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Closing exercises will be held
at 8 p. m. Friday, May 28, at the
Pennville School.
The public is invited.
Miss Annie Pitts will present
her pupils in a music recital at
8 o’clock tonight (Thursday) at
the First Baptist Church.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend
—o—
—of the Summerville
Lions Club reported that the
benefit party held Thursday
night at the Summerville High
School was quite successful and
that the full support of the mer
chants was the major factor in
making it as such.
—o—
A. Black, of Alabama City,
Ala., will deliver the messages at
a revival series scheduled to be
gin at the Trion Church of
Christ at the 11 a. m. service on
Sunday, June 6, according to
Farris Baird, Pastor.
Services will be held at 7:30
o’clock each evening, according
to Mr Baird.
Fourteen persons were arrest
ed last week for disorderly con
duct, according to city police
records.
They are as follows: Pearley
Evett, J. C. Browning, Hugh Rick
ett, Lee Kellett, Robert Nelson,
William Morris Campbell, Isaac
Jackson, Frank Reed. R. Rut
ledge, Floyd Bryant, Jimmie
Hutchins, Kelt Evans, Harry Lee
Smithston and Gordon E. Rob
erts.
—o—
Sue Gaylor and Wilma
White, of Summerville, and Em
madenne Brison, of Lyerly, are
expected to graduate Saturday,
June 5, at West Georgia College.
Gen. William E. Brougher,
Commanding General of Camp
Gordon, Augusta. Ga., will be
the speaker. The general is a
hero of Bataan and survived th6
"death march.’’
Diplomas will be given to 160
graduates, the largest in the
history of the school.
—o—
L. Copeland, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Copeland
of Route 2, Lyerly, has been ad
vanced to fireman aboard the
light cruiser, USS Huntington,
on active duty with the United
States Atlantic Fleet.
Copeland entered the Naval
service Nov. 6, 1946, at the Naval
Recruiting Station, Atlanta, and
received his recruit training at
the Naval Training Center, Bain
bridge, Md.
Before entering the Navy, he
was graduated from Lyerly High
School
—o—
R. Breedlove, executive of
ficer for the Production and
Marketing Administration, has
suggested that Georgia farmers
contact their commission men or
markets before marketing hogs.
“In some instances, recent
openings of packing plants have
caused flooding of markets and
a decline in hog prices,” Mr.
Breedlove said. He advised that
farmers let buyers operations be
a guide to marketing of their
hogs.
“This might also apply to
wholesale buyers who are ship
ping hogs in large lots to out-of
state markets,” Mr. Breedlove
advised
—o—
Rev. Wilburn Dooley will
speak at the 11 a. m. worship
service Sunday at the Chapel
Hill Community Church, and the
Rev. Sidney Dooley will deliver
the 7:30 p. in. sermon.
The ninth annual ram and
lamb show and sale will be held
at the Coosa Valley Sales Barn,
in Rome, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, June 24 .according to
J. O. Carden, Director of Devel
opment.
Total sale at the May 19 cattle
sale in Rome was $29,855.30. For
ty-three buyers and 119 sellers
exchanged 322 cattle, 34 hogs
and three mules.
Hcgs were sl4 t0«522.50 cwt.;
calves, $8 to $27 cwt.; bulls, sl6
t S2O cwt.; steers, $16.10 to $27.50
cwt.; slaughter cows, sl4 to $22.50
cwt.; dairy type heifers, sl7 to
$25 cwt.; springers, $lO5 to sl7l
per hd.
Judge Poster Sentences
2 Women, 1 Man Here
Judge Claude H. Porter, of Su
perior Court, this week sentenced
one woman to serve five years in
prison, and sentenced her hus
band to serve three years, w'hile
the husband’s sister was given
a five-year suspended sentence
“during good behavior.”
Lois Robertson, held on two
felony and three misdemeanor
cases, was given five years to
serve, while her husband, Cyrus
Lee Robertson, found guilty of
one misdemeanor and two fel
o ies, was given a three-year
sentence by Judge Porter. Alice
Viola Robertson was the recip
ient of the suspended sentence.
