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FREAK CHATTOOGA WRECK KILLS BOY, 6-Pictured above is the Central of Georgia passenger
""" a ^ r ** struck a lumber-laden truck near Summerville, Ga., yesterday morning sending
timbers flying through the air which killed Manuel Odell Busby, 6. Note the heavy timbers wedged
under the front of the engine. Six men worked several hours prying loose the timbers. Debris from
the wreckage was thrown as far as 300 feet from the scene of the crash. Civic leaders were sched
uhxl to meet today in an attempt to make the crossing where the accident occurred safer. ( Additional
photos and story on Page 5.) —(Photo by Mary Jo Logan.)
Dr. Rackley, Father
Os Counfians, Dies
Funeral services for Dr. E. M.
Rackley, 76, dentist, of Mt. Ver
non, were conducted in the Bap
tist Church there, with the pas- [
tor, the Rev. C. L. Sibley, offi- |
elating, assisted by the Rev. A.
W. Ray. Interment was in the
Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
Dr. Rackley died suddenly at a
fishing camp near Ochlochnee
Lodge, Fla. He was the son of
the late W. L. D. Rackley and
Mrs. Amelia Mobley Rackley and
was born in Burke County, near [;
Sardis. He had practiced den
tistry in Mount Vernon forty:
years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 1
Alice Burke Rackley, formerly of I
Washington County; five sons,
Waldo, of Warner Robins; Dr.'
O. D. Rackley, of Albany, Eugene,
of Summerville; Hubert and Ce- :
cil, of Mt. Vernon; a daughter
Mrs. H. C. Hardin, of Tilua; a
sister, Mrs. Lessie Fox, of Vida
lia; two brothers, C. A. Rockley.
of Uvalda, and Dr. Floyd Rack
ley, of Millen. There are eight
grandchildren and one great
grandchild also surviving.
Local Attorneys Io
Attend Convention
Two local attorneys plan to at- ;
tend the annual convention of
the Georgia Bar Associatin at
the DeSoto Hotel in Savannah,
June 1-3.
Earl Self and Bobby Lee Cook
disclosed this week their plans J
for attending the convention.
Speakers include Armstead
Mason Dobie, of Charlottsville, i 1
Va., Judge U. C. Court of Ap
peals; W. H. Duckworth, Geor- ! I
gia Supreme Court Justice; and 1
Augustine T. Smythe, Charles- 1 i
ton. S. C. attorney. ’
National Magazine Recognizes
Work of Menlo School Teacher
The work of a Menlo school
teacher and her pupils has been
recognized by the nationally cir
culated teachers’ magazine.
The Instructor.”
In th° June issue of the pro
fessional magazine, which is
published monthly in Dansville,
N. Y., there appears a photo
graph of circus figures made by
the fourth grade of Miss
Blanche Toles, of Menlo.
The photograph was used in
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MAKING A CIRCUS Menlo school children are shown drawing
and painting circus "animals” while others read circus stories A
picture of the "animals” appears in the June issue of the teachers’
professional publication, “The Instructor.” From left to right,
standing, are: Nell Hamby, Bobby Simmons, Richard Romine and
Dale Wofford. Seated are Margaret Crane, Peggy Copeland, Jennie
Swanson and Charles Spraggins
^ummpruillr Nms
Trio Escapes Injury
In Collision Sunday
One of the series of auto ac
cidents which prevailed in
Chattooga County over the
week-end was less tragic than
[the others.
No one suffered injuries at 1
a. m. Sunday when the vehicles
driven by Austin Corbin, of
Route 2. Armuchee, and J. B.
Blackmon, Route 4, LaFayette,
collided at Scott’s Hill near
Gore
I State Patrol officers said the
(accident was caused by blind
ness. Blackmon, accompanied by
Mrs. Blackmon and their child,
was driving north, while Corbin
I was driving south.
No charges were placed against
the drivers.
TRION, BERRYTON,
MENLO TO GET
POPPIES MAY 26-27
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Hugh Henderson, chairman of
the Chattooga County Buddy
Poppy sale, sponsored by the
VFW. revealed this week that fi
nal plans have been made for
the sale of poppies in Trion on
Friday and Saturday.
Harry Farrow, quartermaster
of the local VFW post, will have
charge of the sale in Lyerly Sat
urday.
Trion High School girls who
will sell the symbolic replicas
are: Patricia McClung. Joyce
Battles, Bertha Croy. Jimmie
Leath, Nell Howard, Bonnie
Young and Glenda Brown. The
girls also plan to sell poppies in
Menlo and Berryton.
