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Try Our Job Printing 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- <See Page 2) 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 See Page 4 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