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Join The Crusade For Freedom... Sign The Freedom Scroll Try Our Job Printing 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. ft f " • -■ v 1 -a IHHR9PW.' * 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. ©hr ^nmmFruillF Nms 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.