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VOL. 65; NO. 18
FARM BUREAUS TO
GET AWARDS FOR
4-H CLUB WORK
State awards for Farm Bureau
chapters doing the most to
further and sponsor 4-H club
work in their community or
county were announced this
week by H. L. Wingate, president
of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation and L. R. Dunson,
assistant state 4-H Club leader.
First place award will be SIOO
second place award, $75; third
place award, SSO; and fourth
place award, $25. Farm Bureau
chapters winning the awards
will spend the money for fu
ture 4-H work to be determin
ed by the chapter president,
county and home demonstration
agents and the president of the
4-H council or community 4-H
club.
Reports should be turned in
on prepared forms that will be
found in the Farm Bureau fold
er furnished at District Farm
Bureau Training Schools. They
must be mailed to the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation, Macon,
o nor before Nov. 1, 1949 and
should include pictures, news
articles and other material sup
porting the activites listed in the
report.
Additional report forms may
be secured from the Farm Bu
reau Federation office in Ma
con.
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HERE 'N
THERE
The Trion seniors ate sponsor
ing a dance at the 'Community
Center Gym ftom 8:30 to 10:30
p. m. Saturday. Records will
furnish the music.
Funds raised will be used to
ward the trip to Washington.
Attention does your
discharge read six of sev
en?
Effective May 1. 1949, veterans
with 24 months or more prior
service are eligible to enlist in
the Regular Army only if dis
charge in grade five (corporal)
or higher. Veterans with less
than 24 months service are eligi
ble to enlist in the Regular
Army only if discharged in grade
six (private first class) or high
er.
Contact the local recruiter be
fore May Ist. The Army and Air
Force Recruiting Representative
is at the Summerville Post Of
fice each Thursday.
Hair Farms, of Summerville,
recently purchased three pure
bred Aberdeen-Angus cows from
H C. Love of Louisville, Tenn.
Pfc. Robert F. Neal of A-181
Second St., Trion, is now serving
with the Shimane Military Gov
ernment Team in Matsue, Hon
shu, Japan, as a mechanic as
signed to the Motor Pool.
The Shimane Military Gov
ernment Team acts in an advis
ory supervisory capacity to the
Shimane Prefeqturel Govern
ment in such matters as public
safety, sanitation, public works,
personal and public health, edu
cation and the various other
administrative duties. .
Private First Class Neal enter
ed the Army in August, 1947,
and completed infantry basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He started his overseas tour in
March, 1948 and joined his pres
ent organization in February,
1949.
His mother, Mrs. Gladys M.
Neal, resides at 184 Second St.,
Trion.
Recruit Farrel L. McWhorter,
son of Mrs. Arre McWhorter,
who resides at Rt. 2, Summer
ville, is now serving in the oc
cupation of Japan with E Com
pany, sth Cavalry Regiment, Ist
Cavalry Division.
The Ist Cavalry Division oc
cupies the ten most densley pop
ulated prefectures in the Tokyo-
Tokohama area of stragetic cen
tral Honshu Island. While
standing guard in the occupa
tion, the division is also under
going intesive training in all
phases of weapons and tactics.
Before entering the Army
Service, Recruit McWhorter was
employed as a textile worker.
He enlisted in June, of 1948, and
after completing his basic train
ing at Fork Jackson, S. C., he
sailed for Japan in November
of the same year. He is station
ed at Camp McGill, Takeyama,
Japan, south of Yokohama.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge 160 F. and A. M. will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Monday. April
25.
All qualified Masons are in
v/ted.
aJhr Bnmnwruilk Nms
LOCALS TO OPEN
SEASON HERE ON
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
Summerville baseball fans will
get their first look at their entry
in the North Georgie City Lea
gue, at 3 p. m. Sunday, April 23,
as they tangle with Calhoun at
the Summerville baseball field.
N o exhibition games were
played this year due to unfav
orable weather but we are ready,
say the players.
This years team that repre
sents Summerville is one of the
best teams to ever represent this
city and is a well balanced club
deserving the support of every
fan in this county.
Pitchers at tnis time are Will
ard Jackson and Wayne Groce
with another to be signed.
