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•• ** ■*<**>* HERE 'N THERE C. Arthur Cheatham, Director of the State Department of Vet erans Service, advised Georgia veterans today that the deadline of Public Law 877, which pays dependency allowance to any veteran drawing 60 per cent or more disability, has been extend ed to February 1. The previous deadline was Dec. 1, 1948. Veterans must file the depend ency forms by Feb. 1, but if ap proved, payments will be made retroative to Sept. 1, 1948, pro vided the evidence of depend ency was already in the veteran’s file. The regular meeting of Trion Lodge 160, F. and A. M., will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday, Jan. 24. All qualified Masons invited. Warren Beale, of Columbia Seminary, Atlanta, will speak at 2 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Silver Hill Church. The Rev. J. H.’ Merrin, of Rockmart, spoke briefly at the church Sunday following Sunday School. The Trion High School Sen iors are sponsoring a dance at the gymnasium Friday night fol lowing the Trion - Dade County basketball games. Music will be by Roland Gray and his orchestra. Farmers interested in raising pepper are asked to meet at 2 p. m. Friday at the courthouse. A representative of a pepper products company in Griffin will be present. Bus station officials disclosed this week that in addition to the bus schedule changes published last week a bus leaves Summer ville at 6:12 p. m. daily going north. Deforest Eugene Hogg, 22, of Summerville Route 2, enlisted in the United States Air force last week, according to an announce ment from the Rome, U. S. Army Air Force Recruiting Station, 406 West Building. Hogg is a veteran of the Euro pean Theater, having served with the Infantry. His awards include the European, African, Mid’’ ” ern Medal with one Broi. . ar, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Meddl, and Army of Occupation Medal. Hogg is the son of, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hogg, of Summerville. A recruiting sergeant is at the Summerville Post Office every Thursday. Harry Foster, son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Foster, 2 Congress Street, Summerville, has been elected by the Blue Stocking staff at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C„ as editoral assist- j ant for that weekly publication. Officers of the Lyerly Lodge of Masons will be installed at the regular meeting at 7:30 o’clock tonight (Thursday). All qualified Masons are invit ed. The Georgia Baptist Children’s Home, according to Manager J. | L. Fortney, is facing at this time | one of the greatest demands the Home has ever witnessed for [ the admission of children. According to the Home, there seems to be more homeless chil dren, both orphans and destitute children because of broken homes, than ever before. The Baptist Home is making every effort to enlarge its capacity for the admission of children, in cluding the erection during the year of one or more brick build- | ings to Jjouse 28 children each. ! In making provision for en- | largement the Home is appealing I to every agency that has to do I with the care of dependent chil dren to assist in every way in making places of refuge possible and available for children. The Home sees in this program the only hope for society in the j years to come. Their contention j is if we save the men and women of tomorrow, we must save the children of today. This Home . has during- its history eared for more than 3400 children, and has sent out into the world approxi raatedy 2800 men and women. THEATER SPONSORS AMATEUR SHOW An amateur show will be stag ed every Saturday night at the Park Theater, between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock, it has been disclosed by M. T. Varnell, Man ager, who said the purpose is to unearth and develop local talent. “There is a lot of good talent around here, but we shall have to discover it and develop it and get organized,” Mr. Varnell stat ed. “This type of program will give youngsters who think they, can act or sing a chance to find out. Big stars get their start like this.” Those who play musical in struments. sing, dance or recite are invited to participate, the manager said. Sumnirnnllr Nms VOL. 64; NO. 5 TRION LIONS TO HONOR FOOTBALL TEAM AT BANQUET The Trion Lions Club will honor the 1948 Trion High Bull dogs with their annual football banquet at 7 p. m. Monday, Jan i uary 24. A good crowd of football cele brities and possibly 200 guests are expected at this event to be staged at the High School Au ditorium. Bill Healy, Georgia Tech’s All- American and most valuable lineman in the Southeastern Conference, is tabbed as the main speaker. He will follow his prep tutors from Baylor, Humpy Haygood, head coach, and Whitey Urban, line coach, who also developed his Baylor team mate, Joe Stetffy, Army’s All- American. Two other famous footballers of years gone by, “Chuggy” For tune and old “Vandy,” fullback under Dan McGuggan and Car lyle Silverman, a line great from the