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Revival services at the Dry Val
ley Baptist Church will continue
this week each evening at 8 p.m.,
with the Rev. Roy Cordell of La-
Fayettte, preaching.
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Repairs are being made on the
Summerville Post Office this
week, with the flag pole and the
exterior being painted.
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Marriage licenses were issued
this week by County Ordinary J.
W. King to the following: Calvin
Lewis, 24, and Annie Marie Rob
bins, 18; Frank Woody, j 22, and
Jewell Potts, 19.
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The Chattooga All-Stars went
to Calhoun Saturday and playfed
a thrilling game in the Calhoun
park, defeating the Calhoun boys
by the score of 13 to 9.
At the game here Sunday, the
All-Stars went down in defeat
at the hands of the Chattanooga
team in a 12-inning game by the
score of 8 to 7, the Chattanooga
team winning in the 12th inning
by a throw-away ball. (
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The total sale at the Coosa Val
ley Livestock Association sale on
July 14 at Rome totaled $34,493.51
with 47 buyers and 147 sellers ex
changing 383 cattle, 80 pigs and
hogs and eight sheep.
Hogs were $17.50 to $28.75 cwt.;
calves, $6 to S2B cwt.; bulls, sls
to $22 cwt.; steers, $15.50 to
$22.25 cwt.; slaughter cows, $13.70
to $23.25 cwt.; dairy type heif
ers, sl6 to $20.75 cwt.; springers,
$52 to $l9O per hd.
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Lamar Hicks, of Rome, will
preach at the Bethel Presbyteri
an Church at 11 a. m. Sunday,
July 25, according to the Rev. J.
F. Merrin, Superintendent of
Home Missions.
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SIC Lloyd L. Garner, U. S.
Navy, is spending a 30-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Garner, of Lyerly.
Garner, at present, is stationed
at Port “’’eu? 'ic. Calif.
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J. T. Morgan, District Manager
of the Georgia Power Company,
who recently underwent an op
eration at an Atlanta hospital, is
recovering successfully and is
now at his home.
It is expected that Mr. Morgan
will be able to resume his duties
in the not too distant future, ac
cording to Fred Starr, Power
Company official.
Trimble, Stubbs Attend
LaFayette R. O. A. Meet
Robert Dill Trimble and John
Stubbs, of Summerville, attend
ed the Northwest Georgia Chap
ter meeting of the Reserve Offi
cers Association held on July 15
at LaFayette.
Maj. Church, commanding offi
cer of the Rome Sub-Military
District, spoke to the group on
the organization of the armed
forces.
Col. McClure discussed the R
C A. retirement act with the
members.
White Men and Negro
Engage in Jail Fight
J. C. Browning and D. B.
Browning, brothers, suffered cuts
this week in a fight with John R.
(Hop John) Adams, Negro, in the
County Jail.
According to Sheriff A. H.
Glenn, J. C. Browning suffered
cuts on the back and side, while
his brother was cut on the arm
hy a broken soft drink bottle at
the hands of the Negro. He had
'been jailed for drunkeness.
Adams was charged with as
sault and attempt to murder, and
was released after posting S3OO
bond on each of the two counts.
The Browning brothers remain
in jail on their respective charges.
Singing School to
Close at Berryton
The singing school conducted
hy Elmer Gardner at the Berry- |
ton Church of G r 'd will close with \
Saturday night’s session, which
begins at 7:45 o’clock.
Several good singers and a
number of quartets are expected I
to attend, according to Mr. Gard- ’
ner.
The public is cordially invited, I
it was stated.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
TO BE COMPLETED SOON
Completion of the eight-room
addition to the Summerville
High School is expected by Aug.
1, according to A. M. Bryant,
contractor.
The Welmyer School, north of
Trion, is expected to be complet
ed by Aug. 15,‘it was stated, and
the Pennville School should be
finished by Sept. 1.
The roof is being put on this
school, Mr. Bryant said, and the
brick work and partitions are al-
Siniimmrilh Nrnis
VOL. 63; NO. 29
METHODIST PASTORAL
APPOINTMENTS MADE
Four changes were made in
Methodist pastoral appointments
in Chattooga County by Bishop
Arthur J. Moore during the re
cent North Georgia Methodist
Conference in Atlanta.
The Rev. G. D. Brwin, of Men
lo, and the Rev. G. F. Gladdney,
of Subligna, are the only Meth
odist pastors returning in their
same capacities.
