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VOLUME 66; NO. 6
Census District Office
Opening in Rome Told
Establishment of a district of
fice for the 17th Decennial Cen
sus of the United States in Rome
was announced this week by W.
Elliott Camp, Census District
Supervisor for the Rome area.
The Census District Office will
be located at 510 E. Second Ave.
Mr. Camp states that prelimi
nary work on the 1950 Census
to be taken in April, will begin
immediately. This includes or
ganization of the district office,
conducting publicity, receiving
job applications and later, train
ing of office clerks, field crew
leaders and enumerators. The
district supervisor and his ad
ministrative clerk have been
given special schooling at Cen
sus area headquarters in Atlan
ta.
The territory included in the
Census District which Mr. Camp
supervises includes Bartow, Ca
toosa, Chattooga. Cobb, Dade,
Douglas, Floyd, Gordon, Haral
son, Murray. Paulding, Polk,
Walker and Whitfield Counties.
Enumeration districts will be es
tablished for each of these coun
ties and for sections of the larger
communities in each county. Ap
proximately 314 enumerators
will be employed to take the 1950
Census in this area.
Mr. Camp further states that
normal application forms for
enumerator candidates, those
who will actually count noses,
are available now at State Em
ployment Agencies and Cham
bers of Commerce located at
county seats. Interested can
didates for these positions are
to complete the blanks and for
ward them to the District Office
at the address shown above.
Candidates within commuting
distance of the District
Office may make application
there. Persons interested in the
crew leader or supervisory po
sitions are requested, in all in
stances, to apply directly, either
in person or by mail, to the Dis
trict Office at Rome.
Enumerator candidates will be
informed, either bv the District
Office, local newspapers or radio
publicity when and where to re
port for personal interviews and
it will not be necessary for those
in outlying counties to report
to the Rome Office.
Assembly Passes
Kill Creating
Lookout Circuit
A bill to crtat a New Lookout
Mountain Superior Cricuit has
been passed by the Georgia Leg
islature and sent to the gover
nor.
Chattooga and Walker Coun
ties will be taken from the Rome
Circuit and Catoosa and Dade
Counties will be taken from the
Cherokee Circuit to form the near
Circuit.
Floyd County will have a Cir
cuit of its own. Solicitor-General
W. T. Maddox will continue to
serve in Walker and Chattooga
Counties until the new circuit
elects a solicitor in 1952.
Farm Veterans Make Important
Gains In Chattooga County
One hundred and elghty-one
white and 58 Negro veterans are
currently enrolled in the veter
ans farm trainnig program In
Chattooga County, it was learn
ed this week from C. B Akin,
county school superintendent,
whose office administers* the
program here
There are many farm owners
among the groups. 81 white men
owning their farms, while 54 are
renters. There are 36 share
croppers and 10 partnerships
among this group.
In Chattooga County there are
eleven classes, and teachers
enough to have one for each
class.
In Menlo there are four class
es and the instructors are:
George Doster. Z. B. Hamm.
Thomas Hogg and H H. Elrod
The two classes at Gore are In
structed by John Paul Jones and
Lowell 8. Hix. while John B
Whisnant and Nardin P Brown
conduct the Summerville class
es. John W. Nichols. D. L. Nlch- ।
ols and Harold L. Aldridge con
duct the three classes al the
Chattooga Training School at ।
Ho’land
A summary Indicates that 14
of the 58 negro veterans own
their farms, while 33 are share
croppers. There are eleven rent
ers among this group
A* great deal has been ac
complished by these former
servicemen who have been en-I
rolled In farm classes.
Accordint to Mr Akins office,'
twenty white veterans have con-h
£>umnwrmlk Zarins
"FAMILY NIGHT"
NEXT THURSDAY
AT PRESBYTERIAN
During the Foreign Mission
Season, Summerville Presbyter
ians will have “Family Night.” ‘
It will be held at 7 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 2, in the church
basement. The Rev. Leßoy Obert, ■
pastor of the Trion Presbyterian
Church, will be the guest speak
er.
In observance of the month
of Foreign Missions, various pro
[ grams and sermons on Japan are
being planned. .
This being the third year of
1 the Prograny of Progress, local
i Presbyterian leaders said a spec
- ial effort to obtain missionaries
i and to raise money in order to
■ । meet the budget for the mission
-I fields in rebuilding in the war
stricken countries is being made
“If we can’t go—let’s send—
। for Christ is the only answer,”
' leaders said.
Each member is urged to at
1, tend and to bring a dish to the
i “Family Night” next Thursday.
A special offering will be taken
I at this time.