Sntmnwrtttlle Nms
VOL. 63; NO. 21
Commencement Exercises Begin
At Summerville Friday Night
Commencement exercises at;
I the Summerville High School will i
be launched with class night,!
which will be held at 8 p. m. [
Friday, May 28, at the Sturdivant [
Gymnasium, according to J.
Frank Harmon, Superintendent
of Summerville City Schools.
Grammar school certificates of
I promotion and attendance will
be presented, Mr. Harmon said.
The seniors of the high school
will present the play “Alma Ma
ter’s Children,” it was disclosed.
Dr. Roger Guptill, professor at
Gammon Theological Seminary
and Director of Young Adult
Work, North Georgia Methodist
Conference, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon at 11 a. m.
Sunday, May 30.
Dr. Guptill, t.-ansferred from
a Methodist Conference in Maine
was a missionary to Africa for
ill years. He came to the North
Georgia Conference in 1939 as
i secretary of Stewart Missionary
Foundation.
Miss Annie Pitts will direct the
music for the service. An ensem
ble, composed of Mrs. H. D.
Brown, Mrs. C. A. Wyatt and
Miss June Wyatt will render the
offertory, “Berceuse,” from Joce
lyn. Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg
will be the accompanist, and
will play Mendelssohn’s “March
of the Priests” as the proces
i sional.
Mr. Harmon will sing “Be the
Best of Whatever You are,” and
choir will rende’ Lyon’s “Praise
Ye Jehovah.”
Junior Marshals will include
Catherine Koonce, O. C. Moore
[ head, Barbara Strickland and L.
B. Thomason.
Forty-four seniors are sched
| tiled to receive diplomas at the
[graduation exercises at 8:30 p.m.
'Wednesday, June 2, at the First
Baptist Church, when Bela Lan
caster, Superintendent of the La-
Grange Schools and past presi
dent of the Georgia Education
Association, will speak.
Mr. Lancaster, who has been
active in school affairs in Geor
’ gia for many years, is a former
principal and coach of Cedar-
I town High School, and former
Vidalia Schools Superintendent.
He will be introduced by Mr.
Harmon.
Diplomas will be delivered by
County School Superintendent
C. B. Akin and awards will be
given by Brooke Pierce.
Harry Foster will deliver the
valedictory address and the sal
utatory will be given by Maxine
Palmour.
“Moonlight and Roses,” and
“The Bells of St. Mary’s” will be
presented by the Glee Club,
which will be under the direction
of C. B. Keim, and accompanied
by Mrs. Harmon.
Seniors are as follows: Betty
Allen, Barbara Bridgman, Edna
Collier, Bobbie Jo Cothran, Don
Cox, John Cox, Tom Cox, Sara
Jo Cramer, Grant Davison, Rob
ert V. Dobbs, John Donovits and
Herman Fletcher.
O. R. Fletcher, Harry Foster,
Yvonne Harmon, Kathryrie Hum
phreys, Arnold Johnson, Millard
[c. Jones, Paul Kellett, Azilee
Mathis, Betty Ann May and
Howard Moore.
[ Jean Morton, Doyle McCarey,
Doris McGraw, Johnnie McCau
ley, Kathryn Nelson, Annie Og
lesby, Pauline Palmer, Maxine
Palmour, Billy Parker and Emily
Parker.
Montyne Perry, Jack Reece,
Bobbie Scoggins. Nancy Smith,
Charles Stephenson, Claude
Treadaway, Leopa Tripp, Mere
dith Tutton, Doris Williams,
Robert Williams, James W. Wil
son and Ruth Young.
19 Graduated at
Trion High School
Nineteen seniors of the Trion
j High School were graduated on
[Monday night at the Communi
[ ty Center, when Dr. I. S. Ingram,
[ president of the West Georgia
College, Carrollton, delivered the
principal address.
Elwood Dobbins, Vice-Chair
man of the Board of Education,
awarded the diplomas. Awards
to members of the class were
presented by W. W. Fanning,
Principal of the High School.
