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Try Our Job Printing VOLUME 66 NUMBER- 19 College Made Reality For County Group Six Chattooga County high school seniors will get to go to college next year because some one cared enough to assist them. Five $l5O scholarships were presented by a group of civic organizations, while a scholar ship for the same amount was presented by the Subligna com munity to the alternate winner. Each high school in the coun ty, (with the exception of Lyer ly who had no seniors planning to attend college) selected two members from their senior class who hoped to go to college as candidates. One from each school was selected for a scholarship with the other per son from that school being named an alternate. Winners were: Martha Sue Gordon, of Gore; Billy Flanagan, cf Summerville; Jo Ann Hogg, of Menlo; J. W. Tudor, of Subligna; and Peggy Styles, of Trion. The Subligna community pre sented Mary Earl Jordon, Sublig na alternate, with a $l5O scholarship. Other alternates were: John Robert Lee, of Trion; Carlton Hawkins, of Gore; Barbara Cash, of Summerville; and Jerry Hogg, of Menlo. Those sponsoring the scholar ships were: Summerville Lions Club, Trion Lions Club, Summer ville-Trion Rotary Club, Mason- McCauley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, Summerville Woman’s Club, Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Summer ville Retail Merchants Associa tion. Candidates for the scholar ships were selected on the basis of leadership, character, ability and citizenship. Clarence N. Walker, business manager of Berry Schools, was principal speaker at the dinner meeting, which was attended by parents of the candidates and representatives of the sponsor ing organizaions. Trion School Plans May Day Event A lovely event is being plan ned the Trion Grammar School for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, when the May Day Festival i will be held at the Trion ball park. The opening performance, based on a poem taken from “The Gingham Dog and the Cal ico Cat," will be presented by the first grade. Miss Aileen Akin’s second [ grade will present a skit en titled “Seven Steps.” An English dance, “Hewitt’s Fancy,” will be presented by Miss Isa Stancill’s and Mrs. Ruth McCollum’s second grade. “Chimes of Dunkirk,’ and “Ace of Diamonds,” will be par- 1 ticipated in by 105 third graders.' An American folk dance and an Italiance dance will be pre-j sented by fourth grade boys and [ girls, and An Australian folk dance and an American folk । dance will be given by the fifth grades “The Running Schottische,” a Swiss marching song, will be presented by sixth grades. A number of sixth graders will also assist the seventh grade in the climax to the activities, when 56 children will dance the Spanish Circle. 1 in 6 in This County Can Expect Cancer More money is spent on can cer-ridden Chattooga Countlans than is raised in the annual can cer society drives. This information was released this week as the cancer drive got ■ under way in the county. Another startling fact revealed i was that one person in six In this county will sometime during their lifetime have cancer of one I degree or another A tragic thing about cancer, it ' was pointed out, is that it often strikes children. More children in Georgia die of cancerous diseases than any | other disease with the exception of whooping cough. Money raised in the county by the cancer society is sent to the i state society, which in turn dis- 1 tributes it to the 17 State Aid I Cancer Centers in the state. The nearest cancer center to Sum merville Is Rome. These centers are financed by the State Health Department and the Cancer Society. A small percentage of the funds Is sent to the national so ciety for research and educa tional work. ^uinmFrutllF fcs We'll Print Your Baby's Pictures Would you like to see your baby’s picture in The News? If so, just send It to us and we’ll be happy to print it for you free of charge. Also send the baby’s com plete name, age, and parents name and address. Exchange Student Addresses Club Miss Inge Von Gemmingen, of Heidelberg, Germany, a foreign exchange student sponsored by Rotary International, was the principal speaker Wednesday at the regular meeting of the Sum merville-Trion Rotary Club at Rigeldale Tavern. She spoke on her impression of the United States. Miss Gem minghen is a student at Shorter College. Others on the program from Shorter were Miss Billie Berger, of Miami, Fla.; Miss Patsy Chapman, of Plant City, Fla.; and Miss Martha Jo Gilstrap, of Chattanooga. Miss Berger and Miss Chap man entertained with solos, ac companied by Miss Gilstrap at the piano. Henry Fullbright, Rome Ro tian, had charge of the program for E. L. Gray. George Erwin and Donald Barnes, of Marietta, were guests ■of the Club. Ladles Night will be held Tues ! day, May 9, at the Tavern. VFW TO MEET FRIDAY; STUBBS APPOINTS OFFICERS The local pos l of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 