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Vet Groups to Assist in
Applying for Dividends
Commanders of the two local
veterans groups have announced
that their organizations are
ready to assist all veterans in
filling out the application for
their National Service Insurance
dividends.
J. W. Argo, commander at
American Legion Post 129, said
that the Legion is prepared to
give “full assistance” and that
blanks have been placed at
stategic centers throughout the
county.
James (Sloppy) Floyd, com
mander of Mason - McCauley
Post 6688, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, stated that his post is
prepared to lend assistance and
that forms wifi be available at
tonight’s regular meeting. They
also are available at post of
fices, although the supply was
exhausted in some earlier this
week.
Both leaders emphasized that
veterans do not have to be mem
bers of either organization to be
given aid in this matter.
Commander Argo said that
blanks can be obtained from the
following: Elgin Ballenger, Sum
merville Post Office: Emmett
Clarkson. Tax Colfector’s office;
Argo and Sons Service Station
on the Summerville - Menlo
Highway; Mary John Fowler,
Chamber of Commerce Office;
Tom Cook, Berry ton; Tip Flem
ing, Trion Service Station; Max
White, Menlo; and Crawford
Hardware, Lyerly.
Must Apply
The Veterans Administration
has estimated that 16,000,000
World War II veterans are eligi
ble for shares of tne $2,800,000,-
000 life insurance dividend. But,
all national life insurance
policyholders and ex - policy
holders who want to share in the
dividend must make application.
The dividends will not be paid
automatically.
Here are some pertinent ques
tions and answers about the
dividend:
How much will the veteran
get?
From a few dollars to several
hundred. The scale for comput
ing the dividend is still “tena
tive.” the VA says. It will be
based on such factors as the
time the policy was in force, its
face value, and the age of the
(See Page 8)
C. of C. Sees Plans
For County Hospital
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce Directors met
Tuesday afternoon at the court
house to discuss the architects
plans for the county hospital.'
Plans for both the interior and
exterior have been submitted by
the architects to he County Com
missioners who have asked the
Chamber of Commerce to make
suggestions.
Present plans call for six
single rooms, two isolation ।
rooms and the remainder double
rooms. Included also Is a negro
ward •
During the discussion, the Di
rectors agreed that more single
rooms were needed with perhaps
a ward of several beds.
Fred Aldred. President, con
tended that the double rooms
-HERE ’N THERE-
A square dance will be held
at the Memorial Home at 9 p.
m Friday. ,
A revival series will begin at
the Mt Olive Methodist Church
at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Rev. Wrathburn Cush,
who who will conduct the series,
invites the public to attend.
Forty - nine buyers attended
the $21,355.91 Cossa Valley Live
stock sale In Rome Wednesday.
August 24. while 109 sellers were
present. They exchanged 204
cattle. 19 hogs and one horse.
Hogs were sl3 to $22; calves
SBSO to $2525; bulls. sl3 to
$16.80. slaughter cows, $12.20 to
sl6: dairy type heifers, $15.50 to
$22 78. and springers. $53 to
$209
Homer F. Tate, Jr., airman ap
prentice, USN, of Summerville,
is serving with Fleet Aircraft
Service Squadron 110, based at
the Naval Air Station, San
Diego, Calif
^>umnwr utile Nms
W. T. McCrickard,
72, Dies al Lyerly
W. T. McCrickard, 72, died at
his home near Lyerly at 10:30 p.
m. Saturday, August 20, follow
ing a lengthy illness.
He was a member of the Oak
Bowery Methodist Church in
Alabama.
Survivors include two sons, J.
W.. of Chattoogaville, and M. C.
of Kingsport, Tenn.: three
daughters, Miss Inez McCrick
ard, of Chattoogaville, Mrs. Cecil
Crawford, of Lyerly, and Mrs.
Tom Womack, of Holland; three
brothers, V. B. McCrickard, of
Rome, Route 3, Floyd, of Cedar
town, and Joe, of Clarksdale.
