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The SUMMERVILLE NEWS
Official Organ of Chattooga
County
Summerville, Georgia
D. T. ESPY ... Editor & Manager.
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LYERLY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
FAVORITES OF THE WEEK.
Colors: Red and white; teach
er, Miss Martha Douglas: movie. I
“To Each His Own ’; song, “Ru
mors Are Flying’’; couple, Tennie
Jo B. and Ralph F.
WE WONDER WHY?
Four high school girls make a
dive for the post office every day
at lunch?
Willa Dean G. wasn’t at the
ball game Saturday night with
Hilton M.?
Ann B. was so happy Sunday?
Could it have been because a
certain black Buick was down
from Chattanooga?
Barbara C. didn’t go to acer- j
tain party last week?
A certain Freshman girl likes ■
to hear the initials “M. H.”? |
Nancy S. went to Rome Sun- I
day? ■
WE WONDER WHO—
Helen R. and Glenda S. went
riding with Sunday afternoon?
Tennie Jo was with Sunday?
Barbara K. was with at the
ball game Saturday night? (Hub
ba Hubba!)
Wrote the school news last I
week?
WE WONDER IF—
Kathryn V. had a good time I
at the show Friday night?
Miss Martha Douglas enjoyed !
the football game Saturday in i
Atlanta.
The Lovetts enjoyed their trip ,
home. I
Inviting You To . . .
THE HANGAR
Now Open Every Day 4 P. M. to 12 P. M.
Saturdays-Sundays 12 Noon to 12 P. M.
Planes for Passenger Riding Sunday Afternoon.
Square Dance Wednesday and
Saturday Nights
Dance Starts at 8 P. M.
DELICIOUS SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN,
STEAKS, SANDWICHES
PRICED REASONABLY
Owned and Operated by Mr. and Mrs. George Baker
FOR SALE
Used Cars & Trucks
• 1937 Chevrolet Pick-Up
• 1942 Ford Pick-Up
• 1946 Chevrolet Pick-up (3,000 miles)
• 1942 GMC 2 1-2 ton Trucks
• 1942 Dodge 3-4 Ambulance (Panel)
• 1942 Dodge 3-4 (Passenger) Carryall
• 1936 Ford Coupe
• 1940 Dodge Sedan
• 1941 Dodge Sedan
• 1942 Chevrolet Tudor Sedan
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Olds - Cadillac - GMC Truck (Dealers)
LETTER TO THE I|DITOR
Scientists tell us that no truth
serum yet invented is half as
efiective as fear; that any crook
will tell the truth when properly
frightened so while I’m still
scared I want to get a few truths
on the public record. In the past
*few months, I’ve listened to no
| little comment from our good
I people lampooning our city of
' ficials for not accomplishing any
■ thing in the past 10 mon.Vs they
have been in office. In all fair
ness, why, I believe this is most
ly due to just talking without
thinking,. For my own part, on
Tuesday of this week I had an
experience that was a concrete
example of things that have been
accomplished and it happened
like this:
About 4 p. m. my cook nearly
’ tore the laundry door down yell
-1 ing the house was on fire, tell
! ing Ruth Lipham to call the fire
truck. I rushed to put the fire
j out single-handed; I was under
the impression it was the house i
in which I live. However, when
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ENTIRE GROUP
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at COURT HOUSE
Friday Night at 7:30.
I reached the door I could see
i it was the house directly across
s the highway and it looked long
: gone; the smoke and flames
' poured from the upstairs. To face
I a rapidly burning house empty
; handed is truly a helpless feel-'
. ing. Fire, in minutes, can destroj'
> what man takes years to build.
I Murphy and Hughes, followed by
many others, were diving in
smoke-filled rooms downstairs
to remove furniture, so Joe O.
LeMaster and I got wrenches
and made ready the fireplug. As
we hurried, pictures of Old Brass
Betsy and her President Cool
idge attitude of “do not choose
to run” raced through my mind.
