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Try Our Job j Printing VOL. 65; NO. 12 Gore F.H.A., FFA to Give Banquet Tonight The Gore Chapters of the Fu ture Homemakers and Future Farmers of America will spon sor their annual Mother-Daugh ter and Father-Son banquet at 8 o’clock this evening (Thurs day) at Gore, it was disclosed this week by Grover Smith, Ad visor. The purpose of this banquet is to promote a closer comradeship between the parents and their sons and daughters, Mr. Smith said, and to provide an oppor tunity for the development of a stronger bond between parents and the school, as well as to make it possible for the parents to become better acquainted with the F. H. A. and the F. F. A. Bob Blalock, President of the Georgia Association of the F. F. A. and a member of the Rabun Gap Chapter, will be the speaker of the evening, adding brief re marks to the student program which will be presented. T. D. Brown, Jr., assistant ex ecutive secretary of the F. F. A., of Atlanta, also will attend the banquet, Mr. Smith said. Bids Called For Hiway Construction Bids will be received until 11 a. m. Friday, March 25, for the construction of 2.859 miles of grading and paving on the Menlo-Alabama road, it was disclosed this week by the State Highway Department. This highway will begin at State Route 48 in Menlo and end at the Georgia-Alabama State line. Legion Auxiliary Plans Silver Tea Plans were completed Thurs day evening for a silver tea to be given from 7 to 9 p.m. Tues day, March 15, in the American Legion home in Summerville, which is being completely rede corated by this organization. Local artists will furnish music for the occasion, it was disclosed, and everyone is urged to attend and help make the affair a suc cess. = HERE ‘N i i THERE i Private First Class John W. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnson, of Summerville, re cently completed a six day air transportability course in Class 1 at the Air Transportability Training Center, a newly or ganized Eighth Army Service School on Matsushima Air droome. The "Peach State” soldier first entered the Army on July 1, 1947 at Fort Bening, Georgia. He is a member of the 62nd Signal Battalion at Sendia, Japan. The regular meeting of Trion Lodge 160 F. and A. M. will be held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, March 12. All qualified Masons are in vited. Pvt. Charles E. King, son of Arthur F. King, of Summerville, is now a member of the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, First Cavalry Division, Kumagaya, Japan. Before entering the Army Private King attended Summer ville High School, Summerville. After finishing school, he was employed as a construction worker here. Private King entered the Army, July 29, 1948. and receiv ed his basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. After Private King’s enlist ment is up he plans to come back and work with the con struction company here. The Rev. H. E. Wright, of Rome, will speak at the Peen ville Gospel Tabernacle at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m Sunday, March 13. The public is invited to at end these services. Several offices in the Court house in Summerville have been painted during the past week, primarily those on the first floor. The jail and residence of the sheriff were completely reno vated shortly after the first of the year. She Summer u ilk '\riujs MENLO STUDENTS MOVE INTO NEW SCHOOL BUILDING The 375 students at Menlo Grammar and High School Monday moved into their huge new classroom building which was completed this spring at a cost of $54,021.86. Covering 13,208 square feet, the building is completely mod ern throughout and in addition to the 12 classrooms, contains a music room, office, dining room and kitchen. Through the issuance o f bonds, $50,000 was set aside for the building and the remainder was secured from the sale of the old building and community projects. S. H. Brabson is principal of the school, which has a faculty of 12 teachers. Library Painted; Shelves Added The Chattooga County Library, located in the courthouse in Summerville, has been painted throughout and a number of new book shelves have been added. Mrs. H. R. Foster, who suc ceeded Mrs. J. L. Henderson as librarian, has been rearranging the books so that they will be more conveniently reached. Rotarians Hear Menlo FFA Group The Menlo