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Try Our Job Printing VOL. 65; NO. 30 Mrs. Farrar Leadership Mrs. B. W. Farrar, of Sum merville, is attending the Third Annual Leadership Institute, being held in Athens this week. Others from the Cherokee Regional District attending are Miss Sara Maret and Mrs. S. B. Kitchens, both of LaFayette. Mrs. Farrar, who is Chairman of the Cherokee Regional Li brary Board, will be one of the disscussants this evening at the meeting on “Libraries—Essential Factors in Community Develop ment.” Other panels will be held Fri day on “Community Planning in Health and Recreation,” “New Horizons for Community Build ers,” and “An Evening With the Arts.” Mrs. Alma Starkey, 54, Dies Saturday Mrs. Alma Potts Starkey, 54, of Summerville, passed away at 8:30 p. m. Saturday after a brief illness. Mrs. Starkey is survived by her husband, Will Starkey, of Summerville: two daughters, Miss Ruby Jewell Starkey and Mrs. L. D. Willingham, both of Summerville; four sons, James and Judd, both of Trion, Harri son, of LaFayette, and Charlie, of Summerville: two sisters, Mrs. Tom Starkey, of Trion, and Mrs. Jake Dempsey, of Rock Springs; three brothers, Marion Potts, of Mentone, Ala., Charlie Potts, of Atlanta, and George Potts, of Round Mountain, Ala. Seven grandchildren also sur vive. Mrs. Starkey was a i r of the Chelsea Baptist Cn. Ui. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Broomtown Baptist Church at 2:00 p. m. Monday, with the Rev. Frank Crayton of ficiating. Interment was in the Broomtown Cemetery, Broom town, with the J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of Summerville, in charge of arrangements. Date Changed for B. T. U. Rally The Associational B. T. U. Ralley which was to have been held July 11th will be held July 18, at 8 p. m. at the South Sum merville Baptist Church, accord ing to announcement by the church. Representatives from each church of the association were asked to be present. The Rev. J. R. Fautener, of Rossville, Ga. will be the guest speaker. -HERE *N THERE- The Woman’s Home Demon stration Club will have a picnic' at John’s Place Friday at 12 noon. The affair will include the county-wide organization com posed of twelve different clubs. Miss Serena Wepf, of Sum merville, has recently been elect ed President of Atkinson Hall, the sophomore and junior dor mitory at the Georgia State Col lege for Women. • Serena is a senior Physical Education major and a member of the Physical Education club and the Recreation Association board of executives. Mrs. Duke Espy left Tuesday morning for the Women's Mis sionary Union Camp at Camp Pinnacle, near Clayton. Mrs. Espy will be there several days representing the local W. M U. Several Chattooga Countians are attending the Southeastern Farm Bureau Training School in Augusta this week. They are: W. M. Story, Howard Baker, Frank Dawson, Miss Omie Wiley, Minnie Lea King, Betty Harrison and Harold Car gle. A call communication of Trion Lodge 160, F. and A. M. will be held at 8 p. m. Saturday, July 16. The 50-year service button will be presented to a brother by the grandmaster. Refreshments will be servide. All qualified Masons are invit ed. A revival will begin in the Beersheba Presbyterian Church on Sunday night, July 17, and continue through Friday night. There will be preaching serv ices each morning at 11 o'clock and each evening at 8 o’clock. The Rev. Aiken Taylor, of Smyr na. will be the preacher ©hr ^nmnwrutllr Nmts Attends Institute LYERLY TO GET CITY WATER SOON Construction on a 6,000 ft. water line for the City of Lyerly will begin shortly, it was dis closed this week. Water certifi cates were issued for $60,000. H. L. Abrams, Clerk, said that the J. D. McCary Company, of Atlanta, expects to have the work completed in “three or four months.” A well was completed some time ago for use in supplying the city. The line will extend southward past the Lyerly Church of God. Ben Chapman is mayor of Lyerly. BOYS ADMIT STORE BURGLARY Two teen-age boys both 18, have plead guilty to a charge of burglarizing Miller’s Grocer Store, at Mountain View, Sat urday night. W. L. McWhorter Jr., and Warren Sills took $152.80 from the cash register at the store while the Miller’s were at church. All the money was re covered. McWhorter was given five to seven years probation, while Sills was sentenced to three to five years probation. A. H. Kennamer To Conduct Meeting A. H. Kennamer, of El Paso, Texas, will conduct a series of meetings at the Pleasant Grove Church of Christ. The meeting will begin Sunday, July 1 and run through Tuesday, July 26. This is the second summer Mr. Kennamer has preached for this congregation. He is a former minister of .he Church of Christ in Trion. All are cordially invited to attend this meteing. postalTeceipts HERE CLIMB Postal receipts at the Sum merville