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The Summerville News, Thursday, October 24, 1003
DAVID T. ESPY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
HERMAN BUFFINGTON ADVERTISING MANAGER
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One Year Later . . .
A year ago this week, the world stood on
"the brink”.
The Cuban crisis was the most serious
crisis since World War 11.
Chattooga Countians, like other
Americans, prayed, stocked up food, hur
riedly built fall-out shalters, and waited.
Almost to a person, they supported the
president’s decision to call Russia’s hand
on putting missiles in Cuba.
The world situation has become more
complex in the year that has elapsed
since. There is the split between China
and Russia, DcGaulle’s adamant attitude,
the nuclear test ban treaty, Viet Nam’s
troubles complicated by religious strife
and Gromyko’s recent statement that re
lations between the East and West couldn’t
County Birthday . . .
An important meeting will be held at 5
p.m. Monday in Summerville and every
one who is interested in promoting this
community should attend.
Summerville will observe her 125th an
niversary next year and that is the sub
ject of this meeting. However, since Chat
tooga County is actually 125 years old this
December, it would not be inappropriate
for it to boa county-wide observance.
There was no centennial observance
Shopping at Home . . .
Newspapers are usually the biggest sup
porters of "Shop at Home.” Most wouldn’t
think of soliciting business from towns
that compete 1 with the hometown mer
chants.
And newspapers in return appreciate
the consideration given them by mer
chants who "Shop at Home” in their ad
vertising programs.
Ao 'Leaf Tour Here .
A booklet just out emphasizes the need
for Chattooga and surrounding counties
to do something about promoting them
selves as tourist attractions.
Surely there is no lovelier fall scenery
anywhere in the state than in the North
west corner of Georgia which offers Look
out Mountain and innumerable ridges.
Yet this booklet put out by the Georgia
200 MIEXD
iContinued From Pace 1'
Three Chattooga Countians
were elected: Mrs John Bank
son. Summerville, who was pre
viously vice president, became
LaFayette District chairman:
Mrs Joint Stubbs. Beersheba, be
came recording secretary, and
Mis Earl W Hall. Trion, became
chairman of Christian educa
tion.
Mr> Charles A Cowan. Car
tersville. will remain as presi
dent
Theme of the meeting was:
"Christian Worship"
Inspirational talks were made
by Dr Harry K Holland, pastor
of the Marietta First Church;
Mrs Charles N Hodgson, Wash
ington. president ot the Women
of the Church. Synod of Geor
gia. the Rev Earl W Hall, pas
tor of tiie Trion Church: and
Mrs Kirton W King, of Rome
Mrs Samuel W Orr was gen
eral chairman of the Trion com
mittee planning the meeting
Revaluation
Questions and Ansivers
'EDITOR S NOTE This trill
will be a continuing column
over the next few weeks. if
you have a Question, please
send it. If we do not have the
answer. we will attempt to get
it for you.
How can property revaluatio
lower my taxes?
One. by locating all taxab!
property in the county an
seeing that taxes are paid o
all of it. This means more peopl
will be sharing the tax loat
Second, you will pay only yot
share of the taxes And yot
share will be determined by ini
partial appraisers who use rec
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The Summerville News
Is the Official Organ
Os Chattooga County
Address All Mail to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310
Summerville, Georgia
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1 Mrs Preston David is president
of the Trion Women of the
Church. Others on the commit- :
tee included Mesdames Ernest '
A Freeman, W A. Howard. Har- ।
old N Florence. Ralph Tribble.
R C Powell. J W Findlev and
Hall
In addition to those already
mentioned, others elected to
I serve are:
Mrs. Charles Smith. Rock
. mart vice president; Mrs. Pryor
Fitts, Dalton, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs Walter Gresh,
Smyrna, treasurer; Mrs. James
|O Cobb. Smyrna, historian;
Mrs Sam W Longino. Marietta,
parliamentarian. Mrs Vance
' Cathey. Lindale, spiritual
growth Mrs Thurman Wilson.
i Rome Westminister, steward
ship, Mrs Milner. Rome, world
i missions; Mrs A R Murphy.
