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Cases Set for March
Term of City Court
The March term of City Court
will convene at at 10 a. m. Mon
day, with Judge C. D. Rivers
presiding.
The following cases have been
set for Monday:
William Arthur Hughes, Wil
liam Argo Hughes, William J.
Gregory, Jr., John Lee Roy
Green, Lorine Green, William J.
Green, Dennis Crane, Max
Everett and T. G. Baker.
Johnnie C. O’Barr, three
cases; G. H. Hammond, Daniel
Jackson, George P. Reece, Jr.,
two cases; Oliver E. Perry, Grov
er Whitfield, Paul Chambers
and R. L. Barnes.
Earl Bramlett, Robert Barnes,
three cases; Robert Penn Dance,
John Tucker, Grady Thompson,
D. B. Browning, two cases; Paul
Chambers and Virgil Lamb
Ry all.
Arthur (Jr.) Teems, Harry
Willingham, R. B. Timmonds,
John C. Stroup, alias Tom
Stroup, Oscar W. Stoker, A.
Walker Phillips and Clyde Mc-
Elduff.
Roy Martin, Ray Magnusson,
Herman Lawrance, Hilda Jack
son, John Henry Johnson, Luth
er D. Henderson, J. H. Howard,
L. A. Harris, two cases; and
George Helms.
Grady Henry Grigsby, William
R. Gravitt, R. L. Barnes, Herbert
Avery, two cases; Mathew Hud
gins, Carlton Clemons and
Carmon McNair.
James Barton, Will Brown,
Hugh D. Ragland, Alvin Ayers,
two cases; Sam Morris, Johnnie
Moon, Elgin Moon, two cases;
Robert L. Headricks and James
Hout.
James W. Hout, Lewis Wilson,
Paul Pursley, Cleda Nelson, Roy
Carnes, John L. Cavin. V/. M.
Rich. Eleanor Howell, Fred
Hogue and Bobby Harley.
Grady Hines, Mack Adams,
Rudolph Shropshire, Wilburn
Stansell, two cases; L. C.
Haynes ” B. Ray, Dee M. Holtz
claw, 1 a.J Chambers, Glenn
Pless, Andy Wilson, E. W. Wat
kins and Emmett Smith.
Charles L. D. Webb, Lowell
Hester Johnson, Jack Gilbert,
Earl Boman, two cases; James
Salmon, Dock Moon, James
Melson, Edward Lee Lively,
Frank Lively, Frank Teems,
John C. Edwards, George Mart
in, William C. Barnes and E. A.
Mitchell.
Cases set for Tuesday are:
Bud Stewart, R. B. Headrick
and Emmett Hunter, two cases;
Ranie Landrom, John Henry
Ashworth, James C. Stiles, two
cases; C. R. Shropshire, Charles
Phillips Keith, Arzo Hughes,
Lester Milam, Forrest Williams
and Luke Campbell.
Charlie Dalton, James R.
Browning, Johnnie Sanford,
James E. Skinner, Paul Morri
son, Robert Bud Stewart and
Adam Barr.
J. R. Browning, Bobby Brown
ing, John Arthur Floyd, T. R.
Colbert and R. B. Headrick
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The Lyerly Lodge No. 337 of
F. & A. M., will hold its regular
communication at 7:30 o’clock
tonight at the Lodge Hall, lo
cated over the Lyerly Cash
Store. All members are urged
to attend. Visitors will be wel
comed.
There will be a revival at the
New Hope North Baptist Church
beginning March 6. The Rev.
Coon, of LaFayette. will be the
speaker.
There will be a district fel
lowship meeting of the LaFay
ette District Churches of God
at the East Trion Church of
God at 2:30 p. m. Sunday,
March 6.
There will be visitors and
special singers from LaFayette,
Chickamauga, Rossville and
Trenton. The Rev. J. W. Daniel,
local pastor invites the public
to attend.
The young people of the
Bellah Avenue Church of God
will present the play, “The
Search in Vain” at 7:30 p. m
Saturday, it has been announc
ed by the Rev. Jeff Dale, pastor.
A revival will begin Sunday,
the Rev. Mr. Dale said, with
Miss Ethel Thompson and Miss
Dorothy Davis as evangelists.
