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; Try Our Job j Printing VOL. 65; NO. 13 Medders Named Head Os Retail Merchants The Summerville Retail Mer- j chants Association has named | Fred Medders as their president for the coming year. The elec-! tion was held at the annual ’ dinner meeting of the Associa-! tion held at John’s Place on the j evening of March 11. Howard' Bohanan was elected vice presr- I dent and Mrs. Raymund Daniell was named secretary-treasurer, i Retiring president Rodman K. Eubanks gave a full report on developments of the school play ground and stated that blue prints of the park area were in his office. “Just as soon as the weather permits,” he said, “we will go ahead with the filling in of this area. I have been assured that there are enough trucks and dirt available to finish this part of our project.” Mr. Eubanks added that “when the time conies for furth er development we shall call on all of our civic organizations for their help in, completing a playground for our Summerville children.” Mr. Eubanks was voted the i thanks of the Association for his I untiring effort in bringing about I the RMA and guiding it during its first year of endeavor. It was ponted out that under the ■ guidance of Mn Eubanks the Association had effected a num ber of lasting goods in ironing many of the mutual problems of the local merchants. Mr. Medders’ first act as presi dent was to appoint Mr. Eu banks chairman of a special committee which will make plans for a Summerville Week > Harvest Festival-Sale in the late , summer. Others named to the; committee are: J. B. Woodard J O. I. Arnold, D, L. McWhorter ■ and Marshall Lowry This com mittee will make its first report in April. Meeting Date Set The Association voted to set aside every third Thursday night as a regular meeting date of the Retail Merchants. These regular meetings will be held either in the Court Room of the Court House or at the Chamber of Commerce office. The exact meeting place and time will be announced later. Retiring Vice President Eu gene Rackley urged all members to give Mr. Medders the co-op eration and help he deserves. “We fellows have got to work together for the good of us all and if Mr. Medders’ puts you on a committee, take it and work.” MAN !N JAIL FOR MONDAY SHOOTING Hollis Smith, 50, of Menlo, was lodged in Chattooga County jail Monday afternoon under a warrant charging him with as sualt and attempted murder. The arrest followed his alleged attempted shooting of Paul Wofford, also of Menlo at a saw mill in Menlo. Smith’s bond has been set at SSOO. Chatboga Counthns Atteni Same Meet School officials and civic lead ers from Chattooga County join ed leaders from Floyd and Polk Counties in Rome Tuesday af ternoon to map plans for open ing a campaign in an effort to have this county vote favorably for the almost 46 million dollars in expanded state services in the April tax referendum. The meeting was one of 43 being held throughout the state this week in the interest of a favorable vote for the added ser vices and taxes. J. E. Clowdis told of the prog ress of this mov» since the state “became alarmed over the low expenditure for education.” The facts were studied, he said, and the result was the Minimum Foundation Program. “You are the leaders,’ he said, “and what you do about this will determine to a great extent which way your county votes.” He urged them to secure in formation on the budget set up by the Legistlature calling for $45,985,000, 18 million of which would be spent on public schools. The rest would be spent as fol lows: capital outlay, 2V 2 millions University system, 2y 2 million: teacher’s retirement, 1 million; highways, 12 million; post roads, 4 million; cripple children, 6V2 I million; TB sanitarium. V/ 2 mil- ' Biinunrriiillr Npuis GORE BANQUET TO BE HELD THIS EVENING i The Mother - Daughter and Father-Son banquet, sponsored annually by the Gore Chapters of the Future Homemakers and Future Farmers of America, will be held at 8 o’clock this even ing (Thursday) instead of last Thursday evening as was pre viously announced. Bob Blalock, President of the Georgia Association of the F. F. A. and a member of the Ra bun Gap Chapter, will be the speaker of the evening. EUGENE DODD DIES FRIDAY i Eugene Dodd died Friday, ! Mach 11, in Atlanta. Survivors include Clarence A. Dodd, of Menlo; Carl F. Dodd, ■ Fair Dodd, and several nieces i and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11:30 a. m. Saturday at the Euharlee Presbyterian Church. Bartow County, with the Rev. Hubert Dodd, of Commerce, of ficiating. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery. The following nephews served jas pallbearers: Albert Dodd, i Paul Dodd, Hal Dodd, Jerry > Dodd, J. B. Dodd, Glover Dodd I and Harry Dodd. Ben M. Powell, 55, Dies in Chickamauga Mr. Ben Madison Powell, 55, passed away at his residence Sunday morning. Mr. Powell was a prominent church leader and businessman of Chickamauga. He was an elder in the Presby terian Church and superinten dent of the Sunday School. He is survived by his wife: Mrs. Juanita Morrison Powlel. two sons, Ben Madison Powell Jr., and Jack Morrison Powell, both of Chickamauga; two brothers, Henry Powell, of Sum merville and Robert C. Powell, of Trion; three sisters, Miss Flor ence Powell, Mrs. Howard Pless and Mrs. William Flanagan, all of Summerville. Funeral services were con ducted from the Presbyterian Church Monday afternoon at 3:00 P. M. with Rev. Samuel B. Lapsley, of Knoxville, Tenn., of ficiating. Pallbearers were elders and deacons of the Presbyterian Church. Walter T. Ivy, Dr. Ed win B. Osborn, J. Frank Hen derson, Harris Edwards, Joseph D. Mosheim, anid George M, McMillian. Interment in Chick amauga Cemetery with J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge. lion; Milledgeville State Hospi tal, 1 million; public health, 900 thousand; school for deaf, 160 thousand; cerebral palsy, 75 thousand; forestry, 200 thous -1 and; North Georgia Trade School, 17 5 thousand; South Georgia Trade School, 175 thous and; and Farm markets 250 thousand. Mr. Clowdis pointed out that the 2V 2 million set aside by the budget for the University system would no more than help main tain the minimum standards. Among the organizations list ed that would be called on to j aid in having the measure pass i ed in the counties were: P. T. A., ; Farm Bureau, bus drivers, pupils, Home Demonstration Clubs, veterans groups. County Commissioners, Public Welfare Department, newspapers, radio, movies, women’s clubs and men’s civic organization. Kankakee Anderson, superin-1 tendent of Polk County Schools j and Seventh District chairman I of the GEA, presided and told! the group that it would be wise | to obtain the voters’ list and contact everybody in the coun- ■ ty. “See that those who are go ing to vote ter the measure get to the polls.” He said. “No mat j ter how much work you do and ' (continued on back page) SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949 FIREARMS OF 1860 WAR DISPLAYED AT WILDLIFE MEET A number of firearms used in the War Between the States was displayed by W. A. Dupree Mon day night, at Lyerly, when he addressed the Chattooga County Wildlife and Conservation Club. Mr. Dupree is president of the Rome Wildlife Club. The speaker explained each pistol and gun and told of it’s history. The group is his own . personal collection. j “The movie, “That Boy of Mine”, was shown by the group and was a most interesting phase of the program. W. H. ' Smith, president, said. Mose Brinson was elected Chairman of the Program Com ’ jnittee and he was asked to name • others to aid him in preparing ' programs for the remainder of 1 the year. The attendance was greater at Monday night’s meeting than it had been at any previous meet ing at Lyerly, Mr Smith said. The next meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, April 11. at the courthouse in Summerville. I floyFnamed” VFW HEAD ; J James (Sloppy) Floyd, o f [ Pennville, has been elected ;! Commander of the Mason-Mc- • Cauley Post 6688, Veterans of . Foregin Wars, succeeding Hinton . Logan to this office. Other elected officers are: : John Stubbs, of Summerville, senior vice commander; Fred [ Lancaster, of Trion, junior vice commander; Rufus Pruitt, of - S umm er v ille, quartermaster; [ Glee Bryant, of Trion, judge