Cedartown, white cross; Mrs
Hen Youmans. Calhoun, church
I extension; Mr- Howard Ector.
Marietta, annuities and relief
Mrs C B Bricker. Woodstock at
Canton, general fund agencies.
Mrs Don Hankin. John Knox
I ognized standard and proce
■l dures approved by the state
Will the same assessment rate
' apply to everyone?
Yes The Board of Tax As
t sessors will decide whether to
assess at 30 or 40 per cent of fair
value or somewhere in between
an And this percentage will be the
same tor all taxpayers whether
>lc they be large or small
id l have heard that in the past
■>n a person might pa) more taxes
>le on a SIOOO car than a $12,000
d house Is this so?
ur Yes this has happened under
ur the old system It cannot happen
n- under the new tax equalization
c- 1 system.
A Prize-Winning
Weekly Newspaper
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
lAS^cgl^N
be worse.”
And, so far as we know, there may still ■
be missiles in Cuba. We have no proof to
the contrary.
While we agree that any opportunities
for easing tensions should be considered,
wo do hope that communism’s aim of ■
world conquest is not for a moment for- ;
gotten.
This was the aim of Stalin. It is the aim
of Mao. It is the aim of Khrushchev.
The first anniversary of the Cuban crisis ;
should serve to remind us that Com- !
munism is still in Cuba, that it is making i
a determined effort all over the world, es
pecially in Latin America—and that it is
still a very grave threat to ourselves, our
children and our grandchildren.
here and we would be missing a good op
portunity to pass by this forthcoming an
niversary without any notice.
We had an excellent observance of the
Civil War Centennial and there is no rea
son why we can’t have an equally good ob
servance of our 125th birthday. It will |
take work and planning.
But the benefits to be derived will be
well worth it.
Hans L. Carstensen, Jr., of N. W. Ayer
& Son, Inc,, advertising agency, said re- j
cently:
In retail selling, all business is local and
there isn’t anything more ‘local’ than the '
hometown newspaper . . . the local paper
should be the first consideration in any
advertising program.”
Department of Industry and Trade com- I
pletely ignores this entire section. It pro- I
poses "leaf tours” on a map with places |
listed as close as Cedartown, Cartersville, i
Calhoun and Dalton. But our area is ig- ।
nored.
It will continue to be until we become I
aware ourselves of our potential and then '
stir others to the realization.
Church, Marietta, Columbia)
Friendship Circle; Mrs. Henry
Berry. Rome. Homes; Mrs James
Crawford. Rockmart, mission
haven; Mrs Doyle Wardlaw.
Marietta. Marietta District
Chairman; Mrs H L. Cromartie.
■Rome, Rome District Chairman;
and Mrs Hugh Dobbins. Mari
etta. Business Women's District.
The new officers were in
stalled by the Rev. Robert C.
| Pooley Jr.. Rome, moderator of
। the Synod of Georgia
KMIIINd
CLASS SLATED
Knitting classes will start in
Summerville Nov 1
They will be from 10 a.m. to
।| 12 noon at the Summerville
Recreation Center on a weekly
i basis. Mrs Sue Spivey will be the
[ Instructor.
Those interested are asked to
register prior to the start of the
: classes.
TRIOX CLASS TO
HOLD CARXIA AL
A gala Halloween carnival will
be held at Trion High at 7 pm
Monday, sponsored by the junior
class
A grab bag booth, house of
horrors, costume contest, cake
w alk and fun hou s e are
planned
Admission will be 15c and 25c.
Summerville** Rax On
I SS Bellatrix
j
r Donald O Ray. boilerman.
fireman. USN. son of Frank T
c Ray. of Route 1. Summerville, is
r serving aboard the refrigerated
stores ship CSS Bellatrix, which
t is currently operating out of
s Yokosuka. Japan
0 During the next four months
Bellatrix will participate in cx
r ercises with the Seventh Fleet,
a visiting such ports as Sasebo,
u Japan. Hong Kong and Subic
Bay in the Philippines,
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Coffee Break
By HELEN BUFFINGTON
It’s a shame so many lovely names like “Ginny”
are being given devilish connotations because the
weather people have seen fit to name hurricanes after
women.
