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HERE 'N
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The pre-school section of the
Trion P. T. A. will meet at 7:30
p. m. Tuesday, January 18. The
meeting will be held in the Home
Economic room of the High
School building.
The regular meeting of Trion
Chapter O. E. S. 33 will be held
at the Masonk Hall, at 7:30 p.
m. Monday, January 17.
All members are urged to be
present by order of the worthy
matron, Mrs. Edith De Witte and
secretary, Foye Holt.
St. Andrews goal shooters,
from Chattanooga, will invade
Lyerly hardwood at 8 p. m. Sat
urday for their first game with
the Lyerly five.
Seeking revenge, Lyerly will
tangle with Piedmont, Ala., at
8 p. m. Wednesday on the Lyerly
court.
In their previous meeting, Ly
erly bowed to the Alabamians In
a close game, the score being
70-64.
There will be a regular con
vocation of Trion Chapter No.
19, Royal Arch Masons, at 7:30
p. m. Saturday, Jan. 15.
All Royal Arch Masons are in
vited, Ted H. Martin, secretary
said.
The Lyerly High School bask
etball teams will again play the
Menlo teams on the Menlo court
at 7:30 p. m. Friday.
This will be the third time
the long-time rivals have met
this season.
The Chattooga County Fellow
ship service will be held at 2:30
p. m. Sunday at the courthouse
in Summerville, it has been an
nounced by the Rev. J. W. Dan
iel, Pastor of the East Trion
Church of God, who is in charge.
Everyone is invited to attend
regardless of church affiliations,
it was stated.
The Rev. E. E. Jones, who is
heard over a Gadsden radio sta
tion, will speak at the 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. services at the Penn
ville Gospel Tabernacle Sunday.
Everyone is invited to hear the
Rev. Mr. Jones.
Saturday, January 15, is the
last day to report soil-building
practices carried out in 1948, C.
C. Brooks has announced
The office win remain ap£,i all
day Saturday, he said.
The Alpine Masonic Lodge will
meet at 7:30 p. m. Friday at
Menlo. All qualified Masons are
invited.
Two Chattooga Countians en
listed in the United States Army
Air Force in December thru the
Rome Office, M-Sgt. Robert E.
Ivey revealed this week.
Twenty - three men enlisted
thru the Rome Recruiting Office
last month, bringing the total
for the year to 455.
Locat men enlisting were: An
drew J. Campbell. 212 2nd Street,
Trion and Bob Lowry, Menlo,
Route 1.
A Recruiting sergeant is locat
ed at the Summerville Post Of
fice every Tuesday.
Hair Farms, of Summerville,
recently sold one purebred Aber
deen-Angus bull to J. M. Milligan
of Callahan, F’a.; one bull to C.
L. Hall, Jr., of Mcßae; one bull'
to Wilsonville Farmer of Douglas,
and one bull to W. L. Smith of
Nicholls.
The American Legion Post 129
will meet at 8 p. m. Thursday,
Jan. 28, at the Legion Hall.
Recently arriving in Japan to
serve with the U. S. Army in the
occupation, Recruit Farris L.
Newhorter, son of Mrs. Arrie
Newhorter, Summerville, Route
2 has been assigned to duty with
E Troop, sth Cavalry regiment,
Ist Calvalry Division, Takeyama.
Recruit Newhorter’s new duties
consist as rifleman in E. Troop,
and general occupational re
quirements, in the densely popu
lated Tokyo-Yokohama area.
The sth Cavalry Regiment, one
Boy Scout Committee
Plan 1949 Activities
The Boy Scouts Chattooga
District Committee held 'their
first meeting for 1949 at the Rie
geldale Tavern Monday night.
Chairman of the Committee, C.
O. Walker was in charge. The fol
lowing Committeemen were pre
sent: James Simmons J. T. Mor
gan, Rev. Harry Foster, J. G.
Allen. Sr.. Harry Hardeman, J.
Leo Baker, A. B. Hammond, R. P.
Hardeman, L. C. Dalton, G. L.
‘tylcCartha. Willis James, A. J.
•ickland, O. H. Elgin, James
mond, Rev. Leßoy Obert,
lomas, Dr. B. Loving
* good, Dr. R. E. Davison, and C.
B Bricker.
After the usual routine busi
ness Chairman Walker called on
She Xruui
VOL. 64; NO. 4
March of Dimes
Begins Tomorrow
The most crucial March of
Dimes campaign in history opens
tomorrow here in Chattooga
County as well as in all other
sections of the United States, A.
B. Hammond, General Chairman
for the County, said this week.
