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VOL. 65; NO. 27
Red Cross Swimming
Lessons Begin Monday
Red Cross swimming lessons
will begin at 10 a.m. Monday,
June 27, at John’s Pool and will
continue for 14 days, it was an
nounced this week by Brooke
Pierce, Instructor.
This program is for beginners
and intermediates, however plans
for advanced swimmers and sen
ior life savers will be announced
later.
Mr. Pierce said that arrange
ments have been made for spe
cial prices to prevail at the pool
for those taking the course.
“The only requirements are
that each one must have a doc
tor’s certificate and a Red Cross
membership card,” Mr. Pierce
stated. “The doctor’s certificate
blanks may be obtained at the
pool and I have Red Cross mem
bership cards available.”
During the past two years, 200
persons have learned to swim
through the Red Cross Water
Safety Program here.
“Since 1914, when Red Cross
established its Water Safety
Service, the drowning rate in
this county has been cut in half
—from 10.4 to 5 per 100,000 de
spite the fact that the number
of persons who go ‘swimming’
each year has many times mul
tiplied in these three decades,”
Mr. Pierce said.
12-Pound Bass Caught
At Cloudland Lake
What is believed to be the
largest bass ever caught in Chat- 11
tooga County was landed Sunday ~
by R. S. (Bob) McWhorter, of
Summerville. 1 1
The 12-pound 2 ounce fish was i
caught at Cloudland Lake, near ।
the old hotel, with only a cane, |
red worms, a No. 6 bream hook'
and an 8 pound nylon line.
According to Mr. McWhorter,
he caught a small bream on the
hook and the 12-pounder caught ।
the bieam. He worked almost 25
minutes to bring the catch in
because of the small line and ;
pole.
JULIAN MORRISON,
BRIGHTON PRES.
COMMITS SUICIDE
The death of Julian K. Morri
son, President of Brighton Mills, ।
Shannon, was attributed by Cor- ;
oner J. W. Davis to “self inflict- I
ed” gunshot wound. ;
Sheriff D. G. Johnson reported
Morrison’s life was snuffed out
Monday by a single bullet
through the temple. He quoted:
a Deputy at the scene as saying;,
a revolver was found near the ,
scene and that a note to the’
family was pinned to a door. ;
Morrison. President and chief
stockholder in the mill for 20
years, was found mortally
wounded around 12:30 p. m.
Monday at his home near Shan
non. He died in a Rome hospital
about 30 minutes later.
In a formal statement, Com
pany attorneys said the textile
mill head had been in ill health
for several weeks, but had plan
ned to leave for New York in I
the afternoon.
The body of the World War 1|
winner of the Distinguished i
Service Cross was sent yesterday |
to Statesville, N. C., for burial.
Menlo Octogenarian
Reads Entire Bible
• I
P. A. Brooks, of Menlo, al
most 87 years young, disclosed
this week that he has read the
entire Bible since the first of ।
the year—a period of less than
six months.
Mr. Brooks wonders if there
are any other young fellow's
who have done likewise.
If so, will you let him know
about it?
Negro Library Drive
For $2,000 Under Way
The Chattooga County Negro
Library $2,000 Campaign has re
cently begun and is now well un
der way.
Other solicitors with the origi
nal committee are Richard Stur
divant, Willie Ecans, Luther
Shropshire, James Adams, Jr.,
Roscoe Steward, James Adams.
^ummeniilh Nms
Board of Health
Makes Sewer
Disposal Inspection
Under the ordinance passed by
the City Counchil on June 13
which provides for the proper
disposal of human excerta with
in the city limits, R. E. Davis, of
the Georgia Department of Pub
lic Health, began inspection of
all sewer disposal places with
in the city limits that are not
connected with the city sewer
system.
Beginning his inspection Mon
day, Mr. Davis started at the
north end of the city along
North Commerce Street and
North Highland Avenue. His
findings will be turned over to
the city authorities along with
recommendations for bringing
about complete city sewer cov
erage.
According to the ordinance, all
property owners who have build
ings within two hundred feet
of sewer lines will be required to
cut in to the city sewerage sys
tem at their own expense.
The anchor was lifted and the
two men followed the fish about
the lake until is was exhausted
and came to the surface.
Mr. McWhorter and Dr. H. A.
Goodwin, also of Summerville,
were in a boat at the time.
In addition to the big bass,
Mr. McWhorter, who frequently
fishes at Cloudland, caught two
bream, one a one-pounder, the
other weighing three-fourths of
a pound.