Catcher Burl Gaylor is the reg
ular receiver and for the in
field we have James Kimbell on
firstbase one of the fanciest
firstbasemen in the league and
Johnnie Nelson on secondbase
who has looked good in all prac
tice drills. On thirdbase is John
Byars a regular demon on
fast and slow balls hit in that
direction and for short Jack
Bryant who is,one of the best
fielders and fence busters to
evei play on any Summerville
team.
Ralph Alexander an all round
experienced player will be utility
man for this infield or catcher.
In the outfield six men are
battling for the three positions,
iln left George Baker a hard
hitting excellent fielder will cov-
I er that field. In center Joe Cash
a young fast, accurate throwing
fielder is battling experienced
Jim Mosley. While right field
will be covered by Carlton
Strange the manager, Jet Stall
ings or Grady Bryant. Utility
outfielder being Paul Silvers.
Other player from the high
school will be signed at the close
of school in May.
This is a fast league and con
sists of six teams that are all
strong contenders for the top
positions.
We have Dalton, who has con
solidated their Textile League
Tennessee - Georgia League
teams into one team, Calhoun
who has a very strong aggrega
tion, Rome who has gathered
players from the old Tubize and
Shannon teams with new play
ers, Chickamauga who is always
a strong contender, LaFayette
who is rounding up plenty of
good players and our own entry
Summerville, who should be
right in the thick of things.
The league opening is in Cal
houn Friday night with Sum
merville tangling with Calhoun
in a night game. Then Sunday
Calhoun will come to Summer
ville.
Summerville’s team will be in
the new red and white uniforms
[ and the field and grandstand
are being made ready to accom
; odate all who can come out Sun
day.
.Schedule of games are as fol
lows:
April 22—Summreville at Cal
houn (night).
April 23—Dalton at Chicka
mauga.
April 24—Calhoun at Sum
merville, Chickamauga at Dal
ton.
April 30, June 4, July 9, Aug.
13— Dalton at Summerville, La-
Fayette at Calhoun, Rome at
Chickamauga.
May 1, June 5, July 10, Aug.
14— Summervile at Dalton, Cal
houn at LaFayette, Chickamau
ga at Rome.
May 7, June 11, July 16, Aug.
20— Summerville at Qhickamau-'
ga, LaFayette at Dalton, Cal
houn at Rome.
May 8, June 12, July 17, Aug.
21— Chickamauga at Summer
ville, Dalton at LaFayette, Rome
!,at Calhoun.
May 14, June 18, July 23, Aug.
27 Rome at Summerville, Cal
houn at Dalton, LaFayette at
Chickamauga.
May 15, June 19, July 24, Aug.
28— Summerville at Rome, Dal
ton at Calhoun, Chickamauga
at LaFayette.
May 21, June 25, July 30, Sept.
3 Summerville at LaFayette.
Calhoun at Chickamauga, Dal
ton at Rome.
May 22, June 26, July 31, Sept.
4 LaFayette at Summerville,
Chickamauga at Calhoun, Rome
at Dalton.
May 28. July 2. Aug. 6—Sum
merville at Calhoun, Dalton at
Chickamauga, Rome at LaFay
ette (doubleheader. May 28
only).
May 29. July 3, Aug 7—Cal
houn at Summerville, Chicka
mauga at Dalton. LaFayette at
Rome (doubleheader. May 29
only).
First half ends Sunday, June
26.
Note—Saturday play: Sum
merville, Dalton, Rome and La-
Favette have 12 road games and
eight home games during sea
son; Calhoun has 16 road games,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949
SHERIFF CRACKS
DOWN ON SELLERS
OF BEER, WHISKEY
Four persons were arrested
Saturday by Sheriff Reuben
Lyons for possessing non - tax
paid whiskey and another was
held for possessing beer for the
purpose of re-sale without a
license.
Junior Nelson and James T.
McGuire, both of Summerville.
S. L. Cox and Paul Hill, both of
Berryton, were arrested for po
sessing whiskey while J. W. Mar
shall was lodged in jail for
possessing beer, the sheriff said.
All five of the men have been
released under bond.