They were given to the follow
ing: Lois McCamy, valedictorian;
Roland Nunn, salutatorian; Hes
sie Lee Langston, most athletic
[girl; Alec Hayes, most athletic
[boy; Leo Hill, leadership award;
Stanford Parker, students award.
Herman Bankey, of the Trion
Masonic Lodge, presented a gift
to Leo Hill from the Lodge, stat
ing that they had chosen him as
[the outstanding student.
Dr. S. Wilkes Dendy, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
Dalton, delivered the baccalau
reate sermon Sunday.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948
Clean-Up Is
Postponed
Chairman E. C. Pesterfield, of
the Clean-Up Drive, announced
this week that the date of the
drive will be changed from May
31-June 5 to June 7-12.
TOM PADGETT
SUCCUMBS HERE
Henry Thomas (Tomi Pad
gett, 72, of Summerville, died at
an early hour Monday.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Tolbert Padgett; one dau
ghter, Mrs. Bill Edwards, Sum
merville: three sons, J. F., of
Rossville; Arnold and W. C. Pad
igett, both of Summerville; one
brother, J. W. Padgett, of Mc-
Callester, Okla. Eight grandchil
dren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the South Summemrville
Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Tues
day, with the Rev. W. M. Steele
officiating. Interment was in the
Summerville Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge.
R. W. Williams to
Head Lyerly School
R. W. Williams, of Alamo, has
been chosen to head the Lyerly
School, according to an an
nouncement by county school of
ficials. He was formerly princi
pal of the Wheeler County High
School. Alamo.
Mr. Williams is a graduate of
Piedmont College and has his
P 4 teacher’s certificate, it was
stated. He plans to attend sum
mer school at the University of
Georgia, Athens, this summer,
where he hopes to acquire his
P 5 certificate before the opening
of the Lyerly school term.
The newly-elected Lyerly prin
cipal has had wide experience in
school work, having taught in
, some of the best schools in Geor
gia and Florida, it was stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams and
i their son, Bobby, who will be a
senior in high school, plan to
move to Lyerly at an early date,
jit was disclosed. They also have
a daughter, Margaret, who will
be graduated at Georgia State
College for Women, Milledgeville,
this year, and who plans to en
ter Home Demonstration work
upon her graduation.
Georgia Power Hearing
Reassigned for July
At the request of the Cotton
Manufacturers Association of
Georgia, the public hearing on
the application of Georgia Pow
er Company for authority to in
crease rates so relectric service
by the elimination of the 10 per
cent prompt payment discount,
has been postponed and reas
signed for Monday, July 12, be
■ ginning at 10 a. m.. in Room 234,
State Capitol, Atlanta.
This announcement was made
by the Georgia Public Service
Commission, Atlanta.
WARNING!
Police Chief W. M. Whaley
yesterday issued his “last
warning” to owners of dogs in
Summerville to have them in
oculated and tagged immmedi
ately.
“If they care anything for
their dogs, they’d better heed
this warning now,” he said.
Sheriff Glenn Found Guilty;
Awaits Sentence On June 9
A. H. (Tiny) Glenn, Sheriff of Chattooga County, was found
guilty last Friday by a Federal jury of conspiracy to defraud the
Government and violate Federal liquor laws.
Glenn, along with his co-defendants. General Gordon (Jack)
Hartline, of Summerville, and, State Representative Edd Knight,
of Gilmer County, who also were found guilty, will be sentenced
on Wednesday, June 9, according to Federal Judge Robert L. Rus
sell.
The jury deliberated three
hours before finding the three
men guilty. It was composed of
10 white men and two Negroes.
The maximum penalty for the
offense is a SIO,OOO fine and two
year's in prison.
In a statement Thursday,
Glenn, who is 75 years old, de
nied any knowledge of or con
nection with the alleged moon
shine liquor ring which he was
found guilty of protecting.
