Newspaper Page Text
- HELP TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS-BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS TODAY! -
[ here n i
I THERE I
* J
The Chttooga County Fair As
sociation will meet at 2 p. m.
Saturday, December 18, at the
courthouse to elect Directors and
officers for the coming year,
according to J. B. Butler.
Trion Lodge No. 160, F. and
A. M., will meet at 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, at which there will be
the election of officers and M. M.
degree.
C. M. Hutchins and sons, ot
Summerville, recently sold one
purebred Aberdeen-Angus cow to
Clyde Harlow, of Summerville,
and two cows to J. M. Green and
Son, of Armuchee.
Hair Farms, of Summerville,
recently sold nine purebred Ab
erdeen-Angus cows and two bulls
to High Pine Farm of Rome, two
cows and one bull to the Cope
land Farms of Lyerly, and one
bull to Willie Storey of Summer
ville.
The Rome Tigers and the La-
Fayette Red Raiders colored,
teams, will play at 8 p. m. Friday
at the Trion field. The football
game is being sponsored by the
Trion P. T. A.
The Annual Christmas party of
the American Legion Auxiliary
will be held in the Legion Hall
Tuesday, December 14. The time
has been set for 8 o’clock.
All members are urged to be
present and to bring a gift suit
able for any other member.
The Most Valuable Player of
the Year will be selected by the
Trion Alumni T. Club at a meet
ing at 7:30 o’clock in the auditor- i
ium at the High School.
A trophy will be presented. ■
Last year the trophy was given
Gene Day, and the previous year
the award was made to Ross
Stephens.
A Chevrolet truck carrying a
load of wood blocks jack knifed
off the road at the Trion high
way bridge early Tuesday morn
ing. No serious damage was re
ported.
The accident occurred when a
car in front of the truck stopped
suddenly when a bus approached I
the far side of the bridge, ac
cording to local police.
J. D. Bledsoe, driver of the
truck which was making a run
from Chattanooga to Rome, was
said to have made the statement
that the flat gas tanks on the
side of the truck hung on the
ground, keeping the truck from
toppling over into the river and
possibly saved his life.
North Georgia College was ad
mitted to full membership as a
senior college in the Southern
Association of Colleges in its
annual meeting in Memphis on
December 2. The institution serv
ed an unusually short probation
period between its conversion in
to a four-year college in 1946 and
its full recognition by the region
al accrediting agency this week.
It was one of four senior colleges
in the south admitted to mem
bership.
The patronage of North Georg
ia College is state-wide, with
some 135 counties in every sec
tion of the state represented in
its student body.
Col. McClure
Gives Talk On
"National Defense"
On the seventh anniversary of
Pearl Harbor, the Summerville
Lion’s Club heard an address by
Col. Freeman C. McClure, Judge
Advocate of the Georgia Reserve
Officers Association on “National
Defense.” The meeting was held
Tuesday evening at Riegeldale
Tavern.
Col. McClure told of the needs
and requirements of national de
fense and called upon every Lion
to support the move for proper
defense of our country.
He was introduced by Robert
Trimble who was in charge of
the program.
H. B. Scoggins Now
Whitfield County Agent
H. B. Scoggins, for the past
three years County Agent of
Paulding County, has been em
ployed as agricultural agent of
Whitfield County.
Mr. Scoggins formerly taught
vocational agriculture in Cohutta
and Varnell Schools in Whitfield
County in 1940-41, after which he
served in War H in the Signal
Corps, and spent two years in the
Al European theater.
™ He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia College of
Agriculture, and is married to
the former Miss Ira Myrtle Perry,
of Chattooga County. They have
a two year old son.
BitmnwruiUr News
VOL. 63; NO. 51
Seal Sale
Reported
The response to the Christ
mas Seals sent out Monday has
been most gratifying, according
to Mrs. Agnes Hammond, treas
urer of the Chattooga County
Tuberculosis Association.
“We have not yet opened the
letters,” Mrs. Hammond said,
“but we’ve received plenty of
them to open.”
She said that the money will
be counted this week and that
a report will be made next week.