chapter of the F FA presented a program at the meeting of the Summerville-Tri on Rotary Club, Wednesday, March 2. J. A. Harris, vocational agricul ture teacher, ana officers of the club were guests. James Mitchell gave a summary of the out standing accomplishments of the FFA over the state. Lamar Toles discussed the history and accomplishments of the Menlo Chapter. It was brought out that there are more than 6,000 FFA Chap ters in this country, whose ob ject is to help farm boys help themselves. Through vocational classes and supervised projects at home, the boys have accom plished much, Mr. Harris stated, and some plan to con tinue their training by taking college courses. There are 33 members of the Menlo Chapter. Officers who at tended the Rotary meeting were: Wellis Smith, president, Harold Wilson, vice president; Al vice Clark, secretary; and Jerry Hogg. O.car Cleckler, of Menlo, was in charge of the program. Mrs. Hayes, 60, Dies At Residence Here Mrs. Mandy Elizabeth Sarah Jane Sallie Hayes, 60, died at her residence, Summerville, Route 4, at 4:30 a. m. Sunday after a lingering illness. Besides her husband E. C. Hayes, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Owens, of Fort Payne, Ala. and Mrs. Ruby Jennings, of Summerville; two sons. Manuel Hayes, of Tri on, and Vernon Hayes, of Sum merville; two stepsons, Geter, of Summerville, and Lloyd Hayes, of Trion; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Brown, of LaFayette, and Mrs. Mandy Wilcox, of Oakman. Ala.; three brothers, William Walden, of Loving, Wiley Walden, of Chattanooga, and Joey Walden, of Oakman, Ala. Fifteen grand children also survive. Funeral services were con ducted at the Subligna Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Monday, with the Rev. G. C. Schroeder, pas tor. and the Rev. Wilburn Dooley officiating. Pallbearers were: Ray and Ralph Veach. Harvey Morgan, Hubert Teems. L. C. Scruggins, Jr., and Steve Hix. Jr. Interment was in Subligna Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge. NO COURT FRIDAY City Court will be adjourn ed Thursday afternoon and those jurors who were in structed to report at 9:30 a. m. Friday are excused, it was announced this week. Those cases which were not tried have been put off until the next term of court. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1949 W. A. DUPREE TO ADDRESS WILDLIFE CLUB MONDAY W. A. Dupree, President of the Rome Wildlife Club, will address the monthly meeting of the Chattooga County Wildlife and Conservation Club at 8 p. m. Monday at the Lyerly High School gymnasium, it was an nounced this week by W. H. Smith, President. The movie, “That Boy of Mine,” which has been much in demand, also will be shown at the meeting, Mr. Smith said. Mrs J. H. Tribble Passes Wednesday Mrs. Ludie W. Drennon Trib ble, 70, of the Pennville Commu nity died at 12:50 p.m. Wednes day. Mrs. Tribble had been in bad health, however, her death | came suddenly. She was the daughter of the late J. W. and Pothenia Seay Drennon, who came to Chat tooga County from Whitfield County. She was a lifelong resi dent of this county and had been a member of the Summer ville Methodist Church since girlhood. Mrs. Tribble is survived by her husband, J. H. Tribble; one daughter, Mrs. J. F. Anglin, of Summerville Route 2, .and one son, Seay Tribble, of Summer ville Route 2. Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon (Thursday) at the Summerville Methodist Church, with the Rev. Frank Craton and the Rev. Henry G. Walker officiating. In terment is to be m Garrett cem etery. Pallbearers are to be as fol lows: Robert Williams, Albert Comer, Oscar Dukes, Jeff Hen derson, Luke Thomas and Wal ter Roy King. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Human Side .