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VOL 65; NO. 42
Employ Handicapped, Local
Employers Are Being Urged
Can you use a handicapped
worker?
That was the question being
put to employers in Chattooga
County this week by the U. S.
Employment Service, as the na
tion observed “National Employ
the Physically Handicapped
Week.”
In this county alone there
are 19 handicapped persons who
are registered as needing a job.
There are five who can do cer
tain textile mill work and the
following desire jobs: porter,
bus boy, elevator operator,
farmer, shoe repairman, car
penter, painter, bus driver, auto
repairman, refrigeration me
cnanic, instrument repairman,
yarn grader, laundry man and
truck driver.
All ministers in this county
have been sent a message ask
ing them to remind their con
gregations, either in the church
bulletin or by announcement at
the service, that the support of
the entire community is needed
in developing job opportunities
for the handicapped in this
area.
Several employers who have
already hired the handicapped
have written letters stating that
they are well pleased with the
results.
Tire absentee rate of handi
capped persons is just about
the same as that of unimpaired
workers, a Federal Security
Agency leaflet discloses.
Handicapped workers, when
properly placed in jobs are
adaptable, productive, careful,
regular, steady and capable, a
recent study has revealed.
An official Government sur
vey of 895 handicapped workers
and 1,404 unimpaired workers
shows that the relative output
per workers is slightly higher
for the handicapped, the rate
of output for the handicapped
workers being 101 as against 100
for unimpaired workers.
-HERE ’N THERE-
Private First Class John B.
Taylor, the son of Mrs. Janie
Taylor, Union 500 Street, Sum
merville, is presently with the
Medical Company, 32nd Infantry
Regiment, Seventh Infantry Di
vision, in Hachinohe, Japan.
Private First Class Taylor en
listed in the Army, August 6,
1948, at Detroit, Mich. He took
his initial training at Fort Knox,
Ky
Private First Class Taylor is
a cook at the present time, and
plans to re-enlist when his pres
ent enlistment expires. He left
the United States for his current
overseas tour of duty, Novem
ber 30. 1948
One 18 year-old of this area
enlisted last week in the U. S.
Army according to the recruiting
cfflce in Rome
The man enlisting was Hudon
G. Black. Jr., of Summerville,
who is the son of Hudon Black.
Sr. Hudon took advantage of the
special enlistment peerlod of one
year open only for 18 year-old*.
He is now stationed at Fort
Jackson. Columbia, S. C., where
he is receiving basic training.
Anyone interested in an en
listment in the U. S Army or U.
S Air Force can see the recruit
ing sergeant at the Summerville
Post Offlc any Thursday morn
ing between 9 and 12
Marine Ist Lt. John A. Justice,
a Marine Volunteer Reserve
pilot, son of Mr and Mrs Allen
Justice. Box 38. Trion has Just
completed two weeks active duty
flying with other Marine Re
servlets at the Naval Air Sta
tion. Atlanta.
Lt Justice, a veteran of the
South Pacific Area, is now in
private business, and like many
other ex-marines he has con
tinued his contact with Marine
Aviation through the Marine
Volunteer Reserve Program
As a volunteer reservlest.
may request 15 days active duty
each year for which he receives
full pay and valuable 'raining
and experience This tour of ac
tive duty la open to both officer
and enlisted personnel of the
volunteer reserve. Also, he may
spend this two weeks of active
duty training with the Marine
Air Reserve Training Command.
Naval Air Station. Atlanta,
where he will receive training
and instruction on such subjects
as radar, flying. If he to a pilot
or any of the many phases of
aircraft maintenance
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WILDLIFE CLUB
MEETS MONDAY
The monthly meeting of the
Chattooga County Wildlife Club
and Conservation Club will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Monday, Oct.
10 at the courthouse in Summer
ville, according to President W.
