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j HERE ’N j THERE Bryant and Sons Lumber Com pany were the only bidders on the construction of Summerville High School Auditorium, accord ing to an announcement by members of the Board of Educa tion The bids for the colored school j and the installation of heating i plants at Gore, Lyerly and Su bligna are to be opened today, it was stated. — o— Lyerly Masonic Lodge will confer the Masters Degree upon a gioup of candidates tonight (Thursday), and Past Grand Master Dewey H. Woolstein and a group of brethren from Cher okee Lodge will assist with the j work in the absence of the reg- | ular master, W. P. Lovett, who is traveling in the Eastern states. All Master Masons of the county are invited to attend. — o— Summerville student, Charles Carlie Hendrix, is one of more than 400 candidates for degrees at regular Spring Commence ment exercises at Emory Uni- j versity this week. Mr. Hendrix is scheduled to i receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in the first split grad- I nation ceremonies in Emory’s century-plus history, according to an announcement by Dr. I. W. Brock, university registrar. The Mason - McCauley Post 0688, VFW. will meet at 8 o’clock .tonight (Thursday) at the Court; House in Summerville. James L. Carmichael, Swains boro Quartermaster and Adjut ant of the State Department of the VFW, will speak. Plans are being made for the installation of chimes at the First Baptist Church, Trion, and over SI,OOO has been contributed to the fund, according to J. C. Woods, treasurer. The chimes are expected to cost approximately $1,500. Anyone wishing to contribute may do so by contacting any of the following: Mr. Woods, the Rev. S L Walker, Mrs. Robert Wilson, 335 Elm Street; Miss Gar trelle Duff, Trion Hospital; Mrs. Jewie Reynolds, 352 Walnut or call Sli:* loe Collette, Sr., Elred Purrett, W. Fuming. Trion High School, or Miss Lois Pea cock, of the Trion Grammar School The Rev. Mr. Schroder, teach er of Bible at Berry College, will preach at the 11 a. m. service, Sunday, June 6, at the Unity Baptist Church. —J)— Forty-one buyers and 163 sell ers exchanged 498 cattle and 89 hogs in Wednesday’s sale in Rome, when the total was $40.- 329.96 Hogs were $12.30 to $23.50 cwt.; calves, $8 to $26.25 cwt.; bulls, $13.80 to $22 cwt.; steers, $lB to $25.50 cwt.; slaughter cows, $11.20 to $22 cwt.; dairy type heifers, $15.75 to $24.25 c-wt., springers, S7O to sl6l per hd. Menlo Vacation Bible School Announced The Menlo community-wide Vacation Bible School will com mence at 8:30 a. m. Monday, June 7. at the Menlo Presby terian Church, according to church leaders in the town. The school wall feature Bible study, missionary stories, hand work and music. Refreshments and varoius recreational pro grams also have been arranged. Workers from all the churches will be on hand to assist, and leaders are anticipating one of the best schools yet, it was stat ed All children from 4 through 16 are invited to attend, and transportation is being arranged for those outside of Menlo. Brown In Jail Here On Cattle Theft Charge Harold Jesse Brown, of Rome, is in the Chattooga County jail on a charge of cattle stealing in the vicinity of Summerville, ac cording to Sheriff A, H. (Tiny) Glenn. Brown is alleged to have stOi len a cow from the Griffin Young farm on the night of May 19. and one from the pasture at the resi dence of Rebecca Adams, also on the same night. Several cattle are reported as missing from various other farms in this county, as well as in Dade County, Sheriff Glenn said, and Brown is suspected of being con nected with these thefts. There is definitely another party connected with Brown in the cattle stealing episode, the Sheriff said, however, his iden tity has not yet been revealed. (Hir irtmutmtilU' VOL 63; NO. 22 Clean-Up Week Set, June 7-12 CHILDREN S PICTURES Representatives of VV 011 z Studios, who were in Summer ville on Saturday, May 22, making pictures of children to be published in The News will be at the high school from 1 to 5 p. m., Saturday, June 12, to show proofs of these pic tures. The picture will appear in The News ONLY if you call in i person and select your favorite proof. RAMEY 18 DELEGATE ' TO DEMOCRATIC NAT’L. CONVENTION H. Grady Ramey, of Trion, has been named a Georgia delegate to the National Democratic Con vention ,in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 12, accordnig