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Try Our Job Printing VOL. 65; NO. 17 Easter Lily Parade Plannedfor Saturday Lilies will be on parade in Trion and Summerville Satur day, April 16, and persons buy ing one of the attractive flow ers will be contributing to the health and happiness of some crippled child in Georgia. The Lily Parade will climax a month long Easter Seal Sale, funds from which will be used at Aidmore home for crippled children in Georga. “When you buy and use Easter Seals, you help the crip pled child on the seal and thousands like her to become useful, self-sustaining citizens, A. A. Farrar, chairman of the Chattooga district for the seal campaign, said yesterday when Methodist Men's Club to Meet The Methodist Fellowship Club will hold their monthly dinner meeting in the Church Annex at 8 p. m. Monday. A. G. Dunson is in charge of the evening’s program which promises to be an unusual one. Members of the Weslyan Service Guild will serve the supper. HERE 'N THERE The April meeting of the Seventh District State nurses Association will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the Greystone Hotel in Rome. Miss Dana Hudson, Superin tendent of Nurses at Georgia Baptist Hospital Atlanta, and President of the State Nurses’ Association, will be the speaker and she has chosen as her topic, “The Ginzbury Report.” The Summerville Retail Merchants Association will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday, April 21, at the Chamber of Commerce office, it was announced this week by Fred Medders, Presi dent. “The Little Clodhopper,” a light comedy, will be presented at 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. Friday, April 15, by the Trion High School Junior Class at the Tri on Community Center Theatre. Proceeds from the play will be used for the Junior-Senior ban quet scheduled for April 29 at Riegeldale Tavern. The Rev. Cecil Myers, of Brookhaven, will conduct a re vival series at the Trion Metho dist Church beginning April 17 and extending through April 22. Services will begin each evening at 7:30 o’clock. Prior to the worship service a special children’s service con sisting of a religious story and singing. Pvt. Donald E. Cornelison, of Rome, is now servng wth the 1 Corps Military Police Platoon in Kyoto, Japan, home of Head quarters 1 Corps. Private Cornelison entered the Army in August, 194 T, and after completing infantry basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., he was sent to Japan, 1948. Upon his arrival in Japan he was as signed to the Bth Army Sugamo Prison in Tokyo and then join ed the 35th Infantry Regiment in Otsu, from where he was transferred to his present unit in December 1948. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. McCary, reside at Rome. Pfc. Hiram W. Copeland, of Trion, is serving wiht the 118th Medical Station Hospital, lo cated in Fukucka, Kyushu, Ja pan as surgical technician. Private First Class Copeland entered the Army at Fort Mc- Pherson, in April, 1943, and after completing his infantry and medical basic training at Camp Barksley, Texas, he was assigned to the 7th Division, sth Division, Brook General Hospi tal and 90th Division. He has been serving with his present organization since May 1948 when he arrived in Japan. Private First Class Copeland’s wife, Mrs. Carrie S. Copeland and daughter, Janice S. Cope land, reside at Trion. A regular convocation of Tri on Chapter 19, R. A. M. will be held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, April 16. There will be work in the Royal Arch degree and refresh ments will be served. All Royal Arch Masons are in vited to be present. (Mw N n\m SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949 he explained the message of the 1949 stamp. The little girl on the magenta seal, supported by canes, is sil houetted against a sunrise, symbol of future happiness and and life without her wooden props. There is a message, “Help Crippled Children.” In explaining the history of the Easter Seal, Mr. Farrar said, “More than 335,000 children in the U. S. are crippled through accident, disease and birth. The total number of handicapped is estimated at 23,000,000. Forty thousand of these are in Geor gia. More than 3,000 were help ed last year by the Crippled Children League of Georgia. More and more can be reached as the League is given added support by the public through purchase of Easter Seals.” Drive leaders today urged all those who have not yet contri buted to send in their gifts this week. The drive ends Easter Sunday, April 17. The state goal is $250,000. Those who did not receive seals through the mail may con tribute by sending their dona tions to Mr. Farrar, in Summer ville, or buying Easter lilies. ALL DOGS MUST BE INOCULATED Police Chief W. M. Whaley yesterday reminded residents of Summerville that they must have their dogs inoculated by tomorrow or they will be de stroyed by members of the po lice force. Chief Whaley pointed out that this must be done in order to prevent