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Try Our Job Printing VOL. 65; NO. 20 Cancer Drive In Full Swing Here Chattooga countians were “striking back” at cancer this week as they gave approximate ly SSOO to the 1949 cancer fund drive. Mrs. J. R. Burgess, chairman, stated in spite of the fact that reports have come in from only downtown Summerville and one mill, more than half the goal of S9BO has been secured. Huge candles have been burn ing- throughout the county a symbol which urged people to add their nickels and dimes and help in the drive against cancer, the number 2 killer in this county. Tuberculosis rates first as a killer here. Mr. Shropshire to Assume Low Duties Robert O. Shropshire, son of A. W. Shropshire formerly of Trion, has chosen to reside in Summerville and will assume his law practice here in the near future. Mr. Shropshire, who was a paratrooper stationed in the European Theater during the war, has offices in the Summer ville Hotel building. He graduated from the Uni versity of Georgia in March, 1949, however- he was admitted to the bar in August, 1948. In addition to attending the Uni versity, Mr. Shropshire attended the Atlanta public schools. He was associated with the FBI for a number of years. The young attorney is a neph ew of the late Wesley Shropshire and a cousin of Miss Beulah Shropshire, well-known business woman of this city. Mrs. Shropshire will join her husband here during the latter part of the week. HERE 'N THERE L . I'he VFW will meet at 7:30 o’clock tonight (Thursday) at the American Legion Hall in Summerville. Claude 11. Treadaway. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Treadaway, has completed a course at the N. A. T. T. C. Memphis, Tenn. Treadaway volunteered in June 1948, and after 32 Weeks in electrical school, has been trans ferred to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field, Jack sonville, Fla. Elliott Lee Mathis, gunner's mate, second class, USN, hus band of Mrs. Velda Bernice Mathis of Summerville, is serv ing aboard the Naval Amphibi ous Base, Little Creek, Va. Mathis, who entered the Naval service in February, 1941, re ceived his recruit training at the Naval Training Station, Nor folk, Va. Before entering the Navy, he attended Summerville Hi g n School. The annual T-Club dance will be held from 9 p. m. until 1 a. m. Friday, May 27, at the Trion Community Center. Music will be furnished by the popular Jack Kranyik orchestra from Rome. The regular meeting of Trion Lodge 160, F. and A. M. will be held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. H. H. Neibruegge, of Atlanta, will talk on the organization of a Demolay Chanter for boys of ages 14-20. All Masons interested are in vited. Refreshments will be serv ed. The fourth quarterly meeting of the Lyerly Methodist charge will be held at the Camp Ground Methodist Church Sunday, it was announced this week by the Rev. Loran Parker, pastor. Pvt. Charles E. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. King, of Summerville, Is now a truck driver with B Battery of the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, First Cavalry Division. Private King entered the Army July 29. 1948. and received his basic training at Fort Jackson. 8. C. Prior to the service, Private King was employed as a truck driver in Summerville. After Private King’s present tour of duty is over he plans to i eturn to work in Summerville. The Trion High School Glee Club will present a program at 8 p. m. Friday, May 6, at the high school auditorium under the direction of Miss Jessie Burton. The program will complete the work of the club for this year. ^nmnwriitlh fas Espy Named on Equalizers Board Gordon Espy, of Lyerly, was appointed to succeed Will Cook, also of Lyerly, on the Board of Equalizers Saturday morning. Mr. Cook resigned because of ill health. The action took place> at a special meeting of the Chattooga County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Cook had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of F. A. Williams, who died in office. Mr. Williams in turn was suc ceeding’ J. C. Chamblee who also is deceased. L. W. Mitchell, of Dirttown, is chairman of the board and B. L. Logan, of Trion, is the other member. Lookouts Advance J me ol Home Nigh! Games At the request of many out of-town fans, President Joe Engel of the Chattanooga Look outs has advanced starting time of night baseball games at Enge 1 . Stadium this year to 7:45. Because Summerville is an hour ahead of Chattanooga and the old starting time of 8:15 would put these fans home late, Engel moved up the games to help accomodate them. The Lookouts are now in the midst of a 14-game home stand. Mobile was