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VOL 65; NO. 24
COUNTY EXPERIENCES
A SLIGHT RECESSION
A recent survey here indicates
that while there is somewhat a
“slump” in Chattooga County,
the situation is not as bad as it
is in some nearby counties.
While only 800 or 900 persons
are unemployed here, there are
a number who are working only
part-time. Under this plan the
employes are eligible to receive
a portion of their unemploy
ment compensation.
The biggest industry in the
county, Riegel Textile Corpora
tion, feels that it is fortunate in
being able to operate on the
basis they now operate no, as a
number of similiar industries
throughout the country are in a
worse plight.
The glove mill, employing ap
proximately 600 women, now op
erates three days every other
week and will contniue to do so
until July 4, according to S. A.
Cook, Personnel Manager. At
that time the glove mill, along
with the grey mill and the dye
and finishing departments, will
be on a vacation, however the I
glove mill will be closed down
for two weeks, instead of the
regular one. Further plans for
the operation of the glove mill
were not made known.
“We are receiving only a lim
ited number of orders at the
present,” Mr. Cook said, “and
therefore the best qualified op
erators must be retained. Norm
ally we could afford to be some
what lenient but now we must
meet production as it comes in,
so we’ve had to weed out a few
employees in the glove mill.”
Since the beginning of 1949,
250 persons have been terminat
ed at Riegel, he said. This in
clude persons who had been
employed to build the ware
house and other similiar proj
ects, whose jobs would normally j
end with the completion of that i
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•HERE ’N THERE-
Janies 1,. Carmichael, of
Swainsboro, State Quartermast
er of the VFW. will be a guest
at the regular meeting of Mas
on - McCauley Post VFW at 8
o’clock tonight. The , meeting
will be held at the Legion Hall
in Summerville.
All members are urged to at
tend as important business will
be discussed.
New members will be accepted
at this meeting. The initiation
fee is $2 and the annual fee, $3.
Arrived in Japan to take an
active part in the occupational
forces, is Private John B. Taylor ।
son of Mts. Jane Taylor, who re
sides at Summerville.
Private Taylor entered the
service in August, 1948, and re
ceived his basic training at
Fort Knox, Ky. After completing
his basic training, Private Tay
lor was then transferred to
Fort Lawton, Wash. On Novem- |
ber 30, 1948. he sailed for Japan. |
Two weeks later he arrived in
Yokohama, Japans main port
city.
Private Taylors first assign
ment was with the 12th Cavalry
Regiment of the First Cavalry
Division, located near Toyko,
Japan’s capital.
After serving 3 months with
the Cavalry, Private Taylor was
then transferred to his present
Unit, which is the 32nd Infantry
Regiment of the 7th Infantry
Division.
Private Taylor was working in
the Mess Hall as a cook, and
then was transferred to the
Medical detachment, of the 32nd
Infantry Regiment of the 7th
Infantry Division.
Prior to enlisting in the Army,
Taylor worked in Summerville.
Recruit Farris L. McWhorter,
son of Mrs. Aorce McWhorter,
Route 2, Summerville, is now
serving in the occupation of
Japan as a member of E Com
pany, sth Cavalry Regiment, Ist
Cavalry Division.
Recruit McWhorter is now un
dergoing thirteen weeks of Mili-
This training is being given by
*a group of trained instructors,
and is used to build up the men
both mentally and physically.
This thirteen weeks of training
will conclude with a series of
military problems to be given at
the Ist Cavalry Division’s train
ing base located at the base of
Mt. Fujiyama.
Prior to entering the military
service, Recruit McWhorter was
employed as a Textile worker,
He enlisted In June, 1948, and
joined the occupation forces in
Japan in November of the same
year, after completing basic
training at Fort Jackson.
He has the job of Rifleman in
his unit.
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COUNTY-WIDE
DRESS REVUE
HERE FRIDAY
A County-Wide Dress Revue
for both 4-H Club girls and
Home Demonstration Club
members will be held at the
School Auditorium in Summer
ville at 2:30 p. m. Friday, June
3.
In addition to the Dress Re
vue, there will be an exhibit of
handicrafts made by the club
members of the entire county.
A cordial invitation to attend
this meeting is extended to the
public.
PARTY GIVEN FOR
MENLO SENIORS
Misses Sadie White, Hazel
Toles, Daphne Toles and Lamar
Toles were hosts at a party
given at Miss Daphne and La
mar Toles’ home, Tuesday night
May 24.