Post Office for the month of June jumped $1,718- 05 higher than those for the same month last year, it was disclosed this week by John Stubbs, Postmaster. Recepits for June, 1949, were $6,511.67, while those for June of last year wree $4,793.62. The Mason - McCauley Post Veterans Foreign Wars will hold a regular meeting at 8 o’clock tonight at the Memorial Home. A revival will begin at the Cloudland Presbyterian Church on Friday night, July 22. It will continue through Friday night, July 29, according to the Rev. S. K. Dodson, pastor. Homecoming day will be held Sunday, July 24. at which time all former members and others will be welcomed. Dr. Cecil Thompson, of Colum bia Seminary, a former pastor of this church, will do the preaching. There will be a serv ice each evening and one at 11 a. m. Sunday. The regular convocation of Trion Chapter 19. Royal Arch Masons, will be held at 7:30 p. in. Saturday. All Royal Arch Masons are In vited. Chattooga Countians are in vited to join in the fun at the square dance to be held at the new Memorial Home at 9 p. in. Friday. H. M. Sinallan and his band will be on hand providing the music and Mr. Smallan will call the sets. The dance is sponsored joint ly by the VFW and American Legion in order to raise funds for completion of the Home. The Seventh District Royal Arch Convention will be held in Calhoun Wednesday, August 3, beginning at 10 a. m. The Kellog Chapter will be hosts. They invite local members to attend. The regular meeting of Trion Chapter No. 339 order of Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic Hall at 7:30 p. m. Monday. July 18. Announcement by Ovelene Witt, secretary SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1949 TWO SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS MAKE COLLEGE PLANS Only two students have noti fied Leroy Obert, chairman of the Boy and Girl of the Year committee of Chattooga County of their plans for attending col lege. Guy Pope, will attend Abra ham Baldwin College at Tifton, Ga. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pope, of Subligna. Miss Faye Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carter, of Menlo, plans to attend Berry College, at Mt. Berry, Ga. Other winners of the Boy and Girl of the Year scholarships are asked to contact Mr. Obert, as to their plans for college. Knick-Knack Grill Installs Television Set The first television set to be installed in a business house in Summerville was installed this week at the Knick-Knack Grill, owned and operated by Roy Watson. The set was installed by Espy Radio Service, of East Washing ton Street. Mr. Watson invites his friends to come in and enjoy with him the home games of the Atlanta Crackers over the video set. Civil Service Has Openings at Mobile Competitive examinations for probational appointment to the positions of automotive equip ment mechanic and machiriist have been announced by the U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Mo bile, Ala. The position of grade 18 mechanic pays $1.50 per hour and the position of machinist, grade 10, $1.21 per hour. Further information regard ing these jobs, as well as appli cation forms may be obtained from the Trion Post Office, or directly from the Mobile En gineer District Office, 2301 Grant St., Mobile, Ala. Applications should be submitted to the Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex aminers, Department of the Army, Mobile, Ala., before Aug. 16th' Summerville Wins, Trion Loses In Baseball League Play By T. Emmett Nunn In the baseball whirl for coun ty teams Trion topped Summer ville two times in the 4th of July programs then downed Wauhatchie, of the Lookout Val ley League, for the second time on a 10 to 5 count. Back in the Textile League play though on Saturday Shannon’s first half champs came up with a two doubles and a single plus a walk in their big eighth to ruin a Gene Kelley one hitter and un tie a 1 all count. Big Abe “Tater Masher” Brock cleared the Brighton Centerfield 365 wall with plenty to spare in the up per seventh as ‘Bad Eye” Lind say was stingy in the close spots keeping 8 hits for Trion well scattered. Several of Mgr. Carlton Strange’s boys found the range often and for distance as S’ville put a dent in Daltons No. 3 spot of the North Georgia City Lea gue while Johnny Nelson only loosened- in the fifth behind a good lead to allow 3 hits a walk and the only 2 runs the Macs could salvage. With the fourth inning as the explosion time S’ville poured over 4 runs after one in the first and second with Jack Bry ants 4 ply punch clearing the Centerfield fence as the main event. Jim Ed Cavin pounding like inad had 3 doubles and a single to lead a 14 hit barrage as promising shortstopper Joe Dacus beat out 3 singles. Sewell Cash pushed Ist basing Cavin on the hard hitting with a double and two singles as John ny Nelson