*< I ahor Discussed by WSCS The March meting of the Summerville Methodist WSCS was held at the home of Mrs. Paul Weems Monday afternoon. Mrs. Rice Morgan, program chairman for the month brought a most interesting dis cussion of the human side of the labor question to the group. She gave in detail the many small human elements that en ter into every phase of organ ized labor and stressed how these elements enter into every question of the day re gardless of how big or small these questions are. In the absence of the presi dent of the society, Mrs. Henry Walker, Mrs. J. R. Burgess, vice president of the society, pre ! rided. Mrs. R. R. Garett reported ; that a donation had been sent i by the women’s societies of the j church to the Brogdon Me morial Fund. The highlight of the meeting was the Bible study on Prayer and Truth presented by Mrs. W. H. Boyd. Mrs. J. B. Stephenson gave the devotional. Mrs Weems was assisted by Mrs. Raymund Daniel in the entertainment of the group. Mrs. T. S. Weems, of Lyerly, and Mrs. Eugene Rackley, president of the WSG. were special guests. John Barfield 51 Dies in LaFayette Funeral services for John Bar ield. 53, who died at his home in LaFayette, 12:15 a. m., Mon day were conducted at Naomi Baptist Church at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. The Rev. Sam Mar shall officiated. Mr. Barfield is survived by his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Ray White. Misses Gussie Mae, Eva Jane, Dorothy Ann and Emma Lucille Barfield, of La- Fa vette; three sons, J. P., Earl and Jimmie Barfield, of La- Fayette; three brothers, H. B. and Bogan Barfield, of LaFay ette, Bomie, of Birmingham. The following served as pallbearers: Luther, Ray, Em mett, James and Earl Barfield, and Paul Shaw. Honorary escort was: Perry Roper, John Williams, Charlie Griffith, Clifford Espy, Burl Chapman. Charlie Putman, J..L, Love, Jim Brown, Earl Atkins, Robert Cordelle, DeForrest Heg- I wood and Todd Brown. Interment was in Naomil Cemetery. Joe H. Poller Now Stationed in Japan ' ■ Hfl r . 17 131 Pfs. Joe H. Potter, son of Elsie Ragland, of Lyerly, who is sta tioned with the U. S. Army Army Headquarters Infantry Division in Japan. Pfc. Potter attended Summer ville High School prior to join ing the service in January, 1948. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., and left for over seas in April, 1948 C. R. Holland Dies in Texas Sunday- Word has been received of the death of Charles R. Holland in Armarillo, Texas, Sunday, March 6, after a week’s illness, following a heart attack. He was born in Chatooga County and was maried to the former Miss Sarah Beavers, sis ter of the late W. K. Beavers. Miss Sarah Echols and John H. Echols, of Perennial, are his first cousins. Mrs. Reo Beavers, Mrs. Howard Weems and Mrs. Quinton Wood are his nieces. Two daughters who reside in Texas also survive. 18-YEAR-OLDS MUST REGISTER Young men reaching the age of 18 are required by law to register with the local selec tive service board within five days after their birthday, it was disclosed this week by Miss Mae Earl Strange, local selective service board clerk. “Many men are completely ignoring this law and are waiting far past the five days to register,” Miss Strange said, “and it is important that they realize they are breaking a law'.” LOCAL MUSIC CLUB TO HEAR SHORTER FACULTY MEMBERS 0$ < fl O /• : MISS LUISE ERROL Two members of the faculty in the Department of Music at Shorter College, Rome, will present the program at the March meeting of the Summer ville Music Club at 12:30 p. m. Saturday, March 19. at Riegel rale Tavern. The guest artists will be James B. Peterson, violinist, and Luise Errol, pianist-accompanist, both members of the college faculty and popular recitalists in this section. Miss Errol was heard in recital by many Romans when she was a member of the Shorter faculty from 1943-45. From that time until she returned to Shorter last fall she was at Mills College, Oakland, Calif., on fellowship for creative work in music. There she was assistant to Darius Milhaund, the w e 11- known composer, and Margaret Prall and studied with the Dutch pianist Ego Petri until completing the work for her Master of Arts degree. TWO TO PLEAD GUILTY HERE FRIDAY TO BURGLARY CHARGE OLD TIMERS MEET LORELI LADIES AT 8:15 TONIGHT IN TRION By Emmett Nunn No doubt as to the calibre of basketball, assures a capacity house Thursday nite when the “Old Timers” cross the line to meet the opposite sex in the grand finale for our local hard wood season. For the first time ever a Ladies vs Men’s battle on the Community Center floor looms or what may be termed after what we have already seen of the “Old Timers” as a “Beauty and the Beast” drama. From advance publicity though, these young ladies are able to take care of themselves as they already have 30 wins in 35 games against both men and women’s teams. When Gloria Northcross 6 RED CROSS DRIVE ENDS SATURDAY Solicitors for the Red Cross ars busy in Chattooga County