They had only been fishing
about 30 minutes when the rec
ord-breaking catch was made.
BEER QUESTION
TO BE SETTLED
HERE JULY 16
A referendum here on Satur
day, July 16, will tell whether or
not the residents of the City of
Summerville wish to have beer
sold within the city.
The referendum was called at
a regular Council meeting Mon
day night, June 13, when an elec
tion on the matter by the coun
cil was tied. One councilman
was absent because of illness.
Mayor Willis James and Dennis
Cox voted against issuing per
mits to sell beer, while Leroy
Alexander and Joe Gaines fa
vored the move.
James, Alexander and Gaines
voted to call a referendum.
The mayor urged the residents
who wish to vote to check and be
sure that their names are regis
tered at the city hall.
TRION FIRM PAY
IN OPA CASE IS
OKAYED BY HOUSE
The House yesterday passed a
bill to pay $130,000 to the Riegel
Textile Corporation, of Trion,
for claims maae against the
Office of Price Administration.
The bill was sent to thet Senate.
The Riegel Corporation, then
the Trion Company, paid the
OPA $130,000 for alleged viola
tions of price ceilings on gloves
rather than take court action.
Other manufacturers fought
the price ceilings and Congress
later passed a bill which caused
the OPA to drop all pending
cases.
Sr., Coke Shropshire. Junior
Mosely. Lellala Nichols, W. F.
Boles and Mattie Sue Allgoods.
The appeal is to every one,
both white and negro, of Chat
tooga County to help raise the
$2,000.
It is hoped each person will
contribute sl.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949
JAMES FLOYD NAMED
STATE V. F. W. VICE
COMMANDER
James H. (Sloppy) Floyd, of
Summerville, was electd Junior
Vice Commander of the Georgia
Department of Veterans of For
eign Wars at the final business
session of the 1949 convention
in Brunswick Tuesday.
Young Floyd, who is in the
clothing store business at Trion,
and who is prominent in civic
affairs throughout the county,
heads the Mason-McCauley Post
6688 of VFW.
James L. Carmichael, 21-year
old Swainsboro lawyer, was
elected Commander of the State
VFW, and David Price, of Jesup,
was elected Senior Vice Com
mander.
Other officers elected are as
follows: Kelso Hearn, of Monroe,
Quartermaster-Adjutant; Grady
Pittard, of Athens, Judge Ad
vocate; Julian Lively, of Augus
ta, Chaplain; and Dr. Henry
Green, of Atlanta, surgeon.
Albany was selected as the
meeting city for the 1950 con
vention.
Others from here attending
the meeting were: John Stubbs,
James Abney, Douglas Baker
and John C. Cavin.
MENLO SCHOOL
CANNERY TO OPEN
TUESDAY, JULY 5
The Menlo Cannery will open
Tuesday, July 5. It will be open
each Tuesday and Thursday
throughout the canning sea
son.
Rules and regulations for can
ning plant are as follows:
1. Days of operation—Tuesday
and Thursday.
2. Opening and closing time—
open at 8:30. No product will
be accepted after 2 p. m. E. S. T.
3. Plant will not be open un>
less agriculture teacher or oper
ator is present.
4. All patrons should bring
sufficient labor to prepare and
process products.
5. Local school accepts no re
sponsibility of spoilage or loss
of products.
6. Patrons must clean up
utensils, equipment and work
area immediately after using.
7. A service charge of 2c a
can will be charged. Cans will
be furnished at 4*/2C No. 2 cans
and s^c No. 3 cans.
8. The cannery must operate
on a cash basis.
9. School will not be responsi
ble for products left in canning
plant.
10. Meat will be canned by
appointment only. Appointment
should be made with ag. teach
er.
County Health Nurse Pace
Heads Regional Discussion
Miss Wilma Pace, Chattooga
County Public Health Nurse, was
the presiding officer at the
monthly meeting of the North
west Regional Conference held
at the Regional offices, Battey
State Hospital, in Rome Tues
day.
Public Health Nurses from the
26 counties that comprise the
Northwest Regional Health of*
fice of the State Department of
Public Health discussed at
length the Brown Report “Nurs
ing for the Future.”