the first foe as Chat tanooga returned home from a two-week trip, but the scheduled double-header May 1 was rain ed out. Following the Bears New Orleans moved in May 4. Little Rock's league leaders invade Engel Stadium Sunday, May 8, for a tvln-bill, then play Mon day anr Tuesday nights with Memphis concluding the home stay with single games May 11, 12, 13, all at night. Friday, May 6, is Knot-Hole Gang night at Engel Stadium with youngsters of Hamilton County, some 3.000 strong, pa rading on the field before the game. Engel believds the recent addi tion of catcher Jake Early has given Chattanooga the strength it needs to be a contender for Southern Association honors this year. A CENT A WORD There is a charge of one cent a word for all “In mem orians,” cards of thanks and similiar notices, with a mini mum of 50 cents. This is pay able in advance. GORE WEMEN SEE DEMONSTRATION ON YEAST ROLLS, BUNS A demonstration on the mak ing of yeast rolls and breads was given Tuesday afternoon by Miss Omie H. Wiley, Home Dem onstration Agent, at the month ly meeting of the Gore Women's Home Demonstration Club. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. George Schroeder and Mrs. R. E Patrick was co-host ess. Mrs. Charles Lowry lead the devotional ami r ie meeting was presided over by Mrs. Howard Baker. President. The hostesses served butter, jellies and iced tea with the hot rolls and buns made by Miss Wiley in her demonstration. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Tom Bal lenger. at which time Miss Wiley will give a demonstration on sewing. "Tom Thumb" Wedding Planned at Pennville A “Tom Thumb Wedding” will be held at 8 o’clock tonight at the Pennville School, with Judie Smallen and Duane Mitchell as . bride and groom Other members will be as fol lows: Don Hammonds, minister; Sue McCauley, «oloist; Jo Park er. maid of honor; Billy Mea dows. best man; Barbara Jean Styles. Martha Ann Morris. Pa tricia Strickland, Carolyn French and Betty Sue Jones, bridesmaids; Eugene Broyles, Billy Bryant, Larry Don Keith, Jackie Pierce and Bennie Bailey, ushers; Peggy Sue Vines and Charlotte, flower girls; Johnny Bryan, ring bearer; Mary Frank Erwin, train bearer. The school chorus will sing a number of songs prior to the ceremony. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 VESPER SERVICE PLANNED HERE FOR MUSIC WEEK This is National Music V^eek and the music minded people all over the nation are cooperating in an effort to bring music into every phase of an individuals life. With its 25th observance pass ed into history last spring, Na tional Music Week starts with a new impetus its second quarter । century of extending one of I man’s greatest blessings—music. The primary aim of music week is to make the public more conscious of the value of music :to the community and to the individual citizen, and to aid the I progress of musical education for young people and adults, local music leaders said this week. Keynote for the year is “Music Strengthens Friendly Ties of In dividuals, Groups, Nations.” The secondary keynote, and one which has been used each year, is “Foster American Music.” The Summermile Music Study ; Club is sponsoring a number of i special musical events in ob servance of Music Week. A special radio program was given Tuesday, May 3. A Vesper Service is to be pre sented at the First Baptist I Church of Summerville, at 8 p. m. Sunday, May 8. ; Guy Walton is to direct this i musical program. The choir singing for the Vesper service is composed of the choirs from all I the churches of Summerville. Special musical programs have been planned in all the schools .in observance of this week. Chattooga Countians were urged to join together to ad i vance the cause of music as an art and a harmonizing force, and to extend the radius of its influence among nations, groups and individuals. Petition Circulates Here For Legalization es Beer A petition was being circulat ed in Summerville this week i urging the City Council to call an election to determine wheth er or not the majority of the people are in favor of having beer legalized in the city. The , Council will hold a regular meeting Monday night. The petition proposes that a tax of 50 cents per case be de ducted and it has been esti mated that 1,000 cases would be consumed here in a week, bring ing a total of SSOO in tax. In 1 addition, each wholesaler com ing into Summerville would have : to secure a S2OO license and pro ponents of the measure state ■ that at least “ight wholesalers will come into the city. I,t was pointed out by Fred Thomas, local businessman, that the amount the City would re ceive should beer be legalized is now being spent by Chattooga