pushed his own ef forts with 2 safe blows. Paul Silvers and "Rabbit" Jackson had one good punch each to help in their seventh League win and first for the second half. Seven Dalton hits in all did no more damage af ter the big sth frame. Rains Cancels Sunday's Games Trion, 10; Wauhatchie, 5 Backing Jim Keown well Trion manufactured 14 blows on Thursday under the arcs to ■down Lookout Valley Leagues 3rd placers w^th Glenn Hall setting a sizzling pace on four for five and upping his streak of 10 hits for the last 18 times Publicize Cloudland, Chamber Decides Plans to publicize Cloudland, Chattooga County’s beautiful summer resort, to a greater ex tent were discussed Tuesday at the regula? meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Directors at the courthouse. The Chamber recently spon sored the drive for a county hospital, and now plan to un dertake the Cloudland project shortly. The building of the county hospital was discussed and it was disclosed that the architect is now making plans for the building of the hospital on the site near the county home, which has been granted by the County Commissioners. It was also disclosed that the Hospital Authority would prob ably be appointed by the Com missioners in the near future. The Authority will have com plete charge of the hospital and will be composed of five to seven men from throughout the coun ty. Minutes of the last meeting were read by E. C. Pesterfield, Secretary. Fred Aldred, Presi dent, presided. Those attending were: Mr. Pesterfield, Mr. Aldred, Willis James, J. Leo Baker, Mose Brin son, A. B. Hammond, B. W. Far rar, Mrs. Mary John Fowler and Rodman K. Eubanks. Clarence Hawkins, 36, Dies in S. C. Clarence (Jack) Hawkins, 36, passed away at a Union, S. C., hospital Thursday, June 30, af ter seven weeks illness. Mr. Hawkins was born in Chattooga County and lived here until 1935, since then hav ing made his home in Union. He was a member of the Low er Fair Forest Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Bishop Hawkins; one daughter, June Carolyn; one son, Richard Donald; his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hawk ins, of Summerville; four broth ers, John and Virgil Hawkins, of Summerville, Milton and Dor sey, of Ashvurn; four sisters, I Mrs. Leonard Scoggins and Miss J Catherine Hawkins, both of Summerville; Mrs. Robert Mitch ell, of Lyerly, and Mrs. Ray mond Ellington, of Rome. up, 3 doubles and 3 triples plus 4 singles in 4 games.. Trion Takes Two Up Lead For County Championship Breaking the 4th programs in half plus being spiked by classy field events Trion easily follow ed sweet singing Wayne Groce 14 to 2 in an afternoon of the hottest weather obtainable then got all the breaks to beat John ny Nelsons very good pitching job by 6 to 5 on the after dark game. Summerville touched Big Dee Millican more freely than any of our opposition in two seasons to collect 12 hits and sport a 5-2 lead going into the Bth. Here it was just tough luck as 2 summary errors not charged in the score changed the complex ion as Trion followed up on 4 hits a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice hit to push in 4 runs and finally make it 6 to 5. In the two games Paul Silvers was practically indestructable with the bludgeon for S’ville as the big right fielder got 6 singles and a double In nine times up. Trion banged three pitchers In the afternoon for 20 hits as neither Clebo Jackson, Ji m Cavin or Joe Dacus could stem the flow while Groce well scat tered 10 hits across 5 innnigs. Leon Hardeman Trion 2nd sacker figured prominently in 2 freakish plays for the day as a double play ball bounced off his head to Dcaner Brown to Abe Brock in the first game then he made the second error on a hit ball that Joe Dacus bounced of Abbie Brock's shins and Hardy missed It too. Between the games players of both teams were guests of Trlons Methodist Church at a Bar B Qued chicken and stew eating. Games This Week Summerville meets the Lea gue leading Chickamauga Chicks in a two set with the first up there Saturday. Trion is off this week-end in Textile League play but will play Boynton, leaders of the Lookout Valley League in Trion Thurs day nite at 8:15. Boynton has lost only one game in two years and has many well known athletes from up around Ringgold, Lakeview and Rossville. SECOND RED CROSS SWIMMING CLASS TO BEGIN TUESDAY Another beginners swimming class will begin Tuesday through the Red Cross and under the di rection of Brooke Pierce. It will be held at John’s Pool at 10 a. m. daily for 14 days. Twenty - five swimmers will complete their courses today. Mills Hurl Here; Worsham Arrested Billy Mills, of Summerville, suffered a broken leg Saturday in an automobile accident near John’s Place. The accident occured as Mills stood between the bumpers of two automobiles and a third automobile, driven by