He told the jury that State [
Witness Earl Bramblett, David [
PROOF THAT IT'S NOT
A FISH TALE
Kh
OB
JAMES CROUCH, of Summer
ville, holds up an eight-pound,
two-ounce large mouth bass
that he caught at HaiPs Lake
on Saturday, May 8. The fish
was caught with a headdon
river runt, Mr. Crouch said.
Vet Trainees
To Meet Here
All veterans who are taking
on-the-job training are asked to
attend a meeting at 7 o’clock
• Thursday) tonight, to be held
at the Courthouse in Summer
ville.
The purpose of the meeting is
to explain and organize classes
in related subjects to the train
ing being received by veterans in
connection with their “on-the
job training.”
These classes are compulsory
for all veterans who are train
ing with the various business
establishments in this county.
Explanations of how the school
will function, where held, length
of the courses and what courses
to be taught, will all be given.
The County School Superin
tendent, C. B. Akin, has direct
supervision of the school, with
the area office for the school be
ing in Rome. C. A. Todd, of Rome
is the director for the seven
county area in which Chattooga
County is located.
Although it is not known at
this time just what classes will
be started here to begin with,
other towns nearby like Rome,
Cedartown, Marietta and Atlan
ta have classes for auto mechan
ics, managers and assistant man
agers of all types of businesses,
salesmen, body repair, carpen
ters, cabinet makers, molders,
electricians, plumbers, engineers,
machinists, and then practically
every other trade or business
where the number of students
justifies a class.
S3OO TAKEN FROM
THE FAMOUS STORE
City police continue their
search for the person or persons
who entered the Famous Store,
in Summerville, during the week
end and took approximately S3OO
from the cash register. No goods
were taken, it was disclosed.
According to Police Chief W.
M. Whaley, no windows were
broken, and there was no evi
dence of a break-in anywhere in
the building. However, he said,
employes of the store stated that
the door was locked Monday
morning when they arrived, and
the one responsible for locking
up on Saturday night, stated
that it was locked when they
left.
[Koonce and co-defendant Hart
line had given him money as do
! nations to pay for defending
himself in a 1945 trial in which
the aged sheriff had to fight to
hold his office.
A suit was brought charging
[ unaccounted for public moneys
[ during a term in which Glenn
served as Chattooga County tax
[collector. He said that each of
the three men had given him
[slso to pay his lawyers’ fees. A
[defense attorney, Barry Wright,
[siad that the case went to the
Burley Dillard Is Killed
In Train Collision Here
POPPE HAY TO
DE HELD HERE
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Final plans are being com
pleted this week for the annual
“Poppy Day.” sponsored all over
the nation by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. It will be observed
in this County on Friday and
Saturday, May 28-29, with pop
pies being sold on Friday in
Trion and in the other towns on
Saturday.
1 Charles Green is chairman of
the local drive, funds derived
■ from which will be sent to the
[VFW National Home for Widows
and Orphans at Lansing, Mich.
Other chairmen for the com
munities include Jimmy Sween
ey. Trion; R. C. Hardeman. Sum
merville, and Holland Taylor,
i Lyerly.
SIOO Reported in
Child Crusade
Approximately SIOO has been
reported to date in the current
Crusade for Children by Chat
tooga County community chair
men, according to L. B. Harrell.
Chairman.
Mrs. Tom Manis, of Subligna,
reported the earlier part of the
week that that community had
contributed $25.60. but that she
was still working and that a final
report would be made later.
The Summerville chairman.
Mrs. J. R. Burgess, disclosed that
$75 had been raised in that sec
l tion, however, she too, stated
I that this was far from complete.
The goal for this County is
$4,500, or the care of 176 of the
children of the war-ravaged
countries.
Missionary Speaks at
Various Local Churches
Dr. Scott Patterson, recently
I returned missionary to Africa,
; will speak at various churches in
I the county this week, it has been
disclosed.
Dr. Patterson is the oldest mis
sionary in the South Georgia
Convention.
The schedule is as follows:
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church,
8 o’clock tonight (Thursday);
the South Summerville Baptist
Church, 8 p. m., Friday, and Ly
erly Baptist Mission, 8 p. m. Sat
urday. To climax his visits here,
Dr. Patterson will deliver the
■ baccalaureate address at the Ly
erly High School at 11 a. m. on
Sunday.