advocate; Jim Teddar, of Sum merville, post surgeon; Rev. Iva C. Frazier, of Summerville, post chaplain. Douglas Baker, o f Pennville, was elected three year trustee. I j Floyd, who is 29 years of age, I I service four and one half years s in the Air Corps. He entered ■ i military service as a private and • I became a major before his hon ’ I orable discharge. Floyd served 1 17 months on the island of • Guam. GRACE RETURNS TO GEORGIA TO AWAIT OPERATION RESULT ’ The little girl who was born ■ without arms, Grace Purcell, J of Lovejoy, the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Purcell, . of Menlo, has returned to her i home from Newark, N. J., where ; she underwent an operation ’ with the hope that it will en able her to have artificial arms. Dr. Henry Kessler, who per formed a special operation de signed to make artificial arms possible for the girl, said the only thing to do now is wait and see how the operation works out. He said he had formed a loop in the end of a muscle of the left arm’s stump. A wire to con trol an artificial arm would be run from a pin in the loop. He tested the loop after the operation ami said the opera tion appeared to be successful. He emphasized, however, that it was just a preliminary hope. Grace must wait at home while doctors check the results. When the arm appears to be ready, she will return to New | ark so that Dr. Kessler can try j fitting an artificial limb to the left arm stump. If the procedure is a success, she will make further trips to Newark for an operation de signed to do the same thing for her right arm. A railroad engineer who got interested in her when she fail-, ed to wave to passing trains as other children did, took up a ! collection which is paying her j expenses. i i ] ( Shropshire Turned Loose in Hearing Ralph Shropshire, 45, colored, I ’ of Subligna, was freed Wednes- 11 day afternoon of a murder j I charge in connection with the ’ ' shooting Charlie Kirby, 32, also : I of Subligna, who died of pistol ! wounds on March 6 following a scuffle with a pistol. I Shropshire was held by the ; sheriff following the hearing, for illegally possessing a pistol. Then preliminary hearing was held before Justice of Peace J. E. Baker, and was represented by Ted Rosser. John Davis rep- : resented the state. : Slate 4-H Leaders Recognize Mrs. B. E. Neal, Local Advisor Mrs. 1 B. E. Neal, of Summer ville, is among four 4-H advisors who have been cited for out standing service by the state 4-H club office. Others cited are: Mrs. M. H. Tappan, Greene County, Mrs. G. A. Weldon, Lamar, and Miss Frankie Stanford, Montgomery. Mrs. Neal became interested in 4-H work 15 years ago when she was principal of a two teacher school. She states that, in addition to helping children with their formal education, she is interested in helping them improve conditions i n their home life. Mrs. Tappan has been adviser to the White Plains 4-H Club for the past six years and is at present, adviser to the coun ty council. She is a member of the State 4-H Club Advisory Board and the first woman to j serve on the board of directors of the Georgia 4-H Club Foun dation. Mrs. Tappan's husband is also a 4-H club adviser and her daughter is president of the county council. Mrs. Weldon has served as ad viser to the Milner 4-H Club for five years, during which time she has accompanied delegates to state 4-H council meetings, camp and numerous out-of county trips. Her daughter, Mrs. Robert Pinkney, of Chicago, was before her marriage, assistant state council. An adviser for 15 years, Miss Stanford has participated in all phases of 4-H club work in Montgomery County. As county librarian she keeps in close con- ! tact with boys and girls all over the county. AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET TONIGHT Chattooga County Post 129 of the American Legion will meet at 8 o’clock tonight (Thursday) at the Legion Hall, which has been completely redecorated by the Legion Auxiliary. Plans for the birthday cele bration will be discussed at this meeting, leaders said. G. H. Brown, 63, Passes at Trion Gordon Henry Brown, 63, died lat a Trion hospital at 11 p.m. Monday after