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Try Our Job j Printing j VOL. 65; NO. 16 Boys and Girls of Year Are Elected Twelve high school'’ seniors were named the Boy and Girl of the Year from their respective high schools Friday night at the annual banquet held at Riegel dale Tavern, Trion. The affair is sponsored jointly by the Sum merville Lions Club, the Trion Lions Club and the Summerville- Trion Rotary Club. One student from each of the county’s six high schools was given a scholarship to be applied to the college of their choice and the other entrant from that school is the alternate winner. Scholarship winners were Carl Williams, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams, of Trion; Pat Teddar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Teddar, of Sum merville; Miss Faye Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carter, of Menlo; David Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bishop, of Lyerly; Guy Pope, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pope, of Suljligna; and Miss Barbara Prater, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Prater, of Gore. Alternates wer'e Miss Ann Wike, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Wike, of Trion; O. G. Morehead, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Morehead, of Sum merville; Miss Betty Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harrison, of Lyerly; Miss Ruby Scoggins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delaney Scoggins, of Sub ligna; Harold Cargle, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cargle, of Gore. The scholarship awards of $l5O are not given directly to the in dividual winners, but will be sent to the college of their choice to be applied toward their expenses. Scholarships must be used by the candidate the fol lowing school year. The candidates were chosen on leadership, initiative, charac ter and citizenship. Warr Speaks “Education Is a Business” was the topic of an address by John C. Warr, Superintendent of the Floyd County Schools and Chair man of the State Veterans Train ing Program. He traced the educational re quirements from the beginning of this country to the present day, pointing out the additional knowledge that is required to day by the average citizen. He explained that many years ago a grade school education was looked upon as a real as complishment and that today a high school education is a must and a college education is now much more desirable than ever before. He challenged the selected boys and girls of the year to look upon education as a business, a business of handing down to the generation that follows them all the needed education require ments for the generations to come. Mr. Warr presented the certifi cates to the alternate winners in each of the high schools. Concert to Benefit Crippled Children A concert, for the benefit of the Crippled Children’s League will be held Saturday night, April 9, at the courthouse. Featured on the program will be Grady, Hazel and Jackie Cole the Country Cousins, with Curley Kinsey. Sanitarian Discusses New Feed Ordinance Bv Richard E. Davis, Food Sanitarian State Health Department My subject is about two recent ordinances passed by the Mayor and City Council of Summerville on June 24, 1948 and made coun ty-wide by the County Commis sioners of Roads and Revenues on March 21, 1949. These ordi nances apply to the inspection and grading of all food estab lishments in Chattooga County, school lunchrooms, restaurants, drugstore soda fountains, meat markets and any and all places where food is prepared, served or sold. These ordinances are based on the U. S. Code and the State Code for grading food establish ments. Grades when posted in all food establishments after a series of preliminary inspections made over a period of one year from date ordinance was first passed to point out to the own ers and operators of such estab lishments corrections that must be made for a passing grade of IhtmmmnlU' Nnus Miss Bryan Speaks To Youths at Rally Miss Kathryn Bryan, return ed missionary from China, was the principal speaker Thursday night at the W. M. U. Youth Rally, which was held at the Summerville First Baptist Church. Miss Bryan told of the Chinese problems and showed posters. She had a lady and child dress ed in Chinese costumes and stressed the great need of send ing missionaries to that country. Mrs. Julia V. Stewart. Vice President of this Division, in troduced Miss Bryan. Miss Dorothy Brogdon, of Ly erly, gave a marimba solo and the group sang several songs in unison. Miss Stepehen, State Worker, spoke briefly on camp and what it means to the young people. The meeting was presided over by Miss Mildred Speer, Young People’s Leader. Among those