The drive got off to a start
Monday. “Red Pajama Day.” A
pair of child’s red pajamas and
Seal Sale posters across the front
courthouse door called attention
to the sale.
The brightly colored 1948 Seal
features a pajama-clad child
seated before a blazing fire
place, waiting patiently for
Santa Claus to arrive. Barry
Bart, internationally known
free-lance artist, designed this
year’s Seal. Mr. Bart is particu
larly noted in this country for
his drawings and illustrations in
TRION CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON JANUARY 6TH; NINE QUALIFY
The Trion City Election will be j
held on January 6, 1948. In addi- i
tion to those seeking re-election
three new candidates have an
nounced.
The registration book will be in
Harry Hardeman’s office at the
Community Center between 9 a.
i m. until 5 p. m. Monday through
and from 9 a. m. until
12 noon on Saturdays.
Considerable interest was
shown in last year’s election,
which provided friendly compe
tition and rivalry among the
various candidates.
City Recorder and Mayor Pro
Tern Hardeman has announced
: rhe following citizens have quali
, tied with him to run in this elec
tion.
MAYOR
W. B. Simmons
Recorder and Mayor Pro Tern
Harry Hardeman
COUNCILMEN
C. B. Bricker
Roy Bruce
Andrew Campbell
L. C. Dalton
Graves Gore
Clayton Smallwood
J. C. Woods
Any other candidates desiring
to announce must qualify ac
cording to the laws pertaining to
the city election.
Naval, Military
Academy Exams
Announced-Lanham
The Civil Service Commission
will conduct a Congressional ex
amination for designation to the
U. S. Military and Naval Acade
mies on Monday, January 17,
1949. The examination is open
only to candidates designated by
Members of Congress.
Any young men between the
ages of 17 and 22 years wishing
to take this examination may
notify Congressman Henderson
Lanham, Post Office Building,
Rome, before December 20, so
that he can make arrangements
for an examination.
Children Urged to Call
For Reading Certificates
Several children who are eli
gible for Vacation Reading Club
certificates have not yet receiv
ed theirs, according to Mrs. J.
L. Henderson, local Librarian.
Anne Marie Wilson, Annie Pearl
Roberts and Barbara Rose have
not been awardede their 1948
certificates, Mrs. Henderson said
in urging them to call by the
library as soon as possible.
The following have not receiv
ed their 1947 certificates: Ron
ald Prince, Charles Pesterfield,
Jerry Nix, Patsy Eleam, Donnie
Herod, David Herod, Don n y
; Spears and John Thomas Self.
RAMEY NAMED ON
STATE WELFARE BOARD
I H. Grady Ramey, former Chat
tooga County Representative, has
been appointed by Gov. Herman
Talmadge as a member of the
State Welfare Board.
Mr. Ramey is one of 10 mem-
I bers of this Board, and he rep
resents the 10th District.
The Welfare Board is in charge
of all Welfare Boards in the
state, several state institutions
and Social Security as well.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 1948
Response
As ‘Good’
the field of aviation.
Proceeds from the Seal Sale,
which closes on Dec. 25, will
make possible the Chattooga
Tuberculosis Association’s 1949
tuberculosis prevention and con
trol program. Quota for Chat
tooga County, based on the asso
ciation’s minimum needs to ful
fill its planned projects, is
$2,000.
“Many county residents will
make the Seals their first
Christmas purchase,” Mrs. Em
mett Clarkson said yesterday.
“They realize that the work of
the tuberculosis association,
which helps to protect them
against the disease, is strength
ened with every contribution
made through the purchase of
Christmas Seals.”
Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, of Menlo,
who headed the mailing com
mittee, said that postal authori
ties in the county had given
their “usual wholehearted co
operation” in assisting with the
Seal mailings.
Little Sand Mountain
Receives $75 From
Chattanooga C. ol C.
As county winner in the Com
munity Improvement Contest.
Little Sand Mountain received an
: award of $75 from the Chatta-
I nooga Chamber of Commerce,
who together with the Chattooga
j County Chamber sponsored the
[ contest locally.