Everyone is invited, he said.
Or Js’iimnwrinllr Naus
14,000 PERSONS
RECEIVING WEEKLY
JOB INSURANCE
At the end of January approx
imately 14,000 persons were re
porting to the Georgia State
Employment Service offices and
receiving weekly job insurance
under the State Law. All of these I
workers had previously served a i
waiting period of two weeks dur
ing which they were eligible for
no insurance under the State
Law.
In addition, about 5,000 other
workers recently laid off by :
various employers whose work- i
ers are insured by the law were ■
filing claims for waiting period I
credits, Ben T. Huiet, Commis-1
sioner of Labor, announced.
A distribution of beneficiaries
oy race and sex reveals the fol
lowing:
White men, 35 per cent; white
women, 50 per cent; negro men,
10 per cent; and negro women,
5 per cent.
Many of the jobless are skilled
and semi-skilled workers. Pay
ments are not received as charity
but as insurance-job insurance.
A distribution of the 14,000
beneficiaries by industry re
veals that 7,2000, comprising
more than one-half the total,
are workers employed either in
the textile or apparel manufac- i
turing industries. Workers laid
off by wholesale and retail trade
establishments total 1,700; con
struction workers 1,400; feed
manufacturing, 800; and lum
ber manufacturing, 600. The re
mainder of the beneficiaries
represented various other in- 1
dustries where lay-offs had oc
curred in small numbers.
In Fulton and DeKalb coun- ■
ties there were approximately
2,200 persons receiving weekly I
payments at the end of
ary. Os this total 500 workers!
had formerly been employed by i
textile or apparel manufactur- 1
ing plants; 500 in wholesale and i
retail trade establishments; and
400 in construction work. In
general the ratio of benefici
aries to the total insured em
ployment is lower in the Atlanta |
area for the state as a whole,
Mr. Huiet stated.
One-third of the job-seekers
who started 4 payment series |
during the past four months
discontinued reporting within aI
short time. It appears that these,
had again become employed.
Mrs. Trimble's Mother
Dies in LaFayette
Friends of Mrs. R. N. Trimble
regret to hear of the death of
her mother, Mrs. Charles Mc-
Clure, who died at her home in :
LaFayette last week. Funeral!
services were at the East j
Armuchee Baptist Church in
Walker county Friday after
noon.
Relatives and friends from
here attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dill Trimble, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Trimble, Mrs.
John Hammond, Miss Eloise
Hammond, Mrs. James Hawkins, |
Mrs. Charles Fowler, Mrs. Frank
White and the Rev. Ira Frazier.
Red Cross Drive to
Open Here Monday
The Red Cross Drive will be
opened Monday morning and
will continue through Saturday
in an effort to raise 1,600 for
the Chattooga County Chapter.
Final plans were completed
Monday afternoon at a meeting
of chairmen at the Chamber of
Commerce offcie.
Mose Brinson, Chairman of
the local Chapter, and Brooke
Pierce. Fund Chairman, led in
organizing the campaign, and
both expressed belief that the
quota could be easily met if all
workwmen contacted everyone
and those contacted would con
tribute generously.
Mr. Brinson pointed out that
34.2 per cent will be sent to the
state and national Chapter,
while 65.8 per cent will remain
in this county to aid veterans,
their families, to assist when
disaster strikes and to help
wherever help is needed.
Chairmen were assigned var
ious parts of the county and
the Rev. Harry Foster was ap-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949
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THE MENLO TIGERS who flew over the North District “C” Division to cop the championship. Left
to right, first row, Alvis Clark, Dewey Hall, Tab Dempsey, Harold Gene Roden. Second row, Aubrey
Harris, coach, Willis Smith, Billy Gilreath, Hal Wilson, Tommy Ashworth, Lamar Toles and Leroy
Sams. The five playing the tournament were: Hall and Sams (captain), forwards; Dempsey and
Roden (co-captain), guards, and Gilreath, center.
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RUSSELL D. WHEELER, former
ly of Summerville who was elect
ed president of the Chattanooga-
Hamilton County Health Council
at a meeting of the board of di
rectors recently.
