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VOLUME 69; NO. 11
Merchants Back Plan
For County Market for
Local Milk Producers
At a mass meeting held at the
Court House in Summerville
Monday evening a plan for con
suming and producing local milk
in order to give new growth to
an old industry was outlined to
businessmen, agriculturist, dairy
farmers, grocerymen and others
by the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association.
President John Bankson of the
Association presided over the
meeting and in his opening said,
“Approximately 3000 gallons of
milk is consumed daily in this
country, which has a gross sale
of more than $1,000,000 per year.
At present approximately three
fourths of this more than a mil
lion dollars is going to dairy
farmers outside of Chattooga
County. The purpose of this
meeting is to call to your atten
tion how we can keep this money
in Chattooga County .”
Mr. Bankson then presented
County Agent Mayion Purcell
who talked feeling on the dairy
farm situation in Chattooga
County and told what Chattooga
could do as compared to other
areas if local dairymen were as
sured of a market for their
product. He stated that Chat
tooga County has 55,000 land
crop acres, 29,000 pasture acres
and 15,000 idle acres; that we
were only producing about 500
gallons of milk a day and that
the reason for the low milkpro
duction and idle lands was due to
unsatisfactory markets or no
markets for county milk pro
ducers. Mr. Purcell stated that
there are a number of agencies
in this county with the know
how for developing the resources
of the county, but that the
know-how could not be applied
unless the farmers were assured
of a market. With the support of
merchants, grocerymen, busi
nessmen and the people of the
county, the farmer is in a posi
tion to venture and to take ad
vantage of every service and
agency for greater growth. "All
we need in dairy farming and
every other type of farming” the
County Agent said, “is to have
the full support and under
standing of our people to pro
duce for not only our needs, but
needs elsewhere.”
Mr. Purcell pointed out that
the basic industry or all industry
and business is the land, our
greatest resource. He concluded
his remarks by saying that back
ing and promoting the farmers
of this county was a great chal
lenge that the Retail merchants
could accept for its profits were
unlimited.
Claude Baker, commissioner
and president of the Farm Bu
reau; Clyde Harlow, commission
er; D. L. McWhorter banker and
J. B. Woodard, groceryman all
affirmed their belief in Chat
tooga County and that the ac
tion of the Retail Merchants in
seeking a solution to the dairy
farming industry had their full
support and approval.
The manager of the Green
Meadows Dairy, a Floyd County
Co-op milk processing plant,
spoke briefly on the need for a
processing plant in Chattooga
County as the dairy business in
creased. He added that the
Rome plant was glad to be of
help in establishing a dairy
farming program in Chattooga
County. The Green Meadow
Dairy ha§ agreed to take gallon
for gallon all milk produced and
sold in the county. He urged the
present and future dairymen to
produce good, clean, sanitary
safe milk, to form a co-op of
their own or a corporation in this
county, pointing out that we
could produce and consume our
own milk, knowing always there
was a market for It.
Grady Allen, local groceryman
who has spearheaded the move
ment for locally produced milk
and now Is the distributor for
Chattooga County for locally
produced raw plant milk and
processed milk stated that when
the time arrived in this county
when we could have our own
processing plant his contract
would be turned over to the
co-op or corporation that would
carry on the buslnes.
In summing up the meeting
President John Bankson said,
"this is only one of the projects
the Retail Merchants have in
mind for expanding and de
veloping the resources of our
county. As soon as we know this
milk project no longer needs our
full attention, we want to ask
you men of Chattooga to get be
hind another neglected business
—the production of eggs." Mr.
Bankson then announced that
John Bullard was now in the be
ginning stage of another new de
velopment — the processing of
pork. It is Mr. Bullard's aim to
have in the not too distant fu
ture a local rabottolr. “We are
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MADAM PRESIDENT — Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower is honorary
president of the Girl Scouts of America and is seen above receiving
her Girl Scout pin from Cynthia Beth Curtis, 12, of West Hyatts
ville, Md. Smiling girl in center is Virginia Ann Gray. 15, a
Washington Scout
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SOUTH ACCOUNTS
F0R31.6%0F U.S.
