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VOLUME 66, NUMBER 37
Athletic Events Set
For Fair October 11-14
As an added feature to the
annual County Fair, to be held
Oct. 11-14, plans are being made
this year for competitive athletic
events participated in by school
students. »
J. B. Butler, manager, has an
nounced that C. B. Akin will
have charge of this event ,which
is expected to create much inter
est.
The East side of the Fair
Grounds in North Summerville
is being cleared and leveled and
it is there that the midway will
be located. The Cumberland Val
ley Shows again will present the
midway.
A larger parking area is being
built on the west side of the
Grounds and a race track is ex
pected to be built for future use,
Mr. Butler said.
Agricultural, livestock and
home exhibits are expected to be
better than ever, with many
premiums being given for the
best exhibits. All exhibtis must
be in place by 6 p..m Wednesday,
Oct. 11, and must be left in place
until 9 a.m. Saturday. Judging
will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday,
Oct. 12.
All livestock exhibits will be
shown in ring and will be judged
on quality of livestock and show
ing conditions.
Displays will include the fol
lowing: Women’s Canning De
partment, Livestock, Pmbl ic
School Art, Women’s Depart
ment, Quilt, Afghan and Spread
Department, Art and Handicraft
Department, Girls’ 4-H and
F.H.A. Department, Boys’ 4-H
--and F.F.A. Department, Girls’
Cann in g Exhibit, Individual
Crop Display, Flower Depart
ment, Poultry Department, Girls,
Cooking Exhibit, cakes, Breads
and Candies and Antiques and
Curios.
Officers of the Fair Associa
tion are as follows: H. B. Baker,
president; Harry Powell, vice
president: Herbert Gilkeson, sec
retary-treasurer: and J. B. But
ler, manager. Directors are: Bob
Brison, T. J. Johnson, Will
Storey, Billy Brooks, H. G. Baker,
J. P. Agnew, Harry Powell, A. F.
McCurdy and Ralph Cook.
GREENTOP BURNS;
LOSS IS $6,000
Loss at the Greentop Sand
which Shop, which was destroy
ed by fire early Tuesday morn
ing, was estimated at $6,000 this
week. The building is owned by
Charles Pursley, of LaFayette.
Mrs. Pete Nelson was manager
of the establishment.
Origin of the fire has not been
determined, however the wiring
is believed to have been the
cause. Allen Horton, a neary-by
resident, discovered the fire.
The Trion Fire Department
answered the call.
CAR THIEF INVENTS LOCK
Hamburg — While serving a
jail sentence for car thieving,
the chief of the car theif band
invented a “theft proof” lock for
cars. He now wants to patent
his invention.
Dwight D. Esinehower, Cordell
Hull, Ralph McGill, Drew Pear
son, Ronald Reagan, Billy Rose
and Eddie Rickenbacker are
among those on the National
Council of the Crusade for Free
dom.
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MARILYN JEANNE GAYLOR,
14-months-old, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Gaylor, of 403
Bitting Avenue, Summerville.
Mrs. Gaylor was Miss Ruth Wike,
of Trion, before her marriage.
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Hospital Authority
To Be Named Monday
A Hospital Authority for the
36-bed Chattooga County Hos
pital will be named Monday
when the County Board of Com
missioners meet. The Authority
is to be a seven-man board.
Preparation of the area in
North Summerville where the
hospital will be built already has
begun. A. C. Samford, Inc., Al
bany contractors, were awarded
the contract for $254,000. Eighty
per cent of the cost will be borne
by the state and federal govern
ments with the county furnish
ing 20 per cent.
The modern brick structure is
expected to be completed within
nine or ten months.
The Chattooga County Home
will be moved northeast of its
present site to make room for
the new hospital.
Rev. Herbert Morgan
To Conduct Revival
Series at Chelsea
The Rev. Herbert Morgan, for
mer pastor of the South Sum
merville Baptist Church, will
conduct a revival series at the
Chelsea Baptist Church, begin
ning Sunday, Sept. 24, it was an
nounced this week hy the Rev.
