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OLUME 66, NO. 14
Fishermen Anxiously Await
Saturday When Lake Opens
April 1 may be April Fool’s
Day, but members of the County
Wildlife and Conservation Club
are hoping the fish won’t be
playing tricks on tnem.
Saturday is the opening day
of the beautiful new Lake Chat
tooga, which belongs to the local
Club.
W. H. Smith, President, said a
large crowd is expected for this
big event in the lives of Chat
tooga County’s fishermen.
Four prizes will be given, it
was stated. They are: a Pflueger
reel for the largest bass; South
Bend rod for second largest bass;
two gallon thermos jug, largest
bream; and tackle box for sec
ond largest bream.
Club members will have the
privilege of using their own
boats, however D. T. Tucker, in
charge of concessions, will have
boats for rent.
Members are asked to be sure
that their guests have fishing
licenses.
The lake is located on the
Walter Sturdivant farm, near !
Bolling, south of Summerville.
F. F. A. Pig Chain
Show Io Be Held On
Wednesday, April 15
The Gore F. F. A. Chapter will
hold its annual hog show at the
farm of Bence Ward at 10 a. m.
Wednesday, April 5, according to
President Wilton Smith.
Five gilts, all of them regis
tered O. I. C.’s, will be on exhibit
and the best two gilts will be
taken to Rome for the area swine
show April 8.
Only animals which will re
ceive prizes here are the third,
fourth and fifth place gilts. G.
W. Smith, teacher of agriculture,i
says they will get prizes of $4, $3
and $2 respectively.
Future Farmers who will show
the animals are Kelly Owens,
Ralph Maxey, Frank Ward. Sher
win Coulter and L. M. Kirby. All
of them received the., pigs
through the state-wide F. F. A.
Pig Chain, which is sponsored by
the Sears-Roebuck Foundation,
and which reaches 147 chapters
over the state.
Judges for the show here will
be Jim McCoy, F. H. A. Super
visor; E. P. Lunsford, Soil Con- I
servation Technician; and Z. B.
Hamm, Instructor in the Vete
rans Farm Training Program at
Menlo High School.
In the area show at Rome, the
boys exhibiting the boar and the
two best gilts in the local show
will compete with representa
tives of 14 other chapters for
cash prizes of sls for blue ribbon
winners, $lO for red ribbon win
ners and $5 for white ribbons.
There will be ten gilts and five |
boars in each group.
Additional prizes will be off
ered in the area show* for fitting
and showmanship and for the;
chanters having the best groups
of three animats.
Through the F. F. A. Pig Chain,
boys are able to receive quality
gilts without paying out any
money. They simply give back
one gilt out of their first litter
of pigs and this keeps the chain !
going.
Trion Methodists
To Present Cantata
An Easter cantata, “Sunrise
Over Calvary,” by Noel Benson,
will be presented at 11 a. tn. Sun
day, Anril 9. at the Trion Metho
dist Church
Such songs as “O'er the East
ern Hills,” “God So Loved the
World," ‘Alleluia,” and “Hall the
Light Divine,” will be included
in the program.
Mrs. Carliss Buice will accom
pany at the piano.
Singers will Include the follow
ing: Misses Lois Housch, Iva
gene Saylors. Ann Williams and
Anita Holt. Mesdames Burt Mas
sey. Georgia Bell McGuire and
Lewis Scarboro, Mesdames Paul
Freels and Ralph Coarsey, Miss
es Magdalene Day and Thelma
Cochran and C. M. Lowery, Lew-,
is Scarboro, Carliss Buice and
Arvll McLeod.
Menlo Stores to Close
Wednesday Afternoons
A number of Menlo businesses
have agreed to close at noon
each Wednesday, beginning on
April 5 and continuing through
the month of September
They are as follows: H. E
Wyatt, R. W King, U. E. Dav.
Lena Baker, Olene Watson. C.
A. Wyatt, C. R Lawless and O.
L Cleckler.
SmmiwnnllT Nms
Help School Boy
Patrol Io Have
Camp, Says VFW
Although interest in the drive
is mounting, the School Boy Pa
trol campaign in Chattooga
County is short of its goal.
Sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars over the state, and
locally by the local VFW post, the
aim of the drive is to raise SIOO,-
000 with which to build a camp
at Lake Blackshear where School
Boy Patrol members can be
given a week’s training each
summer.
The local goal is $570, Com
mander James Floyd, of the lo -
cal VFW said.
Any contributions will be ap
preciated and should be mailed
to Mr. Floyd at Box 531, Trion.
|or Rufus Pruitt, Summerville.
McClure Releases
Announcement as
Judge Candidate
I I
Freeman C. McClure, can
didate for Judge of the newly
formed Lookout Judicial Circuit,
i this week released his formal
announcement for the office. He
previously had annouced his in
tention of seeking office.
In his statement, Mr. McClure
said: “I announce my candidacy
for Judge of the newly created
Lookout Judicial Circuit, com
iposed of Catoosa, Chattooga,
Dade and Walker Counties, in
the Democratic primary election
to be held June 28, 1950.”
“I am running my own race
and do not have and will not
have ties or connections with
other races and candidates in
the Democratic Primary or Gen
eral Election. I expect to see as
many voters as possible, and re
gret that I may miss seeing
many of them. I earnestly re- !
quest my friends and supporters'
to assist me in my election to
this highly responsible and im
portant office. I feel that I am
qualified to fill the office. I re
ceived an A. B. degree from the
University of Georgia, and have
practiced law since 1926, except
approximately fifty-five months
of service in the U. S. Army in
,the Judge Advocate General’s
Department during World War
11.
“I find that the people want a '
fair, unbiased and impartial
Judge and a Judge who will run
his own court in a proper and
dignified manner. If elected, I
expect to measure up to such
requirements as far as humanly
! possible.
“I am a native of Walker
County, and practice law at La-
I Fayette. Georgia.”
Lenderman Home
Lost in Fire Here
The home of Doyle Lender
inan, in Summerville, was almost
totally destroyed by fire early
Saturday morning.
Members of the Summerville
fire department said the blaze
originated at a coal heater.
No household furnishings of
the four-room structure were
saved from the fire. :
i
Lyerly Methodists xAre i
Proud of New S. S. Rooms ;
Within a matter of three,
montlis the Lyerly Methodist
Church found itself with five
neat new Sunday School class
rooms completed and dedicated. I
। Long needed, the Sunday
School rooms became a reality i
under the guidance of R. w
Bagley, building fund chairman, ■
the aid of the pastor, the Rev. |
M H. Smith, and others.
The addition to the 38 by 581
church auditorium was made |
possible with the gift of the
Berryton Methodist Church
‘building, and $1,907 In cash giv
en by the membership. It is
now free of debt, the Rev. Mr.
Smith discloses.
The Berryton church building -
was available after the church
had been disbanded In that :
community. Previously the Ly- 1
erly charge Included the Lyerly, :
Oak Hill, Berry ton and South
Carolina Campground churches, i
The addition to the 100-year- ’
old church is a 32 by 36 struc- i
ture, each room being complete-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950
BARLOW BOUND
OVER ON MURDER
CHARGE HERE
George Barlow, 60, was bound
over to the next session of the
grand jury Friday by J. E. Baker,
who presided at a preliminary
hearing for the man who is ac
cused of the murder of James
Randolph (Doc) Moon, 29, who
was killed in a local pool room
on March 4.
Mack Hicks represented the
defendant, with John Davis as
> the state’s representative.
Four witnesses were called to
. the stand.
Barlow was returned to jail
•; without bond.
[ ;
Seven Cases Brought
By Special Alcohol
Unit Investigator
| Seven cases have been brought
against Chattooga Countians in
connection with selling or pos
sessing whiskey, it was announced
yesterday by Leßoy Alexander,
Special Investigator of the Al
cohol Tax Unit, State Revenue
Department.
Bishop Koonce has been bound
over the the next session of the
j Grand Jury following a prelimi
. nary hearing charging him on
■ three counts, Mr. Alexander said.
, |He is charged on two cases with
I • possessing whiskey and on one
• j case with selling whiskey
Preliminary hearings will be
held by Judge Henry Floyd, of
Chattoogaville, Saturday, Mr.
