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VOLUME 66; NO. 3
R. M. A. To Have
Dinner Meet Here
On January 26
The Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association will have the
annual dinner meeting at 8 p.
m. Thursday, January 26, at the
Summerville Diner.
Preliminary plans for the
dutch affair were made Wednes
day morning at a meeting of
the directors of the Association
in the Chamber of Commerce
Office.
Fred Medders, president, pre
sided at the meeting.
AH merchants or businessmen
in and near Summerville, wheth
er or not they belon’g to the
R. M. A., are invited to attend
this meeting.
An important phase of the an
nual meeting will be the election
of officers for the coming year.
Nominations will be made from
the floor, directors disclosed.
Ga. Power Company
Announces Home
Town Contest
Cash prizes totaling $7,950, in
cluding three first awards of sl.-
000 each, will be offered in the
1950 Champion Home Contest, it
was announced by Charles A.
Collier, vice president of the
Georgia Power Company. This is
.; increase of $2,250 over the
$5,700 shared by the winners of
th- 1949 contest.
Tne new contest, the third of
the kind sponsored by the power
company for Georgia communi
ties will provide identical sets
of prizes for winners in three
different population groups, in
stead of the two groups in the
previous contests. This arrange
ment, Mr. Collier said, should
furnish more equal conditions of
competition for all towns.
Based on 1940 census figures,
the smaller group will consist
of .owns of less than 1,000 in
habitants, the medium group
wall include places with from
1.000 to 5.000 persons, and the
larger group will be made up of
towrs having from 5.000 to 20,-
000 residents. Cities of more
. in 20,000 are not eligible.
In each group the first prize
will be SI,OOO. second prize $750,
and third prize, SSOO. Four hon
orable mention winners in each
group will receive SIOO each, and
six other towns in each classifi
cation will be awarded certifi
cates of achievement. For all
three groups, the total number
of prize winners will be 21
towns, plus 18 others to receive
certificates. All towns winning
cash prizes must agree to spend
the money for civic improve
ment.
The new contest will cover all
improvements completed or un
der way between Octobr 15, 1949,
and October 1. 1950. Official en
try blanks must be submitted to
th? power company by May 1.
and the reports of progress, on
which the judging will be based,
must be filed by October 15.
“We are repeating the Cham
pion Home Town Contest again
this year.’ Mr. Collier said, “be
cause it has established itself as
one of the principal civic activi
ties tn many Georgia communi
tes. Literally thousands of Geor
gans have taken a personal part
in the previous contests, and
m a n y are eager to keep this
competitive spirit alive. I be
lieve the improved 1950 contest
will prove more valuable to the
upbuilding of Georgia than the
earlier ones were."
Last year 266 Georgia com
munities entered the contest
and 21 completed It by filing
progress reports, winners being:
Camilla first among larger towns.
Toccoa secend. and Gainesville
third; and Hopeful first among
mall communities. Chipley sec
ond. and Nicholls third The year
before 209 communities entered
and 169 finished Winners that
year in the larger group were
Griffin. Camilla and Washing -
ton and in Ihe small group.
Cleveland, Leesburg and Wood
bine
Dichvyil’e Church
Has Revival Services
A revival series Is now In prog
ress a* the Church of God in
Dickeyville
It began Sunday night with the
evangelists. Misses Augustine and
Gnlathia Rogers, in charge.
The pastor, the Rev. Davis
Rogers. Invites the public to at
tend and hear the young women
as they sing He also Invites the
public to hear the Trion Church
of God trio which will attend
these services
Sendees begin each evening at
7 30 o’clock
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BAGLEY, CHAPMAN
IN RACE FOR MAYOR
IN LYERLY ELECTION
B. N. Chapman, who is the
present, mayor, and R. W. Bag
ley are the only candidates for
Mayor of Lyerly in the election
which is scheduled to take place
there Monday.
Seven men are aspirants to the
Council. They include Eugene
Graveley, Robert Kimbell, Rob
ert Morgan, George Sitton,
Arthur Thomas, J. S. Owings and
Webb Wyatt.
The five highest men will fill
the position.
Mr Thomas, Mr. Kimbell, Mr.
Sitton and Mr. Owings are the
present Councilmen for Ly?rly.
MRS. KNIGHTON
DIES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Mary (Mollie > Dye 1
Knighton. 76, died at the home :
of her granddaughter, Mrs. Jesse
Shuman, Route 3, at 4:45 p. m. '
Wednesday.
