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| HERE N i THERE A marriage license was issued last week to Monroe Mathis and Voydean Bailey. —Il- 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. —o— 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. —o— 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. —o— 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. —o— 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. —o— 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. —Il- 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. —o— 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. —o— 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. Gfttt Siunmcrinllr Nms 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. 1825 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.