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VOL. 66; NO. 2
TB Killed Almost
1,000 Georgians
In Year—Schenck
‘1950 Program Plans, aimed at
stamping out tuberculosis with
in the state, make it especially
important that citizens of Geor
gia contribute generously in this
year’s Christmas Seal Sale- Cam
paign,” said Dr. H. C. Schnck,
President of the Georgia Tu
berculosis Association and di
rector of the Division of Tuber
culosis Control so the State De
partment of Public Health, Sat
urday.
“Tuberculosis killed nearly
1.000 citizens of Georgia last
year and brought untold misery
and hardships to many thou
sands of our people,” Dr.
Schenck continued. “Residents
in every county of the state
must become aware of the tu
berculosis problem as it exists in
their county and must make
plans on how to proceed in elim
inating the disease. Citizens also
must know the facts about the
cause and spread. Christmas
Seal funds are needed urgently
to carry out the necessary educa
tional and planning activities.”
Dr. Schenck pointed out that
since tuberculosis is a disease
that is spread from person to
person, every effort should be
made to provide isolation facili
ties for the approximately 5,000
persons in the state who have
the disease in a contagious stage.
“The state is also scheduling
a vigorous tuberculosis control
program for 1950. Dr. T. F. Sell
ers. Director of the Georgia De
partments of Public Health, is
now planning a series of con
ferences to determine how treat
ment at Battey Hcsj&al can best
be coordinated with existing lo
cal isolation facilities, including
homes of patients.
“Also from these conferences,”
continues Dr. Schenck, “pro
cedures will be established to
guide individual communities
in providing: ’1) isolation fa
cilities needed for their own
protection: and (2) better care
for the thousands of patients for
whom there are no institutional
beds."
Dr. Schenck estimated that
there are 10,000 active and con
valescent cases of tuberculosis
in Georgia. Os this number, per
haps 5.000 cases constitute
threats to public health .unless
prooerlv controlled, and only
about 2,500 are now being cared
for in existing sanatoria.
“Until more institutional fa
cilities become available,” said
Dr. Schenck, “it is necessary to
practice proper isolation tech
niques in t h e home and thus
protect the community. Funda
mental treatment, including bed
rest, proper food and medical
guidance, must also be given at
home.”
“It is most important,” con
cluded Dr. Schenck, “that the
patient understand that there is
no short cure for tuberculosis,
and that only through his full
cooperation can his own, his
family’s, and ’he community’s
welfare be served. The whole
hearted efforts of all the peo
ple of the stat* must be brought
to bear on this problem if free
dom from tuberculosis is to be
achieved."
J. P. ELECTION
HERE JANUARY 78
An election to secure a Justice
ot Pence to fill the unexpired
term of Levi McGraw will be held
January 28
Jesse L. Snuman and A. T. Ray
are the only candidates who
have announced.
Stills Captured
In Coldwater ♦
A three-steamer still was dis
covered in t he Coldwater district
Tuesday by Sheriff Reuben
Lyons, It was disclosed yesterday.-
Sheriff Lyons said no one was
at the nine-barrel contraption at
the time and no arrests have
been made.
Marlin and Dewey Smith are
free on bond after being arrested
in connection with manufactur
ing liquor at a 55-gallon still
north of Cloudland. Sheriff
Lyons made the arrest last week,
and the trial will be held In Feb
ruary.
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TINY GLENN
IS BACK HOME
Chattooga County’s colorful
ex-sheriff, A. H. (Tiny) Glenn,
76, is home again.
The aged man, who was given
an 18-months sentence for con
spiring to defraud the govern
ment in connection with bootleg
activities here, arrived Friday
night from prison hospital in
Springfield. Mo„ and spent the
Christmas holidays with his
family.
He was granted a permanent
parole after approximately 1,000
of his fellow Chattooga Coun
tians signed a petition asking
President Truman to parole him,
taking into consideration his
age and declining health.
The parole was granted Nov.
19. however Mr. Glenn was ill
at the time and not able to trav
el until last week.
He was sentenced early this
year.
OTIS F. CORDLE
DIES IN VALLEJO
News has been received of the
death of Otis F. Cordle, of Val
lejo, Cal., on Dec. 16. He for
merly lived in Summerville.