8 [p.m. during the summer months, jit was announced this week by Commander John Stubbs. A meeting is planned for Fri day evening, May 5, and all vet erans interested in joining are cordially invited to attend. The present membership of the local post is 320. Commander Stubbs, who re cently took office, has an nounced appointments for of ficers. They areas follows: C. B. Bricker, of Trion adju [tant; James R. Teddar, of Sum merville. service: James H. Floyd, of Pennville, publicity; Raymond Gaylor, of Summer ville, assistant quartermaster; John R. Hartline, of Pennville, legislative; Max White, of Menlo, [ patriotic instructor: Stan ley Greenwood, of Trion, officer of I the day. Talmadge To Open Campaign in Albany Governor Herman Talmadge opens his campaign for re-elec tion as Georgia’s Chief Execu tive at Albany on Saturday, May 6th A crowd of 35,000 people is ex pected to hear the Governor re view his past two years in office, and outline his campaign plat form. Radium Springs, five miles be low Albany, is the location for the speaking. A gala celebration has been planned by the i Dougherty County "Talmadge for Governor" Club. Talmadge will be introduced jby James H. Gray, publisher of । the Albany Herald. Master of Ceremonies will be J. W. "Taxi” Smith. Menard Peacock, Mayor | of Albany, and Morris V. Tift, Chairman of the County Com i mission, will extend a welcome to the visitors. Rites Held For Infant Flier Graveside services for the in fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eller, Cedar Bluff, Route jl, were conducted from the graveside of the Broomtown Cemetery Sunday afternoon. Other than parents, she was survived by grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Roy Morris, of Cedar Bluff. Ala., and grandfather, W. M. Eller, of Trion; three half brothers, James Roy, Marsh Lee and James Franklin Tucker, all of Cedar Bluff, Route 1. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950 BROOKE PIERCE LEAVES S. H. S. FOR LEE HIGH Brooke Pierce, who has been ' athletic director at the Summer ville High School for the past [four years, has accepted a sim jilar position at the Chickamauga Lee High School. According to E. M. Blue, Sum merville school superintendent, no one has been selected to re place Mr. Pierce. : Mrs. Pierce is a teacher in the 1 Summerville Home Economics j department. A native of Trion, Mr. Pierce made an impressive football rec ord while at the University of Georgia when he played in the Rose and Orange Bowls, He also was active in baseball. Prior to coming to the Sum merville School, Mr. Pierce was in the Marine Corps, having , served three years as a Lieuten j ant. He was wounded early in , the Iwo Jima campaign. WOMAN DIES OF WRECK INURIES; I I MASON IN HOSPITAL A Chattooga County woman is • dead and a local man is in Floyd ( Hospital, Rome, as the result of Injuries sustained in an automo . bile accident near Lindale early Saturday. Mrs. Mary Webb, of Summer ville, Route 1, died Wednesday morning of injuries which in volved a broken back and dislo cated hip. Charles Mason, also of Sum merville, remains in "fair” con dition at the Rome hospital, after suffering severe head ! wounds. Robert Mason and John Clowdis, both of Summerville, were in the vehicle when it over turned, but were not hurt. The automobile in which the 'four were riding suddenly w’ent out of control on the Lindale Highway and overturned. Floyd County Policeman Von Brock in vsetigated the accident about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. It occurred about one mile norh of Lindale, j the vehicle being en route to ' Lindale. Details concerning funeral ar rangements for Mrs. Webb were jnot immediately available, how ever J. D. Hill Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Ladies Win Range, Refrigerator Misses Rebecca Sprouse and Edna Fuller won a range and refrigerator, respectively, last week-end in the two-day free cooking school sponsored by The Loop Furniture Cmpany. In additin to the range and refrigerator, a number of other ' smaller prizes were given away [ to those attending the school. Miss Rossie Ann Gibson, Home Economist of the A. J. Lindeman Hoverson Company of Mil waukee. Wisconsion, conducted the school. Presbyterians Plan Picnic Supper A picnic supper will be held jat 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Summerville Presbyterian Church in observance of Family Night and the birthday party of (the Women of the Church. This supper also will take the place of the men's meeting for the month of May. Church leaders stated that a good program is being planned and that a free will offering will bo taken for the birthday ob jective. Musical Recital Al Lyerly Friday A musical recital will be pre- j sented by the pupils of Mrs. B B. Brogdon at 8 p.m. Friday at, the Lyerly Baptist Church. Mrs. Brogdon’s pupils will pre- I sent numbers on the piano, l marimba and there will be a flute band. HUNTER HOME BURNS FRIDAY A four-room