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HERE ’N'
THERE
The Trion Alumni “T” Club
will sponsor a dance from 9 to
1, Friday evening, May 28, at the
Trion Community Center The
atre.
Jack Kranyik and orchestra, of
Rome, will furnish the music.
Tickets are on sale at the Trion
Bus Station.
The Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence and Home-Coming Day will
be held at the South Carolina
Campground Methodist Church,
Sunday, May 9, it has been an
nounced by the Rev. Shelton
Adams, pastor.
The Rev. Peter Manning, dis
trict superintendent, will speak
at the 11 a. m. service. Dinner
on the ground will follow.
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Rev. Wilburn Dooley will
speak at the 11 p. m. service
Sunday, May 9, at the Chapel
Hill Church. Everyone is wel
come.
Taking advantage of the many
inducements now being offered
by the U. S. Army and U. S. Air
Force, five local men enlisted in
these services in April, accord
ing to a statement released yes
terday by M/Sgt. Robert E. Ivey
of the Rome Recruiting Station.
The men from Chattooga
County enlisting were: Grimes
A. Lancaster, C-36 9th Street,
Trion; Bobby J. Bean, C-25th
Street, Trion; Joe W. Stansell,
Route 3, Summerville; Carl J.
Crowe? Route 3, Summerville,
and James M. Parker, Lyerly.
Following an automobile crash
Saturday night at the river
bridge south of Summerville on
U. S. Highway 27, Roland Tay
lor is in jail with bond posted
at S2OO, according to county dep
uties.
Neither Taylor nor the occu
pants of the car with whom he
collided were injured. Officers
report that Taylor was drunk
while driving.
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce will meet at 8
p. m. Tuesday, May 11, accord
ing to Mose Brinson, president.
Ten persons were arrested by
city police officers during the
past week for disorderly conduct,
while one was booked for speed
ing.
Henry Harold Chambers was
cited for speeding, while the fol
lowing were held for disorderly
conduct: Bobbie Browning, Lee
Kellett, Charlie Kirby, John
Martin, Glenn Favors, Venison
Brown, Gramling Miller, James
B. Sibert, James Corbrown and
Cora Wooten.
The Summerville High School
Senior Class will present “Miss
Chatterbox” at 8 p. m. Friday,
May 7, at the Sturdivant Gym
nasium.
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Richard Anderson,
gunner’s mate, second class, U.
S. N., husband of Mrs. Julia An -
derson, and son of Mr. J. P. An
derson, of Lyerly, Ga., is serving
with the Charleston Group, At
lantic Reserve Fleet, at Charles- .
ton, S. C., and is engaged in the
inactivating of surplus Navy I
ships.
Fifty-eight buyers and 126
sellers exchanged 419 cattle, 37
hogs, two mules and one goat at
Wednesday’s Coosa Valley Live
stock sale, Rome, with the total
sale, $34,837.74.
Hogs, $13.50-22.75 cwt.; calves
$5-27.75 cwt.; bullb, $15.75-28
cwt.; steers, $20.50-28.75 cwt.;
slaughter cows, $13.25-21.50 cwt.!
dairy type heifers, sl6-27 cwt.;
springers, $75 to $18? -'er hd.
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announcing a gift this
week as a memorial to the late
Miss Lily Strickland, long-time
worker at the Georgia Baptist
Children’s Home, Manager J. L.
Fortney expresses the hope, that
others would see fit to add to
this fund which is to be known
as the Lily Strickland Music
Fund.
Miss Strickland served at the
Georgia Baptist Children’s Home
nearly a quarter of a century in
the capacities of teacher, prin
cipal, and financial secretary.
She was one of the best known
and best loved members of the
staff, Mr. Fortney said. “Her
death on April 23 was a shock
to her many friends and hun
dreds of men and women over
Georgia and elsewhere who
were brought up in the Georgia
Baptist Children’s Home,” he
TWO ARRESTED FOR
AUTOMOBILE THEFT
Georgia W. Godfrey is in jail
with bond posted at $1,500 and
Billy Hamilton is out under a
$1,500 bnod, after being charged
with larceny of a 1940 Ford
owned by Earl Beatty.