It’s obvious that the “weather people” who made
this decision were “weathermen”.
Carolyn Alexander was showing me the photo
album she has of her two adorable children and I am
making a similar one.
She probably doesn’t put in it every picture of the
children—that would fill many albums over the years if
she is like most parents about this. But she includes
representative ones of them at various ages and par
ticularly good ones. This will always be a very treas
ured album of hers, I am sure, as will mine be to me.
If you would like some tasty recipes from the
kitchens of Chattooga Countians in the first quarter
of this century, see the Presbyterian Cookbook at the
Summerville library.
The book, yellowed with age but full of mouth
watering recipes, has just been presented the library
by Mrs. B. W. Farrar. It had been compiled inthe late
1920’s by Presbyterian women who intended to sell
conies. However, shortly after compilation it was de
cided that they would no longer raise funds by sell
ing items and the project was abandoned.
Speaking of the library, if you enjoy seeing color
pictures of beautiful early American homes, don’t fail
to see the two handsome volumes which the library
has just received entitled, "Treasury of Early Ameri
can Homes”. They are magnificient. Both interior
and exterior views are included.
One highlight of a delightful luncheon which I
attended last week at Trion was a conversation with
tin* vivacious Miss Ruby O’Rear.
It was her mother, I learned, who selected the
name "Mentone" for our neighboring resort commun
ity in Alabama. Mrs. O’Rear, who lived in the com
munity, was asked by the developer of the resort to
suggest a name. She had just read where Britian’s
Queen Victoria had been spending some time at a
resort in France called "Mentone". It means "musical
bubbling springs". Mrs. O’Rear thought this would
be a lovely name for the new resort. So did its de
veloper and he adopted her suggestion.
Doc Mag Says . . .
“SOME PEOPLE
HAVE BURNING,
PAINFUL TONGUE"
By the Medical Association
Os Georgia
A painful, burning tongue is
the complaint of a considerable
number of people over forty. In
some, the pain is severe enough
to keep them awake at night.
Sometimes this distressing
sensation is caused by local
irritants Rough spots on the
I teeth and dentures can irritate
, [ the tongue as it passes over
.! them The habit of rubbing the
• tongue against the teeth when
• hinder emotional or psychic ten-
I sion can cause trouble too
J Excessive cigarette smoking.
■ | too much alcohol, eating highly
| seasoned foods any one of these
things can cause pain and burn
ing of the tongue.
Allergic reactions may be re
sponsible The troublesome agent
may be lipstick, a mouth wash
Lor some material in dentures or
: fillings.
If no local cause of the sensa
tion can be found the patient
1 should have a complete physical
examination Sometimes anemia,
vitamin deficiency or some other
ailment not directly associated
with the tongue causes it to be
come painful
In some cases no cause for the
| distress can be found. But, after
; a thorough examination the
patient can perhaps better stand
the discomfort with the knowl
< edge that there is no evidence
i of serious disease
! Many patients with painful,
f burning tongues fear they have
cancer Cancers of the tongue
s do occur but fortunately they
- are rare. The physician will
want to look for signs of cancer
in his examination, but chances
.' are the cause of the discomfort
i will be something other than
cancer.
The tongue has an important
history in medicine. Physicians
of an earlier generation always
looked first at the patient's
tongue as a clue to his condi
tion. Normally, the tongue is
; moist, and pinkish-white in
color. It can be moved quickly
1 i or slowly in all directions.
1 Like all other tissues of the
human body, it is connected
;' with the nervous system. When
1 a burning sensation occurs it is
reflected through nerves.
