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VOL. 65; NO. 33
Despite Handicaps, Public Health
Department Marches Forward Here
By Helen Buffington
Chattooga Countians don’t
have to look for the figures to
see the accomplishments of the
County Health Department
since it was established here in
May, 1948.
Many persons know from per
sonal experience, others can
look around them and see the
results of the work done by those
in the department, despite their
many handicaps.
But its interesting to know in
facts and figures just what and
how much has been done, and
what is expected to be done in
the future.
Originally, Chattooga County
was included with Walker and
Dade in a tri-county set-up,
over which Dr. J. J. Crowley had
charge.
William A. Kemp, Sanitarian,
also worked throughout the 3
counties at the begining of the
set-up, however he resigned last
Summer, and Dr. Crowley re
signed in January, 1949.
The activitites have been
carried on nevertheless, and a
majority of the credit can be
attributed to Miss Wilma Pace,
who assumed her duties here as
full-time public health nurse in
August, 1948.
Miss Pace’s difficulties were
many and varied at the begin
ning and even today it is diffi
cult for one nurse to attempt
the job for this county. It has
been said that four full-time
nurses would be required to
handle the work adequately.
With the addition of Mrs. Ray
mund Daniel as clerk this sum
mer however. Miss Pace is able
to devote more tome to field
work.
“We’ve only begun to scratch
the surface,” declares the young,
energetic nurse.
Already however, the venearal
disease problem has been prac
tically abolished here.
Tuberculosis remains the chief
concern of the health depart
ment, and it is hoped that it too,
car. "vent Hally be reduced to a
minimum.
Until more patients can be
admitted to Battey State Hos-
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FIRST BAPTISTS TO
HEAR REV. GORMAN
Tire Rev. Charles E. Gorman,
of Atlanta, will preach at both*
the 11 a m. and 8 p. m. services
Sunday at the First Baptist
Church, Summerville. *
The church is without a pas
tor since the resignation of the
Rev. Ira C. Frazier.
-HERE ’N THERE-
A square dance will be held
at the Memorial Home from 9
to 12 p. m. Friday.
The affair is sponsored by the
American Legion and Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Hilda Tyler, of Taylor Street,
Summerville, has been admitted
as a student to David Lipscomb
College, Nashville, for the 1949-
50 session.
A graduate of the Montgomery
Bible School, Miss Tyler will
major in business administra
tion at Lipscomb. Se is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall
Tyler.
Harold L. Morrison, SH3. son
of W. L. Morrison, of Menlo, Is
on active duty aboard USS Car
pellottl which is taking part in
the most extensive amphibious
training operation of its kind
ever staged by the U. 8. Navy.
Morrison’s ship is participating
in the attack phase of the oper
ation during which conditions
of actual amphibious warfare
are authentically simulated.
Morrison has been on active
duty with the Navy since Oct.
17, 1945
*
All parties Interested In the
cemetery at Bethel Presbyterian
church are requested to meet
there Friday morning, Aug. 5.
to clean off the grounds.
Those who cannot come or
send someone are asked to send
a contribution to Miss Lula
Weesner, Route 1, Summerville.
Don Roberto, dancing Instruc
tor, will be at the Summerville
High School Auditorium from 1
to 3 p.m. Tuesday to interview
persons Interested tn dancing
lessons.
Classes in ballet, folk and tap
will be offered for children or
adults. There also will be a pre
school group
utile Nms
Farmers Warned
To Poison Against
Dreaded 801 l Weevil
Unless farmers who haven’t
poisoned their cotton crops do
so within two or three weeks
they are not likely to have a
very profitable crop this year,
warned Chattooga County J.
B. Butler this week.
Mr. Butler said that almost
100 per cent of the squares
in crops he recently surveyed
have been punctured by the
boll weevil. In this survey,
none of the cotton had been
poisoned. In instances where
farmers had used poison the
condition was much more fav
orable.