1
Strickland to Head
Ga. Alumni Drive
A. J. Strickland, of Trion, has
been named county chairman of
■. a campaign to enroll active
members in the University of
; Georgia Alumni Society.
The state-wide campaign to
enlist 10,000 members will be
launched early next month, W.
M. Crane, alumni secretary has
announced. It was stated that
• this is a preliminary round-up
of forces in preparation for the I
celebration of the University’s
. 150th anniversary early next :
year.
1i University President Jonathan
C. Rogers has appealed to Uni
. versity alumni to support the
■ campaign.
“Never before in history has
[alumni support of the University
■ been so important,” he said.
[The University needs their
moral support as well as their
J contributions.”
Lyerly Juniors
To Present Play
“The Antics of Andrew” is the
, title of a three-act comedy to be
presented at 7:30 o’clock this
evening by the Lyerly High
School junior class at the Lyer
ly gymnasium.
Those participating in the play
include Edward Bishop, Virginia
Gayler, Dale Gayler, Joel Cook,
Bobby Bullard, Merle Anderson.
Doris Vaughn. Meriam Kendrick,
1 Polly Johnson, Johnny Brady,
Ruth Anderson. Billy Joe Mobbs,
Robert Earl McGraw and Terry
Williams.
structed new homes. Forty-one
homes have been painted, 101
new farm buildings have been
constructed. 24 have landscaped
their grounds and 37 have es
tablished home orchards
With the increase of their
livestock, the veterans have set
a rapid pace in developing pas
tures, establishing 959 acres. The
soil also has been improved with
594 acres of land terraced? Sev
enty-six have purchased trac
tors and these veterans homes
| have a combined total of 55.194
pints of canned food
During their training, the ne
gro veterans have shown pro-
Igressive strides, with one new
home being constructed, four
new farm buildings built, and
five homes painted. Two homes
have been landscaped and two
orchards established. One hun
dred and ten acres of pasture
were developed and two acres of
land terraced, while one tractor
Was purchastd and 1.288 pints
of food were canned
Classes In this county were b' 1 -
I’un in October. 1946 Although
classes will continue until 1955.
the deadline for completing en
rollment in the VFTP under
present laws is July 25. 1951
Agriculture in Georgia as a
whole has received n consider
able boost from Hie 30.000 veter
ans who have been enrolled in
the state. There were 084 classes
*n the slate on November 30. at
least one In every county except
I Camden. Cha tarn. Glynn and
Muscogee
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950
PARENTS OF BOYS
AGE 8-11 INVITED !
TO CUB SCOUT MEET
All parents who have sons be
tween the ages of 8 and 11 are
invited to attend a Cub Scout
organizational meeting at 7:30
o’clock this evening at the First
Presbyterian Church, Summer
ville.
The meeting is for parents
only and C. H. Westin, Scout Ex
ecutive of the Northwset Geor
gia District, will be present and
give detailed and interesting in
formation about the Cub Scout
program.
Parents are urged to attend
and give their son a chance
to be an active member of this 1
organization.
ARSON HEARING
SET FOR FRIDAY
A preliminary hearing for two
young Chattooga County boys
charged with arson will be held
at 5 p. m. Friday at the court
house.
The youngsters were arrested
on a warrant charging arson in
connection with the $5,700 barn
fire on the B. F. Grigsby farm
January 12.
The barn contained feed and
several household items which
Mr. Grigsby had no room for in
his home.
The farm was bought by Mr.
Grigsby about a year ago. short
ly after the burning of the six
room home on the place. He and
his family resided in a tenant
house on the place.
Meters to Be Installed
Beginning Today
Parking meters are expected
I to be installed in Summrville be
ginning today.
This disclosure was made
Wednesday by L. C. Turner,
i City Clerk, who said a portion of
the meters already have arrived
! and workmen for the installa
’ tion should arrive today.
TRION FOOTBALL
BANQUET MONDAY
The annual Trion High School
football banquet will be held at
8 p. m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the
high school, at which time Joe
Pittard, freshman coach at the
Georgia School of Technology,
will be the speaker.
The banquet is sponsored by
the Trion Lions Club.
The Tech-Tennessee game will
be shown the group by film dur
ing the evening and 21 boys will
receive awards. The Alumni “T”
Club will present its trophy to
the outstanding player of the
year.
Football fans who wish to at
tend the banquet may purchase
tickets from Lions Club mem
bers.
Lyerly-Berryton
WHDC Meets
On Second Friday
The meeting date of the Lyer
ly-Berryton Home Demonstra
tion Club has been changed to
the second Friday of each
month.
This action wus taken at the
regular meeting held Tuesday.
