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HERE N
THERE
The Mason. - McCauley Post
6688, VFW, wiD meet tonight
(Thursday) at the Trion High
School Auditorium at 8 p. m. All
members are requested to be
present.
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William H. Warnock, seaman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Warnock, of Route 4, Summer
ville, was due to arrive today in
Newport, R. 1., aboard the de
stroyer USS William R. Rush af
ter a three-month cruise in
Northern European waters.
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White, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. White, of Subligna, is
home on vacation from Truett-
McConnell Junior College, Cleve
land.
He has completed a year at
Truett-McConnel’ where he be
came a member of Baptist Stu
dent Union, Glee Club, Pre-Tech
Club, Baptist Training Union and
the local Sunday School class.
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difficulty in selecting
winners of the top 50 prizes has
delayed announcement of all
winners in the Georgia Treasure
Hunt until Thursday, July 8, Dr.
Judson Ward, Vice-Chancellor of
the University System of Geor
gia and chairman of the con
test’s committee of six judges,
said today.
The Treasure Hunt, designed
as an unusual educational attack
on cancer, is sponsored jointly
by the Georgia Division, Ameri
can Cancer Society, and the
Georgia Press Association.
“Few judges have ever been
confronted with a more difficult
task,” Dr. Ward declared. “So ex
cellent are the 50 entries select
ed by the committee as eligible
for the top prizes that it is im
possible to classify in winning
order on the basis of individual
personal opinion.
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modern cafeteria has been
opened at Jekyll Island State
Park and is now serving meals
three times daily, State Parks
Director Charlie Morgan an
nounces. Opening of the cafe
teria in the northeast wing of
the Jekyll Island Clubhouse
gives Jekyll three eating places.
Others are the dining room and
the snack bar, also located in the
clubhouse.
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L. Hamilton, 28 K.oute 1,
Menlo, enlisted hi 4..><.■ United
States Army last week for three
years, according to an announce
ment by the Rome Recruiting
Office.
He is the husband of Mrs. H.
L. Hamilton and has three chil
dren, Jackie, Bobby and Larry.
A war veteran of the U. S.
Navy, Hamilton’s initial Army as
signment was to the Corps of
Engineers.
A recruiting sergeant from
Rome is in Summerville at the
Post Office each Wednesday.
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White, of Summerville,
and June Broome, of Menlo, were
among the 98 students named on
the Dean’s List at West Georgia
College, Carrollton, for the spring
quarter. To make the Dean’s L'.st
a student must make an average
of 87 or above.
Herman L. Copeland, fireman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Copeland, of Route 2, Lyerly, js
serving aboard e light cruiser
USS Huntington which left the
United States recently on a four
month European cruise.
DEADLINE AND FEE
SET FOR CANDIDATES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
The deadline for qualification
for candidates for the General
Assembly was set for noon, July
10, and the entrance fee was set
at S2OO, according to action of
the Chattooga County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
which met Wednesday morning.
R. E. McWilliams was named
vice-chairman of the committee.
Persons wishing to enter the
race for representative may qual
ify at the office of T. J. Espy,
chairman.
TRION PLANTS TO
CLOSE FOR VACATION
The industrial plants at Trion
will close at midnight Friday, in
order to give employees a vaca
tion.
The glove factory will remain
closed for two weeks, while the
other plants will resume activity
at the end of one week.
Three Marriage Licenses
Issued by Ordinary
Three marriage licenses were
issued this week by County Or
dinary J. W. King.
They are as follow: Alfred E.
Leonard ,22, and Jo Ann Harvey,
19; Billy Wallace, 21, and Mildred
Sue Jones, 20; Paul M. Kellett,
21, and Josie Reeves, 18.
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VOL. 63; NO. 26
City Offers Ga.
Power $125,000
For Local System
The City of Summerville has
offered the Georgia Power Com
pany $125,000 for the electric dis
tribution system on the streets
of Summerville it was learned
here this week, with the stipu
lation that in the event of a re
fusal on behalf of the Power
Company, the city would make
arrangements for a plant to gen
erate electricity.
This action on behalf of the
city followed the recent decision
of the Fulton County Superior
Court dismissing the city’s attack
on the Company’s use of the
street's to distribute electricity.
For a number of months the
city has sought to have the fran
chise of the Power Company de
clared void and thereby obtain
the rights now controlled by the
Power Company.