Mr. Cordle had served in the
U. S. Navy for 32 years. Since
retiring in 1945. he had been re
siding in Vallejo.
Survivors include his wife; two
sons. Jim and Ted Cordle, both
of the U. S. Navy; mother, Mrs. J.
C. Cordle, of Chickamauga; two
sisters. Mrs. W. A. Alexander, of
Chamblee, and Mrs. G. R. Gas
kin, of Chickamauga; two broth
ers, Horace Cordle, of Chicka
mauga, and A. B Cordle of La
fayette, Ala.
Funeral services were held
with interment in the National
Cemetery in Vallejo on Dec. 20.
Fireman's Ball
Al "Home" Toniqhl
The Memorial Home will be
the scene of a Fireman’s Ball
from 9 to 12 o'clock tonight.
J ack Kranyik and his orchestra
will provide the music.
SEEN ABOUT TOWN
A little girl riding a brightly
painted bicycle — evidently
new—Monday afternoon, com
pletely equipped with saddle
hags.
Wet, deserted streets Mon
day morning.
HERE ‘N THERE
Richard J. Edwards, fireman,
:USN. husband of Mrs. Richard
J. Edwards, of Berryton, who is
serving aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Des Moines in the Mediter
ranean, may have this Christ
mas change the conception many
Italian children have of Santa
Claus.
In the future, they will proba
bly envision Santa as an Ameri
jean sailor aboard a warship, in
stead of the proverbial sleigh.
The reason is that plans were
made for the crew of the Des
Moines to share their Clirist
mas with a group of underpriv
jleged children from Naples, It
aly. Their holiday entertainment
was to have consisted of a turkey
{dinner, a program of carols, and
inovie cartoons reflecting the
Christmas spirit, capped by a
visit from Santa with gifts.
Each child was also to have re
f ived candy and nuts and be
taken on a conducted tour of
I he ship.
The Des Moines is operating
in the Mediterranean as flagship
oi the Sixth Task Fleet, under
I the command of Vice Admiral
John J Ballentine. *
I Sergeant Robert G. Johns is
assigned to the Occupation
Forres in Japan, it has been an
nounced by General Headquar
ters. Headquarters and Service
Group in Tokyo.
Johns entered the Army in
November 1942. and spent six-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949
2 SEEK MAYOR'S
OFFICE; 13 RUN
IFOR COUNCIL HERE
As the qualification deadline
came Friday, two persons had
announced intentions of seeking
the mayor's office and 13 were
running for the Council in the
city election here on January 2.
J. L. McGinnis and Grady All
en each seek the mayor’s office,
which is being vacated by Willis
James, who has held it for one
term.
In Ward One, candidates in
clude Joe Ragland, W. H. Dean
and Riley Parham. Dr. B. Lov
ingood and Thomas W. Christian
। seek the Ward Two office. Five
i men are candidates for Ward
Three Councilman. They are: W.
S. Sitton, A. F. McCurdy, Luell
McGinnis, H. L. Alexander and
Curtis Meacham. In Ward Four,
W. G. Rutherford, Hoke Echols
and Hubert Palmer seek the post.
SIRENS IN FORCE
IN SUMMERVILLE
Sirens have been installed on
the streets of Summerville, it
was disclosed this week by Police
Chief W. M. Whaley.
All automobiles are required
।to stop immediately when the
siren goes on and to remain
stopped until it ceases. This law
will be strictly enforced, Chief
Whaley said.
Volunteer firemen, the police
car and the City Water Depart
ment truck will follow the truck,
however no other vehicles will
be allowed to do so.
Chief Whaley reminded resi
| dents of Summerville not to call
the telephone operator when the
siren is sounded. "If the fire is
!at your home or business, you
will be notified,” he said.
L. D. BANDY
DIES WEDNESDAY
Luke Dewel Bandy, 42, died at
his home Menlo, Route 1, at
2:10 a. m. Wednesday after a
lengthy illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Bandy; two daugh-
Iters, Mrs. Susie Miller, of Menlo,
and Mrs. Jeanette Thomas ,of
Trion; two sons, John Carson
and Charles Bandy, both of
Menlo; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude
Rogers, of LaFayette. One
granddaughter also survives.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Macedonia Metho
dist Church at 2 o’clock this
afternoon with the Rev. A. N.