He attributes the high per
centage of boll weevils to the
the generally late crops this
year along with exceptionally
wet weather.
The situation seems to be
the same throughout all parts
of the county, Mr. Butler said.
In one instance, a farmei
had poisoned a field of cotton,
while across the road another
field had not been poisoned.
The field that had not been
protected had a much greater
percentage of boll weevils, the
county agent said.
Coosa Livestock
Sale $25,316
Hogs brought from sl6 to
$22 at the Coosa Valley Live
stock Sale in Rome on July 27,
'at which time 25 hogs were sold.
goat, 265 cattle, 11 pigs and
two* sheep also were exchanged
by the 59 buyers and 108 sellers.
Calves were $9.50 to $25; bulls,
$12.60 to $18.50; slaughter cows,
$9 to $17.30; dairy type heafers,
$15.50 to $24.50 and springers,
is»j to $193.
The total sale was $25,316.59.
Schroeder to Hold
Subligna Services
The Rev. George C. Schroeder
will conduct a revival series at
the Subligna Baptist Church
[Aug. 7-12, at 8 o’clock each
evening.
| There will be regular Sunday
services and the public is in
vited to bring a picnic lunch and
i eat with the members Sunday.
R. R. Jennings will be song
leader and Mary Earl Lansdel
pianist.
The Pennville Cemetery will
be cleaned on Friday, Aug. 5, it
was announced this week by a
committee composed of Milton
Housch, Charlie Loggins and
Frank Scoggins.
Those who cannot attend or
send someone are asked to send
a onation to a member of the
committee.
Mrs. John Fowler, of Summer
ville, Home Serviq cretary of
the American Rt Cross, at
tended a District meeting of the
Red Cross in Rome Monday.
Pvt. Frank T. Barton, son of,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barton, of
Route 2, Summerville, has been
assigned to Company E 2nd Bn„
38th Infantry regiment, it was
announced by Lt. Colonel Jack
W. Rudolph, Regimental Com
mander, Ft. Lewis, Wash.
He was formerly assigned to
Basic training, having enlisted
Feb. 2, 1949.
The public is invited to the
singing at Pennville at 2 p. m.
Sunday.
The Buckhead quartet will be
among the special singers pres
ent.
The regular meeting of the
Mason - McCauley Veterans of
Foreign Wars will be held at
8 o'clock tonight at the Memori
al Home.
A series of revival services will
begin at Bethel Presbyterian
Church in Dirttown Valley, Mon
day, Aug. 8. at 8 p. m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
The Howell Cemetery will be
cleaned Friday. Aug. 12.
All Interested persons are
asked to be there to help clean
the grounds. Some changes
have recently been made in the
grounds. It was stated
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEC A, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949
Woman Seeks
Correction of
Sewerage Condition
Mrs. Kathryn Kolosky disclos
ed this week that she had sub
mitted a petition to Forrest
Rhodes, State Health Inspector,
calling for a correction of the
sewerage situation at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Tom Taylor,
in Summerville.
The petition contained the
names of 85 prominent citizens
of Summerville, Mrs. Kolosky
said.
She told the News this week
that last winter when there was
so much rain and the small
stream in north Summerville
overflowed, the top of a man
hole near her mother’s home
shot off and sewerage poured
into the yard. She said that the
city did nothing to correct the
situation and that her mother,
who was 74 years old at the
time, fell on the slime in the
yard and dislocated a shoulder.
“I was away at the time,” said
Mrs. Kolosky, who Is from Balti
more, “and while I’m away this
time I don’t want to hear of or be
afraid that mother will fall and
i suffer other injuries because of
| such in her yard.”
She said the odor even caus
ed persons in the vicinity to be
come nauseated.
According to Mrs. Kolosky,
correction of the situation,
which occurs in one form or an
other each time there’s a big
rain, lies in cleaning out the
stream so that it can adquately
carry the water on down to. the
river.
“I’ve discussed the matter
with city officials and they tell
me the city has no funds.” she
declared.