Miss Pace, who presided over
this discussion, gave in brief an
outline of the Brown Report
i which is a study of present edu
; cational training mthods of the
nursing profession at the pro
fessional level. The many at
tendant problems, such as the
present critical shortage of
nurses, improvements which
must be made within the pro
fession if it is to attract enough
young women for future nursing
needs, and the use and training
of practical and graduate bed
side nurses, under suitable regu
lation.
In her resume Miss Pace said:
“The Implications of the Brown
Report are tremendous. Our pro
fession is at the cross-roads of
a new day—a new beginning.
The fields of nursing have been
multiplying at a rapid pace for
the past twenty years. No long
er is the graduate nurse faced
with the choice of hospital, pri
vate duty or public health serv
'ice, In which to practice. The
field of nursing Is now unlimit
ed—our field of endeavor is be
coming specialized. We must
learn to be diplomats as we take
our place on International
flights across the seas or on
voyages. We must know how to
OPEN HOUSE TO
BE HELD AT NEW
MEMORIAL HOME
Open house will be held at the
Memorial Home from 2 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, it was announced this
week by VFW and American
Legion leaders.
It is hoped a lot of Chattooga
Countians, as well as persons
from surrounding counties, will
visit the beautiful new building
at that time, it was declared.
In the future, the veteran’s or
ganizations hope to add a lounge,
columns for the front and asbes
tos tile flooring.
A dedication of the building
will be held during the summer,
further .announcement of which
will be made at a later date.
17 PERSONS
ARRESTED HERE
Records at the sheriff’s office
this week revealed that 17 per
sons had been arrested by the
county officers during the past
week.
They are as follows: Charlie
Evett, assault and battery; E. P.
Jackson, passing worthless
checks; George Reece, Jr., Tom
Keith, Albert Carpenter, Leo
Chastain and Loyd Teague, pub
lic drunkenness; Emmett Jack
son, Fannie Jackson and Lewis
H. Helton, possessing non-tax
paid whisky; Dozie Cavin, as
saut with a knife; Russell Digs
by and Burner Perdue, drunk on
a highway; Allen H. Hix, driving
without brakes; Russell R. Bow
man and Walter Lee Adams,
driving under the influence of
alcohol.
County Surpasses Savings
Bond Goal by 3 Per Cent
Chattooga County has reach
ed 103.0 per. cent of it’s quota
in the Opportunity Savings Loan
now in progress throughout the
United States, it was disclosed
last week by Harry Lee McGin
nis, County Chairman.
The quota for this county was
$63,000 in E sales, and $64,875
have been bought to date, it was
stated.
There are only 16 counties in
Georgia who have reached their
goal and the state as a whole
has reached only 67.5 per cent,
while the nation has reached
approximately 73 per cent of it’s
goal.
The Seventh District has
reached 52.4 per cent.
The Covered Wagon will be
in Rome tomorrow, Saturday
and Sunday, Mr. McGinnis said.
become guardians of the wel
fare and health of the individ
ual workers in large industry or
become executives in large life
insurance companies. Federal,
state and local health services
are constantly expanding. The
demand for nursing service is
greater than the supply. The
public is educatd to the services
of nursing service. We as nurses
must-know how to meet the de
mands that society has a right
to expect of us. We as nurses
must put forth every effort for
obtaining the highest of pro
fessional and educational stan
dards in order to not only carry
on ourselves, but to attract a
large number of women Into
our profession."
The full scope of the Brown
Report "Nursing for the Future"
was discussed by Miss Ethel
Rhodes, nursing supervisor of
the Cobb County Health Depart
ment, Miss Elizabeth Hood, su
perintendent of Nurses, Battey
Hospital, and Miss Stella Opem,
regional consultant nurse of the
Northwest Regional Health of
fice.
SUBLIGNA PLANS
BIBLE SCHOOL
Plans have been made for a
Vacation Bible School at the
Subligna Baptist Church, begin
ning at 9 a.m. Monday. July 4.
The school will close at 11:30
a.m.
The Rev. George C. Shroeder.
pastor of the church, will be the
director and he invites all chil
dren between the ages of 4 and
6 to attend. This is for all de
nominations, he said.
Transportation will be fur
nished to and from the church.
C. OF C. SUBMITS NAMES FOR
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TO BOARD
■HERE ’N THERE-
Miss Mae Earl Strange, of
Summerville, President of the
Seventh District American Le
gion Auxiliary, installed officers
of the Dalton and Cartersville
Auxiliaries at a meeting in Dal
ton Tuesday night.
The regular communication of
Trion Lodge No. 160 F. and
A. M. will be held at 7:30 p. m.
Monday, June 27.