The Rev. Henry Walker will
succeed the Rev. F. E. Crutcher
as pastor of the Summerville
Methodist Church, and the Rev,
Mr. Crutcher has been appoint
ed pastor of the LaFayette Meth
odist Church.
Succeeding the Rev. J. A. Lang
ford at the Trion Methodist
Church is the Rev. Frank Prince.
The Rev. Mr. Langford will pas
tor the Payne Memorial Church,
Atlanta.
Coming to pastor the Lyerly
charge is the Rev. Loran Parker,
who succeeds the Rev. Shelton
Adams. The Rev. Mr. Adams re
ceived an appointment to pastor
the Wallaceville Church.
Dr. N. P. Manning, District Su
perintendent for the Dalton Dis
trict, returned to his post.
Appointments of several for
mer Chattooga County pastors
and that of several native
preachers are as follows: B. L.
Betts, Adairsville; C. C. Cliett,
' formerly of Payne Memorial
Church, Atlanta, Ringgold; W. P.
j Rowe, formerly of Shannon, The
’ Rock, in Griffin District; W. H.
j Gardner, Monroe; W. J. Culpep
| per, Lawrenceville; W. A. Pilgrim,
Dahlonega; H. C. Stratton,
Herbert Dodd, Com
merce; P. Rock
Springs; Walter Chidsey, Chick
amauga; Adrian Warwick, Ham
ilton Street, Dalton; and T. C.
Ford, Celanese.
LEGION NINE WINS
DISTRICT PLAY OFF
By BILLY ESPY
After defeating Cedartown in
the first round, the local Legion
team, co-sponsored by American
Legion Post 129 and the Hair Mo
tor Co., of Summerville, upset
the highly favored Lindale team,
sweeping the series, winning two
out of three games in the Upper
7th District Tournament that
was held at Lindale last week.
Leading the hitting in Wed
nesday’s game was Joe Faye Da
cus with 3 for 5 and Bobby Nix
and Billy Joe Gilmer with 2 for
5. Bobby Bush was the starting
pitcher and was relieved by Da
cus in the fourth and Dacus was
credited with the win.
Thursday’s game went 12 in
nings, being won by Summer
ville, 11-8, behind the five-hit
pitching of lanky Sewell Cash,
who also led the hitting with 3
for 6.
Friday’s game was a very good
game, the score being 2-0 in fa
vor of Lindale. Dacus again
pitched for the locals and struck
cut 13 and allowed only three
hits, but these hits along with
3 Summerville errors cost the lo
cals a heart-breaking defeat.
The final game was played on
Saturday and a good number of
local people were on hand to see
the Summerville nine defeat Lin
dale 6-1 to take the Upper 7th
District championship.
Sewell Cash pitched a beauti
ful game allowing but five hits
and striking out eight Lindale
batters. For Summerville Dacus
was again the big gun, collecting
3 for 5, one d triple in the sev
enth inning with two men on
base. Gilmer and Brady also
helped the cause with two hits
each.
After the game the team was
treated to a chicken supper at
Pless’ Restaurant, given by Fred
Aldred, manager of the Hair Mo
tor Co. The team wishes to ex
press their thanks to him for this
fine supper, also they thank the !
Legion Post and Hair Motor Co., j
for the faithful backing they.
have given them.
ready completed.
Concerning the Menlo School,
Mr. Bryant stated that the grad
ing has been done and they ex
pect to begin construction on it
next week.
Mr. Bryant and his firm, Bry
ant and Sons Lumber Company,
were awarded the bids on all
these new school buildings, which
are being built as a result of the
floating of school bonds in this
county.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY KIDDIES—Top row, left to
right, James, son of Milton Clark, Menlo; Rebecca,
daughter of Elmer Pickle, Berryton; Nancy, daughter
of J. T. Lawman, Summerville. Bottom row, left to
right, Jane, daughter of Will Stephenson, Route 2,
Summerville; Mike, son of Mrs. J. W. Floyd, Summer
ville; Vicki Jane, daughter of Leroy Day, Summerville.
Over a period of ten weeks the other pictures taken
by the Woltz Studios for publication in The News will
be published.
CANNERY PLANTS TO
BEGIN OPERATION
Plans for the various canning
plants in the county have been
announced by the County Board
of Education.