“So I asked the county to
have the convicts clean the
branch out and they informed
me that the convicts had 25
; miles of paving to complete and
'could not possibly get to this
work.”
Mrs. Kolosky said that- she is
jin hopes the health department
can aid her in getting proper
I steps taken to correct this mat
iter.
Local Trio to
Attend Workshop
Mrs. Graves T. Myers Public
Relations Chairman, of the
Chattooga County GEA Unit and
Mrs. M. B Eubanks president
and Miss Jean Fortney, chair
man of public relations, of Trion j
Ichv Local Unit, will at
tend the three-day Workshop to
■pe held at Jekyll Island. August
14-17
Thu Workshop will he presided
over by GEA President. Dr O. C.
^Horhnid and Harold Saxon,
GF A Executive Secretory will
serve as Director of the Work
shop. assisted b" the GEA Cen
tral Office Staff.
Ma lor emphasis will be placed
on Public Relations. Educators
are recognizing the importance
of keeping t^e public, both at
the State and local levels in-1
formed as to the progress and
needs of their schools. Dr. Ralph ,
McDonald, Executive Director of
the National Commission on
Teacher Education and Profes
sional Standards and Dr. George
Kerrv Smith, of *he U. S. Office
iof Education, will attend the ;
Workshop as out-of-state Con
sultants
W. R. HUDGINS
DIES IN SOUTH
GEORGIA SUNDAY
William Robert Hudgins, 52,
died July 31 at a South Georgia
Hospital after a lenghty illness.
The body will arrive in Sum
merville at 7:03 o’clock tonight
and will remain at the funeral
home until the hour of service.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs.
Nannie L. Hudgins, of Rome;
three sisters, M's. Carrie Buls
terbaum, of Winters, Texas, Mrs.
Sallie Anderson, of Waco, Texas
and Mrs. Irene White, of Rome;
two brothers, Joe and Jim
Hudgins, both of Summerville,
Route 2.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the graveside of the
family lot at the Lyerly Ceme
tery, Lyerly, at 11 a. m. Friday.
Arrangements are by the J. D.
HUI Funeral Home, of Summer
ville.
DISTRICT V F
TO MEET AUG.
ATMEMORIAI IME
The Seventh Distru erans
of Foreign Wars wil I the
first meeting of the year
at 2 p. m. Sunday, st 14,
at the new Memorial 2, be
tween Summerville i Trion,
it was disclosed this k by
J. C. Cavin, Comman f the
Seventh District VFV
James L. Carmich State
Commander, has as the
District Commander 1 ither
he or his representat; , 11 be
at the meeting.
“We want every p< our
district represented espe
cially do we want all rs of
the district to attend, lared
Commander Cavin.
He pointed out that, State
Department program the
new year will be disc !.
—
Mentone Grou l o
Attend Wildlift eel
F. R. Bell, secretar the
Mentone, Conservatio; 1u b,
Mentone, Ala., will gr talk
to the Chattooga Coui Wild-
life and Conservation b at
the August meeting w will
be held at the court se in
Summerville at 8 p. m g. 8.
J. G. Allison, preside f the
Mentone Club, hopes to pres
ent at the meeting and oring
along some interesting ; es of
“Slow Motion Quail, 'hich
should interest hunters. new
film, “Trails Through mes
see.” which has been i epa
ration some time, will 3 be
shown and should be meh
interest since it will shi auch
scenery familiar to p ? of
I this county.
The Mentone Cons .tlon
j Club is sponsoring a eral
[game preserve o n <out
Mountain and a part of this
[refuge is in Chattooga county
near Cloudland, comprising
about 4.000 acres This refuge is
to be restocked with various
game and Mr. Bell’s talk will be
along this line. It is important
that all members of the club
be present at next Monday
night’s meeting, leaders said.
Fertilization of the wildlife
club lake near Summerville is
being carried on monthly and
all of the club members are
eagerly awaiting the opening of
the lake for fishing, probably
early next spring.