Jan. 17. at the home of Mrs J
O Meadows, of Berryton
A demonstration on the mak
ing of rugs from burlap bags
was given by Miss Omie Wiley.
County Demonstration Agent
Miss Wiley told of a Home |
Demons!ration Leader Training ;
School which will be held in
Rome on February 14, and she
urged al! members to attend If
possible
The next meeting will be held
nt the home of Mrs Harold
Bishop in Lyerly.
Lyerly To Piny
Kossi Ilie Sat.
The Lyerly Independents will
play the Rossville Grads at 8 p.
m Saturday on the Lyerly court
The local boys have won 13 of'
18 games played this year
They de'eated Rummerville
«3-37 Saturday night, making
their 45th straight win against
countlan*.
The last time a county team
defeated Lyerly was on Dec 12.
1940. when Trion did the trick
by a score of 49-48,
E. M. BLUE IS
RE-ELECTED SCHOOL
HEAD FOR 3 YEARS
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Trustees, E. M. Blue,
was re-elected to head the Sum
merville Schools for the next
three years.
Mr. Blue is serving his first
year as superintendent of the
local schols, having come here
from Lavonia.
The action of the local Board
came as no surprise to the pa
trons and students of the school
who are delighted with the out
standing record the superintend
'ent has made, C. B. Akin. Coun
ty School Superintendent, said
this week.
VFW Call Meeting
Tomorrow Niehl
A meeting of the Mason-Mc-
Cauley Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post has been called for 7:30
p. m. Friday at the Memorial
Home, it wa^ announced this
week by James Floyd, Post Com
mander.
The meeting is being held with
the hope that those veterans
who attend school on Monday
through Thursday nights may be
able to attend. It will be decided
at this meeting whether or not
the regular meeting day will be
changed from Thursday to Fri
day, Floyd said.
It will also be determined
। whether or not the organization
will meet monthly or semi
monthly. It meets monthly at
the present.
For entertainment Friday eve
ning. the group will hear the
Tri-City Harmonizers.
They will be installed on Com
merce Street and on Washington
Street from the creek to Cox
Street. <
This is the latest model, Mr.
Turner said. One penny will be
inserted for 15 minutes, a nickel
for one hour and two nickels for
two hours.
R. M. A. ELECTS
OFFICERS TONIGHT
The Retail Merchants Associ
ation of Summerville will elect
officers for the coming year at
the annual meeting at 8 o’clock
this evening at the Summerville
Diner.
The R. M. A. leaders have in
vited all merchants and bus
| inessmen in this vicinity to at
tend the meeting.
Payne To Address
Local TB Assn.
Dr. Rufus Payne. Superintend
ent of Battey State Hospital, will
be the principal speaker at the
annual dinner meeting of the
Chattooga County Tuberculosis
Association at 6:30 p m Friday.
Feb. 3, at the Riegeldale Tavern,
i Trion.
Following Dr. Payne’s address
a round-table discussion will be
held concerning the tuberculo
sis condition in this county and
what methods can be used to
| prevent it.
Rotarians Hoar
Rood H ednosday
John Reed, of Rome, addressed
the Summerville/Trlon Rotary
Club on the services of a ceri
fied public accountant when the
group met for the weekly lunch
eon at noon Wednesday at the
Riegeldale Tavern.
Guests at the club included
Harold Clotfelter and R E
Hardin, both of Rome, C. A Mc-
Afee. of Atlanta and N E Fack
ler. Jr.
Dr. J. J. Allen will have clmrge
of the program next week
HERE 'N THERE
Corporal Jantse E Murphy. 20,
Ihas reported for duly with the
2D Bombardment Wing M at
Chatham Air Force P"se. Sa
vannah He was trnnxfered from
Marietta and has been assigned 1
ns a Corporal with the Install*- 1
tion Squadron
Corporal Murphy, who ent red ,
•he Ko-vlec In Nov. 1947. Is the
eon of Mr and Mrs Ben Murphy,
ol Lyrly
The 2D Bombardment Wing Is i
n unit of the historic Bth Air t
Force and the Strategic Air
Command. Its planes are the I
B-50 medium bombers, similar ।
BOBBY COOK SEEKS SIO,OOO
RECOMPENSE FOR ALLEN
BANK BURGLARS
STILL SOUGHT,
SAYS DEPUTY HERE
No further developments have
taken place concerning the bur
glary of the Commercial Bank
on January 14, it was stated this
week by Edmond Kerce. Deputy
Sheriff.
■ The burglars took approxi
, mately $6,000 in checks, $1,500 in
: cash, a box of ladies rings and
j several negotiable instruments
in the early morning break-in.