The missionary spoke at the
First Baptist Church, Summer
ville, Wednesday evening at the
prayer service.
"T" Club Dance to
Be Held Friday Night
The “T” Club dance, sponsored
■annually by the Trion Alumni
|“T” Club, will be held from 9 to
■ 1, Friday night, May 28, at the
I Community Center Gymnasium.
Jack Kranyik and his orches-
I tra, of Rome, will furnish the
■ music.
Tickets may be purchased at
I the Trion Bus Station, or at the
I door.
I State Supreme Court and Glenn
[ won it.
Declaring he knew both Hart
line and Bramlett had “a repu
tation as bootleggers,” Glenn
[said he had no official knowl
edge if Bramblett ever brought
whiskey into his home.
Glenn testified that he had
never been drunk in his life, but
[that he did take an occasional
drink until the doctor made him
stop in 1945.
Admitting under cross exami
nation that most of several per
sons named as co-conspirators
in the indictment, “had a repu
tation for being moonshiners.”
Glenn stated that some of the
Government witnesses had been
raided by his men.
Hartline was described by the
[sheriff as a “personal and po
litical friend.”
“He voted for me in 1944,” he
said, “but he didn’t vote for me
in 1940.”
Burley Austin Dillard, 36, was killed Wednesday morning when
the automobile which he was driving collided with the Central of
Georgia passenger train at a small crossing north of Summerville.
According to Deputy Sheriff Frank Stewart, the train was pro
ceeding southward toward Summerville, when the crash occurred
Dillard, the only occupant of the automobile, died shortly after
wards.
Generosity of Local Men
Makes Kiddies Happy
Two local men who delight
in bringing happy smiles to the
faces of children graciously
treated 85 South Summerville
school children to ice cream
and cookies AND a movie on
Tuesday.
It is an annual practice for
■ Glenn Pless, whose daughter,
I Lorena, is in the second grade
at the school, to treat the kid
dies to ice cream and cookies.
So again this year, he kindly
bestowed these favors upon
them.
Riley Parham, who has no
children in school, but who
finds great joy in bringing
happiness to other folks’ chil
dren, entertained the group by
treating them to a movie.
SCOUT LEADERS
COMPLETE COURSE
The Northwest Georgia Coun
i cil of the Boy Scouts of America
has completed a Training School
for Scout leaders, held at Camp
[Sidney Dew, May 15-16, it has
been announced.
Fifty Scout leaders assembled
■at the Boy Scout camp on Sat
i urday afternoon with their
camping gear intact, and after
j registering, an instruction period
[immediately followed. Scout
leaders assembled in the dining
; hall of the Boy Scout camp.
Scout Executive C. Harold West
in made opening remarks and
outlined the course.
Men were then divided into
patrols and the election of of
ficers ensued. Names of the four
■ patrols were: Altoona Ridge
Runners, Modern Wolves. Coy-
i ctes, and Campers.
The Scout leaders were enter
[ tained on Sunday afternoon by
j the demonstration of an izn by
|W. H. Yearick and R. M. Rice.
Sunday services were conduct
ed by the Rev. Leßoy Obert, of
Trion.
Reese Cleghorn Wins
Recognition at Emory
Reece Cleghorn, of Summer
ville, a student at Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta, was recently
[elected a member of the Sigma
Delta Chi, national professional
fraternity, whose membership is
limited to those who have dis
tinguished themselves in their
field.
Mr. Cleghorn, a journalism
: student and former employe of
The Summerville News, has been
i given a position on one of the
Atlanta dailies for the summer.
It was pointed out that each
[year a journalism student is giv
en a chance to work on this
[ newspaper, and through his out
standing record, Mr. Cleghorn
was chosen for this job.
He also was recently elected
[secretary of the Emory Chapter,
Chi Phi fraternity.