attending were eight pastors, one a visitor, the Rev. C. B. Coon, of LaFayette. Local Wildlife CPah Meets Monday Night Dr. Tom Currey, President of the Hamilton County (Chatta nooga) Sportsmen Club; Charlie Brock and E. T. Bales will be guests on the program of the Chattooga County Wildlife and Conservation Club Monday night at their regular meeting. The time has been set at 8 o’clock and it will be held at the court house. Bert Brogdon is in charge of the program. In addition, the Chattanooga trio will bring two movies, one pertaining to soil conservation and the other to fishing in Ten nessee. A number of important mat ters pertaining to the club are to be taken up and it is urged that all members be present. Program chairmen for each meeting for the remainder of the year will be announced by Mose Brinson. Those who have failed to send in renewal of their member ships are urged to do so at once in order that they may not be dropped from the roll and have to come in as a new member. Approximately 28,000 bass and bream were released in the Club lake last week, W. H. Smith, President, said. Fertilization of the lake will begin next month to be contin ued indefinitely, Mr. Smith said. Teen-Ager Struck by Auto at Pennville Peggy Palmer, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Dick Palmer, of Pennville, suffered bruises Tues day afetrnoon when struck by an automobile on U. S. Highway 27 at Pennville. The accident occured as the girl stepped from a Victory bus into the path of the automobile driven by Mr. Shamblin. She was dismissed after being treated at Riegel Community Hospital. A or B at the time final inspec tion and grading visit is made. GRADING will be made as “A” “B” and “C”. An “A” Grade is of course perfect, the place must meet all requirements of the 17 items on the inspection sheet. “B” Grade must meet 12 of these items, it must be “A” Grade ex cept for the building structure, that is the only difference be tween an “A” and “B” Grade. In many places the operator does not own the building but has leased or rented it by the month and cannot afford to bear the expense of bringing the building up to the requirements of “A” Grade. The owner is not willing or cannot afford the ad ditional expense either so rather than close the business we give an ‘‘B” Grade card. Because o f rough wooden floors or cracks in the walls or ceiling, not enough lighting or inadequate ventilation for an “A” Grade. The sth item that calls for a “B” Grade is prem (See Social Page) SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949 REVIVAL SERVICES BAPTIST CHURCHES CONTINUING HERE Reports from the various churches co-operating in the Baptist simultaneous revivals are most gratifying, Baptist lead ers in the county said this week as the revival began in 16 churches in the county. “Most of the churches con tacted report a number of con versions and reclamations,” the Rev. Pat Brock, Pastor of the Menlo Baptist Church, said. “The crowds are good and the interest growing. Prayer meet ings are being held all over the county and it is believed that, as a result, a great harvest will be fathered.” Each morning during the meetings the pastors and visit ing evangelists are meeting to gether for a “fellowship” break fast” and prayer. A special pro gram is planned for these meet ings. During the two weeks the pas tors will be heard at 7 a.m. on the Rev. Frank Craton’s broad cast and they urge everyone to attend one of these meetings. ~ < HERE 'N \ THERE I 11 ; The newly-organized Student ! Council of the Trion High School will be in charge of the Trion P. T. A. meeting, which will be held at 2:30' p. m. Tues day, April 12, at the high school. The program will include a forum on the use of leisure time, I use of money and other prob lems pertaining to the teen-age group. Evan Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bowman, who recent j ly graduated from the Edmond- I son School of Business has been placed in a position with the Georgia Power Company. He is a graduate from the | local high school, and served as a veteran in the Marine Corps. James (Sloppy) Floyd, 29, of Pennville, will leave Friday, April 8, for 15 days active duty | training with the U. S. Air Force Orlanda • Army Base, 14th Air Force Headquarters. Mr. Floyd is a major in the U. S. Air Force Reserve. I During the war, he spent four | and one half years with the U. ; S. Army Air Force, stationed in [ the Pacific on the island of | Guam. Cpl. Claude M. Rickett son of Mrs. Ruth Rickett, of Summer villle, has been serving with the 24th Division Artillery, a unit of the 24th Infantry Division on Kyushu, since the Bth November 1948. Kyushu, where he is now i serving, located south of the Main island of Honshu, is noted for its