Countians in Rome and Chatta i nooga and the tax money is go ing to improve those cities in stead of Summerville. A majority of this tax will be paid by people who are now , paying little or no tax. he said I This is the only way Summer ville will ever h°ve enough mon ey to properly repair her streets and make other improvements, it was declared. The following letters were re ' ceived by Mr. Thomas from the Bobbv Cook Injured In Capitol Chase Chattooga County’s young leg islator. Bobby Lee Cook, suffered bruises Tuesday when he and a companion attempted to as sist Atlanta police in capturing a fugitive at the state capitol. Cook and his companion, James C. Ahearn, were taken to Grady Hospital following the skirmish, where it was disclosed he suffered a bruised heel. Ahearn was listed as having a bruised knee, however both were dismissed. Both men had fol lowed the wanted man, W, J. Miller, 25, in jumping off a 10-ft. ledge. The episode took place after B. L. Lee, of Atlanta, told offi cers that Miller gave him a check for $1,585, on a Jackson ville, Fla., bank in payment for an automobile. He said he found Miller’s bank account had been closed out v Police notified the state auto tag department to be on the lookout for Miller. Lee also was at the tag department when Miller applied for a license, and he and police gave chase. Rep. Chaflanooga Riles For Henderson ■ cWs® ::& ■ £ Raymond W. Henderson The remains of Raymond W. Henderson, AMM2C, 24, who was Skilled in action on June 24 1944, in Saipan, while serving with the Navy Air Corps, will lie in state at the Coulter Funeral Home. Chattanooga, until the hour of service at 12:30 Friday at the St. James Methodist Church, of which he was a mem ber. The Rev. George E. Blanchard will officiate. Interment will fol low in the National Cemetery with full military honors ac corded by V. F. W. Post 1289. Survivors are mother, Mrs. R. L. Reynolds, of Cadiz. Ohio; one sister, Mrs. C’^ry Anthony of Spring Hill, La. Active pallbearers will be Clary Anthony, Clyde Green, George Blanchard Jr.. Eugene Webb, Bryon Blanchard and Billy Pil grim. Clerks of the Cities of Rome and Dalton: Mr. Fred Thomas, Trion, Ga. My Dear Fred: As per your request, I am giving you below the amount of rev enue derived from the Malt Bev erage Act during the year 1948. for the City of Rome. We collected in tax for the year $89,834.12. and from the license, both retail and whole sale the amount of $12,060.00. You can readily see that the above is a very nice revenue, and comes f rom people who otherwise never pay one cent of tax toward the upkeep of the city. If I can be of any service to you in anyway at anytime, do not hesitate to call on me. With kind personal regards, I Lin. Yours very sincerely. F L. Sammons Secretary. Rome City Commission. To Whom it may concern: I, Guy W. Kesiter, Clerk of The City of Dalton, do hereby certify that the Revenue re ceived by The City of Dalton from the sale of Beer Stamps for the year ending Dec. 31. 1948 was $54,584.00. Guy W. Keister Clerk The City of Dalton. Cook and Ahearn, visiting the capitol, saw the chase and join ed in It. Miller was booked on a charge of cheating and swindling. "False Fronts" Name Os Gore Senior Play The Gore Seniors will present a play entitled “False Fronts” at 8 p. m. Friday. May 6. This is a three act comedy that will furnish a full evening of entertainment for all, school leaders said. All the school busses will make their routes. VETS MAY OBTAIN DRIVER'S LICENSE TODAY, TOMORROW All veterans desiring to re ceive free life time drivers li censes should contact state troopers at the sheriff's office today or tomorrow. The troopers also will renew licenses for other persons who have not yet renewed. Trion Methodists Conduct Training School May 9-13 A Christian Worker’s Training School will be rondqcted at the Trion Methodist Church Monday through Friday. Three classes will be taught, simultaneously from 7 until 9 p. m. Walker Chidsey, of Chicka mauga, will lead the class de signed for adults and church officials, “Discipline of the Methodist Church. Miss Merle Bruner, of the Preachtree Road Methodist Church in Atlanta, will conduct a class entitled, “Christian Wor- \ ship,” which is planned for young people and workers. A tl ire: course, “A Child’s Ap proach uo Religion,” will be in- , structed by Mrs. E. H. LeVert, iof the Inman Park Methodist Church. Atlanta. Church leaders ■ invite the public to all the । courses. The classes will be held in two fifty minute sessions each even ing, with a brief recess between courses. W. T Maddox Io Adress Local Club The Chattooga County Wild life and Conservation Club ’ ill meet at 9 p. m Monday, May 9, at the Lyerly High school audi torium. Joe H. Nix, who is in charge of ■ the program, has secured Solici tor General W. T. Maddox, of Rome, as guest speaker. The Harmony Boys Quartet, of Summerville, special guests of the evening, will present several selections. Prizes will be awarded for the largest and second largest fish caught since the last meeting. An interesting picture will be shown in connection with the meeting. 