A cash prize of $5 will be given
the girl selling the most poppies.
When the poppies were sold in
Summerville on May 10. Jean
Marshall sold $12.56. The total
intake from Summerville’s drive
was $213.
"The Instructor” to illustrate the
[story, 'Making the Most of the
Circus," written by Ruth Anne
Korey, Assistant Principal, Pub
lic School 181, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cut by the pupils from card- [
i board, tne figures were painted
. I with tempera paint. They in- 1
[elude monkeys, elephants, tigers,
[clowns, zebras and other circus
' "notables."
Miss Toles is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Toles.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1950
S’ville Seniors Io
Go Io Washington
Thirty-seven joyful Summer
i ville seniors will leave tomorrow
■ for Washington. D. C., where they
i will spend several days, return
ing Wednesday, May 31.
The group will leave Cedar
> । town at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow and
’ return to Cedartown at 9:30 a.m.
• [ Wednesday.
[ | Chaperones will be Mrs. Chas,
i Rudicil, Miss Jo Maret, Mrs. Har
ry McGinnis and E. M. Blue.
Reservations have been made
for the students on the Seaboard
i Air Line Railroad Company’s Sil
.; ver Comet.
On arrival in Richmond the
group will be picked up by a
chartered bus and taken uptown
for breakfast. After a tour of
the historical city of Richmond,
special stops will be made at St.
John’s Church and the Capitol.
The group will then continue on
for sightseeing in Williamsburg,
Va., where the Rockefeller Foun
dation has spent over 20 million
dollars on restoration. The tour
wall also include visiting James
town, Yorktown, Langley Field
and Fortress Monroe.
After sightseeing, the seniors
will board the Old Bay Line
Steamer for an overnight trip up
the Chesapeake Bay.
On arrival in Baltimore they
will be picked up by special char
tered busses and transferred to
the U. S. Naval Academy at An
i napolis, Md. f for a tour. From
I there they will go on to Wash
ington. Arlington, Alexandria and
Mt. Vernon.
Parents who desire to send
mail should address it to Har
’ rington Hotel, Washington, D. C.
LOCAL VFW FOURTH
LARGEST IN STATE,
WITH 376 MEMBERS
The Mason-McCauley Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post continues
to maintain its position as fourth
largest post in the state, having
more members than ever in its ;
history.
There are at present 376 mem
bers, 45 of whom where sworn in
Friday night.
The largest previous member
ship was in 1947 when there were
322 members.
One hundred and eighty-five
persons attended the dinner
meeting held Friday night at the
Memorial Home.
A brief business session pre
ceded the dinner
Georgia Resorts Now
Listed at C. of C.
Planning a vacation?
If you haven’t yet decided
just where to go, contact Mary
John Fowler. Phone 239, at the
Chamber of Commerce, to see
I he list of Georgia mountain and [
beach resorts.
The list also contains the rates [
pt the various resorts.
COUNTY'S RESOURCES
TO BE FEATURED
ON PROGRAM
The seventh grade pupils of '
the Lyerly school will present a
program on the natural. Indus
trial and human resources of
Chattooga County at the Lyerly
School auditorium at 8:15 p.m.
Friday.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend.
TALMADGE RALLY
HERE SATURDAY
All is in readiness for the Tal
madge Rally in Summerville at
3:45 p.m. Saturday at the court
house, according to Fred Aldred.
Motorcades are expected from
LaFayette, Ringgid, Trenton and
throughout north Georgia, the [
local Talmadge supporter said.
The Harmony Boys quartet
has been hired to provide enter
tainment from 2:30 p. m. until
the governor arrives, Mr. Aldred.
Talmadge supporters last week
| stated they expect 10,000 per
sons to attend the rally.
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Tooga Grill Leads
Softball League
The Tooga Grill this week
tops the Summerville Softball
League with only one loss in
seven games. Also having only
one loss, is the Summerville
Manufacturing Company, who
has won four games.
I Lyerly scored five more than
I South Summerville Tuesday
night to make the final score
110-5, and in a later game on the
[same evening, Tooga Grill de
feated the Summerville Manu
facturing Company, 11-5.
On the previous evening, Mon
’ | day, Pennville and the Bus Sta
, tion met, with the Penn outfit
emerging as victor on a 11-5
score. The other half of the twin
bill was won by Valley Head, who
scorched the Georgia Rugh Bill
38-6
| Friday's games were rained
I cut.