Seven grandchildren also sur
vived.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Oak Bowery Methodist
Church at 3 p. m. Monday with
the Rev. D. B. Maffett, of Trion,
and the Rev. Mr. Martin, of Gay
lesville, Ala., officiating.
Pallbearers w’ere: Joe Gilmer,
Yance Gilmer, Johnnie Cope
land, Clarence Sp ray ber,ry
Thurman McNaire and Grady
McCrickard.
TRUMAN GETS BILL
ON S'VILLE SCHOOL
The Senate has passed and
sent to the President a bill to
pay Chattooga County the $44,-
637 for the loss of the Summer
ville High School Building.
The school burned Feb. 26,
1943, while it was being used
for conducting a registration for
ration books issued by the OPA.
COTTON BOLL
BROUGHT IN
An open cotton boll was
brought into the News Office
last week-end by A G. Perry,
of Summerville
This was the first boll to be
brought in from Chattooga
County this year.
It was grown on Mr Perry’s
farm.
are large and do not afford any
more privacy than a ward. He
said two small single rooms
could be used instead of a
double room and that after the
hospital is built it would be no
more expensive to maintain
these two single rooms than to
maintain a double room.
It was decided to have the
architect, who is from Albany,
appear at a meeting of the
group to explain more fully the
plans and to tell the reason for
so many double rooms, and so
few single rooms.
Present at the meeting were:
Marshall Lowry. Mr. Aldred, E.
C Pesterfield, Miss Beulah
Shropshire, Mrs. Mary John
Fowler, B. W. Farrar, O. L.Cleck
or, A. B. Hamomnd, Willis James
and Mose Brinson.
W. 11. Mitchell, fireman ap
prentice. USN. of Route 2. Sum
merville, is attached to the air
craft ctarrier USS Valley Forge
which has just been awarded
the Rattle Efficiency Pennant
and "E" for her general excel
lence throughout the fiscal
year July 1. 1948 to July 30. 1949.
The award is a competitive
one. based on overall battle ef
ficiency. Each departmnet of
the ship Is graded to determine
jthe vessel's final mark in the
competition.
The Valley Forge Is presently
operating out of San Diego,
Calif
Beginning the week of Sep
। tember 5, the Core canning
plant will be open on Tuesdays
only.
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The Mason - McCauley Post.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
meet at 8 o’clock this evening
at the Memorial Home, it was
announced this week
The Rev. Horace Yancey, of
Lyerly, will preach at Chapel
Hill at 2:30 Sunday, Sept. 4.
Everyone Is cordially Invited.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949
Home Economist
Here With Georgia
Power Company
Miss Edna Fuller has been
transferred from the Cedartown
District to the Summerville Dis
trict as home economist with the
Georgia Power Company, ac
cording to an announcement
made by J. T. Morgan. District
Manager, Summerville.
Miss Fuller graduated from
the University of Georgia in
Home Economics, and will assist
all customers of the Georgia
Power Company in home making
problems. Her home is in Cal
houn and she is a member of
the Baptist Church. While in
Summervill she is making her
home with Mrs. Tom Elder at
113 First St.
As home economist, Miss Ful
ler will assist all electrical deal
ers, as well as the Georgia Power
Company, in Summerville Dis
trict in the demonstration of
electric merchandise. She will
help in the planning of kitchens,
laundries, conduct cooking
schools and explain and assist in
wiring outlay in new or re
modeled homes.
Miss Fuller will also work with
customers on new rural lines so
that they may understand the
wiring of homes; the service and
use of home appliances and
electricity.
S'viliians May Join
Rome Civic Music
Asso.; Genlry Says
Frank Gentry, Chairman of
the Rome Civic Music Associa
tion, has announced that mem
bership in his organization will
be extended to citizens of Sum
merville.
The Civic Association is a
non-profit organization which
brings fine music to this area.