Riegeldale Cow
Completes Record
A registered Guernsey cow,
Riegeldale Conqueror’s Becky,
■ owned by Riegel Textile Corpor
; ation Division, Riegeldale Farm,
Trion, has completed an official
Advanced Registry record of 11,-
569 pounds of milk and 567
pounds of butterfat in the 365
day division starting her record
as a junior 3-year-old.
Conqueror’s Becky is the
■ daughter of the outstanding
Guernsey sire, Riege Ida 1 e
Emory’s Conqueror that has
eighteen sons and daughters in
the Performance Register of The
Guernsey Cattle Club.
This record was supervised by
the University of Georgia and
reported to The American
Guernsey Cattle Club for ap
proval and publication.
pinted to contact all pastors
and ask that they announce the
opening of the drive at their
Sunday morning services.
Those collecting for the Red
Cross will turn in funds to Eu
gene Rackley, Treasurer.
Attending Monday afternoon’s
meeting were: B. W. Farrar,
J. R. Burgess, the Rev. Mr.
Foster, Mr. Brinson, Mr. Rack
ley, Mr. Pierce, Mrs. Reuben
Lyons, Mrs. Raymund Daniel
and Mrs. Mary John Fowler.
Berryton Baptists
Plan All-Day Service
There will be an all-day ser
vice with dinner on the ground,
at the Berryton Baptist Church
Sunday, it has been announced
by the Rev. Howard Finister.
Singers from Gadsden and
Rome, including the Umphrey
singers and the Rev. Gus Reed
and his quartet have been in
vited.
Hospital to Be Discussed
By C. of C. and County Board
The Directors of the Chattoo
ga County Chamber of Com
merce will meet with the Coun
ty Board of Roads and Revenue
at 10 a. m. Monday, March 21,
in an effort to make lurcher
plans concerning the building of
a county hospital here.
This was decided Tuesday af
ternoon at a meeting of the
Chamber Directors at the court
house.
J. T. Morgan was appointed
Chairman of a committee to
investigate county hospitals
built on the feda al and state
aid plan and secure information
concerning cost, operation and
size.
Mose Brinson reported that he
mailed to Governor Herman
Talmadge a copy of a resolution
passed at the last meeting call
ing for a portion of the three
million dollars set aside by the
state for hospitals. The resolu
tion was returned however he
reported, with the information
that such resolutions should be
sent to the Department of State.
Mr. Brinson said that he re
ceived a call from this depart
ment concerning the resolution,
stating that it was under con
sideration.
It was suggested that a Hos
pital Authority be appointed by
the County Board from among
the Directors of the Chamber
of Commerce, since the C. of
C. is sponsoring the building of
a hospital.
O. L. Cleckler declared that if
the federal government financ
ed a third, and the state a third,
and Chattooga County could
not furnish a third, “we are just
mere weaklings.”
President Fred Aldred, who
presided, pointed out that the
HELP WANTED
A group of boys need your
help.
For months now the Gore
Future Farmers of America have
ponsored various affairs in an
effort to secure money to cover
the Chapter Cabin.
They’ve had success too— but
not quite enough.
Turkeys were raffled off at
Thanksgiving and Christmas,
and a total of $41.80 was raised.
They’ve sold ice cream at school
and earned $57. Together with
the $65.90 they had at the open
ing of the school year they now
have a total of $164.70.
It has been estimated that
$275 will be needed to cover and
repair the cabin, so the youths
have set a goal of $110.30.
Since setting the goal a num
ber of persons interested in
helping these young men (and
thereby helping the communi
ty) have contributed a total of
$26.25.
Will you help them raise the
other $84.05?
Those contributing thus far
are as follows: Roy Hawkins $1;
W. B. Morgan, $1.05; J. M. Mit
chell. $1; John P. Jones, $5; M.
J. Owens, $10; Vernice Hawkins,
$1: Verbon Hawkins, sl.
Deforest Owens, 50 cents:
William Barber. 20 cents: Paul
Youngblood. 50 cents; Billy
Speer, $1; Jim Hunter, $2; W.
R. Packer, 50 cents: Ernest
Gaskin. $1: and E. P. Turner, 50
cents.
County Board has already said
“yes” and when the people say
“yes” a hospital will be built.
Those attending the meeting
were: D. L. McWhorter, Mr.