The award was made at a
banquet held Monday night at
! the Read House, Chattanooga,
i Tenn.
i Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Cooper, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Mathis, J. B.
Butler and Walter Neville at
tended on behalf of Chattooga
County and Little Sand Moun
tain.
Christmas Seals
Christmas Seals have been
sold in the United States since
1907 when the first Seal Sale
was conducted in Wilmington,
Del. This frist Seal Sale was
organized and conducted by
the late Miss Emily P. Bissell
to raise funds to aid a group
of doctors who were operating
a small sanatorium for tuber
; culous patients on the Brandy
wine River.
In 1908 the Seal Sale was
conducted on a national scale
and has been national ever
since. Funds from the annual
sale of Christmas Seals are
used to support the year-round
tuberculosis control work of
the 3,000 associations affiliated
with the National Tuberculosis
ed each year, 95 per cent is
ed each yera, 95 per cent is
used within the state of orgin
and five per cent is allocated to
the National Association.
Work supported by Christ
mas Seals falls into four gen
eral categories: education, case
finding, rehabilitation and med
-1 [ ical research. The specific pro
[ gram In each community de
[ pends upon the needs and re
sources of the community.
Christmas Seal funds are not
used for treatment or for
building and maintaining san
atoriums. Treatment and faci
lities for treatment are provid
ed from tax funds.
If very penny raised in the
' largest Seal Sale (18,666,000 in
1947) hospital care for each of
’ the 500.000 estimated cases of
active tuberculosis. While the
length of time a tuberculous
patient needs hospital care
varies, the average stay in a
hospital in six months.
The total raised from the
’ sale of Christmas Seals in the
40 years from 1907 through
1947 is $201,000,000.
McGraw, Rav and
Keith Take Office
Levi McGraw defeated T. M.
Booth 106 votes Saturday to re
tain his office as Justice of the
Peace, 925th District. McGraw
received 467, while his only op
ponent received 361.
A. T. Ray and Bobby Keith
. were elected constables. Ray re
; ceiving 468 and Keith 355. H. G.
Buford received 340.
HARRIS, HARTLINE
PLEAD GUILTY TO
FIVE COUNTS HERE
General Gordon Hartline and
“Toby” Harris plead guilty last
week prior to City Court to a
total of five cases, four of which
concerned the illegal handling
of alcoholics.
Hartline was fined SSOO each
for -possessing liquor and selling
beer without a license.
Harris plead guilty to the
three charges against him and
was fined SSOO for possessing
wine for the purpose of sale
without a license, and SSOO for
possessing liquor. He was fined
costs for possessing and main
taining slot machines.
New Church of Christ
Planned at Trion
Plans are being readied for the
building of a new $50,000 Church
of Christ at Trion, it has been
disclosed by H. Grady Ramey,
Chairman of the Building Com
mittee, who said the new build
ing will be at the present loca
tion.
It is expected that the struc
ture will begin immediately after
the first of the year, Mr. Ramey
said. It will be of brick and com
pletely modern.
The main auditorium will be
44 by 75 feet and the exact size
of the Sunay School room addi
tion has not been disclosed.
Part of the old building will be
used until the new structure is
completed. The present church
! was built in 1906 and there have
been several additions since, he
said.
SUMMERVILLE
BEAUTIFUL IN
HOLIDAY ATTIRE
For the first time, the streets
of Summerville have been
beautifully decorated for the
Christmas season. This was
sponsored by the Retail Mer
chants Association.
Dozens of silver-sprayed ce
dar trees line the side walks on
Commerce Street, and all busi
nesses near these trees have
been asked to decorate them.
At the intersection of Rome
Boulevard and South Com
merce Street, Fred Aldred has
erected a huge Christmas tree
which is beautifully lighted
every night with dozens of
brightly colored lights.
Lights also have been strung
from the different intersec
tions on Commerce Street.
The display windows of the
stores are said by many to be I
more beautiful than ever be- 1
fore. One merchant has install- :
, ed a loud speaker over his I
I store and Christmas Carols are ;
played at periods during the
day.