University of Tennessee, will be honor guests for the affair. Trophies | The Alumni “T” Club will pre sent a trophy to the Most Val uable Player of the Year. Tommy Sprayberry and John Robert Lee will be awarded trophies for making the All- Region Team, Class C. Coach William Brandon will be master of ceremonies at the ban i quet. Bodies of Two Chattooga Countians Being Relumed The bodies of Pvt. William D. Berry, whose next-of-kin is Rob ert H. Berry, Lyerly, Route 2, and Pfc. Otis T. Pope, whose next-of-kin is William T. Pope, Trion, Route 1, are among those of 81 Georgia World War II dead who are being returned to the United States aboard the U. S. Army transport “Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton ” < The remains were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Phillipine Islands. After arrival of the “Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton” at the San Fran cisco port of embarkation, from two to five weeks will elapse be fore the Atlanta Distribution | Center will be able to advise the ! next of kin when they may ex i pect to receive the remains of I their loved ones. I - Each next of kin will be noti- I fied in advance of the arrival of I the “Sgt. Jack J. Pendleten” in San Francisco, and again after arrival of the remains at the Atlanta Distribution Center of The American Graves Registra tion Service. Calvin Blalock, 40, Dies Wednesday • Calvin F. Blalock, 40, promi nent resident of Oak Hill com munity, died at his residence ; Wednesday. He had been in declining health for some time. Mr. Bla lock was a member of the j Broomtown Baptist Church, of Cherokee County, Ala. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. | Don Hartline Blalock; twoj daughters, Kathryn and Nell Blalock; five sons, Hugh, Billy, Rowland, Bobbie and Harold, all of Lyerly, Route 2; One sister, . Mrs. Marvin Ashworth, Summer ville, Route 2; three brothers, Virgil, of Trion, Gordon, of Rome and S-Sgt. Joseph Gradyl Blalock, of Fort Bliss, Texas. Funeral service were conduct ed at the Broomtown Baptist Church, at 11 a. m. Friday with the Rev. Blalock, of Rome, and the Rev. J. A. Sentell officiating. Active pallbearers were: Jack Lawson. Eric Moseley, Roy Tal lent, Will Weaver, Jack Fritz patrick and Jerry Leath. Interment was in the Broom town Cemetery, Woodlife Funer al Home, of Gadsden, Ala., in charge. Old Church Painted For First Time For the first time in it’s life time, the old South Carolina Campground Methodist Church was painted inside recently, ac cording to the Rev. Loran Park er, Pastor. Located near Holland, the old church is a spot of much interest in this section. The painting was done by E. D. Morrison, who contributed his work, the Rev. Mr. Parker said. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 PROCLAIMS WEEK TO PROTECT TREES pr' « " J! ■IfM 1 O z... Gov. Herman E. Talmadge smiles at T. Guy Woolford (left) of Atlanta, after affixing his signature to a proclamation setting aside the week of February 20-26 as “Keep Georgia Green Week.” Equally pleased is R. H. White, Jr., of Atlanta; both Mr. White and Mr. Mr. Woolford are members of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Forestry Association which sponsors KEEP GEORGIA GREEN, now in its second year. ALDRED URGES WOMEN OF COUNTY TO SUPPORT HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN In an address to the Summer ville Business and Profesional Women’s Club at their program meeting on the evining of Jan uary 13, at John’s Place, Fred Aldred, president of the Chattoo ga County Chamber of Com merce, urged the support of the women of the County for the hospital program launched in December by the Chamber of Commerce. Beginning his address in a hu mourous vein, the president of the Chamber of Commerce said, “Babies will always be born and women must have an hospital experience to talk about, there ' fore we must have a County Hospital.” I Mr. Aldred pointed out how al ready the closing of the Sum merville Hospital had begun to work an hardship on the peoples of Chattooga County. The Trion Hospital, he added, while doing j all it can does not have enough beds to serve all that need hos pital care. “We must provide hospital care for our people,” Mr. Aldred said. “There are times when we all directly or indirectly find ourselves in need of hospiatl fa cilities here at home not at some distant point, where on arrival it may be too late to save a life. We owe it to ourselves,” Mr. Aldred continued “and especially do we owe it to our children and older people to provide the kind of hospital facilities that will | January 31 Is Deadline in January 31 is the deadline for receiving entries in the 1949 i North Georga Farm Community Improvement Contest, W. A. King, State Extension Service Economist in farm management, announced this week. Each community entry must be submitted in duplicate to the | .local county Extension agent on or before that date to qualify, Mr. King said. Entry blanks may be obtained from local agent or by writing to the Farmers Club, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, Georgia. Sponsored by the Farmers Club, the' contest officially be gan November 1. 