“The 1949 appeal for funds to
fight infantile paralysis is aimed
at enabling Chattooga County to
finance the fight against possible
polio epidemics next summer
while at the same time allowing
it to participate in the various
activities of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,”
he said. The drive continues
through January 31.
Mr. Hammond has announced
the chairmen for the various
communities and they are as fol
lows: J. A. Byars, Trion; James
Floyd, Pennville; L. B. Harrell,
Dickeyville; Rodman Eubanks,
Summerville; O. L. Cleckler,
J. D. MASSEY, 26,
DIES IN ATLANTA
J. D. Massey, 26, veteran of
World War II and a member of
the Bersheba Presbyterian
Church, died in an Atlanta hos
pital at 7:40 p. m. Sunday.
A former member of the State
Patrol, Mr. Massey is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Florence Brooks
Massey; a son, J. D. Massey, Jr.;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E.
Massey; two sisters, Misses Jua
nita and France Massey; three
brothers, Leßoy. Robert and
Ernest Massey, all of Menlo.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Menlo Presbyterian
Church at 2 n. m. Wednesday,
with the Rev. S. K. Dodson and
the Rev. J. Pat Brock officiating.
Interment was in the Summer
ville Cemetery, where Masons
were in charge of the burial ser
vice. Six members of the State
Patrol, in full dress uniforms,
were active pallbearers. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home, of Summerville,
in charge.
W. A. J. Teague
Dies Saturday
Willis Andrew J. Teague, 69,
died at his residence, Summer
ville, Route 2, at 4 p. m. Satur
day after a lingering illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Huldia Etta Teague; four daugh
ters, Miss Bulah Teague, Miss
Bonnie Teague, Mrs. Maggie Ed
wards and Mrs. Chloe Griffith,
all of Summerville; two sons, Loy
and Roy Teagi e, both of Sum
merville; one sister, Mrs. N. S.
Ward, of Ft. Payne, Ala.; one
brother, R. A. Teague, of Sum
merville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Pennville Gospel Tab
ernacle, at 2 p m. Monday, with
the Revs. S. G. Stanley and J. C.
Palmer officiating. Interment
was in the Pennville Cemetery.
Nephews served as active pall
bearers. Honorary pallbearers
were: Bob Davison, Grady Ram
ey, Less Trippe Joe Brown, Luke
Thomas and Clara Rush. The
J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of Sum
merville, in charge of arrange
ments.
of the oldest units of the U. S.
Army today, was formed by an
Act of Congress in 1855, and is
a vital unit of the Ist Cavalry
Division on occupation duty with
the Eighth U. S. Army.
Recruit Newhorter entered the
Army on June 21, 1948, and un
derwent basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C. He sailed overseas
! on November 23, 1948.
Prior to entering the Army,
\ Recruit Newhorter worked in
textile work.
past-Chairman James Simmons
who introduced the new mem
bers of the Committee who were
A. J. Strickland, O. H. Elgin, Ir
win Thomas and Dr. R. E. Dav
ison.
Chairman Walker expressed
regrets that Mr. C. H. Westin,
Scout Executive of Rome could
not attend the meeting since he
was ill and expressed the hope
that he would soon be up and
about.
Neighborhood Commissioner
A new position in the Com
mittee was explained that of
Neighborhood Commissioner. On
ly one Neighborhood Commiss-
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949
Menlo; Bob Crawford, Lyerly and
Paul Cook, Chattoogaville.
Dill Ballenger, Gore; W* S.
James, Summerville Manufactur
ing Company; J. R. Burgess,
Montgomery Knitting Mills; C.
B. Akin, Schools; J. B. Butler,
county-at-large; O. G. More
head, Berryton, and D. L. Mc-
Whorter, Treasurer.
Mr. Hammond pointed out that
in the 1948 drive, Chattooga
County placed fourth in the
State of Georgia on a per capita
basis. The total funds collected
were $4,302, an average of $23.21
per capita. The goal for this year
is $2,850, Mr. Hammond said.
The chairman urged Chattooga
Countians to respond ev_en more
readily than they did last year
in order to have a better program
for combating infantile paralysis.
“One of the important tasks of
national headquarters,” Mr.
Hammond local chairman of the
March of Dimes campaign said,
“is to have on hand a sufficient
ly large emergency epidemic aid
fund to meet the urgent require
ments of areas where polio flares
up during the coming summer.
We know that these epidemice
wil come but we do not know
which areas will be affected.
