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A marriage license was issued
last week to Monroe Mathis and
Voydean Bailey.
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Hair Farms, of Summerville,
recently sold two purebred Aber
deen-Angus cows to Joe B. Cook
and Sons of Lyerly; two cows to
F. D. Lowry and Sons, of Sum
merville, and one bull to J. J.
Bush, of Rome.
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A. H. (Tiny) Glenn
stated Wednesday that the Wel
come Hill Baptist Church bus,
stolen Friday, April 30, had not
yet been recovered.
No arrests have been made in
connection with the burglary of
several businesses within the
past few weeks, it was stated.
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benefit party will be spon
sored by the Summerville Lions
Club at 8 p. m.. Thursday, May
20, at the Summerville High
School, it has been announced
by leaders.
Prizes will be awarded at the
party, it was stated.
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C. Westin, Scout Executive
of the Northwest Georgia Divi
sion, will speak at the regular
meeting of the Summerville
Lions Club to be held on Tues
day, May 18, at Riegeldale Tav
ern, Trion.
Frank Penley is in charge of
the program.
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services for Mary Neal
Fletcher, who died in San Fran
cisco, Calif., on May 1, were con
ducted in Chattanooga, Tenn,
Sunday. The Rev. T. Perry Bran
non nd the Rev. Mr. Blanchard
officiated.
Mrs Fletcher was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Neal,
of Chattanooga.
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Frank Harmon, of the Sum
merville Schools, has been re
quested to serve as a G. E. A.
vice-president from the Seventh
District for the year 1948-49.
As vice-president he will work
with Director Kanakee Anderson
as official representative for the
Seventh District in promoting
the G E. A. program.
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Miss Anne Allen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Allen, Jr., of
Summerville, has been selected
to play the part of Martha Brew- i
ster in the play, “Arsenic and |
Old Lace,” at 8 p. m. Friday, May
21, at the Wes. Gcrfgia College
Auditorium, Carrollton, accord
ing to the Dramatics Class at
the college.
The play is under the direc
tion of William H. Row.
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will be installed at
the regular meeting of the local
American Legion Auxiliary,
which will be held at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, May 18. at the Legion
Home in Summerville.
Mrs. Mack Hicks, Seventh Dis
trict President, will install the
officers.
The program committee is
composed of Mrs. Charles Coch
ran, Mrs. Hinton Logan and
Mrs Rufus Pruitt.
Operators of fresh fruit and
vegetable packing sheds in Geor
gia today were reminded that
the Fair Labor Standards Act—
the Federal Wage and Hour Law
-limits the school vacation pe
riod employment of 14 and 15-
year-ola boys and girls in this
industry to eight hours a day,
between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m.,
with a weekly total of 40 hours.
During school periods, the work
ing time of such boys and girls,
cutside of school hours, is lim
ited to three hours a day, or 13
hours a week.
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booked by city police
officers during the past week
include eight for disorderly con
duct, three for speeding and
three for double parking.
Held for disorderly conduct
were the following: O. L. Bow
man, Jess Chance, Vernon Aaron,
Louie Smith, Johnnie Rackley,
Milford Mize, Bill Kelly and Har
old Loyd Singleton.
R. Berry, William Lewis, Jr.,
and Curtis Bailey were booked
for speeding, while Pete Lawson,
Levi McGraw and Mrs. Penn Sel
man were booked for double
parking.
LOVETT TO GO TO
CELANESE AT ROME
W. P. Lovett, principal of the
Lyerly High School, has been
named principal of the Celanese
School, Rome, according to a re
cent announcement.
Mr. Lovett, who has served as
principal of the Lyerly School
for the past four years, will suc
ceed A. J. Strickland, who is to
become the Trion School super
intendent.
Mr. Lovett will assume his du
ties as principal at Celanese on
July 1. No one has yet been
named to succeed him.
