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HERE N
THERE
The Trion Red Sox will play
the Tate Tigers, of Tate, at 3
p. m. Sundav Jul” 11, at the
Trion baF a
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Masonic Lodge will hold
a called Communication for con
ferring the Fellowcraft Degree,
at 8:30 p. m.. Friday night, July
9. All Master Masons are invited
to attend
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regular meeting of Trion
Lodge 160, will be held on Sat
urday, and all Masons in good
standing are invited.
After the regular business ses
sion, the group will be entertain
ed with barbecue chicken dinner
at the Trion Grammar School
Cafeteria.
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—about one million ap
plications for 1948 drivers’ li
censes have been filed, nearly
half a million more are overdue.
Maj. Wayne Hinson, director of
the State Department of Public
Safety, therefore has extended
the deadline for filing such ap
plications until Saturday, July
10, as a matter of public conven
ience.
He cautioned motorists, how
ever, to get their applications in
the mail by next Saturday. State
Highway Patrolmen, he said, will
accept postal money order re
ceipts issued prior to the final
hour in lieu of a 1948 license un
til the department can catch up j
with the back-log of work that
has piled up as it always does ev- j
ery summer.
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William Shaw Whisnant, two
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.;
John Black Whisnant, Jr., nar- j
rowly escaped death Tuesday as- |
ternoon when he stepped off in j
a swimming pool in Rome.
Mrs. Whisnant and sons were j
visiting her mother on River j
Avenue, in Rome, where there is '
a private swimming pool.
Mrs. Whisnant, with the help I
of the Rome Fire Department, j
resuscitated the baby and the
doctors at McCall Hospital pro
nounced him in “good shape.”
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persons were arrest
ed for disorderly conduct in
Summerville during the holidays,
according to police records at the
city clerk’s office.
They are as follows: Jeff Mc-
Guire, Jim Cox, Sam Morris,
Jimmy Hutchins, Clarence Mor
gan, Smith McAtchens, Charles
McGuire, John R. Hunter, Floyd
Bryant, Robert Genboy, Red Bax
ter, J. R. Browning, Seabo Mar
shall and Harry Lee Smithson.
John B. Taylor was booked for
running a red light and Warren 1
Shropshire was booked for speed
ing.
MRS. GERTRUDE NUNN
DIES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Gertrude Nunn, wife of
Fulmer Nunn, died at an early j
hour Wednesday. Funeral ar
rangements are incomplete.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WO« ORGANIZE HERE
The groundwork for organiza
tion of a local Business and
Professional Women’s Club was
laid Wednesday night, when 31
Summerville women met with
Mrs. Mamie Taylor, president of
the State Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s Clubs,
at John’s Pool. The meeting was
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Mrs. J. L. Henderson was elect
ed temporary chairman, and de
tailed plans will be made at the
second meeting scheduled for
Thursday evening, July 16, at
John’s Pool.
Miss Beulah Shropshire, Mrs.
W. E. Turner and Mrs. A. F. Mc-
Curdy were appointed as mem
bers of a nominating committee
to nominate officers, who would
be elected on at the next meet
ing.
Members of the by-laws com
mittee are as follows: Miss Ma
bel Aired, Miss Mary Thompson
and Mrs. Paul Weems.
“This is an organization to
help the individual,” Mrs. Tay
lor told the group. “It is the larg
est organization in the world de
voted entirely to the affairs of
business and professional women,
and is non-partisan, non-sec
tarian and non-profit.” '
The state president stated that
the Rome club would sponsor this
IhmtmmnUr Nmis
VOL. 63; NO. 27
Cook and Floyd
Seek Post of
Representative
James (Sloppy) Floyd is the
second person to qualify as can
didate for Chattooga County
representative to the General
Assembly. Bobby Cook, of Cloud
land, announced his candidacy
last week.
The deadline for qualification
is noon, Saturday, July 10, ac
cording to T. J. Espy, chairman
of the County Democratic Ex
ecutive Board.
Mr. Floyd, 28, is the son of Mrs.
John H. Floyd, and the late Mr.
Floyd. His grandparents are Mr.
and Mi’s. Jim Parris, of Trion,
with whom he made his home
for 10 years prior to entering the
service.
After graduating at the Trion
High School, he attended Middle
Georgia College, Cochran, for one
year, at which time he joined the
army air forces as a private in
September, 1941.
Mr. Floyd spent 18 months in
service before being given a com
mission as second lieutenant. He
spent 14 months of his four and
a half years in service overseas
on Guam, and was discharged in
March, 1946, as a major.