The automobile was stolen on
April 23, and was recovered at
LaFayette on April 29, by Walk
er County law officers and La-
Fayette city police, Sheriff A. H.
Glenn reported.
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DRIVING LICENSES
State Patrolmen will be in
Summerville on Friday, May
7, and Tuesday, May 25, and
at Trion on Tuesday, May 11,
for the purpose of renewing
driving licenses.
L. P. Wood
Dies Thursday
L. P. Wood, 74, died at his home
on Washington Avenue, Sum
merville, at 1 p. m. Thursday,
April 29.
He was born in Washington
County in 1873, but came to
Summerville as agent and opera
tor for the Central of Georgia
Railroad in 1905. His wife was
the late Sarah Ann Glenn, dau
ghter of Capt. and Mrs. Joe
Glenn. They had four children,
ail of whom survive him.
After working for the Central
of Georgia for 45 years, Mr.
Wood retired in July of 1945.
He was an active member of
the Summerville Methodist
Church.
Mr. Wood is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Roy Alexander
and Mrs. Clovis Fisher, of Sum
merville, and Mrs. H. L. Reason,
of Sarasota, Fla.; one son, L. P.
■ (Sonny) Wood, Jr., of Cloudland;
three grandchildren, Dora Ann
Alexander, Leßoy Alexander and
'Tommy Fisher; also a number ol
! nieces and nephews survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p. m. Friday at the Sum
merville Methodist Church with
' the Rev. F. E. Crutcher, pastor,
and the Rev. Harry Foster offici
ating. Interment was in the
Summerville Cemetery. J. D. Hill
in charge of arrangements.
! S. H. S. Nine
Victors in 3 and 4
By BILLY ESPY
After getting off to a slow start
by losing their first game, the
■ SHS nine have won the last three
games they have played.
Playing their first game with
only two days of practice, they
were beaten 16-3 by the Lee
High nine, a hard-hitting bunch
of boys.
The second game was with La-
Fayette, Summerville taking this
one by a score of 12-11. Fletcher
and Sewell Cash led the hitting
with 3 for 3 and 3 for 5 respec
tively.
The next game was with Me- I
Henry High of Rome, and the!
locals were victorious by a score
of 11-5 with Bobby Nix and John
Bonovits leading with Nix get
ting two doubles and a single
and Donovits getting three sin- I
gles.
Playing at Lee High last Wed
.nesday, the Red and Black gain
led sweet revenge by defeating I
Ith Blue and White 5-4 behind
i the fine pitching of Sewell Cash
I with Jimmy Bush getting two
I singles and a triple to lead the
! hitting.
Leroy Byars Completes
Basic Airborne Course
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Leßoy B. Byars, A-33 First
Street, Trion, son of Mrs. Loise
Hollender. same address, has i
successfully completed the rigid ,
five-week Basic Airborne course
at The Infantry School, Fort
Benning, and has been awarded
the official United States Army
Parachute Wings.
His air indoctrination includ
ed a glider flight to acquaint him
with modern glider warfare.
Practical instruction in ground
assembly, parachute rigging and
maintenance, and loading and
lashing of Airborne cargo—vital
I skills in all Airborne units —were :
included in his period of train
ing.
During this training he made
five parachute jumps from Army
cargo aircraft at an altitude of
1,000 feet and achieved the high
score necessary to pass the
“Paratroop” physical fitness
test.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA," THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948
FUNERAL SERVICES CONDUCTED MAY 2
I
B Mt
Pvt. Frank (Snook) Quarles Peace, Chattooga Coun
ty's second war dead returned for burial, was fatally
wounded in action in Germany on Nov. 28, 1944. Fu
neral services were conducted at the Trion Methodist
Church, Sunday, May 2, with the Rev. John Daniel
and the Rev. J. A. Langford officiating. Military hon
ors were rendered by the members of Mason-Mc-
Cauley Post 6688 VFW and American Legion Post
129.
SUMMERVILLE CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION FORMED
A Summerville Cemetery Asso-|
ciation was formed Thursday af
trnoon at the cemetery, where
a group of interested Summer
ville residents met with Mose
Brinson, president of the Chat
tooga County Chamber of Com-;
I merce, which sponsored the;
movement for such an organi
zation.