The Gore Cannery will operate
on Tuesdays and Fridays; Men
lo, Tuesdays and Thursdays;
Chattooga Training School on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Summerville Cannery will
not open for several weeks, how
ever, it will operate on Mondays
and Wednesdays. Further an
nouncement concerning this can
nery will be made at a later date,
it was disclosed.
Plants will open at 8:30 a. m.
and no products will be accepted
after 2 p. m. The plants will not
open unless agriculture teacher
or operator is present.
A service charge of 2 cents per
can will be made. Cans will be
furnished at cost, which at pres
ent is 41/2 cents for No. 2 and
cents for No. 3. The cannery
Welcome Hill
Bus Found
The long-sought Welcome Hill
Baptist Church bus, stolen in
May from the Square Deal Ga
rage. near Trion, was found last
week near Franklin, Tenn., and
has been reti med to the church.
Law officers in the Tennessee
town said the bus was found
abandoned there on May 18.
According to these officers, the
delay in notifying the local of
ficers was due to the difficulties
in identifying the bus. There was
not a tag nor a motor number
on the vehicle, it was stated.
There was no tag on the bus
when it was stolen.
After finding the bus, the
Tennessee law officers sought to
find a “Welcome Hill” listed on
maps, and consulted maps of
Georgia, Alabama and Tennes
see for such a place. They found
pne in Alabama, but after writ
ing there, found that no bus was
missing, however the Welcome
Hill, Ala., authorities wrote that
there was a Welcome Hill near
Trion. These officials then con
tacted the Chattooga County
sheriff, and the search ended.
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Summerville's new bus terminal, located at the corner of Washington Ave.
and Union St.
will operate on a cash basis, and
service charges will be collected
and kept in a separate account
by the agriculture teacher. These
charges will be used for opera
tion and maintenance of the
plant. Financial and accomplish
ment reports will be made to the
County School Superintendent
and local trustees every three
months.
Food processed in the cannery
will be only for home and school
use, and the school will not be
responsible for canned products
left in canning plant.
Meats will be canned by ap
pointment only, and these are
made with agriculture teacher.
Patrons must clean all utensils
and work area immediately after
using and all must bring labor
to prepare and process products.
The local school will not be re
sponsible for spoilage of prod
ucts. .
MERRIN TO CONDUCT
BIBLE SCHOOLS AND
REVIVALS IN VICINITY
REV. J. F. MERRIN
The Rev. J. F. Merrin, of Rock
mart, Superintendent, Presby
terian Home Missions, will con
duct revival services and Vaca
tion Bible Schools in several
communities of this area during
this month and next month.
A Vacation Bible School and
revival services will be conduct
, ed by the Rev. Mr. Merrin at the
Siler Hill School during the week
of July 25-30.
A similar week’s actiity has
been scheduled for Aug. 2-8 at
the Walnut Grove Church, near
Lyerly, and at Bethel Presby
terian Church, Aug. 22-29.
JACK CASH MAKES
GOOD IN PRO BALL
Jack Cash, of Summerville, has
made the All-Star team his first
year in pro ball.
He is playing shortstop for Ge
neva, Ala., in the Alabama State
League.
The players on the All-Star
team are picked by the mana
gers. The favorite with the man
agers were Jack Cash, Geneva
shortstop, who is one of the fan
?ie:t infielders in the league.
Burglars Take S6OO From
3 Businesses In Week-End
W. G« McCain to Face Charges
In Gayler Garage Burglary
POLICE PUT CLAMP
ON SPEEDERS HERE
Eight speeders and reckless
drivers were booked by city po
licemen during the past week,
while 12 persons were charged
with disorderly conduct. Carrie
Morgan was arrested for “run
ning a disorderly house.
Cited for speeding or reckless
driving were: Kenneth Bailey,
Robert Van Dobbs, George Mar
shall Rogers, Iva Lee Shipp, Wil
liam DeForest Rogers, Hugh
Hartline, Henry Anderson But
ler and George N. Broome.
Arrested for disorderly conduct
were the following: Willie Car
ter, J. F. Clayton, Paul L. Boat
man, Duck Hale, Jack Gilbert
Richard Gibson, John Adams,
David Brown, Charlie T. Facler,
Raymond Huston, Joe Bridges
and Claudie Howell.
Business Women
Sign Charter
To New Club
The Summerville Business and
Professional Women’s Club was
formally organized Friday eve
ning, when the charter was
signed.