house in West Summerville owned by Homer McKeehan and occupied by John Hunter, was totally destroyed by fire Friday night. The origin of the fire was not determined, members of the lo cal fire department stated. No one was at home at the time the fire began and when the fire de partment arrived on the scene it was too late ot save he struc ture. No household furnishings were saved. P. 0. To Observe New Window Hours New hours of window service at the Summerville Post Office were announced this week by John Stubbs, Postmaster. । The post office will be open • daily Monday through Friday - from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on ■ Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, i Postmaster Stubbs said, and there will be no window service ■ on legal holidays. . These hours conform to those • observed by other post offices of similar size in this vicinity and • throughout the nation, it was > pointed out. There are no changes con “ | templated in the hours of de liivery by city carriers and rural ■(carriers at this time, Mr. Stubbs : 'said. > The lobby of the post office will be open daily from 7 a.m. to ■ 9 p.m. > I The postmaster said the : change was made in the interest of the most economical adequate 1 service to the public and in or der to comply with recent in structions of the Postmaster General. Soilbail Season Gets Start Here This Week The City Softball League got under way Monday with the Bus Station and the Tooga Grill emerging as victors in the two games of the evening. Lyerly lost to the Bus Station, 12-7, while the Valley Head, Ala., group, who replaced the Baptist Church in the League, made only 4 points to the Tooga Grill’s 16. Tuesday’s games were rained j out and they were to have been played last night. All games are played on the Summerville Manufacturing Co. softball field located in South Summerville. , The schedule calls for the Bus Station and the Valley Head nine to play in the first game this ■ evening, with the Tooga Grill and Lyerly to meet in the last game. Pennville and the Georgia Rug Mill will play th- first game to morrow evening' 'with the last | game to be a non-league affair , j involving the Summerville Manu 1| facturing Company and a vet eran's team. The Georgia Rug Mill and the Summerville Manufacturing Co. I will compete in the opening at 8 ■' p.m. Monday. No second game lias been scheduled. Lyerly and Valley Head are scheduled to face each other at i 8 p.m. Tuesday with the Bus j Station and the Tooga Grill to play the last game of the eve ning. Father and Son To Preach At Berryton Young David Adams, 13, son ’i of the Rev. Dewey Adams, will (speak at the 11 a.m. service Sun ■ | day at the Berryton Baptist i Church, it was announced this week by the Rev. F. M. Higgins, I pastor. The Rev. Mr Adams, of Chat tanooga, will preach at 2:30 p.m. jin a special evangelistic service. The public is invited to attend both services, the Rev. Mr. Hig gins stated. HERE T THERE Pfc. Charlie T. Kash, para trooper of the 504th Airborne In fantry Regiment will participate in an airborne invasion at Fort' Bragg, during April and May. This attack will be part of the I Army-Air Force airhead ma neuver, "Exercise Swanner”, in volving a force of 60,000 men and 600 aircraft. Pfc. Rash, the son of Charlie E. Rash, who lives at Route 2, Summerville, will, along with his ■unit, play a major role in the! lair and parachute operations that will make "Exercise Swarm mer” the largest peacetime, air borne maneuver since the war. Henry Holt Owings, of Sum merville, is among five Univer sity of Georgia students who have been named candidates for valedictorian of the senior class. The honor will go to the one re ceiving the greatest number of votes in a class election. Other candidates are: Ludwig L. Barbato, Jersey City, N. J.; Carolyn Goodman, Athens; Hall Peebles. Augusta, and Mrs. Olive Hall Shadgett, Athens. Requirements ror valedictor ian are a minimum of six quar ters of study at the University and one of the five highest sen ior averages. BAND AND FILM TO BE ON WILDLIFE CLUB PROGRAM i Marshall Lowry will have ' charge of the entertainment pro i gram at the County Wildlife and , Conservation Club meeting at 8 I p. m„ May 8, at the Lyerly school > auditorium. Mr. Lowry states that he will • have an interesting program and : will feature the Summerville Hi I band in several selections. ; An interesting film, released by Eastern Airlines, entitled • “Flying Fisherman and Flying Hunter,” will be shown and this [ is said to be the best wildlife ; picture produced. An Abbott and Costello comedy also will be [ shown. i The club president, W. H. Smith, invites the general public > to attend the meetings. VET GROUP HEARS HARRELL Veterans attending night classes at Summerville Monday night heard an address by L. B. Harrell, of Dickeyville, candidate for the position of Judge of the new Lookout Circuit. Mr. Harrell stated that the home of the person elected Judge would be the