She is survived by two broth
ers, Bob Dye, of Piedmont, Ala.;
and Alley Dye, of Birmingham;
one sister, Mrs. Josie Conett. of
Cleveland. Tenn.; three grand
daughters. Mrs. Jesse L. Shuman,
Mrs. Carl Abercrombie, of Talla
poosa, and Mrs. Leonard Allmon,
of Rome.
Funeral services were conduct
i ed at the South Summerville
Baptist Church at 2 p m. Friday
’ with the Rev. W. M. Steel of
ficiating and interment in the
Pennville Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home, of Summerville,
in charge.
WHDC Io Aid
VFW in Highway
Beautification Plan
The home of Mrs Hinton Lo
■ gan was the scene Friday. De
' cember 29. when the County
Women’s Home Demonstration
' Council met. Ms. Logan is
Council president.
I The group voted to cooperate
' with the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in their project to beautify
:U. S. Highway 27 which passes
■ through the county. They' also
decided to aid the Health De
partment in whatever way pos
isible In securing a fully equipped
staff, and to cooperate with the
4-H Clubs. Mrs B E. Neal was
named as 4-H Advisor from the
W. H. D. C.
The Council will meet the first,
Saturday in’each quartet-
Emphasis for the year 1950
will be on clothing. Demonstra
tions for the coming year will
include home nursing, jelly mak
ing, frying and floor finishing.
Hayes Heads 4-H
Club al Berryion
Derrell Hayes has been elected
president of the Berryton 4-H
! Club
He and the other new officers
, were elected at a meeting Mon
. day, Jan. 2. DeLaine McGraw
was elected vice president and
Jacqueline McGraw was chosen
secretary-treasurer Betty Jean
I Vaughhn is reporter and Anita
i Butler song leader. Advisors are
Mrs B E Neal. Mrs S. E Allen
and Miss Jessie Rose.
। An Interesting movie was
■ shown the grouu by J. B. Butler.
Countv Agricultural Agent.
Leaders said the members art
determined to work harder on
their projects and to reach high
er goals this year.
HERE 'N THERE
The total wah' at the ( oonu
1 Valley Livestock bam in Rome
Wednesday, Dee, 28. was
' $8.0114.80.
Thirty buyers and M Heller*
attended the sale. at which 112
cattle, 11 hogs and two mules
were exchanged
Hoka were sl3 20 to sl6 00;
calves, $8 to $25. bulls. sl3 to
Sit; slaughter cowh. $lO $0
$15.50; dairy type heifer*. sl4 10
to $26.50; springers, $67 to $176
A revival serie* was begun
lust night at the Chcsterfiel .1
, Baptist Church by the Rev
'Wrathburn Cash.
, Service* will continue through
I thi* week at 6:30 p. m <CBT>.
The Veteran* of Foreign War*
' will meet at 7:30 o'clock thi* eve
ning st the Memorial Home
i . ..
• The regular communication
i of Trion Lodge 160. F and A M .
I Iwlll be held at 7:30 p m Satur-
.day, Jan. 7
All qualified mason* are tn-
Ivlted.
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AUDITORIUM’S NEW PIANO—Mrs. C. A. Wyatt and Mrs. Duke Espy are shown at the new Baby
Grand Piano which was presented to the school by the Summerville Music Club recently. Several
members of the Club are shown. They are, left to right. Mrs. J. R. Burgess, Mrs. William Gist, Mrs.
Virginia Elder, Mrs. Harry Foster, Mrs. Charles Rudicil. Mrs. H. D. Brown, Mrs. Elmer Smith, Miss
June Wyatt. Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, Miss Annie Pitts, Mrs. Frank Angew and Mrs. John Bankson.
Local Communities Must Provide Only 20%
Os Funds to Build Hill-Burton Hospitals
Governor Herman Talmadge
has disclosed that there are now
a total of 69 new hospitals and
health centers in Georgia al
ready constructed, undei - con
construction or in certain defi
nite stages of development un
der the Hill-Burton program.
The Governor provided the
sum of $3,000,000 in state funds
ofr the 1948-49 construction pro
gram, which was matched by
both the Federal government
and local authorities. The 1949-
50 appropriation in State funds
will be the same, but under new
Federal provisions, State and
communities must furnish only
20 per cent each of the money,
with Uncle Sam providing 60
per cent. Previously. Federal.
State and local authorities had
ito each put up one-third of the
money.