Alexander said, on the following
cases: David Koonce, one case,
possessing whiskey; R. C. Jun
kins, one case, selling whiskey;
and Charlie Gossett, two cases,
selling whiskey.
Overweight Is Serious
Problom-Miss Wiley
Overweight is a frequent mal
utrition problem among adults,
j said Miss Omie Wiley. County
, Home Demonstration Agent, this
I week. "The number of calories
a body needs depends on its size
and activity,” she said. “If body
' weight stays about right for
height and build, it means that
calories in the diet match body
needs. When more fuel food is
eaten than the body can use, it
.is stored as fat.”
Up to 35 years of age, it was
pointed out, it is safer to be
I plump than skinny. But beyond
35 excess fat becomes a greater
health liability than extreme
thinness. Ills such as high blood
pressure and heart and kidney
ailments are more common
among overweights. People who
are thin, however, tend to tire
readily and may be an easy prey
to infections.
For those under 20 years of
age reducing should be done
only under a physician’s guid
ance. This is also a safe rule for
young mothers or those with any
heart organic troubles, Miss
Wiley said.
Those over 35 who need to re
duce to take off weight slowly—
no more than a pound or two a
week. This can be done, by cut
ting calories but sitll retaining
other food essentials for good
health. Persons over 35 who are
trying to reduce should eat thre.
I meals a day, but not between <
meal snacks.
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ly furnished, including heaters
Dedication services were held
Feb. 26. with the dedicatory ad
dress being delivered by the
Rev. Peter Manning.
Those assisting Mr. Bagley
and the Rev. Mr. Smith included
Walt Busbin, Webb Copeland
and J. S. Ray.
The Rev. Mr. Smith Is serv-
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
FIRE SAFETY LAW
IN SPECIAL MEETING
। The Summerville City Coun
cil Tuesday afternoon discussed
the Georgia Safety Fire Law, as
recommended by Commissioner
;Zack D. Cravey to the city re
-1 cently.
The matter has been turned
over to the city attorney, T. J.
■ Espy, who will investigate the re
quirements and other aspects of
the problem and turn his find
ings over the Council at a future
, meeting.
Tuesday’s meeting was es
, pecially called to discuss the
Fire Law.
I CECIL WILLIAMS
IS NEW CHURCH
OF CHRIST MINISTER
Cecil Williams, former min
ister of the Church of Christ in
Jasper, Tenn., has been secured
as minister of the Summerville
' Church of Christ.
1 He will fill the vacancy created
' when Robert Farrish, who had
1 been at the local church for 18
’ months, moved to Tarrant, Ala.
to work with the church there.
: Mr. Williams has been in the
ministry for the past ten years
I and has done evangelistic work
: in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
■ 'and Florida.
i j He will arrive here with his
family this week.
I
I JOIN EASTER
ULY PARADE
Be sure to join the Lily Pa
rade.
Youll be in style on April 1
arid 8 if you do because hun
dreds of other Chattooga Coun
tians will be bm ’g the Easter
lilies to help tl JOO cerebral
palsied in the s.
! This is a part of the Easter
Seal campaign which will bene
fit Georgia’s 30,000 crippled
children.
The lilies will be sold in prac
tically every town and communi
ty in the county by school chil
dren.
Sims Garrett, Jr.
Is Candidate for
State Treasurer
Sims Garrett, Jr., Milledgeville
business man and native Geor-I
gian, announced this week his .
candidacy for the office of State
Treasurer in the June 28th Dem-1
ocratic Primary.
Garrett is well known in Geor
gia and political circles. He has
been in the automobile business
for a number of years and is now
President of Baldwin Motors, I
Inc. at Milledgeville. In public |
life he has been prominently
identified with many of the I
State’s political figures.