Lyerly, seeking that third
place she now holds, defeated
the Georgia Rug Mill Thursday
, evening, and later the Tooga
Grill edged ahead of the Penn
ville team 11-8.
In a game Wednesday evening,
the game was forfeited to the
Georgia Rug Mill, as South Sum
[ merville used an ineligible play
er, according to A. G. Dunson,
president of the League. The
score was 23-7.
The schedule calls for a meet
ing this evenius of the Bus Sta
jtion and South Summerville,
land the Alabama group and the
Summerville Mfg. team.
Tomorrow is an open day
when rained out or unplayed
games will be held.
Valley Head will again come
Ite Georgia on Monday, this time
Ito meet the Tooga Grill, with
hpes of beating the top team.
[The Bus Station and Lyerly will
| meet on the same evening.
The Georgia Rug Mill and
South Summerville will battle it
out Tuesday, followed by a
game between Summerville Mfg.
and Pennville.
Because of the late entry of
South Summerville, this team
has to make up games with Sum
merville Mfg. .Pennville, Valley
Head and the Bus Station. The
game with the Bus Station is a
rained out game and is sched
[iiled for today.
Standings are as follows:
W L Pct.
Tooga Grill 6 1 .857
S’ville Mfg. Co. 4 1 .800
Lyerly 4 3 .571
Bus Station 3 3 .500
Pennville 3 3 .500
Georgia Rug Mill 2 5 .286
Valley Head 1 4 .200
Souht S’ville o 3 .000
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BERNARD KING
BAPTIST LEADER
TO SPEAK IN TRION
Bernard D. King, Secretary of
the Baptist Brotherhood of
Georgia, will speak at the 11 a.m.
service at the First Baptist
Church of Trion Sunday, May
28. J. C. Woods, president of the
Trion Baptist Brotherhood, made
the announcement.
Mr. King will also speak at the i
Trion Church at 3 p.m. Sunday,
to minsters and laymen from 1
over the Chattooga Association 1
The various pastors and lay
men are cordially Invited to hear |
the State Secretary.
Traffic Accident Spurs
Citizens To Action Here
MAN REMAINS
I UNCONSCIOUS AFTER
ACCIDENT FRIDAY
A young man involved in an
[ automobile accident on Tay
[lor’s Ridge Friday night had not
; gained consciusness yesterday
: afternoon.
Robert Scott, 31, of Mentone,
Ala., suffered acute brain in-
Ijuries when the automobiles in
I which he and four other persons
[were riding failed to make a
I curve on the west side of Taylor’s
Ridge. It crashed through the
guard railing and down the side
of the mountain.
A Riegel Community Hospital
doctor said yesterday that the
Mentone man is “doing as well
as could be expected” and there
is reason to believe he will
survive. He also suffered a dis
located left shoulder, crushed
right shoulder and injuries to
the right lung.
One of the other persons rid
ing in the vehicle was Scott’s
wife, Mary Sue Scott, 28, also
[ of Mentone, who was treated for
cuts and bruises and released
, from the hospital Monday.
Marvin Floyd King, 24. U. S.
I Army, Harry Cash, 26, and Bill
'Cash 30, all of Mentone, escaped
i with only minor injuries and
were not admitted to the hos
i pital.
State Patrol troopers charged
King with driving while intxo
cated.
Much Accomplished
At Henry Farm j
Demonstration-Akin
H. H. Elrod, veterans farm in-
Istructor, and C. B. Akin, county
school superintendent, this week
expressed their thanks and ap- [
preciation to the many who con-1
tributed in making the farm
(demonstration on May 17 such a 1
success.
Educational authorities are
constantly striving to gear the,
educational problems to the
needs of the community, said
Mr. Akin this week.
I The leaders disclosed the fol-J
lowing accomplishments at the [
Ralph Henry Farm in Haywood
Valley: house remodelled, kitch
en modernized, barn remodelled.
'2lO rods of fencing, 12 acres of
pasture seeded, two acres clear
ed, 18 acres seeded to serecia.
2,500 ft. of terraces built, 10 acres
planted in grain, five acres of
cotton planted. 10 acres of corn
! planted by Mr. Henry on an-I
other farm, and fish and stock
pond built.