Mrs. Bankson in
Charge as Music
C'ub Meeting
The Summerville Music Study
Club met April 13, at the home
of Mrs. C. O. Walker.
Mrs. John D Bankson present
ed an interesting and varied
program on which Mrs. J. R.
Jackson Jr., discussed the age of
the “Waltz.” She played “Loves
Dreamland,” a waltz by Roeder.
Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg
discussed the “Polka,” and play
I “One Heart, One Mind,” a polka
by Johann Strauss.
Mrs. John D. Bankson dis
j cussed dances usually associated
| with the South American Coun
-1 tries.
High light of the program was
the skillful execution of the
i “Tango” demonstrated by Mrs.
John D. Bankson and Mrs.
Harry Wallace. Miss Alma Zada
[ Eilenburg played as an accom-
I paniment for the dance “La
Cumparsito” by G. H. Matos
Rodrignez.
Mrs. H. R. Foster gave the
hymn study, using as the basis
of her study the gospel hymn,
“He Lives.”
During the business meeting
which followed the program,
Mrs. T. W. Elder, club chairman
for National Music Week, gave
her plan for the activities to be
carried on during the week
Mrs. H. R. Foster and Mrs. C.
O. Walker were hostesses for the
April meeting.
During a social hour at the
beginning of the meeting, a de
licious salad was sreved.
Lyerly Seniors
P’en C’ass Play
A three-act comedy, “No Bride
for the the Groom,” will be pre
sented by the seniors of Lyerly
High School at 8 p. m. Friday
in the high school gymnasium.
Proceeds from the entertain
ment will be used to help fi
nance the class trip.
Taking part in the play will
be Betty Peppers who will por
tray the part of Bess Selby, one
of the brides; Andrew Mont
gomery, Herbert Prindel, the
man Bess doesn’t want to mar
ry; Louise Reynolds, Jolly, the
girl who wants to marry Her
bert; Virginia Johnson, Sophia
Selby, a widow who discovers
she is in love again; W. T.
Stallings, Digby Prindel, a rich
old widower with young ideas;
Dolores Garner, Libby Little,
who is willing to be a bride;
Charles Kintchings, Boots, a
colored boy; Melba Reece, Sa
lamandy, a colored girl in close
touch with the spirits; Betty
Harrison, Dot Clairborne, the
girl who thinks she is going to
marry Herbert; L. B. Cook, J.
T om Swanton, in love with Bess;
Alice Murphy, Prissy Paluna, a
girl who wants to marry Tom,
end Mozelle Maton, Belinda
Groot, a dressmaker with a wag
ging tongue.
LOCAL AGED TO BE
AFFECTED BY CUT
The cut in old age pension by
the state will effect a number
of Chattooga Countians, Mrs.
Naomi Allen, local public welfare
director, said this week. She said
she did not know the exact
number affected here.
The cut in maximum monthly
payments was from SSO to S3O
a drop of 40 per cent, Mrs. Allen
said. She explained that, this
affects only the old age and not
the blind and aid to dependents
children.
four home games; Chickamauga
has 20 games at home.
Sunday Play Summerville,
Dalton, Rome and LaFayette
have 12 home games, eight road
games; Calhoun has 16 home
games, four road games; Chick
amauga, 20 road games.
LEGION TO HAVE
CELEBRATION HERE
THIS EVENING
American Legion Post 129 will
have the 30th anniversary cele
bration at the new Memorial
Home at 7:30 o’clock this even
ing.
A fish supper will be served
and the Legion Auxiliary will
assist in serving, leaders of the
Club stated.
Every member is urged to at
tend this important occasion
and to bring a new member if
possible.
Many Veh Here To
Get an Education
Organizational meetings to
explain the program for educa
tion for Chattanooga County’s
war veterans, white and color
ed, heretofore unaided y the GI
Bill of Rights and for some vet
erans who have used part of
their educational benefits have
been announced.
A meeting for the white vet
erans will be held at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, April 27, at the
Summerville High School and
one for the colored veterans will
be held at the same time at the
Summerville Colored School.