TRAFFIC DEATHS
ATLANTA — (GPS) Today
there are some 52-million auto
mobiles on America’s streets and
highways. It is estimated that by
1980 the total will reach almost
80-million, or an increase of close
to 50 per cent.
“And you can rest assured that
Georgia has her share of those
vehicles, if not more than her
share,” commented Director
Garland T. Byrd, of the Georgia
Citizens Council, sponsors of the
state-wide “Operation Safety”
program.
Latest statistics show that
fatal accidents in the fourteen
Southern states during 1952
totaled 12,135, or 31.6 per cent
of the total traffic deaths in the
United States.
“You can see from those fig
ures,” Mr. Byrd asserted, “that
nearly one-third of the entire
problem rests with Georgia and
the other Southern states. The
economic loss to the fourteen
states from those accidents
amounted to more than one-half
billion dollars.”
A great deal has been and is
being said about the need for
organized public support if the
ever-increasing problem of traf
fic accidents is to be solved. To
that the council director sub
scribes, but he also stresses the
need “for individuals to show
common courtesy as a sure-fire
cure for a great many of our
traffic ills," He added:
“Throughout the world Ameri
cans are stretching out helping
hands to other peoples, giving
the mfood, shelter, medicine and
supplies of all kinds. We also
should give a helping hand to
our fellow Americans. We should
give life at home by saving lives
—on the highways and streets.
Less speed and more courtesy—
both of which cost so little—can
mean much in bringing about
traffic safety."
Charles Farrar Goes to
St. Louis for Radio Work
Charles C. Farrar, well-known
young radio man, has been
named executive assistant to the
president of Radio Station KSTL
and KSTM-TV. St. Louis, ac
cording to an announcement by
William E. Ware, president.
Farrar goes to St. Louis from
Radio Station WJLD and WJLN
TV. Birmingham. Ala., where he
served as sales manager. His ap
pointment is another step in the
expansion of KSTL and KSTM
TV facilities and service, Ware
stated.
Farrar has been associated
with various radio and television
organizations for more than ten
years, including WEAS. Decatur-
Atlanta. Ga., WJIV, Savannah,
Ga., and KAMD. Camden, Ark.
He is a graduate of the Henry W
Grady School of Radio Journal
ism at the University of Georgia.
Charles is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Baker Farrar, of Summer
ville.
already to a small degree getting
locally produced, bacon, sausage
and hams In our grocery stores",
said Mr. Bankson.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953
MASON-M'CAULEY
POST 6688 ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
The following officers were
elected at the last meeting of
Mason-McCauley, V.F.W. Paet
6688:
Commander, Marlin Payne;
Senior Vice-Commander, R. C.
Hardeman; Junior Vice-Com
mandcr, D. P. Henley; Quarter
master, John Stubbs; Chaplain,
Duke Jennings; Surgeon, Harold
Toles; Judge Advocate, John
Davis; 3-year Trustee, Stanley
Greenwood; 2-year Trustee,
Jack Welborn; Adjutant, C. B.
Bricker.
Post 6688 has 478 paid-iJp
members and is one of the larg
est posts in the state.
Funeral Held for Mrs.
Epzeen S. DeLoach
Mrs. Epzeen Strickland De-
Loach, 46, of Summerville passed
away in a local hospital Satur
day at 12:10 p.m.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Ella Strickland, Summer
ville; one sister, Mrs. Josie Mae
Fulmer, Summerville; three
brothers, M. C. Strickland, Sum
mervile, and L. O. and Clarence
Strickland, both of Thomaston,
Ga.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Chapel Hill Church
Monday at 11 a.m. with Revs. C.
Howard Moses and Wrathburn
Cash officiating. Interment was
in Summerville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Vinson
Hemphill. Charles King, Charles
Broome, Morris Hughes, Dewey
Hughes, and J. W. Taylor. Hon
orary pallbearers were R. T.