Howard Finster, pastor. Services
will be held at 7:30 p.m. daily.
A homecoming also will be
held Sept. 24, with a basket din
ner at the noon hour.
The public is invited to attend
the homecoming and the revival
services.
Marshall Explains
Red Cross Services
How often have you heard:
“The Red Cross charged for
food and lodging.”
“The Red Cross wouldn’t give
me a loan.”
The Red Cross wouldn’t get me
home when my wife was ill.”
"The Red Cross never did any
thing for me.”
Complaints of this nature
plainly indicate that the aver
age servicemen did not under
stand the function of the Red
Cross and the limitations im
posed upon it by the military au
thorities and the exigencies of
war.
Thus stated Gen. George C.
Marshall, president of the Amer
ican National Red Cross, at the
national convention.
"Let us be completely realistic
and forget for a moment that we
represent a great and widely re
spected welfare organization,” he
said. "Let me ask this question.
“Could any business establish
ment continue if its representa
tives were unable to tell the pub
lic exactly what it had to offer
and on what terms? Os course
not. A good advertising program
is, of course, essential, but when
the customer comes to the shop
it is the girl behind the counter
and the man in the aisle who de
termine how much business the
establishment will do.
"That analogy is not far
fetched. The Red Cross has es
sential services to offer. Its re
lations with the public are gen
erally good as evidenced by the
fine support it has received year
after year, but if we do not have
well - informed and articulate
workers that situation will
change, and the problems that
are now merely troublesome
might grow great enough to pre
sent a serious dilemma.
“Nowhere is this situation
more crucial than in the matter
of Red Cross fund raising poli
cies. In my travels around the
country, I have found that busi
ness and industrial leaders do
not fully appreciate the national
and international obligations of
the Red Cross which make an
Independent fund campaign nec
essary.
"We have experienced recur
rent waves of critlcsim and com
plaint having their origin In the
services rendered by the Red
Cross during World War 11. The
content of most of these is a
compound of unreasonable ex
pectations and misinformation."
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1950
PASSENGER TRAINS
HERE MAY BE
DISCONTINUED
Chattooga County’s passenger
train will be discontinued within
a matter of weeks, officials of
the Central of Georgia railway
said this week, if the Georgia
Public Service Commissoin will
grant a discontinuation.
The officials stated that Trains
No. 1 and 2 , which operate
through here between Griffin
and Chattanooga , are losing
money, and cannot continue to
operate under present circum
stances. They pointed to figures
which showed that in 1949, Train
No. 1 lost $72,661.62 and Train
No. 2 lost $72,557.56. Central of
Georgia figures also showed that
the number of registrations of
passenger cars in this county in
1947 compared with 1949 showed
a decease of 591. Figures for 1947
were 3,384. while 1949’s figures
were only 2,793.
The train goes south through
the eastern half of the county
each morning and north each
afternoon. Major communities
served are Trion, Summerville,
Lyerly, Berry ton and Holland.
P.-T. A. Io Sponsor
Birthday Calendar,
Give Funds for Band
The Summerville Parent-
Teacher Association will sponsor
the Birthday Calendar this year,
it was announced this week by
P.-T.A. leaders. The Summerville
Music Study Club sponsored this
project last year.
The Rev. Tom Collins is presi
dent of the organization.
The decision of the P.-T.A.was
made Tuesday when the group
met at the Summerville school.
All proceeds from the project
will be used to help develop the
Summerville Schoo band, it was
stated.
A grand piano was purchased
for the high school auditorium
by the Music Study Club last
year with funds from the Birth
day Calendar.
P.-T.A. leaders urged those
who participated in the project
last year by placing names and
advertisements on the calendar
to do so again this year.
“We ask you to do this,” they
said, “so that funds may be
raised for a school band which
will bring joy to the students
and be a source of pride to the
community.”