1948, and will continue until October 31, J 1949. Every community in the north Georgia area is eligible except the 1947 and 1948 winners who compete in a grand Sweepstakes Contest. First prize winners can not enter competition for three years except in the Sweepstakes Contest. At the close of the contest a total of $3,500 in prizes will be awarded to those communities which, in the opinion of the judges, do the most outstanding work toward establishing a high er standard of living, an increas ed income and greater opportu nities for both children and ad ults. Scoring will be on the basis of community organization, plan ning and development; develop ment and improvement of sound systems of farming; the families’ food supply, and the improve ment of the appearance of farms, homes and community. care for every type of sickness and accidents.” Site For Hospital Given Stating 4* t the County had already prA. »d the location for the hospital, Mr. Aldred added that the Chamer of Commerce was going forward with its plans for bringing about a county hos pital. He pointed out that if the women of the county get be hind this movement nothing could prevent its becoming an actuality. Mr. Aldred continued that al ready steps are being taken by the General Assembly of Georg ia for securing federal funds i which, when matched by State funds, would total two-thirds of what would be necessary for the erection of a County Hospital. The rest of the necessary money would be raised by a bond issue. “We cannot afford to take chances with our health,” said Mr. Aldred. “It is just good sound business to invest in means that will secure the con tinuance of that health. The women of this county know this better than anyone for it it on them the burden falls the hard est when sickness strikes. If the women of this county want a hospital, they will have it and that is why I urge the support of every woman.” In his closing remarks Mr. Al dred said, “Let’s build the finest hospital for the finest folks in the finest county in Georgia. I ■ know we can do it—we will do it.” Julius C. Rodgers Dies al Trion Julius C. Rodgers. 55. died at I his home at Trion, Route 1, Saturday morning. He is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Cordie Tumlin Rodgers; two stepsons, i E. F. Farris, Plant City. Fla.; J. W. Johnson, Trion; two sisters, i Mrs. Jewell Tumlin and Mrs. N. K. Gilreath, Chattanooga; one brother, H. G. Rodgers, Trion, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Trinity Methodist Church with the Rev. W. M. Hunton and Rev. > Roy Cordell officiating. J. J. Eugene and Leon Gil breath, Jack Rodgers, Frank Friel and Joe Clarkson were active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were: Bill Allmon, J. T. Junkin. Oscar Cherry. Joe Nuchols, H. B. Fleming, Milner Gray, Ben Loughridge, Russell Burns. Tom Burns and J. O. Leigh. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery, with J. Avery Bryan Co. in charge. x Sheriffs Deputies Capture Stills Two stills were captured Sun day afternoon by members of the Sheriff’s force, it was dis closed this week. Deputies W. M. Whaley and Edmond Kerce seized the stills at Popular Springs, east of Ly erly. One was of a 200 gallon capacity while the other was a 75-gallon size. They were locat ed several yards apart, Deputy Whaley said. Neither was in operation and no one has been arrested in their connection, it was disclosed. Pfc. H. L. Lea Is On Way Home for Final Burial Rites Pfc. Hershel L. Lea, who was in the U. S. Marine Corps, will be among 55 World War II dead, who are being returned to the United States aboard the U. S. I Army transport “Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton.” The remains of these dead were originally interred in tem porary military cemeteries in Okinawa, Iw o Jima, Tinian, Guam and Saipan. Pfc. Lea’s next-to-kin is Rob ert E. Lea, of Summerville, Route 3. Keep Georgia Green Week Feb. 20-26 Terming the condition of Georgia’s woodlands an import ant factor in “the economic sta bility” of the state, Gov. Herman Talmadge has officially pro claimed the week of February 20-26 as “Keep Georgia Green Week.” The chief executive urg ed “all Georgians to become active participants in the KEEP GEORGIA GREEN program in order that our state can go for ward and become more prosper ous.” Mr. Talmadge’s proclamation pointed out that forest fires “re duce the raw materials needed by the forest industries and thereby retard the prosperity of the state.” The importance of woodlands to other phases of agricultural life was also emphasized: “For rest fires continue to destroy thousands and thousands of acres of woodland annually and thereby deprive landowners of that cash return, as well as the protection those woodlands would have afforded their other lands as a bulwark against erosion and floods.” “I call on all Georgians to ob serve this week, in spirit and in deeds,” declared the governor, “in order that the importance of protecting and developing the forest resources of this state will be emphasized in towns and cities as well as in rural areas.” Mr. Talmadge’s proclamation pointed out that the number of industries in Georgia is continu ing to increase yearly, thereby putting a heavier drain on the i woodlands. 