A number of games were en
joyed by the group after which
refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Those who attended were:
Joyce Barry, Jo Chadwick,
Yvonne McCullough, Julia Ann
Garvin, Minnie Lea Keen, Dewey
Hall, Willis Smith, Hugh Pless,
Jane Wright, Bonnie Millican,
Betty Vaughn, Ernest Jackson,
Hal Wilson, Leon Hall, Faye
Carter, Mary Ruth Hutchins,
Billy Gilreath, Iris Toles, Leeßoy
Sams, Gene Hutchins, Betty
White, Tommy Ashworth, Billy
Ashworth, Alvis Clark and Tab
Dempsey.
Lyerly Lodge of Masons will
meet at 8 p. m. Saturday at
Lyerly, it has been announced.
All qualified Masons are in
vited.
A called convocation of Trion
Chapter 19 Royal Arch Masons
will be held at 7:30 p. m. Sat
urday, June 4.
All Rcyal Arch Masons are
invited.
Promoter Cowboy Luttrail will
stage his American Legion-VFW
wrestling cards at Engel Sta
dium, Chattanooga, this sum
mer. The first program is
Thursday, June 9.
Luttrail has some outstand
ing grapplers lined-up for the
cards.
The total sale at the Coosa
Valley Livestock sale in Rome
on May 25 was $27,127.60. Forty
eight hogs, 325 cattle and one
pig were exchanged by the 66
buyers and 122 sellers.
Hogs were $14.80 to $19.30
cwt.; calves were sl3 to S3O
cwt.; bulls were $15.75 to $19.-
10 cwt.; slaughter cows, $13.60
to $19.50 cwt.; dairy type heif
ers, sl6 to $26.25 cwt.; spring
ers, S7O to $173 per head.
Private First Class Charles E.
King, son of Arthur F. King, Rt.
2, Summerville, was promoted
from private to private first
class and transferred to the 19t$
Regiment of the 24th Infantry
Division. Private King was form
erly assigned to B Battery. 82nd
Field Artillery B&ttalion. First
Cavalry Division.
Private King entered the Army
July 29, 1948 and received his
basic training at Fort Jackson,
S. C.
Prior to entering the service
Private King was employed by
Builders Supply, Summerville, as
a truck driver.
After this enlistment, Private
King plans to go back to work
for Builders Supply.
Emory Haney, of Lockout, es
caped uninjured Friday night
when his 1949 Ford truck crash
ed into a light post in Chatta
nooga. It was reported that
Haney had fallen asleep while
driving.
T. D. Lowery’s 1948 Ford was
damaged in a collision Saturday
night on Dead Man's Curve.,
between Summer v 1 lie and
Rome.
Mr. Lowery escaped injury.
Hilda Tyler was graduated
from the high school depart
ment so Montgomery Bible
School , Montgomery. Ala., on
May 27.
Miss Tyler Is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hall Tyler.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 1949
LOCAL MUSIC CLUB
WINS FIRST PLACE
IN STATE CONTEST
The Summerville Music Study
Club was informed Tuesday of
its award of first place for the
“Pan-Americana” prize of $lO.
The prize was being given
for the best program planned in
“International Music Relations”
in Georgia.
The Summerville club, in com
peting for this, used local talent
as artists. Decorations for lunch
eon and food were of a Spanish
motif. Mrs. Joseph Buffington,
International Relations chair
man, of Atlanta, was guest
speaker for the occasion, Mrs.
John Bankson was program
chairman.
The program included “Es
trellita” a vocal solo by Mrs.
William Gist; “Fireflies” and
“Rose of Anduluza,” piano solos,
Mrs. Duke Espy; “La Galondri
na,” vocal duet, Miss Annie Pitts
and Mrs. Harry Wallace; “The
Ritual Fire Dance,” piano solo,
Mrs. Charles Wyatt.
The Summerville club also
won third prize in the state over
some of its large city compet
itors in the “Publicity Scrap
book Contest.” This prize also
in cash.
Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, Mrs. J. R.
Jackson and Mrs. Bankson,
chairmen, were the Scrapbook
Committee.
The State Music Club Conven
tion was held in Atlanta at the
Biltmore Hotel in May.
SEVEN DIVORCES
GRANTED HERE
IN MAY COURT
Seven divorces were granted
in the May term’of Chattooga
Superior Court by Judge H. E.
Nichols on Wednesday, May 25.