H. Smith, of Lyerly.
Ed Friend, director of Infor
mation and Education of the
Georgia Game and Fish Com
mission, will be the speaker and
will bring along movie of the
state’s wildlife resources which
should be of interest to every
one.
“Every sportsman in the coun
ty should hear Mr. Friend, see
the movie and learn more about
the game that abounds in our
state,” Mr. Smith said.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this meeting and
every member is urged to come.
PTA Meet To
Be Held Today
The new Summerville School
auditorium will be the scene
this afternoon of a meeting of
patrons of the Summerville
school in an effort to revive the
Parent-Teacher Association. The
time is 3:15 o’clock.
It is most important that all
those interested in the school
attend this meeting, leaders said.
VFW To MecF
Tonight At ‘Home’
The Mason - McCauley Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
meet at 8 o’clock tonight (Thurs
day* at the Memorial Home, it
was announced this week by
James ( Sloppy) Floyd, Com
mander.
Miss Mary Ellen Selman, of
Summerville, has been pledged
tc the Chi Omega Sorority at
• the University of Georgia, where
she enrolled for the fall quarter.
The New Bethel Baptist
Church, three miles north of
Trion on U. S. Highway 27, will
be the scene of a Sacred Harp
Singing Sunday, Oct. 16.
There will be a basket lunch
eon at the noon hour and a large
number of singers is expected.
The regular communication of
Trion Lodge. 160 F and A. M.,
will be held at 7:30 p. m.. Satur
day. Oct. 8.
All qualified Masons are in
। vlted
Sgt. James C. Broome, son of
Kirk Broome, Route 4. LaFay
ette, Is now serving as a food
service technician with the
Headquarters Detachment. Yo
kohama Motor Command
Stationed In Yokohama,
Japan's major port city and seat
of the headquarters of the
Eighth Army. Sergeant Broome
Is filling an essential Job with
the Army's Occupational Forces
here. His company furnishes ad
ministrative personnel for many
activities In the city area.
To occupy his leisure hours, he
has access to theaters, clubs,
libraries, evening classes, a
gymnasium, bowling alleys, vol
ly ball and tennis courts, a golf
course, as well as the picturesque
scenery of this ancient country.
He formerly served overseas
with the First Infantry Division
in North Africa. Sicily. England.
France and Germany
Alexander Pb<lllp Holland. 13,
of Holland, won the Expert Rif.
, Icman's Medal. It was announced
in Washington. D. C last week
by the National Rifle Associa
tion. governing body of com
petitive rifle and pistol shooting
for the United Rates
Young Alexander first took up
the target sport three years ago
He has climbed steadily! through
the 13 lower rankings and needs
needs only one more to reach
the top drawer of the Junior
shooters — the Distinguished
Rifleman's Medal.
Alexander is the son t Mr and
Mrs Gilbert Holland He is a
student at the Junior Military
Academy and a member of the
Junior Military Academy Junior
Rifle Club
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1949
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Local People
Attend Better
Health Conference
A group of Chattooga Coun
tians attended the first North
west Regional Better Health
Conference Tuesday at the Lin
dale American Legion Home,
sponsored by the Health Division
of the Georgia Citizens Council.
Those from Summerville at
tending were: Miss Beulah
Shropshire, Miss Jewel Poole,
Miss Wilma Pace, Mrs. Paul
Weems and Mrs. Raymund Dan
iel. Trionites going were: Mrs.
Frances Alxander, Miss Harry
Hardeman, Mrs. R. P. Harde
man and A. J. Strickland.
Dr. Enoch Gallaway, president
of the Medical Association of
Georgia, was the principal
speaker Tuesday morning.
He declared that a hospital in
every community is not neces
sarily the answer to Georgia’s
public health problems. He
pointed out that hospitals in
communities so small they can
not command the services of an
adequate staff or proper finan
cial support are wasteful.
Mrs. Arthur Lambert Jr., of
Sandy Springs, explained the
work of a lay committee of wom
en who contributed their time
and efforts to raise money and
interest for a community medi
cal center.