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
certificate of eligibility from the
Veterans Administration. The
course will include reading, writ
ing, arithmetic, spelling, Eng
lish, health, social science, and
vocational guidance and will be
establised on three levels tak
ing veterans from the first
through the eighth grade as
needed.
The program is being sponsor
ed by the State Department of
Education through the Rome
Vocational School. Local school
superintendents have expressed
enthusiasm for ti e adult educa
tion program and have offered
their cooperation. Veterans who
apply for certificates shbuld
take them as soon as possible
to the County School Superin
tendent office at the court house
where their names and address
es will be taken and their certi
ficates placed on file until class
es can be organized.
Facts About Pimientos
As a Cash Crop Here
(Editor’s Note: This is the
first in a series of articles con
cerning the raising of pimientos
in Chattooga County as a cash
crop).
Farmers, do you need another
cash crop?
The local Chamber of Com
merce is working to have the
Pomona Products Company, of
Griffin, place a receiving station
in this county where products,
chiefly pimientos, can be receiv
ed in preparation for processing.
County Agent, J. B. Butler has
pointed out that very likely cot
ton will be allotted in 1950 and
Chattooga County farmers will
be needing another cash crop.
The Pomona Products Compa
ny is the original canner and
distributor of pimientos in Geor
gia and is the largest packer of
this product in the world.
Farmers in middle Georgia
have grown pimientos success
fully as a cash crop for over 30
years, County Agent Butler said.
He pointed out that pimientos
fit in well with the other farm
crops of our state and serve as
come.
E. C. Pesterfield, Secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, dis
closed recently that a represen
tative of the Pomona Products
Company had stated in a letter
to him that if farmers in this
county were sufficiently inter
ested, it was fairly certain a re-'
ceiving station could be located
m Summerville.
The Company will contract
for acreage and will pay S7O per
ton for pimientos delivered to
the receiving station.
type of land
In discussing the type of land
on which pimientos can be rais
ed, County Agent Butler said
that any well drained soil that
will grow good cotton will also
produce good pimientos. This
can be red, gray, or a mixture of
the two types. Gravelly hillside
land can be counted on for good
yields too. Real low bottom land
is usually passed up because of
the early frost hazard.
“You will find it cheaper and
also more convenient to make a I
Hospital Bond Election
Called Here for May 28
LOCAL "OPPORTUNITY DRIVE"
GOAL IS $63,000-McGINNIS
The local goal in the “Oppor- [
tunity Drive” Campagin, spon
sored by the U. S. Savings Bonds [
Division from May 16-June 30, is [
$63,000, Harry McGinnis, local |
chairman, disclosed this week.
The national quota is $1,040,-
000,000 and the state quota is
$11,360,000, Mr. McGinnis said.
The slogan of this drive is to
“Put More Opportunity in YOUR
Future.”
Among the reasons for the
campaign is to promote the
wildest possible distribution of
the national debt, to get a num
ber of people to buying bonds
regularly and to keep our econo
my strong and preserve the
American system of free enter
prise.
Fifty-one per cent of the E
I
Lookouts Now On
Two-weelt Trip
After opening their Southernj
Association season at home, the
Chattanooga Lookouts hit the
road for a two-week trip before
coming back to Engel Stadium
oh Sunday, May 1, against Mo
bile.
Large crowds saw the Lookouts
in their first games. A total of
10,523 turned out Opening Day |
on Friday, April 15, as the Look
outs triumphed over the Nash- ■
ville Vols, 11-9. The crowd on
Easter Sunday was 8,071 as the
Lookouts suffered a double set- .
back to the Vols.
The trip takes the Lookouts
to Nashville. Atlanta and Birm- 1
ingham before the return home.[
Then the Lookouts are at home [
two weeks against Mobile, New
Orleans, Little Rock and Mem
phis.
President Joe Engel of the i
Lookouts has signed Bobo New- j
■scm, most colorful and winning- I
est pitcher in baseball. During ,
his 21 years service, Newsom has
won 300 games in the minors, i
majors and world series. He [
played with eight bi g league [
clubs.
I hot bed and grow all or at least
I some of your own plants,” Mr.