Strickland, Otis Lee Fulmer and
W. L. Strickland.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Lulher 0. Strickland
Passes Away Monday
Luther Odean Strickland, 51,
of Thomaston. Ga , passed away
suddenly at the home of his
brother near Summerville Mon
day, March 23. at 4:30 a.m. Mr.
Strickland was preceded in death
by his sister. Mrs. Epzeen Strick
land DeLoach, Saturday, March
21st.
Surviving Mr. Strickland is his
wife, Mrs. Mary Beatrice Ramey
Strickland, Thomaston. Ga.; two
daughters. Mrs. Opal Wade. At
lanta, and Mrs Helen Taylor,
Thomaston; four sons. Robert T.,
Ellis Lee. W. L. and Leon Strick
land, all of Thomaston; mother.
Mrs. Ella Chasteen Strickland.
Summerville; two brothers,
Clarence Strickland, of Thomas
ton. and Marvin C. Strickland, of
Summerville. Seven grandchil
dren alto survive.
Funeral services weer conduct
ed In Thomaston at the Assem
bly of God Church with the
pastor, and Rev. Herbert Morgan
officiating. Burial was In the
new cemetery in Thomaston.
Infant Gary Smith
Dies Saturday
Gary Smith, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jewel Price Smith, of
Route 3. Summerville, passed
away in Menlo Saturday morn
ing at 10:30.
Besides the parents the infant
is survived by four sisters. Ruby.
Louise. Ruth and Diane Smith,
all of Route 3. Summerville.
Graveside services were con
ducted from the Macedonia
Cemetery Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
'STARS of tomorrow; talent show,
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM FRIDAY NIGHT
Eliminations in the “Stars of
Tomorrow” Talent Show spon
sored by the Senior Class of
Summerville High School will be
held at 8 p.m. Friday at the
Summerville High School Audi
torium.
Three winners from each class:
children, teen-agers, and adults
will appear on the Stars of To
morrow television show held on
Sunday afternoon from 2 until
3 p.m. over WAGA T. V., Chan
nel 5. They will probably be on
the Easter Sunday show, April
5 at which time Chattooga
County will also be saluted.
Tickets are on sale for the
Summerville eliminations at 50c
and SI.OO and may be purchased
at the Community Center in
Trion and at either McGinnis
Drug Store or Jackson’s Drug
Store in Summerville. They may
also be purchased at the gate.
Entered in the children’s class
are: Sandra Demonia, tap
dance; Janey Ruth Lambert, vo
calist; Judy Medders and Lee
Smith, tap duet; William Kitch
ens, vocalist; Billy Jean Allen,
tap dance; Mark Eubanks,
pianist; Jennith Thomas, vocal
ist; Betty Hamner and Martha
James, tap duet; Brenda Wright,
vocalist; Linda Demonia, tap
Last Riles Held for
James Virgel Hollis
James Virgil Hollis, 82, of
the Hall’s Valley community
near Trion passed away at 11:55
p.m. Friday after a lingering ill
ness.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Dovie Campbell, Miss Mae
Hollis, both of Hall’s Valley and
Mrs. C. B. Trammell of LaFa
yette; two sons, Charlie Hollis of
Summerville, Fletcher Hollis of
LaFayette; two brothers, C. A.
Hollis and Ed Hollis, both of
Trion; six grandchildren, and
one great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Sunday at the Hall’s Val
ley Church of Christ. Officiants
were Sam Connally, Cecil Wil
liams and A. C. Grider. Inter
ment was in Howells Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Kelly
Young, Luke Young, Cecil, Jim
and Ernest Hollis and Jim
Young. Honorary pallbearers
were Alphus Sprayberry, Ralph
Sprayberry, Hoke Chambers,
Walter Mitchell, Alfred and J. M.
Hall, Arthur and Archie Justice,
Gordon Duncan, Furman Mar
tin, W. H. and C. F. Brown, Lee,
Paul and Carl Cambpell. J. D.
Hill Funeral Home was in charge
or arrangements.