“Last summer the nation suf
fered one of the most devastat
ing polio epidemics in its history,
with approximately 26,000 cases,”
the March of Dimes chairman
declared. “Local chapters and
national headquarters were call
ed upon to render aid to stricken
communities in widely scattered
areas at greater cost than ever
before. It was a challenge which
we met, but in meeting it we
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J. E. Thomas, 79,
Dies al Residence
James Edwa r d Thomas, 79, of
Lyerly, passed away at his resi
dence at 3:15 p. m. Thursday.
He had be°n in declining
health for some time He was a
member of the Friendship Bap
tist Church of Cherokee County,
Ala., and a member of the
Jamestown, Ala., Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ida Painter Thomas; three
sons, Arthur, of Lyerly, Joe, of
Menlo, and Clyde, of Rome; four
daughters, Mrs Ben Murphy, of
Lyerly, Mrs. J V. Sentell, of |
Rome, Mrs. Mack Hogg, of Berry- ;
ton, and Mrs. A. L. Sentell, of
Knoxville, Tenn ; one sister, Mrs. j
Nancey Young, of LaFayette;
twenty-five grandchildren and
twelve 'great-grandchildren also
survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Menlo Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. Saturday with Brother
Farris Baird, the Rev. J. E. Smith
and the Rev. Parker officiating.
Active pal’bearers were:
Cheley Brody, Bob Crawford,
George Sitton. Buddy Williams.
Marvin Ashworth and W. B.
Chapman.
Honorary were: J. S. Owings,
Will Smith. M M. Allen, Claude
Floyd. Jim Hollis, J. C. Williams,
George Gilbert, S. M. Stephens.
W. J. Smith H. L. Abrams and
George Reece, Sr. Interment were
in Alpine Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge.
Roosevelt Young
Is New Coroner
Roosevelt Young assumed his
duties as coroner of Chattooga
County on January 1.
Mr. Young succeeded I. M.
Henderson, who had served in
that capacity for a number of
years.
The new corner’s name was
left out in last week’s news story
of the new county officers, who
assumed their duties the pre
ceding Saturday.
Dickeyville Home
Burns Saturday
The home of Charles Wooten,
in Dickeyville, was totally de
stroyed by fire, which was touch
ed off by the explosion of a
kerosene oil stove, Saturday
morning.
Mr. Wooten occupied the five
room frame house, which was
practically new, and his entire
furnishings were lost.
The Trion and Summerville
Fire Departments lushed to the
scene, but were unable to save
the house, instead they had to
concentrate their efforts on sav
ing the home of the Hershel
Palmers next door. Another
home of Palmers was destroyed
by fire on October 28. 1948, and
it was believed the asbestos sid
ing of this house prevented it’s
being lost by fire.
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THE CHATTOOGA RIVER surges high underneath the bridge on
U. S. Highway 27, south of Summerville, following the flood of
Jan. 5. A portion of the highway which leads into Summerville is
seen in the background.
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DOZENS OF HOUSES stand in water in “Frog Town” at Trion on
Wednesday, Jan. 5 after almost three days of continuous rain.
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THE REGAL TRION INN looks out across its grounds which are
entirely covered with water. The flash flood reached its crest on
*Wednesday, Jan. 5.
S. 0. HENRY, 74,
DIES TUESDAY
Samuel Oscar Henry. 74. prom-;
inent citizen and landowner of
Chattooga County died at a local'
hospital at 3:45 p. m. Tuesday,
after a brief illness.
Mr. Henry was born and lived
his entire life in Chattooga!
County. He was a member of an j
old and well-known family, the
son of the late T. P. Henry.
Funeral services were conduct-)
ed at the First Baptist Church, s
of Summerville, at 3 p. m. with
the Rev. I. C. Frazier officiating.
Mr. Henry is survived by his i
wife, Mrs/ Jean Henry; two
daughters, Mrs. Jerry Marks, of
Buffalo, N. Y„ and Miss Virginia :
Henry; two sisters, Mrs. W. G.
Elder and Miss Katherine Henry,
of Summerville.
Active pallbearers were: Milton
Housch. Luther Wallace, John
Wallace, Daniel Lee McWhorter.
Reuben Garrett and Roy Burke.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Gordon Allen, J. R. Jackson, Sr..
Andrew Williams, Sr., Joe Brown,
Austin Scoggins E. E. Martin, i
.Homer Edge, C. C. Cleghorn and I
R. N. Trimble.
Interment was in the Henry I
Cemetery. The J. D. Hill Fuperal |
Home, of Summerville, in charge i
of arrangements.
Menlo Senior 4-Hers
Hold Meet Tuesday
Menlo Senior 4-H Clubers met i
Tuesday in the Menlo gymnas-}
ium.
