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VOLUME 66; NO. 5
City Council Favors
Meters, McGinnis Says
The Summerville City Council
is tn favor of parking meters for
the city and a representative of
a parking meter concern will be
in the city in the near future to
discuss the matter.
This was made public Wed
nesday by Mayor J. L. McGinnis,
who said the matter was dis
•useed at a Council meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
A previoxis council rejected
Wie meters last year.
It was also announced follow
ing Tuesday’s meeting that all
water services will be discontin
ued on those whose accounts
are 60 days delinquent.
All tenant water customers
are required to post a $5 water
deposit to be applied on their
accounts should they become de
linquent.
Insurance Dhrdends
Coming Info County
A number of Chattooga Coun
»7 veterans received their insur
ance dividend checks this week.
The first checks were mailed
Monday and mailing will con
tinue through June, Veterans
Administration leaders have dis
cioßed.
The checks were to considera
bly boost business for the year
and national leaders are urging
veterans to invest at least a part
of the dividend in the U. S Sav
ings bonds.
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HEALTH OFFICIAL
TO SPEAK AT TRION
J. M. Gooden, of the State
Health Department will speak
at 3:15 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at
the Trion high school auditori
um on nutrition and other
health programs.
Anyone who is interested may
attend this meeting, school
leaders said, and P.-T.A. mem
bers are especially urged to at
tend .
Miss Wilma Pace, Chattooga
County Health nurse, also will
attend the meeting.
Harvey Littlejohn
Dies At Trion Home
Harvey Lewis Littlejohn, 47,
died at his home in Trion at
11:06 p.m. Friday.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs Alma Mae Littlejohn;
mother, Mrs. Martha Littlejohn;
one daughter. Mrs. Howard Tay
lor, of Summerville; two sons,
Harvey Joe and Billy D. Little
john, both of Trion; one step
daughter, Mrs. Ben Powell, of
Lyerly; and one step-son, Ed
ward Hood, of Evansvlle, Ind.
Six grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Welcome Hill Baptist
Church at 1:30 p. m. Sunday
with the Rev. Frank Craton of
ficiating. Interment was in Trin
ity Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
HERE 'N THERE
There will be a called convoca
tion of Trion Chapter 19, Royal
Arch Masons, at 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, January 21, for the
purpose of working the P. M. and
M. E. M degrees.
All Royal Arch Masons are in
vited, according to Ted H.
Martin. Secretary.
The American Legion will i
meet at 7:30 p. m. Friday. Jan
_d. at the Memorial Home.
The regular communication of
Trion Lodge No. 180. F and A
M„ will be held at 7:30 p. m..,
Monday. Jan. 23
All qualified Masons are in- i
vlted.
Joe Stephenson, a student at
North Georgia College, Dahlone- 1
ga. has made the Denn’s list for'
tiie fall quarter of 1949. It was,
learned this week by hl* parents,,
Mr. and Mrs. E. M Stephenson
In order to make the Dean's
list. a student must establish an
average of "B" with no grade be
low "C.”
The Seventh District Georgia
State Nurses Association will
hold its regolnr meeting in the
Educational Department of the
Flovd Hospital in Rome at 21
o'clock today.
All nurses in Chattooga Coun- j
ty are urged to be present
B’umnwruilk Nms
TRION GRID TEAM
TO HEAR PITTARD
AT LIONS BANQUET
Members of the Trion High
School football team squad will
hear Joe Pittard, freshman coach
at Georgia School of Technology,
at the annual football banquet
at 7 p. m. Monday, Jan. 30 at
the high school.
The affair is sponsored an
, nually by the Trion Lions Club.
’ Twenty-one boys will receive
. awards at this time, and the
Alumni “T” Club will present its
trophy to the outstanding play- j
er of the year.
The Tech-Tennessee game will
be shown the group by film dur- j
ing the evening.
All male football fans are in- ■
vited to attend the banquet and
tickets may be purchased from I
j Lions Club members.
^HARTLINE NAMED |
■ DEPUTY WILDLIFE
RANGER AT LARGE
Roland F. Hartline, of Penn-j
;' ville, has been appointed deputy I
, । wildlife ranger for the state at j
■' large by the State Game and
Fish Commission.
i This announcement was made
(this week by W. H. Smith, pres
■ ident of the County Wildlife and
Conservation Club.