a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Emma Headrick Brown; three daughters, Mrs. Turner Tidmore, of Summerville; Mrs. Grady Cothran, of Berryton, and Mrs. Gordon Tidmore, of Gore; five sons, E. D., of Summerville; Cic ero, of Maryville, Tenn.; Jerome, of Rome; E. J. and C. C., both of the U. S. Marine Corps, now sta tioned in Quantico, Va.; one sis ter, Mrs. Biddie Teems, of Sum merville; four brothers, J. L., R. L. and O. L., all of Summerville, and Charlie, of Newberry, Fla. Twenty-eight grandchildren also survive. Funeral srevices are to be con ducted at the Wayside Baptist Church at 10:30 o’clock this morning with the Rev. Clyde Parri sand the Rev. Jeff Dale officiating. Interment is to be in Chapel Hill Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge. Two Stills Found; No One Arrested Two 55-gallon stills were cap tured by Sheriff Reuben A. Lyons and Deputy Edmond Kerce early Monday morning at a secluded spot one mile north of Sprite in the Coldwater dis trict. No one was found at the stills and no arrests have been made, Sheriff Lyons said. A small quantity of whiskey and several barrles of beer were captured. The stills were approximately one half mile apart. Raymond Gentry of Summer ville, has been released under a SSOO bond after being arrested Wednesday for possessing liquor. Also released after posting bond were John W. Smiley, of the Oak Hill community, who was held for possessing and transporting liquor, and C. C. Marshall, of Summerville, for possessing liquor. Sixteen arrests for misde meanors were made Sunday, ‘ Sheriff Lyons said. BAPTIST PASTORS PLAN REVIVALS FOR CHATTOOGA The Chattooga Baptist pastors conference was held Tuesday evening at the First Baptist Church in Summerville, it was disclosed yesterday by the Rev. Pat Brock, pastor of the Menlo Baptist Church. Final plans were made con cerning the simultaneous re vivals to be held beginning April 3, in which 15 Baptist Churches are cooperating. The theme for the revivals will be “Christ is the Answer.” The opening session of busi | ness was followed by a stirring i message from the Rev. B. L. i Caldwell, the new pator of the | Lyerly Baptist Church, the Rev. Mr. Brock said. Local Churches Give To Homs for Aged Since the Synod of Georgia ,' took over the Presbyterian . i Home for old people to be built , in Quitman. the church compos ing the Synod have one by one accepted their quota of the . SIOO,OOO the Synod will raise, in , addition to the $50,000 already ' in hand. The Synod asked each church to give a sum equivalent • to one third the annual salary paid its pastor. County Presbyterian churches : who have answered their quota for this project are: Alpine, at : Menlo; Beersheba at Summer ville; Coludland, Summerville : and Trion. The Presbyterian Home for i the aged was first started by j the Rev. F. H. McElroy, pastor of I the Quitman, church as a task j for Southwest Georgia Presby : terian. The city of Quitman and Brooks county paid $3,000 for a ' 30-acre site and the Rev. Mr. i McElroy’s committee started . raising funds for the building. As this progressed the pressing need for such an institution be came more apparent and the idea of presenting it to the Synod as a state-wide project developed. The first unit of the Presby terian Home wiH be completed in July. The plans of the home are so flexible and so designed that as funds become available, other units may be added. The home is designated by the Rev. Mr. McElroy as a place for use ful old people. It is his belief that many old people can be gainful employed if the proper care, understanding and help are given. The home is not a charity institution but lack of funds is no bar to admittance as means and rooms become available. Mrs. Walter Hinton Dies in Flortfa Funeral services for Mrs. Wal ter Hinton, who died at the residence of her son in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Saturday morning were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the J. D. Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry Foster officiating. Mrs. Hinton was a lifelong resident of Chattooga County and was a member of the Sum merville Presbyterian Church. Survivors include two sons, Dr. Hill Hinton, of Miami, Fla. and Wiley Hinton, of Fort Laud erdale, Fla. Five grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Active pallbearers were: R. R Garrett, Lamar Hinton, Bob Maples. Tom Hill Selman, T. L. Morton Jr. and Cliff Stephen son. Honorary pallbearers were: Luell McGinnis, James Hawkins, Herbert Gilkerson, M. M. Allen Sr., Gilbert Holland, Roland Henry and J. R. Jackson Jr. In terment was in the Summerville Cemetery. RED CROSS DRIVE LAGS The Red Cross needs your help. The local drive is far be- ; hind, according to Mose Brin son, Chattooga County Chap ter Chairman, who appealed to the citizens of this county to contribute and make the | drive a success. Only $671 had been turned i in to Eugene Rackley, treas urer by Wednesday, however, i none of the mill chairmen had reported. When these reports are made it is expected to boost the amount considerab ly, Mr. Rackley said. The goal is $1,600. If you have not joined the Red Cross, do it today and you I will be helping someone when help is most needed. Easter Seals to Help Georgia's Crippled Kids SCOUTS BEHIND SI,OOO IN DRIVE Only $1,500 of the $2,500 goal ' set by the Chattooga County 1 Boy Scouts has been received, it ; was disclosed Monday evening • at the monthly meeting of the 5 Scout Committee. R. P. Harde man Chairman of the Drive ’ made the report. > A total of sl, 229,72 had been ■ received from Pennville to the ! northern boundary of the coun- • ty and $225 from the Summer ville Manufacturing Company. Charles Fink has accepted the position as Scoutmaster for the Cubs and he stated that by next j month the Cub Scout activities in Summerville would be in full swing. Those present were: J. Leo 1 Baker, Clyde Cobb. L. C. Dalton, J Eugene Rackley, Harry Harde ‘ man, James Simmons, C. O. ; Walker. Dr. R. E. Davis, A. J. ' Strickland, Ralph Tribble, Rev. Leroy Obert, Rev. Frank Prince, 1 Irwin Thomas, R. P. Hardeman, ’ Dr. B. Lovingood and C. B. 1 Bricker. J TRION FACULTY TO PRESENT COMEDY . The faculty of the Trion High School will present the comedy, • “Professor, How Could You?” at 'lB p. m. Friday, March, March j 25, at the Trion High School ; Auditorium. . | Mrs. John D. Taylor is di [ i rector of the play, which prom tl ises to be one of the most hilar ious ever presented in Trion. [ It concerns a professor who can be promoted to dean, pro- ; vided he becomes engaged or ' married within three days. . Various friends of the pro . fessor seek to have him married ; off to their particular choice and the situations which arise . to complicate matters will keep i 1 one in laughter from start to ! .1 finish. W. W. Murphy, 62, Passes Saturday ■ William Wesley Murphy, 62, ■ died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a > Trion Hospital after a lingering i illness. f He is survived by two brothers, 1 H. E. Murphy, of LaFayette. and ‘ Roe Murphy, of Summerville: six sisters. Mrs. W. P. Ramsey, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. J. E. Stowe, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. John Ayers and Mrs. Olin ' Strickland, all of Summerville, and Mrs. Eldridge Payne, of Goodwater, Ala. Funeral services were conduct- I ed at the Pennville Gospel Tab- ‘■ ernacle at 3 p.m. Sunday, with i the Rev. W. M. Steel and the '! Rev. I. C. Frazier officiating. In - 1; terment was in Pennville Ceme | tery. J .D. Hill Funeral Home • in charge. Local Business Women Hear Sgt Goodwin Sgt. J. L. Goodwin, of the ‘ ■ Georgia Safety Education di-, vision of the State Patol, was | ! the principal speaker at the' i Business ana Professional Wo- J men’s Club which held its I monthly session at John’s Place! on the evening of March 10. The Safety Educator gave a: factual address on the various| divisions of the state’s De partment of Public Safety, with stress on the work of the State Patrol. Pointing out that in the first year of operation, 103 school children were killed on their way to or from school and that j 256 were injured, Sgt. Goodwin stated that in 1948 only children | were killed. He added that the efficiency of the Highway Pa trol is greatly aided by the work of the School Patrol. “Our