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The Summerville News
Official Organ of Chattooga County
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
O. J. Espy, Editor-Manager, 1911-88
D. T. Espy Editor and Manager
Woodrow Espy Associate Editor
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Margaret turned off the humming
vacuum cleaner, and straightened
the slipcovers of the armchair and
the daybed that she had pushed up
to go over the rug. Then she stood
quite still in the doorway and looked
at the small bedroom with its south
ern exposure. It was as neat and
impersonal as a pin. It might never
have been lived in. The door stood
open on the clean, bare closet. There
was not a pennant, not a team pic
ture, not even so much as an old
Arithmetic book
MEZTI left to show whose
' room it had once
■ rV*' xjl been.
U Margaret stared
at the walls, the
w furniture, and
deeply, slowly, she
i realized that no
matter what lodg
ers with their own
trinkets and pic
tures might occupy it, she would al
ways see it the old way. It was the
old way that she saw it now. A pair
of hard-worn gray pants lay on the
floor where they had been dropped.
Three baseball bats were stacked
with £ fishing rod in the corner. A
battered red cap with a letter on it
lay on the bed. And through the bed,
as though it were transparent, Mar
garet saw another bed, smaller, and
with high slatted sides.
She put the vacuum cleaner away
and went down to her desk in the
sitting-room. She took the fifteen
dollars rent that the new lodger had
paid that morning in advance for the
room, and added to it, from her
purse, three dollars and seventy-five
cents more. Then she drew out a
sheet of paper and began to write on
it, slowly, gravely.
“To buy a bond to help train a
young man to replace Don, Jr.—
killed on June 6th in the Battle of
Midway.”
(Letter from an actual communication 1B
the tiles of the Treasury Department.)
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Help our boys. Make certain the
wage earner of the family joins a
payroll savings plan and tops that
10% by New Year’s!
U. S. Treasury Department
“THERE’S REFUGE IN JESUS”
If I could write a poem
As Lovely as could be
5d write it about Jesus
Who gave his life for me.
I cannot think of words to tell
Os His wondrous love;
He is brighter by far
Than ten thousand stars above.
We all have heard the story
Os His Virgin birth
Os the good life He lived
While on this sinful earth.
He was tempted by Satan
Yet did not yield to sin,
He lived a pure and guiltless life,
Yet was slain by sinful men.
Friends, have you ever realized
That He hung upon the tree
Spilled His precious blood to give
Life to you and me?
To save us from what?
From the fire of hell,
Which we can escape
If we drink from His well.
We’ll never thirst again
If we drink from this well
If we do not, friends we’ll
Beg for water in hell.
There is a place called Heaven
Where all is peace and love.
Friend, we can make it our home
If we accept the Saviour above.
Jesus stands at the right hand of
God
And beckons us to come,
And He saved from our sins,
Oh, wanderer, come home.
If you are troubled and unhappy,
Kneel at the Cross and pray,
The half cannot be told of what
He’ll do for you today.
Sinners, don’t you want this Savior
Who can all your troubles share
He’ll take them upon himself
And you’ll not have them to bear
There is no friend on earth
Like Jesus, who helps our burdens
to bear
He’s preparing a place in Glory
For all who accept Him, to share.
When friends fail us here
And the storm cloud hangs low,
We can go to Jesus in prayer
And He comforts us so.
MRS. ROBERT CHANCY.
TRION NEWS
BY MRS. JOHN AGNEW
Private Walter R. Bruce has
returned to Harding Field, La.,
after spending a 15-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Bruce.
Mrs. Fred Thomas, Mrs. Ross
Thomas and Miss Monica Pen
nington spent Saturday in Chat
tanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scoggins
were guests Sunday of their
daughter. Miss Mary Veal Scog
gins, in Cleveland, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McCartha
spent Saturday in Atlanta and
attended the Tech - Alabama
game.
Miss Inez Crane was a week
end guest of her parents in
Menlo.
Mrs. Stella Byess was the
week-end guest of her son, Mur
ray Byess, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Misses Josephine Martin and
Dora Bankey spent the past
week-end in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Blanford Eu
banks and Mr. and Mrs. Webb
Bush spent Saturday in Chat
tanooga and attended the U. C.-
Georgia game.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bankey
were week-end guests bf Mrs.