Mr. Hartline assumed his du
' ties in the county last Monday !
| and will work with the state
I ranger and the County Wildlife
Club in catching violators of the
■ game and fish laws.
Attention was called to the
- fact that coon hunting and trap- i
; ping in Chattooga C ounty is
’ | closed, as well as in some of the j
I other northwest Georgia Coun- I
’ 1 ties. This is because of a restock- i
I ing program being carried on by j
the Game and Fish Commission ■
■ and the Wildlife Club, Mr. Smith
said.
Negro Veterans
To Heel Tuesdav
A meeting of Negro veterans
1 1 will be held at 7 p. m. Tuesday,
Jan. 24, at the Summerville
, Negro school.
: All Negro veterans who are in
terested n furthering their edu-
, cation are urged to attend this
meet ing.
Mr. Speed, of the Rome Voca
tional School, will be on hand
, to explain the school In detail
as to subsistence, education I
and quolification.
Bank Is Closed
Today; Lee's Birthday
The Farmer’s and Merchants
Bank Is to be closed all day to
• day in observance of General
I Robert E. Lee’s birthday, it was
announced this week by D L.
McWhorter, President.
Completing a cruise in the
Mediterranean and Northern
European. waters is Richard J.
Edwards, fireman. USN, hus
band of Mrs. Richard J. Ed
wards, of Berryton, whose ship,
the heavy cruiser USS Des
Moines, is scheduled to arrive in
Newport, R. 1., Jan. 27.
The Des Moines Is the flag- j
ship of the Sixth Task Fleet, un- ,
dei tiie operational command of
I Admiral Richard L. Conolly, I
'Commander - in - Chief, Naval
Forces, Eastern Atlantic and
Mediterranean.
During the cruise, the Des '
Moines has visited ports in
; Greece, France, Malta and
Italy, and the Rock of Glbralter
Henry H. Owings. Jr., of Sum
|mervllle. has been elected presl- i
dent of the Agronomy Club at i
Jhe University, of Georgia.
Named to serve with Owings
arc James M. Aikon. Madison, I
vice-president: Johnny Davis, i
Marshallville, secretary; T. R.'
Mobley. Ocilla, treasurer; John
D. Bolton. Atlanta, critic; Logan 1
M Lowls, Thomasville, par
liamentarian: and Russell Miller, J
Cairo, reporter.
Sunday School in held at 10 a.
; m., each Sunday and preaching
at 11 a. m. each second Sunday
at the Mt. Union Baptist Church.
(The Rev Wrathbum Cash Is
I pastor «
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY) 9, 1950
Boy Scouts Mark 40th Anniversary
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Official poster marking the 40th birthday.
The 40th anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America will be
observed Feb. 6 to 12 in every
part of the nation by more
than 2,300,000 boys and adult
leaders. “Strengthen Liberty”
is the birthday theme. The Boy
Scouts’ “Crusade to Strength
en the Arm of Liberty” con
tinues through 1950.
During Boy Scout Week,
Units will hold “Crusade
Night” meetings when 1949
Crusade Awards will be pre
sented. Representing the 12
Scout Regions. 12 outstanding
Boy Scouts will make a "Re-
Portion of Loot
Taken From Bank
Recovered--Harrell
A portion of the loot taken
from the Commercial Bank,
Dickeyville, early Saturday
morning was recovered Wednes
day, it was learned from L. B.
Harrell, owner of the Bank, yes
terday.
Apparently professional burg
lars took approximately $6,000 in
checks. $1,500 in cash, a box of
ladies’ rings and a number of
negotiable instruments, includ
ing stocks, bonds and deeds, from
the bank.
The burglars left' very "teil
-1 ing” evidence, according to Mr.
Harrell, who said he expected
; some arrests to be made in the
I near future. The Georgia Bu
■ reau of Investigation, the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and
the county law officers are
working on the case, it was sta
ted.
The building was entered after
j the lock on the front door was
broken. A blow torch was used
,to cut the combination on the
vault door. The big safe was not
bothered, Mr. Harrell said.
The burglars apparently left
the building by the back door.
More Nurses Needed
For Better Health,
Strickland Declares
Chattooga County has been al
lotted four public health nurses,
however there is only one.