to an an nouncement by the State Demo cratic Executive Committee, at the meeting held Monday in At lanta. At the meeting, State Chair man James S. Peters made a pledge that Georgia’s delegation would not bolt the Democratic National Convention. $2,000 REPORTED IN LOCAL CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN DRIVE Approximately $2,000 has been donated by Chattooga Countians to the Crusade for Children drive, according to L. B. Harrell, chairman, who states that this is. of course, far from complete.! J. A. Byars, Trion chairman, reported that approximately sl,- i 600 has been contributed by Trionites, and other incomplete j reports are as follows: Penn ville, sll3. James Floyd chair man; Dickey ville, $l5O, Jinij Leath, chairman. Summerville,! Sl5O, Mrs. J. R. Burgess, chair man. Leaders express confidence! that the goal of $4,500 will be i attained when complete reports | are made. POPPY SALE SUCCESS WITH S4OO RAISED The VFW Buddy Poppy Sale was described by local Chairman Charles Green as very success ful. with approximately S4OO re ported in an incomplete return j Three thousand poppies were; sold on Friday and Saturday of; last week. The Girl Scouts throughout, ; the county co-operated whole ! heartedly in the sale, Mr. Green said, and much credit for the' ! success is due them. In Summer- j viile, the group headed by Mi s Alma Zada Ellenburg and Mrs. : j Minters, sold poppies on the streets, and the Troop in Trion j also participated. Miss Carol Patterson won a jpiize for selling the most poppies i and runner-up was Miss Geneva Scoggins. Both girls received I cash prizes. Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Watt Lanier were in charge at the Montgomery Knitting Mill and i Florence Hudson directed the isale in Berryton. The VFW wishes to thank all : those who contributed to the | success of the drive. ROBERT TRIMBLE ELECTED OFFICER IN ROA CHAPTER A Northwest Georgia Chapter lof Reserve Officers Association | has been approved and char jtered by the Georgia Department 'according to an announcement ; made at a meeting held on Mon day, May 24, at the City Hall in LaFayette. Maj. Fred B. Henry, of LaFa yette, was elected president, and the other officers are as follows: Lt.-Col. W. P. Addison, Rossville, vice-president, and Capt. Robert D. Trimble, Summerville, secre tary-treasurer. Members from Summerville in clude Lt.-Com. NAT’S Mose E. Brinson; Maj. Inf. J. T. Stubbs, Jr.; Capt. Adj. Gen. R. D. Trim ble: Lt. Navy T. J. Espy, Jr.; Lt.- jUSN. J. H. Farmer; Second Lt. I Air Corps Robert C. Bagley. The organization is an associa tion of officers banded together for the purpose of supporting and assisting in the develop ment and execution of a military policy for the United States, which shall provide adequate national securiy, it was pointed cut. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948 <,«, - B 1 t > i ...... jgiini. .... READY FOR TEA are these five high school girls and their teachers. Shown left to right are Miss Jean Duff, Miss Sara Ayers, Miss Fat Tedder, Miss Hilda Tyler, Miss Imo jean Gass. Mrs. J. A. Duff, at whose home the tea was held. Miss Jeannie Floyd, Mrs. Edythe McGinnis and Miss Geneva Coats, teachers. The tea was given on Friday, May 27, as a project of Misses Duff, Tedder and Ayers. | Miss Smith I Killed in Truck Crash j Miss Sara Margaret Smith, 23- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Florence Y. Smith, of Ber ryton, died instantly in a truck crash at Americus at 6:30 a. m. Friday. The young woman was riding j in a heavy truck which went out, |of control and crashed, also j killing the driver of the vehicle. Besides her parents, she is j survived by four sisters, Mrs. Aretha McFarland, Nattie Lee. Sybil and Joe Ann Smith, of Ber iryton; one borther, Bobby Ray | Smith, of Berry ton: one half brother, Manford Smith, of Tex as; her grandmother, Mrs. Wil- I lie Sumlar, of Rome, and great grandmother, Mrs. S. A. Smith,; | of Rome. The body was returned here early Saturday morning by a J. D. Hill ambulance and funeral services were held at the Berry ton Church of God at 4 p. m Sunday with the Rev. Jeff Dale and the Rev. Tommy Waits offi- i ciating Interment was in the i Summerville Cemetery, with the j |J. D. Hill Funeral Home in j J charge. LOCAL BOY TO | ASSUME DENT!ST DUTIES HERE Dr. R. E. Davison, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Davison, of Sum merville. plans to assume