Sometimes the usually smooth
surface of the tongue becomes
marked by deep grooves and ele
-1 vations. Because the markings
resemble those on a relief map
the condition is called geo
graphic tongue. It can some
times be improved by the use of
mouth washes, mild antiseptics
and special diets but its exact
cause isn't definitely established
Various diseases affect the
t movements of the tongue. Peo
i pie who have lost the function
r of one side of the brain may
have paralysis on one side of the
■ tongue. In such cases, the
I healthy side pushes toward the
1 paralyzed side. People who are
. in a stupor or are weak and ex
r hausted may put the tongue out
i just a little and leave it there
■ until they are told to draw it
back. Thyroid trouble also af
' sects the movement of the
r tongue.
Doc MAG says:
i 1 When a person complains ol
-a painful, burning tongue the
' physician will want to make a
complete examination to find oi
. rule out possible organic causes
’ of the condition.
They—the newspapers—are ai
1 much a vital part of the com
r inanity as the people them
- selves, to whom the newspaper
t are at once guardian and serv
1, ant.
1 John Davis
JiffZzzA Reports From r r it
Congress
THIS IS BEING written just,
after listening to about two
hours of testimony by the world
renowned scientist, Dr. Edward
Teller. He is the man who re
ceived much publicity recently
when he stated to a Senate com
mittee that the United States
i should not enter into a test ban
treaty with Russia.
Some of the ideas which he
expressed today are set forth
below. As you will notice, some
of them may be debatable, but
all of them are stimulating and
thought-provoking:
‘‘When Columbus talked Queen
Isabella into pawning her jewels
to finance his trip, he told her
his purpose was to establish
better trade with China. We still
do not have better trade with
China, but we have picked up a
few other things along the way.
This is the way it is with scien
tific research.
‘‘When Jules Verne wrote his
science fiction about sending
men into space, he let the char
acters be Americans, but Russia
beat us into space. This may be
the symbol of other things to
come—this is what worries me.
“In ten years or so we will
have the ability to make really
good weather predictions. We
. will make honest men out of the
; weather forecasters.
“Some day we aie surely going
Looking Ahead ...
By DR GEORGE S. BENSON
President—National
Education Program
Searcy, Arkansas
EMPLOYMENT WHERE?
Some 16 to 20 million workers
are to be added to our labor
force during the next ten years.
Finding jobs for them is one of
the problems that will concern
everyone. This does not mean,
however, that the only solution
will be to turn the unemployed
over to the federal government,
either for the dole, for retrain
ing, or for employment. This is
hardly the answer, in view of
the fact that one out of eight
workers today is already on the
public payroll: some 9.5 million
civilians working for the rest of
us.
In other words, it would
appear that even the federal
government, with its 2.5 million
employees, has as much employ
ment as we can afford to pay
for. But Labor Secretary Wirtz
tells us that private business
must grow faster, so that more
government growth can be sup
| ported. We recently reported
that total public employment
should increase to a total of 13.5
| million during the n^kt 15
I years. Other sources have esti-
I mated already that if present
trends of government employ
ment continue, the present ratio
of one government job to eight
| private jobs will become one to
■ five by 1970 and one to four by
i 1980.
Government Can’t Do It
The point is that the economy
cannot tolerate this kind of bur
; den. The horde of government
: workers, largely non-productive,
। thus predicted would in itself
I produce a state of near-social
ism. Instead of sapping the
Notes From 20 Years Ago...
s ' 1
* Letters to the
i Editor
ft
s Dear Sir,
As you know, and I guess
A everyone knows, a little while
s back the city put “No Parking” j
signs on Martin Street. Some;
s obey them and some don’t When
,' it is necessary for someone to i
_ i park on side of the road, here i
_ come the police and give them ;
f i a ticket. And when it isn’t at all
s j necessary some people park on
I I side of the road and just go vis- !
i j iting. I would like to know why;
e ’ some people are allowed to park ;
_ i on Martin Street and others are j
n I not?
y j —A READER
e I
e I Editor
e- Summerville News
e Summerville. Georgia
- : Dear Mr. Editor.