In the past five years, such stars
have appeared in Rome under
the auspices of this association
as: Gladys Swarthout. Josephine
Antonina, Arthur Rubenstein,
the Markova-Dolin Ballet, Na
than Milstein, Blanche Thebom,
Dorothy Kirsten, the Apollo
Boys Choir, the Cinncinati Sym
phony with Eugene Goosens con
ducting, and many other world
famous artists and musical or
ganizations.
Membership in this organiza
tion can be achieved only during
the week of September 12-17 and
no single admissions will be per
mitted during ^e season.
Mrs. Warren Gilbert, of Rome,
is Chairman of the membership
committee for Summerville and
she will appoint a local chair
man here in the next few days.
Membership dues are for the
entire season with a minimum
of four concerts to be held at the
Rome City Auditorium.
Hammitt "Fine"
After Suicide
Attempt Tuesday
Lewis Hammitt. 33. of Lyerly,
was reported in “fine” condition
at Riegel Community Hospital
Hospital yesterday after suffer
ing gunshot wounds in the chest.,
The wounds were allegedly
self-Inflicted Tuesday morning.
He was found in front of his
automobile, near Berryton. Tues
day morning, it was reported. |
The wounds were in the chest.
local VFW Trio
Back From Miami
Three members of the local I
post. Vr'ccns of Foreign Wars,
returned this week from the na- |
tional convention in Miami, I
which was held August 21-26. i
They were: Hugh Henderson.
John Stubbs, and James Floyd.
Among the guest speakers at
the convention were: President
Harry Truman. General Lucius
Clay. General Gray, and the
Phlllipine. Cuban and Puerto
Rican ambassadors to the U. S.
Delegates were present from
every country that signed the
Atlantic Pact.
Officers elected were: Clyde
Lewis, of New York, Comman
dcr-in-Chief; Charlie Ralls, of
Washington, Senior Vice Com
mander: Frank Hilton, of New
York. Junior Vice Commander:
F M McCartha, of Florida.
Judge Advocate; and Dr. A. J.
Bowen, of West Virginia, Sur
geon
American legion
Continues Growth,
Argo Says Here
Nothing in the history of vet
erans’ organization can parallel
the record - breaking expansion
of the American Legion during
the past few years. Commander
J W. Argo, of the American
Legion Post No. 129, told his
membership committee for 1950,
recently.
Commander J. W. Argo stated
that the American Legion “now
has an enrollment in excass of
3,300,000. The American Legion
is now the largest veterans’ or
ganization the world has ever
seen.
“Os course this tremendous
membership approximately 6 9
per cent represents veterans of
World War 11. They are now in
the majority in the American
Legion. By their overwhelming
affliation they have indicated
that the American Legion is the
organization of their choice.”
The 1950 drive Is under ’"ay.
Commander Argo declared, and
the objective is to break all pre
vious records.
“World War II veterans are in
vited into the American Legion
on a full partnership basis,” he
said. “There are great programs
to be carried out in rehabilita
tion, employment. Americanism,
National defense, child welfare
and community services. In this
job of working for a better and
a secure American every veteran
has a place in the American
Legion. World War I veterans
over 28 years built the American
Legion into the great organiza
tion it is today. It is now’ up to
the veterans of World War II
to carry the ball from here. They
are the heirs of the American
Legion and its ideals and activi
ties.
“Membership is the deep well
of strength of all American
Legion accomplishments. We
need every veteran’s membership
because our future tasks are
greater than ever before. In the
fight to win a lasting peace the
American Legion must mobilize
every ounce of strength it can.
Veterans of World Wars I and
11, united in overwhelming
strength in the American Legion
can win this fight.”
According to Mr. Argo, a lot of
veterans ask the question, what
has the American Legion done,
and what can the American
Legion do for them? He pointed
out a few pertinent facts from
the records of the American
Legion:
The American Legion has been
for foremost and stanchest
! champion of veterans through
out its 31-year history. It is re
sponsible for the creation of the
Veterans’ Administration and
the building of the magnificent
chain of the world’s finest hos
pitals for ex-service men and
women. It has sponsored and
initiated nearly all federal and
state veterans’ legislation under
which veterans and their depen
dents now have drown benefits
totalling more than $13,000,000.