ROTARY HEARS
ANNUAL REPORT
John Whisnant, retiring presi
dent of the Summerville-Triou
Rotary Club, made a report on
the past year’s work at the week
ly meeting held yesterday at
Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Mr. Whisnant expressed his
appreciation to the various com
mittee chairmen for their co-op
eration during the past year, and
reported that two new members
had been taken in, one had re
signed and one had been re-in
stalled.
J. L. Henderson presented a
gift to Mr. Whisnant, on behalf
of the club.
The gavel was turned over to
Bernard Murphy, new president
of the organization.
Henderson Lanham, Congress
man, will be the speaker at next
week’s meeting, according to
Chairman Oscar Cleckler.
Guests yesterday included Bob
Dyer, of LaFayette; Henry Cook,
of Rome; E. D. Pennington, of
LaFayette; George Eubanks, of
Rome, and Mr. Libby, of Cloud
land.
REVIVAL BEGINS IN
TENT ON MONDAY
Revival services will begin in
the Gospel Tent, in Pennville
community, at 8 p. m., Monday,
July 6, with Evangelist Glen V.
Tingley, of Birmingham, Ala.,
speaking each evening.
The tent is located on the Sum
merville-Trion Highway, near
the Bulman Oil Company.
The Rev. Mr. Tingley is in
charge of the oldest religious
broadcast in the South, accord
ing to community church lead
ers, who describe him as “a dy
namic gospel preacher.”
FOUR ARRESTED FOR
IMPROPER PARKING
City police are clamping down
on improper parking on the
streets of Summerville, records at
the city clerk’s office reveal this
week.
Four persons were booked for
improper parking. They are as
follows: Sidney Dooley, parking
in no parking area; J. G. Teems,
double parking; Bonnie Jordan,
parking across the line, and
Ruby Tyler, parking improperly.
Those arrested this week for
disorderly conduct are: Garvin
Adkins, John Cioudis, Max Wil
liams, John Martin, Gordon Lee
Silvers, Herman Broom and
Boss Peppers, alias. Howard Mc-
Graw.
farrss McWhorter is
NOW IN U. S. ARMY
Farris L. McWhorter, 18, Route
2, Summerville, enlisted in the
United States Army for three
years last v, T eek with initial as
signment to the First Calvary
' Division, Tokyo, Japan. He is the
son of Mrs. Ira McWhorter,
Route 2.
McWhorter stated that his rea
son for joining the Army is that
it is the best place to be.
The recruiting sergeant from
Rome will be at the Summerville
Post Office each Wednesday.
On-the-Job Training
Classes Held Tonight
. The first classes for all vet
erans training on-the-job will be
held at 7 o’clock tonight (Thurs
day) at the Summerville High
School, according to C. B. Akin,
County School Superintendent.
Instructors are as follow: Mr.
Dean, mechanic; J. Frank Har
mon, .’English, and Miss Mae
Stover, mathematics.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948
DON'T FORGET
All business houses in Sum
merville with the possible ex
ception of the drug stores and
service stations will be closed
Monday, July 5, in observance
of Independence Day, July 1,
which falls on Sunday this
year.
Two Drown
In This Area
Two persons were drowned in
this vicinity Sunday afternoon,
both accidents occurring in
Cherokee County, Alabama.
Franklin Tallent, 18-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tal
lent, of Lyerly, Route 2, was ac
cidentally drowned at approxi
mately 1 p. m. Sunday at the
Berry “swimming hole,” on Mill
Creek, just across the state line
in Alabama. His body was recov
ered shortly afterwards, but ef
forts to revive h’m failed.
The other person drowned was
a Negro, Norman Wood, 20, of
Baton Rouge, La. The victim was
reportedly riding in a boat in
Little River, near the Lookout
Mountain Camp for Boys be
tween Cloudland and Fort Payne
when the boat overturned. He
was drowned before rescuers
could reach him.
Efforts of a rescue squad to re
vive him with emergency equip
ment dispatched from Summer
ville and Rome failed after the
rescue parties worked over the
body for more than an hour.
Funeral services f or young Tal
lent were held Tuesday morning
at the Mount Bethel Baptist
Church, with' n-c Rev, Jesse W.
Wade officiating} Interment fol
lowed in the adjoining cemetery.