Bankey’s sister in Flintstone. .
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Pierce, of
Dallas, Tex., were luncheon
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Strickland.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chambers
spent the past week-end in Ma
con, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Murphy
attended the Tech - Alabama
game in Atlanta Saturday and
were week-end guests of Mr.
Murphy’s sister, Mrs. Corrine
Huguley.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams
and Miss Mary Nell Williams
were luncheon guests Sunday of
the former’s mother, Mrs. Conelia
Williams, on Marsh avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cole and
Charles Nunnally were week-end
guests of Mr. Cole’s mother, Mrs.
W. P. Cole, in Carrollton.
Mrs. Ike Ragland went Sunday
to Williamsburg, Va., to visit her
son, James Ira Ragland, who is
stationed there.
John Agnew is attending U. S.
court in Rome this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coarsey
spent the past week-end in At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burgess and
little daughter, Edwina, of Lup
ton City, Tenn., were week-end
guests of the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burgess, east
of Trion.
Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Harrell
have returned from a visit with
friends in Savannah and Way
cross. They also went to Clax
ton, where Rev. Harrell offi
ciated at the marriage of Rev.
Guy Hutchinson and Miss Mar
tha McDougall.
Miss Mildred Westbrook was
the guest Tuesday night of her
sister, Mrs. Charles Little.
Charles David Westbrook
spent the past week-end with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Parks Westbrook, at their home
“Rock Haven.”
Ladies of Trion and commu
nities near, won’t you try to
plan your work at home so that
you can spent some time each
week at the Red Cross Center?
The work is urgent, we need your
help.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks Westbrook,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Westbrook
and children, Mrs. Evelyn Jen
nings, Misses Mildred Westbrook
and Bettie Bruce were guests
Sunday afternoon of Mr. and
Mrs. B. D. Hammond.
Misses Martha Davis and
Mary Estes accompanied the ball
boys from Cave Spring Friday
night.
Supt. H. C. Hogan, of Cave
Spring, also came up with the
ball boys Friday night.
Charles Bell, Jr., student of
Maryville college, of Maryville,
Tenn., was week-end guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Bell, at their home on DeForest
avenue.
Business Woman’s Circle met
Tuesday night with Mrs. James
Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ragland,
of Macon, were week-end guests
of Mr. Ragland’s mother, Mrs.
Mary Ragland.
Miss Hazel Wilson and Miss
Louise Howell, who are in the
chemical warfare in Memphis,
spent the week-end with Miss
Wilson’s mother, Mrs. Mary Wil
son, at Trion Inn.
Sergt. Watson Drane, of Fort
Benning, spent the past week
end in Trion.
Circle No. 2 of the Baptist
church met Tuesday with Mrs.
Leola Camp.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hardeman
attended • the Tech-Alabama
game Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bledsoe,
of Rossville, were luncheon
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Brown.
Mrs. Hazel Vaughn received a
very painful eye injury Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McAr
thus. of LaFayette, were week-
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942.
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. “Poley” Baker, of
Cedartown, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Baker.
Mrs. Evelyn Jennings and Bet
tie Bruce were week-end guests
of Mrs. Jenning’s sister, Mrs.
Parks Westbrook, and Mr. West
brook.
Mesdames Bob WcWhorter,
Mose Brinson, Penn Selman, Abe
Hammond. O. A. Selman, B. W.
Farrar, Misses Pearl Farrar and
Mary Penn, of Summerville, at
tended the benefit bridge at the
club house last Friday after
noon. The party was sponsored
bv the Welfare Department of
the Woman’s club.
Mrs. Ed Harris, of Baltimore,
who has been visiting relatives
in LaGrange and Atlanta, will
arrive Thursday for a several
days visit with her brother, Mr.
N. B. Murphy, and Mrs. Murphy.
Since the Riegeldale Tavern
has closed for the duration, the
Summerville-Trion Rotary club
is holding its regular weekly
meeting in the dining hall of the
Trion Inn.
Mr. B. A. Garrett, of Carroll
ton, was in Trion on business
last Thursday.
Mrs. J. L. Henderson spent the
past week-end in Atlanta with
her mother, Mrs. Borders.