All qualified Masons are in
vited.
There will be a home coming
at the Congregational Holiness
Church at Lyerly Sunday, June
26, it has been announced by
the Rev. Paul Fowler, pastor.
The Rev. Roy Merck, of
Gainesville, will speak at 11 a.
m. Special singing and music
will be featured throughout the
day.
A revival will begin on this
date with the Rev. Archie
Gardner, of Exie, Ala., as the
evanglist.
R. W. Lively, seaman, USN, of
Summerville, has been on a ten
day visit to Naples, Italy, as a
crew member of the attack car
go ship USS Yellowstone en
abling him to relax after in
tensive training with the Sixth
Tast Fleet in the Mediterranean.
Visits to Rome plus tours of
nearby Pompeii and the Isle of
Capri were on the liberty sche
dule.
New Construction
Under Way On
Commerce Street
Construction of a modern
brick building below the Sum
merville Hotel is expected to be
completed by July 1, it w’as dis
closed this week by Dr. W. B.
Hair.
The new' structure, 71 by 24,
will replace a wooden building
in which Roy Alexander oper
ated an eating establishment.
Mr. Alexander plans to operate
a similar business in the new
building.
U.S. Business Census
To Be Taken Here
A United States census of busi
ness got under way this week in
Chattooga County and the Sev
enth congressional district. The
census is a nation-w'ide under
taking in which facts will be
collected about three million re
tail, wholesale and service trade
establishments.
A Seventh district office has
been set up in Room 217, West
Building, Rome, under direction
of Supervisor W. Elliott Camp,
who announced today that Clar
ence B. Bradford, of Rome, would
be the enumerator in Chattooga
County.
Mr Camp said statistics to be
published upon completion of the
census will reveal changes and
developments within the busi
ness structure that have occur
red during a decade of business
expansion augmented to unprec
edented dimensions by consum
er spending.
Business information will be
available on a national scale, he
said, and for those states, areas
and county groups where busi
ness concentration is sufficient
to provide summaries that will
not reveal the activities of in
dividual establishments.
Other data to be compiled In
the census Include number of
stores and total sales, number of
proprietors of unincorporated
businesses, pay roll and employ
ment, sales analyzed by principal
merchandise lines, and inven
tories of merchandise on hand
at the beginning and end of 1948:
Preliminary census of business
results relating to selected cities,
geographic areas, and to special
subjects will be released late in
1949. A continuing flow of sum
maries will be published thru
out 1950, Mr. Camp said. Early
in 1951 final printed census vol
umes will be available
Roland D. Tinley, seaman,
USN, husband of Mrs. R. D.
Tinley, of Route 2, Summerville,
and J. C. West, Fireman ap
prentice, USN, son of Mrs. Lillie
M. Miller, of Route 1, Trion are
scheduled to visit Portsmouth,
England, and Cherbourg, France
this summer as members of the
crew of the battleship USS
Missouri, which will be a part
of a ten ship Midshipmen Prac
tice Cruise Squadron.
Tours to both London and
Paris also are being arranged.
During the cruise, which is de
signed to give practical ship
board training to Naval Acade
my and Reserve Midshipmen,
the embryo Naval officers will
stand watches and participate
in training exercises alongside
the regular ship’s companies.
John W. Argo, Jr., fireman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Argo, Sr., of 15 Taylor Street,
Summerville, as a crew member
of the escort aircraft carrier
USS Rendova, is engaged in
training personnel of various
aviation squadrons under Com
mander, Air Force, Pacific Fleet
in anti-submarine warfare.
The Rendova recently return
ed from a tour of duty in the
Western Pacific. Last year she
completed a 30,000 mile cruise
around the world visiting. Turk
ey, Egypt, Arabia. Ceylon, The
Strait Settlements and the Phil
ippines.
WILLIAMSON TO
PREACH AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH
The Rev. J. C. Williamson,
Superintendent of Missions for
the Ocoee Baptist Association,
Chattanooga, will preach at the
First Baptist Church at both the
morning and evening services
Sunday.
The morning service begins at
11 a.m. and the evening service
at 8 p.m. The public is given a
cordial invitation to attend both
services.
Dr. Goodwin Is
Practicing Here
Dr. H. A. Goodwin recently as
sumed his duties here in prac
tice with Dr. R N. Little at the
Little Clinic on Commerce Street.