this week in an effort to secure $1,600 to aid when disaster strikes and to assist veterans. A huge Red Cross flag made by the Junior Red Cross and Home Economics class at Lyerly, told the news of the launching of the drive the first of this week as it hung across Washington Avenue at the Commerce Street intersection. Only one solicitor had report ed by noon Wednesday and this report was incomplete. It show ed a total of $269.50. Gore FFA to Have Entries in Show Four members of the Gore Fu ture Farmers of America Chap ter will have entries in the Coosa Valley Fat Cattle Show in Rome next week. Those entering the show' are: Houston Cargle, who is to enter for the third time: Ray Owens, entering for the second year: Kelly Owens, entering for the first year as a FFA member, hav ing previously had entries as a 4-H member; and Billy Joe Pin ion, entering for the first year. The entire membership of the Gore chapter will attend the show Tuesday. 1 fl I? * ? . J, - fW. A. I IEBI JAMES B. PETERSON Mr. Peterson is a native of Omaha, Neb., and won hi s Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Omaha. After his graduation. Mr. Peter son went to Emporia College, Emporia, Kan., as violin instruc tor. He studied with the Gustav Tinlot until he completed his work for the Master of Music degree. He then taught at Colby Junior College in New London, N. H„ until he entered the U. S. Army. For four years he served as an infantryman in the European Theater of Opera tions. Mr. Peterson came to Shorter as professor of violin and public school music in 1947 from Mississippi Southern Col lege. Hattiesburg. Miss. For their program in Sum merville the musicians have chosen the Adagio and Allegro movements from Handel’s So nata in E Major; Stoessel’s “Humoresque” and Lullaby; and the Cree Indian War Dance by Cardin. foot 4 inch “Ladies” center and little Betty Stanley 5’ 1”—90 lb. guard get rolling the boys bet ter move out. Lyerly vs Capital Homes “Blues” Moving in from the ridiculous in the second game basketball fans are going to see the tops in a ball game as Lyerly’s Indepen dents clash with the Capital Homes five Atlanta’s “City Champions,” a title they ac quired last week. Lyerly who was victim last Friday of a terrific upset in the Community Center Tourney will be back to show they are still the best of our section and will be tough on all comers. Tickets will be on sale before hand. Don’t miss it tonight, Trion Gym at 8:15 o’clock. Commerce Depl. ’ssues Fads and Figures On County Most recent figures on the economy of Chattooga county, published by the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce, show that in 1947 there were 166 firms in the county employing 5,763 per sons with taxable payrolls ap proximating $2797,000. accord ing to C. Parker Persons, Com merce Department regional di rector in Atlanta. The information is contained in a publication entitled “Busi ness Establishments, Employ ment and Taxable Pay Rolls” and is based upon data provid ed under the old-age and sur vivors insurance program of the Federal Security Agency. Other facts and figures sup plied for Chattooga .County in clude the following: Contract construction, 35 em ployed, taxable payroll $9,000, 6 firm!: Manufacturing, 5,210 employed, taxable payroll $2,- 617,000. in 31 firms; Public Utilities, 57 employed, taxable payroll $21,000, 8 firms; Whole sale trade, 21 employed, taxable payroll $7,000, 6 firms; Retail trade. 278 employed, taxable payroll $89,000, 65 firms; Fi nance, insurance and real es tate, 13 employed, taxable pay roll $4,000. 3 firms; Service in dustries, 125 employed, taxable payroll $43,000. 40 firms. Similar information is given for all other counties in the State, and also for the State as a whole in publication, which is available at the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce in Atlanta for 15 cents. Regional College Ball Tournament Being Held in Tifton The Southeastern regional basketball tournament for Jun ior Colleges is being held in Tifton, this week-end. Sixteen teams from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama were eligible to participate in this tourney. The following colleges have i signified their intentions of at ! tending the tournament. South •Georgia College, Douglas: Brew • ton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon; Georgia Military College, Mill edgeville; Young Harris College, Young Harris: Armstrong Col lege, Savannah; Abraham Bald win College. Tifton; Walker Col lege, Jasper. Ala.; and Chipola College, Marianna. Fla. The winner of this tourna ment will represent region eight in the National Junior College basketball tournament which will be held March 22-26 at Hutchinson. Kansas. Shropshire Held In Murder Attempt Ralph Shropshire. 