Private and Mrs. Carl Rag
land returned to Cincinnati, 0.,
following a 4-day furlough with
their parents here and in La-
Fayette.
Miss Ethel Simmons, Burrell
Simmons, Drury Martin, Miss
Obera Hollis and J. L. Hender
son motored to Atlanta Satur
day and attended the Tech-Ala
bama game.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glenn,
of Columbus, Ga., spent Satur
day and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Taylor. They were
returning from Chicago, where
they had attended the bottling
convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young
were week-end guests of the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Young, in Berryton.
Ainsworth Luke, student of the
Radio school in Dalton, was the
week-end guest of Rev. and Mrs.
L. B. Harrell.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Borders had
as luncheon guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Autry, of Lin
dale.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Chambers
spent Sunday in LaFayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coop
er spent the past week-end with
the former’s parents in Sum
merville.
Mrs. M. A. Cox and son, Joe,
spent Saturday in Rome.
Bill Hammonds, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end in Trion.
Mr. Richard Carter, of San
Lendro, Cal., was the week-end
guest of Mrs. Essie Johnson.
Mrs. F. L. Broom and chil
dren, of Chattanooga, and Mrs.
Charlie Ragland and young
daughter, Peggy, were luncheon
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilder, of Pennville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Westbrook
spent the past week-end in
Chattanooga with their daugh
ter, Mrs. Corliss Buice, and Mr.
Buice.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fletcher
and daughter, Mary; Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Jackson and little
son, Lyonel, of Gadsden, Ala.,
were luncheon guests Sunday of
Mrs. Essie Johnson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks has re
turned from a weeks’ visit with
her sister, Mrs. W. H. Wiggon
ton, of Gadsden, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lloyd, of
Columbus, Ga., spent the past
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hix.
Miss Hazel Ryder, of Chatta
nooga, was the week-end guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.
H. Ryder, on Park avenue.
Corpl. Roland H. Harris, La
Garde General Hospital, New
Orleans, La., is on a 10-day leave
and visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy D. Harris, north of
Trion.
Mrs. Joe Wiley, of Atco, Ga.,
spent the past week-end with
her sister, Mrs. Roy Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Put
nam, of Alabama City, Ala.,
were luncheon guests Sunday of
friends in Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. Mirion F. Smith,
Junior and Carolyn, of Tyner,
Tenn.; Mrs. James Wilson and
baby, Fay Nell, were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Harris at their home north
of Trion.
Mrs. F. C. Hall and Mrs. Dal
las Busby, of Rome, and Mrs.
Henry Gray were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Johnson on Marsh avenue.
Corpl. Roland H. Harris, Mrs.
Roy Harris and Miss Dorothy
Lancaster spent Monday in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Miss Mary Bullard, of Chatta
nooga, was the guest Thursday
of Mrs. Arthur Friend and Mrs.
Effie Wood on Marsh avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Flint, of
Alabama City, were week-end
WANT ADS
THE LANDS formerly known as
the Lyerly Fruit Farm are posted. -
This means no trespassing.—A.
G. Perry. N0v.26
3END HIM a box of nice stationery.
Emblem of branch of service he’s
in engraved on fine paper. 50
sheets with plain envelopes to
match, $1.25. See samples at The
News office.
TOR SALE—Piano for sale, bargain
for cash. White faced muley bull,
weight 900 pounds, will trade for
heifers or calves. Lewis Tate,
Cloudland, Ga. Novl9
"OR RENT Two three-room
apartments, 2 1-2 miles south of
town, on Summerville - Lyerly
highway, at the Stephenson home
place. Couple desired.
H. S. KING. TYPEWRITER EX
PET—AII makes repaired and re
built. Special repair representive
for Underwood and Remington
typewriters. Ribbons and carbon
for all makes. Room 208-210 West
Building, Rome, Ga., Phone 3339
and 5236.
ELECTRIC WELDERS’”
NEEDED
We can prepare you for good- ;
paying positions as an electric i
welder in a reasonable length of
time. Men skilled in electric
welding are in demand in ship
yards, navy yards and defense
plants and with our training you
have an opportunity to become
a highly skilled man in this Hne.
Call by the school or write for
details and cost.
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Welding
709 Chestnut Street
Chattanooga, Tenn.