A charter has been applied for
and is expected to be issued
shortly.
J. D. Hill, local funeral direc
tor, was elected president of the
organization, whose chief aim is
to provide an attractive and
clean cemetery and to handle
the sale of lots.
Other officers elected includ
ed D. L. McWhorter, treasurer, |
Cancer Quota
Doubled Here
Chattooga County has doubly
übscribed the cancer drive quo
a of $650, according to Mrs. J. R
Burgess, president of the Junior
Woman’s Club, which is sponsor
ing the drive.
Although the drive will con
tinue through Friday, May 7.
more than $1,200 had been do
nated Wednesday, Mrs. Burgess
said.
M. G. Hobbs, Sr., Trion chair-,
man, reported that Trion has
contributed more than $650, |
while Summerville has raised I
$550.
Anyone wishing to contribute |
may do so by mailing the check I
or money order to Mrs. Burgess, ■
Summerville. Ga.
BALES TO ADDRESS
WILDLIFE CLUB
E. T. Bales, sports editor of
the Chattanooga News - Free
Press, will be the principal
speaker at the monthly meeting
of the Chattooga County Wild
life and Conservation Club at 8
p. m. Monday, May 10. The
meeting this month will be held
at the Trion High School and all
members of the club are urged to
attend, and others are invited.
Some important business mat
ters pertaining to the club lake
and the county game preserve
are to be discussed at the meet
ing, it has been disclosed. There
are now 400 members of the
club and new members are be
ing enrolled daily, leaders state.
Mr. Bales, who also is presi
dent of the Hamilton County
Sportsmen’s Club, will bring with
him a movie film of Tennessee
Valley wild life which should
prove of much interest to every
one. He was scheduled to meet
with the club at the last meet
ing. but was detained.
I rnd Mrs. John Cleghorn, secre
tary.
it was estimated that it would
i take approximately SI,OOO to
1 beautify the cemetery grounds.
.Mayor Willis James assured the
group that the city would put
I the driveways ip good condition.
Mr. Hill reported that one and
one-tenth acres had been pur
chased on the northern side of
the cemetery to provide more
area for lots.
Those attending included Miss
Lois McWhorter, Miss Mary
Penn, Miss Beulah Shropshire.
Mrs. O. H. Selman, Mrs. Will
Hinton, Miss Ruth Fuller, Mrs.
Frances Harris, Mrs. Howard
Weems, Mrs. Eugene Taylor, Mrs.
Charles Fowler, Mr. Hill, Mr.
Brinson, Mr. James, Mr. Mc-
Whorter and Mrs. Cleghorn.
Turner Killed
In Motorcycle
Auto Crash
Joseph Jackson Turner, of
Summerville, Route 1, was fa
tally injured Saturday when the
motorcycle he was riding collid
ed with an automobile on U. S.
Highway 27 at the three-mile
bridge north of Rome.
The Chattooga County youth
i was pronounced dead upon ar-
I rival at a Rome hospital. The
I collision occurred at 1:30 p. m.
Thomas L. Barnett, 19-year-
I Armuchee boy, who was alleged
ly the driver of teh automobile
i involved in the crash, was held
m the Floyd County Jail on tech
nical charges of murder.
According to Floyd County law
officers, Turner was proceeding
northward, toward Summerville,
and Barnett was going toward
Rome, after he had passed an
other car in Turner’s lane. Bar
nett was at least three feet over
the center line, Floyd officers
declared.
Funeral services for young
Turner were held at 1:30 p. m.
Monday at the Berryton Church
lof God, Berryton, with the Rev.
Jeff Dale, pastor, officiating.
He was born July 10, 1930, and
is survived by his widow, Iva
Nell Hammitt Turner, of Sum
merville; his father, Luther
Turner; two sisters, Mrs. Martha
Postero, of Chicago, 111., and Miss
Beulah Turner, of Summerville,
Route 2; two brothers, Benny, of
Atlanta, and Johnny Turner, of
the U. S. Army Air Corps, Japan
Rome Symphony Orchestra
To Appear Here Tonight
The Rome Symphony Orches
tra will appear at 8 o’clock to
night (Thursday) at the Court
house Auditorium.