The pledge was pledged by all!
members and scripture was read |
by Jo Ann Simmons. A poem was
, given by Joyce Bowman, after j
which the secretary. Sara Kling,
read the minutes.
James Mitchell gave a report
on the county council meeting
which was held at Summerville.
The junior and senior mem
bers were shown a movie entitled
“4-H Leadership,” which showed
different’ phases of the 4-H rural
life.
D. W. Youngblood
Succumbs Thursday
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Minnie Gaskin Youngblood; one
brother, R. P. Youngblood, of
Armuchee. A number of nieces
and nephews also survive.
David Wilburn Youngblood, 65,
died at 6 a. m. Thursday at his
residence, Summerville. Route 1
after a few' days illness.
Mr. Youngbic od has been in
bad health for the past four
years, but had continued his
work as a merchant in business
at Gore, through the past week.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Pleasant Grove Bap
tist Church at 2:30 p. m. Friday
with the Rev. George C. Schoed
er, pastor, officiating.
Active pallbearers were: Oliver
Scott, M. H. Owings. John Jones.
George Doster, Roy Dempsey and
Howard Baker. Honorary pall
bearers were: J. E. Baker, W. A.
Hix, Henry Hughes, Julian Goit
er and R. J. Patrick. Interment
was in the church cemetery. J.
D. Hill Funeral Home in charge.
Wildlife Club
Re-Elects Officers
The thuee principle officers of
the Chattooga County Wildlife
and Conservation Club were re
elected at Monday night’s meet
ing in Lyerly.
W. H. Smith was reelected
President; George Sitton. Vice
President; and Harris Edwards,
Secretary-Treasurer.
The three new directors chosen
w’ere: R. P. Brison. George Doster
and James (Sloppy) Floyd. They
succeeded B. B. Brogdon, M. A.
Strawm and John Jones, w'hose
terms expired this year.
The terms of Fritz Medders,
John R. Hartline and John Davis
w'ill expire next year.
In his treasury report. Mr. Ed
w'ards disclosed that the Club
was debt-free and that there was
a substantial amount on which
to begin the new year.
Speaker of the evening wras
Director Davis, who discussed
“Stream Pollution.”
RMA Chooses Hours
For Opening, Closing
LYONS N4MFS
DEPUTY STAFF
Sheriff Reuben Lyons, who
took office on January 1, has
named his staff of deputies, it
was disclosed this week.
In addition to Chief Deputy
Edmond Kerce, Sheriff Lyons
named the following: Henry
Massey, who is the Menlo police
officer; Lonnie Ward, of Oak
Hill; Lark B. Cook, of Chattoo
gaville; W. M. Whaley, Summer
ville Police Chief; and all the
present members of the Trion
Police Department.
These men are lawfully bond
ed deputies, and were sworn in
by the Ordinary, Sheriff Lyons
said.
TWO MORE STILLS
CAPTURED IN PAST
WEEK BY SHERIFF
Two 55-gallon stills have been
captured and one man has been
arrested for possessing a still
and manufacturing whiskey dur
ing the past week, Sheriff Reu
ben Lyons has disclosed.
Ray Stoker has been released'
under two bonds, SBOO each, on i
*he charges named above, and |
the 55-gallon still, allegedly op
erated by him was captured Fri
day as it was in, operation be
tween Cloudland and Lookout.
Another unidentified man fled
the scene as law officers ap
proached and has not yet been
apprehended, Sheriff Lyons said.
Two hundred gallons of beer
and approximately three quarts
of whiskey were seized at the
mountain still, the sheriff said
He was accompanied by Deputies
Lark Cook and Edmond Kerce.
The other still, also a 55-gallon
capacity, was captured on the
siqe of Lookout Mountain, near
Teloga Sunday afternoon, but
was not in operation at the time,
Sheriff Lyons said. No arrests
have been made in connection
with it.
Deputies Kerce and Cook were
with the Sheriff when the still
was discovered.
This was the third still seized
and Stoker was the third man
arrested in connection with
alleged illegal handling of alco
holics since Lyons took office
thirteen days ago.
John C. Stroup, alias Tom
Stroup, of Menlo, was arrested
Monday, Jan. 3, for possessing
a still, and J. R. Magnusson, was
arrested Sunday, Jan. 2, at Ray’s
Place, near Cloudland, for po
ssessing beer for the purpose of
resale without a license.
In a statement this week, the
Sheriff said that he had been
“complimented” by a number of
people on the way he was “con
ducting” the office.
'Snow White'
To Appear at
Trion Tomorrow
The musical stage attraction,
“Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs” will be presented at 9
a. m. Friday, Jan. 14. at the
Trion Community Theatre, un
der the auspices of the Trion Pa
rent-Teacher Association.