Fair Plans Are
Continuing Here
Plans are going forward for
I the annual Chattooga County
Fair which will be held this year
on Oct. 12 -15 at the Fair
Grounds in North Summerville.
A main feature of the fair will
be the industrial exhibit, which
this year will cover twice the
area of the one in 1948. Crop and
home displays also are being ar
ranged for exhibit.
The midway will be provided
by the Cumberland Valley
Shows.
Mrs. Ethel Neal
Dies Wednesday
Mrs Ethel Caldwell Neal, age
27. of Summerville. Route 2,
passed away at 1 a.m. Wednes
day <n a Rome hospital after a
lingering illness.
Besides her husband, W. W.
Neal, she is survived by one son,
Rex Allen Neal: her mother, Mrs.
J W. Caldwell, of Summerville,
Route 2: four brothers, C. C.
and Frank Caldwell, of Summer. -
ville; Buford, of Rome, and Hill
of Lyerly.
Funeral services were to be
conducted at the Lyerly Baptist
Church, of which she was a mem
ber. at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
with the Rev Ben L. Caldwell,
pastor, officiating. Interment
will be in the Lyerly Cemetery,
with the J. D. Hill Funeral Home
m charge of arrangements.
Coosa Valley Fair
Opens October 17
The firM annual Coosa Valley
Fair will open in Rome October
17, under the sponsorship of the
Rome Exchange Club, and will
feature exhibits from through
out Northwest Georgia as well
•is Northeast Alabama It will
continue through October 22.
Thousands of dollars in cash
premiums will be awarded win
ning exhibits anti prises will be
handed out every day at the
lair
Regional Lions
Meet In Trion
The Riegrldale Tavern. Trion,
was the acene Friday evening of
a meeting of the Lions Clubs
In thia region
Earl Hathcock, of Atlanta,
governor of District 18-A. Ed
ward Bruder, of Rome, deputy
district governor, and Joe Davis,
of Decatur, international coun
cilor. conducted a forum on
Lioniam
Among the goals set for Dis
trict 18-A were the formation of
10 new clubs during the year,
better attendance and more
sight conservation wort, an a
10 per cent increase in member
ship
Cluba represented were: Dade
County. LaPayrtte. Dalton. Tri
on. Summerville and Rome
’Birthday Calendar'
Will Help Secure
Piano For School
Those who were not home
when a Summerville Club mem
ber knocked at their door were
reminded this week to be sure
to call some member and get
their name on the “Summer
ville Birthday Calendar.”
Sponsored by the Summerville
Music Club, the “Birthday Cal
endar” is a project to raise mon
ey with which to buy a piano
for the newly-completed high
school auditorium.
Each person’s name will be
printed under the month and
day of his birth. (The year will
not be necessary).
The Club has plans to get 3,-
600 to 4,000 names on the regu
lar 12 months standard calen
dar.
“So you see,” one Club leader
pointed out, “everybody living,
working or interested in Sum
merville wants their names to
appear. Buy a calendar and see
who has the same birthday as
you, or see when your friends’
birthdys are.”
The Club leader continued,
: stating “it makes you feel
mighty good when you walk into
the grocery store bright and
early and have Mr. Grocerman
greet you with ‘Happy Birthday,
Mrs. So-and-So.’ Or to have an
insurance company or jewelry
'store send you a special birth
day card, to say the least of the
fan mail you’ll be receiving
from your local, Rome and Chat
tanooga stores, who have given
ads and donations and in re
i turn have our calendar of names
for their mailing list.”
It was pointed out that this
।is a project “which will bring
happy dividends and a wonder
ful feeling to know that your
few cents helped buy a greatly
needed piano for the school.”
The piano will be for public
use, it was stated.
Those wishing to get their
। name on the calendar should
send their name and date of
birth to any school teacher or
Music Club member by Satur
day. October 8.