HERE 'N'THERE
A registered Guernsey cow,
Renabie Emory’s Patty 8., own
ed by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ham
mond, Berryton, Georgia, has
completed an official Advanced
Registered record of 11,750
pounds of milk and 641 pounds
of butterfat in the 365 day di
vision, starting her record as a
5-year-old.
Renabie Emory’s Patty B. is
the daughter of the famous
Guernsey sire, Riegeldale Melba’s
Emory, that has one hundred
and sixty-eight sons and daugh
ters in the Performance Register
of the American Guernsey Cattle
Club.
This record was supervised by
the University of Georgia and
was reported to the American
Guernsey Cattle Club for ap
proval and publication.
All women interested in an
enlistment in the WAC, U. S.
Army or WAF, U. S. Air Force are
invited to meet with T/Sgt.
Thelma Towns who will be at the
Rome Office, 2 East Sixth Ave
nue on Saturday, Sept. 16.
Sgt. Towns will be in Rome for
the convenience of women with
a high school education or more,
who are interested In enlistments
as enlisted women and for those
with two years of college or
more, who are Interested In be
coming commissioned officers.
All parties interested in the
Alpine Cemetery are asked to be
at the cemetery Saturday morn
ing. Sept. 16. Those who cannot
be there are asked to send some
one or sufficient money to hire
someone for a half day.
The total sale at Coosa Valley
Livestock Association sale on
Sept. 6 was $2,579 89 with 54 buy
ers and 118 sellers exchanging
257 cattle and 12 hogs.
Hogs were S2O to $23.10 cwt.;
calves, sl2 to $29.50 cwt.; bulls,
$16.30 to $21.50 cwt.; slaughter
cows, sl4 to s2l cwt.; dairy type
heifers. $17.60 to $27.50 cwt.;
springers, S6B to $215 per head.
'Freedom' Is Theme
At Methodist
Church Sunday
As a part of the “Freedom
Sundhy” program at the Sum
merville Methodist Church Sun
day, the R.ev. Henry Walker, pas
tor, will speak on the subject
“Lest Freedom's Holy Light Be
come Darkness” at the 11 a.m.
service.
All pastors in the county are
asked to speak on the same
phase of freedom Sunday in ob
servance of "Freedom Sunday.”
COUNTY C. OF C.
DEFUNCT; S’VILLE
MAY FORM CHAMBER
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce, now declared
a defunct organization, may be
reeplaced by a Summerville
Chamber.
Whether or not a Summerville
C. of C. will be organized will be
determined at a meeting of those
interested at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 21, at the courthouse.
It is hoped that a large group
will attend.
W. H. YANCEY, 82,
DIES MONDAY
Funeral services for William
Henry (Bill) Yancey, 82, who
died Sept. 11, were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at the Pennville
Baptist Church. Interment was
in the Johnson Cemetery, Chat
toogaville.
Mr. Yancey was born in
Forsyth County in 1868 and was
a member of the South Sum
merville Baptist Church. He was
proceded in death by his wife,
Mrs. Lizzie Peppers Yancey.
He is survived by three sons,
W. C. Yancey, of Gadsden, A. R
Yancey, of Pennville, and H. T.
Yancey, of Lyerly; four daugh
ters, Mrs. R. K. Gilmer, of Sum
merville, Mrs. A. J. Morris, of
Chattanooga, and Mrs. R. M.
Gilliand and Mrs. L. B. Whis
nant, both of Lyerly. Twenty-one
grandchildren, 25 great-grand
children, two great-great-grand-I
children and a number of nieces
and nephews also survive.
Active pallbearers were grand
sons of the deceased.
Honorary pallbearers were: J.
B. Woodard, T. S. Ray, Gordon
Cook, C. C. Mahan, Sr„ Henry
Powell, J. B. Whisnant, A. H.
Glenn, Dayton Pledger, J. A.
Hammonds, Ed Wilder, C. W.
Morrison, W. F. Dempsey, Albert
Cramer, Jess Biddle, Ben Hill, M.