beautiful beaches and mild climate which afford pleasant living for occupation soldiers. Clarence N. Lane, 17, Trion. Route 1, enlisted last week in the United States Army, accord ing to an announcement from i the Rome U. S. Air Force Re ! cruiting Station. Lane is the son of Mr. and I Mrs C. G. Lan, of Trion. e i The regular meeting of Trion Lodge, No. 160 F. and A. M. will be held at 7:30 p. m. Satur : day, April 9. All qualified Masons are in ; vited. Newly elected officers of the Mason McCauley Post 6688, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, will as sume thir new duties at the j monthly meeting to be held at j the American Legion Hall, in j Summerville, at 8 o’clock to- j night. | FINAL RITES FOR IT. HENSON HELD Funeral services for First Lieutenant W. A. Henson II were held at the Presbyterian j Church in Conyers at 2 p. m. j yesterday. Lieutenant Henson was killed in action on Sept. 28,1 1944, in Germany. U He is survived by a daughter, Harriet Henson, of Rome, his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Henson; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Vaughn Jr., and Mrs. Richard Hergoz, all of Conyers. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whisn ant, Jr. Mrs. John B. Whisnant and Mrs. and Mrs. David Rogers, of Rome, attended the funeral. Burial Services Held for Pvl. Huskey 1 # - ft W; 2 ; IJR. vJifiL ■ | Jp' "Tyi, $ Pvt. Edgar Thomas Huskey, 23, of Cloudland, who was killed in action Luxenburg, Germany, j December 29, 1944, arrived in Summerville, at 6:04 p. m. Mon day, April 4. He is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Huskey; four brothers, John H., of Trion, Fred C., of Mentone, Ala., James C. and Amos J. Huskey, both of Cluoldand. Funeral services were con | ducted at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Tuesday with } the Rev. Alton Hickey officiat j ing. Military honors were confered |by V. F. W. Mason - McCalley Post 6688 and the American Legion Post 129. Interment was in Mt. Olive Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge of ar rangements. Trion Principal Is Stale President of Elementary Groa? Miss Ethel Simmons, who has been principal of the Trion Grammar School since 1934, was | recently elected p v isident of the Elementary Principals of the State, a division of the Georgia i Education Association. Succeed- I ing Mrs. R. B. Whitworth, of | Atlanta, who has been president of this group for many years. Miss Simmons will serve for 1949-50. Miss Simmons’ election comes as an honor to the Trion schools as well as to the town, and to the county. There are more than ! 1500 elementary principals thru out the state. Among other functions of this office, Miss Simmons will pre side at district meetings over the state, which will require her to be away from school about 15 days during the year. She will attend the meeting of the Southeastern group of Elemen tary School Principals, a branch of the National Education Asso ciation, to be held in Atlanta April 21, 22 and 23. For the past two years Miss Simmons has served as president of the Seventh District Elemen tary Principals. Farm Loan Assn. Stockholders to Meet Here April 14 The stockholders so the Dal ton National Form Loan Associ ation will meet at the Court House in Summerville, at 2:30 p. m. Thursday. April 14. The association makes long ! term farm loans thru the Fed- i eral Land Bank. The affairs of the assocition L in better shape than in the history of the as sociation, leaders state. Two unusual nice prizes will be given away to the ladies pres ent and it is hoped that all stockholders in Chattooga Coun ty will be present. The Dalton National Farm Loan Association services 11 counties in the Northwest Geor gia and are rotating their an- j nu a 1 meetings among thesej counties to afford as many as possible to attend one or more meetings. Dance Sponsored by Ag Department Here A dance will be held at Sturdi- j vant gymnasium, Summerville, from 8 to 12 p. m. Friday, April 8. Sponsored by the agriculture department of the high school, proceeds wil be used to purchase a movie projector for the de partment. Roland Grey and his orchestra will furnish the music. Chattooga Countians Say ‘No’to Tuesday’s Referendum t y LOCAL- YOUTHS TO EXHIBIT O. I. C. HOGS IN ROME SHOW DOGS IN CITY MUST WEAR TAG All dogs within the city limits of Summerville must be vaccinated and wearing a tag on cr before April 15, 1949, ! Police Chief W. M. Whaley said this week. “Dogs that do not have this tag showing will be destroyed ! where found,” he said. “We must take drastic steps to pre vent this fatal disease from ! spreading.” Chief Whaley said this mat ter had been neglected too long and that something must be done immediately. He urg j ed