The State Department of Pub
. lie Health is the state approval
agency for the hospital pro
gram and has set up a Hospital
Services Division which works
with local authorities in facili-
Itating efforts to build a hospital
or health center.
MRS. S. T. POLK
PASSES IN MENLO
Mrs. Ida Clark Polk, wife of
> S. T. Polk, died at her home in
Menlo at 10 a. m. Wednesday,
after a lengthy illness.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Polk
is survived b y three brothers,
Henry and Frank Clark, of Chat
tanooga, and Bailey Clark, of
Savannah; one sister, Mrs. Nora
Sullivan, of Nashville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Menlo Methodist
Church at 2 p. m. Friday with
the Rev W E Purcell, the Rev
Brock and the Rev. S. K Dodson
officiating. Interment was in
the Alpine Cemetery.
TRION CITY ELECTION
TO BE HEID TODAY
The Trion city election is be
ing held today, with W. B Sim
mons and Harry Hardeman
mayor pro tern, respectively,
running without opposition
Those running for Council are
aa follows. C. B Bricker, Andy
Campbell, L. C. Dalton, J. C
Woods, Roy Bruce. Ernest Lacey.
Earnie Freeman. T D. Barrett
and Oliver Farmer
Sewell Hall, Minister will speak
■ Sunday at the Summerville
I Church of Christ nt the 11 a. nt.
and 7:30 p. m. service*.
i 1 Mr. Hall Is a student at Davld-
I Lipscomb College, Naxlivllle,
Tenn.
Pfc. Leroy Sam* spent Christ*
, ma* holidays with hi* mother,
, Mrs. E W Sumners, of Atlanta,
। and sisters, Mrs. Billy Willing
ham. of Summerville; Mrs, Fred
Sumners, of Menlo; and Mrs
i Loyd Hick, of Summerville. He
returned t , Wichita Falls,
Texas for schooling in Airplane
and Mechanic school
The Gore Independent basket
ball team will play the Sonora
i team at 8 o'clock this evening on
*hc Gore court
Johnny Argo. Commander of
ijthe local American Legion Pont.
, thi* week expressed thank* on
behalf of the post to the teach
er* for their generous contribu
tion* to the Legion’s under
privileged Christmas Fund.
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Some Have Forgotten
Christmas Seal Letters
Those who have forgotten or
, postponed acknowledgment of
i their 1949 Christmas Seal letters
were urged to do so in an appeal
yesterday by Mrs. O. L. Cleckler,
county Seal Sale chairman. The
treasurer has reported that
; $996.96 has been received in re
■ sponse to the letters.
“It’s true that we are ac-l'
• customed to using seals on pack
ages and letters during the
i Christmas Season, but the mon
ey for them is used for tubercu-
j losis control the year round, no
, matter what the season,” she
said. “It is definitely not too late
. to pay for the seals because the
work of tuberculosis prevention
and control which they will fi
nance will continue through the
; 12 months of 1950.
“Seme people may have unin
tentionally mislaid their Seal
Sale letters or may have over
looked making their returns m
• the rush of holiday preparations.
We are happy to report that
payments for seals are coming in
daily, even though Christmas is
over, and we wish to make it
, clear that although the cam
paign closed officially on Dec.
25, returns are still needed and
■ welcomed."
Mrs. Cleckler added that some
of the Christmas Seal letters
sent out with the opening of the
; Seal Sale on Nov. 21 are still un
answered If everyone who re
ceived Christmas Seals would
acknowledge them, she said it
is certain that the county would
reach its quota of 52.000.‘
Emphasizing that the associa
tion depends entirely on Seal
'Sale funds to finance its pro-;
gram for the coming year, Mrs.
Clecker said that the 1950 tu
berculosis control projects would 1
I include providing educational
I; material for school children.
food and medicine for families
of those stricken, and aiding
these famlies in whatever way 1
possible.
TWO STILLS RAIDED
BY SHERIFF LYONS ;
11
Sheriff Reuben Lyons has ,
raided two more stills, one ath
Berry ton and the other near (
Cloudland. I
The raid was made Monday, ,
according to the sheriff, who (
»aid no arrests have been made ।
In connection with the whiskey- j
mukhig apparatus
A ten-barrel steam outfit,
with a 55-gallon boiler, was cap- '
tured near the state line at j
j Cloudland, while a smaller ap
purutus consisting of two barrels .
was found at Berryton.