George Bishop is
Stale Forestry
Administrative Asst.
George Bishop, former forest
| ranger for Chattooga county,
has been named state forestry
administrative assistant and he
assumed his duties in Atlanta
recently.
Mr. Bishop was succeeded here
by Burl Gayler. of Lyerly J. B.
White continues as assistant in
the ranger’s office.
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop plan to
move to Atlanta.
SUPL BLUE TO
ARRIVE MONDAY
E. M. Blue, W’ho will assume
his duties as superintendent of
the Summerville Schools. August
22. will arrive Monday. August
8, and will reside at the Sum
merville hotel.
Mr. Blue is from Brunswick
and succeeds J. Frank Harmon
as Summerville school superin
tendent.
Mr. Harmon will leave August
20 to assume his duties at Law
renceville as superintendent.
700 SIGN GLENN
PARDON PETITION
Approximately 700 persons
have signed a petition asking for ।
the pardon of Chattooga Coun
ty's ex-sheriff A. H. (TI ny 1 |
Glenn, It was disclosed this week
by Glenn's son, Jack Glenn. It
Is said the petit‘on will be sub- j
mltted to President Truman.
The 7fl-year old ex-sherlff Is
serving an 18-months sentence
at Tallahassee Federal PrWm.
Tallahassee, Fla. after being
convicted for conspiring to de
fraud the government in a boot
leg racket here.
The petition called attention
to the age and declining health
of Glenn, who began serving the
sentence In June of this year.
He was convicted In May. 1948.
together with Jack Hartline, of
Summerville, and Edd Knight,
of Gilmer county
HILL AND RACKLEY
ARE HONORED BY
LIONS TUESDAY
Eugene Rackley Jr., and J. D.
Hill were honored Tuesday night
by the Summerville Lions Club
I when they were presented ten
iyear charter chevrons, an honor
[ which is accorded few Lions.
The chevrons were presented
!in a ceremony at the regular
j meeting of the group at Riegel
! dale Tavern, Trion.
Seven other members were
awarded 10-year monarch chev
rons for continuous membership
in a club. They were: C. B.
Akin, J. Gordon Allen Sr., Elgin
D. Ballenger, Herbert Gilkerson,
Marshall Lowry, A. B. McCurdy
and Robert Dill Trimble.
The retiring president, Irwin
Thomas, was presented the past
presidents pin.
John Davis succeeded Mr.
Thomas as president and other
officers recently taking office
are: Mr. Hill, first vice presi
dent; Emmett Clarkson, second
vice president; Sam Cordle,
j third vice president; A. A. Far
rar, tailtwister; Bob Guffin,
: Secretary-Treasurer; and J. T.
Morgan, Lion Tamer.
Directors are: J. R. Burgess,
E. C. Pesterfield, Hubert John
son and Mr. Rackley.
STROUP, SMILEY
FOUND GUILTY;
MAFFETT CLEARED
Bill Maffett was cleared Mon
day of charges of driving while
drunk and Johft Smiley was
■ fined SSO and costs after being
found guilty of possessing
whisky.
Both cases were tried Monday
in the August term of Chattooga
city court in Summerville.
John C. Stroup was found
guilty Tuesday of possessing ap
paratus for manufacture of
| whisky and fined SIOO and costs.
Those pleading guilty Monday
and Tuesday were: Jim Bean,
[ two cases: J. E. Millican, E. C.
Wilson, A. B. Phillips, William
Henry Headrick, Robert L. Byars,
i three cases: Junior Teems, Paul
T. Rich, Frank Moses, Katie
Westbrooks, John Huckaba and
Emmett Hunter, two cases.
Enoch McDaniel, Oscar W.
Stoker, Luther Daniel, Jr., Mack
Smith, Cleda Nelson, two cases:
Robert Harvey Strawn. Mack
Purcell. Carmon McNair, John
Melvin Whitfield, Frank Purcell, j
Bobby Adams, Charlie W. Prince, [
j two cases, and Hollis Smith.