it I was very much surprised to ]
e read in the News of last week ;
t । the Chattooga School budget for ।
- this year. I wonder by what
e method Mr Spence and the
i school board used in deter-1
। mining the cost of educating an 1
if elementary school student and a I
e high school student. It seems ।
a that they are saying it cost no
r more to educate a high school i
s I student than it does an elemen- i
tary student, but let’s look at ।
! some of the difference’s that I
is readily see 11 > cost of school
i- shop <2l school gym <3»
i- home economics department t4>
■s maintenance new or old build
- mg. Mr. Editor using the per-
,cent method that Mr. Spence ।
, to learn how to influence the
weather. This will not happen
by any dramatic means. No
nuclear explosion has ever yet
influenced the weather, and I
feel certain that it never will
The weather will be influenced
by much more commonplace
methods such as spreading some
inexpensive substance over a
large area of the ocean to re
tard evaporation of the water,
or spreading a different sub
stance to produce more rapid
evaporation. Incidentally. I’d
rather not see the Russians
learn how to influence the
weather before we do.
“There is no field as difficult
to direct as scientific research.
In fact, to direct scientific ef
fort is to emasculate it. The
very fact that in olden days the
alchemists set out to make gold
in itself doomed a great part of
their effort to failure. The most
productive research in history—
the really decisive discoveries —
have been made when the scien
tific effort was directed toward
no particular goal but was
rather done for enlightenment
and for the satisfaction of
curiosity.
“Nothing is more vital to our
future welfare and our future
safety than scientific research.
Even so, I would not turn the
management of this activity
strength of the whole economy
to support such a large propor- | .
tion of our labor force, the gov- ,
ernment ought to encourage pri
vate business through policies 1
that will make job opportunities.
, It hasn’t been that way. One of
' every two new non-farm jobs in j
the past five years has been ere- ) '
■ ated by federal, state, and local':
governments. Is this the nation ।
we think we have?
No, and we must make it pos- :
sible for private enterprise to
, provide the bulk of the jobs we
shall require. Private industry
can provide the 16 or 20 million
jobs in the next ten years if
allowed to do so. On the aver
■ age, SIB,OOO to $25,000 is re
i quired in tools and invested
capital to create a job. Accord
ingly, it will take S4OO to SSOO
I billion to make jobs that are
I । really productive. This is more
i ; than the government can pos
: sibly do, short of socialism.
Stop Deficits
A recent Brookings Institution
> report points to our balance of j
■ payments deficit as a limitation |
on employment, because it keeps |
I! the government from taking ;
: steps it might otherwise take to
11 stimulate the economy. Appar- I
> j ently these economists would
■ | have the government be as I
profligate at home as it has
j been abroad, a policy which
। would only increase and
I heighten our troubles. The U. S.
। helped to stimulate the economy
■ । of Western Europe in years past;
now, it attempts to prevent pri
vate overseas investments that
’ are more attractive than those
■ । at home.
;; We are going to have to stop i
. I running deficits of any kind, i
:: foreign or domestic. Easy money 1
and big deficits, however, are I
’ being urged upon the nation
Prof. C. E. Bell, superintend
ent of Trion school system, will j
j fill the pulpit of First Baptist
। church here Sunday morning at
| 11 o’clock in the absence of the
| pastor . . .
E. H. Hurst, 80. died at the
home of his daughter; Mrs. J. C.
Smith, near Centre. Ala., Tues
day night, Sept. 14, following a
two weeks’ illness . . .
—
The greatest number of stu
; dents from any senior class in
the history of Summerville High
school go to college this fall. I
: This bespeaks of an advance
; ment in scholarship for the
school. Those who go are Robert
Earl Davison, to Emory univer
sity: Jimmie Hudson, LaGrange;
■ Joe Dodd Cook, University of
Chattanooga: Mary Tripp,
G.S.C.W.: Betty Dyer. Helen
Dyer. Anita Divine and Jeanette
Echols, West Georgia.
