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* Try Our Job I Printing : VOL. 65; NO. 11 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 I r##***44 : HERE 'N i I THERE i : t 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 t Ms Hl J ' IB ; , W H W SB t > ■■ w v' Im kH-fT wr I wl A? tLwwiWWI ■ >1 Hi ® B. JIL-f- 41 A mdWBF MB mb • .-Il ■ 1 y -W* It M Wf sHwl - ? 'J O ' A. n T ■ I nHIHH 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. I < W W-: - i 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. ** Z #* *-^’>*********^*********** - 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. ; 1 | ’ • AS . j" 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. I (See Back Page)