everyone to cooperate in order to protect their children. Chief Whaley pointed out that he had a statement from the Public Health Department concerning an animal belong ing to R. A. Tucker,, of Sum merville Route 3, which had i rabies. The statement said that | “each person bitten by or ex posed to this animal should communicate with his doctor immediately and all animals bitten by this animal should be destroyed or securely con fined for at least three months.” COUNTY DOCTORS HOST IS DISTRICT mDOI meet The 7th District Medical Soci ety met at the Trion Golf Club, Trion, yesterday. Dr. R. N. Little, of Summerville, president of the | local society gave the address lof welcome. Dr. Inman Smith, of Rome, and president of the district society, presided. Among the scientific papers I presented to the district physi cians were: “Insulin Mixtures in Diabetes,” by Drs. Cliff and Cary Moore, of Rome; “Peripheral Neuritis,” by Dr. Robert Graves, of Rome; “Surgical Management of Duodenal Ulcer,” by Dr. J. M. Higginbotham, of Chattanoo ga. Tenn.; and “Cancer—What Can We Do About It?” by Dr. Lester Harbin, of Rome. Simultaneously with the men’s meeting, the Woman’s Auxiliary of the society held their meet ing at the Riegeldale Tavern with Mrs. H. D. Brown, Mrs. R. N. Little, Mrs. J. J. Allen, Mrs. G. H. Little and Mrs. William U. Hyden as hostesses. Mrs. William Hyden gave the address of welcome to the Auxi liary. Dr. Hal M. Davison, of At lanta, was the principal speaker at the meeting and addressed the the ladies on “Psychoso matics of Allergy.” The afternoon session of the Auxiliary was devoted to social activities. At 5 o’clock a tea was given in honor of the visiting ladies and Mrs. H. D. Brown, of Summerville presided over the tea table. Following the programs of both meetings the Chattooga County Medical Society was host at a barbecue at the Golf Club. Cabin Roof Drive Coses On Friday The drive to secure funds for putting a roof on the Gore Future Farmer’s of America cabin closed Friday, with a total of $96.60 received. The goal had been set at sllO. Contributors since March 22 are as follows: H. H. Owings, $1; C. E. Rampley. 50 cents; J P. Cordle. $1: Dewey Maxey, $1: G. C. Schroeder, $1; W. D. Peter son, 50 cents; Elmer Gordon, 50 cents; Miss Lula Weesner $1; and T. G. Ballenger sl. John H. Maxey, 50 cents; H. C. Gordon $5; Aaron Pledger, $1; William Barber, 25 cents; Annie Bell Farmer, 50 cents; Man- Farmer, 5 cents; L. M. Ginnis, $1; R. H. Baker $55; W. C. Park er, $3: and T. D. Lowery, sl. Members of the chapter ex pressed their appreciation to those who have contributed. Roofing has been purchased and work on the cabin will be gin in the near future. When work is begun the people of the community will be given a chance to help with the work. Sidney Cooper, Billy Pinion, and Elmer Lee Johns, of the FFA Chapter, will exhibit their registered O. I. E. hogs in the area Sears-Roebuck pig chain show at Rome Saturday. Sidney and Billy, who will show gilts, gained the right to represent Gore against Future Farmers from 14 other north west Georgia chapters by win ning the two top places in the local show held at Gore Friday. Since the chain provides only one boar for each chapter, Elmer Lee didn’t have any com petition in the local show. Third place in the gilt class went to Bobby Youngblood who receiv ed a prize of S 5. Hoyt Martin Jr. and Doyle Jones received $3 and $2 respectively for their fourth and fifth place gilts. Approximately S7OO in cash prizes will be awarded to the ex hibitors in Rome by the Sears Foundation. For the gilts there Will be ten blue ribbon awards of $22. 10 reds of sls and 10 whites of $lO. Prizes in the boar class are smaller. Five blue rib bon animals will win $lB. five reds get $lO and five whites re ceive $5. Other chapters which will send representatives to the Rome event are Fannin County. Gilmore County, Pickens Coun ty. McHenry, Coosa, Bowdon. Mt. Zion, Villa Rica, Buchanan, Dallas, LaFayette, Rockmart, Sonoraville, and Douglasville. Mr. Smith, teacher of voca tional agriculture at Gore, says the hogs which will be shown by the local Future Farmers are seven months old and will weigh about 200 lbs. The hogs from all the school will be about the same age. This is a show only and none of the gilts will be sold. All farmers in this area are invited to this shov. d. l. McWhorter CHOSEN ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT Daniel Lee McWhorter has been elected President of the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club and will assume his duties July 1, 1949, succeeding N. B. Murphy. Other officers elected are as follows: Joe O’Neill, of Trion, vice president; A. B. Hammonds, of Berryton, treasurer; W. B. Simmons, of Trion, 