Charlie Worsham, approached hitting one of the cars and causing the bumper to knock. Mills was directly behind a bus which stopped to unload pas sengers and. not being able to pass, stopped. His automobile was struck by an automobile from the rear. He and the un identified driver of the second auto left their seats to deter mine the damages. As Mills stood between the two cars, Worsham ran into the second auto knock ing the bumpers against Mills legs. Worsham was arrested for hit and run driving and for driv ing under the influence of al cohol. He was released on a S3OO bond in each case. VET HOSPITALS NEED NURSES The two Veterans Administra tion hospitals in Atlanta, Law son VA Hospital at Chamblee and Atlanta VA Hospital on Peachtree Road, —both are fac ing a serious shortage of nurses VA reported today. Lawson, a 635 bed general medical hospital, has vacancies for 15 nurses, according to Dr. John G. Hood, manager. The Peachtree Road hospital, a 225 bed tube rc u losis sanitarium, needs six nurses, said Dr. Clif ton H. Smith, manager. If vacancies cannot be filled in the immediate future, it may be necessary to close a number of beds at both Institutions, ac cording to the two managers. Both hospitals are now mak ing every possible effort to in terest qualified nurses under forty years old in joining their staffs. Recent graduates of accredit ed schools of nursing may join VA’s Department of Medicine and Surgery at a beginning sal ary of $2974 a year, with auto matic pay increases provided for at regular intervals. Nurses with professional ex perience receive salaries com mensurate with their profession al training, education, and qua lifications. Salaries range to more than $6,000 per year. VA nurses receive 30 days an nual leave and 15 days sick leave with pay, each year. Quarters are available in nurses homes at both hospitals for those who wish them, although VA nurses are not required to live on the hospital grounds. VA nurses work a five day, forty hour week and have the advantage of Civil Service re tirement, although they are not otherwise affected by Civil Serv ice regulations. Both managers urged nurses who are interested in joining VA’s staff to contact either hos pital at once. Full details may be obtained by calling the Chief Nurse at either hospital by col lect telephone. Four Boys Enlist In Armed Forces Four young men from Chat tooga County enlisted in the U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force last week according to the Rome recruiting station. The men were: Charles H. Wilson. 17; Billy Ray Nelson. 17; Buford Robert Harris, IB; and Jerry Lee Strickland, 19. Three men. Nelson. Wilson and Strickland are 1949 high school graduates from Menlo and Trion schools. Wilson, Route 3 Summerville, is the son of Mrs Lucille Wil son. Nelson. A-10 Third Street Trion, is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Nelson He entered the Air Force. Harris. C 27^4 Ninth Street Trion, is the son of Mrs. Beulah Stricklnad. He entered the Army and is now at Fort Jackson. S. C Beer Question to Be Settled Here Saturday Speculation mounted this week as Summervillians prepared to go to the polls Saturday, July 16, to cast their ballots either for or against allowing beer to be sold within the city. LARGE LOCAL GROUP ATTENDS 4-H CAMP Twenty-one Chattooga Coun ty 4-H Club members are at tending 4-H Camp at Camp Wahsega, near Dahlonega, this week. Boys attending are: Cuye Morrison, Buddy Teems, Carlton Garner, Donald Busbin, Roger Manis, Max Gayler, Lamar Ros ser, Richard Romine, Gene Day, Joe Dawson, Elmer Johns, Gene Dawson, Billy Ashworth and Sonnie Stewart. Girls who went are: Yvonne McCullough, Martha Speer, Peg gy Willingham, Martha Busbin, Shirley Baker, Anita Butler and Faye Waits. Advisers included: Mrs. B. E. Neal, Mrs. J. B. Butler, Miss Jeanette Harrell and J. B. Butler. Trion Red Sox Meet Rockmart Eagles Friday The Trion Red Sox will play the Rockmart Eagles at 8:15 p. m. Friday in the Trion baseball park. Trion Red Sox won all three of the games last week-end. Friday night, the Fairbank Eagles were defeated 8-4 with pitcher on the mound Frank Allgood, Jr., Saturday’s game was in favor of Red Sox, Blow ing Springs coming out with a i fit Abe Echols, on the mound 1 with a keen eye and George Woods behind the plate, they were defeated 12-6. Sunday was a bad day for the I Red Sox as it was rainy but they played Rockmart Eagles and de- : seated them in Rockmart 8-5. : Seats are provided for white ' spectators. Methodists, Presbyterians Plan Joint Bib'e School Recruits Have Choice Os Five Combat Arms Men without prior military service may now enlist directly into one of the five combat arms of the Regular Army and be guaranteed duty in the arm of their choice, according to an announcement made today by Sgt. Ist Class W. J. Wilcox, commanding