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HERE N THERE The Trion Red Sox and the V. F. Wheeler and Giants, of Chat tanooga, Tenn., will meet Sun day, June 27, at the -Trion park, it has been announced. John T. Stubbs, Summerville Postmaster, attended the Nation al Association of Postmasters this week in Savaimah. —o— persons interested in the Ami Cemetery are asked to meet there on Saturday, June 26, to assist in cleaning it. The total sale at the Coosa Valley Livestock Sale on Wed nesday, June 16, was $33,068.32, with 60 buyers and 126 sellers ex changing 420 cattle, 39 hogs, five pigs and one mule. Hogs were $15.75 to $25 cwt.; calves, $8 to $26 cwt.; bulls, $15.50 to $26 cwt.; slaughter cows, sl3 to $23.50 cwt.; dairy type heifers, $15.50 to $23 cwt.; springers, $76 to SIBB per hd. —o— The P.-T. A. Cook Books have arrived, it has been announced by’ Mrs. L. C. Smith, P.-T. A. pres ident. They will be sold at the movie box office, she stated, for sl. Only 100 are available. The County Executive Board of the Women’s Missionary Un ion, First Baptist Church, will meet at 3:30 p. m. Saturday, at the home of Mrs. Duke Espy. —o— arrested by city police during the past week are as fol lows: Deforest Hogg, disorderly conduct; A. P. Nix, re-arrest for failure to appear at trial; B. F. Clayton, disorderly conduct; L. D. Pless, disorderly conduct. Marriage licenses were issued to the following recently by County Ordinary J. W. King: Ira T. Hawkins and Maybelline Spray berry; James R. Bennett and Gennie Lou Seers; William L. Reynolds and Juanita Brown; Herman G. Hamby and Willie Mae Powell; Cecil B. Bricker and Marvorine Towry; Paul Dyer and Doris Kilgore; Jack Gormany and Flora Hulgan; Stanley Havel and Frances Vitner. Gold Star Buttons to Be Available “Gold Star Lapel Buttons will be available after July 1. accord ing to information received from the Armed Forc.es,” states C. Ar thur Cheatham, director. State Department of Veterans Service. The 80th Congress established by public law Gold Star Lapel Buttons for members of the fam ilies of our heroes who gave their lives in World Wai - 11. These lapel buttons are available, with out cost to the widow, widower, and to each of the parents in cluding mother, father, stepmo ther, stepfather or mother through adoption and father through adoption. The child, children, stepchild, brother, sis ter, half brother, and half sister are entitled to wear these Gold Star Lapel Buttons at their own expense. The cost of these Gold Star Lapel Buttons are $1.50 each which includes the cost of manu facturing, engraving, packing, and C. O. D. charges. All buttons sold to this group are sent C.O.D. National Military Establish ment Form No. 3 will be used as the application for the Gold Star Lapel Buttons. A small supply of these forms will be mailed to each field office in a /ew days. Requirements for additional forms should be made by requi sition. Persons eligible for the Gold Star Lapel Buttons should submit applications as follows: If the deceased was a member of the Army or Air Forces, to The Adjutant General, Department of the Army, Washington 25, D. C. If the deceased was a member of the Navy, to the Chief of Na val Personnel, (Attention: Pers. 10), Washington 25, D. C. If the deceased was a member of the Marine Corps, to The Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps, Washington 25, D. C. If the deceased was a member of the Coast Guard, to The Com mandant, U. S. Coast Guard, Washington 25, D. C. Due to the fact that each but ton will be engraved with the initials of the recipient and that appropriate entries regarding the insurance of the button must be made on the records of the de ceased personnel concerned, dis tribution of the buttons will be made only upon receipt of indi vidual application. These buttons will NOT be distributed locally. Siimmrririllr Nms VOL. 63; NO. 25 NEW FORD BUILDING HAS FORMAL OPENING FRIDAY Approximately 3,000 persons visited the new. ultra-modern Hair Motor Company building in Summerville at open house on Friday, June 18, when the revo lutionary 1949 Ford was display ed for the first time. Climaxing the presentation of the $50,000 building and the new automobile to the public, several hundred persons gathered at the building in the late afternoon and witnessed the unveiling of a portrait of Robert Kimbel, con tractor for the building. Fred Aired, manager, highly commended Mr. Kimbel for his “excellent co-operation,” stating that “if every person were like Mr. Kimbell we wouldn’t need locks for our doors and we would ! not need to put our money in 'banks for safe keeping.” lhe portrait will hang in Mr. Alred’s office, it was stated. Willis James, Mayor of Sum merville, welcomed the out-of towners and congratulated Mr. Aired on the recently completed brick building, which ’has been described as the most complete in this section of the country. Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Moses E. Brinson expressed his appreciation of the addition of the modern building, and stated that the Chamber of Com-, merce is “proud” to have such public spirited citizens in the city I as Mr. Aired. “This structure is not only a ! credit to Summerville, but also ; to all of North Georgia,” U. S. Highway 27 Director J. L. Hen derson told the group. Mr. Aired then introduced the employes, who are as follows: Carlton Allen, sales; Roland Hemphill and James Rice, parts department; Mrs. J. T. Morgan, bookkeeper. H. L. Murphy, manager service department; Howard Nicholson, Lee Gilbert, Faye Clifton, and R. L. Byars, servicemen; Willis Payne, body man. “Doc” Shropshire, mechanic helper; Milford Landers, lubrica tor, and James Foster, custodian, all colored. The office quarters and auto parts section of the building are pine paneled, presenting a pic ture of efficiency as well as at tractiveness. The rear of the building has the latest equipment for servic ing automobiles, according to Mr. Aired, with five grease racks and a wheel alignment rack. There are 10,000 square feet in the en- i tire building. Three of the new Fords were | placed in the display area in the front section of the building, in order that visitors might get a closer view. The management received many congratulatory telegrams as well as many flowers from business firms both in Summer ville and out of town. BRYANT DISCUSSED FOR BIG-TIME BALL Indications are that a local boy, Jack Bryant, player with the Lyerly baseball team, will be Class B baseball in the near fu ture. Bryant, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bryant, of Lyerly, was ap proached last week at the eighth inning of the Lyerly-Summerville game by a scout for the Cleve land Indians, American League baseball club, who stated that he would be interested in discussing a contract with the young ball player. He stated that possibly he would be used in Class B ball. He collected three doubles, a single and a walk in his five trips to the plate in the game, and in the Lyerly-Chickamauga game on Sunday, he collected a triple with the bases loaded and two singles. Restaurant Grading Ordinance Assured by Commissioners The passing of an ordinance calling for the grading of eating establishments in Chattooga County is virtually guaranteed, according to John Davis, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners. The newly organized local pub lic health department has called upon the commissioners to pass this ordinance in order that they can proceed with the grading and carrying out similar plans of sanitation in the county. M. Schubert, of the State De partment of Public Health, is scheduled to meet with the group on July 19, at w’hich time it is hoped the ordinance will be passed. Mr. Schubert, together with W. M. Kemp, local sanitarian of the SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. >AY / JUNE 24, 1948 3 War Dead On Way Home The remains of three Chat- ' tooga County soldiers killed over seas are on the way home, ac- j cording to information received 1 this week by their families. They are Pvt. Clarence E. Mit chell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manti Mitchell, of Summerville; Pvt. Thomas W. Stowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stowe, of Summer ville, Route 3; and Pfc. James Luther Shamblin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Shamblin. ; Pvt. Mitchell, who was killed in the Normandy invasion on June 11, 1944, will be buried at the Summerville Cemetery. He is survived by five sisters and six brothers, in addition to his par ents. Interment for Pvt. Stowe will take place in the Trion Ceme tery. Killed on June 12, 1944, in the Normandy invasion, he is survived by four brothers and one sister in addition to his par ents. Pvt. Shamblin, killed in the Normandy invasion on June 9, 1944, will be buried at the Na | tional Cemetery, Marietta. MRS. YOUNG DIES IN [ HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Mrs. Trixie Eu 1 a Gilreath Young, 48, of Trion, died Wed nesday, June 16, in Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Young is survived by her husband, Mr. Jim Young, of Trion; two daughters, Mrs. Da phine Collins and Miss Earline Young, both of Huntsville; one sister, Mrs. A. W. Hicks, of Trion; two brothers, Pat Gilreath and Hall Gilreath, both of Trion. Mrs. Young is also survived by a num ber of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 18, at 2 p. m. from the Trion Baptist Church with the Rev. Mr. Sexton officiating. Interment in the Macedonia Cemetery, with the J. D. Hill Fu neral Home of Summerville, in charge. Pallbearers were Ernest Lacey, Milton Housch, C. D. Haygood, L. C. Tripp, Leßoy Day and Rob ert Schultz. WILL STORY SPEAKS TO ROTARY CLUB WEDNESDAY The Farm Bureau is a service organization to help principally the farmer and his family, but by so doing the whole communi ty is benefitted. That is the statement made yesterday by W. M. Storey, of Teloga, director of the State Farm Bureau Federation, who