Eight Men Called
For Pre-Induction
Examinations
Eight Chattooga County men
were to leave Wednesday for
pre-lnduction examinations at
Fort McPherson, according to
Miss Mae Earle Strange, Clerk of
the local draft board.
They are: William Edward
Hayes, of Trion: Charles Douglas
Colbert, of Trion; William Er
nest Massey, of Menlo; Wayne
Leonard Dillard, of Summerville,
Route 1; Wilmer Eugene Jack
son, of Summerville, Route 3;
Roy Roscoe Elsberry, of Sum
merville, Route 1; Elliott Lee
Norton, of Summerville, and
Jess Roy Dempsey, of Summer
ville, Route 1.
4-H Council, Advisors
To Meet Saturday
Members of the Chattooga
County 4-H Council will meet at
10 a. m. Saturday at the County
Agents office, it has been an
nounced by J. B. Butler, County
Agent.
The purpose of the meeting is
to elect officers and advisors for
1949, it was stated.
Scout District Rally
To Be Held Saturday
The Boy Scout District Rally
will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday,
at the Trion Community Center
Gymnasium, it has been an
nounced.
C. H. Westin, of Rome, Chief
Executive, will attend, and all
Scouts are urged to be present.
The three judges will be from
i cut-of-town, it was disclosed.
State Representative To
Confer Here on Hospital
CANTATA PLANNED
BY FIRST BAPTISTS
FOR DECEMBER 15
The First Baptist Church will I
present a cantata, “The Story of
Christmas”, by H. Alexander |
Matthews at 8 p. m. Wednesday, I
December 15. [
The cantata will be rendered
by a 40 voice choir under the dir- '
ection of Guy Walton, director |
of music of the First Baptist|
Church. Miss Alma Zada Ellen
berg will accompany the choir at
the piano.
Soloists for the cantata will be
Mrs. John Bankston, soprano:
Miss Annie Pitts, soprano; Mrs.
Bob Baker, contralto; and Billy
Macßridges; tenor. Mr. Walton;
will sing the baritone solos.
Mr. Bridges, a promising young
tenor soloist, is from the First
Baptist Church. Augusta. Recent
ly, he gave a benefit concert at
the Tabernacle Baptist Church
there, and he is very popular in
Augusta and other towns in that[
section, Mr. Walton said.
Others to be in the choir are: j
Mrs. J. A. Duff, Mrs. R. S.
Thomas, Mrs. Harry Wallace, ■
Jack Meacham, Truett Frazier,;
Bob White, O. G. Morehead, Sr.,
Billy Morehead. Otis Gorman,
Mrs. J. B. Butler. Mrs. Curtis
Meacham, Mrs. Ervin Millard.
Miss Carol White, Miss Emoleen
Chambers, Miss Anne Peppers,
Miss Rhudean Chambers, Frank
Penley, Van Dobbs. Miss Helen
Dobbs, Miss Gail White, L. B.
Thomason, Miss Carol Patterson,
Miss Dot Stewart, Mrs. J. E.
Baker, W. G. Rutherford, Curtis
Meacham. Dennis Cox, Mrs. Den
nis Cox, Wilburn Hudson, Mrs.
Wilburn Hudson, Wright Wheel
er. Mrs. Paul Jones, Mrs. Harry
Foster, Bob Mullinax, Miss Mar
tha Mae Parker, Rev. I. C. Fra
zier, Mrs. Earl Nix, Billy Espy.
Wayne Groce and Bob Baker.
McWilliams, Adams
And McKenzie Win
Trion Election
Eugene McWilliams won the
election for justice of the peace
for Trion District, 870 G. M. in
Saturday’s election. Speedy Ad
ams and Taylor McKenzie were
elected bailiffs.
Assisting with the election i
held by George Atkins, justice of
the peace, were Mrs. M. L. ;
Spray berry’, Mrs. C. H. Neal. Mrs. !
June Drummond, Bill Maffett,
Douglas Baker and Troy Atkins.