He served for four years as
Secre ta ry to Congressman i
Stephen Pace;; as Vice-Chair-!
man of the State Highway Com
mission during the adininistra- j
tion of Governor Ellis Arnall; j
and as Treasurer of the Highway
Department under Governor;
Herman Talmadge, until his res- !
ignation last year to devote full j
time to business. Also, he is a .
clo e friend and classmate of
James V. Carmichael. ,
ing his first year at Lyerly, hav
i Ing begun his pastorate there
- in July. 1940. after coming from
’ Athens
Sunday School Is held at 10
' a m. each Sunday and worship
I services are conducted at 11
I a.m. each fourth Sunday and
jat 7:30 p,m. each second and
fourth Sundays
CENSUS TO BEGIN
HERE SATURDAY;
16 TO COVER COUNTY
Sixteen enumerators will be
-1 gin Saturday to take the census
; |in Chattooga County.
r 1 Earl B. Self, of Summerville,
■ Crew Leader for the county, will
supervise the field work of the
1 enumerators. Four persons will
- take the urban areas while 12
- will handle the rural sections. It
f : is expected that the census will
■|be completed in a month.
' Mr. Self emphasized that all
information given the enumer
’ ators will be strictly confidential
' and urged the public to cooper
ate whole heartedly.
The Farm Census, which is
made every five years, also will
be made in connection with the
regular census.
Leading citizens have express
ed belief that the population of
- the county has increased suffi
i ciently to warrant having an
i other unit vote, thereby giving
J this county another representa
tive in the State Legislature.
1
1
‘ Graves T. Myers, Jr.,
j 55, Dies Saturday
, Graves T. Myers, Jr., 55, died
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
, B. E. Neal in Summerville at
10:30 p. m. Saturday, March 25.
He had undergone a major op-!
eration at Fort Sanders Hospital, |
Knoxville, Tenn, on Nov. 17,'
11949. On Dec. 3 he was dismissed !
from the hospital and came with
Mrs. Myers to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Neal where he remain-:
ed until his death.
Mr. Myers, who had made
Summerville his home since 1919.
was a veteran of World War I.
For 22 years prior to 1942 he was
a employee of the Summerville
Manufacturing Company.
1 1 He entered Alabama Poly
technic Institute, Auburn, in
• 1942 for government training in
electronics. He received his di-
. ploma from this institution and
also graduated from the R. C. A
school in New Jersey, Philco ;
school in Philadelphia, and the
Bendix laboratories in Balti
jmore.
He served an assignment at
Warner Robins Field, Macon. Bell
Aircraft Corp., Marietta, and
was sent to Oak Ridge, Tenn.!
jin October, 1945, where he work-1
ed with Carbide and Carbon
Chemical Division K-25 plant (
until his illness. While there he 1
’received the highest Atomic En- 1
ergy Commission clearance pos- 1
jsible to receive.
Mr. Myers is survived by his 1
wife, Mrs. Beatrice Thomas 1
Myers; a son, Graves T. Myers, 1
111, U. S. Air Force; a grand- *
'daughter, Lyne Myers: mother, 1
Mrs. G. T. Myers, Sr., of LaFay- (
ette; grandmother. Mrs. G. W. e
Hutdhens, of LaFayette; four 1
sisters. Mrs. Deanie Green and 1
Mrs. L. R. Tarrant, both of c
Cartersville, Mrs. B. F. Johnson, £
of LaFayette, and Mrs. Marion (
Watkins, of Shannon. £
Funeral services were held at 1
the First Methodist Church, f
Summerville, of which he was a
member, at 3:30 p. m. Monday, 1
■with the Rev. Henry Walker, the: 1 -
Rev. Harry Foster and the Rev
Tom Collins officiating. Inter- 1
■ment was in the Trion Cemetery. P
Active pallbearers were: W. 5
L. Crouch. Earl Beatty. Sr.. Reu- .
ben Garrett. Troy Scoggins. Carl c
Wilson and Rowland Hemphill. a
Honorary pallbearers were:i c
Duke Espy, Dr. W B. Hair, Dr. j ll
R N Little, John King, J. L. ,
McGinnis, I M. Henderson, Hor
ace Tallant, Paul Weems, Frank ‘
Fisher, Rowland Henry. D. L. 1
McWhorter, J. R. Jackson, Sr.,,
Marvin Millican, Grady Ander-!
son. C. O. Burns, G. O. Parker, t;
Pat Ridge, Arthur McCroy, Les- ’
ter Smith, Kin Burmaster, Mr. I,
Grant. Mr. King. Reuben Lyons!"
and L. C. Turer. ,w
J D. Hill Funeral Home in c
charge of arrangements. 11
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Cub Scout Pack
To Meet Tomorrow t(
The regular pack meeting of _
Troon 37. Cub Scouts, will be held „
" 7:30 n in. Friday In the base- Ilf
m*nt of the Summerville Pres-1
byterlan Church. It was disclosed “
i here and yesterday.