They were as follows: Bonnie
; B. Morris from Samuel N. Nor
|ris; Helen Reece Bishop from
I William Bishop; Elsie Gardner
Barnes from Robert Lee Barnes;
Betty Ann Berry Johnston from
J. P. Johnston; Clyde McElduff
from Eloise McElduff; Ruby
Katherine Dalton Waters from
L. J. Waters; and Dorothy
Louise Kitchens from Willie
Jack Kitchens.
MISS STRANGE
ATTENDS ANNUAL
POPPY LAUNCHING
Miss Mae Mae Earl Strange,
District and local unit President
of the American Legion Auxili
ary, attended the annual
launching of the Poppy Anchor
at Annapolis, Md., on Monday,
i-Memorial Day. Miss Strange’s
trip was sponsored by the locai
i unit of the Legion Auxiliary.
The Anchor is launched each
year on Memorial Day in tribute
to the men who lost their lives
at sea in World War I and 11.
It is always made in Georgia
' and each year a different dis
‘ trict is in charge of making it.
This year it was the Seventh
District’s turn and Mrs. Mack
G. Hicks was Chairman. She
also attended the launching
with Miss Strange.
The Anchor was launched at
12 noon on the waters of the
Severn River as a 21-gun salute
was begun at the Naval Acada
my. The Poppy Anchor was
launched from a boat, which, In
addition, to the crew had on
board approximately 20 other
persons Including Miss Strange,
Mrs. Hicks, other Legion Auxi
liary representatives and several
officers from the Naval Acada
my.
Miss Strange described the
Anchor as a beautiful emblem,
consisting o f 10,000 popples
made by veterans and standing
approximately five feet high.
Two Involved In
Auto Accident
Two persons escaped Injury
Sunday afternoon In an auto
mobile accident on the Menlo-
Teloga highway.
Roland Hemphill was the driv
er of a 1949 Ford, while Mrs.
Ruth Colbert, of Trion, drove
a 1948 Chevrolet. Neither auto
mobile was badly damaged.
A charge of reckless driving
was made against both drivers.
SEVEN ARRESTED
BY SHERRIF HERE
DURING THE WEEK
Sheriff Reuben Lyons Wed
nesday disclosed the arrest of
i seven persons during the past
week.
Cledie Nelson was arrested
Monday on a warrant charging
possession of non -tax paid
whiskey. She was released under
a S3OO bond.
Arrested Wednesday morning
was William Bean, charged with
■ driving under the influence of
: alcohol.
Jack Mull, of Mt. View, was
also arrested Wednesday, and
: was charged with assault and
| battery of Nick and Randolph
Floyd,.
James C. Barfield and Charles
Langston, of Trion, were arrest
ied Wednesday on a drunk
j charge.
James W. Curtis was arrest
ed Monday by deputies Henry
Massey and L. H. Ward and was
held for being A. W. O. L. from
Ft. Monmouth, N. J. He was re
turned to Ft. McPherson.
BARNES AND WARE
SENT TO TATTNALL
Robert Barnes and Jim Ware,
both of Summerville, were com
mitted to Tattnall Prison, Reids
ville, this week after being sen
tenced by Judge H. E. Nichols
of the Chattooga Superior Coi/rt
in the May term on May 25.
Barnes probation sentence in
connection with assault with in
tent to murder Arthur Wilson,
had been revoked. His sentence,
passed in February, was origin
ally for 18 months.
Ware was sentenced to serve
two years for forgery.
LYERLY CHILD IN
TWO ACCIDENTS
A Lyerly child was the victim
,in two accidents Saturday as
! ternoon, although the latter was
believed not to^Vave aggravat
ed his previous condition.
Six-year-old William Cochran
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Coch
ran, of Lyerly, received a skull
injury Saturday afternoon when
struck by an automobile bet
tween Lyerly and Chattooga
ville. After being treated at
Riegel Community Hospital, Tri
j on, he was placed in a Trion
; ambulance for a trip to a Chat
tanooga hospital.
The ambulance collided with
|an automobile in Chattanooga
i as it rushed into the city. James
Plummer, of Trion, driver of the
ambulance said he had his siren
on and for that reason passed
a red light. He was arrested by
Patrolmen Walter Kampschafer
and L. P. Schoocraft on a charge
of careless driving.
Riding on the front seat with
Plummer was his brother, Har
,old. The child was on a stretch
jer in the rear and was accom
panied by his parents.
The car into which the am
bulance crashed was driven by
Sam Scholtz, 17. and he was ac
companied by 18-year old James
Petty. Scholtz said he did not
hear the siren until his car got
into the intersection and it was
“too late” to avoid the collision.