C. Hartline, Ralph Paris, Oscar
Dukes and Jim Gresson.
VFW TO MEET
AT 1 FRIDAY
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will meet at 7 p.m. Friday in
stead of 8 p.m. as has been the
custom for the past few months.
The change is made because
of the football games which
many members wish to attend.
The meeting will be dismissed in
time for the games, it was stated.
Delegates to the national con
vention in Chicago will give a re
port to the group Friday night.
Homecoming at
Gospel Tabernacle
The annual homecoming will
be held Sunday, Sept. 17, at the
Pennville Gospel Tabernacle.
A number of good singers are
expected including “The Stovers
Trio” and “The Dream A While
Trio,” of the North Rome Church
of God.
The public is cordially invited.
PROCLAMATION
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM MONTH
WHEREAS, the conflict between Democracy and Communism
is a battle for the minds, souls and allegiances of men; and
WHEREAS, Communist propaganda seeks to capture the minds
of men through the technique of the Big Lie, confusing millions
and convincing other millions of the reverse of the truth, namely,
that America is bent on imperialism, exploitation and conquest:
and
WHEREAS, the Crusade for Freedom is a dynamic truth cam
paign designed to refute Soviet lies and proclaim the determina
tion of the American people that freedom and peace shall prevail
throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, the Crusade for Freedom Is a mobilization of U. S.
citizens pledged to resist Communist aggression and dedicated to
the preservation of the Ood-glven dignity and freedom of man:
NOW, THEREFORE. I, J. L. McGinnis, do hereby proclaim Sep
tember, 1950, as Crusade for Freedom Month, and I urge all citizens
of Summerville to observe the month by enrolling on the Freedom
Scrolls to signify their faith, and the faith of the American people,
in freedom, friendship and peace for all nations.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the City of Summerville to be affixed.
FOOTBALL OPENER
HERE TONIGHT
WITH McHENRY
Football season will open here
tonight with the Summerville
Indians playing host to McHen
ry’s squad. Kick-off time is 8
p.m.
Trion will open at 8 p.m. Fri
day, playing Calhoun in Trion.
Coach A. A. Thomason, who
succeeded Brooke Pierce at Sum
merville, says he “hopes” for a
good season. Five of the men on
(last year’s team are with the
(present outfit. Thomason is as
sisted by Kermit Maupin.
The line-up for tonight will be
las follows: left end, Buddy La
nier; left tackle, Charles Brooks;
left guard, Wayne Cox; center,
Billy Donovits; right guard,
Wayne McCollum; right tackle,
(Billy Pearson; right end, Leslie
' Mathis; quarterback, Calvin
(Dunlap; right half, Tommy Rat
liff; left half. Gene Woodall or
Bobby Brown; and fullback,
Buck Helton. Ralph Argo would
ordinarily play right tackle,
Thomason said, however he is
ill and will be unable to play.
The schedule for the season
calls for seven home games and
! three road games, the final be
ing with the traditional rival,
! Trion, on Nov. 17 in that city.
The schedule for Summerville
follows:
Sept. 14, McHenry here
Sept. 22. LaFayette there
Sept. 28, Lakeview here
Oct. 6, Carrollton here
Oct. 13, College Park here
Oct. 20. Cartersville here
Oct. 27. Model here
Nov. 3. Lee High there
Nov. 10, Ringgold here
Nov. 17, Trion there.
Coaches Sam McCain and Otis
Tanner, of Trion, have released
their schedule as follows:
Sept. 15, Calhoun at Trion
Sept. 22, Model at Trion
Sept. 29, Dallas at Trion
Oct. 5, Austell at Trion
Oct. 13. Tallapoosa there
Oct. 20, Lee High there
Oct. 27, Lakeview there
Nov. 3, Ringgold at Trion
Nov. 10, LaFayette there
Nov. 17, Summerville at Trion.