A portion of the loot was re
। covered on January 18. accord-
I ing to L. B. Harrell, owner of
the bank, who said the burglars
left “very telling” evidence and
that he expected arrests to be
made shortly.
PERENNIAL CHURCH
SCENE OF RALLY
The Rev. B. L. Caldwell, pastor
of the Lyerly Baptist Church,
i will bring the devotional mes
sage at the quarterly Sunday:
School Rally of the Chattooga
Association, which will be held i
lat 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the
Perennial Baptist Church.
i An outline of plans for an As
' sociation enlargement campaign j
'and study course will be present-
I ed by the Rev. W. M. Steele, pas-
Itor of the South Summerville
Baptist Church.
Special music will be furnished
jby the Perennial Springs church
[choir.
Efficiency and attendance
banners will be awarded for this
quarter at the Rally.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR MRS. CHAPMAN
Mrs. Sarah Lawrence Chap
| man. 73. died at her home in
West Armuchee Valley at 6:15
a. m. Tuesday.
Surviving are four daughters.
Misses Josephine and Mary
Chapman and Mrs. Jim Gilstrap,
all of West Armuchee: and Mrs.
John Tudor, of Summerville;
I five sons. Emmett Chapman, of
[Fort Worth. Texas; Vivian, Ver
| gil and Curtis Chapman, all of
। West Armuchee; and Joe Chap
man, of Rock Springs; tw-o
grandchildren. Jo Ann Tudor
and Curtis Chapman. Jr.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at Shiloh
I Baptist Church where Mrs.
Chapman was a member
The Rev. Oliver Leath and the
Rev. George Erwin officiated,
i Interment was in the Chapman
[ Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Edd
Bowman, Roland Pettyjohn. Ce
cil Huggins, Grayson McCol
lough. Rufus Bowman and Joe
| Moore.
Honorary pallbearers were
I nephews of the deceased.
'New' Growers Told
Os Feb. 1 Deadline
For Applications
Chattooga County farmers,
(Who will be new growers of cot
! ton. peanuts or tobacco in 1950,
were warned this week by T. P.
Johnston. Chairman of the
County PMA Committee, that
February 1 is the deadline for
I making applications to grow
these crops.
Acreage allotments are in force
on all three crops in 1950 and
new growers are required to ap ■
ply in writing for their allot
ments.
Farmers are urged to contact
the County PMA office in the
Post Office Building. The Coun
ty Chairman continued that
they should do so at once.
flew non-stop around the world
in February. 1949.
to the "Lucky Lady II" which
The Rev. Johnny Boatncr will
conduct a revival series at the
Calvary Baptist Church begin
ning Sunday,January 29
The public is Invited to at
tend. church lenders said
The Harmony Boys Quartet, of
Summerville, will bo featured In
& concert nt 8 p. nt Friday at
the Pennville School
The appearance is sponsored
by the Pennville Parent-Teacher
Association
Man Jailed Light Years for
Crime He bid Not Commit
Representative Bobby Lee Cook introduced a bill in the Gen
eral Assembly Monday asking SIO,OOO compensation for Sanford
Allen, of Summerville, who was imprisoned eight years ago in 1942
for a crime he did not commit
NEW HIGH URGED
FOR DIMES DRIVE
The 1950 March of Dimes cam
paign must hit a new high “if
the n’ation is to undo the ravages
of the blackest toll of infantile
paralysis in its history,” C. B.
Akin, County March of Dimes
Director, said this week in urg
ing everyone to double his con
tribution to the drive this
month.
The year 1949, Mr. Akin said,
was the most severe in the 12-
year history of the National
Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis. With more than 40,000
persons stricken, epidemic aid
funds of the National Founda
tion were virtaually depleted, he
pointed out for the first time in
the organization-s history.
The county director declared
that the epidemic drive provided
stop-gap funds barely enabling [
the National Foundation to carry
cn through the last three diffi
cult months of 1949. But if those
who were stricken are to con
tinue receiving help, resources
must be replenished in the
March of Dimes, January 16-31,
Mr. Akin said.
The financal problems in
volved in caring for polio victims
are increasingly difficult not
only because of widespread epi
demics but also because of soar
ing medical and equipment
costs,” he said.
Only an enormously success
ful March of Dimes appeal will
enable the National Foundation
tc provide continuing care for
the thousands already stricken
while at the same time orepar
ing for any eventuality 1950 may
bring. The year 1949 has taught
us that we must be alerted for
extremes.”
There also is is urgent need for
funds to continue the National
Foundation’s all-embracing re
search program aimed at ferret
ing out means of prevention and
control of this crippling disease,
Mr. Akin declared.
