would rather have a plain coffin without a flower, a funeral without an eulogy than a life without the sweetness of love and. sympathy. Let us leam to anoint our friends beforehand for their burial. Post mortem kindness does not cheer the [troubled spirit. Flowers on the I coffin cast no fragrance back ward o’er life’s weary way.”