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VOL. 63; NO. 19
Plans Being Revised for
Two County School Buildings
Plans for the Welcome Hill-
Myers and Pennville Schools are
being revised this week by Bry
ant and Sons Lumber Company,
of Summerville, and will be sub
mitted to the Chattooga County
Board of Education in the near
future for approval.
Previous plans -for the two new
school buildings, drawn up by
the State Department of Educa
tion, called for a larger sum of
money than had been set aside
for the buildings. Bryant and
Sons were low bidders, having
bid $47,000; however, only $35,-
000 had been set aside for each
of the seven-room buildings.
The plans now being made
are completely different from
the original plans, with the ex
ception that the same number of
classrooms will be provided,
school officials state.
S. H. Brabson
To Head the
Menlo School
S. H. Brabson, former member
of the faculty of the Rockmart
School, has accepted a position
[as principal of the Menlo
School.
Mr. Brabson holds a Bachelors
Degree from Piedmont College.
! Demorest. He taught in the
schools of Hart County for a pe
riod of one year in 1939-40, en
tering the service of his country
at the close of the school year,
where he remained for a period
of five years.
I Upon receiving his discharge,
[he re-entered Piedmont College,
! where he completed work for
his degree in 1946. He accepted
a position as teacher in the
Rockmart School, where he has
remained for the past two years,
! doing work leading toward a
Masters Degree at the Universi
ty of Georgia this summer and
expects to move his family to,
, Menlo some time the latter part
of August.
ARREST EXPECTED
SHORTLY IN KIDNAP
ROBBERY CASE
No arrest had been made at
noon yesterday in connection
with the kidnap-robbery of Joe
White, local taxi driver, al
though one was expected mo
mentarily, Sheriff A. H. (Tiny)
Glenn stated.
The sheriti stated that FBI of
ficers are close on the trail of
the suspects and they are ex
pected to be captured “within a
day or two.”
The driver of the cab left
Summerville Thursday night
with two men, who stated that
they wished to go to a place on
the Menlo Highway, Sheriff
Glenn said. However, as they ap
proached the place, one of the
men in the rear seat stuck a gun
at his back and ordered him to
proceed on by the place. He was
told to turn off, at the Sunny
dale Road, where the men took
his money and watch.
White reported that he was
then ordered to move over, with
one of the men taking the wheel
and the other remaining in the
rear seat. They continued from
there to a point near the Ala
bama line, where the driver
l turned into a side road, and one
of the men attempted to flag
several passing cars, but was
unsuccessful.
The trio then proceeded to a
point near Valley Head, Ala,
where the cab driver was put
out of the car and left to walk.
The automobile was found on
Friday afternoon, abandoned 5
miles north of Henegar. Ala.
Plans Being Made for
Local Radio Station
An application is being per- i
fected and plans are being made [
for a corporation to be formed'
in the near future for the es-1
tablishment of a 1.000-watt ra
j ciio station in Summerville, ac
cording to Bob Rogers.
Mr. Rogers stated that “in all
probability it will be commis
sioned before the end of the
month.”
New equipment, will be pur
chased and it will “be as mod
ern, as big and as efficient as
any in the Southeast,” it was
stated.
“We hope to have it in opera
tion by Fall,” he said.
Mr. Rogers formerly was con
nected with a Rome radio sta
tion, but states that he resigned
last week to devote his entire
time to the establishment of
the local radio station.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948
Bryant and Sons, as low bid
’ ders, automatically will handle
■ the construction of the build
. ings.
’ This contractor also was low
' bidder on the construction of
the eight-room, two-wing addi
tion to the Summerville High
’ School. The amount bid and the
’ amount set aside for this is $32,-
: 000.
Construction began this week
i on this addition.
BIDS TO BE LET
Bids for the construction of
11 an auditorium for the Summer-
I vilje High School, two class-
■! rooms for the Summerville Col
ored School and a four-room
wing addition to the Chattooga
’. Training School, for colored, will
Jbe received until 11 a. m. Tues
day, June 1.
Mr. DeAngelo
Goes to North
Georgia College
Ben R. DeAngelo, coach and
! teacher of the Lyerly High
School, has accepted a position
with North Georgia College of
Dahlonega, as head of the Phy
sical Education Department.