Now in the clothing business
at Pennville, Mr. Floyd is married
and is the father of one child.
He is a member of the Veterans
| of Foreign Wars, American Le
gion, Wildlife Club, Trion Alumni
T Club and Masonic Lodge 160,
! Trion.
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Rites Held for
J. M. Stanfield
James Martin Stanfield, 57,
| died at his home in Trion Fri
i aay, June 30, after a lingering
I illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
I Effie Stanfield; two daughters,
j Mrs. L. E. Barrett, of Rome, and
| Miss Margaret Stanfield, of
Trion; three sons, James A., of
LaFayette; Aaron and Russell
Stanfield, both of Trion; two sis
ters, Mrs. Lillie Johnson, of La-
Fayette, and Mrs. Paul Spray
berry, of Trion; four brothers,
Clayton, of LaFayette; Dewey, of
Trion; Bethel, of Lindale, and
Grady, of Rome. Four grandchil
dren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Trion Baptist Church
Saturday afternoon with the Rev.
S L. Walker and the Rev. Frank
Craton officiating. Interment
was in the Trion Cemetery. J.
D Hill Funeral Home in charge.
CHAPMAN, WAR DEAD,
ON WAY HOME
Amother war dead, Pvt. Buster
B. Chapman, son of Mrs. Jessie
B. Chapman, Route 1, Trion, will
arrive in this country shortly, it
has been disclosed.
Pvt. Chapman’s body, along
with the remains of 5,373 other
Americans who lost their lives
during World War 11, is being
returned to the United States
from Europe.
Ceremonies wil' be held by the
| New York Port of Embarkation
| at 11 a. m. on the day of arrival.
- one, and that it was hoped some
1 ot the Rome members would be
5 able to attend the next meeting.
Mrs. Taylor explained that it
f would be necessary to have an
. educational and vocational com
mittee, a public affairs commit
’ tee, an international relations
f committee and a health and
safety committee. However, she
said, these should be named at a
later date.
The dues and meeting dates
. were discussed by the group, and
t it was decided that definite
plans on these topics would be
made at the July 16 meeting.
-1 Those attending included Miss
■ Jimmie Alexander, Mrs. J. T.
? Morgan, Mrs. Fred Aired, Mrs.
I Frank Penley, Mrs. Aleta Mat
- thews, Miss Helen Toles, Mrs.
Frankie Elrod, Miss Ruby Cot
■ ton, Mrs. John Echols, Mrs. Joe
■ Hayes, Mrs. Philip Foglia, Mrs.
i Sam Cordle, Mrs. Luther Smith.
Mrs. Reuben Lyons, Mrs. Irene
> Doster, Miss Juanita Burkett,
• Mrs. Archie Gayler. Mrs. M. M.
• Allen. Mrs. Eugene Rackley, Mrs.
• Nan L. Lankfora, Mrs. Virginia
: Bohanan, Mrs. Graves Myers,
, Mrs. Elizabeth Abney, Mrs. Ray
■ mund Daniel, Mrs. Henderson,
Miss Shropshire, Mrs. Turner,
; Mrs. McCurdy, Miss Aired, Miss
s Thompson and Mrs. Weems.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948
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VISITORS LOOK OVER the new Fords and the interior of the new Hair Motor
Company Building, which was formally opened to the public on June 18.
Wildlife Club Lake To
Be Constructed Soon
Construction of the club lake
on the Walter Sturdivant farm,
l
near Bolling, is expected to get
under way within the next few
days, according to W. H. Smith,
of Lyerly, President of the Chat
tooga County Wildlife and Con
servation Club.
Preliminary plans for the con
struction of the lake are being
worked out this week and actual
construction will begin at once,
Mr. Smith stated, saying that
this will be good news to every
member of the wildlife club in
Food Ordinance
Explained by
W. A. Kemp
W .A. Kemp, local sanitarian i
associated with the State Public
Health Department, this week;
explained just what the passage;
of the food and health ordinance
means to those who are affected.
It will mean, he said, greater
protection for the public, be
cause we shall ask the co-opera
tion of all proprietors of eating
establishments in providing san-
I itary facilities.
Now that the ordinance has
j been passed by the City Council,
! Mr. Kemp stated that he will
I contact all eating establishments
| in the city, including soda foun
| tains, restaurants and grills, and
j warn them that certain specifi
| cations set up by the State De
partment of Healht will have to
be met within 12 months or they
j will face the possibility of hav
! ing to close their doors.