the practice of, dentistry with Dr. Eerlon Lovingood, of Summer ville, in June. The young dentist will com plete six years of college work on June 8. He is now a senior at I Washington University School of ; Dentistry, St. Louis, Mo. Davison, 21, was first on the dean’s list at the close of last September. He attended Emory j University, Atlanta, for two years and has spent four years at the St. Louis School of Den tistry. After graduation, Dr. Davison, his wife, Marilyn, and daugh ter, Nancy, will return to Sum merville, where they will reside, and where Dr. Davison will en ter practice. Dr. Davison has worked out and perfected diagrams and methods of teaching visual edu cation in the school of dentistry, according to a recent issue of the Dental Journal. The work done by the Summerville student has ibeen described by the school as | entirely original and most con structive. School officials point ed out that the work done by Dr. | Davison will greatly simplify j work of students in the future. | The improvements have been i adopted for permanent use at I the school, officials said. j Cemetery Corporation To Meet Here Friday The Summerville Cemetery Corporation will meet at 4 p. m. j Friday at the City Hall for fur ther organization plans, it has been announced by Mrs. J. S. Cleghorn, secretary. The organization has been chartered and improvement plans are under way. Anyone interested in the de velopment of the cemetery is in vited to attend the meeting on Friday. Knothole Gang Proposed for Trion Youths A Trion boys “Knothole Gang” is being planned by Smitty Smith, it has been learned, and all boys interested are asked to report at the baseball park at 1 p. m. Friday for the first meet- j ing. A large pressure cooker will be l raffled off to get the program started and funds from which will be used to buy bats and balls : Caps and tee shirts with team I names will be obtained as the program progresses and more 'money is available, it was stated. Mr. Smith conducted similar ; programs in his home town, Windfield, Ala., for several years j under the sponsorship of Ber nard McFadden. WORKERS SCHOOL CONDUCTED AT TRION CHURCH ! A Christian Workers’ School is j n progress at the Trion Meth | odist Church this week where i the Rev. J. A. Langford is pas ' tor and R. W. Coarsey is super ; intendent of the Church School. A course for adult workers is being taught by Dr. R. S. Guptil!, of Atlanta. The course for chil : cren workers is being taught by Mrs. Levert, of Atlanta, and the 1 youth workers course is being ; taught by the Rev. Arthur Pil igrim, pastor of Greenville Meth odist Church. The Rev. Mr. Pilgrim is a Sum i merville boy, having received his high school education there. Later he graduated from Young Harris College, and from Emory University he received his B. Ph., ! and B. D. degrees. He has been pastor at Greenville for five 1 years. MALCOLM GAYLERS CONDITION 'GOOD' The condition of Malcolm Gay ; lor, 25, who was seriously injured Thursday afternoon in a sawmill • i accident at Lyerly, was reported 1 by Summerville Hospital attach es late yesterday as “good.” It ■; was expected that Mr. Gaylor ! would be removed to his home | sometime today. Mr. Gayler suffered severe I cuts about the body after hav ing been pulled into the saw, | which was accidentally turned | on when a fellow worker fell and struck the switch. BUSINESS SCHOOL TO OPEN HERE TONIGHT A business school will open at | 7 o’clock tonight (Thursday), at ' the Summerville High School.! according to an announcement 1 by the Chattooga County Board of Education, which is sponsor ing the school. Certificates will be given upon, completion, it was stated, and credit will be given on a high school diploma. Courses to be taught include Chamber of Commerce Sponsors City Drive GARBAGE CANS TO BE ON STREETS SOON Through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, G. J. Boling, of the Standard Oil Company, has presented the ; City of Summerville with eight oil drums, which the city will ; paint and place over the city ; ; for the disposal of garbage ; and waste paper. Put your waste in the gar bage cans, NOT on the street. It’s a part of “Clean-Up.” Severe Hail Storm Strikes Summerville Summerville was struck by a severe hail and electrical storm i Thursday afternoon, and the electric power was disrupted for ■ one hour and 16 minutes. Damage is estimated to be thousands of dollars, with sev- j eral