TOWN LEADERS
PRAISE MOVIE
After seeing an advanced
showing, civic, religious and edu
cational leaders praised highly
the movie “Stars In My Crown.”
Approximately 50 persons at
tended at the invitation of L. C.
Smith, Jr., manager of the Tooga
Theatre.
One man who had never seen
la movie before in all his life was
(highly pleased and made plans
Ito bring his family to the show
ing.
A minister praised the "high
type entertainment.” saying it
gave “a strong message on life’s
essentials ” Others were attract
ed by its relative simplicity.
Some said it was the best they
[had seen in a long time.
“I am happy to present such
high tone movies to the public,”
said Manager Smith, who dis
closed the movie would be shown
here Sept. 18-19-20.
The story of small town life
and the pathos, comedy and
tragedy which accompany it
make up the deeply appealing
movie.
Countians Buy
$167,650 in Bonds
The total savings bonds sales
this year for Chattooga County |
through August is $167,650 Dur-I
ing the month of August $7,650
of bonds were bought.
The 1950 goal for the county is
$270,000.
'Freedom Sunday'
Designated As Part
Os Crusade Here
Legion Auxiliary
To Meet Monday;
Want New Members
The American Legion Auxiliary
(will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
(Sept. 19, at the Auxiliary Home
in Summerville, it was an
nounced this week.
The membership drive began
this month and will continue
I through the month of November,
leaders said. In urging all who
are able to join, leaders said:
"You will make new friends
and renew old friendships in the
activities of the Auxiliary. The
Auxiliary needs women of many
different talents. Whatever you
can do best, you will have op
portunity to use and develop
(your skill. You will grow in the
Auxiliary. Meeting people from
all groups, from other towns and
parts of the county will give you
a broader outlook. You will learn
to think and talk about things
of wider interest.”
District Meet
The annual Seventh District
I Conference will be held at Lin
|dale at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17,
and a group of local members
are planning to attend.
Mrs. R. N. Trimble, Mrs. R. R.
Garrett and Mrs. Anna Hardy
will be hostesses and will have
charge of the program at Tues
day’s meeting.
17 Leave in Draft
Yesterday; 10 in
Sept. 6 Call Taken
In September’s second draft
call, 17 men left for their pre
induction examinations in Chat
tanooga yesterday morning.
Ten of the men sent in the
Sept. 6 call were accepted, Miss
Mae Earl Strange, Clerk of the
local board, said this week.
Five men are leaving today for
induction in Atlanta. They are
the men accepted in the first
call following the Korean out
break. The 20 accepted in the
second and third calls will be
inducted on Sept. 19.
Men leaving yesterday for the,
pre - induction examinations
were: James Carl Lee, Dewey
Henry Hoskins, James Ernest
Jones. Harold Gordon Daniel,
Walter Dewees Finley, James
Allen Oglesby, James Robert
Bush. Ralph Daniel Chamblee,
Jr., Bobby Joe Haygood, J D.
[Dillard, Robert Lewis Reynolds,
Billy Bradford Cummings, Ed
ward Harold Hardeman, Billy
Tate Giles, Frank Nathan Prince,
Jr., Edwin Dobbs Elsberry and
Lindbergh Jones.
Miss Strange urged men who
ordinarily wear glasses to do so
when they report to pre-induc
tion examinations.
Those accepted in the Sept. 6
call were as follows: Leon Burl
[Gayler, Walter Ervin Brown, Ed
ward Eugene Sewell, Lee Roy
(Reese, Love Byrd Harrell, Jr.,
William Earl Cohen, Jr., Al
(Smith Willingham, James Wal
। lace Miller, Bobby Milton Housch
[and Alton Lee Johnson.
BOY SCOUTS HAVE
COLORFUL PARADE
TO LAUNCH DRIVE
To launch their campaign for
$2,230 Monday the Boy Scouts
from this county put on a parade
in Trion and Summerville,
Led by a red, white and blue
decorated jeep, the youngsters
marched with pride in their pa
rade. The tiny cub scouts, wear
[ing neat blue uniforms, march
led ahead of their older “broth
|ers" dressed in the traditional
brown uniform of the Scout.