3 1-ACT PLAYS TO BE GIVEN AT MENLO Three one-act plays will be presented by members of the Menlo High School Senior Class, at 3 o’clock this evening in the high school gymnasium. “A Place for Rodney,” “Neigh bors,” and “Thursday Evening” are the plays to be presented. Those participating include; Joyce Barry. Bonnie Millican. Jo Chadwick. Jimmy Hogg, Julia Ann Garvin, Yvonne McCul lough. Billy Gilreath, Ernest Jackson, Leeßoy Sams, Harold i Gene Roden, Betty Vaughn, l Jane Wright, Hazel Toles, Fran ces Harper. Dewey Hall, Minnie Lea Keen. Sue King, Ruth Reece I and Willis Smith. Missionaries, Movies, Curios To Highlight Conference A missionary conference will be held at the Menlo Baptist Church this week-end, May 6, 7 and 8. it was announced yes terday by the Rev. Pat Brock, pastor. The Rev. C. F Beitzel. veteran misionary of the Sudan Interior Mission, with two other mission aries will be the speakers. These missionaries represent a vast field in the heart of Africa, he said The mission now reach es Nigeria, all of the Sudan, French West Africa, Ethiopia and Arabia. The latest moving pictures and slides will be shown at 8 p. m. each day and there will also be an interesting display of curios from this land of dark ness. the Rev. Mr. Brock said. A section will be reserved in the church for the colored who would like to attend. 28 Menlo Seniors To Graduate May 23 Twenty - eight Menlo High School seniors will receive their diplomas at graduation exercises nt 8 p. in. Monday, May 23, at the school gymnasium, S. H. Brabson, principal, disclosed this week. Tht' baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Pat Brock at 11 a. m. Sunday, May 22 The Menlo Junior Class en tertained the Seniors with a banquet at John's Place Tuesday evening. School children taking swim ming lessons at the Trion Com munity Center pool will give a demonstration at 5 p. m. Tues day The public Is Invited to ob serve the demonstration. County Refuses To Pay Registrars Local Baptists Will Attend Southern Baptist Convention Ten thousand Baptists from 21 states will converge on Okla homa City, Okla., May 18-22, for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention— j expected to be the largest ■ reli gious gathering in American in 1949. The Rev. I. C. Frazier, pastor lof the First Baptist Church, Summerville said the '26,822 ■ churches cooperating with the I Convention have a total mem bership of 6,491,981. The number ' includes 312,246 new converts ! baptized into the churches in 1948. Among those planning to at tend from here are the Rev. and Mrs. S. L. Walker and family, of Trion. Day sessions of the Conven : tion will be held in Oklahoma City’s 6,500-seat Municipal audi torium and all night and Sun day sessions will be held in Taft Stadium, seating 20.000 people. A youth revival ■ service led by Texas college students Saturday night and an evangelistic ser vice Sunday night are expected Ito climax the sessions. The Southern Baptist Conven tion is one of the most uniquely organized groups in the world. The Convention is constituted of “messengers” rather than “delegates” from the churches, in that no one carries authority 'to bind his congregation back home to the decisions of the Convention. The denominational program is purely one of coop eration, with its evangelistic, ed ucational, and benevolent acti vities planned in accordance with New Testament teaching, and the churches left free to cooperate or not cooperate as they choose. MISS PITTS TO HAVE RECITAL THURSDAY Miss Annie Pitts, well-known music teacher of Summerville, announced her retirement from teaching this week. She will present her last re l cital at 8:15 p. m. Thursday, May 12 at the First Baptist Church, and cordially invites the public to attend. The program for the recital will be published next week. GOLF CLUB TO BE SCENE OF DANCE What is expected to be one of the season’s mast gala affairs is a dance beine planned by the Trion Golf and Fishing Club to which the public is invited. The event is to be held from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Friday,, May 13. and dress will be either I formal or informal. # Tickets may be obtained from James Byars, Buddy Hammond. Harry Hardeman. C. B Bricker or G L. McCartha. Rev. Whitson Holds Revival