Purcell Names 4-H Club
Members to Get Chickens
Six Chattooga County 4-H
Club members have been chosen
to participate In the 1953 Geor
gia 4-H Club Poultry Chain,
County Agent Purcell an
nounced this week.
They are: Wanda Sue Bridges,
Lyerly 4-H Club: Eugene
Mitchell, Lyerly 4-H Club; Mar
lyn Mitchell, Lyerly 4-H Club;
Billy Hughes, Subligna 4-H Club;
Billy Murdock, Gore 4-H Club
and Nelle Hamby, Menlo 4-H
Club.
Each of these club members
will receive 100 baby chicks
which he will grow out as layers.
These 4-H’ers attended a two
hour poultry short course on
March 18 at Rome. H. W. Ben
nett, poultryman of the Univer
sity of Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Service conducted the
school, discussing management,
feeding and disease control In
an effort to get the youngsters
off on the right foot in their
poultry projects.
The poultry chain, sponsored
by the Sears Roebuck Founda
tion, has been one of the most
popular projects since it began
eight years ago. This is the
eighth year that boys and girls
from Chattooga County have
carried this activity.
Some 1,500 boys and girls
throughout the state will be ac
tive in the program this year.
The county agent said that Ben
nett reported to him that the
program has improved the quali
ty of home poultry flocks and
has contributed to progress in
egg production throughout the
state. Records show that egg pro
duction has Increased 14 eggs
per hen since the project was
Initiated, and the number of
commercial flocks has more than
tripled.
The local club members doing
the best job with their birds this
year will be chosen at a county
poultry show this fall. The two
best flocks from this county will
compete for district and state
honors at the Georgia Fair in
Macon.
dance; Wayne Haggard, vo
calist.
Teen-agers entered are: Peggy
Scoggins and Linda Hix, vocal
duet; Lavern Smith, pianist; Jo
Ann Stephenson, vocalist; Mar
garet Young, song and dance;
Randall Graham, song impres
sionist; Julia Rackley, ballet;
Sue McCallie, vocalist; Sue and
Katherine Drummonds, piano
and vocal duet; Judy Burgess,
vocalist; Jane Lowry and Char
lotte McGinnis, tap duet; Linda
Hix, vocalist.
Entered in the adult class are:
Janet Cox, soloist for the octet,
“Singing Teensters”; Barbara
Sue Chandler, vocalist; Wilburn
Hudson, R. C. Hardeman and
Will Stephenson, vocal trio;
Charlotte Woods, vocalist; Dor
othy Brogdon, marimba; Billy
Elliott, Lavern Smith and Bar
bara Chandler, vocal trio;
Charles Westbrook, vocalist;
Annette, Marlyn and Regina
Styles, vocal trio.
Three guest artists from At
lanta are also expected: Bob
Cox, baritone of concert and
T. V.; Judy and Roney Edwards,
dance duet; overture by the High
School Band under the direction
of J. L. Brandon; and Freddy
Miller, master of ceremony of
WAGA, T. V.
CHATTOOGANS
IN THE SERVICE
IST LT. ROBERT E. DAVISON,
USAF received a diploma March
14, after graduating from an In
doctrinal course for officers of
Medical Service, at Gunter Air
Force Base, Ala. Ist Lt. Davison
and his family spent last week
end here.
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CPL. OLIN S. BROWN, Route
1, Summerville, arrived March
18 at the San Francisco Port of
Embarkation from the Far East
aboard the USNS General M. C.
Meigs.
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WITH THE FIRST MARINE
AIR WING IN KOREA — MA
RINE PFC. BOBBY I. MAXEY.
21, of Summerville, has arrived
at a forward air base in Korea
and has been assigned to the
Marine Air Base Squadron of
Marine Air Group 3.
Upon arrival in the Far East,
the Leatherneck was classified at
a rear base in Japan and flown
to join his new unit.
Prior to his present assign
ment, Pfc. Maxey was stationed
at Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, N. C.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor C. Maxey, Summerville.
Pfc. Maxey’s wife, Mary, and in
fant son, Larry, live at 208 Mar
tin Street, Summerville.