It was the father of the G. I.
Bill of Rights for World War II
veterans, of the terminal leave
pay bill for enlisted men and
women, of the 20 per cent "cost
of living” Increase In the pen
sions and compensation of dis
abled veterans and their fami
lies, of the adjusted service com
pensation legislation for World
War I veterans, and of innumer
able other veterans’ laws."
Application blanks can be ob
tain e d from the following
places:
Mrs. Mary John Fowler.
Chamber of Commerce Office;
Ray Van Pelt, Tax Collectors Of
fice; Jim Teder and Raymond
Gaylor. Post Office; Duke Espy.
Genuine Auto Parts Store; J. W
Argo Service Station on Menlo
Highway; Max White. Menlo:
Tip Flemmings, Trion Service
Station; Tom Cook, Berryton
Store: Crawford Hardware,
Lyerly.
Any Information concerning
the American Legion can be ob
tained from any of these places.
Riegel Calves
To Be Entered In
Calf Show, Sale
Riegeldale Farms. Trion. Is ex
pected to enter 60 to 75 of their
best Angus calves In the First
Annual Fall Feeder Calf Show
and Sale Tuesday, Sept. 13, at
the Coosa Vclley Livestock Barn.
Rome.
The show’ will start at Ila m.
and the sale at 1 p. m.
J. O. Carden. Director of De
velopment. emphasized that the
calves do not have to be pure
bred. and those having calves to
sell may contact him so that
they can be sold in this sale.
‘Country Brown Day’ to Be
Held in Atlanta Sunday
DR. WRIGHT SPEAKS
TO ROTARY CLUB
James Jackson introduced Dr.
E. L. Wright, Headmaster of
Darlington School, Rome, speak
er at the Summerville-Trion
Rotary yesterday.
The speaker made an urgent
appeal to Rotarians to be alert
to false enemies within and out
side the country, to pledge al
legence anew to tne U. S. and
its form of Government and to
emphasize these convictions to
all we meet.
The speaker reviewed briefly
the founding of this great na
tion—how • a church was first
built that we might have free
dom of worship. This was fol
lowed by a legislative hall—order
that no individual or group
could impose on another and
finally, the U. S. Constitution
was formed and with it a na
tion of states united with a Gov
ernment close to the people and
with limited national power.
The speaker sees a trend to
day to depart from Government
close to the people as the Con
stitution framers intended ana
the forming a strong central
government in its stead.
“We are near to losing our
freedom and individuality in the
guise of common good.” the
speaker said.
There is danger of our be
coming a pampering grand
father, degrading able bodied
men in order to gain for them so
called security.
Dr. Wright closed his talk with
an appeal to the great majority:
the kind, good, honest, truth
ful. hard working Americans to
renew their allegience to the
U. S. A. and to renew their be
lief in the house built on rock
and he was sure gates of hell
should not prevail against it.
Mr. Grover C. Hornick, gov
ernor of District 240, will be
present at the regular meeting
of Rotary next Wednesday.
VET CLASSES
MOV'D MONDAY
The veterans school has been
moved from the high school
building, as the regular school
term began Monday.
The classes of Mrs. Carlton
Wheeler, Mrs. C. B. Akin and
Mrs. W. A. Bagley are held in the
main courtroom of the court
house. Charles Wright has his
classes at the Legion Auxiliary
House, while Dwight Smith
teaches on the school grounds.
STORES TO CLOSE
Stores in Summerville will
be closed Labor Day, Monday
September 5, it was disclosed
by the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday.