roofs having been damaged; and window panes in some homes | and businesses were broken. Many persons described the hail storm as the worst in 30 or; 40 years. J. F. King Dies at Home J. F. King, 80, died at his home. Summerville, Route 3. Tuesday at; ; noon. Mr. King is survived by a bro j ther, T. W. King, of Summerville. Funeral services were conduct- ! ' 1 ed at the Sand Springs Baptistj Church at 2 p. m. yesterday, with ; the Rev. Gus Reed, of Rome, and > the Rev. Floyd Higgins, of Sum merville, officiating. Interment: in the church cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home of Summer ville in charge. CHATTOOGA DISTRICT SCOUTERS MEET The Chattooga District meet ! ing of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-; ca was held at Riegeldale Tav ern, Trion, on Friday, May 28, . when J. D. Simmons, chairman. ; presided. Willis James gave the ,; invocation. ’! Mr. McCartha, chairman of or • ganization and extension, stat-j > ed that all troops in Chattooga District were registered and in i . good standing. Having a greater number of boys in camp this summer was . the theme of the meeting and j the group discussed how' the Dis trict Committee would aid troops r in Summerville and Trion in at r tending the camp. The next meeting for the Dis | trict Committee will be held at j , Camp Sidney Dew during the j regular camping period. MR. FISHER PAYS NEWS OFFICE A VISIT J. H. Fisher, a Chattooga County old-timer, who boasts ; l that he’s 83 years old, stopped [ Qy the office last week to get a copy of The Summerville News. Mr. Fisher, who lives on Sum- j merville, Route 2, that ■ he’d never been away from the County except for four years during his entire lifetime. The aged man has no im mediate family, his wife and onl ydaughter ha ving died sev eral years ago, however, he makes his home with his i grandson, Glenn Morris. typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, business English, secretarial and business spelling. “Much interest is being shown and several applications from tsurrounding towns have been received,” it was stated. | All those interested are urged to attend tonight’s meeting, at which time the nights on which the courses will be taught and other plans will be made. The city Paint-Up. Clean-Up campaign which the Chamber of Commerce, the City and The Summerville News proposed for early Spring is now an actuality. Under the direction of E. C. Pesterfield, chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce Clean-Up Committee, and through the procla mation of Mayor Willis James, the Junior Woman’s Club, the Gar den Club, American Legion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, other civic or ganizations and the voluntary efforts of individual citizens, Sum merville will spend the week of June 7-12 in an all-out clean-up, paint-up program that will leave the town spic and span. - i In Droclaimine the week of WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE CLEAN-UP 1. Clean up your owm home ; ; and garden. 2. Join your friends in a neighborhood project to cor j rect eyesores and fire hazards i in your block or on your street. 3. Take active part in civic 1 ! groups that co -operate in or ganized Clean Up campaigns. Call the Chamber of Commerce to see how you can help. Clean-Up Week Aids Fight On Disease i Summerville doctors hail ! Clean-Up Week as a three i pronged weapon in the fight against dirt, disease and fire. Maintaining that the thorough cleaning and renovation homes, j and gardens receive in the na-! 'Tonally observed week make i rhem more healthful places, Dr. J J. Allen encourages ccsnmu nity action to extend the usual annual household check -up throughout the neighborhood. Dr. W. T. Gist stresses the : point that this community clean up week is not just a battle against dirt, but is a life-saving campaign. Cleaning combustible rubbish and other fire hazards from the homes helps save lives by remov ing a prime cause of fires, Dr. R. N. Little states. Cleaning out vacant lots and j alley ways removes refuse, stag nant water, and weeds in which j house flies, mosquitos, and other disease-bearing insects breed, and is a vital health service. ; Scouring these lots helps rid the neighborhood of rats as well as providing growing children with a proper place to play. So, they suggest, enter the battle of the broom and help jsave lives. Telephone Directories Given Chamber Commerce As a public