White officiating. Interment will
be in the Macedonia cemetery.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge.
teen months in Europe during
I the war. He was discharged in
1945. He started his second
“hitch” for Uncle Sam in Feb
jruary 1946. The Far East isn’t
new to Sgt. Johns as he spent
jtwo years in the Philipines, from
July 47 to May 49.
Arriving in Japan November
of this year, he was soon initi
,nted into the occupation scene,
{and began his duties with the
Machine Records Unit as a Mes
sage Center Clerk.
Sgt. Johns is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Johns. Route
4. Summerville.
The Lyerly gym will be the
getting tonight at 8 o’clock when
I Trion invades in a game with the
Lyerly Independents.
Sfc. Grank G. Hardin, son of
Ell Hardin. 324 Branham Ave
nue. LaFayette, is now serving
as mess sergeant of the 556th
Transportation Heavy Truck
Company.
Stationed in Yokohama, Ja-
I pan’s major port city and seat of
the headquarters of the Eighth
Army, Sergeant Hardin is filling
[an essential job with the Army’s
Occupational Forces here. His
{company furnishes truck trans-
Iportation for operational and
administrative needs of units in
jthe Yokohama area.
He formerly served overseas
with the 372nd Infantry in
| Oahu, Hawaii. He arrived In Ja
ipan in October. 1946.
Georgia Employment
Dips Slightly
Total non-agricultural employ
ment in Georgia decreased by
3,100 workers in November. This
loss from the previous month
was due primarily to a seasonal
drop in food processing and con
struction, and a decline in gov
ernment and transportation em
ployment. With 724,000 non-farm
workers employed, the level was
about 26,000 less than that of a
year ago.
The manufacturing group
which had been increasing every
month since August, showed a
decline of 300 workers in No
vember. A loss of 400 in non
durable goods more than offset a
slight gain in durable goods.
A seasonal loss of 2,000 in food
| processing, primarily in thecan
ning ansa preserving of fruit
and vegetables, was partially off
|set by a gain of 1,600 in textile
| mills. The textile industry has
| followed an upward trend in
employment since August. The
apparel industry which had been
increasing for the past three
I months, remained unchanged.
This industry was operating on
-a level 3.200 higher than the cor
responding period in 1948.
Slight gains were shown by
chemicals, paper, printing and
leather.
In durable good manufactur
jing, mhior increases occurred in
! lumber and primary metals off
setting losses in furniture, fab
. ricated metals and machinery
• except electricali. The major
portion of the 1,500 steel workers
i idled by the labor dispute in Oc
| teber had not returned to work
iby mid-November.
Employment in, transportation
equipment showed no change
from October but was 1,500
greater than the 1984 period.
Continuing a gradual down
ward trend which began in July,
the major group engaged in
transportation, communication
and public utilities declined by
700. The loss occurred principally
in the transportation phase of
the industry.
The trade added 700 workers.
Although the seasonal trend has
been upward since August, the
rate, of increase has not been as
i great as in previous post-wai
years. Employment in this group
| was 8,000 under November of last
year.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate showed no change while
employment in the service group
gained 200 due to seasonal In
, fluences in non-profit member
ship organizations and added
employment in motion picture
establishments.
Employment in government
declined by 1.900 workers, re
flecting losses in federal, state
and local government.
The construction industry,
which had been gradually in
creasing for seven months, lost
1,100 workers in November. Worz
on many contracts was halted
temporarily due to rainy weath
er. This industry ranks second
only<o apparel in amount of In
crease over last year’s level. Ap
proximately 2,700 more construc
tion workers were employed
than a year ago.
Stores to Close
On Wed. Afternoons
Stores in Summerville will be
closed Monday, Jan. 2, in ob
servance of New Year’s Day.
Beginning Wednesday, Jan
4, the stores will resume their
former schedule of closing on
Wednesday afternoons
NUTRITION NEEDS
About one-third of the day's
allowance of proteins should be
provided for at breakfast. For
the average-sized woman, this
means 20 grams and for the av
eraged-slzed man. about 24
P»KK CHOPS
Fresh pork to be roasted
should be sprinkled with salt and
pepper before it goes Into the
oven, and if you want a crisp
crust, rub a little flour on the
roast before cooking.