All Cubs and their parents are
Invited to attend. -
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Penny-Up Supper" pi
Tonight at Cafeteria
Everyone is invited to a “Pen- s
ny-up" supper from 6 to 8 p. m.!
today at the Summerville School,
cafeteria. 1 1,
The supper is sponsored by the IM
High School Seniors and pro- । G
ceeds will be used by them for D
their class trip to New York *te
Rules and Fees Set by
Democratic Committee
Paintings, Crafts
By Local Students
In Art Exhibition
Paintings and crafts by sis
students in Chattooga Countj
• schools will be shown in th t
Georgia Student Art Exhibi
tion at the University of Georgia
April 7-21.
More than 1800 entries wert
1 submitted to the exhibition jury
Slightly over 400 have been ac
: cepted and will be hung in th(
two galleries on the campus.
, The exhibition is represents
tive of the art work being don<
in Georgia elementary ad higl
, schools, according to Miss Siby
j Browne, one of the art jurors
Other members of the jurj
were Miss Roaunette Everette
LaGrange College, and Ezra
Sellers, University of Georgia.
Local students whose work wil
be on exhibition are: Summer
ville: Larry Carroll, Linda Wof
ford, Ronald Crouch and Clay
ton Peacock; Menlo: Rhonda
Westbrook and Barbara Massey
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
TO BE FORMED
HERE TODAY
I Are you interested in playing
softball this summer?
If so, you are invited to meet
at 5 o’clock this afternoon in the
office of the Summerville Manu
facturing Company, when a soft
ball league will be organized.
Sixteen teams have already
been promised and two more are
needed, it was stated.
It is hoped that a Board of Di
rectors and President can be
elected to handle details of the
League, organizers said.
Ll.-Gov. Griffin
Seeks Re-Eleclion
S. Marvin Griffin, Lieutenant
Governor, qualified on March
14th for re-election to that of
fice subject to the rules of the
primary to be held on June 28:h.
In announcing for re-election,
Lt. Gov. Griffin said, “I deeply
appreciate the honor bestowed
upon me by the voters of Geor
gia in 1948. I have conscientious
ly tried to administer the duties
of the office of Lieutenant Gov
ernor in a fair and imparital
manner. I am also grateful for
the splendid cooperation I re
ceived from the members of the
State Senate and the people of
Georgia. If honored with re
election, I shall strive to perform
the duties of the office in a pro
ficient manner.”
The Lieutenant Governor- is
is Editor and owner of the Bain
bridge Post Searchlight, Presi
dent of Radio Station WMGR of
Bainbridge; is a veteran of
World War 11, Presbyterian, Ma
son and Shriner.
In the election of 1948 Gov. j
Griffin was nominated Lieuten
ant Governor in a field of four >
candidates for that office carry- i
ing 147 counties in the state
7th District VFW
To Meet in Dalton
A number of Chattooga Coun
ty men are expected to attend
the meeting of the Seventh Dis
trict Veterans of Foreign Wars
In Dalton at 2 p. m. Sunday, it
*as announced this week by J
C, Cavin, of Trion. Seventh Dis
trict Commader
James Carmichael, State VFW
Commader, will be the guest
speaker of the meeting, and
Kelso Hearn, State Quartermas
er, has been invited to attend
Incoming and outgoing com- ।
nanders throughout the Seven- I
h District are especially urged !
o attend the meeting
HERE 'N' THERE
The Rev. Wrathhurn Cash will
jreach at the Mt. Olive Meth
idlst Church at 7:30 p. m Sat
irday. 11 a m and 7 30 p. m
hinday
John Gilreath, of Trion, Route
I, and Yvonne McCullough,, of
Menlo, both students at West
Jeorgia College, were on the
Sean’s list for the winter quar
er. it was disclosed this week
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
- I No persons have qualified as
candidates for the coining Demo-
I cratic Primary, although fees
were set for Commissioner and
City Court Judge last Friday.