'secretary; A. J. Strickland, of Trion. ser geant-at-arms. Directors of the club, in ad dition to the officers, are: Harry McGinnis, Heyward Dobbins, N. B. Murphy and H. G. Phillips. ¥ets Given Chance to Complete Education Educational opportunities to hundreds of Chattooga County War veterans, both white and colored hereotfore unaided by the G. I. Bill of Rights and for some veterans who have used part of their educational bene fist, were disclosed today. Any veteran with less than high school education may be eligible for the course to be known as General Continuation Pre-Vocational Education, pro vided he has six months or more entitlement and obtains a cer tificate of eligibility from the Veterans Administration. The course will include reading, writ ing. arithmetic, spelling, English, health, social science, and vo cational guidance, and will be established on three levels tak ing veterans from the first through the eighth grade as needed. The program is being spon sored by the State Department of Education through the Sum merville white and colbred schools. Supt, J. F. Harmon has expressed enthusiasm for the adult education program and has offered his cooperation. Vet erans who apply for certificates should take them as soon as possible to Guy Walton’s office at the city schools building where their names and address es will be taken and their cer ti'icates placed on file until classes can be organized. Twenty will be the minimum and 35 the maximum number of veterans in a single class. A Growing With Chattooga $1 .50 A YEAR In a more than 2 to 1 vote Tuesday, Chattooga Countians voted against expanded services for the State. The final tabula tion was 1,717 against the meas ure proposed by the Legislature and 703 for it. Rainy weather and muddy roads contributed to the ex tremely light vote cast in the referendum here. Votes by precincts were as follows: For Against Alpine 78 159 Coldwater 41 45 Dirtseller 8 28 Dirttown 63 80 Haywood 2 12 Lyerly 21 132 Seminole 15 39 Subligna 12 60 Summerville 328 591 Teloga 5 28 Trion 130 543 Total 703 1,717 House Passes Bill HR 807 for Fuads The bill authorizing the gov ernment to pay Chattooga County $44,000 for the burning of the Summerville High School in 1943 has been apprvoed by the House of Representatives Congressman Henderson Lan ham said in a telegram to Coun ty School Superintendent C. B. Akin Tuesday. At the time the school burn ed, it was rationing headquart ers for the government in this county, and it is on this basis the bill was introduced by Con gresman Lanham. Copeland Home Damaged in Fire The beautiful home us Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Copeland, located on Rome Boulevard, was damaged shortly after midnight Thursday morning when struck by light ning. Damage was estimated at approximately $4,000. The bolt struck the chimney and ran into a bedroom in which Mr. and Mrs. Copeland and their two sons slept. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland suffered slight shock from the lightning, and the headboard and footboard of a bed in which Mr. Copeland and a son slept was damaged by fall ing plaster. Young Tommy Copeland escaped w-ith only mi nor scratches about the head. A fire which blazed in the attic was quickly extinguished by the Summerville Volunteer Fire Department, which appear ed on the scene within ten min utes after the alarm was turned in. The entire roof was damaged and work has begun on the bed room and roof. i separate class will be organized for each of the three training I levels. In order to be eligible for the course, a veteran must be ■ satisfactorily employed and ! must remain employed through out his training program. He must meet the progress and : conduct standards of the school *; and not miss class without a valid reason, in order to remain in the course. Veterans approved for train : ing will receive one-half sub sistence and will use up their entitlement at the rate of one half. A veteran with no depen dents will receive $37.50 per month, one dependent $52.50 and two dependents $60.00. Books and supplies wall be furni shed by the State Department of Education, and local teachers ! will be employed for the night j classes which will be held 12 hours per week. Forty-eight months will be ! authorized for veterans requir , ing the entire course, and each training level will be allowed 16 months for completion. The course may be completed in less 1 time, however, dependnig on the ability of the individual veter . i an. Classes wall be started in Sum merville just as quickly as the minimum number of veterans 1 have secured certificates from . the Veteran’s Administration. Applications may be made ; through the Veterans Admini ! 1 stration Office, or Veterans Ser vice Office.