Mr. Atkins reported the fol
lowing number of votes by can
didates: For justice of peace,
George Helms, 159; R. E. McWil
liams, 382; for bailiff, J. H.
Adams, 323; Howard Barnett,
221; Taylor McKenzie. 299, and
F. P. Nunn, 33.
WA4S Reorganized
At Sand Mountain
Mrs. Duke Espy, of Summer
ville, met with the ladies of Sand !
Mountain in the home of Mr. and j
Mrs. Z. M. Cooper to re-organize
the W. M. S.
Mrs. Espy was in charge of the j
meeting.
After a talk on what the W.,
M. U. stands for and what it is!
doing, the following officers were
elected:
President, Mrs. H. E. Mathis;
Ist vice president, Mrs. G. W.
Murdock; 2nd vice president,
Mrs. H. M. Rosser; secretary and
treasurer. Mrs. Z. M. Cooper;
stewardship. Mrs. W. L. Owens;
mission study chairman. Mrs. H.
P. Caldwell; community mission
chairman. Mrs. M. J. Owens.
The next meeting will be in the
I home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
| Mathis at 6:30 p. m. Saturday.
| Dec. 11.
CHRIJTMAJ SEALj
I
$1,500.00 Raised
By C. of C. In
Membership Drive
More than $1,500 was secured
by the Chamber of Commerce in
their recent membership drive, it
was disclosed yesterday.
The latest to turn in a report
is Trion, who reported $454, Fred
Aldred, president said.
He highly commended Trion
for their cooperation and en
thusiasm for the C. of C.
W. M. Storey to
Address Wildlife
Club Here Monday
Members of the Chattooga
; County Wildlife and Conserva
! tion Club will be privileged to
hear W. M. Story, Secretary-
Treasurer of the Chattooga Farm
Bureau, at the December meet-
I ing of the club to be held at
7:30 p. m., Dec. 13, at the court
house in Summerville, according j
to W. H. Smith, president.
Mr. Storey is also vice-presi
dent of the state Farm Bureau
Federation and is interested in
i the wildlife and conservation i
program, Mr. Smith said.
An interesting moving picture
entitled “The Radiant Rockies,”
will be shown to the audience
and two turkeys will be given
away at the meeting to grace
somebody’s Christmas dinner
table.
The meeting will be presided
over by Mr. Smith, who says the
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
W. A. Peppers, 66,
Dies in LaFayeUe
Wiliam Albert Peppers, 66,
formerly of Summerville, died at i
his home, in LaFayette, at 61
! o’clock Sunday morning.
Surviving are three daughters,;
; Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, Mrs. Brooks
Massengale and Mrs. Charlie
Saine; three sons, Raymond,
Dewey and Donald Peppers, all of
LaFayette; three sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Yancey, Lyerly; Misses Lou
and Julia Peppers, Summerville;
three brothers, A. J. Peppers,
Lyerly; T. M. Peppers, LaFayette,
' and W. F. Peppers, Corpus Chris-
■ tie. Tex., and 10 grandchildren.'
Funeral services were held at
i 2 o’clock Monday at the Second
I Baptist Church in LaFayette,
Rev. Tommie Waits and Rev.
Dennis Hannah officiating. Ac
tive pallbearers were nephews of
the deceased. Honorary: C. W.
Hughes, Glenn Hughes. Ernest
Floyd. William Kinsey, Charlie
Lanier, Marion Fincher, Paul
Copeland, Doyle Welcher, Horace
Hayes, Tom Copeland and Wil
lard Harris. Interment in the La-:
Fayette Cemetery.
Gore FFA to Raffle
1 Turkeys Dec. 23
Two turkeys will be raffled off
|at the Gore High School base
-ball field at 12:30 p. m. Thurs-
■ day, Dec'. 23, it was announced by
I Gore Future Farmers of America
; leaders, sponsors of the event.
Proceeds will go into the treas
j ury of the F. F. A. Chapter to
[help carry out the program of
: work.
Rules of the contest are as
follows:
1. All targets will be sold on
the ball ground beginning at 12:-
30 p. m. Dec. 23.
2. No one can shoot at the
same target more than three
times.