[ Butler said. “Pomona Products
will furnish the seed for plant
ing and the sheeting for cover
ing the beds at cost. The amount
for these items will be charged
to you and deducted from your
penoer crop next fall.”
There is still time in this
county for a pimiento crop this
year, the County Agent said.
Those wishing to obtain plants
should contact Mr. Butler at his
office.
The earlier the plants are set
out after the danger of frost
has passed the better. The rows
should be 3>/ 2 to 4 feet apart
with the plants spaced 2*/ 2 to 3
feet apart in the drill. At these
spacings it will take from 4.200
to 5,000 plants to set an acre.
Plants will be available for set
ting out from April 15 to June
15. The company will furnish a
hand transplanter at cost for
setting the crop and this also
may be charged and deducted
for later. The plants should be
set in a medium deep water
furrow rather Dian on a bed.
fertilization
Pimientos respond well to good
fertilization. The amount o f
fertilizer to apply however, de
oends on the natural fertility of
the soil, the County Agent stat
ed.
Most growers get best results
from the application of 500 to
700 pounds per acre of 4-8-6 or
5-8-6 several days before setting
the plants in the field, and side
dressing with 100 to 150 pounds
net acre of nitrate of soda, or it’s
equivalent in nitrogan, during
the latter part of June, and an
other such application in early
August. Some growers have
found that a side dressing-in
September increases their yields
per acre. Commercial fertilizers
are to be preferred over animal
manures for growing pimientos
where the “Wilt” disease is a
factor in the soil.
Read next week’s News for
more information concerning
the factors involved in the rais
ing of pimientos.
[savings bonds bought in this
county are bought by textile em
[ ployes of Rieael Textile Corpo
' ration, Trion, Mr. McGinnis said.
The annual quota for Cnat
j tooga County is $365,000, how
’ ever during the first three
months of this year, $80,050 in
bonds were bought. Os this
. number, $63,900 were in the E
series, those bought by indi
[ viduals. Those bought by
churches or firms are in the G
series.
Stephen S. Furs e, Deputy
State Director commended the
local bank for it’s “excellent”
cooperation in the past drives
and expressed hope that they
would continue to be as co
operative and helpful in the
drives and between the drives.
Renew Driver's
License Throng
Validating Machine
Troopers of the State Pa
trol will be in Summerville on
several occasions during the
next few months to renew
driver’s licenses through the
validating machine, which will
save an applicant the trouble
of ordering through the mail,
as the license will be run
through the machine and giv
en back to the applicant.
Dates set for renewing li
censes by this method in Sum
merville are as follows: Thurs
day, April 28, 10 a. m. to 5 p.
m.; Thursday and Friday, May
5-6, 10 a m to 5 p. m. each
day; and Thursday and Fri
day, June 2-3. 10 a. m. to 5
p. m. each day.
B. and P. W. Club
names Miss Bsulah
Shropshire Head
Miss Beulah Shropshire prom
’ inent business woman of Sum
merville, was named president
of the Business and Professional
Woman’s Club at their annual
meeting held at John’s Place
on the evening of April 14.
Other officers elected were:
Miss Jewel Poole, first Vice-
President; Mrs. Graves Myers,
second vice president; Mrs. A. F.
McCurdy, recording secretary;
Mrs. Sam Cordle, corresponding
secretary; Miss Ruth Fuller,
treasurer; and Mrs. Tom Elder.
Parlimentarian.
Miss Shropshire, who has a
wide business experience, hav
ing been in the insurance busi
nes for a number of years, is
well versed in club activities.
Lamar.Rosser to
Ent ar Speech Vontest
Lamar Rosser, of the Gore
Future Farmers of America
chapter is preparing for the
public speaking contest which
will be held at McHenry High
School at 8 p. m. Tuesday, April
26.
He will compete against F. F.
A. members from Coosa, Berry
High School, Cave Spring, So
noraville and McHenry. The
winner earns the right to meet
winners from three other en
gagements held at the same
time.
The final phases of this con
test will be held at the state F.
F. A. Convention at Jackson
Lake this summer. The state
winner will receive an award of
SIOO.