C. OF C MEETS
HERE TUESDAY
AU Chattooga countians were
reminded this week that the an
nual meeting of the Chattooga
County Chamber of Commerce
will be held at 7:30 p. m. Tues
day. Oct. 11, at the courthouse.
Everyone has been invited to
attend this meeting at which
time officers for the new year
will be selected and a report of
the past year's activities will be
given.
Legion Auxiliary
Launches Drive
For Members
The membership drive for the
local American Legion Auxiliary
is in progress here. It was an
nounced this week by Miss Mae
Earl Strange, president.
Mrs. James Hawkins is mem
bership chairman, and the drive
will end Oct. 20. Miss Strange
■aid. The goal for this year is
51 members. Last year there
were 50 members.
Anyone Interested In joining
may contact Mrs. Hawkins Dues
are $2 annually.
Rotarians Join
Form Bureau
Thirty - five members of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
have become members of the
Chattooga County Farm Bureau.
It was learned thia week,
Their joining came as a re
|sdt of their Interest In the farm
work of the county Future
Farmers of America some time
ago put on a demonstration of
their work for the Club and re
cently N B Murphy pointed out
In an addreM the need for mu
tual understanding between the
Industrialist and farmers.
TRUCK BLOCKS ROAD
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
A large Merita truck cab
crashed Into a ditch on the south
side of U. 8 Highway 27 at
Crystal Springs Wednesday
morning, causing little damage
The huge trailer halted traffic
along the highway, as It formed
a complete block across the road
The traffic, however, was muted
through a private driveway near
the accident
GEA MEET TO .
BE ATTENDED
BY LOCAL GROUP
Superintendent C. B. Akin,
Chattooga County Schools, A. J.
Strickland, Superintendent of
Trion Schools, Local Unit Presi
dent of Trion Unit, Mrs. M. B.
Eubanks, Chattooga County
President, Mrs. Jewel F. Rudicil,
Mrs. Graves T. Myers Jr., Sum
merville, and Mrs. Frances Alex
ander, Trion Chairman of GEA
Public Relations Committee, will
attend the Seventh District GEA
Convention to be held in Rome,
October 13. The Morning Session
of the Convention will be held in
the Municipal Auditorium begin
ning at 9:45 a. m.
Kankakee Anderson, GEA 7th
District Director, and Superin
tendent of Polk County School
will preside. Music will be fur
nished by The Rome High School
band under the direction of A.
W. Derrick. Dr. Sam Daughtry,
pastor of Rome First Christian
Church, will deliver the Invoca
-1 tion.
Highlights of the morning ses
sion will be a report by the 1949
National Education Association
Convention delegate, Miss John
ne Williams, LaFayette, 7th Dis
trict Representative to the
Boston meeting. Dr. M. D. Col
lins, State Superintendent of
Schools and Dr. O. C. Aderhold.
GEA President will speak to the
group and at 11:30 a. m. Honor
able Roy Harris will deliver an
address which will be broadcast
over Rome radio stations. GEA
Secretary, J. Harold Saxon will
give a report on the activities
of the Georgia Education As
sociation.
SET SEAL SALE
QUOTA HERE
To put into effect plans for
an improved program to fight
tuberculosis in Chattooga Coun
।ty during 1950, the Chattooga
Tuberculosis Association must
realize $2,000 in the county-wide
1949 Christmas Seal Sale which
opens on Nov. 21 and continues
until Dec. 25, according to Mrs
Agnes Hammond, treasurer of
the association.
The quota for the county.
Mrs Hammond pointed out, was
set by the association after a
study of the i°49 expenditures
and of projects planned for 1950.
Proceeds from the Seal Sale
constitute the sole support of
the tuberculosis association’s
year-round program of tuber
losls prevention and control.