More nurses are needed here,
declared A J. Strickland, Super
hilendent of Trion Schools, if
we are to have a healthier coun
ty in which to live.
Speaking at the regular meet
ing o f the Summerville Lions
Club Tuesday evening at Riegel
dale Tavern. Mr. Strickland con- ।
tinned that there are very few
available nurses, but that it Is'
hoped more can be obtained in
the near future
Three new members have been
taken into the local club during
this month. Including Bill Bovd,
Winston McWhorter and Howard ,
Bohannan.
Visitors at Tuesday night's i
meeting included Jim Teddar. Ed
Hill. Paul Weems and Harrv Lee
McGinnis.
Bob Guffin had charge of the,
program for the evening and
John Davis, president, presided
port to the Nation” at Wash
ington, D.C., where the Move
ment was incorporated Feb. 8,
1910. They will also take part
in an impressive ceremony at
Independence Hall in Phila
delphia.
The highlight of 1950 will be
the Second National Jamboree
which will see 40,000 Scouts
and Leaders camping together
at Valley Forge, Pa., from
June 30 to J ly 6, including
Scouts of oth> r lands.
Since 1910 more than 16.-
500.000 boys and men have
been identified with the Boy
Scouts of America.
4-H'tRS TO BEGIN
POULTRY CHAIN
WORK SOON
Four-H Club boys and girls in
Chattooga County will begin
. work on poultry projects next
month as members of the 1950
। poultry chain, H. W. Barrett, Ag
ricultural Extension Service
poultryman who will work with
the boys and girls, announced
this week.
Chicks to be distributed to
members of the chain through
[ out the state, have already been
ordered, and deliveries in the
southern part of the state will
begin in February, along with a
series of 65 poultry short
courses. These courses will be
held in centrally located coun
ties throughout the state in or
der to reach every boy and girl
who has a poultry project. They
will also be open to the public.
The poultry chain is sponsored
in Georgia by the Sears, Roebuck
Foundation, and in many coun
ties, additional flocks are spon
sored by local businessmen. Dur
ing the past five years that it
has been active, thousands of
boys and girls have been given
a start toward earning substan
| Hal incomes by growing out
home flocks from the chicks they
received through the chain.
Every year, 10 boys and girls
m each county are selected to
be members of the poultry
chain.
Those in this county will be
selected In the near future.
They are responsible for
growing out the pullets by the
best recommended methods un
der the supervision of their
county and home demonstration
agents. When the birds are ma
ture. they repay the chain by
the sale of 12 of the best of
them, or by paying for the baby
chicks
Direct results of the outstand
ing work done by the boys and
girls In the chain can be seen in
I the Increased egg production per
bird for the state as u whole,
'Bennett says In 1949. average
production was 83 eggs per bird,
|or five eggs above the average
five years ago.
Indirect results are being evi- '
oenced bv the keen interst in
। poultry throughout the state and
the improved methods which
many producers have Teamed by
attending the 4-H poultry short
courses. Bennet says that more
than 5.000 persons In the state
, were reached through the short
j courses and shows last year
I alone
Local Trio f Including Bridegroom,
Confess Burglary nt Drive-In
All Merchants Invited
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To R. M A, Meeting
All merchants or businessmen
in the Summerville area are.
invited to attend the annual[ •
dinner meeting of the Summer
, ville Retail Merchants, which
: will be held at 8 p. m. Thursday,;
January 28, at the Summerville :
। Diner.
Officers for the new year will
|be elected and nominations will
be from the floor, it was stated I
। recently by leaders.
The affair will be dutch, lead
ers said.
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Book Review Heard i
By Rotary Club
h
j A book review of “The Egyp
tian,” by Mike Waltari, was giv- ' ।
| en by Miss Martha Colcord Wed
| nesday at the regular meeting
;of the Summerville-Trion Ro- ।
I tary Club. :
Miss Colcord was introduced
by A. J. Strickland, Superintend- '
ent of the Trion Schools, who i
, had charge of the program in
‘ the absence of J. R. Adamson.
Walter Dunlap and J. G. Gra- 1
: ham, both of Atlanta, were 1
■ guests of the club.
W. F. Aldred will have charge :
of next week’s program.
Region 4 Class Upper Basketball
Tourney to Sturt Here Feb. 22
Couniians Continue
Registration in Face
01 Repeal Talk
Whether or not the contro
versial registration law will be
repealed may be determined
within the next few weeks.