It was decided that the group
would meet the second Thursday
night in each month, the time
and place to be designated.
Mrs. Mamie Taylor, State Pres
ident, and four members of the
Rome Business and Professional
Women’s Club met with the
group and discussed their prob
lems of organization.
The Rome Club is sponsoring
the local organization.
It was decided that dues would
be $6 per year.
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Henderson Lanham
Unopposed for Congress
Congressman Henderson Lan
ham today expressed his thanks
to the people of the Seventh
Congressional District by stating
that he believed that the fact he
had no opposition was due large
ly to the confidence expressed by
the voters in his district.
“I feel,” Mr. ranham stated,
j “that the fact that I am not op
| posed in the coming election can
be taken as a vote of confidence,
j and I will continue to try to mer
■ It this trust.”
Mr. Lanham had made defin
. ite plans to visit the people in
each district, but his plans had
to be cancelled due to the fact
that Congress has been called
back into session.
Alpine Presbyterians to
Have Revival Series
The Rev. Clyde Plexico, Jr., of
Dalton, will be the speaker at a
revival series at the Alpine Pres
byterian Church, near Menlo, be
ginning at 8 p. m„ Sunday, July
25, according to the Rev. S. K
Dodson, pastor.
Services will be held each eve
ning at 8 o’clock and everyone is
cordially invited.
A former Attalla, Ala., man,
William G. McCain, 25, was ar
rested Saturday morning at his
father’s home, near Attalla, in
s connection with the SI,OOO cash
. burglary of the Gayler Garage,
in Lyerly. The burglary occurred
1 on Tuesday night, July 6.
; McCain waived extradition and
. chose to return and face the
charges.
3 He stated that after a tour of
surrounding states, he had de
cided to return and give himself
. up, when his mother became ill
! and he returned home instead.
. He told Sheriff A. H. Glenn that
he had spent all the money. In
t his possession was an old model
. car
The accused burglar had hired
a Summerville taxi to take him
to Daytona Beach, Fla., for $l5O,
which was paid at the beginning
j of the trip.
After staying in the Florida
i city for a couple of days, Mc
j Cain said he bought the automo-
I bile and traveled north across
I Florida into Alabama.
W. B. ‘UNCLE BILLY’
COX DIES SUNDAY
William Burgess Cox, better
’ known as “Uncle Billy,” 86, died
at his home near Berryton at
' 11:15 a. m, Sunday, after a lin
gering illness.
Mr. Cox, who made his 75th
crop last year, was one of the
pioneer settlers of Chattooga
County. He helped to organize,
and was a charter member of the j
Lyerly Baptist Church, at his
death, leaving his only brother,
John H. Cox, of Dallas, Tex., now
j the only living charter member.
A resident of the community for
1 the past 80 years and for the
past 41 years .on the Cox farm,
Mr. Cox was the oldest member
of Lyerly Masonic Lodge.
In addition to his brother, he
is survived by four daughters,
Miss Annie, of Berry ton; Mrs. J.
’ W. Perry, Mrs. W. T. Suggs, andl
‘ Mrs. D. F. Martin, all of Sum
; merville; seven sons, W. H., of
: Lindale; S. L., of Berryton; John
’ R., Jordon L. and R. 8., of Sum
merville; A. L., of Chickamauga,
and G. H., of Rome. Twenty
■ grandchildren and five great
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct-
1 ed at the Berry ton Baptist.
Church, of which he was a mem
ber, Tuesday afternoon. The Rev.
J. Arthur Smith, the Rev. J. Ed
Smith and the Rev. W. H. Dean
officiated. Masons of Lyerly act-
I ed as honorary pallbearers, and
; interment was in the Lyerly
i Cemetery.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home of
j Summerville in charge.
FIVE LOCAL MEN
JOIN U. S. ARMY
Enlisting 42 men in June, the
U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force
Recruiting Station in Rome
brought to 205 its total enlist-
■ ments for this year. M/Sgt. Rob
ert E. Ivey, station commander,
states that enlistments here have
been on the increase since April.
A comparison of the number
of veterans to non-veterans en
listing shows a marked change
last month from the early part
of the year. A three-month sur
vey then showed that 60 per cent
of the enlistees were veterans ■
whreas June figures showed only j
30 per cent veterans. Sgt. Ivey ;
explained this by saying that the j
number of eligible veterans is <
continuously diminishing where- >
as the number of eligible non- ]
veterans is continuously increas- .
ing.