addressed the Summerville-Trio a Rotary Club at its weekly meet ing at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion. “The three chief objectives of the Bureau are as follows: 1. Help farm family spiritually; 2. Help farm family educationally; and 3. Influence legislation which will benefit the farmer financial ly,” according to the speaker. He asked the question: “Aren’t farmers entitled to bath tubs and such conveniences?” According to Mr. Storey, 40 per cent of the farm families in this county belong to the organiza tion and many more are needed. Mr. Storey was presented by J. B. Butler, who was in charge of the program. Those visiting yesterday’s meeting included George Gigson, of Rome; W. B. Farrar, of Chica go, Ill.; E. J. Rudart, of Rome; Walter T. McArthur, of Atlanta, and A. L. Wrighter, of Griffin. public health department, has met with the city officials, who expressed approval of the plan. Thtey also have discussed the plan with the Rotary Club, the Summerville Lions Club, and the Chattooga Garden Club. According to Mr. Schubert, these organizations also appeared in favor of the program. Lunch Rooms Graded One of the first steps taken by the department has been to grade the school lunch rooms in this county. Three were given Class C grad ings, while one was Class B. Those in the lower grading still have some work to do, however, Mr. Schubert stated, and it is hoped they will have this com pleted by the opening of school. STORES CLOSE All business houses in Sum merville, with the possible ex ception of the drug stores and service stations, will be closed all day July 5, in observance of Independence Day, July 4, which falls on Sunday, this year. LYERLY TOPS IN GA.-ALA. BASEBALL LEAGUE GAMES The Lyerly baseball team won ever Chickamauga Saturday by a score of 7 to 6 and defeated the same team Sunday, 10 to 3. This puts the Lyerly team in first place in the Georgia-Ala bama League. Fort Payne comes to Lyerly Saturday and Lyerly goes there Sunday. Lyerly has won 7 and lost 6 league games. CHURCH BELLS TO RING HERITAGE OF FREEDOM An invitation to churches of all faiths throughout the nation to observe Sunday, the Fourth of July, as a day of rededication to our American heritage of free dom by the ringing of church bells and special sermons and prayers, was extended today by ■ ihe American Heritage Founda- I tion through Thomas D’Arcy | Brophy, president. The Foundation is a non-par tisan, non-contr'Wersial organi i zation established for the pur- I pose of sponsoring a year of re- I dedication to our American Her . itage, including the year-long ' tour of the Freedom Train. Its i aim is to help raise the level of active citizenship. The Foundation urges all ; churches to ring their bells from 9:55 to 10 a. m. on the Fourth of July as a special an niversary chiming commemo rating the ringing of the Lib i erty Bell in 1776, and to de vote sermons that day to the freedoms we enjoy in this country, Mr. Brophy explained. Leaders of all faiths have al ready indicated wholehearted endorsement of the plan, he said. "We of the American Heritage Foundation believe that this year, when Independence Day fails upon Sunday, all Ameri cans of every faith and creed have a particularly fitting op portunity to give a striking dem onstration of faith in God and country,” Mr. Brophy stated. “This year of the Freedom Train tour with the most cher ished documents of our history has been a year of rededication for millions of Americans to our great heritage of freedom. This is a year when we are realizing anew the meaning and value of j cur free way of life, and the duty of all Americans to protect and I strengthen our freedom through | conscientious observance of our obligations as citizens. “Let this be a day of national ■ prayer for peace, for freedom, . and for rededication to our j ideals.” Mysterious Prowler Baffles Officers Here The mysterious appearance and j disappearance of a prowler in I the vicinity east of Menlo has ! law officers and the family of a Mr. Johnson, near Garvin’s peach farm, baffled. According to Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn, Mr. Johnson has reported that “a man with whis kers and an army rifle and pis tol” has been coming into his home at night and also at va rious times in the day, stating that “the law won’t ever get a hold of me.” Mr. Johnson said he’d never seen the man before, the sheriff said, and he’d always been alone until Tuesday night, when again “visited” them accompanied by a smaller man. In ap investigation through out the woods of that area on Wednesday. Sheriff Glenn said that he and the Highway Patrol officers failed to find any evi dence of the man. However, he stated, someone reported that a man fitting this description is staying with someone at Menlo. “At first we thought it was a prank by someone,” the sheriff said, “but now we believe it may bo more than that and we in tend to continue investigating.” No one other than Mr. John son has