The young Chattooga County
■ boy is editor of the Phoenix,
quarterly Emory publication, as
sociate editor of “Campus,” Em
ory annual, and associate editor
jof “The Wheel,” weekly publica
tion.
He is the son of Mrs. J. S.
Cleghorn, of Summerville.
PROCLAMATION
22 May 1948
WHEREAS: The sale of Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States is authorized by an act of
Congress, and endorsed by the President;
AND WHEREAS: The funds collected are used exclusively
to give immediate aid to our deserving war veterans, and to
the orphans and widows of our deceased veterans:
AND WHEREAS: I firmly believe that in no more fitting
manner could we pay tribute to those valiant men who died
that our nation might live;
I. Willis James, Mayor of the City of Summerville, authorize
the Mason McCauley Post 6688. of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, aided by its co-workers, to offer for
a patriotic contribution on Saturday. May 29. the Buddy Pop
py made by disabled veterans.
I, earnestly urge, that each and everyone of our citizens take
advantage of the opportunity to contribute generously to the
VFW Buddy Poppy Sale, and by so doing, “to honor the dead
by helping the living.”
WILLIS JAMES.
Mayor of the City of Summerville
Attest: MARY THOMPSON.
City Clerk.
1825
CIRCULATON
THIS WEEK
$1 50 A YEAR
The victim, a barber at the
Brown Barber Shop, Summer
ville, was attempting to reach
the home of J. A. (Fat) Wilson,
which was some distance off the
highway. Mr. Dillard had an ap
pointment to shave Mr. Wilson
that morning, it was stated. The
accident occurred at approxi
mately 8:10 a. m. and the vic
tim died at 8:25 a. m.
Deputy Stewart stated that
there was no obstruction and
that the approach of the train
should have been clearly seen.
The automobile, which was
completely demolished, was hit
broadside and knocked approxi
mately 30 feet from the track,
the victim being thrown to a
point approximately 85 feet from
the automobile, a 1942 Chevro
[let. There were no eye-witnesses
to the event, Deputy Stewart
[stated, however, several persons
viewed the scene immediately
[ following the crash, and several
■ stated they saw Mr. Dillard turn
off the highway and head in the
direction of Mr. Wilson’s home.
Survivors include the wife,
Mrs. Mary Adams Dillard; an in
fant son; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William L. Dillard, Summerville,
Route 1; eight brothers, Ivan,
Waitsei, Norman, J. D. and Tom,
all of Summerville, and Senior
and Barse, both of Trion: four
sisters, Miss Ella Dillard, of
Rome; Miss Betty Dillard, Mrs.
Lee Evans and Mrs. Boyd Lee
Smith, all of Summerville.
Funeral services aer to be held
at 2 p. m. today (Thursday) at
the First Baptist Church, Sum
merville, with the Rev. Ira C.
Frazier, pastor, and the Rev. S.
L. Walker, pastor of the Trion
Baptist Church officiating. In
terment is to follow at the Trion
Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge of. . rangements.
HOLIDAY NOTICE
We will observe Thursday,
June 3. Jefferson Davis’ birth
day and no business will be
transacted.—The Farmers and
Merchants Bank.
GIVE THEM THIS DAY
You can’t work, if you haven’t
got shoes to wear to the job.
You can’t work, if you’re too
weak from hunger to walk.
And what happens to you and
your country, if you can’t work?
Shoes, food, medicines, clin
ics, rest homes, vocational class
es, are being provided war-weak
ened workers in Europe and Asia
through money raised by the
Overseas Relief and Rehabilita
tion Fund of the National CIO
Community Services Commit
tee.
A contribution to American
Overseas Aid-United Nations Ap
peal for Children helps get work
ers back on their jobs, and pro
vides needed emergency relief
for war-orphans and war-widows
of trade unionists, because a
part of each donation goes to
CIO Overseas Relief and Rehab
ilitation Fund, one of more than
& score of agencies of this $60,-
000,000 world relief drive. Help
restore the world’s workers to
health and productivity.
Contribute, as generously as
you can, to the AOA-UNAC cam
paign in your community. Give
Them This Day. . . .