Gordon Brady, Carl Suttles,
Russell R. Bowman, Earnest C. i
Colbert, Junior McWhorter, Geo.
D. Hunter, Fred Hogue, two
cases, and James T. McGuire.
In addition, 71 persons plead
guilty to charges Saturday.
Communists 100,000
Strong In U. S. Now,
Rotarians Told
It Is hard to conceive why any
person living under such a won
ri erf u 1 government as ours
should believe that a better life
could be had by living under
Communistic regleme.
Judge H. A. Nichols, of the
Rome Circuit, Superior Court,
made this statement yesterday
at the regular meeting of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Continuing. Judge Nichols de
clared that the Communist party
was first organized In this coun
try with 35 members in 1917 at
Chicago.
“Since that time," he declar
ed. "they have grown to more
than 100,000 strong.”
William Z. Foster Is head of
this party In the United States
and In one of his recent ad
dresses, Judge Nichols said, he
stated that one of the main is
sues of the party was to liqui
date all civic organizations such
as Rotary Club?
“The will of *he government
Is also your will in a Communist
government," the speaker de
clared.
With approximately 200.000.-
000 Communists in the world,
apparently they are attempting j
to control the universe, he said.
A. B. Hammond, who had
charge of the program. Intro
duced Judge Nichols. D. L. Mc-
Whorter, president, presided
New Members
Dr H. A. Goodwin, of Sum
merville. was admitted ax a new
member yesterday and Clyde
Packer, also of Summerville, was
sworn in as a new member at
the July 27 meeting
Schools in County to
Begin Classes Aug. 29
Dr. Marlin Payne,
Optometrist, Opens
Summerville Office
1
WIF dMlfe. ■
i .
I '
Dr. W. Marlin Payne, recently
licensed by the Georgia State
Board of Examiners in Op
j tometry, has opened an office
for the practicing of Optometry
at the Summerville Hotel Build
ing in Summerville.
Dr. Payne was graduated from
• tthe Southern College of Op
tometry, Memphis in March
after completion of a four year
Course. Prior to setting up an
office here. Dr. Payne interned
j with Dr. Edward H. Shannon of
Gainesville.
Dr. Payne also attended the
University of Tennessee prior
to entering optometry college,
and was enrolled for a time,
while serving in the army, at
the University of Arkansas.
In college, he was a member
of the Georgia Club, an under
graduate optometric society
with a membership of Georgia
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County /slams
139 Percentage in
Savings Bond Drive
Final reports in the Oppor
tunity Loan Campaign show
Chattooga County to have at
tained 139.8 per cent of $63,000
quota. “The people of this
County.” said Harry Lee Mc-
Ginnis, County Chairman, “are
responsible for the purchase of
the Bonds.”
Mr. McGinnis, County Chair
man, expressed thanks to all
persons In this county for their
assistance in the Opportunity
Loan Campaign.
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO
HOLD FOOD HANDLERS SCHOOL
A Food Handlers School will
be held in Summerville in the
Courtroom of the Court House
Tuesday and Wednesday. August
16-17, It was disclosed this week.
There will be two daily ses
sions of the program, from 9
to 11 a. m. for food handlers
working in the afternoons, and
the afternoon session from 2 to
4 pm. and will be for the per
sonnel that wort- mornings. Both
sessions will include white and
colored food handlers.
The program will Include
movies on proner methods of
dish washing, serving the public
for waitresses, pictures on prop
er sanitation in *ating establish
ments and discussion of prob
lems of management and Food-
Inspectors.
The school is being held by
the Chattooga County Health
Department in conjunction with
the State Health Deparment as
a public service to all in the
county who in anyway handle
food for the public. Not only arc
owners, manages and personnel
of all eating establishments in
vited to attend this school, but
also school lunch room person
nel. grocery and meat handlers
and all others who are interest
ed in knowing how food for the
public should be handled.