There were five Chattooga
County residents enlisting last
month. They were: Horace L.
Hamilton, Route 1, Menlo, En
gineers; James R. Smalley, Route
2, Holland, Regular Army; Jo
seph E. Alexander. South Comer
Street, Summerville, Ist Calvary
Division; Farris L. McWhorter,
Route 2, Summerville, Ist Cal
vary Division; Roy C. McCary,
Summerville, Regular Army.
Anyone who wishes to inquire
about the opportunities available
through an enlistment in the
Army or Air Force may contact
the recruiting sergeant at the
Summerville Post Office on
Wednesday of each week.
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CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
A series of three break-ins and
burglaries occurred in Chattooga
County during the past week
end, with more than $«00 having
been taken from the three busi
nesses.
Approximately SSOO was taken
’ from the Grey Mill Case, Trion,
, in a break-in which apparently
’ occurred Saturday night. It was
' oiscovered at midnight Sunday,
i The thief or thieves had entered
jI by breaking a window into the
case, however their method of
j entrance into the mill itself was
, : undetermined.
The Georgia Bureau of Invest
s I igation has taken fingerprints
. i and are continuing their investi
: gation of the matter.
j On the preceding night, the
recently completed Summerville
bus terminal was broken into be
' tween the hours of 1:30 a. m.
! and 5:30 a. m„ at whcih time it
closed and opened, and approxi
mately SIOO was taken from the
ticket cash register and lunch
counter receipts.
! Entrance to the building was
believed to have been gained
through a window.
The third burglary of the
week-end occurred on the same
night as the mill case break-in,
when Jim’s Auto Parts Store and
Garage, near Pennville, was toro
| ken in and approximately sl2
i was taken. The store is owned by
I Jim Tom Greeson.
Miss Mary Jo
Hardwick Dies
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Jo Hardwick, who died suddenly
while visiting relatives in Rome,
were hsld in Atlanta Thursday,
July 15, Dr. Wallace M. Alston
officiating at Patterson’s Chapel
; with interment in West View.
Pallbearers were R .E. Wor
sham, Rome; Eli Stephenson, of
Summerville; J. C. Majors, J. R.
Pattillo, R. G. McClure, R. N.
Ford and Fred Dodson, of Atlan
ta.
Miss Hardwick was a sister of
the late Lula Worsham Stephen
son, and had resided in this
county, teaching school in a
number of Chattooga schools be
fore moving to Atlanta, where
she was employed by Fox Film
j Co., 28 years.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Gertrude Curlow, of Oak
dale, Tenn. Several nieces and
nephews and cousins in this
county also survive.
Mrs. Daniel Remains
With Local C. of C.
The Chamber of Commerce has
■ retained Mrs. Raymund Daniel
as Executive Secretary after re
fusing to accept her resignation
last week, and offering to reduce
her duties.
Mrs. Daniel had given her res
ignation for “personal and gen
eral health” reasons.
PVT. GAYLER'S BODY
TO ARRIVE SOON
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Gayler, of
Lyerly, have been informed that
the body of their son, Pvt. Win
field Gayler, will arrive soon
from France, where he was killed
Nov. 16, 1944, while serving with
Gen. Patton’s Third Army.
Young Gayler was born in
Trion on March 6, 1925, and had
been in the Army 11 months at
the time of his death, and had
been overseas only about one
month.
On arrival of the body, funeral
services will be held at Walnut
Grove Presbyterian Church at
Chattoogaville and burial will be
in the Johnson Cemetery.
In addition to his parents,
young Gayler is survived by three
brothers. James B. Gayler. of
Brunswick, and William and
Bobbie Gayler, of Lyerly; two
sisters, Nancy Amestoy, of Lake
worth, Fla., and Miss Joann Gay
ler, of Lyerly; grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. W. L. Gayler, of Lyerly.
ROAD SIGNS
Tourists passing through
Summerville are undoubtedly
pleased that a last some road
signs have been placed at the
intersection ofthe U. S. High
way 27 and the Menlo High
way.
This was accomplished
through the efforts of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce and the co-opera
tion of the State Highway De
partment.
Heretofore, many local resi
dents had been awakened at
night by tourists wanting to
know where each highway led.