SEE SAMPLES of nice engraved
stationery at The News office.
Ideal gift for the boys in service.
Emblem of branch of service he's
in engraved on fine paper. Paper
and envelopes per box $125.
WANTED—To drill water wells j
any where, any depth. Modern ma
chinery, quick service; all kmds of
pumps furnished and installed. Call
ar write W. M. Kittle. Box 132.
Ringgold, Ga.
FOR SALE—2OO-acre farm for sale
or exchange for house between
Summerville and Walker countv
line.—Mrs. Georgia Suggs, Trion, 1
Ga., Route 1.
FOR RENT—Three convenient un
furnished rooms with bath. Near
First Baptist church.—Mrs. Ola
A. White.
WANTED to buy used bed springs,
and quantity; iron beds and all
kinds of good used furniture.
Will pay highest prices for used
Frigidaires.—Hair Motor Co.
FOR SALE—Shrubbery at reason
able prices. Come and look at
it.—Mrs. E. Montgomery.
IN MEMORY
In the early hours of the morn
ing. on Sept. 3, 1942, Mrs. Ella
Smith, of near Lyerly, went home
to be with Jesus. We can not un
derstand why God calls our friends
and love ones away. But her man
sion was ready or God would not
have called her.
About three years ago Mrs. Smith
was stricken with paralysis, she
never again was able to do any
thing, she was a complete shutin.
Mrs. Smith suffered much in the
last months, but she always wel
comed her friends and love ones
when they visited her. She al
ways had a smile and a word of
praise for her Lord. She said that
when she left this old world that
she was going to heaven.
Loved ones, do not weep for
mother, for we believe she is with
Jesus in the Glory Land. She will
be missed very much in her home;
she always tried to do things for
her children and make life easy
and comfortable for them. The
family would come and go, but they
always found mother at home, in
deed the home is vacant.
A place in the family’s heart is
sad today. They look back over
mother’s and grandmother’s life
and see how she spent her life for
them. Also she stretcheth out her
hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth
forth her hands to the needy, she
looketh well to the ways of her
household and eateth not the bread
of idleness.—Proverbs 31:20-27.
We feel that she could say with
the apostal Paul: “I have fought
a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith, !
henceforth, there is laid up for
me a crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the righteous judge, shall;
guests of their daughter, Mrs.
James Tarrance.
Corpl. Charles L. Harris, of [
New York City, will arrive this i
week-end and spend Thanks
giving holidays with his rela
tives in and near Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming,
of Lyerly, and Mr. and Mrs. I.
D. Bennett were the luncheon [
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. [
W. L. Ray, honoring Mr. Ray’s
38th birthday.
Misses Veda and Lucile Walk
er were guests Sunday of the
Teague sisters at their home in .
Pennville
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ONE EXTRA SHELL ... or extra gun, or extra plane,
J* may mean the difference between Victory and defeat for
*" our fighting men on some distant battle front. Don’t fail
■I them by failing to buy that extra shell, gun or plane!
< Buy your share of Stamps and Bonds every pay day until
this war is won. The more bonds you buy, the more planes
J will fly!
> Every Pay Day . . . Everybody . . . 10%
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State-County-City Depository
Make Our Bank Your Bank—Use Blue Checks
Way Is Prepared
For Decision in 1943
WE CAN UNDERSTAND OUR
GAINS BY CONSIDERING
ALL AXIS LOSSES IN
THE PAST YEAR
The United Nations, for the first
time in the war, are looking hope
fully for substantial gains as their l
I forces, more and more, assume the!
initiative. This is the basic change!
' that has come over the war in the I
past few months.
A year ago the nazis were still
coniident that they could over
i whelm Russia. The Japanese en
[ trance was predicated upon a junc
tion in the Indian ocean. Togeth
er the axis nations were sure that
, the war could be won before the
[United States could get going.
What has happened in the past
twelve months? Germany has suf
fered terrible losses, particularly
n the winter campaign, which
[compelled her to limit her offen
sive undertaking on the Russian
front this year. Japan has failed
io isolate the Far East from Amer
ica and there has been no junction
of the axis forces anywhere.