A scholar is the favorite of
Heaven and earth, the excellency
of his country, the happiest ot
men.—R W Emerson
"Atomic cloud” to be uwd
against troops held goal of Reds
Spirit Still Prevails
As Seal Returns
Continue Coming in
Christmas Day may be over,
but the Christmas spirit still pre
vails with the Chattooga Tuber
culosis Association, according to
the association’s treasurer, Mrs.
Agnes Hammond, who reports
that Seal Sale returns continued
to come in the mails yesterday
and this morning.
“With a quota .of $2,000 for the
1949 Christmas Seal Sale in Chat
tooga County, however.” Mrs.
Hammond pointed out. “we are
still $1,200 short of our goal. So
we urge everyone who did not
do so to get in his returns as
soon as possible.”
Several county residents ex
plained in letters with their de
layed returns that the rush of
Christmas preparations had pre
vented them from acknowledging
their Seals sooner, and some re
vealed that they had been out of
town, Mrs. Hammond added. A
few returned their seals with
the explanation that they were
unable to purchase them at this
time, but requested that they be
kept on the mailing list in hopes
that financial conditions would
improve during the coming year.
“We want to remind everyone
that the work of the Chattooga
County Association, which is fi
nanced through the sale bf
Christmas Seals, goes on for 365
days of the year.” Mrs. Hammond
continued. “Christmas Seal doll
ars will be invested during 1950
in tuberculosis prevention and
control projects.”
CHRISTMAS QUIET IN
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
Christmas was observed very
quietly in Summerville, accord
ing to Police Chief W M Whaley.
“It was the quietest Christmas
we’ve ever had. There was only
one small accident, that being
when-a car bumped into another
up here.”
Apparently, the same was true
throughout the county as no
wrecks or other mishaps were re
ported.
Very few persons were arrested
for being drunk, it was stated.
PROGRESS AGAINST COLDS, ARTHIRITIS,
RHEUMATIC FEVER, CANCER MARKS 1949
New drugs discovered in 1949
have proved effective in attack
ing the common cold, arthiritls
and rheumatic fever. Other med
ical advances in the past year
| have been made in the field of
, child health, and in cancer de
tection techniques and the treat
ment of certain forms of that
dread disease, according to Dr.
Martin Gumpert. Writing in
Rcdbook Magazine tor Jaunary.
be looks forward hopefully to
the coming year for other hope
ful discoveries in such fields as
Infantile paralysis and heart di
sease •
"In the history of man's per
petual war against disease. 1949
will be recorded as a year of
great accomplishment Among
the year's many medlchl discov
eries, several new drugs are of
outstanding importance. Among
these, antihistaminic drugs have
proved effective in preventing
the common cold. Another new
drug is cortisone, used success
fully in treating arthiritls and
I allied diseases
“Seven and one hulf million
Americans—one out of every
eighteen-suffer the crippling
pain of those diseases Rheumatic
fever, cause of many children's
deaths, is one rheumatoid di
sease. Another Is rheumatoid ar
thiritls from which an estimated
3,000.000, middle-aged persons
suffer. Three out of every four
victims of rheumatoid are wom
en.
"Until last year, there was not
m a uch that medicine could do for
rheumatic fever or rheumatlon
arthiritls. But. during 1949 the
picture changed completely,
thanks to the hormone called
cortisone It now appears ’hat
cortisone can attack rheumatic
fever at its critical acute stage,
and prevent heart damage, which
Mine Seek Offices
In Lyerly Election
COOK TO SPEAK
ON LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS OF STATE
Bobby Lee Cook. Chattooga
County representative, will make
a radio address at 2 o’clock this
afternoon concerning legislative
matters to come up in the next
session of the Georgia legisla
ture.
Mr. Cook will discuss the dem
ocratic party on the broadcast,
which will be heard over a local
station.
STOREY PLANS TO
ATTEND FARM
BUREAU MEET
W. M. Storey, of Summerville,
is expected to attend a meeting
cf the Board of Directors of the
Georgia Farm Federation which
will hold its first meeting of
1950 in-Macon Jan. 3-4. accord
ing to H. R. Yandle. director of
information.
Mr. Storey is a vice-president
oi the State Farm Bureau.