Cleckler, Mr. Brinson, Mr.
Morgan, Marshall Lowry, J. L.
Henderson, E. C. Pesterfield,
Mrs. Mary John Fowler, Mr
Aldred, Rodman K. Eubanks, A.
B. Hammond and Miss Beulah
Shropshire.
FOOTBALL TEAM
GIVEN BANQUET
BY LOCAL LIONS
The Summerville High School
football team was entertained
with a banquet at Riegeldale
lavern Tuesday evening by the
oummerville Lions Club, their
sponsors.
“Value of Sports” was the
topic of an address by John
Davis local sports enthusiast
and attorney.
Jimmy Bush, Captain of the
team, was presented a trophy
by the Club as ‘the most valu
able player of the year.” Coach
Brooke Pierce presented the
award on behalf of the Lions.
The “S” Club awarded a
trophy to John Donovits for be
ing “the most improved player
of the year.” This was the first
time this award had been made
by the “S” Club.
Irwin Thomas, Lions Presi
dent, welcomed the players, and
young Bush gave the response,
at which time he thanked the
Lions for their support and aid
of the team.
Coach Pierce was presented a
gift on behalf of the Lions Club,
and Mr. Thomas made the pres
entation.
Each player was introduced
oy the coach.
Local Farmer Raises
Eight-pound Turnip
Does Chattooga County have
the champion turnip-grower of
the state?
A recent story in an Atlanta
newspaper told of 5y 2 pound
turnips being grown in Ogle
thorpe County, but John A.
Turner, of near Perennial
Springs, boasts of an eight pound
turnip!
Not only does he have a turnip
of this size, but Mr. Turner also
has two 125-ft. rows all the
turnips on which average six
ponds each.
The eight-ponder is a Purple
Top. In addition to heavy ferti
lizing, Mr. Turner attributes the
huge turnips to the constant
showers which have been pre
valent here for the past few
months.
London Bridge is Falling Down
London—Remember that nur
sery song, “London Bridge is
Falling Down,” well, London
Bridge is falling down. The
bridge, now almost 120 years old,
has dropped several inches at
one point on its south side. City
officials aren’t worried, however,
because they say the bridge is
“perfectly sound.”
TB Group Plans
Control Program
;■ GIVE
Last year Red Cross Gray i
I Ladies in 735 hosiptals and?
;; other institutions gave 2,300,- ?
000 hours o £ service to bed- ?
“weary patients. They ran?
]; errands, wrote letters, staged ?
!; entertainments, taught class- ?
Z es, and did a thousand and ?
;; one other things patients ?
J; could not do themselves. Your *
!; gift to the 1949 Red Cross ?
1; Fund Campaign will keep;
I; .these willing workers on the >
I; job, in your community and ;
I; that of your neighbor.
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COLORED SCHOOL
BUS, AUTOMOBILE
COLLIDE NEAR GORE
One person was seriously in
| jured Wednesday afternoon, Feb.
23, when a school bus and an
automobile collided near Bal
lenger’s Store on U. S. Highway
27 at the foot of Taylor’s Ridge.
Arlene Johnson, Negro woman,
I of Cedartown, who was seriously
i cut was the only person injured
although several other persons
; were badly shaken up.
The Harlan Colored school bus
was driven by C. R. Shropshire
Negro, of Summerville, while the
automobile was driven by Robert
Sparks, of Cedartown.
Other occupants included
Margie Smith, Clarence Corruth
ers, Archie Jones and Tom Nel
son.
The accident occured when the
school bus crossed the highway
in front of the passenger auto
mobile. The bus overturned and
the auto was almost demolished.
Church Women to
Meet in Atlanta
Church women of all de
nominations and from every part
of Georgia will meet together in
Atlanta on March 9, to study
spiritual foundations of citizen
ship. y
The conference, which is being
called by the Georgia Council of
Church Women, will take place
at the Central Presbyterian
Church of Atlanta from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m.
Mrs. Chester E. Martin, Presi
dent of the Georgia Council urg
ed church women throughout
the State to ‘‘come and bring
their friends.” The purpose of
the meeting, she declared, is ‘‘to
unite the spiritual forces of our
State. Church women can be
more effective citizens by meet
ting and studying and praying;
together.” The theme of the con
ference will be “Church Steeple
to Capitol Dome.”