further spread of ra bies, which is becoming so pre valent in this section. “If a mad dog should bite one child and it should die, not all the dogs in the city or county would be worth that, so we must ask everyone to please have their dogs inoculated ir> order that there will be no chances of such a tragic occurrence." the Chief said. He said that there are a lot of stray dogs in the city and that when dogs have collars and tags that will signify that they are pets and that someone cares enough for them to have them protected against rabies. Mrs. Louise Rawles Funeral Today Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Wilson Rawles will be held at Fort Payne, Ala., at 2 p. m. today with Dr. J. P. Steve son officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in the Summerville cemetery. The fun eral cortege expects to arrive in Summerville around 4:30 p. m. Mrs. Rawles is survived by a sister, Mrs. G. E. Hill, of Fort Payne, a brother, H. C. Wilson, of Summerville and several nieces and nephews. Cemetery Corporation so be Beautified By Beulah Shropshire Many years ago the Summer ville Cemetery was kept clean by the observance of cleaning days. The entire community met with rakes and hoes, and basket dinners, and worked with one accord. Somewhere along the way this old custom was discarded. Weeds grew, broom sedge flourished, unsightly bushes and bamboo vines ran riot along the side of washed out gullies where soil could afford a foothold. Large patches of sun baked clap and shale appeared naked on slopes. It looked like a spot abandoned. Mrs. R. D. Jones was the first to urge the organization of a foundation so the upkeep of the cemetery could be perpetuated and the graves of loved ones kept green. Over a year after her death, the Summerville Cemetery Cor poration was organized and re ceive dits charter. This organi zation is functioning, the hard est part of the work is done, and the directors are gratified to re port the grounds are cleaned, driveways graded and graveled, and a water line installed. There are two objectives. The first is to keep the cemetery from regressing into its former condition. In order to do this it is necessary to employ a man working regularly, and to buy COUNTY'S BAPTIST PASTORS TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT The Chattooga Pastor’s Con ference will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday at the First Baptist Church, Summerville. The Rev. Pat Brock, pastor of the Menlo Baptist Church, will bring the principal message of the evening. A. N. White will have charge of the devotional program and W. M. tSteele will preside at the denominational peri od . The Bible study will be directed by S. L. Walki u and G. H. Godfrey will have charge of the pastor’s period. All Baptist pastors of the As sociation are urged to attend the meeting. dismFmasons TO MEET IN ROME A record attendance is ex pected for the 52nd annual District Masonic convention, “The Little Grand Lodge” of Georgia, in Rome, May 4-5, Ma sonic leaders said recently. The convention will open with an address by Seventh District Worshipful Master R. T. McCoy. The principal address of the morning will come from E. R. Moulton, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. During the afternoon the Cherokee Lodge in Rome will confer the E. A. degree on can didates. Entertainment night for Ma sons, their families and friends will come on the evening of May 4, John C. Warr, Rome, Past Master of Cherokee Lodge, will be master of ceremonies. Election and installation of officers will be during the morn ing session of the second day. The progx-am will also include presentation of 50-year mem berships to qualifief members. Cedartown’s Caledonia Lodge will portray the Sublime degree during the second evening’s ses sion. County Teachers in Classrooms Chattooga County teachers were in their classrooms this week as usual, despite a threat last week to “recess” in protest to the failure of the state tax referendum. R. J. Dobbs, President of the local unit of the Georgia Educa tion Association, said this week that the teachers resumed their duties because they had intend ed to recess only if a majority of the teachers in the state did likewise. According to J. Frank Har mon, Principal of Summerville Schools, about 10 teachers from the Summerville Schools attend ed the mass meeting of Polk teachers in Rockmart Sunday afternoon. Action has been begun by teachers throughout the state to refuse to sign contracts for next year until they are assured of a raise in salaries. sufficient tools. This is now be ing done. J. D. Hill is generously giving his services in supervis ing the work. This work will be carried on as long as the funds last, and it is hoped new mem bers will join the corporation so that the work may coninue until the next yearly fees are collected from the members. Funds for buying and spreading lime and grass seed will be needed. The entire tract needs lime which discourages the browth of broom sedge