‘•Those eating establishments
j which are now Grade A will be
so designated by the posting of a
card in plain view,” 'the sani
tarian said, “and those which
are not will be given instructions
| as to how they can reach this J
I grade.”
Among the requirements will |
;be proper sterilization facilities, J
refrigeration, a three-compart
| ment sink, clean walls, ceiling j
land floors, proper lighting and
ventilation and proper handling
of eating utensils by employes.
Health cards will be required
cf all eating establishment em
ployes, it was stated, and all fe
male employes will be required to
wear hair nets and keep pencils |
out of their hair.
In view of the assurance on j
behalf of the County Board of j
Commissioners that they too,
will pass the ordinance at their
next meeting, Mr. Kemp stated
that it shouldn’t be too long be- j
fore all eating establishments inl
the county will be graded.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES |
FOR INFANT SILLS
Funeral services for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sills j
were conducted from the grave- |
side of the Trion Cemetery at 111
a. m., Wednesday, with the Rev.
Frank Godfrey.
Other survivors were two sis
ters, Alma Jean and Mary Ann
Sills; one brother, Charles Sills,!
all of Trion. J. D. Hiil Funeral
Home in charge.
A farm safety check may save
your neck.
Don’t be fire-ALARMED. Just
be careful!
the county as well as every citi- <
zen of the county.
The club will meet for the 1
monthly session at 8 p. m. Mon- ■
day, July 12, at the courthouse i
in Summerville, in joint meeting
with the Chattooga County Farm
Bureau. A speaker has been ob- i
ts ’ned and a movie will be shown. <
The wildlife club and the farm :
bureau are working in close co- I
operation and getting splendid ;
results thus far, Mr. Smith said, i
More than 125 quail has been <
hatched under bantam hens i •
through the co-operation of ! <
LOCAL BUS TERMINAL IS
GREETED AT OPENING
Quietness and
Heat Marked
Fourth Here
Only the extreme heat and one
minor accident marred the 4th
of July holidays in Chattooga
County.
Most business houses in the
county were closed all or a part
of Monday, and the plants at
Trion are closed all this week, i
giving employes a vacation. The
glove factory will remain closed
next week also.
Henry Smallwood, who was rid
ing a bicycle on the Summer
ville-Trion Highway, near the
Green Top Sandwich Shop, was
uninjured Monday when struck
by a passing automobile and
knocked from his vehicle. The
driver failed to stop, and law of
ficers state that no one has been
arrested in connection with the
I hit and run accident. One per
son was questioned, however, no
I arrest was made, it was stated.
Only 14 persons were arrested
j for disorderly conduct during the
I week.
Many Chattooga Countians
were vacationing in the Smokey |
Mountains, on the seashore of
Georgia, in Florida and many I
other points throughout the
country, and there were many
out-of-town and out-of - state
visitors here during the holidays.
MRS. WILSON DIES
AT HOME IN TRION
Mrs. Lucy Belle Burns Wilson, I
44. died in Trion at 12:15 p. m I
Tuesday, July 6.
She is survived by her husband, j
Harvey C. Wilson, of Trion; two I
daughters, Mrs. Ethyl Silvers, of !
Calhoun, and Beatrice Woody, of j ,
Trion; two step-sons, Pvt. Mar- .
vin Wilson, of U. S. Marine Corps. :
Cherry Point, N. C., and Alvin ■
Wilson, of Trion; two sisters,
Mrs. Mattie Floyd, of Dalton, and ■
Mrs. Fannie Mae Henderson, of ■
Cedar Bluff, Ala.; one brother, ,
Bill Burns, of Dalton.
Funeral services are to be con-; i
ducted at Mountain View Bap- j.
list Church at 11 o’clock today, j
The Rev. Frank Godfry, pastor, i
is to officiate. Interment is to be i
in Trion Cemetery. J. D. Hill Fu- 1
neral Home of Summerville in i
charge. j i
County Agent J. B. Butler and
Assistant Walter Neville, and
these young quail, when eight
weeks old, will be released on the
county game preserve.
Harris Edwards, of Lyerly, sec
retary-treasurer of the wildlife
club, calls attention to the in
crease in membership fee after
the next meeting. The club voted
three months ago to raise the ini
ation fee from $2 to $7 but any
one wanting to join the club may
do so through the meeting next
week at the old rate of $2, ac
cording to Mr. Edwards.
Community leaders congratu
lated Harry Lee McGinnis on his
new, brick bus terminal in Sum
merville at the formal opening
Thursday morning.
Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent Moses E. Brinson, who was
master of ceremonies, stated that
he, as well as the entire Cham
ber of Commerce, was proud of
the new addition to Summer
ville.
“We are indeed happy to have
this fine building in our city,”
Mayor Willis James said, “and
I want to congratulate Mr. Mc-
Ginnis for his fine work.”
In congratulating the owner,
Rodman K. Eubanks, President
of the Retail Merchants Bureau,
said that Summerville “is an up
and coming town,” declaring it is
going places if everyone gets be
hind it like Mr. McGinnis has.
This is a step toward greater
progress, J. L. Henderson, direc
tor of U. S. Highway 27. and Sec
retary of the Chamber of Com
merce, told the group as he of
fered congratulations upon the
new bus terminal.
Executive Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce Mrs. Ray
mund Daniel declared that
events such as this will do much
to help Summerville “get on the
map.”
The building itself is com-
I pletely modern, featuring a
| luncheon grill, where sandwiches [
! and short orders may be obtain- |
ed. Charles McGinnis is manager
of the bus grill.
A brick structure, it is 60 by 30
feet, and is spacious as well as
neat. The tiled rest rooms are
up-to-date, and among the most
modern in North Georgia.
The terminal was built by Mr.
McGinnis, who is a local drug
gist, and is managed by Mrs.
McGinnis.
MRS. BAILEY, 82,
SUCCUMBS HERE
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz- j
abeth Tate Bailey. 82, who died J
at the home of her daughter, i
Mrs. Vash Nelson, in Berrvton, j
Wednesday, June 30. at an early j
hour, were conducted at the Ber- ;
iyton Baptist Church, Friday as- j
ternoon, with the Rev. Floyd Hig- j
gins officiating.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by four
daughters. Mrs. Lillie Graham, of
Ac worth; Mrs. Vash Nelson, of
Berryton; Mrs. Estelle Crawford,
of Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. Lin
da Higdon, of Chattanooga,
Tenn.; one son, W. B. Bailey, of j
LaFayette. Four brothers and 14 j
grandchildren also survive.
State Seeks To
Have Six Raid
Victims Closed
! STARR SUBSTITUTES
FOR MORGAN IN GA,
POWER CO, DUTIES
The Summerville office of the
Georgia Power Company is now
operating and functioning as a
district office, stated J. T. Mor
gan, District Manager, just be
fore he left Monday for Emory
Hospital in Atlanta to undergo j
treatment and an operation on j
Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Morgan stated that Fred
F. Starr, Regional Representa
tive of the Community Develop
ment Division of the Georgia
Power Company, of Rome, wall be
the acting district manager while
be is at the hospital and until
be is able to resume his duties.
“The doctors told me,” stated
Mr. Morgan, “that I would have
to remain in the hospital for two
' or three weeks and that it would
be a month to six weeks in all
i before I would be able to get
| back on the job.
“I will be glad to get back to
J Summerville and to continue my
| efforts to assist in the continuing
1 i growth of Summerville, Trion,
Menlo, Lyerly, and all of Chat
■| tooga County, and I want to have !
a large share in this undertak
ing as this entire County is an j
■ area of expanding business, in- i
- dustry and agriculture.”
; Mr. Morgan urged anyone from :
■ this community who happens to'
be in Atlanta to be sure to come j
around to see him as soon as he j
is able to see visitors, and to
write him.
Mr. Starr states that he has
I just heard from Mr. Morgan I
j and that he underwent the op- j
j eration fine and is “doing as j
I well as could be expected.”
.
Construction on
Menlo School
To Begin Soon
Construction on the Menlo
School building will begin some
time this month, according to A.
. M. Bryant, of Bryant and Sons
Lumber Company, who was low
bidder on the construction, his
bid having been $51,640.21.
Although only $50,000 had been
set aside for the construction of
the Menlo school, school officials
disclosed that the sale of the old
building should bring an amount I
to cover the $1,640.21 extra.
The plans call for a modern i
j brick and block structure with I
12 rooms in addition to a kiteh-'
len and dining room. It will be
j 52x254 feet.
Mr. Bryant stated that It is
! hoped the building will be erect- ,
ed by the first of 1949.
The bids for the new school |
building were let on Tuesday.