Following adjournment of the
board, a state-wide conference of
County Farm Bureau officers
and FB presidents will open in
the civic room of the City Audi
torium at 2:30 p. m. A night
meeting will be held at 7:30 and
another session scheduled to
open at 9 a. m.. Thursday. Jan.
5. The conference will adjourn
at 1 o'clock on Thursday
The farm organization board
of directors is scheduled to se
lect a site for its 1950 conven
tion during the January meet
ing. the announcement said.
This year’s convention was held
in Atlanta, marking the first
time that it has been held in
any city other than Macon
Plans for 1950 will be discuss
ed by the GFBF directors, with
particular reference to state and
national legislative proposals.
Yandle stated. Decisions of the
board will be presented to the
state-wide conference to open
here on Wednesday.
has been the most devastating
single effect of this disease
“In the year ahead, it Is likely
that more cortisone will be avail
able to physicians The substance
has been produced from the bile
acid of cattle. It may soon be
made more plentiful and less ex
pensive through its production
from certain plants Next year,
we may confidently expect fur
ther strides tn treatment of rheu
matic dieseases.
"Two significant developments
in the field of cancer were made
during the year now past In
many cases, cancer of the breast
and of the prostate gland show
ed good response to large doses
of hormone injections And a new
method of cancer detection was
found This Is particularly valu
able in tracking down cancers In
iwrsons who do not have the or
dinary symptoms The new meth
od involves examination of blood
specimens
"In the field of children’s
health, 1049’s outstanding ac
complishment appears to be de
velopment of better surgery tn
treatment of congenital Inert
diseases We seem also to have
continued our reduction of the
death rate In the common infect
ious diseases of children As yet,
It is too early to tell whether in
1949 we reduced the tiumb'i of
children killed in accident*, now
the single most important rausr
o! death in childhood
“It I* gratifying to know that
millions of dollars will be spent
— probably more money than
ever before—for health research
in the year ahead Perhaps we
shall nee a great discovery tn the
Infantile paralysis field Perhaps
there will be found better meth
ods for treating high bloA pres
sure and hardening of the arte
rlea. the greatest killer* tn the
world today ”
Growing
ChattooF*
$1.50 PER YEAR
Seven men are running for
Council and two for Mayor in
the town of Lyerly, it was dis
closed this week following the
qualification deadline Monday.
The election will be held January
9.
B. N Chapman, present mayor,
is seeking the post for another
teim, and his only opponent is
R. W Bagley.
Those seeking council posts
are: Eugene Graveley, Robert
K.mbell, Robert Morgan. George
Sitton. Arthur Thomas, J S
Owings and Webb Wyatt.
The five receiving the most
votes will take office.
Present councilmen are: Mr.
Kimbell, Mr. Sitton. Mr. Thomas
I and Mr. Owings.
According to H. L Abrams.
City Clerk, the town is in "good
shape” financially.
A $60,000 water system is near
ing completion and a red light
is to be installed in the near fut
ure at the intersection of the
highway and the street to the
depot.
A. A Aired is superintendent of
water works at Lyerly. Mr Ab
rams said
Mrs. Mamie Kirby
Dies in Decatur, Ala.
On Christmas morning. Mrs.
Mamie Hawkins Kirby, widow of
the late Henry B Kirby, passed
away at her home in Decatur,
A la
Mrs Kirby was tFie daughter
of Judge Samuel Hawkins and
his wife and was born in Sum
merville in 1867 She was the
youngest of five children, her two
sisters being Miss Lizzie Hawk-
Her brothers were S
ins and Miss Ellen Hawkins
Her brothers were Samuel B
Hawkins and Willie Hawkins All
four preceded her in death.
Mrs. Kirby s father was one of
the early settlers in Chattooga
County and held the office of
County Judge o f Chattooga
Ccunty for many years. He and
his wife also conducted the
Hawkins Hotel which was known
for its splendid meals and for
its warm hospitality.
Mrs. Kirby was a member of
the Presbyterian Church
Funeral services were held at
IC:30 a m Monday at Decatur
and interment followed there
Survivors include one daugh
ter. Mrs. Louise Clopton. of De
catur: and one son. Frank H.
Kirby, also of Decatur Another
daughter. Mrs Nell Garrett, pre
ceded her mother in death ap
proximately 25 years ago
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