Tickets may be purchased
from any member of the Junior
Woman’s Club.
Bid Awarded For Seville
School; Plans Being Made
For Other Two Buildings
Bids for Auditorium and
Colored Addition to Be Let
Bids for the construction of an
auditorium at the. Summerville
High School, for the construc
tion of two classrooms adjoin-
■ ing the present Summerville
Colored School, and for the con
struction of a wing, consisting of
four rooms, adjoining the pres-
■ ent Chattooga County Colored
School, located between Lyerly
and Holland, will be let until 11
a. m., Tuesday, June 1, it has
been announced by C. B. Akin,
County School Superintendent.
CHILDREN’S PICTURES TAKEN FREE;
PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
The Summerville News today'
announces the forthcoming pub
lication of a series of local chil
dren’s pictures yet to be taken.
Arrangements have been com
pleted with the Woltz Studios of
j Des Moines, lowa, a nationally
known firm who specialize in!
j children’s photography for news- ;
' papers, to take the pictures and
furnish the engravings.
Expert children’s photogra-j
phers for the studios, with all 1
the necessary equipment for this
specialized work, will be here
Saturday, May 22. The special
studio will be set up in the Sum
merville High School Gymnas
um and will be open from 1 p.m.
o 8 p. m.
There is no charge to the par- 1
ents! There is absolutely no ob
ligation to this invitation. There
is no age limit. It is bonafide in |
Church Bus
Stolen Here
Sheriff A. H. Glenn reported
no success Wednesday in the
search for the Welcome Hill Bap
tist Church bus, which was stol
en from the Square Deal Garage,
operated by Arvin Chamlee,
three miles north of Trion. Fri
day night.-
The bus was discovered to be
missing from the garage Satur
lay morning, when Sam Mar
shall, a mechanic, arrived at
work. He found that the side en
trance door to the garage had
been forced.
Chamlee arrived as the theft I
was discovered and an investi- I
gation showed the bus had been
removed by the side entrance I
and driven around the airport
buildings before turning into the
highway and heading north.
According to Sheriff Glenn,
the theft was believed to have
j occurred in the vicinity of 2 a.m.
;at which time a nearby resident
was said to have seen the ga
rage door open and the bus
leaving. A Summerville fruit
dealer also reported passing the
bus heading north between Trion
and LaFayette at approximately
that time.
It is believed that the vehicle
■was damaged considerably when
it was taken from the garage,
because the wall on one side of
the concrete block building was
knocked out of line and glass
rom marker lights on the bus
was found shattered on the
ground.
DISTRICT W. S. C. S. TO
MEET IN CARTERSVILLE
The annual spring meeting of
he Dalton District Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service will be .
held on Wednesday, May 12, at'
10:30 a. m., at the Sam Jones
Memorial Church in Cartersville.
The theme of the meeting will
be “That Thy Way May Be i
Known Upon Eearth.” Mrs. Stew- :
art Colley, president of the North !
Georgia Conference WSCS, will
be the principal speaker of the
day, and all district officers will
give their reports and a report
from each local president will be
heard.
Mrs. Houston Jewell, of Chick
amauga, is president of the
Dalton District Society and she
will preside. Mrs. Griffin Smith
is president of the hostess so
ciety, while the Rev. George King
is pastor of the Sam Jones Me
morial Church.
i Plans and specifications will
j I be drawn and ready for bidders
-■ oy May 15, it was stated, and
- prospective bidders are asked to
j I contact the County School Su
-; perintendent for application for
f tnese plans.
Each bidder will be required
11 to submit with his bid a certi
z fied check or a bid bond in an
1 amount equal to not less than
s 5 per cent of the amount of the
,■ bid, payable to the Chattooga
County Board of Education.
I every sense of the word. Parents
do not have to be subscribers,
nor even readers of this news
; ,aper. Neither are they obligat
: n to purchase pictures after
i they are taken. Those who want
some additional prints may ob
tain them by arrangement with
I the studio representative when
I they select the pose they want
printed in the paper. It is en
! tirely up to them!
j You will be happy, afterwards,
' if you let your child or children
participate, and very sorry if you
■ ion’t. The kiddies will have fun
j and Mother and Dad will be very
proud to see their pictures in
print later. Many will clip them
I out and preserve them until jun
ior grows up. The Summerville
' News wants as many pictures as
possible, so don’t forget the day
j and date, Saturday, May 22, 1 to
8 p. m.