service, Miss Grace Weaver, manager of the Sum merville Telephone Company, will place in the central office |of the Chattooga County Cham ber of Commerce telephone di | rectories from the following I cities: Atlanta. Rome, LaFay ! ette, Chattanooga, Birmingham land Dalton. The directories in the Cham jber of Commerce office are plac ed there to be of benefit to local merchants and others who find it necessary to call these cities frequently, and at the same time Jit will relieve the local telephone i exchange of added duties in | looking up numbers for these cities, especially during periods (that telephone traffic is heavy. MENLO SCHOOL BIDS TO BE RECEIVED Bids for the construction of one new school building at Men lo will be received by the Chat tooga County Board of Educa tion until 11 a. m. Tuesday. July ! 6, it has been announced. Prospective bidders are asked !to contact the County Superin ! tendent of Schools and make ap plication for plans and specifi cations which are being drawn I and will be ready for bidders by jJune 15. ' City Court Postponed, According to Sheriff There will be no City Court by jury as scheduled to begin Mon day, June 7, Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn has disclosed. The next regular session will be held on the first Monday in August, it was stated. 1835 CIRCULATION THIS WEEK $1.50 A YEAR XII pi UUlClliillilg 1/iIC WCCA UI June 7, Clean-Up Week, Mayor Willis James wrote the Chamber of Commerce as follows; June 1, 1943 Mr. M. E. Brinson, President Chamber of Com merce, Summerville, Ga. Dear Mr. Brinson: Following up our telephone conversation of yesterday with reference to the Clean-Up, Paint-Up Week, being June 7 i to 12th, inclusive: After talking with Mr. E. C. Pesterfield. who is chairman of this committee, it will be satisfactory to proclaim this Clean-Up, Paint-Up Week for the City of Summerville. Yours very truly, W. S. JAMES, Mayor. In enlisting the aid of the va rio u s women’s organizations, . Chamber of Commerce Chair man E. C. Pesterfield received ! the following response from Miss | Mae Earl Strange, president of the American Legion Auxiliary: ‘The Legion Auxiliary will not only give full co-operation to | the Chamber of Commerce in [this clean-up program, but here 'by appoints every member of me Auxiliary as a committee of ! one in their own neigrborhood j t o get out and rap on the doors Jot their neighbors and friends during the campaign in order that each neighborhood can be a challenge to every other neigh borhood in cleanliness and neat , ness.” The Junior Woman’s Club, un der the leadership of Mrs. J. R. ■ Burgess, president, has appoint ;j ed committees in each of the i! town’s four wards for creating interest in the Clean-Up Drive. Miss Mittie Dodd, of Menlo, ' president of the Chattooga County Garden Club, also has appointed the club membership as committees of one in their communities for pushing for- I'ward the paint-up, clean-up pro , gram. Trucks Available ,' Under the Clean-Up program 'jMayor James stated that the ■ I garbage trucks would be availa ble in the following sections of ; | the city: Monday, Ward 1; Tuesday, Ward 2; Wednesday. Ward 4; Thursday. Ward 3; Mill Village, Friday; business section, early : every morning. * Under the direction of Police Chief W. M. Whaley, the main ; business streets will be thorough ’ ly washed and cleaned. ‘ The local clean-up campaign 1 is but a pre-view of what can be 1 done to make Summerville a ; more attractive city. According to Mr. Brinson, of the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Pesterfield, the coming clean-up. paint-up drive is the first step the city will take in participating in the Champion Home Town contest sponsored by the Georgia Power Company. During the next few months the Chamber of Commerce will sponsor every effort on the part of civic organizations, church groups or individual participa | (ion in promoting improvement in industry, agriculture, educa , lion, health and sanitation, mu nicipal development, business, housing and civic improvement, transportation, recreation facili ties and any other need that will improve the city’s community life. The success of next week’s campaign will be in the hands of the individual citizens of Sum merville, and not with the or ganizations sponsoring the move ment. The beauty of Summer ville lies in how the individual keeps up the appearances of his own home or business.