reported being disturbed by such a person, he said. E. L. Bethune V. Dies Suddenly On Highway Elvies Lomax Bethune, 33, of Lyerly, died suddenly Thursday, June 17, near Menlo while en route to Henegar, Ala., to visit his parents. Mr. Bethune is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Brooks Bethune; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bethune, of Henegar, Ala.; three daughters, Vivian, Betty Sue, Mary Joyce, all of Lyerly; four sons, Arvies, Darwyn Lee, Don Orbie and Larry, of Lyerly; six sisters, Mrs. Addie Holland, Pis gah, Ala.; Mrs. Herbert Akins, Miss Nellie Ruth Bethune, Miss Willa Dean Bethune, Miss Ber nice Bethune, all of Henegar, and Mrs. Warren G. Broyles, Trion; tv.’o brothers, Lester and R. B. Bethune, of Henegar. Services were held at the Pleasant View Church, near Hen egar, Ala., on June 19, with the Rev. O T. Perry officiating. In terment was in the church ceme tery. The J. D. Hill Funeral Home of Summerville was in charge of arrangements. LOCAL BUS STATION TO OPEN THURSDAY; JULY 1 The newly-completed brick bus station in Summerville will open on July 1, according to Harry Lee McGinnis, manager. The 30-by-60 structure is com plete with the most modern rest rooms in North Georgia, accord ing to Mr. McGinnis. It also will have a luncheon counter, where short orders and sandwiches will be available. Magazines also will Federal Witnesses Victims In Gower’s Second Raid In the second surprise raid on alleged bootleggers in Chattooga County, Solicitor-General E. J. ‘Sandy) Clower and agents of the State Revenue Department Thursday raided Bishop and George Koonce and Earl Bram lett, three persons who testified against Sheriff A. H. (Tiny* Glenn in his recent trial by a Federal Court in which he was found guilty of violating Federal liquor laws. The sheriff had previously charged that Clower had not raided any bootleggers who test ified aaginst him in the trial. 821 WAR DEAD PASSED THROUGH GEN. DISTRIBUTION DEPOT The remains of some 821 Geor gians who were killed overseas during World War II have passed ! through the Army’s General Dis tribution Depot at Conley, so far, in the Government’s program for i the return and final burial of I America’s heroes. This was disclosed by Lt.-Col. John H. Pruitt, of the Army Graves Registration Division in a letter to C. Arthur Cheatham, di rector of the State Department of Veterans Service, in which he warmly commended the State’s participation in the complex and difficult program. It was estimated, Col. Pruitt says, “that the Atlanta Distribu tion Center would receive ap proximately 10,000 remains for delivery to next of kin in Ala bama, Florida and Georgia. To date we have received about 2,700 remains at this center, of which 821 were Georgians who made the supreme sacrifice. Subsequent shipments are sched- I uled to arrive in the United States every two or three weeks throughout the remainder of the year and well into 1949. “From this, you can readily see that our mission has only be gun; for the program, as you know, is world-wide in scope and the task which lies ahead of us is still gigantic.” Commenting on the State’s as sistance, Col. Pruitt said: “The success of our operations here has been aided by the efficiency of your State Service Officers. I am confident that the public in general and the families of de ceased veterans of Georgia, in particular, will long remember the sympathetic assistance they are receiving from your depart ment.” Retail Merchants Organize for “Action” Here B. P. W. C. TO BE ’ ORGANIZED HERE Persons interested in the or- I ganization of a local Business j and Professional Women’s Club will meet at John’s Place at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, June 30, at which time Mamie Taylor, I president of the Georgia Busi ness and Professional Women’s | Club, will address the group. This announcement was made recently by Mrs. Raymond Dan iel, Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, which is promoting the idea of such a club in this county. be sold, it was stated. Charles McGinnis will be in charge of the luncheon counter, and Mrs. Harry Lee McGinnis will be the ticket agent. Present plans call for having the station open every day from 6 a. m. to 12 midnight. Present bus station facilities are located in the McGinnis Drug Store. i Only a small quantity of liquor t was reported taken in the second raid, however sufficient evidence ' was found to produce arrests of f the three. They were later re- | > leased under SI,OOO bonds. I The Solicitor General said, he I . had made these raids as the re [ suit of “tip-offs” by several i Chattooga County citizens. i Only beer was found at George , ; Koonce’s home, reports disclosed, I and only quart jars with a small quantity of corn whiskey was , ’ found at the Bramlett home. A , small amount of whiskey was re . ported found at the Bishop Koonce home. SUMMERVILLE TAKES ONE OUT OF THREE WITH FORT PAYNE ■ Out of three games with Fort Payne, Ala., during