seat of the new Circuit. Mr. Harrell is the only candidate from this county, the other two candidates being from LaFayette. He stated that this would mean “an influx of a good many thousand dollars to the seat of the circuit.” He said that justice would be ‘ firm but fair” should he be the . one elected. Mr. Harrell promised an “efficient court with regard to the interest of those support ing the court." Mr. Harrell contended that he j had experience to enable him to . tell the difference “between a wayward boy and a confirmed criminal.” Mrs. Estelle Hammitt, 22, Dies Os Wounds Mrs. Estelle Crane Hanunitt, 22, of Route 2, Summerville, passed away at 6:50 p.m. Mon l day following wounds received . from an accidental gunshot while on a picnic at Cloudland . on April 23. Surviving are her husband, ; Holland Hammitt; parents, Mr J and Mrs Aruthr Crane, of Jamestown, Ala.; five sisters. Mrs. R. M. Peace . of Bay Minette, Ala., Mrs. Bill Mason, (Mrs. J. C. Jackson and Miss Bet ty Crane, all of Jamestown, Ala., and Mrs. Roy Orr, of Trion; two (brothers, David Crane, of Bay Minette, Ala., and James Crane, of Jamestown, Ala. Eleven nieces i and three nephews also survive. Funeral services were conduct . ed at the East Trion Church of ; God at 10 a.m. Wednesday with i the Rev. Clyde Maples, the Rev. F. E. Crowe and H M. Duke of ficiating. Pallbearers were: Earl White, . Deedie Powell. Grady Love. Ken . neth White, Wesley Bartlett and Cecil Brady. Interment was in the Trion Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in charge. Cpl. James W. Hurley, of Sum merville, son of Robert Hurley, of Route 2. is among approxi mately 4,000 troops of V Corps and its attached units partici pating in the biggest air-ground {maneuver in history—" Exercise Swarmer.” k "Swarmer,” commanded by Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad of the U. S Air Force, is planned on a major scale and its scope is well in ad vance of anything hitherto at tempted in war or peace. Total personnel engaging in the ma neuver will approach 60,000 in cluding men from every state in the Union. The object is to test the feasi bility of flying men and equip ment into the center of enemy held territory, keeping them supplied solely by air lift. The enemy in this case will be an "Aggressor” force, which theo retically has invaded the coasts of North Carolina nnd Florida. A regular communication of । Lyerly Lodge No. 338 F and A.M. will be held at 8 p.m Saturday. May 6. Urgent business is to be I t ransacted and all qualified Ma sons are requested to attend. Q. Trion Chapter 339, 0.E.5., will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5. All members are urged to at tend as there will be degree work Thousands Expected For May Day Festival A gala day is in store for those who attend the May Day । Festival in Summerville Wednesday, May 10. A big street parade, . band concert, community sing, tacky parade and prizes galore will be big attractions of the day. I YOUNG LADIES TO SELL BUDDY 1 POPPIES MAY 10 > I Girl Scouts and Summerville ’ I high school girls will sell Buddy ; Poppies in Summerville on 1 Wednesday, May 10, to aid needy ; Chattooga County veterans and for the maintenance of the VFW ■ National Home for war orphans : and widows at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Announcement of the Poppy | sale was made recently by Hugh Henderson, county chairman, .and John Stubbs, Commander of (the local Veterans of Foreign ■ Wars post, sponsors. Duke Jennings, R C. Harde |man and Charles Green are ■ j members of a committee to as ‘ [sist Mr. Henderson with the drive. The Buddy Poppies will be sold in Trion on May 26-27 by Boy Scouts, it was stated. RADIO PROGRAM TO SALUTE COUNTY The new radio program en j titled “Plowing Time” will sa lute Chattooga County on Fri day, May 12, at 6:15 a.m. This new radio program is de : signed for the farm audience j and offers up-to-the minute re l ports on agriculture, tips for , better farming and interviews , j with prominent farmers in Chat tooga County. Dudley McCaskill, well-knowm i radio personality and acting farm director, will be Master of Ceremonies. Personal interviews with local farmers will be f handled by Ronnie Stevens, of the Georgia Agricultural Exten sion Service. •Plowing Time” acts as bulle tin board, keeping the farm families, in each county, inform ■ ed about their own county’s ag ricultural events, and the pro ((grams in other counties as it as ( sects agriculture. , CONCERT AND SINING ARE SET FOR THIS WEEK-END IN S’ILLE > A triple header concert Satur ' day night will precede the semi . annual all—lay singing conven s tion at the courthouse in Sum . merville Sunday. Saturday night's event will : feature the Rangers Quartet, of i Raleigh, N. C., Vick’s Quartet, of . Chattanooga, and The Harmony • Boys, of Summerville. The con cert will begin at 8:30 p.m. These three quartets will join . many others Sunday for the all day event which is staged each first