Program Io Salute
VFW On Birthday
Bing and Bob Crosby. Dinah
Shore. Dennis Day and Jimmy
Wallington are among the Holly
wood stars to be featured on a
30-minute transcribed radio
salute to the Golden Jubilee
anniversary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars to be heard over a
local radio station at 12:30 p.
m. Sunday. Sept. 4
This full one - half - hour of
music, drama and comedy will
also feature Bob Crosby's nine
year old daughter, Cathy
A Goluen Jubilee message
from Lyall T. Beggs, of Madison.
Wis., VFW Commander-in-chief
and the bunds of John Scott
Trotter. Frank Devnl and
D'Artege also will be featured.
This program Is to be present
ed as a salute to the 50th an
niversary of the founding of the
VFW
Composed exclusively of men
with overseas campaign ribbon
service, the VFW was founded In
1899 by Spanish-American war
vrternns who had recently re
turned from the campaign in
Cuba and the Phillipines.
The program denis exclusively
with the "Happy Birthday"
theme It reviews the service the
VFW has rendered to veterans
and their dependents and bene
ficiaries throughout it's half
century of cxistance.
Persons interested in joining
this organization should contact
Rufus Pruitt. John Stubbs. Ray
mond Gaylor. Fred Lancaster.
Douglas Baker or any other
member of the VFW
Chattooga Plans lor
Singing Convention
Here Sunday
The semi - annual Chattooga
; County Singing Convention will
: be held Sunday. September 4, at
: the courthouse in Summerville.
The Homeland Harmony
Quartet, of Atlanta, will be fea
| tured. They also will appear in
concert at the courthouse Satur
day night.
In addition to this quartet,
: many other popular singers are
i expected Sunday, officers of the
i convention said. Bill Stephenson
l ls president, Don Groce, vice
president, and Austin Scoggins,
secretary-treasurer.
US Ranger Office
Open in Lafayette
The Armuchee Ranger District
office of the U. S. Forest Serv
ice, located the Rhyne Building
at LaFayette, will open on Tues
day mornings and Friday after
roons. states District Forest
Ranger Robert D. Williams.
These office hours are establish
ed for the convenience of peo
ple who sometimes travel to La-
Fayette and fail to find the
ranger in the office. All matters
pertaining to National Forest
lands are handled through the
LaFayette office.
The Armuchee District covers
parts of Walker. Catoosa, Whit
field. Gordon. Floyd and Chat
tooga counties. It extends from
Ringgold south to Armuchee.
The western boundary is the old
Alabama road and the eastern
boundary is roughly, the South
ern Railroad which runs south
from Dalton through Cos
tanaula. The district includes
232.000 acres of which 53.000 is
owned by the government. The
Armuchee District is one of four
districts which comprises the
Chattahoochee National Forest.
C K. Spaulding is Forest Super
visor and has headquarters at
Gainesville
Baptist Association
Meets September 7-8
The First Baptist Church.
Trion, will be the scene on Sep
tember 7-8 of the regular meet
ing of the Chattooga Baptist
Association.
The Rev. Earnest Pell will give
the introductory sermon Wed
nesday morning, and the Rev.
Floyd Stark will deliver a mes
sage Wednesday night. Dr.
James W. Merritt will speak
Thursday morning
Included on Wednesday's pro
gram are the following: Sunday
School report. Wheeler Loggins:
Temperance report. Rev. Frank
B Lewis; report on Ministers
Retirement Plan. W M. Steele;
report on Children's Home, Rev.
S. L Walker; report on Evange
lism. Rev. Thomas J. Espy; re
port on the Co-operative Pro-
Nancy Davison, Boling Farmer
Top in Baby Contest Here
More than 20.000 votes were
cast In the Baby Contest held
here last week with Nancy Lyn
Davison taking frst place and
beng crowned "Quern of Toy
land" Frday nght.
Winners were announced al
Friday's presentation of "Lass
It Off.” a play featuring local
talent and sponsored by the
American Auxiliary Leaders
stated they made a net profit
of $194 80 on the play.