and will promoe the growth of grass. The second objective is to landscape the grounds and erect a nentrance to he cemetery. H. A. Harvey, landscape artist, who was formerly with the Univer sity of Georgia, visited the site and has drawn most workable and appropriate plans. These plans are not too expensive to carry out, native shrubs, some box wood grouped around the entrance, and naive stone to be utilized for the erection of the entrance. If enough people are interest ed, this work can be done now. It should not be necessary to hand these landscape plans to the next generation. Though we hope to hand down to the next generation our corporation well founded, and the Summerville cemetery well kept, green, and beautiful. PARENTS' NIGHT TO BE OBSERVED BY TRION GIRL SCOUTS The Indian torture dance, along with the history of the Apache tribe, will highlight an evening of scouting events for the parents at 7 o’clock this evening at the Trion Communi ty Center gymnasium. The affair is being sponsored by the Cub and Girl Scouts and will also include rope spinning stunts, knot tying relays, skits on the Scout laws, Scout songs and yells. Everyone interested in Scout ing is invited to attend. NOTICE There is a charge of one cent a word on cards of thanks and similiar articles with a minimum charge of 50 cents. This must he enclosed with these notices as none can be carged. Gore Boys Win Cash Awards in Rome Pig Chain Show Three Gore Future Farmers won cash awards totaling $57 with their purebred O. I. E. hogs in the annual area Sears-Roe buck pig chain show held at Rome Saturday. Competing with boys from 14 other Northwest Georgia Chap ters, Sidney Cooper and Billy Pinion won blue and red ribbons respectively in the gilt class and cash prizes of $22 and sls. Billy also won a white ribbon and $2 for good showmanship. Exhibiting in the boar class, Elmer Lee Johns won a blue rib bon and $lB. Approximately SIOO in cash prizes were awarded to the Fu ture Farmer exhibitors by the Sears Foundation which spon sors the pig chain on a state wide basis to promote the de velopment of a better swine in dustry. The McHenry chapter won the grand championship award of $25 with its spotted Poland China breed. Lake Winnepesaukah Prepares for Big Slimmer Season Mrs. Minnette Dixon’s attrac tive Winnepesaukah Park is un dergoing its annual pre-open ing fresh-up. The regular rou tine repairs and paint jobs are well under way. While the official opening is set for April 30 and May 1, the Park will offer two week-end previews, April 16 and 17, and April 23 and 24. • On Easter Sunday afternoon there will be a big Easter Egg hunt for the kiddies with prizes for the gold and silver egg. Winnepesaukah’s huge out door Swimming Pool—a big summer drawing card, due to its wonderful supply of pure fresh spring water which is sup plied by 35 large springs flow ing 35,000 gallons per hour—; goes into operation April 30 for! its 25th consecutive season un der the same management. PROCLAMATION ON CANCER WHEREAS, cancer is one of the greatest personal threats that hangs over each of the ! citizens of Summerville, and j will strike one out of every six men, women and children ! alive today at some time in j their lives, and WHEREAS, many cancers can be cured if patients seek early and adequate medical treatment, and WHEREAS, cancer still is killing thousands each year whose deaths could be pre vented by early diagnosis and treatment, and WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society and its Chat tooga County Unit are seek ing to bring cancer under con trol in a three-fold attack of research, education and serv ice to cancer patients, NOW, THEREFORE, I, W. S. James, Mayor of the City of Summerville, hereby proclaim April to be Cancer Control Month in Summerville, and i call on all citizens to inform themselves of the facts about cancer, to to support the work of the American Cancer So ciety by contributing to its annual appeal for funds. Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of April, 1949, in the City of Summer ville. Signed W. S. James. PLANS UNDER WAY FOR LEGION-V.F.W. DONKEY GAME Preliminary plans for a Donkey Olympic Game are being made this week by Miss Marga ret Fink, of Amusement Enter prise, Kansas City, Mo. The game, which is sponsored by | the American Legion and Vet erans of Foreign Wars, will be j held on Friday April 22. Funds derived from the event will be used to complete con struction of the Memorial Home, being built by the two veterans organizations as a tribute to those who did not return in the two World Wars. Miss Fink, counselor of the Enterprise, is available for speaking engagements at clubs. She states that local men will participate in the game, and that it should be an enjoyable evening’s entertainment for both young and old. EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PLANNED There will be an Easter Sun rise Service at 6 a. m. Sunday on the hill at T. J. Espy’s new home, formerly the J. L. Hen- ‘ derson home. This service is for all persons j in the community who wish to attend. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held in the First Baptist Church. It will last approximately 45 min utes, leaders stated. DR. HAIR CONSIGNS CATTLE TO STATE SALE IN ATLANTA Dr. W. B. Hair, owner of the Hair Farms, is consigning one of the fine butts and seven fe males from his Aberdeen-Angus herd of cattle to the annual Sprjng Show and Sale of the Georgia Aberdeen-Angus As sociation , to be held at the Southeastern Fair Grounds in Atlanta 20-21, in connection | with the Second Annual Geor- I gia Livestock Exposition. Dr. Hair has served as President of the Georgia Aberdeen-Angus Association and he is recognized as an outstanding breeder with a herd of Angus cattle winch ranks with the best of the breed. Other entries making up a consignment of 33 females and 6 bulls for the show and sale will come from some of the leading Aberdeen-Angus herds in the state, including those of Beaverdam Seed and Cattle Farm, Colbert; Frank Binford, Thomaston; Joe A. and J. S. Johnson, Jefferson; W. G. Johnston, Thomaston; Dwight Kennedy, Claxton; Lorraine Farms, Macon; V. L. Lovell, Clarksville; Shan dr a Farms, Shannon; Snap Finger Farms, Atlanta; and C. E. Williams, Griffin. The showing and judging of all entries will begin at 2 p. m. Wednesday, April 20, with Juli us G. Clark, of Lexington, Ky., formerly President of the Amer ican Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association as judge. The show animals will be sold, beginning at 10 a. m. Thursday, April 21, with Colonel Tom McCord of Montgomery as auctioneer. On the evening of April 20th there will be a joint banquet j for members of the Georgia Ab erdn-Angus Association and the | Georgia Hereford Association, j at the Dinkier Room in the Ansley Hotel. Catalogues for the sale may be obtained frmn W. Tap Ben nett Sales Manager, c/o Central of Georgia Railway. Savannah, , Ga. Dr. Goodwin to Be j With Little Clinic ! i Dr. Hugh A. Goodwin, former > recruiting medical officer at the U. S. Naval Recruiting Station, J in Nashville, Tenn., will assume \ his duties here with Dr. R. N. Little at his clinic next week. Dr. H. P. Holbrook’s leaving the ' Little Clinic next week also. Dr. Goodwin received his B. S. degree from Kentucky State 1 College in 1939 and his M. D. 1 from Emory University in 1946. 1 He interned in Norfolk. Va., in 1946-47 and served in the U. S. Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., ' in 1947. ' Following his service at the '• Naval Hospital. Dr. Goodwin was stationed on the U. S. S. Provi- ! dence, a cruiser, in the Medi terranean Theatre in 1947-48. : Cancer Drive to Begin Here Monday AID TO AGED CUT S2O MONTHLY IN GEORGIA Georgia slashed its maximum old-age pension by S2O a month in the face of “a shortage of state funds.” The cut in maximum monthly payments was from SSO to $30 — a drop of 40 per cent. It means smaller income for 12,000 needy aged people in the state. It amounts to $1,244,000 a year. Welfare Director Jack Forrest er ordered the decrease, effective next month, in payments for May. He said rapidly expanding old-age pension lists has “ex hausted” the present state ap propriation. Thus it is necessary to reduce the amount of payments to save money for eligible new ap plicants, Forrester said. The Federal Government, which pays one-half to three-fourths of the cost, requires that the rolls be kept open for needy new cases. But Forrester said many per- I sons have been receiving old- I age assistance who are not qualified. Administration has been “fiscally unsound,” h e added. He said he hoped that by tightening regulations, unquali fied persioners can be weeded out and the maximum payment can be restored to SSO a month. Welfare officials also revealed a study is under way toward a cut in maximum payments for dependent children. These are now set at $27 monthly for the first child in a family, with $lB ter each additional child up to $99 per family. No cut is contemplated in wel fare assistance to the blind, of ficials said. More than one-half of Geor gia’s population over 65 is re ceiving state welfare aid. This percentage is third highest in the nation. All other southern states have a SSO maximum ex cept Mississippi, which has S3O a welfare official said. WHDC Members To Compete in Kitchen Contest All home demonstration Club members in Georgia are eligi ble to compete in the third an nual kitchen improvement con test this year, according to an announcement this week by Miss Willie Vie Dowdy home improve ment specialist ter the State Ex tension Service. The contest has officially opened, Miss Dowdy said, and all enrollments and original scores must be in by June 1. Improve ments must be complete and final scores in by September 1. Sponsored for the third con sective year by the Georgia Power Company, the contest will be conducted under the super vision of Miss Dowdy, Miss Mel ba Sparks District Agent and Miss Omie Wiley County Home Demonstration Agent. Only