Mr. Tallent, an employe at Rie
gel Textile Corporation, Trion, is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Tallent, Lyerly, Route
2; one sister, Sylvia Ann Tallent;
two brothers, Roy Lee and Ro
land Tallent, all of Lyerly;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Tallent, of Trion, Route 2, and
G. A. Pledger, of Trion, Route 2.
Another drowning in this area
was that of Wil'ie Durell Cour
son, 59, of Rome, who drowned at
about 4:30 p. m. Sunday in the
Oostanula River, near Jones’
Bend on the Old Dalton Road.
It was reported that Mr. Cour
son had been fishing with Jack
and Thomas King and later de
cided to go wading in the shal
low water near the banks.
Witnesses said it was believed
that he had become a victim of
cramps and went under before
he could be rescued.
PELL CALLED BY
DRY VALLEY BAPTIST
The Rev. Ernest F. Pell, of Dal
ton, has accepted the call to Dry
Valley Baptist Church, it has
been disclosed.
The new pastor has moved into
the parsonage, which has just
been completed. He will begin his
work at Dry Val’ey Sunday night,
July 4, when a revival begins.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
COTTON BLOOM
The first cotton bloom of
| this year was brought into the
News office Monday morning
by Lee Copeland, of Lyerly.
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LUCKY PEOPLE are the 49 members of the National
Contesters Association, who held a house party at
Cloudland Park Hotel, Cloudland, recently, follow
ing their annual convention at Chattanooga, Tenn.
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FRED ALDRED, manager of the Hair Motor Company,
is shown at his desk in the beautiful new Ford build
ing recently completed here.
HEALTH ORDINANCE
PASSED BY CITY
COUNCIL HERE
A health ordinance, calling for
the grading of eating establish
ments, among other things, has
been passed by the City of Sum
merville, according to Mayor Wil
lis James.
The ordinance is recommended
by the U. S. Public Health Serv
ice and will be enforced by the
local Department of Public
Health.
It calls for the grading of all
eating establishments in the
city, 12 months from now, there
by giving them ample time to
make what changes are neces
sary to obtain a good grading.
W. A. Kemp, local sanitarian,
and M. Schubert, of the State
Department of Health, have been
endeavoring for some time to
have this ordinance, as well as
a county-wide ordinance, passed.
County Commissioners have
assured the department that
such an ordinance will be passed
at the next meeting of the
Board of Commissioners.
Passage of this ordinance will
leave the public health depart
ment free to enforce food sani
tation laws.
A. J, Thomas
Dies Friday
A. J. Thomas, one of the old
est residents of Chattooga Coun
ty, died at his home in Trion at
9:05 on Friday, June 25. Mr.
Thomas was 96 years old.
He is survived by seven daugh
ters, Mrs. Vera Peppers, Kings
port, Tenn.; Mrs. Kate Watson,
Summerville, Ga.; Mrs. Bedie
Stowe, Summerville, Ga.; Mrs.
Eunice Eller, Trion, Ga.; Mrs.
Gladys Jones, Rocky Face, Ga.;
Mrs. Fannie Burke, Trion, Ga.;
Mrs. Olene Burke, Summerville,
Ga., and two sons, Bill Thomas,
Trion, Ga., and Henry Thomas, of
Trion. There are 46 surviving
grandchildren and 36 great
grandchildren.
The funeral was held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, June 27, at the Trion
Methodist Church. The Revs. J.
A. Langford and A. N. White con
ducted the funeral. Interment at
the Trion Cemetery. Active pall
bearers were Carlis Thomas, El
bert Thomas, Wheeler Thomas,
Archie Thomas. Luke Thomas,
Lewis Thomas, Ross Thomas and
Fred Thomas. Arrangements by
RETAIL MERCHANTS
MARCH FORWARD
IN ORGANIZATION
The Board of Directors and
the legislative committee were
named at the second meeting of
the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Bureau held Monday
night at the courthouse.
Three charter members of the
Rome Retail Merchants Associa
tion, Fred Higgins, president;
Oscar Borochoff, secretary, and
Albert Fahy, me* with the group
and assisted in the organization
plans.
The legislative committee is
composed of Wi’Us James, T. J.
Espy and Mose Brinson.
Those elected to the Board of
Directors, the governing body,
are as follows: J. B. Woodard,
Billy Allen, Fred Aired, John
Echols, Claude Bagley, Luther
Smith, Rodman jfeubanks, Alvin
Hise and Robert Floyd.