United Nations Grow in Power
Meanwhile, the power of the
United Nations has steadily in
creased. In Africa, over Western
Europe and in the South Pacific,
If not in Russia, the air power of
the free nations has acquired
i marked superiority. The bombing
!of German centers and the plight
of Rommel’s army proves that Ger
man air power is unequal to the j
I task of the war. In the Far East
j American planes have crippled!
many Japanese ships and. seem to
[have seriously interfered with
Japanese ability to supply island
cutposts.
So far as Germany is concerned
! there has been no new lands de
spoiled of resources to bolster the
nazi economy. Hitler today has less
men and materiel for war use-th an
ever before. He has been utterly
unable to secure any assistance
rem Japan. Against him are
I stronger forces, growing in power,
and the conquered lands seethe I
[with rebellion.
Japanese Conquests Unexploited !
What is the situation with re
spect to Japan? Despite vast and J
surprising territorial conquests the I
Japanese have not yet exploited;
the resources for their own use.
Future importation of raw mate
rials depends entirely upon con
trol of the South Pacific water
ways and the possession of an ade
quate fleet of cargo vessels. There
are plain indications that the
Nipponese are not certain of either
safe supply lines or the ships to
transport the stuff.
The United Nations are stronger
today in Britain, Africa, the Near
East and the Far East and from
the United States flows an increas
ng stream of men and supplies. I
The vast production of the Anglo-1
American combination has prob-1
ably passed that of the axis and [
give me at that day, and not one,
me, but unto all them also that!
love His appearing.
On Sep. 4 at 5 o’clock in the I
afternoon, a simple funeral serv-1
ice was conducted in the family I
parlor at her home by the RevJ
Floyd Higgins, pastor of Peren-1
nial Baptist church. The many!
friends and the many beautiful;
flowers showed the love in which
she esteemed. Her body was laid
in the Lyerly cemetery. She will
be sadly missed in the community,
in which she lived, but for a little;
vdiile only ’till our Lord shall
come
A friend of the family,
MRS. EARL MILLER!
just now, the campaign in Russia
is slowly consuming the nazi
might, destroying the tools of war
and the men who wage war as
well.
Grinding of Warfare Helps Us
It is not enough to base our im
proved condition upon recent gains
in the Solomons and in Africa, en
couraging as these operations have
been. They are but surface move
ments, indicative of the enormous
war potentials of the United Na
tions. As the grinding process of
war continues, the replacement of
losses, in men and materiel, will be
vital and here the United Nations
have an overwhelming edge.
The operation in Egypt, in which
Gen. Rommel has been greatly out
numbered in the air, gives evidence
that the German luftwaffe is over
extended. The massing of planes
on certain sectors of the Russian
front supports suspicion that Ger
many hasn’t the planes that she
needs. The futile resistance of
fered to British and American
bombing in western Europe and the
relatively light attempts to bomb
Great Britain also point to a short
■ge of planes in the axis camps.
Jap Shipping Resources Depleted
From the Solomons there come
unmistabably some intimations
that persistent attacks upon Japa
nese shipping have depleted the
enemy’s merchant marine. The re
'cent failure of the Japs to rein
force New Guinea adds weight to
the belief that American opera
ions around the Solomons have
seriously weakened Japanese sea
power.
Tnese conclusions may not be
correct, we admit, because it is im
possible to know the exact truth
of the war strength of the contend
ing nations. Nevertheless, they are
suggested by the trend of war
events and represent fair infer
ences from what has occurred. Un
til there is conclusive evidence to
the contrary, we may assume that
they indicate actual conditions.
It could be possible that Japa
nese weakness in the South Pacific
are due to preparations for offen
sives in other areas, possibly India
r S’beria. Nevertheless, we doubt
it. It could be that German failure
to send air forces to Gen. Rommel,
cr to vigorously combat aerial raids
n western Europe, is due to stra
tegic considerations. Again, we
dc’ibt it.
People not on the inside of the
h:gh councils that determine the
iacts upon which decisions must
be made can only draw legitimate
conclusions from evidence that is
published to the world. They can
study the battlefields and consider
developments that while known do
not show up in ground gains.
Upon these factors there is solid
foundation for a quiet confidence
that the Axis nations are slipping
and that the year 1943 will witness
great triumphs for the United Na
tions.
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