school boys have done a I great job and our hats are off ■ to them,” he said. Passing School Bus In cutting down accidents, especially accidents involving school children. Sgt. Goodwin continued: “You know it is against the law to pass a school, bus and when I say pass. I mean j either overtaking it or ap proaching it: Come to a dead, I stop when you see a school bus j loading or unloading its passen- ■ gers and do not pass it until it ‘ Growing With Chattooga $1.50 A YEAR The 1949 Easter Seal Sale opens today and will continue through Easter Sunday, April 17, giving all Chattooga Coun tians a chance to help some crippled child in Georgia, A. A. Farrar, local Chairman said this week. ' The Crippled Children League , of Georgia is affiliated with The ■ National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., head quartered in Chicago. Georgia’s , seal campaign will be part of a . great national movement that ■ includes more than 2,000 state and local units. ' The letters, with seals enclos t ed will be mailed to Chattooga j Countians during this week -1 end, Mr. Farrar said, and he > urged that the public remember I that they will be bringing health .’; and happiness to the life of j some unfortunate youngster if ' they respond to this appeal. ’; Every dollar given, he sad, will ’ be a contribution to and share ’; in the future of crippled youth. ’I “These shares will give chil ’ j dren their chance to get well, ' to go to school, to train for a job, to earn a living . . . ’like ‘ other kids’.” The help these children re- I ceive through the sale of Easter | Seals does not duplicate that j given by any other public or private agency. Funds are used I to maintain clinics and special 1 services and to operate and maintain Aidmore in Atlanta. . Bunny Tag drive will be held ■in the schools one day during : the Seal Sale and an Easter Lily will be held the day before Easter. Services The present Aidmore, a co lonial home, was acquired in 1941. These services are furni shed by the hospital: a medical staff composed of a pediatrician, orthopedist, X-ray technician; corps of registered nurses, aides, orderlies, dietician, cooks, maids, physical therapist recreational ! director, speech therapists. The Atlanta Public School system furnishes a teaching staff to keep children up to date with their studies while convalescing. Achievements Two children were sponsored in the humble beginning of the League. Today, after a gradual expansion, facilities are avail able for 60 resident convales cents and for over 4,000 patient I clinic visitors yearly. “Many people who purchase Easter Seals want to take care of a child at Aidmore convales cent hospital for one day,” Mr. Farrar declared. “That costs $5. Others who can do more, pay for an X-ray examination, $10; or an operation, $25. But any ( amount you send, $1 to SIOO wiil be gratefully received.” Funds from the Easter Seals have increased steadily in the past ten years, he said. As the funds grow, the effectiveness of : the Crippled Children League I will grow in like proportion. ■ is in full motior on the high , way.” The Patrolman also urged the j aid of the Club in stopping driv ers from operating automobiles ! when drinking. Sgt. Goodwin I was accompanied to the Club by Patrolman Bulter who is as signed to this area. The Safety | program was a feature arrangde by Mrs. Reuben Lyons and the speaker was presented by the Club’s Program chairman. Mrs. Howard Bohanan. President Resigns Mrs. J. L. Henderson, the Club’s president, turned in her resignation and Mrs. Paul Weems, the first vice president, automatically became the pre siding officer. A nominating committee headed by Mrs. E. C. Pesterfield and composed of Mrs. William Boyd and Mrs. Eu gene Rackley was appointed with instructions to report at the April meeting. Mrs. Weems pointed out that every club should have some civic aim as a goal. With re ports from Miss Beulah Shrop shire and Miss Mary Thompson | the presiding officer, announced ; that in the near future the Business and Professional Wo men’s Club hoped to have a part I in creating a recreational park ; for the benefit of all the people ' in Summerville.