Coming from Oneonta, N. Y.,
;to Lyerly in November of last
year, where he assumed duties
as teacher and coach of two in
experienced basketball teams, he
has won for himself and his
I teams an enviable record.
Mr. DeAngelo holds a Bache
lors Degree in Physical Educa
tion from the University of Illi
nois and a Masters Degree in
Physical Education from Colum
bia University and has had wide
experience of teaching in this
field.
DR. LEE ROBERSON
TO SPEAK AT MENLO
Es. Lee Roberson, pastor of the
1 Highland Park Baptist Church.
; Chattanooga, Tenn., will speak
, at the Menlo Baptist Church at
8 p. m. Friday, it has been an
nounced by the pastor, the Rev.
Pat Brock. 3
Dr. Roberson will be accom- [
panied by a large group of Ten
nessee Temple College students.
“We are fortunate in having
Dr. Roberson, pastor of the great
Highland Park Church, the
church that has led the South-
Cancer 'Treasure Hunt’
Contest Attracts Host
Are you one of those people
who “never won anything in my
life?”
If you are, here’s a once-in-a- [
lifetime opportunity to change
your luck.
You’ve got 1,000 chances to
win a prize in the extraordinary
thousand-prize “Georgia Treas
ure Hunt” being sponsored joint
ly by the Georgia Press Associa
| tion and the Georgia Division, i
American Cancer Society, as a
cancer fighting measure.
“Most contests today,” de
clared Rutherford L. Ellis, At
lanta businessman, who is serv- |
ing as volunteer chairman of the
Treasure Hunt, “are designed to
deluge a single individual with
a fantastic avalanche of prizes.
“But the Georgia Treasure
Hunt is designed to give, not one,
but a thousand individuals a
chance to win. Everybody who
enters has 999 more chances
than he would have in the usual
contest.
“And that doesn’t even take
into consideration the invaluable
information each contestant
learns about cancer, and how to[:
protect himself against it, as he [
carries out the contest instruc-!:
lions.”
Georgia business firms have i
donated the largest and one of [
the most attractive prize lists !
ever offfered in a single contest ',
in the state.
Included among the slightly 1
more than 1,000 items are an
Road Improvement Resolutions Are
Passed by Chamber of Commerce
At its regular meeting Tuesday
night, the Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce passed
two resolutions calling for im
provement of two dangerous
road conditions in the county.
One resolution called for the
State Highway Department and
Local Group
To Attend
Legion Meeting
A group of local members of
the American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary plan
to attend the spring meeting of
the Seventh District which will
be held on May 15-16.
Among those from Summer
ville and vicinity planning to at
tend are Miss Mae Earl Strange,
Mrs. Charles Cochran, Mrs. Ruf
us Pruitt, Miss Iris Alexander,
Mrs. J. R. Teddar, Mrs. James
Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Harlow.
Events planned include a tea
i for the Auxiliary on Saturday
afternoon; a fish fry for both
groups at 6 p. m.; followed by a
ball game.
A former chaplain in the Hun
garian Army, who was con
demned to death by Hitler, will
be the speaker at a joint meet
ing at 2 p. m. Sunday, and of
ficers will be elected.
LOCALIMMIifIES
ENTER AREA CONTEST
Four communities in Chat
tooga County have entered the
Chattanooga Area Community
Improvement Contest which is
now in progress, according to A.
B. Clarke, general chairman.
The summary on entries closed
■on May 1.
Local communities entering in
clude Hanson, Teloga, Little
Sand Mountain and Gore.
The winning community will
be selected in each county after
the contest closes Nov. 1, and
these in turn will compete
against the winners in other
counties for prizes totaling ap
proximately $3,000. Top award is
SSOO.