Jack Bryant, Sam Cordle, Hoyt
Farmer, Paul Holt, Daniel Lee
McWhorter, Harry Lee McGin
nis, Virginia Bohanan, Clyde
Packer, I. O. Arnold, T. J. Espy,
Mrs. Lambert, H. F. Mewborn
and B. W. Farrar
Mayor Willis James welcomed j
the Rome trio and congratulated |
the Retail Merchants upon theitj
organization.
The Bureau voted to have dues I
of $5 for the smaller businesses
and $lO for the larger businesses
for the period ending Jan. 1,
1949. The by-laws were adopted
and membership cards were dis
tributed to those present.
Mr. Higgins urged the group to
“be friends, not competitors,”
stating that better unity could
be attained in this manner.
Meet together socially was the
advice to the infant organization
from Rome charter member
Fahy, who stated that they had
an annual dinner gathering in
December, and that the Board of
Directors met monthly, occasion
ally at dinner-meetings.
Speaking to the group, Mr.
Borochoff told them that if his
group could assist in the organi
zation here they would feel that
had not only helped Summer
ville’s Bureau, but also their
own.
“One of the chief purposes of
the Bureau is to create under
standing, congeniality and inter
est among the merchants,” he
said.
The secretary of the Rome
group told the local merchants
that another aim of theirs would
be to help fight the sales tax,
when the question is discussed
in the General Assembly next
year.
He suggested that the group
not endeavor to enforce their
recommendations of uniform
opening and closing hours, but
to merely make “recommenda
tions,” and that most stores
would fall in line with this pol
icy.
The Bureau went on record as
favoring the health ordinance
recently passed by the City Coun
cil, and also stated they were in
favor of an anti-noise ordinance.
After President Rodman K.
Eubanks had called the meeting
to order, Mrs. Raymund Daniel,
secretary - treasurer, read the
minutes of the previous meeting.
SECOND COTTON BLOOM
M. C. Benefit, of Route 3.
I Summerville, was the second
i person to bring in a cotton
bloom this week. Mr. Bene
field brought his bloom in on
Wednesday.
Georgia Power Co.
Gives Summerville
District Office
WHO CAN HELP?
It hasn’t been easy. It’s not
even easy for a mother with
three small children.
—But James Cleland, wound- j
ed World War II veteran, of I
Menlo, has tack’ed the job of |
caring for his three small dau- ■
ghters, while Mrs. Cleland is at
Battey State Hospital.
He’s done a good job too. But i
he can’t go on doing this when ■
there’s a job to be handled.
This father must work and j
he needs a white or colored I
woman to stay with his chil
dren from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
while he is at his job.
Mrs. Cleland is improving,
the doctors say, and it may not
be too long until she can re
turn to her three little girls.
—But now they need the
loving care a woman can give
them. There’ll be no laundry
work.
Won’t someone help? Write
or contact Mr. Cleland at
Menlo.
Bus Terminal
Is Opening
Here Today
The new, modern bus terminal,’
built for Summerville by Harry I
Lee McGinnis, is opening today,!
and will be open each day from
6 a. m. to midnight, according to
Mrs. Harry Lee McGinnis, man
ager.
The terminal is modern in ev
ery respect, including neat rest
rooms, which are said to be the
most modern in this section of
Georgia.
It also features a luncheon:
counter under the direction of i
Charles McGinnis, where short I
orders, sandwiches, cold drinks J
and ice cream are sold. Maga- I
zines also are on sale.
The beautiful building is brick
and is 30 by 60 feet. This is the
first bus station for Summer
ville, the ticket office formerly
being located in the McGinnis
Drug Store.
LOCAL LUNCH ROOM
PROGRAM TO RECEIVE
LITTLE BENEFIT
The recent action of Congress
voting for continued Federal aid
to the school lunch room pro
gram will have little or no affect j
on the local situation, according
to County School Superintendent
C. B. Akin.
All the county school lunch
rooms operated full time last
year, with the exception of the
Cloudland School, it was stated,
and it is expected that there will
be a few additional lunch rooms
to be supported this year in the
county.
Mr. Akin said this would soak
up any additional funds coming
into the county.