Liquor Found in Hartline’s
Chicken House -- Clower
CITY POLICE RAID
TEEMS AND PLESS
Exactly a month after he was ;
first raided, at w'hich time no ■
violations were found, General |
Gordon (Jack) Hartline, of Sum- j
merville, was raided on July 5 by j
Solicitor-General E. J. (Sandy)
Clower and 12 cases of Georgia j
taxpaid liquor w r ere confiscated, j
The liquor was found in Hart- |
line’s chickenhouse, Mr. Clower ]
said. He was charged udth pos- I
sessing more than the legal I
quantity of tax-paid liquor and j
a quantity of beer.
Hartline was released after j
posting a SI,OOO bond.
The raid victim was sentenced j
in Federal Cour< last month to
serve 15 months in prison for il
legal sale of liquor.
In his second raid on Hartline',
Clower was accompanied by two
Georgia State Patrolmen. C. A.
Wehunt and L. F. Butler.
Summerville city police took a
hand in the clean-up raids here
by raiding the home of Mrs.
George Teems, in North Sum
merville, and Pless Restaurant
on Commerce Street, Summer
ville, last week.
Twenty-one gallons of home
1900
CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
| The state sought yesterday to
j have the businesses of six per
! sons involved in the June 5 liquor
| and slot machine raids closed by
' bringing an abatement of nuis
ance charge.
The six cases were being tried
by Superior Court Judge C. H.
Porter, with Horace T. Clary,
Rome attorney representing the
state, after Solicitor-General E.
J. (Sandy) Clower was disquali
fied because of his participation
j in some of the raids.
Persons involved in the affair
| included Clarence Minor, William
C. Rider, L. A. Harris, Bernard H.
! Aaron, Fred Thomas and Bryant
; Brown Barnes.
The judge had not ruled on
i any of the cases as The News
: went to press, however it was ex
pected that he would do so late
Wednesday on those he had
heard.
MRS. JOHN L. BROWN
DIES SATURDAY
Mrs. Venice Dodd Brown, 51,
wife of John L. Brown, died at
her home, Summerville, Route 1,
at 1:20 p. m., Saturday, after a
lingering illness.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her
| husband, John L. Brown; three
1 daughters, Mrs. Inez Bramlett,
Mrs. Faye Grigsby and Mrs.
Frances Hegwood; two sons, Da
| vid and Winston Brown, all of
| Summerville; two sisters, Miss
| Amandia Dodd, Summerville, and
: Mrs. Minnie Stoker, of LaFayette.
Three grandchildren also sur
| vive.
Funeral services were conduct
| ed at Chapel Hill Sunday after
i noon with the Rev. Harry Foster
| and the Rev. Tommy Waits of
| ficiaiing. Interment was in the
| church cemetery. J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home in charge.
U. 8.27 TO HAVE
AMUSEMENT CENTER
ROME. Ga„ July 7.—J. Hub
ei t Griffin, of Carrollton. Ga., the
president of U. S. Highway 27
Association, stated that the in
creased travel on U. S. Highway
27 in Georgia has attracted a
giant amusement center to be
constructed near Rome. Tenta
tive plans for several tourist
courts to be constructed at an
early date on U. S. 27, which
are to be located at strategic
sites along the route.
President Griffin stated that
! out-of-state tourists have leam
!ed that U. S. 27 from Chatta
nooga to Tallahassee, Fla., is the
j safest highway in Georgia, and
the citizens of 19 western Geor
| gia counties are striving to have
| ample modern sleeping accom
modations, clean, good food,
served in a cheerful and cour
teous manner, and to entertain
out-of-state friends with clean,
wholesome amusement.
I brew whiskey were found at the
Teems’ home, and Mrs. Teems
i posted bond following her arrest.
Three cases of bay rum were
| discovered at the restaurant and
Glenn Pless was arrested. He
| posted a S2OO bond.
Pvf\ }, A. Ramsey, War
Dead, to Arrive Soon
Among the Georgia war dead
; to arrive in this country shortly
j aboard the army transport “Car
| roll Victory” will be the remains
j cf Pvt. Joseph A. Ramsey, son of
! Mrs. Alice R. Ramsey, of Sum
! merville, Route 3.
This group of war dead is be
j ing returned from temporary
military cemeteries in Italy at
the request of next of kin.
RANGERS QUARTET
TO APPEAR HERE
In the interest of the local
Crusade for Children campaign,
the Rangers Quartet, whth Boy
Ott, Little Indian Boy, will ap
pear at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, July
10, at the courthouse in Sum
merville, it has been disclosed.
Funds derived from this ap
pearance will be used to help
Chattooga County meet its quota
in the Crusade for Children.