the week end. Summerville took one, that’ being on Saturday afternoon. All games were played at Fort Payne. ’ Johnny Nelson pitcher a seven- ■ 1 hitter in Saturday’s game, which . W’as won by Summerville with a | score of 9-2. Paul Silvers led the ’ hitting attack with four for five, ■ including a double. Nelson had f two for five. Summerville bowed to Fort . Payne with the close score of 4-3 r in the first game. Roy Pogue L starred on the mound, with the lead on the field by Nelson. Three of Fort Payne’s runs were un '■ earned. * The score on the second game ' was 8-4. with Fort Payne taking the lead. Sewell Cash pitched. The Summerville team will i | meet Chickamauga at Summer i ville at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. . ATTENTION ADVERTISERS Beginning next week, the deadline for receiving adver tising copy will be 4 p. m. Tues day instead of Wednesday noon, as was the previous deadline. i Thompson Cannot Remove Sheriff at Present-Cook Atty.-Gen. Eugene Cook ruled' Tuesday that Acting Governor , M. E. Thompson had no author!- i ty to remove Chattooga County I Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn from office until after final adjudica-| tion of the sheriff’s appeal of his ’■ U. S. conspiracy convictions or until “proper grand jury action.” ; Thompson had stated that he I would oust the aged Glenn “if he ; had the power.” The statement 1 on behalf of the Governor fol- . lowed the sentencing of the sher- j iff to 18 months for conspiring I in illicit w’hiskey deals. He is ap- I 1900 CIRCULATION THIS WEEK $1.50 A YEAR ■ In an enthusiastic meeting ori I Tuesday morning at the court house in Summerville, the Sum merville Retail Merchants Asso ciation was organized, with Rod- : man K. Eubanks, manager of Chattooga Mercantile Company, ’i elected president. The meeting ana the organi zation climaxed recent efforts on behalf of the Chamber of Com merce and the merchants to pro mote closer co-operation in the rapidly-growing city. It is the first formal organization of such a group here. Eugene Rackley, of Rackley’s, Inc., local dry goods store, was chosen vice-president, while Mrs. Raymund Daniel, Executive Sec retary of the Chamber of Com merce, was elected Secretary and Treasurer. The meeting was opened by J. L. Henderson, Chamber of Com merce Secretary, who explained the functions of the organiza tion and disclosed plans for the setting up of units of the Chat tooga County Chamber of Com merce in the various towns Th the county. He explained that rhe Retail Merchants Association would be the Summerville unit, ■ while other towns could organ i ize their unit on a similar basis j if they desired. Mr. Eubanks presided following 1 his election as president. Stating that he is a newcomer I to the city. Mr. Eubanks said He sees great possibilities here, and | that Summerv’’ 1 - a good busi . ness town. Meet Monday All merchants and business men, both of large businesses and the smallest, are invited to j the meeting scheduled for 8 p. m. Monday, June 28 at the court house, at which time three mem bers of the Rome Retail Mer chants Association will be pres i ent. Albert Fahy, charter member 'of the Rome Association; Oscar Borochoff, secretary, and Fred I Higgins, president, are to attend 1 Monday night's meeting, accord ing to the Chamber of Com | merce. The by-laws will be adopted at ! this meeting and plans for an i immediate program will be made. “This organization is designed |to benefit every businessman in Summerville,” according to Mrs. ' Daniel. Secretary-Treasurer, who ! states that one of the objectives of the Association is to make Summerville the center of this i business area. “Let’s ALL come out and make j this meeting a huge success,” j she says. No Arrest in Connection With Cab Driver's Robbery No arrest has yet been made in connection with the robbery and automobile theft of G. L. Pendergrass. Summerville taxi driver, according to Sheriff A. H. (Tiny; Glenn. Pendergrass was robbed of ap proximately S9O in money and of his cab on Monday, June 14, by an armed robber, whom he pick ; ed up at the Summerville Man ufacturing Company and carried to a point on Little Sand Moun tain, near Gore. At this point, ! the passenger pulled a gun on the cab driver and made him hand over his wallet and get out •I of the automobile. The cab was recovered Thurs oay afternoon a short distance from where it was taken from ; Mr. Pendergrass. Owned by Mr. I Ferry, it was believed undamag ’ ed, according to officers. pealing the case to the Court of Appeals. Declaring that Glenn had . “made a mockery of the laws,” ; Sol.-Gen. E. J. (Sandy) Clower . had appealed fo~ a special ses i sion of the Chattooga County ' Grand Jury to remove the sher iff. However. Judge Claude H. Por i ter, of the Rome Circuit, Superior Court, stated that a special ses i sion probably would not be called because farmers in the county j were busy at present and busi j ness of the circuit w-as heavy at the present.