In a joint statement. Mr. Akin
and Mr Elrod expressed their
thanks to the following who co
operated in the project: veteran
-teachers and trainees, vocational
teachers and F.F.A. chapters,
county agent, P.M.A super
visor, home demonstration agent
home economist of Georgia
Power Company, F.H.A. super-,
visor, local equipment dealers;
I fertilizer dealers, lumber deal
jers, business concerns in Rome,.
[ heavy equipment operators in '
county, local farmers, radio sta- ■
tion. local electricians and the
T.V.A.
MEMBERSHIP IN
DISTRICT VFW UP
Membership of the Veterans of ;
Foreign Wars for the Seventh!
District is up 6 per cent over last [ 1
year, according to Commander J.
C. Cavin of Trion. There are at ;
present 1,382 members in the Dis
trict. , •
This was disclosed Sunday at
a meeting in Marietta of the Dis
trict VFW. when the Douglas
ville. Marietta. Summerville. Ac
worth, Dalton and Calhoun posts
were represented.
All posts In the District made
contributions to the School Boy
Patrol drive, it was revealed, and I
a number of posts plan to sell
Buddy Poppies on June 3. The i
poppies already have been sold
in Chattooga County.
All posts plan to send delegates ;
to the state convention which
will be held this summer.
Those attending the Marietta
meeting from the local post were
Mr. Cavin, James Floyd, of Penn
ville, Junior Vice Commander for
the State, who represented the
State Department; Fred Lancas-1
ter, of Trion, local Senior Vice-
Commander, and Harry Farrow,
of Lyerly, local quartermaster.
RESOLUTION URGES
SIGNAL LIGHTS
Below is a copy of the resolu
tion passed by a group of citizens
here Tuesday and sent to the
1 Governor, Central of Georgia
Railway and the State Highway
[ Department, urging construction
of signal lights at the crossing in
North Summerville:
' : STATE OF GEORGIA,
l ; COUNTY OF CHATTOOGA
i WHEREAS, there exists in the
11 City of Summerville. Georgia, a
> [ grade crossing located on U. S.
', Highway No. 27 north of the City
' proper; and
I WHEREAS, said crossing is now
I dangerous due to the fact that
‘ buildings have been constructed
1 on adjacent property obstructing
• the clear view of the approaches
I to this crossing;
WHEREAS, in the past two
‘ [ years people have lost their lives
j at this crossing; and
WHEREAS, a great number of
;: people narrowly escaped serious
, injury at said crossing, although
■; they were driving with utmost
I [ caution; and
WHEREAS, said crossing has
, become extremely dangerous for
the safety of citizens of Chat
.l tooga County and the public us
ing said Highway 27: and
WHEREAS, we, the undersign
i ed organizations, believe that sig
। nal lights would prevent further
loss of life and insure safe pas
sage at said crossing;
NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RE
SOLVED: That the undersigned
[ organizations hereby request the
proper officials of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, the
Governor of Georgia, and the
State Highway Department to
take definite and positive action
for the construction of adequate
signal lights at the grade cross
ing hereinabove described.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
s that these organizations jointly
| and individually request the Gov
ernor of Georgia. Herman Tal
i madge, to take appropriate steps
for the construction of signal
lights at said grade crossing to
[ insure future safety of traffic
over and along said crossing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the State Highway Depart
, ment be and the same is hereby
requested to investigate the ne
cessity of installation of signal
lights at said crossing and that
proper steps be taken to have
sarde installed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
i that the Central of Georgia Rail
[ way Company be requested to
■ work with the necessary officials
for the purpose of installing ade
quate signal lights at said dan
geious crossing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
j that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the Governor of
I Georgia. State Highway Depart
ment, and the Central of Geor
| gia Railway Company.
Passed unanimously at joint
meeting of the organizations
hereinafter named.
This 23rd day of May. 195.0.
City of Summerville
Bj’ J. L. McGinnis, Mayor
Retail Merchants Association
By Howard Bohannon, President
Chamber of Commerce. Chat- i
tooga County
By Fred Aldred. President
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club
By Beulah Shropshire, Presi
dent
Women’s Club
By Mrs. W. T. Gist. President
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
By D. L. McWhorter. President
Trion Lions Club
By George W. Collett, President
Summerville Lions Club
By John Davis, President
Veterans of Foreign Wars
By Fred Lancaster. President
American Legion
By L. W. Bulman. President
American Legion Auxiliary
By Mae Earl Strange. President.