A move for outright repeal
’ was started in the State Senate
'i Monday.
Sponsoring the measure in the
House to repeal the law were
Representative Kellam and Ma
lone of Laurens, Johnson of Hall
and Rowland of Johnson.
As developments concerning
I the widely criticized law con
' tinned in Atlanta, Chattooga
Countians continued to register.
A F. McCurdy, local chairman,
isaid this week that 3,950 persons
I have re-registered. This is a lit
tle over half the number that
usually votes in the county. Mr
McCurdy said that ordinarily
7,500 votes were cast, but that
the old voters’ list contained 10
Or 11 thousand names.
Mr. McCurdy more and more
persons are coming to in re-reg-
I ister.
The deadline for registering to
vote In the Fall elections is May
30.
Other members of the local
Registration Board are James
I (Sloppy) Floyd and A L.
Strange.
The Registration office, lo
| cated in the tax collector’s office,
H open from 8 to 5 six days a ;
week.
Teen-Age Boys
Charoed With Arson
In $5,790 Fire
Two teen-age boys are free on
bond this week after being ar
; rested on a warrant charging
| arson in connection with the
$5,745 barn fire at the B F
Griaxby farm Thursday.
The fire began about 1:30 p m
Thursday and was out of control
b< fore the Summerville Fire De- (
[part men t arrived. The Grigsby*
'were at home at the lime.
Mr. Grigsby stated that his
barn contained all his feed and i
several Items of household fuml- '
.tore which he had no room for
ifn his home No animals were,
lost in the blaze however, he
said.
Mr Grigsby bought the Jim '
Gamble farm, located on the
Summerville - Menlo highway,
about a year ago, shortly after
the six-room home on the farm
had been destroyed. He moved
into one of the tenant houses, ,
which was located some distance
from the barn.
No preliminary hearing has
been set for the youngsters.
A bridegroom of two hours and a former Chattooga County
deputy sheriff were among the three men arrested Saturday in
connection with the January 10 burglary of 27 Drive-In, near the
Chattooga-Floyd line.
Carlton Clemons, a deputy sheriff under A. H. “Tiny” Glenn,
Carmon McNair and Harold Marshall, who said he had been mar
ried only two hours when arrested, were arrested by Sheriff Reu
ben Lyons and turned over to Floyd County officers. Their bonds
were set at $750, and McNair and Marshall were released after
posting the bonds. All three have signed statements confessing
their part in the burglary.
Whitener Addresses
Local Baptist Pastors
Dr. H. C. Whitener, Secretary (
of the Department of Evange
lism of the State, spoke to the
Chattooga Baptist Pastors Con
ference which met at the Menlo
Baptist Church Monday eve
ning.
He sopke on “The Simultane
ous Crusade.”
Plans were made for the com
ing Sunday School enlargement
campaign and the county-wide
simultaneous revival ’in March.
Prior to the meeting, the ladies
of the church entertanied the
group with dinner.
After a period of business a
program was presented, and at
the close a message was deliver
ed by the Rev. George Schroeder.
The next meeting will be held
at the Perennial Springs Bap
ti t Church.
Rev. Collins to
Assume Pastorate
Os Baptist Church
The Rev. Tom M Collins,
formerly of Carrollton. Ala., will
assume his duties as pastor of
the First Baptist Church. Sum
merville on Sunday, February 5.
The Rev. Mr. Collins suceed
the Rev. Ira Frazier, who resign
ed several months ago to assume
a pastorate in Tennessee.
The new Baptist pastor re
iceived his education in the Mis
sissippi State College and the
Southwestern Seminary, Fort
Worth. Texas. After serving as
a pastor in Texas, the Rev. Mr.
Colins was Executive Secretary
| for the Sunday School Board of
the State of Florida. He assumed
the pastorate of the Carrollton
Baptst Church, Carrollton. Ala.,
his home town, after leaving the
Florida post.
He is married and is the father
of two sons and one daughter.
Robert W. King
Retains Post As
Mayor of Menlo
R. W. King continued his
duties as Mayor of Menlo this
week after defeating Gordon
Baker for the post in the election
held there Saturday. Jan. 7.