A total of 83 communities in
19 counties have entered the
third annual contest, it was
stated. Georgia counties entered
include Dade, Gordon, Catoosa, I
Whitfield, Chattooga. Murray
and Walker.
ern Baptist Convention for the
past three years »in baptisms.” l
the Rev. Mr. Brock said. “He is
well known in this area for his
daily broadcast, ‘Gospel Dyna
mite,’ and he’s a fearless preach
er of righteousness and is a
great soulwinner."
Young men and women pre
paring for the ministry and the
mission field wil he on hand with
testimonies and special music, it
was stated.
ultra-modern, ranch-type house.
[ a new 1949 Ford Tudor, food for
a family of four for a year, and
[a valuable saddle horse. The re
mainder run the gamut from
wrist watches, expensive jewelry,
suites of furniture and clothing
to farm equipment, radio-phon
ograph combinations, electric
[ranges, washing machines and
isets of modern lighting fixtures
| for five-room houses.
Contest rules have been made
[as simple and easy as possible.
Contestants mail $1 and their
name and address to CANCER,
ATLANTA. GA. No other address
is necessary. An official contest
entry blank, which is all that
[each contestant needs, is mailed
back immediately.
The $1 contribution enrolls
the contestant for one year as a
member of the Georgia Division,
American Cancer Society, and
the money goes to help finance
the cancer research, education
and service programs.
A committee of impartial
judges will select the winners on
the basis of “true” or “false” an
swers to four questions on can
cer and a 50-word or less state
ment on: “It is the duty of ev
ery citizen to join in the fight
on cancer because . . .”
[ Contest officials cautioned that
'all entries must be mailed not
'later than May 22 because, con
trary to circulated reports, the
Treasure Hunt will not be ex
tended beyond that date.
the Federal Bureau of Roads to
take, needed action on the high
way from Menlo to the Alabama
line, via Cloudland.
It was pointed out that cer
tain areas of the highway are
caving in along the side of the
mountain, leading to Cloudland.
The second resolution called
Business School Proposed
By Board Os Education;
To Have Evening Classes
Local Children’s Pictures
To Be Published in News
The Summerville News wants
a photograph of every youngster
in this trading area for publica
tion in a forthcoming feature
titled “Citizens of Tomorrow.”
“It is a grand idea,” seems to
be the concensus of opinion
voiced by parents of this com
munity since our previous an
-1 nouncement as quoted above. “It
certainly ‘clicks’ with me,” said
one mother, who plans to bring
her youngsters to the special
[ children’s photographer in the
High School on Saturday, May
122, from Ip.m.toß p. m. She
was not indulging in a pun, ei
ther.
Uniform size and good photo
graphic reproduction quality is
of vital importance to a newspa
per feature, so arrangements
were made with specialists' in
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
OVER TOP IN
U.S. 27 QUOTA
Chattooga County has passed
its quota of funds for the U. S.
Highway 27 Assosciation, accord
ing to J. L .Henderson, director.
The quota of $750 has been
oversubscribed by S7O, he stated,
with SB2O having been paid as
dues by local establishments.
Mr. Henderson will attend the
“Quota Day” meeting to be held
| on Friday. May 21, in LaGrange,
; which is sponsored by the La-1
■ Grange Chamber of Commerce,
i While there, the directors and
■ their guests will be entertained
with a barbecue at Hills and
Dales Farm, by Fuller E. Calla- '
way. The group also will wit- ■
ness a cattle show at Mr. Calla-[
I way’s farm. , \
Those from this county sub
scribing to the Highway Asso
ciation include Riegel Textile
Corporation, $250: John's Swim
ming Pool, $25; Standard Oil
Company, $25; R & S Auto Sup
ply, $25; Standard Service Sta
tion, $25; Pless Restaurant, $25;
H & N Tourist Court, $25; Pes
terfields, $10; Scoggins Motor &
Implement Company, $25; Farm
ers and Merchants Bank, $25;
Montgomery Knitting Mills, $25;
McGinnis Drug Company, sls; ’
Beulah Shropshire, sls; Western
Auto Assosciate Store, $10; J. R.