Garden Club
By Mrs. O. G Morehead, Presi
dent
Board of Commissioners, Roads
& Revenue, Chattooga
County, Georgia
By Mose E Brinson, County At
torney
Summerville Presbyterian Church
By H. R. Foster. Pastor
Summerville Methodist Church
By Rev. H. G Walker, Pastor
Summerville Baptist Church
By Rev Tom Collins. Pastor
[ Church of Christ
By Clyde Williams, Pastor
S Summerville Baptist Church
By Rev. Steele, Pastor
Trion Presbyterian Church
By Rev. Leroy Obert, Pastor
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
The death of a six-year-old
) child and the serious injury of a
[ truck driver Monday aroused
I Chattooga Countians this week
who are determined that some
[ thing would be done about the
; dangerous railroad crossing
j where the tragedy occurred.
>: The view is obstructed on one
: [ side and there are no signal
i lights. This is the second death
’ at the crossing in two years.
' The little body of Manuel Odell
1 Busby was torn to pieces by fly
’ ing lumber, when the south
bound Central of Georgia passen
ger train collided with a lumber
, truck driven by Richard (Buddy)
’ Shields, 20, of Hopes Bluff, Ala.
The child was standing near
. the railroad tracks, as he often
did, to watch the train go by.
Shields remains in Riegel Com
munity Hospital. Trion, where
hospital attaches described his
■ condition yesterday as “serious.”
I He suffers a brain injury.
Action Taken
Results of a meeting of deter
' mined citizens Tuesday are ex-
I pected to be seen today.
A crew from the State High
way Department is to arrive this
morning to paint signs empha
sizing the danger at the much
used crossing.
James (Sloppy) Floyd, Chair
man of the Citizens Committee,
disclosed yesterday that he had
contacted V. W. Smith, Division
Engineer of the State Highway
Department, Gainesville, who de
clared that a crew would arrive
today. They are to paint two
yellow' lines on either side of the
tracks and to paint an “X” 15
। feet high and two “R’s” five feet
high on either side of the tracks.
This will be a temporary meas
ure, used merely as a supplement
between now and the time signal
lights can* be installed, it was
stated by Mr. Floyd.
Resolution Passed
At the meeting held Tuesday
at the Summerville Presbyterian
Church, a resolution was passed,
calling upon the Central of Geor
gia Railw’ay, the Governor of
Georgia and the State Highway
Department to “take definite and
positive action” for the construc
[ tion of adequate signal lights at
the crossing.
The resolution was signed by
I the mayor, chairman of County
Board of Commissioners, preach
ers and representatives from 11
county civic groups.
Mayor J. L. McGinnis Monday
instructed City Attorney T. J.
Espy to write the president of the
railw'ay and A. W. Justice. Chair
man of the County Board of
Roads and Revenue, instructed
Mose Brinson, county attorney,
to wire Governor Talmadge.
A telephone conversation with
Jim Gillis, head of the State
Highway Department, revealed
that the installation of signal
lights at this crossing is on the
ledger for July. It was explained
that doesn’t mean the lights will
be installed in July, but that
bids may be let.
It was suggested at the meet
ing that the city and county hire
a man to stand at the crossing
with a “Stop” sign, making every
car stop, as the law requires.
T. J. Espy was elected Secre
tary of the Committee and in
structed to pursue the matter
fully.
Funeral services for young
Busby were held at 2 p.m. Tues
day at the graveside in the Trion
Cemetery, with the Rev W H
Dean officiating.
The child is survived by his
mother. Mrs Hazel Hammitt Mc-
Guire; father. Lee Odell Busby;
stepfather. Wallace McGuire; one
sister. Carolyn Sue Busby; one
half-brother. Jackie Lamar Mc-
Guire.
County Shocked
All of Chattooga County was
shocked and saddened at the
tragic accident.
The northbound truck carried
4,000 feet of lumber, which was
strewn for hundreds of feet in
the area of the crash. Shields
was hauling a load of green
hardwood lumber to a chair
manufacturing company in
Cleveland. Tenn., for hl.s brother.
W C. Shields, who contracted for
N A. Shaner Lumber Company.
Cedar Bluff. Ala. The 1950 truck
was completely demolished, the
engine of the train having struck
just at the rear of the cab.
Lumber was w'edged firmly into
the front of the engine, which
was so badly damaged it could
not continue its run
Only a few persons were aboard
the train as passengers, it was
reported The semi-daily train
was 15 minutes late because of
extra loading of express.
One word of a mother probably
saved the life of her child The
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