3. No targets will be sold after
2 p. m.
4. Each contestant will stand
on home plate and shoot at the
target which will be 40 yards
away.
5. Contestants may shoot with
a rifle or shot gun.
6. One turkev will be given
away in the rifle contest and one
in the shot gun contest.
7. No one will be permitted to
go to the target area during the
contest.
8. Officers of the F. F. A chap
■; ter will be judges for the con
, j test.
L 9. No judging will be done until
’ after 2 p. m.
i 10. In case of a tie the contest
' ants will be given one shot each
) and the one shooting nearest the
target will be declared winner.
GROWING
WITH
CHATTOOGA
$1.50 A YEAR
Plans for the erection of a
j Chattooga County Hospital was
i the chief topic of discussion at
| the regular meeting of the direc-
I tors of the Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
: afternoon at the Chamber of
fice.
No further definite plans were
made, however, it was disclosed
that a member of the State De
' partment of Health would con
[ fer with T. J. Espy, chairman of
[ the Planning Committee, Wed
[ nesday. It was learned Wednes
day, however, that he had post
poned his trip until today.
J. B. Butler was appointed
chairman of an Agriculture
| Committee to determine how the
j C. of C. could better co-operate
with the farmers of the county
in their efforts to improve farm
: ing methods and increase farm
income.
Also on the committee were:
E. C. Pesterfield, D. L. McWhor
[ ter and O. L. Cleckler.
It was pointed out that the
annual farm income in this
county is close to six million
dollars, or about half that of
the industrial income.
Upon a suggestion by Miss
Beulah Shropshire, the group
; discussed the need for a charity
' program here. No definite plans
i were made, however, it was de-
I cided that the discussion would
be resumed at the next meeting.
On behalf of the entire Cham
ber. Fred Aldred, president,
thanked Rodman K. Eubanks,
president of the Retail Mer
chants Association, who also is
a C. of C. director, for the deco
ration of the streets of Sum
merville for the Christmas sea
son. and piaised t , R. M. A. for
this fine influence in the com
munity.
Mr. Aldred also expressed his
appreciation of C. E. Bricker,
I director from Trion, and that
I community’s interest and active
i participation in the Chamber.
WHAT THE TB
ASSOCIATION DOES
Do you know what your
local Tuberculosis Association
is doing?
These are a few of the ac
tivities carried on all the year
by the Association:
Food is provided TB families
whose bread-winner is strick
en with the disease until the
Welfare Department can se
cure Aid to Dependent Chil
dren (ADO for them.
Buys medicine and pays for
prescriptions when needed.
Provides clothing, such as
gowns and bath robes for per
sons going to Battey State
Hospital.
Pays for ambulances to
transport victims to Battey.
Has families of those with
i TB and any others suspected
I of the disease, x-rayed.
, Anyone who suspects he or
[ she has TB need only contact
the Association to receive an
x-ray. More than 100 were
x-rayed, free, last year.
There is an average of three
calls per . week at her office
concerning tuberculosis cases,
according to Mrs. B. W. Farrar.
. Rehabilitation Chairman.
The Welfare Board has co
' operated and put most TB
J families on ADC. Mrs. Farrar
I said.
. I To cite a specific instance of
> the work of the Association, it
■[ was disclosed that this week
a note was given to the Su
; j perintendent of the Summer
[ ville Negro Schools to be taken
[ to Dr. William Hyden, asking
that he x-ray any person the
Superintendent brings him
■ and charge it to the Associa-
> tion.
This work MUST go on. and
• money is needed to continue.
Won’t you help by buying
! Christmas Seals? If you
; haven’t received any, call Mrs.
5 O. L. Cleckler, Menlo, and
some will be sent immediately.
. Gore FFA, FHA Io
Present 'False Fronts'
e The Gore Future Farmers of
America and Future Homemak-
- ers of America will present a
- play titled “False Fronts,” at 7:30
p. m. Friday, December 17.
il This is a three act comedy that
will furnish a full evening of
- entertainment for all, leaders
h said.
e All the school buses will make
their regular routes.