Mrs. Hammond emphasized
that the association works close
ly with the Chattooga Health
Department and other com
munity organizations In carry
ing out its tuberculosis case
finding, health education, and
rehabilitation projects. During
1950. she said, the association
plans to continue combatting
TB by helping those stricken as
well as helping prevent spread
ing of the disease
The 1949 Seal Sale is part of
the 43rd annual nationwide ap
peal for funds to fight tuber
culosis in this country. It is con
ducted by the 3.000 affiliates of
the National Tuberculosis As
sociation. including the Chat
tooga Tuberculosis Association.
Seventy - five per cent of seal
funds collected remains In the
county. Mrs. Hammond added,
with 25 per cent forwarded to
.the State and National Associa
tions.
Regular Meet Os
WMS Held Friday
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of South Summerville Bap
tist Church met Friday. Sept
30. at the church, for the gen- ।
eral monthly meeting
"Christ, the Answer to Atheis
tic Communism." was the theme
of the program
The devotional message was
riven by Mrs. W M Steele fol
lowed by an Interesting program
oirected by Mr« Elmer Hankins
1
Homecoming Planned
By Spring Creek
The Spring Creek Baptist
Church will have a homecoming
Sunday. Oct 8. It has been an
nounced by the pastor, the Rev
Frank B Lewis
An interesting program Is be
ing arranged, and special music
has been planned
All former pastors and mem
bers have a special invitation
and the public la cordially in
vited to attend
Five Schools Close for
Cotton-Picking Season
Prompt Appointment;
Os Local Hospital Ji
Authority Urged ’
Prompt appointment of a <
County Hospital Authority was f
urged Tuesday night at the regu
lar meeting of the Summerville 1
Lions Club by W. F. Aldred, 1
president of the County Cham- j
ber of Commerce. ■ I
Mr. Aldred said he would 1
recommend a seven-man au- !
thority instead of a five-man 1
group and that they should be
good businessmen. ’
“They should be men who *
have time to devote to the l
work,” the speaker said. |
Mr. Aldred declared that he I
believed better results could be (
obtained by the concerted at
tention of an authority than by '
: loading the work onto the Board j
of Commissioners. The speaker '
emphasized that he felt the men
on the Board of Commissioners
were fine and able men, but 1
that the task is so tremendous a £
group that lias the time should 1
be designated to handle the as- i
fairs. t
Rodman K Eubanks, program 1
chairman, introduced Mr. Aldred. '
John Davis, president, presided. J
E. M. Blue, Summerville school
superintendent, transferred from r
Lavonia to the local Lions Club, f
Tn Lavonia, he was president of t
the Lions Club.
j
4-H Poultry Show c
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Here This Alernoon
§
A 4-H poultry show will be t
held at the Summerville court- r
house at 2:30 o'clock this after- f
noon. It has been announed. t
Among those entering the ]
poultry show will be the follow- f
ing: Jane Hamby, Anita Butler, t
Barbara Pinion, Betty Jean j
Vaughn. Frank Ford. Carlton v
Cargle, Lamar Rosser. J. W. \
Tudor and Gene Ray Williams, j
Arthur Gannon, poultry spe- <
cialist of the Georgia Extension (
Service in Athens will judge the j
show. <
Dance Planned
By Vet Groups
For October 20
A dance will be held at the
Chattooga County Memorial
Home Thursday evening, Oct. 2£.