officer of the Rome Army and Air Force Recruiting Station. A change in regulations per mits non-veterans to sign up for three, four or five years in the Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Armored Cavalry or the Corps of Engineers. Pr e - men without prior serv ice could only enlist in the Reg ular Army unassigned. The new regulation gives the recruit a chance to study the five combat arms and then en list in the one in which he would like to serve, thus eliminating any chance of. being assigned to a branch he would not care to join. Further information, said Sgt. Wilcox, may be obtained from the Army and Air Force recruit ing sergeant in Summerville at the Post Office on Thursday Miss Garner Gives Ice Cream Supper Miss Dolores Garner enter tained friends with an ice cream supper at her home near Lyerly, on Thursday, July 7. Those present Included John Kellett, And rew Montgomery, Alice and Martha Murphy, Charles Kitchings, Bonnie and Betty Peppers. L. B Cook. W. F. Stallings. Melba Reece. Vir ginia Johnson. Doris McGraw. Virginia Helton. Farrell White. Norman Smith, L. D. Ragland. Marilyn Hammett, Bessie and Peggy Stallings. Hobert Stall ings. Dewey Ragland, Myrland and Carolyn Fowler. Shirley Murphy, Donald Busbin. Bob Gaylor. Carlton. Lena Mae and Dolores Gamer. B&PW CLUB MEETS The Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet at John’s Place this evening at 8 o’clock. Several new members will be elected. Growing With Chattooga $1.50 A YEAR The referendum was recentlq called by the City Council after a petition had been brought be fore the group by T. Fred Thomas, asking that licenses be issued for the sale of beer. The matter was deadlocked by the Council and the referendum was called to find out whether or not the people want the bev erage sold here. Hundreds of persons attended a temperance meeting Monday night at the courthouse, at which time the Rev. J. Harold Smith, of Chattanooga, address ed the group. Local ministers have actively opposed the issuance of licenses which would permit beer sales here. Mrs. Mary Fowler, 72, Dies Here Mrs. Mary M. Waters Fowler, 72, died at 5:40 p. m. Monday, July 11, after a brief illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Walt Allman, of Summerville. “Miss Mary,” as she was af fectionally known, is survived by six sisters, Mrs. Paul Rinehardt, Mrs. Lon Davis, Mrs. Willie Dooley, Mrs. Walt Allman and Miss Daisy Waters, all of Sum merville; and Mrs. Hush Kellett, of LaFayette; three brothers, R. P. Waters, and W. D. Waters, both of Summerville, and the Rev. Frank Waters, of Dan ridge, Tenn. A number of nieces and nephews also surviv.e Funeral services were conduct ed at the South Summerville Baptist Church, of which she was a member, at 2 p. m. Wed nesday with the Rev. W. M. Steele, the Rev. Ben Howard and the Rev. I. C. Frazier officiat ing. Interment followed in Sand Rock Cemetery, Sand Rock, Ala. The J. D. Hill Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Methodist and Presbyter ian Churches will hold a Daily Vacation Bible School beginning at 9 a. m. Monday. July 18. It will be held at the First Methodist Church under the di rection of Mrs. J. B. Woodard and Miss Mary Meadows. They will be assisted by a faculty, selected from the Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday Schools. “We are anxious to render a service to all of the children of the town and community and will appreciate the attendance of all who can come," leaders said. The hours for school will be from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Registration will be at 9 a. m. Friday July 15 at the First Meth odist Church. Those who cannot register on this date, may regist er Monday morning, July 18. CHILD DIES HERE UNEXPECTEDLY Gary Bradford Atchley, 9. of Cloudland, died unexpectedly at 11:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Atchley; one sister. Miss Jennie Atchley; grandparents, Mr and Mrs. O. B Roberts, all of Cloudland, and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the Mt. Olive Methodist Church Cloudland. The Rev. Glenn Smith and the Rev. Pat Brock will of ficiate. Interment will be in the Mt. Olive Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the residence from this morn ing until the hour of service, R.W. Lively, Neaman. USN. of Summerville, is scheduled to ar rive at the Island of Crete. July 16. as a crew member aboard the destroyer tender USS Yel lowstone for a five-day visit. In his peaceful "invasion" of ■ the island, whose history is traced to 2000 B C.. he follows in the footsteps of Greek. Roman. Byzantian and Turk ; ish Invaders of old. More recent history found Crete the scene of paratroop landings in the last war that made airborne invasion his tory. It was there that ex heavyweight champion Max Schmellng was injured during a jump with Nazi paratroops.