An appropriation of $75,000,000
tc the Department of Agricul
ture was made available to as
sist the states in carrying on
school lunch programs. This is an
increase of $5,000,000 over last
year. Georgia’s share of these
Federal funds will be sufficient
to continue the school lunch
program next year on about the
same basis as last year, accord
ing to Miss Eleanor Pryor, State
Director of School Lunch Pro
grams.
Last year, approximately 1,450
schools were approved for Fed
eral funds, which served hot
lunches to 200,000 children daily
There will be no change in rec
ords used to secure reimburse
ments for school lunches, said
Miss Pryor. The school lunch
program, started more than 10
years ago in Georgia has become
a permanent part of the total
school program.
Under the Minimum Founda
tion Program of Education for
Georgia, state funds in the
amount of S2OO per state-allotted
teacher will be available to all
school systems for current capi
tal outlay. Part of these funds
may be used to enlarge and bet
ter equip school lunch rooms.
A series of Workshop Confer
ences for school lunch room per
sonnel is being held this summer
at the University of Georgia and
the George State College for
Women. The services of state
school supervisors are available
I to local communities in planning
| improved school lunch programs.
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CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
The Georgia Power Company
has announced that effective to
day, July 1, Summerville is a dis
trict headquarters of the com
pany, thereby servicing this en
tire area from th:.', city.
J. T. Morgan, formerly local
manager of the Company, has
been promoted to District Man
ager, it has been announced, and
Miss Ruth Fuller, another local
employe, is the District Cashier.
In announcing the change, J.
J McDonough, vice-president,
stated that this step has been
i under consideration “for some
i time.”
The Georgia Power Company
executive described Summerville
as “a center of expanding busi
ness and industry in Northwest
Georgia.”
The Trion distribution system,
recently sold to the Company,
will be operated from Summer
ville, and this will comprise one
third of this district, Summer
ville, another third, and Menlo
and surrounding smaller commu
nities and rural areas surround
ing these towns will be the re
maining third.
“It is our hope,” Mr. McDon
ough said, “to assist in the con
tinuing growth of the Summer
ville area, and to have a larger
and larger share in its develop
ment.”
Mrs. Willie M.
Broyles Passes
Mrs. Bessie Caldona Broyles,
58, wife of Willie M. Broyles, died
at her home in Pennville at 1
p. m. Saturday, as r a I’ngering
illness.
She is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. Hattie Cash, of Gad
sden, Ala.; Mrs. Janie Dorsey
and Mrs. Willie J. Edwards, of
Calhoun, and Mrs. Berma Sue
Reynolds, of Pennvillej five sons,
Clarence, Tommy, Chester, and
Billy Hugh, all of Pennville, and
Sherman, of Calhoun; one sister,
Mrs. Allie Rains, of Henegar,
A 4 !a.; two brothers, Hugh and
Jim Dean, of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Pennville Gospel Tab
ernacle Sunday afternoon, with
interment in the Trion Ceme
tery. J. D. Hilf Funeral Home
in charge.
BONDS FOR STREET
PAVING HERE MAY
BE FLOATED—MAYOR
Mayor Willis James disclosed
this week that the City Council
is making plans to have bonds
floated in the city in order to
provide funds for paving the
streets.
Action on the matter will be
taken immediately after the
present sewerage system is in
stalled. Completion is expected in
“two or three months,” Mayor
James stated.
Henderson Lanham
Announces Candidacy
Henderson L. Lanham, of
Rome, Congressman from the
Seventh District, announced this
week that he would be a candi
date for re-election in the forth
coming primary. He qualified by
paying his entrance fee at a
meeting of the Seventh District
Democratic Executive Commit
tee in Rome. The Committee had
previously passed a resolution
asking that Mr. Lanham be a
candidate for re-election to an
endorsement term. The resolu
tion was introduced by W. P.
Sprayberry, of Marietta, super
intendent of the Cobb County
schools.
The Committee also passed a
resolution commending the news
papers and the radio stations of
the Seventh District for bring
ing directly to the people from
Washington the background of
events there.
Bobby Cook Candidate
For Representative
Bobby Cook, of Cloudland, has
qualified and announced his
candidacy for representative of
Chattooga County.
He is the only candidate to
date.
Mr. Cook, the 21-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cook, of
Lyerly, is a student of law, and
took his bar examination Wed
nesday.
After graduation from the Uni
versity of Alabama, he attended
[ Vanderbilt University.