Boling Farmer, crowned
Princess" was second highest
and Rlekey Kellett placed third.
Being the boy with the most
votes. Rickey was crowned
/‘King of Toyland.”
Follow-ups. In the order they
came, were: Eddie Hawkins.
"Prince”; David Massey. "Duke”;
and Kathy Scoggins, “Duchess.”
Gary Watson and Gordon Allen
tied for seventh place.
Others in the contest were:
Jimmy HUI. Mary Ann Clarkson,
Bill Gist. James Aldred Peacock.
Vann and Joe Pullen. Claudia
McConkey, Jessie Towers Brin-
Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 PER YEAR
BY T. EMMETT NUNN
Sunday is the day Chattooga
County folks can shine
The Number One son, and one
of the best known names in
Southern Baseball, is to be hon
ored in Atlanta when it is hoped
that the presentation of a new
1949 Ford will be possible
through the efforts and dona
tions of the people of this coun
ty.
Everybody is invited to take
part in the day and your dona
: tions are earnestly solicited.
The Cracker.' will play Mobile
ja doubleheader. Leaders of the
move for “pountry Brown Day"
urge local people to attend and
show Atlanta f olks how really
proud folks can be of a home
product.
Ralph is currently batting .316
for the Crackers and is one of
। the most popular players ever to
wear an Atlanta uniform. He is
recognized as the fastest man in
the Southern League and is the
leader in stolen bases. Last Sun
day against Nashville, the League
leaders, Ralph hfit his ninlth
home run accounting for four
of Atlanta’s runs in both games.
He has been at bat 57 times
more than any other Cracker,
has 32 doubles. 6 triples and 130
singles or a total of 177 hits.
His record is an enviable part
of Sports History.
Mrs. Sarah Smith,
73, Dies Saturday
In Holland
Mrs. Sarah Chaffin Smith. 73,
died Saturday night at the resi
dence in Holland.
She is survived by six children.
J. H Smith, Chattanooga: W J,
D. J., S. T. Smith. Miss Mamie
Smith, all of Holland: Mrs. W.
M. Westbrook, Heidelberg. Germ
any: three grandsons. Dan Watt
Smith and Charles Smith, of
Holland. J H. Smith Jr.. Chatta
nooga; great- granddaughter,
Thersa Ann Smith, of Chatta
nooga.
gram. Rev Roy Cordle; Treas
ury report. Dennis Cox; devo
tional. Rev B L. Caldwell; and
Training Union report. Miss
Evelyn Cook.
A song service will be con
ducted by Charles Jones.
The group will hear a devo
tional message by the Rev Al
bert Pruitt Thursday morning,
as well as a hospital report by
the Rev. Frank Craton; A. W.
M U. report by Mrs. Duke Espy;
a report on Missions, by Mrs. C.
A McConnell; and a report on
Qhristian Literature, by Mrs W.
M. Steele.
The Rev. J. Pat Brock will be
In charge of the Digest of Let
ters, and the Rev. A N. White
will be in charge of obituaries.
The Rev. Mr. Caldwell will re
port on Christian Education
son, Bobby Floyd, Mike Woodard,
Cheryl Tyler. Jeannie Morris.
Marcia Lowry. Harold Wallace,
Rebecca and Mike McGinnis.
The committee in charge of
the Baby Contest was composed
of Mrs James Hawkins, Mrs,
R N Trimble, Mrs Hall Tyler
and Mrs. L C Smith, Jr.
This week they expressed their
thanks to the parents and to
the merchants of Summerville
I for their cooperation.
Funds derived from the play
and the contest will be used to
furnish the American Legion
Auxiliary Home In Summerville.
There will be a called meeting
of the Auxiliary in the near fu
i t urr to complete plans for fur
nishing the Home. Members will
be notified of the date.
The Auxiliary Home will be
available for use by clubs and
voung people of the county. It
13 hoped, leaders said, the young
people will use It as a reception
center. The House Committee
should be contacted for further
information