Jackson & Son, $10; Lowry’s De
partment Store. $10; Summer-i
ville Insurance Agency, $25; Hair
Motor Company, Inc., $25; Bag
ley’s Standard Service, $25; the
Berry ton Mills, SSO; Victory Cab
Company, $25; L. B. Harrell En
terprises, $25: J. L. Henderson,
$25; Georgia Power Company,
$25. Bulman Oil Company. $25.
Local Cemetery
Corporation Chartered
The Summerville Cemetery
Corporation has been chartered,
■ according to Mose Brinson, pres
ident of the Chamber of Com
merce, which fostered the or-j
ganization.
The corporation will have
charge of the Summerville Cem- j
etery and have the right to as
sess members in order to make
improvements on the grounds,
Mr. Brinson said.
Organization took place on
Thursday, April 29, when a group
of interested citizens met at the
cemetery.
Officers include J. D. Hill,
president; Mrs. John Cleghorn,!
secretary, and D. L. McWhorter,
treasurer.
for the widening of the highway
between Summerville and Trion
by the State Highway Depart
ment, and that a speed limit of
35 miles per hour be imposed. It
also called for an extra state pa
trol in this area to patrol this
highway until it is widened and
straightened.
this work. The Woltz Studios of
Des Moines, lowa, nationally
known children’s photographers,
are going to take the pictures.
These are the facts and only
requirements.
All children in this trading
area are eligible. There will be
no charge of any kind! There are
no strings! Nothing need be sub
scribed for; you do not even
have to be a reader or subscriber
of this newspaper. If you wish to.
you may purchase prints of your
i children by arrangement with
;the studio when you select the
[pose you want published. But
even that is entirely up to you,
for there are no obligations of
any kind—now. then or thereaft
er. Appointments are not nec
essary. All children, however,
must be accompanied by a par
ent or other adult.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR E. C. POWELL
HELD WEDNESDAY i
Edward Cleghorn (Red) Pow
ell died at his home Monday in
Summerville at 8 p. m.. after sev
eral weeks' illness.
He was born Sept 28. 1898, and
was the youngest son of Antle
T. and Florence Henry Powell.
Mr. Powell is survived by three
brothers, Henry A. Powell, of
Summerville; Robert C. Powell,
of Trion, and Ben M. Powell, of
Chickamauga; three sisters, Miss
Florence Powell, Mrs. J. W.
Flanagan and Mrs. Howard
Pless, all of Summerville: five
nephews. Dr. Robert C. Powell,
lof Rome; Ben M. Powell, Jr., and
Jack M. Powell, of Chickamau
ga: Henry A. Powell, Jr., and J.
W. Flanagan, Jr., of Summer
ville; three nieces, Miss Florence
Flanagan. Miss Mary Louise
Flanagan and Miss Mary Lina
Powell; one aunt. Miss Ben A.
Powell, Berryton; one double
first cousin, Mrs J. O. Meadows,
Berryton. Many other cousins
also survive.
He was a veteran of World
War 11, having served 15 months
i in the Pacific area. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at the
First Presbyterian Church, of|
which he was a member, at 2:30
[ p. m. Wednesday, with the Rev. [
Harry F. Foster, pastor, official- !
ing. Interment was in the Sum
merville Cemetery. J. D. Hill Fu
[ neral Home in charge.
Ideas Sought
By Chairman
Os Clean-Up
E. C. Pesterfield. Chairman of
the Summerville Clean-Up and
Paint-Up campaign, disclosed
yesterday that the campaign
should get under way within the
next few weeks, and that sug
gestions, ideas and plans any
one may have concerning the
i cleaning up the city are needed
and welcomed.
Plans were discussed Tuesday
night at the meeting of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce, which is to sponsor
the project.
ONESLIGHTLY INJURED
IN AUTO COLLISION
C. D. Keith, of Fort Payne, :
Ala., was slightly injured in a
collision at Pennville on Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. Keith was an occupant ini'
the automobile driven by the ;
Rev. Floyd Crowe, also of Fort |i
Payne, when the automobilel
driven by N. M. Baxter, of Ar- ;
muchee, crashed into the rear
of Crowe’s vehicle, after he had [
pulled into the highway from !
the front of an eating place. El
mus Johnson, of Gaylesville.