Purpose of the contest is to
develop rural and agricultural
leadership.
The contest is sponsored by
the National F F. A. Founda
tion.
MENLO SENIORS TO
PRESENT COMEDY
The Menlo High School Sen
iors, will present a three-act
comedy, “Just Ducky” at 8 p. m.
Friday, April 29, at the school
auditorium.
Further announcement will be
made later.
Charlie (Tom) Warnock, of
Subligna, who was carried to
Oliver General Hospital, Augus
ta, on April 4, for treatment is
reportedly improving.
Mr. Warnock, a veteran of
World War I, was accompanied
to Augusta by Sheriff Reuben
Lyons and Herschel Dover.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 A YEAR
Chattooga Countians will de
; cide on May 28 whether or not
) they wish the County to issue
SIIO,OOO in bonds for the pur
[ pose of constructing and equip
: ping a county hospital.
This was decided Monday at
I the regular meeting of the
County Board of Commission-
I ers.
I The voting polls will be open
in all the voting precincts of the
county at 7 a. m. and close at
6 p. m. t
The call for an election brings
to a climax efforts on behalf of
the Chattooga County Chamber
of Commerce to secure a hospi
tal here. The state already has
approved a 25 bed hospital for
the county and will contribute
one-third of the funds neces
sary. while the federal govern
ment will provide another third
if the bond election passes and
the county contributes a third.
At the present there is only
one hospital in the county, that
being the Riegel Community
Hospital, owned and operated by
Riegel Textile Corporation, Tri
on.
75 Million Given
For Schoo, Lunches
A direct appropriation of 75
million dollars for the school
lunch program for the fiscal
year 1949-50 was included in
I the agricultural appropriations
I bill enacted by the Congress this
[ week, H. L. Wingate, president
lof the Georgia Farm Bureau
i Federation, announced upon his
return from Washington Friday.
This action on the part of the
[ Congress was in line with rec
ommendations of Farm Bureau,
| Mr. Wingate said. Heretofore
[this program has been financed
; out of section 32 funds which
I has been consistently opposed
[ by the farm organization. The
I anticipated 125 million dollars
due under this section will be
available to encourage domestic
consumption and exportation of
! agricultural commodities, the
| GFBF president pointed out.
Recommendations o f Farm
Bureau were followed closely in
final adoption of the agricultur
al appropriations measure, he
added pointing to the 27 million
plus for the national Extension
Service program as compared
with the administration budget
estimate of 26 million dollars.
The 1950 conservation pay
ments program received a sub
stantial boost over budget esti
mates. Mr. Wingate said, with
individual payments being in
creased from $750 to $2,500. Soil
Conservation Service w r as allot-
I ted $994,000 for research and
' $50,773,800 for conservation op
erations. Provision was made
i also for the operation of 171
:ne w soil conservation districts
iin the nation, he added.
Farm Bureau recommenda
[ lions called for 24 million dol
lars for the Research and Mar
keting Act, but this amount was
I shaved to 19 million, he stated.
The Georgia Farm Bureau
i leader said his organization fol
lowed the administration budget
estimate of 350 million dollars
for the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration. which amount was
granted with special provision
[ ”or an additional sum of 150
million if conditions warrant the
[ exnansion program.
A special sum of $123,240 was
provided for research on farm
electrification, Mr. Wingate an
nounced, which represents an
increase of $25,000 over budget
; estimates.
Ladles NioM is
P’anned bv Rolarv
The Summerville - Trion Ro
tary Club will have Ladies night
at 7 p. m. Friday at Riegeldale
Tavern, Trion.
Howell Morrow, West Point at
torney, will be the princinal
speaker. Master of ceremonies
will be Ralph Coarsey.
Music for the affair will be
i provided y the Read House Trio.
HENDERSON'S BODY
ON WAY HOME
The body of Raymond Wesley
Henderson, who was killed on
Saipan in July. 1946, is being
returned to the United States
for final burial.
Final arrangements will be
announced later by Coulter’s
in Chattanooga.
Henderson is the son of Mr
and Mr.s Venice Pilgrim Hen
derson and is the nephew of I.
M. Henderson, of Summerville.