A food handlers card will be
given each person who attends
the full program of the two day
school. For each food establish
ment having 75 per cent or
more of its personnel to attend
this school a School Certificate
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
| Students in Chattooga county
will return to the classrooms
[ Monday, August 29, for the be
[ ginning of the fall session, it
was disclosed this week by C. B
Akin, county school superin
j tendent.
Teachers will report for duty
Monday, August 22, for the pre
planning week, he said.
"For the first time since I’ve
been here tfive years),” Mr. Akin
said, "we’ll begin school with a
full force of teachers through
out the county.”
There will be 91 white teach
ers and 15 colored teachers in
the county.
A larger student enrollment is
expected this year, also, it was
stated.
Subligna High School began
classes July 25.
NEGRO LIBRARY
DRIVE CONTINUES
The Negro Library fund drive
j continued in Chattooga County
this week.
Luther Shropshire, of Lyerly,
reported $45.40 in a check-up
July 22.
Those from South Summer
sville contributing were:
J. C. Shiver, Y. M. Gilmer,
Gordon Lee, Ruby Reynolds,
Hoyt Wilson, Margaret Strick
-lan d, Nelda Smith, Jimmie
Spain, Charles Crawford, Oscar
Mcutin, Gordon McCollum and
Lena Morrison.
Beadie Edwards. Homer Mar
tin, N. C. Parker, Irma Doster,
Leo Edwards, Otis Ashworth,
Clarence Hunter, J. W. Parker,
C. F. Hix, E. M. Wilson and
Josephine Baggett.
Ted Brown. Bonny Langley,
Lussie Nix, W. A. Parker, E. C.
Wilson. Grace Smith , J. D.
Parris. Velma Hunter, Mary
Scoggins, Etta Palmer, Ozella
Shankles and Max Floyd.
j Evelyn Schdizo. William Car
penter, Bud Elsberry, Grave Hix
Queene Gibson, Charlie Hunter,
H .F Newson and E. C Bridg
man.
15 ARRESTED
BY SHERIFF
Fifteen persons have been ar
i rested by members of the Sher
iff’s office since July 25, it was
disclosed this -week.
i They are as follows: J. W
Price, felony; Sam Starr, ob
taining goods under false pre
tenses; U. E. Low. driving under
the influence; William Gentry,
obtaining credit fraudently;
Homer Hardeman, drunk: Grady
Henderson and Charles Purcell,
driving under the influece of
alcohol; Emmett Hunter, drunk;
J. E. Milligan, possessing whis
ky: Earl York and C. C. Morris,
burglarly; Elgin Moon, drunk;
Moss Colbert and W L. Rut
ledge, drunk. A peace warrant
was issued against Charlie Horn
the size of the grade card will
be awarded that place of busi
ness for posting in their estab
lishments
R. E. Davis, who will be in
charge of the school and who
has made the inspections of all
the eating establishments in the
county states, “Chattooga Coun
tj Food handlers are doing a
good job in complying with the
rules and regulations of the or
dinance passed by the City of
Summerville and the County. All
are trying to make their places
of business either Grade A or
B."
The program for the Food
Handlers School is as follows:
Tuesday. August 16: Introduc
tion. C. B Akin. County School
Superintendent; Need For A
Food Handlers School. F. W
Rhodes. Northwest Reglo na 1
Public Health Engineer; Food-
Borne Diseases, Dr H. D Brown.
Chairman Chattooga County
Board of Health: Films. "Dish
washer Named ‘Rod’.” “From
Hash Slinging To Food Handl
ing." and "Eating Out”: In
spectlon of Laboratory Slides.
Microscopically Staohlococcus,
Streptococcus, Vincents, etc.
The afternoon session will be
the same as the morning ses
sion.
Wednesday, August 17: Films.
"Our Emcmy The Rat." "From
Hand To Mouth," and "Files and
Food-Borne Diseases": Questions "
and Answers
The afternoon session will be
the same as the morning pro
gram