Mr. King received 76 votes and
Mr. Baker received 18
Five Councilmen were elected,
including Gene* Ballard, the only
encumbent. There were only five
candidates for these offices.
In addition to Mr Ballard,
other Councilmen are: John
Shamblin, Joe Simmons. George
Welch and J. W Murphy
H. M. Clark succeeds Herman
White os city recorder.
Mrs. Lyons to Head
Red Cross Drive
Mra. Reuben Lyons has been
named Chairman of the 1950
Red Cross drive in Chattooga
County, which will get underway
February 20
Mrs. Lyons and other officers,
,wcre named at a meeting of the
local Red Cross Board of Di
'lectors Thursday morning at th»
Chamber of Commerce Office
Dr B Lovlngood. local dentist,
was named ns Chairman of the
local Red Cross Chapter to serve
for the coming year.
Other officers include Earl
Self, vice president: Mrs Philip
Fog 1 la. treasurer; Marshall
Lowry, secretary; W B Farrar
and Mrs Helen Buffington, pub
licity co-chairman
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
A fourth man, alleged to have
been in the party of burglars
has not yet been arrested, how
ever, authorities said his iden
jtity in konwn
The group is charged with
taking away approximately $25
in change, a quantity of socks
and handkerchiefs and approx
imately 18 cases of beer. The es
tablishment is operated by Por
ter Toles.
The men said they drove from
Summerville to the 27 Drive-In
' and then drove back to the coun
ty line where they parked their
car. They returned by foot to
I the establishment, it was stated.
Clemons said he and Marshall
watched while McNair and the
fourth member of the group en
tered the building by prying loose
several boards on the back side.
They hid part of the articles
taken and drove to Rome, later
returning. Sixteen cases of beer
were taken on the second trip
and hidden on a country road
about two miles from Crystal
Springs, Clemons told officers
BY T. EMMETT NUNN
In the recent basketball draw
ings at Carrollton of the upper
half of Region 4. of the Class A
schools, Summervlle was picked
as the site of the tournament
openings.
Two nights, Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 22-23. Summer
ville High's gym will be the host
to playoffs involving some of
northwest Georgia’s best high
schools boys’ teams.
On Wednesday night, Feb. 22,
Ringgold will play McHenry at
8 p. m. and LaFayette High will
play Cassville in the 9 o’clock
game.
On Thursday night, Feb. 23.
Murray County will play the
Wednesday night first game
winner and Summerville will
. play the Cassville - LaFayette
winner at 9 p. m.
In these playoffs Murray
County was seeded as the No.
1 team and Summerville was
seeded No 2, w’hich allows for
the unusual setup.
The two teams surviving the
Thursday games will then move
to the semi-finals at LaGrange
on Friday, Feb 24. with the
Class A finals to be held Satur
day. Feb. 25.
Basketball fans herebouts are
really in for a thrilling treat due
to the availability made possible
by Summerville High School of
ficials
Mrs. Annie Gamble
Dies in Florida
Mrs AnnicGamble, wife of the
late Will Gamble, dl^d in Paho
kee, Fla. at an early hour Thurs-
Ida after a lingering illness
Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs J C. Barker, of Pahokee:
Mrs. Leslie Mustoe and Miss Car
rie Gamble, both of Chattanoo
ga; two sons. Frank Gamble, of
Chattanooga: and James Gam
ble, of Bangor. Maine; two
nieces. Mrs Sarah Smith, of Ly
erly: and Mrs. Nancy Cheves, of
Atlanta: a nephew, Charles
Dover, of Montezuma
The body arrived in Rome at
8 n m Friday and was brought
to the J. D Hill Funeral Home.
Summerville
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Summerville Presby
terian Church at 3 p. m. Sunday
I with the Rev Harn’ Foster, pas
tor officiating. Interment was
[in the Lyerly Cemetery
Active pallbearers were- J. D
Wecsner. Jr., Howard Weems.
John Scott. Robert Cox. John
Gordon Espy and Roy Peppers
Honorary pallbearers were M
M Allen. Br. Rowland Henrv.
Claude Floyd. Gordon Espy. C
C Cleghorn. Gordon Allen. J L
McGinnis. Duke Espy. Rob Hol
land. T S Weems. John Wees
ner Sr.. D L McWhorter. Dr
R N Little. Bob Kimbell and
Crnwford Batl<*y