Sunday in May. D. R. KNIGHT, 66, DIES IN MARYLAND Dayo R. Knight, 66, son of the late Apalinda Knight and John Knight, of near Menlo, died suddenly at his home in Silver Springs, Md.. Friday, April 21. He was the brother of Mrs. C. N. Wilson, of near Menlo, and the late Dr. Thomas O What acre, of Bowling Green. Ohio. Until ill |health forced his retirement two years, ago, he was employed with the Housing Administration in Washington, D. C. Mr. Knight is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Knight, of Sil ver Springs, Md.: one daughter, Miss Catherine Knight, superin tendent of nurses in a Washing ton, D C. hospital; and one sis ter, Mrs. C. H. Wilson, of Menlo, j He was preceded in death by two Infant sons. His father died eight years ago in Menlo. Funeral services for Mr. Knight were held at the Wash ington, D C. First Christian Church, of which he was an elder, and at the Scott's Ridge Presbyterian Church near Bowling Green, Onto, with inter ment in the Scott’s Ridge Ceme tery. Mrs Wilson and son. Walter E. Wilson, both of Menlo, and daughter. Mrs. O. J. Craven, and Tittle grandson, Paul Craven, of Chattanooga. Tenn., attended I their brother's and uncle’s fu-, neral near Bowling Green. They 'returned home Wednesday. Growing With Chattooga $1.50 PER YEAR Summerville’s schools will close at noon to permit all the (children who wish to, to partici pate in the afternoon activities Mayor J. L. McGinnis will lead the parade which will begin at 2 p.m. The Rome High School ’ Band, Trion High School Band, j pets, floats and horses will be ( among the features of the pa j jrade. ; A host of prizes will be given s away during the afternoon in eluding a gas stove, shoes, dress ’ (es and other merchandise. , ( A large portion of Commerce j j Street will be roped off from traffic and farm implements. [ [automobiles and trucks, as well Jas livestock will be on display Anyone interested in being in . | the tacky parade is asked to con- I [tact Miss Beulah Shropshire at \ Phone 104 for details. Throughout the day there will be free jeep rides for everyone. Be sure to come and take a ride. It’s always fun! There will be television sets, greasy poles, greasy pigs, odd modes of transportation, “a jail.” and many other interesting and amusing features to enter tain throughout he day. A motorcade will visit throughout the county Tuesday to remind all countians to drop whatever they're doing and come to Summerville for the big day. Most stores in the city are offering special sales during the day and shoppers are expected to find many savings. Open house will be held at the new Summerville News end everyone is invited to come and see the county newspaper in the ^process of being printed. Checks, Saving Bonds Being Forged-Barrett Criminals are currently doing the booming business forging U S. Treasury checks and U. S. War and Savings Bonds. William K Barrett, director of the State Department of Veterans Serv ice. announced today. ।[ Barrett cited figures which in- J dicate the Treasury Department । Secret Service Division last year handled over 7,500 bond forgery cases. These involved over half a million dollars in government 'checks. He also cited figures which in ■ dicate over 30.000 U. S Treasury • (checks were forged last year ■ i epresenting a face value of over • $2,000,000. Treasury checks are currently I being forged at the rate of 100 ! per day. ![ According to Barrett the Se ricret Service advises that all vet erans receiving government checks should provide a good, । locked mail box in which nostal carriers can deposit the drafts. i ।He added that the last endorser of a forged government check is held to be the responsible party and is therefore the loser. He [advises that Georgians be very careful in accepting government checks and that positive identity of the holder of the check be es tablished before it is cashed. In the event that any Georgia veteran has lost a government check or war bond or believes that his name was illegally placed upon one for conversion into cash, should contact the lo cal Veterans Service Office for complete Instructions on what action should be taken. The Vet erans Service Office in this area is located at the courthouse in Summerville every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Manager of this office Is W D Greene Mrs. Littlejohn, 84, Dies in Summerville Mrs Martha Catherine Day Lltttlejohn. 84. died in Summer ville at 1:30 a.m. Monday after 'several weeks illness. She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Joe Nooan, of Chattanooga: la sister, Mrs J A Littlejohn, of LaFayette; two brothers. N. J. Day. of Rossville, and J H. Day. [of LaFayette. Two granddaugh ters and two grandsons also sur vive. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Chattooga Baptist Church, of which she was a member, at 2 pm Wednesday, with the Rev. J. R. McCurdy, of । LaFayette. officiating. Inter ment was in the Trinity Ceme- Itery, LaFayete. Route 4.