The parents of the child re
iceived Ipg cuts in the accident
i and the ambulance driver suf
|fered a head bruise. His broth
ler received an injury To his
right arm.
BURGLARS LEAVE
EMPTY-HANDED
Two Summerville businesses
were broken into Sunday night,
although nothing was taken
from either place.
Burglars broke into the Hair
Motor Company by breaking a
rear window. The cash register,
which contained no money, had
been tampered with and a large
hole had been made. The safe,
showed not other evidences of
having been tampered with, had
been turned around.
The Peoples Laundry also was
broken into the same night,
however everything apparently
was left In order.
$lB7 RAISED IN
BUDDY POPPY SALE
James (Sloppy) Floyd, Com
mander of the Mason-McCauley
VFW Post, disclosed Wednesday
that to date $187.84 had been
raised in Saturday’s Buddy Pop
py sale.
This Includes both Trion and
Summerville. Mr. Floyd said.
The drive is held annually for
the benefit of veterans.
Hospital to Be Built Following
Overwhelming Vote Here Saturday
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A LOVELY PICTURE ITSELF —Mrs. Harry Marks, an accomplishet
artist, sketches a scene at Fiji. Mrs. Robert Major, her daughter
and Mr. Major’s brother are also shown.
Fiji is Lovely, Bui
Georgia Is ‘Home,’
Says Local oman
Would you hestitate to launch
out upon a journey of 13,500
miles alone, a journey which
would carry you deep into the
blue Pacific to the Fiji Islands?
A white-haired little Chattoo
ga County mother didn’t, not
for a moment. In fact, Mrs.
Harry Marks, of Summerville,
looked forward to the trip with
eagerness and today, as she puts
it, she has "lots of new thoughts
to carry around” with her.
“When I left I had a stiff leg.
I’d get so aggravated with it
but now it is just like new, no
trouble at all.”
Mrs. Marks, who had never
been in any of the western
states, left Georgia to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Mary Major,
whose husband is stationed with
the high command of the Brit
ish Army at Fiji.. Their home
is at Suva, the capitol of the
Islands.
Mrs. Marks was in the air five
days two and one half days go
ing and two and one half, re
turning.
“I loved it,” she said.
Among Mrs. Marks’ most in
teresting souvenirs of her trip
are her paintings of various
scenes and persons at Fiji. There
are paintings of natives, of the
unique trees and a particularly
fascinating one is that of her
daughter’s home. The attractive
home is located on a rolling hill
with the ocean in the back
ground. At the left can be seen
an air raid shelter, which. Mrs.
Marks says, are “all over the
place.” There was no fighting on
the island although prepara
tions were made in the event
the Japs did decide to take over.
Mrs. Marks considers a “tur
tlenut” her most important
souvenir. She secured it while
on an excursion to the nearby
island of kandabo. The small
boat on which they made the trip
was operated by Capt. Frewen.
iSir Brian Frewen) a graduate
of Cambridge, Eton, the Sor-
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(UB SCOUTS MAY
BE STARTED HERE
Are you interested in your
boy?
That's the question parents of
Summerville are being asked
this week by sponsors of a move
to secure a Cub Scout pack
here.. It would be organized for
boys of 9 to 11 years inclusive.
Those parents who are Inter
ested are asked to meet at 8
p. m. Friday, June 3. at the
Summerville Presbyterian
Church for discussion of the
project.
C. H. Westin. Northwest Geor
gia scout executive, will explain
the program and bring other
speakers from Rome. The Rev.
Leroy Obert, of Trion, who is the
Trion Cub Master, also will be
present.
It is neither necessary nor ad
visable to bring the boys to this
initial meeting, leaders said,
however they urged all parents
of boys in this age bracket to
attend.
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A GOLD MINE OWNER S GAR-
DEN—Mrs. Harry Marks and
daughter, Mary, smile into the
camera as they stand near a pool
in a garden at the home of Mr.
Theodore, gold mine owner of
Fiji.
ROBERT TOLES
INJURED IN
SUNDAY WRECK
Robert Toles, of Armuchee,
was seriously injured Sunday
afternoon when his automible
overturned about two miles
north of Rock Springs.
The accident occured as Toles
driving a 1949 Lincoln converti
ble, attempted to pass a trio of
autos when one cut out in the
front, forcing him to go over
an embankment and overturn,
it was learned this week from
the Georgia State Patrol. It was
not known whether or not there
were any other occupants in the
automobile, however he u r as the
only one injured in the wreck,
state patrolmen said.