1 Plans Being Made For Dial Phones Plans are being made for the installation of dial telephones in Pennville, Dickeyville and Mountain View communities, as well as the community directly north of Trion, it has been dis closed by officials of the Sum merville Telephone Company. Work is expected to begin Feb ruary 1, however officials de clined to how long it would take to complete the installation. Social Security Is Topic at Meeting The three phases of Social Security were discussed Wednes day at the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club meeting by Welch Ray, Manager of the Social Se curity Board, Rome. Mr. Ray said that the three phases are old age assistance to aged, blind or dependent, un employment insurance and old i age survivors insurance. “Since the law went into effect ' in November, 1936, 95,000,000 Americans have registered for: old age benefits,” Mr. Ray point ed out to. the club. He said that in one office alone there are 500,000 Smiths regis tered. “So you can see,” he said, “how imperative it is that a man’s social security number be per fectly. correct.” The maximum Benefit on re tirement for any one family is SBS a month, while the average is now $25 a month, according to Mr. Kay. The speaker was introduced by R. C. Powell, Program Chairman. ■ Bill Seeks to Get $55,000 for County Congressman Henderson Lan- | ham introduced Bill HRBO7 into i Congress on January 5, asking for payment by the federal gov ernment of $55,000 to Chattooga County for the Summerville High I Schooi which burned in 1943. The high school was being l used at that time as the regis tration place for government rationing, and on this basis. Congressman Lanham hopes to get action. N.W. Georgia Council Boy Scouts to Meet On Friday s The annual Meeting of the I Northwest Georgia Council, In ;, corporated, Boy Scouts of Ameri » ca, will be held in the Goodyear Recreational Hall in Cedartown, .’ at 7:30 p. m. Friday, January 21. I Some three hundred Scouters i ' and wives from eight Northwest - Georgia counties are expected to i attend. > This will be the first time the Annual Meeting has been held - in Cedartown and many people - there are working to make it a ■ real success. ’ T ’he meeting has ! been held outside of Rome, the . i headquarters city of the Council, | ! only once before when it was held at Hotel Dalton, in Dalton, two years ago. An outstanding program has been planned under the leader- II ship of Mr. Ellis Hale, of Rome. ’ Arrangements have been made ■ to have Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell, 1 Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America and past National r Director of the Boy Scout or -1 ganization, as principal speaker. ’, Varied entertainment consist- - ing of musical numbers, Council ’ reports, announcements of the 1 best Scout and Scoutmaster and ■ runner-up, and the most pro- ■ gressive Troop, as well as Na tional awards and other inter- 1 esting features will be offered. 1 ’ ———— ! Employers Musi Gel ; Reports, Remittances Io E.5.A. by Jan. 31 1 For Georgia employers to re f ceive full credit of 2.7% against ’ their 3% Federal Excise Tax due 5 on their taxable pay rolls for * 1948, all quarterly reports and I remittances due the Employment Security Agency for 1948 must ■ j be received on or before mid ‘ j night January 31, 1949, Commis- > sicner Ben T. Huiet of the Georg f ia Department of Labor said to : i day. II To insure Georgia employers ' 1\ receiving full federal credit in ’; addition to state credit the Em -1I ployment Security Agency will • I certify to the Commissioner of i ■ > Internal Revenue the amount of ’ | pay roll taxes paid to the state ' i by each Georgia employer. “Un- I paid amounts cannot be certified for credit,” Mr. Huiet said. He urged employers who have not mailed reports and remittances; to act promptly to save money. | “An opportunity to save taxes I does not knock often,” he adbed. Vet Officer to : Be at Courthouse A representative of the Vet erans Administration Rome, will be at the courthouse in Summer ville from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. to day, (Thursday) to take veterans claims and assist and advise veterans and their dependents. INFANT CULPEPPER Melvin Eugene Culpepper, in- | fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Newell' Eugene Culpepper died in a local j hospital at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Culpepper, of Cloudland, he i is survived by one brother, Gene J Edward Culpepper; four sisters, | Mrs. D. A. Smith, of Panville, | Ohio, Mrs. Mary Eller Day, Tole- ■ do, Ohio, Miss Peggy Ann and i Miss Shirley Culpepper, of Cloudland. Funeral services were conduct ed from the graveside in Red i Bank Cemetery. Mentone. Ala.. at 2 p. m. Wednesday. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge. 'BLUE LAW' CALLED TO ATTENTION BY CITY The City of Summerville has | been requested by the Retail Merchants Association of Sum- j ■ merville, to see that all business- | es are closed on Sundays.-Pur-| suit of business or word*of a persons ordinary calling on the: Lord’s Day is in violation of the ■ i State Statute regulating same, ! i being 26-905 of the Code of 1933,; which is quoted as follows: ■/ “Any person who shall pursue • his business or the work of his i > ordinary calling on the Lord’s I ; Day, works of necessity or chari- j ■ ty only excepted, shall be guilty j of a misdemeanor. (Cobb. 853. Acts 1865-6, P. 233)” The City authorities feel that this law should be called to the attention of any one who might be pursuing his business within l the city limits on Sunday. City I officials are glad to cooperate with the Retail Merchants As sociation in their request and wishes to ask all persons to abide i by the State law above quoted. : Growing With Chattooga $1.50 A YEAR I MARCH OF DIMES CHAIRMAN URGES GREATER EFFORT The 1949 March of Dimes, ■ | which will enter its second week Monday is gaining increasing ; momentum, A. B. Hammond, j Chairman of the National Foun | dat-ion for Infantile Paralysis’ 1 appeal in Chattooga County, an- I nounced today urging all citi j zens to redouble their efforts in the final week to make the drive ■ a record success. ' “So far,” Mr. Hammond said, I “Chattooga County residents I have responded generously to ! the 1949 March of Dimes. Judg ing by reports from our various | committee chairmen, every seg ; ment of the public here seems I keenly aware of the urgent need Ito make our current appeal a record success.” Mr. Hammond pointed out, however, that if the goal were to be reached, rhe efforts of every Chattooga County resident must be redoubled. During the final week of the drive, he said, March ' of Dimes activities will be inten ' sified because of the pressing need to prepare for the coming j polio season. “At the same time,” Mr. Ham mond disclosed, “funds given to ' the March of Dimes will be used not only to help those whom polio may strike but we still have to meet the continuing cost lof care and treatment of boys and girls stricken in prior epi demic years, and insure that | there is no interruption in re- ■ search for a cure or preventive of the disease.” Mr. Hammond urged all who ■ received March of Dimes Coin Cards and School Cards to re- j turn them promptly with as i generous a contribution as possi j ble, if they have not already done so. Coin collectors, he said, will continue on display throughout the concluding week of the campaign. He appealed to shoppers to donate whatever i loose change they can spare daily to fight against polio and help speed the drive to victory by January 31. “None of us,” Mr. Hammond concluded, “can afford to take ! chances with a possible polio epidemic this coming summer. But all of U£ can afford a dime ior a dollar toward assurance I that we will be ready should in ; fantile paralysis hit our county > this year.” Jail and Sheriff’s Home Renovated The Chattooga County jail and residence of Sheriff and Mrs. Reuben Lyons is being complete ily renovated this week. The Sheriff’s office also is being | painted and repaired. The living quarters of the sheriff have been completed, woodwork and floors being painted throughout and the rooms completely wallpapered throughout. Plans also are under way to have cabinets built in the kitch i en. A huge hot water tank has i been installed in the kitchen, , also, and hot water is now avail i able for the Sheri'f’s family as well as prisoners. New bed linen has been suppli ed the prisoners and the cells are to be renovated shortly. T. W. O’Bannon, 36, Dies at Menlo Thomas Wesley O’Bannon, 86, died at 12:10 a. m. Thursday in Menlo, after a lingering illness. Mr. O’Bannon was a life-long resident of Chattooga County and was preceded in death by his wife, the former Miss Anna Hutchins, in April, 1937. Mr. O’Bannon resided with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McCullough. Mr. McCullough being his great nephew and great-grand niece is Miss Yvonne McCullough. «A number of other nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Menlo Presbyterian Church, of which he was a mem ber, at 3 p. m. Friday with the Rev. S. K. Dodson, pastor, offi ciating. and assisted by the Rev. George D. Erwin. The following friends served as active pallbearers: Tom Dodd. Billy Edwards, Frank Crowe, Joe Simmons. Jack Jackson and J. A. Harris. Honorary pallbearers were: Jim Agnew, Bob Wyatt, J. P. Agnew. Roy Alexander, Frank Polk. W. E. Ratliff. Sam Barry, E. A. Willingham, Norman Gar vin. J. E. Kennedy, S. T. Polk. Bob Reece, Charlie Baker and George Pless. Interment was in the Alpine Cemetery with the J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of Summerville, in charge of arrangements.