After an opening address in
the morning on “Spiritual Foun
dations,’ ’the group will take
part in seminars on Citizenship,
Education and Law Enforcement.
Experts in each of these fields
will be present to contribute toj
the discusions.
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A LOT OF TURNIP—Sue Hughes,
9, here displays an eight pound
turnip, grown by her grandfath
er, John A. Turner, near Peren
nial Springs.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR
- A long-range program, which
iit is hoped will be climaxed
I with a mass X-ray, was planned
’ yesterday by Directors of the
Chattooga County Tuberculosis
Association together with offi
i cials of the State Board of
j Health and the State Tubercu
| losis Association who met at
John’s Place.
Having secured a County
| Health Department and orga
‘ nized into an Association last
year, the Tuberculosis Associa
tion felt that they could now
> set about the task of stamping
I out tuberculosis here with a
great deal more efficiency than
j had been possible in the past.
I The first- step in securing a
mass X-ray here is to have suf
ficent County nurses to do prop
er follow-up work, it was point
! ed out by Dr. Thyng, TB Con
■ trol Director of the State De
j partment of Health.
The Rev. Leroy Obert, of Tri
on, C. B. Akin, Mrs. B. W.
Farrar, Miss Ethel Simmons and
Dr, R. N. Little were appointed
a committee to investigate the
possibilities of securing more
nurses as soon as possible and
■ then set about the task of having
the State Mob f le X-ray unit
. come here for mass X-rays.
Patch Tests
Previously, the local Associa
(tion had planned to have the
I school children in the county
given patch tests to determine
if they had positive or negative
reaction.
Dr. Rufus Payne, Superinten
dent of Battey State Hospital,
Rome, Dr. Thyng and L. L.
Young. Executive Secretary of
the State Tuberculosis Associa-
I tion, exnressed belief that the
i Association could accomplish
more toward finding tuberculo
sis by X-raying adults.
In the first place, patch tests
aren’t as reliable as either the
tuberculin or X-ray methods,
Dr. Payne said.
“We just don’t like them,”
he said, “in case finding work.”
Dr. Payne said that such a
method is fine for educational
work, and that it is of interest
from a community standpoint
in determining whether or not
tuberculosis is on the upward or
downward trend.
He pointed out that they ac
cept most all children who'have
TB at Battey and there aren’t
more than 15 there now, al
: though there are approximately
one million school children in
j the state.
If a child has active germs
- and their contact with tuber
! culosis is broken, very often the
germs become negative, he said.
Dr. Thyng emphasized the
need for proper follow-up work
before attempting a mass X-ray
declaring that it would not be
successful unless there were
sufficient nurses to make con
tacts and see that those persons
who w r ere found to have TB
I would cooperate.
Too often, he said, there is a
big burst of enthusiasm pre
ceding and during the mass
X-ray and afterwards when a
person is called on for a second
X-ray they become frightened
and do not return, because of
the fear of the disease. Quite
i often it is merely a shadow of
j clothing, perhaps “suspicious”
j cases, and sometimes there is
I just an error.
The cost in having a mass
; X-ray is figured at 10 cents per
i person, according to the popu
; lation, Dr. Thyng said. If the
: population is 2,000, the cost
i would be $2,000.
He stated that all this money
might not be used, but that
’ whatever was necessary for
I proper promotion in the coun
ty would be. The personnel and
equipment is fnrnished by the
State, and the County only has
to furnish funds for the pro
motional work.
TB Belt
Chattooga County is located
in the heart of a belt which has
more tuberculosis than any
other section of the country. Dr.
Payne pointed nut.
“Very little is known about
I what is responsible for this, but
| we do know that 15 or 20 years
ago practically every person who
I had reached 60 years of age had
I had tuberculosis germs,” he
, said. “Most of them however,
took care of their case and were
not carriers.”
Vitamins have very little to
do with the disease. Dr. Payne
| said, except possibly vitamin C.
Poor nutrition does have consi
! derable effect on the disease
j however, he said. Rest .exposure
and overwork are also certainly
contributing factors.
He declared that perhaps 50
por cent of the persons at the
meeting had tuberculosis germs.
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