His injuries consisted of a
severely lacerated right ear and
dislocated shoulder He was be
ing treated at the Campbell
Clinic, Chattanooga.
No charges have been made
against Toles nor against the
driver of the vehicle cutting In
to the left lane.
SQUARE DANCE AT
GYM HERE FRIDAY
A square dance will be held
at 8 p. m Friday, June 3, at
Sturdivant gymnasium. Su m
mervllle.
The event, sponsored by the
Business and Professional Wo
men's Club, will feature Ollie
Jim Nelson and his Jewel Tea
Boys, of Summerville. Joe Hays
will call the sets.
The funds derived from the
dance will be used to help build
a recreation park on Reservoir
Hill here.
Mrs. Reuben Lyons is chair
man of the dance and Is as
sisted by Mrs. Luther Smith, Jr,
and Mrs. Ruby Cotton.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR
In almost a 2 to 1 vote Satur
day, Chattooga Countians indi
cated they wanted bonds issued
.to erect a County Hospital.
Final tabulations showed 1,070
votes cast for the SIIO,OOO meas
ure and 630 against. Only three
of the 11 precincts however went
for the bonds. In Summerville,
where 847 votes were cast, only
183 were cast against the
measure which will mean the
| levying of one and one half
; mills.
Dr. W. B. Hair, Chairman of
I the County Board of Commis
sioners, said that so far as he
knew no call meeting would be
held to choose a Hospital Au
thority. Such an Authority must
,be created to handle the affairs
> pertaining to the construction of
; the hospital, which will be built
with county, federal and state
funds. The regular meeting of
I the Board is June 20.
“I don’t think there’s any
hurry about it,” Dr. Hair said,
I “and there probably won’t be
| a call meeting.”
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Precinct For Against
i Summerville 664 183
! Menlo 71 119
I Seminole 23 25
Teloga 8 16
Dirt town 57 22
Lyerly 77 56
Trion 121 128
Haywood 1 8
, Coldwater 22 23
' Dirtseller 12 14
Subligna 14 36
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce sponsored the
j move to have a hospital built
here and this week expressed
I their appreciation to the public
for turning out to vote and for
putting the measure over.
Fred Aldred, President, said
|he was proud to see that the
people of this county “put this
line service above the small tax
ithat they will have to pay.”
"It is really gratifying,” he
continued, “to see that the old
' feeling of neighborliness still’
Rexists as evidenced in the elec
pion Saturday. It showed they’re
| thinking of one another. A fel
low may say, ‘Well. I’m not sick,
very seldom am: but there’s a
j lot of my friends who are.’ ”
Mr. Aldred said that after the
I hospital is built he knows that
. Chattooga Countians who visit
1 the hospital either as a guest or
as a patient will be proud to say
that they had f part in making
the service possible.
RAMEY HELD FOR
WIFE-CUTTING
Lonnie Ramey, of Pennville,
is being held in the Chattooga
County jail on a charge of as
sault with intent to murder in
connection with the cutting of
his wife Sunday night.
Mrs. Ramey suffered a cut
finger, Sheriff Reuben Lyons
said, and she stated that her
husband had threatened her on
several occasions.
Revival To Begin
In Menlo Sunday
Dr. M. G. Gutzke, of the The
ological Seminary, Decautr, will
conduct a revival series at the
Menlo Methodist Church begin
ning Sunday. June 5. The servi
ces are being jointly sponsored
by the Menlo churches.
"The Old Paths" is the Sun
jday morning topic, while he will
[speak on the subject “What Does
It Mean to Repent?” in the
evening. •
The subjects for the week are
as follows: Monday morning, “I
Believe”; evening, "The Reality
of Heaven"; Tuesday morning.
[“God the Father Almighty”;
evening, "The Forgiveness of
God”; Wednesday morning,
"Jesus Christ our Lord”; even
ing, “The Meaning of Grace”;
Thursday morning. “The Holy
Catholic Church"; evening “The
Holy Spirit”: Friday morning.
"T h e Resurrection”; evening
"The Lord's Victory”; Sunday
j morning. “The Way of the
Prodigal”; evening, “What Do
With Jesus?”
SUMMER SCHOOL
TO OPEN HERE
Summer school at the Sum
merville Grammar and High
Schools starts Monday, June 6
at 9 a. m.
'Fhe school will last for six
weeks and any pupil wishing to
| complete his or her work may do
'so.