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HERE 'N THERE 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- (continued on last page) 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 (See Page 5) 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. - ' ■" / - 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. < ■■ ....... liitittnr-- YBOli DOZENS OF HOUSES stand in water in “Frog Town” at Trion on Wednesday, Jan. 5 after almost three days of continuous rain. - ' . '< - - j;-), .' „' 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.”