Ala., was the owner of the car
driven by Baxter.
Crowe was booked on charges j
[of blocking path of oncoming ve- i
| hide, while Baxter was charged
with driving under the influence
and driving too fast for existing
i cnoditions.
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CIRCULATON
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
The Chattooga County Board
of Education proposes to estab
! lish a business ecnool at the
Summerville High School this
i summer, provided a minimum of
20 students are enrolled, accord
ing to school officials.
Miss Mae Stover, present com
mercial teacher at the Sum
■ merville High School, would
teach the courses and classes
would be offered in the evening.
All standard business subjects
requested would be taught, it
was stated, including bookkeep
ing, shorthand and typing.
Miss Stover has a degree from
Berry College, with a major in
! commercial subjects, it was dis
closed, and all students taking
the course would be given proper
credit.
The school is expected to get
under way the first of June, it
was stated.
$1,500 Raised
In Cancer Drive
The final report of the can
cer drive for Chattboga County
shows that the goal of $650 was
more than doubly surpassed,
with $1,500.17 having been con
tributed.
' Mrs. J. R. Burgess, president of
[the Junior Woman’s Club, which
sponsored the drive, stated that
she wished to express her thanks
to those who assisted in mak
ing the drive such a huge suc
cess, including the workers and
those who cor
The co: .Libutions are as fol
lows:
Berryton Mills, $66.89; Berry
ton Schools, $6.86; Dickeyville
and Pennville, $50.75; Lyerly, $3;
Lyerly Schools, Menlo.
$8.50; Mtnlo Schools, $13.43;
Montgomery Knitting Mills,
$115.75; Summerville $358.34;
the Summerville
Company, $37.40; Summerville
Schools, $39; South Summerville
School. $6.33; Trion Company.
$789.42.
RED CROSS REPORTS
MORE THAN 51,500
Contributions by Chattooga
Countians to the 1948 American
Red Cross drive totals $1,536.83.
according to Eugene Rackley,
[treasurer.
It was stated however, that
this report is still incomplete, as
[ there are some workers who
[have not yet made reports. The
goal was $2,200.
Contributions are as follows:
Mrs. Pete Lyons (in city lim
its of Summerville), $355.90;
Menlo, sl2: Mrs. W. W. Eleam
and Mrs. R. R. Pruitt (in Sum
merville). $12.60; Summerville
Grammar School, $58.07: Penn
ville School, $7; Teloga School.
$2; Menlo Colored School, $2;
Berryton School. $4; South Sum
merville School. $3; Summer
ville Elementary School. sl2;
Subligna High School, $6; Sum
merville Colored High School,
$6.11: Gore High School. $7;
Summerville Cotton Mills and
Employees. $418.35; Berryton
Mills and Employees, $198.87;
Mrs. Rosa Nell Shumate (Sum
merville Courthouse), $22; Mont
gomery Knitting Mill and Em
ployees, $106.50: other dona
tions turned in by individuals,
$294.03
DR. GIST TO ATTEND
POLIO MEET ON FRIDAY
Dr. William Gist, of Summer
ville, will be among the doctors
from all over Georgia who will
meet in Atlanta Friday, May 14,
at the Academy of Medicine to
study the latest developments in
polio research, diagnosis and
treatment. More than 1,500 doc
tors have been invited to attend
this very important conference.
As summer and a possible
polio epidemic approaches, the
doctors also will be briefed on
the facilities which Georgia has
available for treating the crip
pling disease. Records show that
polio incidence is nearly always
higher during “hot weather”
months.
The all-day program, begin
ning at 9:30 a. m., will be under
the direction of Dr. R. Hugh
Wood, dean of the School of
[Medicine at Emory University. It
is offered in co-operation with
the Georgia State Chapter, Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
[ Paralysis.