Dr. Goodwin received his B.S.
from the University of Ken
tucky in 1939 and was graduated
from Emory Medical School in
1945.
Following his graduation there,
he spent four years in the U. S.
Navy as a doctqr and served in
the Mediterranean theatre.
Dr. Goodwin is married to the
former Betty Little, sister of Dr.
Little, and they are the parents
of a seven-year-old daughter.
Menlo to Have
Clean-Up Saturday
"Clean-Up Day” will be ob
served in Menlo Saturday. June
25th.
All residents of the town are
urged to pick up all trash and
have it deposited in a container
whereby it can be picked up by
a truck
Officials of the town urge the
residents to co-operate whole
heartedly in this endeavor to
beautify their town by clean
ing up.
$1,644 Raised Here
To Fight Cancer
The cancer drive in Chattooga
County was a tremendous suc
cess. it was disclosed this week
by Mrs. J. R. Burgess, Chairman.
The total amount raised was
$1,644.07, although the quota
was only S9BO
Mrs. Burgess said that this
Growing With
Chattooga
$ I 50 A YEAR
The Chamber of Commerce
Monday submitted a list of 11
names to the County Board of
Commissioners with the request
that they consider the names be
fore appointing a Hospital Au
thority.
Ordinarily an Authority is ap
pointed to handle affairs of
county hospitals. Several promi
nent persons however expressed
the opinion this week that the
county may refuse to appoint
such a group, and instead may
handle the hospital construction
and affairs themselves.
The county attorney, Mose
Brinson, said the county merely
did not appoint an Authority
this week and that the names
submitted were laid aside to be
considered at a future date.
Mr. Brinson stated Tuesday
that an Albany architect had
been hired to plan the hos
| pital. The architect is now
completing three county hos
pitals, Mr. Brinson said, all of
which are of a size in the
vicinity of that planned for
this county.
Names submitted by the C. of
C. to the Board were as follows:
Miss Beulah Shropshire, Fred
Aldred, A. B. Hammond. E. C.
Pesterfield. T. J. Espy, O. L.
; Cleckler, Marshall Lowry, B. W.
Farrar. Bert Brogden, Howard
Baker and Benny Stowman.
The Authority should be com
posed of seven or nine persons,
Mr. Aldred, Chamber president,
told the group as he presented
• the names.
He declared that the C. of C.
is opposed to having a member
of the city, county, state or fed
eral governments on the Auth
ority, and stated that in the
hospital bond campaign the
Chamber promised the people
that no one “involved in poli
tics” would be on the Authority,
which will have complete control
of the hospital.
“We hope you’ll see fit to con
tinue with us on this matter of
! erecting a hospital here,” he de
clared. “We want this thing to
be so above-board that the next
time the C. of C. puts a project
before the people it will go over
in a big way too.
“We are in A priority to secure
funds from the state, and in
July this money will be made
available. We should be able to
build a 30 or 35-bed hospital
I with the $270,000 we’ll have.”
Mr. Aldred reviewed the drive
for a hospital, which began last
November when he assumed of
fice as President of the Cham
' ber.
The Summerville hospital had
just closed and the one remain
ing hospital in the county was
not large enough to care for the
patients.
“A group of us appeared be
fore your group some time ago,”
he told the commissioners, “and
you approved the plan to give
us a site in north Summerville
near the county home for the
hospital. You also agreed to call
a bond election for SIIO,OOO and
it went over with a great ma
jority."
Appearing before the com
missioners with the Chamber
president were Miss Shropshire
and Mr. Pesterfield. Mr. Cleck
ler also was on the committee,
however was unable to be pres
ent because of sickness.
Thursday Meet
Monday’s action followed a
call meeting Thursday of the C.
of C. directors, at which time
names were suggested for the
committee to present the Board
for consideration.
Mr Aldred reminded the group
that it Is the duty of the Cham
ber of Commerce, who sponsored
) the drive, to strive to the best of
; their ability to carry out “the
mandate of the people."
Attending Thursday's meeting
were: Miss Shropshire. Mr. Far
rar. D L McWhorter. Mr. Lowry.
J B Butler, Mr. Pesterfield, Mr.
Cleckler, Rodman K Eubanks
I and Mrs. Mary John Fowler.
amount even surpassed that
raised last year, the total then
being $1,532. The goal last year
also was S9BO.
None of the money remains in
the county because there is no
cancer clinic here, she said,
however, funds are available for
local cancer patients.