al C'House A series of evangelistic servi ces is in progress at the court house here under the direction of the Rev. Clarence E. Whitson, of Bristol, Va. Services are held >ach night at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. C. A. Bantham, formerly associated with Billy Sunday, assisted in the services as song leader. This is an inter - denomina - 1 tional meeting and people of all faiths and creeds are invited to attend TRION SENIORS PLAN DANCE An old-fashioned square dance will be held from 8 to 11 p. m. Saturday, May 8. at the Com munity Center gymnasium. Buddy Hammond, will call the sets, while music will be furni shed by Tommy Thomas and his Circle ”C” Cowboys. Funds will be used for the Trion Senior trip. The County Commissioners last week notified the Board of Registrars that they would have to work at their own risk be cause the County will not pay them for their duties. It is the duty of the Registrars to handle the re-registration according to the new law. A resolution adopted at a special meeting of the Com missioners Saturday stated in effect that the Board will de cline to pay for work of regis trars and also will decline to pay for incidentals. This action is taken because the County did not make a levy for this purpose in August, 1948, the resolution reads. Another reason given by the County is for not paying the Registrars is that m the event the law should be declared un constitutional at any time in the future, the county probably would not be liable for payment to the registrars. Members of the Board of Regi strars are: A. F. McCurdy, Chairman; James (S loppy) Floyd and Rufus Brison. Mr. McCurdy said late Wed nesday that they are now as suming their duties. He quoted Section 47, Ga. Laws 1949: House Bill 2, as the authority for this action. It reads as follows: The compen sation of the registrars shall be fixed by the judge of the super ior court. The compensation of said officials, the printing and supplying of registration cards, stationery and stamps, the hire of clerical help retained by the registrars and all other neces sary expense in connection with the registration of voters shall be paid by the county commiss ioners, or that person, or those persons, exercising the functions of county commissioners, from the county treasury. All pay ments hereunder shall be made in the usual manner county bills are paid. The amount paid for this work is $7% per day. John Davis, Clerk of the County Commissioners, pointed out this week that the local system of levying taxes is uni que to this county, and that only two or three other counties in the state, who have followed our example, have this system. He said that Chattooga Coun ty must levy a year in advance the taxes needed to run for the ensuing year. In other words, this county is operated on a “cash basis,” whereas most counties operate on credit for a year and then levy taxes to cover the expenditures of the past year. Mr. Davis pointed out that this system was incorporated here by ah amendement to the constitution in 1941 and cannot be changed by action of the, General Assembly. The funds cannot be diverted according to law. Mr. Davis ex plained, stating that money lev ied for one purpose cannot be used for another purpose. H. W. COPELAND IS PROMOTED TO CPL. Cpl. Hiram W Copeland, of Trion, w^s recently promoted to his present grade from the grade of Private First Clas. He is serv ing with the 118th Medical Sta tion Hospital, located in Fukuo ka, Kyushu, Japan. The 118th Medical Station Hospital has the all-important task of maintaining the high health physical standards of oc cupation forces <n Kyushu area. Its excellent staff of doctors, nurses and enlisted technicians account for its reputation as one of the most efficient station hospitals in the Orient. Corporal Copeland entered the Army at Fort McPhearson, in April, 1943, and completed his infantry and medical basic training al Camp Barkeley, Tex as. During the war he served with the 7th Division. sth Di vision and 90th Division He has been serving with his present organization since May, 1948. when he arrived in Japan. TRION P.-T. A. TO INSTALL OFFICERS At the May meeting of the Trion P. T. A. to be held at the high school building at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. May 10. Officers for the coming year will be in stalled and will assume their ■ duties. A musical program entitled | "Music and Art in the Elemen tary School” will be presented by Miss Virginia Schwatel, Mrs. John Taylor will speak on the aims of the music and art teacher, and her remarks will be Illustrated by folk dances by the pupils of the grammar school Holds Growing With Chattooga $1 50 A YEAR