The fairyland musical classic
will include brilliant singing and
dancing acts, colorful costumes
and elaborate sets.
Funds derived will be used to
ward the purchase of instru
ments for the new Trion school
band and toward other projects.
Seal Sale Brings
$1,594, Says Chairman
Additional funds received since . 1
the official close of the 1948 ]
Christmas Seal Sale on Dec. 25, :
has brought total returns to' i
$1,594.65, Mrs. O. L. Cleckler,);
campaign chairman, announced , j
this week. ) <
“Several persons who did not 1
make their returns earlier in the ) i
campaign have just sent in pay- '.
ment for their Christmas Seals.” ) ]
she said. “We wish to thank)'
them for their contributions and ! :
to urge any others who have
neglected their Seal payments to
take care of them as soon as <
possible.”
Mrs. Cleckler said that she
wished to emphasize that carry
ing out the Chattooga Tubercu-
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 A YEAR
Harmony and a desire for
i complete cooperation concerning
i opening and closing hours of
! stores marked the meeting
j Wednesday morning of the Sum
merville Retail Merchants As
sociation.
Regulations concerning these
hours, closing for holidays and
plans for the membership drive
were made at this meeting which
was held at the Chamber of
Commerce office.
The businessmen agreed to
close at noon every Wednesday
beginning next Wednesday, until
November 15. The closing will be
resumed the first Wednesday in
January next year, it was de
cided. This period is to remain
in effect in future years.
On all legal holidays, includ
ing New Year’s Day, July Fourth,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas, the businesses and
stores will close, and in event
that any of these holidays fall
on a Sunday, the following Mon
day will be taken as a holiday.
Grocery stores will open at 8
a. m. every day and will close
at 6:30 p. m. week-days and 8:30
p. m. on Saturdays.
Both five and ten-cent stores
will open at 8:30 a. m. and close
i at 6 p. m. every day with the ex
ception of Saturday, when they
will close at 7 p. m.
Dry good stores will begin busi
ness at 8:30 a. m. and will close
at 6 p. m. week-days and close
I at 8 p. m. Saturdays.
The post office closes it’s doors
at 7 p. m. each day if all first
class mail is up at that time. If
not, the doors remain open un
til it is up. The Post Office will
also will close on Wednesday af
ternoons.
Named on a nomination com
mittee to choose officers for the
coming year were: Mrs. Virginia
Bohanan. Eugene Rackley, Fred
Medders and E. R. Adams.
Plans were discussed for a
banquet, which the RMA hopes
to have in the near future.
Dues were set at $5 and $lO
for the coming year and Clyde
Packer and Fred Medders were
appointed on a committee to
collect dues and solicit new
members.
Rodman K. Eubanks, president,
presided.
County 4-H Council
Elects New Officers,
Sei 1949 Goals
The Chattooga County 4-H
Council met Saturday, January 8.
in the office of the Home Dem
onstration Agent, in Summer
ville. James Mitchell, retiring
president, presided.
Representatives from the dif
| ferent clubs were: James Mitch
' ell, Julia Ann Garvin, Yvonne
I McCullough, Violet Hamby, Mrs.
jN. W. Garvin, Menlo; Harold
Cargle, Gore: Mr. Carlton, Sub
[ligna; Mrs. B. E. Neal and Betty
Jean Vaughn. Berryton.
The following goals were set
For 1949: 1. Home improvement.
2. Recreation. 3. Co-operate with
; County Health unit. 4. Each
member should keep records and
) turn them in.
A recreation program was
planned for this county with M.
L. Van Winkle, of Athens, in
charge. This was planned for
I the immediate future.
New officers elected were:
) Julia Ann Garvin, president;
James Mitchell, Violet Hamby,
■ vice-presidents; Yvonne McCul
lough, secretary; Harold Cargle,
j treasurer: Ruby Scoggins, report
) er.
The advisors elected were: Mrs.
B. E. Neal. Mrs. N. W. Garvin,
Miss Lula Weesner, O. L. Cleckler,
Mr. Carlton and N. B. Murphy.
losis Association’s program de
pends on Seal Sale returns. She
added that the association, in its
work of tuberculosis prevention
and control is continuing it‘s
program of searching out tuber
culosisis by giving x-rays and tu
berculin tests whenever request
ed. After TB is discovered the
Association aids in getting the
person proper care and assists
the family if the breadwinner is
stricken.
“The association is confident
that it can bank on the support
of the people of Chattooga Coun
ty to make possible its 1949 proj
ects which are aimed against one
of the most serious health
menaces in this country.”