Lyons Fined S3OO
In Marietta Case
Chattooga County Sheriff Reu
ben A. Lyons drew a S3OO fine
in Cobb Superior Court Monday
after entering pleas of guilty on
charges of assault and battery
and use of opporobrlous words in
connection with a fight between
himself and Hoke Davis. Mari
etta filling station operator in
June of last year
Superior Judge Howell Brooke
set the fines at $250 on the first
count and SSO on the second
TRION GIRL
WINS $4,000
What would you do if you were
to win $4,000°
Miss Nelle Durham. 18. of
Trion, Route 1, doesn't know
what she’s going to do
Miss Durham, who has been
employed in the Glove Factory
at the Riegel Textile Corpora
tion. Trion, for two years, won
the first prize of $4,000 cash in
“The Family Times" radio con
test which began last October
“I’d entered lots of contests
before, but this was the first
time I’d ever won anything,” de
clared the soft-spoken young
lady, with only a hint of the
"fiaggergastedness" she must
feel.
She was informed by letter of
the wonderful news, after add
ing up the figures on a Booker
T Washington half-dollar piece
Miss Durham, who lives one
and one-half miles north of the
Welcome Hill Baptist Church,
says she just hasn't decided" 1
hew she'll spend the $4,000.
There's no doubt she's getting i
plenty of advice from everyone'
Trion P.-T. A. To
PrcMHil ‘Wedding*
Miss Ethel Simmons will direct
a Tom Thumb wedding under
the sponsporship of the Trion
Parent-Teacher Association on
Thursday. Feb 9,
T7ie cast includes Patsy Wood.
Ralph Trlbber. Linda Chamblee,!
Richy McKenzie, Georgia Guf
trey and Eugene Grubbs
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
A full pardon was granted Al
. len, jailed for criminal assault,
by the State Parole Friday after
the key witness in his trial ad
mitted under the oath to the
board that she lied in the 1942
' trial.
The Summerville man was
'[given a 10-15 year sentence on
the charge.
Representative Cook said “it
1 is a terrible thing that an in
i nocent man has ha d to serve
eight years in prison and he cer
-1; tainly is entitled to some recom
pense from the State of Geor
gia.”
j “Under the law,” he said, “a
person convicted even on per
jured testimony, such as in this
case, cannot be fully pardoned
until the perjurer is convicted.”
An investigation into the mat
ter is planned by Solicitor-Gen
eral W. T. Maddox.
Fourth Person
Sourrhl in Drive-In
Burglary, Jan. 10
A fourth person alleged to
have participated in the Jan
uary 10 burglary of the 27 Drive-
In near the Floyd - Chattooga
County line has not yet been
arrested, according to Deputy
Sheriff Edmond Kerce.
Three men including Harold
Marshall, a bridegroom of two
hours when he was arrested.
Carlton Clemons, a deputy sher
iff under A H. “Tiny” Glenn,
and Carmon McNair, have signed
statements confessing their part
in the burglary.
After being arrested by Chat
’ tooga County officers the men
were turned ovei to Flovd of
■ ficers and were lodged in the
jail in Rome.
The group is charged with
I taking away approximately 525
• in change, a quantity of socks
• and handkerchiefs and anprox
l imately 18 cases of beer The es
, tablishment is operated by Por
tei Toles.
count.
The case against Edmond
Kerce, deputy sheriff of Chat
tooga, who also was indicted,
may be dismissed. Solicitor James
T Manning has disclosed.
The quarrel between Davis and
the sheriff arose following an ac
cident between the Sheriff's ear
and another one near Davis’ es
tablishment on the four-lane
highway between Marietta and
Atlanta.
LECTURE SERIES
BEGINS SUNDAY
A series of lectures will be held
at the courthouse here at 3 p.
m for the next four Sundays.
D J Richards, representative
of the Watchtower Society, will
speak on "Earth’s New Rulers”
at 3 p. m. Sunday. Jan. 29
No collection will be taken up
and the public is welcome
Red Cross Group
To Meet Eridaw
•
Officers and members of the
Chattooga County Red Cross
Chapter will meet at 2 p m Fri
day in the courthouse auditor
, him. it was announced yester
day .
SEEN ABOUT TOWN
Shiny, clean streets Monday
morn Ing.
—o—
Lovely spring wcalhr being
gratefully enjoyed Tuesday as
Summervllliana walked about
In their shirt sleeves.
A beautiful blending of sun
shine and rain Wednesday
morning.
\ number of men inspecting
a clean, well-preserved model
T bearing an Alabama license
plate, on Commerce Street.