Gaines Elected
Councilman
For Ward One
Joe Gaines, local coal dealer,
was the winner in a three-cor
nered race for Councilman for
Ward 1, in the election held in
Summerville on Saturday, May 1.
Mr. Gaines accounted for 73 of
the 153 votes cast, while W. A.
Bagley was next in line with 43.
and Bryant MsSpadden trailed
with 37 votes.
Mr. Gaines will succeed Otis
jorman, who resigned on April
15. “due to business conditions.”
HELL DRIVERS SET Tfl PLAY SUMMERVILLE
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Above is a photograph of Miss Dinkle Beanie
crashing a fire wall with Johnnie Hand's Hell Drivers.
The local post of the American i
Legion announced today that I
[they have secured the services
!of Johnnie Hand and his Hell
I Drivers to appear at Legion |
Field here in Summerville Sun
qay afternoon.
Mr. Hand, formerly connected
with the late Lucky’ Teter, now I
heads his own organization and ■
will bring a star-studded cast of'
thrill drivers with him. Co-fea
tured with him are the follow
ing well-known drivers: Crash
Miner, former state champion of
New York: Miss Dinkle Beanie,
famous Hollywood woman driv
er: Lucky Thames, Dusty Hand,
Suicide Williams and Roscoe the
Clown.
The show is scheduled to start
at 3:30 p. m. and will last about
one hour and a half. This aggre-
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CIRCULATON
THIS WEEK
$1 50 A YEAR
i The bid to construct the eight
: room addition to the Summer
ville High School was awarded
' Tuesday afternoon to Bryant
and Sons Lumber Company, ac
: cording to C. B. Akin, County
i School Superintendent. The
! i company made a low bid of $32,-
; 000.
I Bids also were received on the
> | construction of the Welcome
■Hill-Myers and Pennville School
■' buildings, however, the low bid,
, $47,000, by Bryant and Sons, was
I' considerably more than the
■ $35,000 which had been set aside
i: for each of the seven-room
i school buildings, and was not ac
j i cepted.
i According to Mr. Akin, Jack
Bryant, of Bryant and Sons, is
working on more simple plans
for the construction. The previ
ous plans had been drawn up by
the State Board of Education, it
was stated and were quite elab
orate.
Mr. Akin expressed belief that
; i something would be worked out
within 10 days.
Federal Aid
Sought for
Local Schools
A bill will be introduced into
I Congress in the near future by
’ i Congressman Henderson Lan
‘lham, calling for an appropria-
L 1 tion of $53,000 with which to re
f' place the school buildings burn
1' ed in Summerville in 1943,
j County School Superintendent
C. B. Akin disclosed yesterday.
' I Mr. Akin stated that he and
J Attorney T. J. Epsy, Jr., made a
’ trip to Washington, D. C., last
week in the interest of this bill.
i
First Baptists Secure
Rev. Frazier as Pastor
The Rev. Ira C. Frazier, of
Concord Baptist Church, East
Brainerd, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
i has been called to pastor the
First Baptist Church. Summer
sville, according to the Pulpit
Committee.
The Rev. Mr. Frazier will take
charge on Wednesday evening.
May 12, and all deacons and al)
members of the church are urged
to be present for this meeting.
All dogs in the city limits
must be inoculated by May 15,
according to Police Chief W.
M. Whaley.
Those without collars will be
done away with at that time.
gation of daredevils present
I ramp runs, jumps, fire crashes,
trick driving and feature John
\ nie Hand in person with his end
■ over-end turn of a Ford coach
at a speed of 70 miles per hour.
Mr. Hand is one of the few
| persons in the world that Loyds
lof London refuses to insure and
people who have seen his show
say that they can easily under
stand why this firm refuses to
cover his life.
Miss Beanie, pictured above, is
currently under contract to Re
public Pictures and has just
completed the thrill picture, “Hot
Rods of the Highways,” which
will soon be seen in the local
theatres.
A local ambulance and doctor
have been retained to stand by
throughout the performance on
Sunday afternoon.