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WITH THE 24TH DIV. IN
JAPAN — ARMY PVT. JOSEPH
L. HUBBARD, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. J. Hubbard, of Route 1,
Summerville, recently arrived in
Japan for duty as a cannoneer
with the 11th Field Artillery
Battalion.
The 11th, a unit of the 24th In
fantry Division fought in Korea
for 19 months before being re
called to Japan. It is now under
going vigorous field maneuvers
as part of the security force for
the Japanese islands.
Hubbard, who received his
basic training at Fort Dix, N. J„
entered the Army last August.
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WITH THE 25TH DIV. IN KO
REA—SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
CHARLES R. LANGSTON, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Langston, of
Trion, was present at a recent
ceremony marking the 200.000th
round fired by the 25th Infan
try's 69th Field Artillery Bat
talion in Korea.
Chief of the ammunition sec
tion in Battery C. he entered the
Army in 1943 and arrived In Ko
rea last May.
A 1942 graduate of Trion High
School. Langston received basic
training at Fort Bragg, N. C.
'The Skull/Trion
Senior Play, Slated
Mor. 31, Apr. 1
Trion High School Senior Class
presents "The Skull", a mystery
drama In three acts, Tuesday.
March 31, and Wednesday, April
1. Matinee Wednesday p.m. at 2
o'clock.
Proceeds to finance the Sen
iors’ trip to Washington. The
play will be presented at Trion
High School Auditorium.
Adults 75 cents, students 50
cents.
Menlo Stores to Close
Wednesday Afternoons
The Menlo merchants will
close their places of buslnessmn
Wednesdays at noon from April
Ist to October Ist, 1953.
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LIEUT. COL. FANT
LIEUT. COL. FANT
GUEST SPEAKER
OF ROTARY CLUB
Dr. Marlin Payne was in
charge of the meeting of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
last week. John Stubbs intro
duced the speaker, Lt. Colonel
Glenn E. Fant, acting chief of
information at Headquarters
Third Army Fort McPherson, Ga.
The speaker told of the evac
uation of American Troops from
Hungnam, Korea, which he said
was a Christmas Miracle in 1950.
He was one of many writers and
foreign correspondents whom he
said had flocked to the “hot spot
of the world” like “fMes to
buttermilk” to cover the epic
withdrawal.
He told how the Communists
captured the field on which his
plane had landed and that engi
neers worked day and night to
accomplish the seemingly impos
sible, putting a 4,000 foot run
way into operation in less than
five days in spite of frigid tem
peratures. A “ring of fire” from
mortary, artillery, Naval gunfire
and air attack prevented the
enemy from concentrating his
forces for a major assault, the
speaker said.
Locomotives, rail cars, rail
tunnels, and other equipment
were blown up before they left.
The passengers slept on the
floors, in gangways, on steps, and
in the unheated hold of the ship.
“We were just like matchsticks
in a giant deep freeze,” Lt. Fant
said. He said that there are more
Christians in North Korea than
in South Korea and that they
brought more than 100.000 south
and turned them loose on the
country to forage for themselves.
He said the Hungnan with
drawal was the most successful
military evacuation ever at
tempted.
In a discussion period follow
ing his talk he was asked about
the value of Allied Troops. He
said 17 different countries wvre
represented when he left, an
ambulance service from India, a
hospital ship from Denmark,
hospital from Sweden. He point
ed out that these people won’t
fight. The British and Canadians
are fighting in their own uni
forms. There are a handful of
Turks, a token group of Ethiopi
ans and one battalion from
France. They wear American
uniforms, use American equip
ment and rations, but they pay
for them, he said.
Asked the value of the South
Korea soldier, he said they were
good after they are trained, but
that It takes twice as long to
train a Korean as it does to train
an American soldier. They're
slower to learn. They’re not used
to the mechanical age at all. he
said.