Adding color to the parade were
three "Indians.” A truck display
ing the name of Troop 7 was an
added feature.
Participating troops were 101
and 38, of Trion, 70, of Pennville,
and 71, of Summerville.
Approximately 100 boys in the
county are Boy Scouts and 80 are
Cub Scouts.
D. L. McWhorter is Treasurer
of the drive and funds should be
sent to him at Summerville.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Names are being sought for the
Freedom Scroll this week, ac
cording to A. A Farrar, County
Chairman.
As a part of the nation-wide
“Crusade for Freedom”, Sunday
will be “Freedom Sunday” in the
county. All preachers are urged
to incorporate the freedom
theme in their sermons and pro
grams, the Rev. Henry Walker,
chairman, said this week. He
pointed out that this country
was founded on religious prin
ciples and that the church
should strive as much as any
group to maintain freedom.
; Paul Weems, Summerville
chairman of the Crusade, will
speak at 1 o’clock this afternoon
on a local radio station in be
ihalf of the campaign to get
I signatures.
The scroll will be a roll call of
i Americans who love freedom,
(and will be permanently en
shrined in the base of the Free
[ dom Bell in Berlin. Dedication
ceremonies will take place on
United Nations Day, October 24
This will be a living symbol of
freedom and hope to the en
slaved peoples of the world.
Those who wish may back
[ up their signature with a volun
tary contribution to Radio Free
Europe, the American people’s
broadcasting station in Western
Germany. Radio Free Europe
daily pierces the Iron Curtain,
answering Communist propa
ganda.
The “Crusade for Freedom” to
be carried on throughout the
month of September, is headed
by Gen. Lucius Clay.
Mrs. Edna West,
30, Dies in New York
Mrs. Edna Holland West, 30,
died in a New York City hos
pital at 8:30 p.m. Saturday
Sept. 9.
She is survived by her hus
band, James P. West, of Rome;
one daughter, Miss Elsei Violet
Holland, of Macon; one son,
Alexander Holland, of Holland;
mother, Mrs. Katherine Phillips;
and one sister, Mrs. Sam Gold,
of New York, N. Y.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the J. D. Hill Funeral
Home at 3 p.m. Wednesday with
interment in the Lyerly Ceme
tery. The Rev. Harry Foster of
ficiated.
BROTHERS, NEPHEWS
OF LOCAL WOMEN,
KILLED SAME DAY
Tragedy struck a double blow
at two Chattooga women this
week when they learned that
(two of their nephews, brothers,
(had been killed overseas on the
same day.
Mrs. Thomas J. Espy. Sr and
Mrs. G. W. Cameron received
word that Charles McAbee. 22, a
jet pilot, died immediately when
his plane crashed somewhere in
France. The other nephew,
James McAbee, 20, was killed in
Korea on the same day.
The mother of the two boys,
Mrs. A. P. McAbee, said when she
heard the news: “I've worried
land worried about them, and
| now it’s happened. I can’t worry
jany more.”
Mrs. McAbee was visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Satkowski,
of Anniston, when they heard
the news. Mrs. Satkowski will be
remembered here as Dorothy
McAbee, of Trion.
Cecil McAbee, of Huntsville,
another brother, notified the
mother and sister. He said that
he called young Charles’ com
mander in Germany to have the
death report verified. The com
mander told him that the squad
ron in which McAbee was flying
ran into extremely bad weather
over France. Other men in the
squadron balled out and ditched
their planes, however McAbee
went down with his plane and
was killed instantly. He was a
bombardier in World War II and
attended Georgia Tech after the
war before going back into serv
ice as a pilot.
Details of young James’ death
could not be learned, he said.
Both boys attended high
school in Thomaston, where
their father now lives.
Another brother, Capt How
ard McAbee, 35, is in the Air
Force stationed at Elgin Field,
Fla.