remodeled kitchens will he accepted in the contest this j year. Miss Dowdv explained, and! a minimum of f>ve women from each county must enroll. Im provements must be complete in ; | each county before that county j is eligible for competition in the district and state contest. Awards will be the same as in former years. District winners! will receive electric washing ma chines and the state winner will have her choice of a home freez er, electric refrigerator, electric range, automatic washer or water heater. Prizes will also be awarded to the community home demonstration club hav ing the greatest number of members competing in the con test and to the county home; demonstration council with the! most clubs participating. Union Easier Service Planned al Gore Union Easter servcies will be held Sunday, at the Gore High School and each evangelical church and it’s pastor is invited to cooperate in this united ef fort which is being sponsored by the Unity Baptist Church, ac cording to the Rev. George C. Schroeder, pastor. There will be a Union Sunday! School lesson at 10 a. m. and a i Union worship service at 11 a. | m. Chattooga Growing With $1 50 A YEAR The cancer drive will begin | in Chattooga County Monday, ! April 18, and the goal has | been set at S9BO, it was an nounced this week by Mrs. | J- R. Burgess, Chairman. Last year $1,562.06 was raised in I the local drive, although the I goal was only S9BO. Mrs. Burgess stated that it is the hope of the local drive leaders that this year’s cam paign will be as successful as that of last year. Ever see a 30-foot, 1,000 pound man? You probably won’t—but by injecting pure growth hor mone extracted from the pitui ta r y gland they’re growing healthy rats up to five times their normal size. Ever think that an extra 40 ' | pounds would give you a 25 per | cent greater chance of having | cancer than if you were under weight? It would, according to statistical studies of cancer. Ever see a man walking—with j by volume most of his abdominal organs removed? They do thanks to new surgical tech niques. Ever think there was a rela tionship between nerves and cancer? By cutting a sympathe tic nerve, one scientist causes tremendous cancers to develop in one type of giant cockroach. Ever think of virus could re main harmless for long periods of time—then become a rapac ious killer because an infinitely small amount of calcium is add ed to the solution in which it exists? It does. Ever think a mouse could be dying a massive, ugly cancer— and be apparently healthy and frisky, with the tumor gone, a couple of days later? That’s hap pening . . . thanks to injections of a spleen extract. Ever think a human cancer patient, dying in great pain, could be sent back to a normal existence by injecting a poison gas? That happens occasionally —but the results, so far, are temporary. Ever think that such innocent things as the sun’s rays, x-rays, soot, oil, constant physical irri tations and continual burning of certain tissues could cause cancer? Under some conditions, they will. Ever think that many of the things that cause cancer are used to treat cancer radia tions and certain chemicals, for example. Ever know that by repeated j brother-to - sister matings of | cancer mice, cancer-bearing j strains can be developed? Ever know that cancer-free I mice can be nursed by mothers I with breast cancer, and the I mice will develop cancer? Ever know that cancer can be caused in the offspring by mere ly mating two particular kinds of fish? These and other phenomena j are being looked into by scien ! tists supported by the Ameri- I can Cancer Society, j Support research! Give today | to he Amrican Cancer Society! TOURISTS URGED TO 'STAY A WHILE' BY COMMERCE DEPT. j Georgia’s newly created De j partment of Commerce is pre paring a campaign to attract j tourists to the state and to have them “stay a while in Georgia” | on their way through the state. Clark Gaines, secretary of the | department, said Georgia oc ! cupies a strategical position be- I tween the Flordia winter resorts and the North, East and West. “Visitors to Florida traveling by automobile pass through Georgia going South and again pass through the state on the return trip to tee North, East and West. We w-ant to get these visitors to stop over one or more days and enjoy some es the at tractions of this state.” To this end a movement is j unaer way to improve the | standard of motor courts and J tourist homes as well as im- I prove the service stateions. Among the sights to be seen in Georgia are the World fa mous Stone Mountain, largest block of solid granite on earth, the Lookout Mountain “Sky j Way” running fifty miles through Georgia: the Cyclora ma in Atlanta, largest of all battle paintings; the little White House, part-time home of hte late President Roosevelt at Warm Springs; the perfect beaches at Tybee, Sea Island: j St. Simon’s Island and Jekyll i Island and the beautiful moun tain sections rising to heights jof more than 500 feet in North j Georgia.