Shannon Defeats
Summerville, 44-39
On the Shannon hardwood
.Tuesday night, the Brighton
folks defeated the Summerville
independent basketeers 44-39
In a game here next Tuesday
night the locals will have
I chance to get even with this (
, fast-moving team.
Cash, who played forward, was 1
high point man on the Summer- i
vtlle team, accounting for 12
of the points Owe. also for- I
ward, made 9 successful shots i
while Milligan. center, accounted ;<
for 8 and Oavlor. guard, made ,
to. Drummonds was the oth»r
tuantf t i
Summerville Schools
Receive U. S. S. R,
'lnformation' Paper
It was learned this week that
the Summerville High School
had received USSR ‘lnformation
Bulletins" prior to the time the
news of their appearance in At
lanta was released.
E. M. Blue said they w'ere
continuing to receive the pamph
lets at the rate of "about one a
month.”
Atlanta newspapers recently
reported that schools in that vi
! cinity had been deluged with
Soviet propaganda, and it has
since been learned that such is
the case in many cities and
towns in Georgia.
WILDLIFE CLUB TO
ELECT OFFICERS
The annual election of officers
of the Chattooga County Wildlife
and Conservation Club will take
place at the meeting of the club
Monday night, Jan. 9. at the
Lyerly school auditorium, ac
cording to W. H. Smith, pres
ident of the club.
President, vice-president, sec
retary-treasurer and directors
ire to be named anc- other bn- :
iness of the ctuu will oe trans
acted. Mr. Smith said.
Preceding the meeting of the
club, supper will be served in the
school home Ec room at 7 o’clock.
C. A Brooks is in charge of
the program and states he will
have something of interest to
present to the audience.
If NSLI Acknowledgement
Cords Not Received, Vets
Should Refile—Barrett
Important information affect
ing all veterans who have ap
plied for National Service Life
Insurance and have not received
acknowledgement cards from
Washington was released today
by William K Barrett, director
of the State Department of Vet
rans Service.
Barrett said: "Veterans who
have failed to receive acknow
ledgement cards within 30 days
after they mailed their applica
tions are advised to fill out and
mall another application In so
doing, they should write the,
word “Duolicate ’ on each of the
two sections of the card. Failure
to receive an acknowledgement
card from the VA could have
been due either to the fact that
the vetrans failed to write his
complete address on his applica
tion. or he moved after mailing
It and failed to notify his post
office of a new mailing address
It || possible also In some in
stances that his card became
lost in handling or processing." ।
Barrett advised all veteran.*
who have not received acknow
ledgement cards to cull at the
local Veterans Service Office
where they will receive the nec
esssry forms and will be aided in
making re-application
THREE SEEK JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE OFFICE
'rtiree men have qualified to
run for the office of Justice of
Peace to fill the unexpired term
of Levi McGraw
A T Ray. Jesse Shuman and
Pat McKeehnn have announced 1
and q alified for the election
which will be held Satun^r A
January 28
The qualfication deadline^
noon Wednesday. January V
Dr. Overton
Students, Pare
Polls Open of 7 a. m.
CITY ELECTION
HERE SATURDAY
A new mayor will be elected in
I Summerville Saturday as resi
| dents go to the polls to elect city
I officials. Mayor Willis James is
not seeking re-election. Candi- j
I elates for this office are J.L. Me- |
jGinnis and Grady Allen.
H. L. Alexander, of Wara
Three, is the only Councilman
seeking re-election.
The various candidates are as
follows: Ward One, Joe Ragland.
,W. H. Dean and Riley Parham;
Ward Two, Dr. B. Lovingood and
Thomas W. Christian; Ward
Three, Mr. Alexander. W. S. Sit
ton, A. F. McCurdy, Luell Mc-
Ginnis and Curtis Meacham;
J Ward Four, W. G. Rutherford,
Hoke Echols and Hubert Palmer.
VIRGIL GENTRY, 44,
PASSES SUNDAY
Virgil Gentry, 44. of Route 4.
Summerville, passed away at a
Rome hospital at 11:15 p.m. Sun
day after a brief illness.
Mr. Gentry is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Daisy Walker Gentry;
five daughters, Mrs. Lealand
Frammel, of Subligna; Mrs Billy
Espy, of Lyerly; Misses Violet,
Janie and Pauline Gentry, all of
Summerville, Route 4; three
sons. Bobby. Billy and Claudie B.