My thoughts discarded the hope
of saving the burning house and
I begun plans to maybe save sur
rounding buildings. In the midst
of this came the wail of the si
ren; I assured everyone it would
be the police car, as the fire en
-1 gine had not had time—but I was
,wrong! It was the fire engine,
being driven by Officer Jim Al
len, on the job, and it backed
up to the fireplug in about three ■
minutes flat from the time the
fire was discovered.
Os course, the telephone com- ■
pany had a big hand in this.
They’ve been on the ball down I
there ever since Grace Weaver |
got back on the job. They sound
ed the alarm and put through
the call; then the new fire truck,
purchased by our city officials
and manned by a lively young of
ficer employed by our city offi
cials, took over from there. Jim
wasted not a moment; backed
his truck in to the plug, LeMas
ter made the connection and
the truck took off back to the
house, laying hose, and in sec
onds the water was doing the
job. Willing hands hooked up
another new hose and two
streams of water fought the
flames.
In the meantime, John Q. ,
Public, despite heavy smoke and ’
personal risks, had stripped the ■
downstairs of furniture; every
one helped everyone else. There ;
was a crowd and hurry a-plenty
but every move made was with ,
a purpose and to an end, and ;
speaking on authority, I have
witnessed many fires fought by j
both volunteers and profession
als, but. this was the quickest,
most efficient exhibition of fire
fighting I have ever seen—from
an apparent hopeless situaation '
to contro land it was out almost ,
in a matter of second. Only the
upper story burned and down- ;
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: SUMMERVILLE, GA.
GI BILL FOR CANINE HERO . . .
“Step,” holder of an honorable
discharge after four years service
with the U. S. coast guard, has ap
peared at the New York City of
fice of the Veterans Administra
tion, asking for medical treatment.
The dog suffered a head injury
which causes periods of paralysis.
stairs just water-damaged.
So, the truth is, if we had not
I had this new fire engine and
I good men to operate it, I would
have lost this house completely..
; For my part, I would like to i
watch this new engine slowly I
rot down and never be .needed
again, but anyone of you who
bother to read this may be the
next one to see the flames, feel
the fear and pray for the new
fire truck. So let’s give the
devils their dues. If I recall cor
rectly, our present city officials
made pre-election promises of
only four things: They promised
a new police department, improv
ed fire department, a water sys
tem and better streets. As mat
trs stand, their time is hardly
half up, yet their program half
accomplished. We have a police
department that is neat, intelli
gent, sober and on the job; they
have new equipment to serve us
well and quickly as peace offi
.cers. There can be no doubt in
a fair mind that the use of the
new prowl car has saved at least
one life by controlling speeding
and drunken and reckless driv
ing; also, our oficers have this
new fire-fighting equipment to I
use when necessity demands that
they double as fire fight fighters.
I understand that we may ex
pect to have a full-time fireman
by Jan. 1, 1947. Also that our
city officials are working on
ways and means to install an
adequate water system and an 1
For Which To Be Thankfu.
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extensive street-building program
for ’47, so It’s give the boys a i
chance and full credit for doing
their best for the time they have
been in office. For my part, I
say, “Thank you, Mr. Mayor and
Councilman” and as Mr. R. L.
(Bob) Holland would say, “If
that isn’t enough, why, gentle-
Imen, thank you again.”
808 DAVISON.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 1,793
bales of cotton were ginned in
Chattooga County from the crop
of 1946 prior to Nov. 1 as com
pared with 3,706 bales for the
crop of 1945, according to Rosa
Shumate, special agent.
WANTED
Salesman for Summerville Area
to demonstrate nationally advertised, much - needed,
fast-selling post-war home inventions—house-to-house.
Opportunity to build own business while earning SIOO
weekly or more.
Write
WORLEY & WORLEY, Ellijay, Ga.,
For Full Details
Thursday, November 21, 1946