T. J. Espy, Jr., Chairman of
our County Democratic Execu
tive Committee, said the en
trance fee for Commissioner is
S2OO and for City Court Judge
x S3OO.
y Fees and rules concerning the
e State Senator and State Repre
- setative are bound by the State
a Democratic rules, Mr. Espy said.
The encumbent Senator is re
e quired to appoint a Senatorial
f. Committee to fix rules and fees
:- for those seeking the State Sen
e ator’s post. Senator Claude Pitt
man, of Cartersville, the encum
bent, has named Mr. Espy, of
ie this county, Grover Byars, of
h Floyd County, and Bob Knight,
fl :of Bartow County, as members
s, of this committee. A meeting of
y these three has been tentatively
e set for 3 p. m. Saturday, Mr
a Espy stated.
It is a time-honored custom
H, that the three counties in this
■_ senatorial district rotate electing
■ a Senator. This is Chattooga
_ County’s turn to place a Senator
a in the state capital. Sen. Pitt
iman is from Bartow County. A.
A. Farrar has announced his
! candidacy for this post..
The State Democratic Execu
tive Committee has set an April
129 deadline on state office-seek
ers. The local deadline will be
announed later. The local com
mittee expects to meet again at
; 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Qualification fees are set high
, j enough, it was stated, to take
’ । care of extra expense should a
j [ run-off election be required. It
! was pointed out that in a pre
; vious primary when a run-off
.! was required, the committee, was
$340 short of funds.
, j In the event that all the funds
a received are not used, refunds
will be give all condidates, it was
. stated. Anyone withdrawing
. prior to the qualification dead
-line may have their full refund
Anyone withdrawing after the
■^'laPfictaion deadline will he
eligible for a refund in whole or
in part.
Candidates must qualify with
Mr. Espy in his office at Sum
merville.
MISS SEWELL'S r
SISTER IS INJURED
IN N. C. ACCIDENT
!
Mrs. J. E. Walker, sister of Miss
. Maude Sewell, of Summerville,
was seriously injured last week
in an automobile accident near
Marksville. N. C.
Mrs. Walker was riding with
; her step-daughter. Mrs. O. E
Wolff and Mrs. Wolff's 10-year
cld daughter, Judith Ann. Jud-
• | ith Ann was also seriously hurt.
State Highway Patrolman C
M Greeson of Winston-Salem,
said following a visit to the emer
gency room at Baptist hospital
j in Wiston-Salem, that Mrs. Wolff
did not appear to be so badly
injured.
State Highway Patrolman L. E
Greene said the car apparently
overturned one or more times,
j and was demolished.
It is understood that Mrs
Walker and Mrs. Wolff had driv
en Judith Ann to the Baptist
hospital in Winston-Salem to
have her eyes treated and were
। returning home when the acci
dent occurred.
Patrolman Greeson said later
that Mrs. Wolff sustained inju
ries to her legs and knees and
right shoulder: that Judith Ann
complained of a head injury:
and that Mrs. Walker complained
of a back injury.
Judith Ann also suffered
bruises and scratches on the
legs, according to the patrolman
Patrolman Greeson said Mrs
Wolff told him her 1949 Hudson
started skidding on the wet pave
ment and that she lost control
She said she was traveling about
forty.flve miles an hour and was
thrown out on the right side of
the car
Mrs. Walker was reared in this
county and Judith Ann has vis
ited here on several occasions
Mrs. Wolff is the former Miss
Rose Walker
Dr. W. Marlin Payne, of Sum
merville, was among those at
tending the 45th annual con
vention of the Georgia Opto
metrie Association at Albany
Sunday through Tuesday
The local Optometrist heard
lectures on "Socialized Medi
cine". Visual Training”, and
.Ocular Pathology” by represen
; tatlves of the medical and Opto
metric professions