Gentry, all of Route 4. Summer
ville; three brothers, Calvin and
Mack Gentry, of Summerville,
and Ed Gentry, of Armuchee; two
sisters. Mrs. Mary Russell, of
Armuchee, and Mrs. Cora Neal,
of Vienna.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Subligna Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with
the Rev. Willie Conn officiating.
Interment was in the Subligna
Cemetery, with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home in charge of arrange- ’
ments.
Heart Diseases Kill
12,000 in Georgia
Disease of heart and cir
culatory system killed nearly 12.-
000 Georgians in 1949. Dr. T.
Sterling Claimorn.e president of
the Georgia Heart Association,
asserted this week in announc
ing that Cody Laird, Atlanta
business man, will head the 1950
Heart Campaign
Dr Claiborne said State
Health Department statistics
show an increase in heart fa
cilities for the first 10 months
of 1949 and indicate that the
complete complication will top
1948’s total of 11,593.
The 1950 Heart Campaign will
.-eek funds to expand research,
education, and community serv- :
ice in diseases of the heart and
circulation. Mr Laird is vice- 1
president of the Life Insurance 1
Company of Georgia. He direct
ed the 1949 heart campaign in 1
Atlanta, took a leading part In
the 1948 Red Cross solicitation in *
Atlanta, and directed public in
formation for the two-milllon- ’
dollar campaign to enlarge:*
Georgia Baptist Hospital 1
Mr Laird will develop a state- 1
wide organization for the 1950 1
Heart Campaign. Public backing •
of the Georgia Heart Assocla- 1
tion last vear made possible four 1
heart clinics soon to be opened
In the state. ‘
Fire Proied'O” N®w<
It has come to our attention ‘
that there are some people m thi
county who are under the Im- ’
pression that when they report
a wixKts fire on their land, they !
will have to pay the cost of put- 1
ting out the fire
The purpose of the County
Forest Protection Unit is to fight
woods fires on any privately
owned land, that Is any land ex- 1
cent United States Government 1
property. In the countv any time ‘
one is reported to us or any lime ’
we see one ourselves And speak
ing of Government land, the U ’
S Forest Service helps to protect
quite a lot of private land In this
county since they must stop a !
fin- In any tract of woods where
t, fire could set on their land
so we fv to help thtmi as much
ns |KMslble
There Is a state law tbnt the
cost of stopping a woods fire 1
will be collected from the per-'
son responsible for slarung it
TlJis. la-WA^-ain addition to the
at a mbdemeanor to
feteghgrntly start a
. Aid a felony to de-'
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CITIZENS
Grouping its
four major cl. ■
the same tirm
scope of the earat* CiW'Ue
Citizens Council has ad
tits 1950 program. Its goal
reach into every Georgia
munity—small or large—v
assistance is needed in fu
developing the state’s huma
sources
The Rev. Frank Craton
Trion has been named a Cou
member.
Pointing out that the prima
emphasis on the Council’s woi
is at the community level. Dr
Herman L Turner the organiza
tion’s president, said: "We need
to get down to the local level to
get back to our people; moving
down to the grass roots in the
communities where people live."
Council Director Jerome A
Connor said the four major
classifications of activity dur ng
the year would be in the fields
oi health, recreation, safety and
youth development Among Ute
chief objectives are these
Health:: to organize, in eon
junction with the Georgia better
Health Conference, five ntorf
regional conferences Regional
committees to be set up will act
as local planning groups The
Council’s ultimate goal: To de- ‘
velop Community Health Coun
cils throughout the state
Recreation: To provide a
channel tor cooperation and co
operation and coordination .
among the stale and private
agencies interested in the de
velopment of community pro
grams. This includes both field
service and distribution of tn
tormative literature
Safety: To provide stafl and
administrative service in or
ganizing the Governor’s Highway
Safety Conference, to be held In
Atlanta March 16-17 Out of the
conference is exjiccled to be
founded the Georgia Safety
Council, a stale-wide organiza
tion composed of civic and busi
ness leaders and an official
Highway Safety Program for the
Youth: To provide a channel ,
for stimulation, study coordin*- *
lion and planning on problems
affecting children and youth by
public and private agencies *nd
organizations at the state level.
Major emphasis will be given to
the development of a program
for the Governor’s Committee on
Children and Youlh.
Menlo P.-T. A. to
Buy New Equipment
The Menlo Parent Teache^
Association has made plan/' *
> base new labornMgb. i
economics and plliy
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