Chattooga Industrial
Quotas for Red Cross
Drive Announced
Committees are busy this week
in the Red Cross Campaign, hop
ing to raise the quota, $2,800
Industrial chairman. Willis
James announces the following
quotas set up by Red Cross lead
ers:
Menlo Best Mfjr Co. SIOO
Georgia Rug Mill 150
Summerville Mfg. Co. 600
Berryton Mfg Co. 150
Montgomery Knitting and
Chattooga Knitting Mills
together 350
$2.00 PER YEAR
Met hodisfs Observe
United Evangelistic
Mission April 17-26
Members of the local Meth
odist Church are cooperating
with the 338,000 other Methodist
of Georgia in an intensive Unit
ed Evangelistic Mission, April
17-26. reports the Rev. W. F.
Lunsford, pastor of the Summer
ville Methodist Church.
In preparation for this evan
gelistic effort, they have con
ducted a purvey to locate resi
dents from other communities
who might like to become active
in a church here, and to find
those who have not yet express
ed belief in Christ.
“In a friendly community like
ours,” explains the pastor,
“where we know each other so
well, it is easy to assume that
everyone is affiliated with some
denomination. However, we
found many who have no active
connection with any church.”
During the week of the Meth
odist United Evangelistic Mis
sions, teams of lay members of
the church will visit the many
people in this community who
: during the survey expressed an
interest in the Methodist
Church. The lay visitors will be
meeting at the church daily for
l special instruction in the art of
' "visitation evangelism”—visiting
their friends and neighbors on
behalf of Christ and His church.
“Through this effort, we will
: be seeking to share with others
the truth and the faith of the
Christian gospel,” explains the
pastor, “and to have them join
us as we seek to learn more about
Christ and to serve Him.”
Judging by the response re
ported by those who made the
survey, these visitors will be wel
come in most any home in this
community, comments Frank
Hendrix w’ho was in charge of
the survey. He said, “People are
interested today in spirital mat
ters and seem glad to talk with
someone who has found faith
and happiness in the Christian
religion.
B. &P. W.Club to
Hold Cooking School
The Summerville Business and
Professional Women’s Club will
sponsor a Cooking School to be
held at the High School Audi
torium on the evening as April
16. Tickets for the school can be
obtained from any member of
the B and P W Club and are only
50c each. The proceeds from the
school will go to the B and P W
Club for its various civic en
deavors.
The B and P W Club recently
presented the Summerville
Youth Program, Inc. with a
check for $123.65. Other civic
participations have been in con
tributions to the “Boy and Girl
of the Year” scholarships and
waste receptacles for the main
business street and donations to
the March of Dimes. Tuberculo
sis Association and others.
'Let's Face It/
Menlo Jr. Play,
Friday, Mar. 27
Plan now to attend the three
act comedy, "Let’s Face It",
March 27th, at 8 o'clock p.m. in
the Menlo Gym. presented by the
Junior Class of Menlo High
School.
The cast is as follows:
Herman Carr, a man of about
45 years, Donald Majors.
Doris Carr, his wife. Jackie
Willingham.
Laine Carr, their daughter, Joy
Powell.
Dicky Turner, a friend of
Laine’s, Bobby Ledford.
George Carr, the Carr's son.
Buddy Wofford.
Carol Ruth, youngest member
of Carr family, Delores Laney.
Miss Lucuinda. Mr. Carr's
aunt. Frances Massey
Mrs. Elvira McDuffie, a nosey
neighbor, June Wofford.
Mr. J. Caswell Drennen. a
manufacturer. Babe Willingham.
Don Drennen. his son, jerry
Hamby.
Mr Yeates, a lawyer. Willard
Bowman.
Janet Roden, a friend of
Laine's, Iva Nelle Lloyd.
Mickle Strong, a friend of
Laine's, Peggy Reese.
Liz Estes a friend of Laine's,
Ann Gilreath.
Ann King, a friend of Liz's,
Gladys Carter.
The wacky Carr family is al
ways getting into one mad jam
after another. Come and see
what happens when Lucuinda
Carr, a deaf aunt, comes to live
with them.
Admission. .35 and .50 Re
served seats, 65.
Tickets are now on sale by the
[Junior Class.