The name of Stacy Romine,
son of Tom Romine, of Menlo.
and the school board are using
I would say that Chattooga
High is getting the short end of
! the horn and that consolidation
■of the schools were a big mis
take. Summerville Elementary
is getting the same per-cent
| < pupil wise । of the budget as
| Chattooga High and they do not
■ have a shop, home ec.. etc.
। I know* from just looking at
the two schools and knowing the
ages or when they were built
that this is not a good formula
for distributing the money for
the county schools.
Very truly yours,
i A READER
completely over to the scientists.
No one who is very close to the
1 subject can be completely objec
tive. and scientists would in
evitably exceed their legitimate
I field of activity.
“Banning bomb tests is dan
gerous—Russia can cheat. Col
. laboration is not dangerous—
. Russia cannot cheat. The min
ute the Russians quit pulling in
I the collar we would know it.
I Furthermore we would learn
; how far the Russians had ad
-1 vanced their own technology.
“Technical education in the
United States is in good shape.
Our main problem areas are in
. our elementary and high schools.
> The children are not inspired. A
> child gets his first exciting
I problems when he is 20, yet the
E age of most fertile imagination
t is in the teens. Why should we
. wait until one’s mental agility is
. waning before giving him ex
- citing work to do?”
* * *
s RECENT VISITORS to the of
t fice were Harry L. Holliday and
f sons Bruce and Carl, of Smyrna;
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. (Chestie)
r Ragland of Trion; Miss Jo Ann
s Kingsley of Chattanooga Valley
and her sister, Mrs. John Ran
; som of Vienna, Virginia, for
/ merly of Chattanooga Valley.
by the Administration. Heavy
spending in the Thirties (or
what was considered heavy
then) was tried as a cure for
unemployment, but it failed to
rouse the economy. In 1939 our
unemployment still amounted to
9.4 million. The cure for unem
ployment is not simple, but it
will not come about until our
producers can compete in the
markets of the world. Nor will
jobs be plentiful unless enter
prisers are encouraged to invest
and expand in hopes of earning
a fair profit.
Encourage Initiative
We shall not find S4OO or SSOO
billion with which to create jobs
as long as unwise laws or union
pressures cast doubt upon the
success of new undertakings.
Owners of capital will not be
persuaded to risk their savings
under impossible handicaps. If
the labor market is artifically
bolstered by union demands or
government rulings, so that
available workers are priced out
of the market, unemployment is
bound to come. If taxes are kept
as high as to confiscate capital,
growth and expansion will not
be able to create jobs.
Millions of displaced persons
flooded into West Germany after
World War 11. But jobs were
found for them and many others
called in from adjacent coun
tries. What policies made this
possible? Sound money, balanced
budgets, no indebtedness, no in
flation, decreased control and
regulation of business. Capital
flowed into West Germany and
production hit new highs. Good
sense, freedom in the market
place, and plenty of trade
brought prosperity to West Ger
many. It can do the same for
us.
was included today in a list of
i 26 casualties, including two dead,
one wounded and 23 missing, an
nounced by the navy depart
ment.
The Chattooga Red Cross
chapter has accepted a quota of
144 kit bags to be given the sol
diers as they embark for over
seas duty . . .
The junior boys are greatly
interested in the fact that the
seniors have a new student,
Bette Gamble . . . School News.
This week we salute John
Henry Wilson. He was a popular
member of the 1942 graduating
class, also captain of the foot
ball team for two years.
He entered the merchant ma
rine last year and is now on
active duty. He will always be
remembered for his courteous
ways and pleasing personality
I. . . School News.
The Lyerly school has closed
for a month so the children can
assist in farm work.
Rolling up what is perhaps the
greatest majority in local his
tory. the people of Summerville
and the districts served by the
■ local school system ratified the
amendment to the Constitution
lof the State of Georgia per
mitting the bonded indebted
ness of the district to be in
creased by an issue not exceed
ing 535.000.00 The tally showed
that a total of 630 votes had
been cast with 628 in favor of
the bonds for the schoolhouse
and with only two votes against
1 it.