45. colored, of Subligna, is under arrest for assault with attempt to murder in the shooting of Charlie Kirby, 32, colored, also of Sub ligna. Sunday morning. Kirby, who is at Riegel Com munity Hospital, is expected to recover, Sheriff Reuben Lyons said. Shropshire’s bond has been set at $1,060. Growing With I Chattooga $1 50 A YEAR ~ Donald L. Childers, 20, form j erly of Trion, and Horace C. Porter, 23, of Miami, Fla., will plead guilty Friday to the burglary of Modern Dry I Cleaners on Feb. 15, it was dis i closed yesterday b y Sheriff : Reuben Lyons. The two men, both of whom i are AWOL from Ft. Jackson, S. i C., were brought here by Sheriff I Lyons last week from Miami, Fla., where they were sentenced to six years each for grand larceny. Approximately 90 per cent of j the clothing stolen from the dry • cleaning establishment operated by Robert Smithson was recov ered, the sheriff said. The value of the clothing taken was esti mated at SBOO. A stolen 1947 Mercury club coupe driven by the men was recovered and returned to the owner in Columbia, S. C. Sheriff Lyons said he has a “holder” from the U. S. Army for Childers and Porter and they also are wanted by the federal government for trans porting stolen goods across a state line. The peanlty for burglary is a I minimum of one year and a I maximum of 20 years, Sheriff I Lyons said. MORE STATE JOBS PUT UNDER MERIT PLAN BY SOLONS ATLANTA, — (GPS) Among the more constructive accomplish ments of the recent State Legis ' lature were steps taken to re duce to a minimum politics in ■ state jobs, and place the hiring | and firing of career employees !on a merit basis rather than | on the age-old patronage plan. Departments placed under the merit system as a result of new legislation are all Public Welfare ■ institutions, the Department of Public Safety, the highway De- I partment of Audits and the Public Service Commission. State Welfare Director Jack Forrester, immediately following I the Legislature’s action, an j nounced the appointment of W. A. Stone, superintendent of Wil cox County Schools for 28 years, as personnel director for the Milledgeville State Hospital. The department already has begun the task of putting the new sys tem into operation. Director Forrester said the General Assembly’s action in seeking to improve administra tion and working conditions at the hospital would mean better care for Georgia’s mental pa tients, since the state would be able to obtain more capable workers. Although the Legislature de layed action on the proposed Constitutional Highway Board until its 1950 holdover session, three steps were taken toward trimming politics from the State . Highway Department. They were: (1) In future employees of the department must be hired through the State Merit System; (2) State Department cannot negotiate highway contracts privately, and (3) counties can not sub-let State Highway con tracts. The State Patrol, which figur ed in political charges during the last gubernatorial campaign, likewise has been placed under the State Merit System, with the Legislature taking this police force out of politics. The Gener al Assembly 7 also approved pay raises for the Patrol leaders, in creased the number of troopers and reorganized the patrol so that troopers could could appeal to a discipline board. The Legislature also provided that every department under the Merit System could adopt a re tirement system for its employ ees without necessity of further legislation. By providing such job security, the state will be able to lure better qualified workers, sponsors of the merit plan assert. . E. F. McClelland Sr., Dies in Atlanta Funeral services for Ellis F. McClelland, Sr., 47 assistant Fulton County attorney, were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at Spring Hill in Atlanta. Mr. McClelland died Sunday at a private hospital. He had been ill for sometime. He is survived by his wife the former Miss Bonnie Abbott, and one son, Ellis F. McClelland, Jr.