•sponsored by the American
Legion and the Veterans of For- i:
eign Wars. It was disclosed this 1
week. The time is 9 to 12. i
Jack Kranyik and his orches
tra. of Rome, will provide music <
for the affair, and a popular 1
vocalist will be featured. :
Everyone is Invited to the *
dance and dress will be optional,
either formal or Informal. 1
A decoration committee is to I
be appointed In the near future
’ to make the Home attractive for <
the affair. I
Mayor Proclaims ‘Physically
Handicapped Week’ Here
A Proc la motion by the Mayor of Summerville
WHEREAS. In observance of a joint resolution and pursu
ant to a Proc la mat ion of the President of the United State*,
the first week In October of each year since 1945 has become
traditionally recognized and observed throughout America as
Hktionil Emolov th< Pin i.-allv Handlcam,- ! w< < k and
WHEREAS, the people of our community arc eager to Join
in this movement and make their full contribution to a cause
which seeks to equalize the opportunities for gainful employ
ment and thereby take full advantage of the skills and talents
possessed by our less fortunate neighbors who are the victims
of physical handicaps which would otherwise impair their earn
ing capacity: and
WHEREAS, by emphasizing to employers the reserve of
unused earning power which can thus be turned toward en
riching the productive capacity and adding to the material
and social wealth of our neighborhood, we can contribute to
the happiness and prosperity enjoyed by all of our citizens
and elevate the standards of our civilized manner of living: and
WHEREAS, we arc proud that in Georgia we have taken
rank among the states in the rehabilitation, restoration and
employment of our disabled fellow citizens, and that in the
observance of this annual event dedicated to their service, our
people have occupied an important place
NOW THEREFORE. I. Willis James. Mayor of the City of
Summerville, have proclaimed and set aside Ine week beginning
October 2. 1949. as "Employ the Physically Handicapped Week"
and urge all local officials, local employers, all local civic, fra
ternal veterans, women's organizations and other groups, to
Join in a united effort to enlist public support for a sustained
program aimed at the maximum employment and full use
of the capacities and skill of physically handicapped workers
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, i have hereunto set my hand and
cause the Beal of the City of Summerville to be affixed, this
the 29th day of September. 1949
W 8 JAMES. Mayor
Attest
L C TURNER. Clerk of Council
Growing With I
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Five schools in Chattooga
County will suspend school ac
tivities for a week, beginning
Monday, Oct. 10, in order that
the children will be free to help
harvest the cotton crop. Classes
will be resumed Monday, Oct
17.
This announcement was made
yesterday by C. B. Akin, county
school superintendent.
The schools are as follows:
Menlo, Cloudland, Teloga, Lyer
ly and Gore.
The Subligna School already
has suspended classes and will
resume on Oct. 31. A summer
school was held to make up for
time lost in the harvest season.
School will be continued as
usual in the othes schools of the
county, it was stated.
MT. COVE DUROC
SALE SET FOR
OCTOBER 17
Mountain Cove Farms, of
Kensington, will hold their sale
of spring boars and gilts at the
farm in Walker County, at 1 p.
m., October 17. Eighteen spring
boar sand 32 spring gilts will be
included in the auction which
will be conducted by Col. Tom
McCord.
This offering of boars and gilts
ready for breeding this fall, af
fords many features that will
be of interest to those desiring
to produce better hogs. Well over
half of the offering comes from
litters which qualified for Pro
duction Registry last spring. Also
included will be pigs from ton
litters and that have been show
winners. The Mountain Cove
show record has been very good
this year and many of the ant
mals selling In the sale are out
of the shew herd. Winnings of
this herd at the Tennessee Val
ley Fair included Grand Cham
pion sow. Reserve Champion
boar. Junior Champion sow. and
Junior Champion boar along
with 11 firsts. The following
week at the Tennessee State
Fair in Nashville, the Mountain
Cove entries coped the Grand
Chamnion sow. Reserve Cham
pion boar and Junior Champion
sow and took 8 blue ribbon
awards. Royal blood will certain
ly be represented in this sale of
fering.
Memorial Home
Dance For All,
Vet Leaders Say
A square dance will be held
at the Memorial Home from 9 to
12 p. m. Saturday, it was an
nounced this week.
These dances are not for vet
erans alone, it was emphasized.
Everyone Is welcome to attend
and there are plenty of seats for
spectators.
A heating system has recent
ly been Installed to make the
building more comfortable.
The music is furnished by
Curley Kinsey and his Buck
board Pals.