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Revival services will begin at
the Lyerly Baptist Church Sun
day, .Aug. 1, with the Rev. Ira C.
Frazier, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Summerville, doing
the preaching. Services begin at
8 o’clock each evening.
Prayer services are being held
at the church each evening this
week.
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The Boy Scout office of the
Northwest Georgia Council is
open for applications for the col
ored Scout camp, which opens on
Aug. 8.
This camp is located seven
miles west of Rockmart. The col
ored Scouts who have not filed
applications are urged to do so
as soon as possible.
Home-coming will be held at
the New Antioch Baptist Church,
Dry Valley, on Sunday, Aug. 1.
A two-weeks’ revival series will
follow, with services at 7:30 p.m.
each day.
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Hoke Collins, formerly of Ce
dartown, has been transferred to
LaFayette, where he is local su
pervisor of the Gulf Life Insur
ance Company.
Mr. Collins, who has complet
ed all the home office C. L. U.
Training Courses, has been with
the Gulf Life Insurance Com
pany for 12 years.
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All persons interested in clean
ing off Pleasant Grove Cemetery
are asked to meet early Friday
morning, July 30.
If unable to attend, those in
terested are requested to send
donations to R .E. Patrick, Sum
merville, Route 1.
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The Speer Family will appear
in concert at 8 p. m. Saturday,
July 31, at the Gaylesville High
School, Gaylesville, Ala.
The Cherokee Singing Conven
tion will follow on Sunday, Aug.
1. at the Broomtown Church, and
the public is cordially invited.
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Georgia state maps for 1948
may be obtained at the Cham
ber of Commerce, it has been
disclosed. These were made
available by the U. S. Highway
27 Committee.
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The Worthy Grand Matron
will make he.' official visit and
will constitute the Trion O. E. S.
Chapter at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
Aug. 2, and all members are
urged to attend by order of the
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Edith De
witt.
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Charles Landers, of Highland
Tomes, Ala., will visit friends in
Lyerly Sunday and will preach at
8 p. m. at the Church of Christ.
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A brush arbor revival will be
gin at Sunny Dale, near Menlo,
on Monday, Aug. 2, with the Rev.
Oscar Smith preaching.
Services are to be held at 8
p m. each evening, and the pub
lic is cordially invited.
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Georgia’s Adjutant General Al
pha Fowler, Jr., has announced
requirements of draft board of
ficials under the new Federal
Draft Act. They must be over 30
years old, not a member of the
aimed forces and not a member
of any active of inactice reserve
component, he said. Final ar
rangements on Georgia’s draft
set-up are awaiting word from
Washington on the amount of
funds available, Gen. Fowler said
adding that he favored a draft
board for each county, if pos
sible. Registration will start on
Aug. 30, and drafting will begin
after Sept. 22.
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All parties interested in Bethel
Cemetery are requested to meet
there Tuesday, Aug. 3, to clean
off the grounds. Those who can
not come or send a hand, are
asked to please send a contribu
tion to Miss Lula Weesner, Sum
merville, Route 1.
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Marriage licenses were issued
this week by J. W. King, Ordi
nary, to the following: Robert
Wade, 19, and Lorene Early, 18;
Joe Fuller, 37, and Frances Cal
loway, 33; John William Early,
22 and Mary Ruth Hardin, 18;
Hugh E. Chandler, 17, and Mar
tha Lynn Moore, 16.
Telephone directories from the
cities of LaFayette, Dalton, At
lanta, Chattanooga and Rome
are now available for use at the
Chamber of Commerce, and it is
expected that a Birmingham,
Ala., directory also will be avail
able in the near future.
DR. ALLEN TO BE AT
TRION AFTER AUG. 15
Dr. J. J. Allen, of Summer
ville, will be on vacation from
Aug. 1-15, after which time he
will assume duties at Riegel
Community Hospital, Trion.
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VOL. 63; NO. 30
Jurors Drawn
For City Court
Jurors drawn to serve Auggust
term City Court, August 2, have
been announced.
They are as follow:
Willie B. Clarkson, T. A. Cook,
E. B, Dawson, Grady Teague,
Paul Crouch, Millard Ward, John
L. Brown, A. C. Pinion, Carl
V/ebster, M. C. Gibson, Arthur
Norton and John H. Maxey.
J. W. Busbin, L. C. Clark, Fred
Stewart, John W. Kitchens, Geo.
W. Bailey, D ,C. Perry, T. W. Gil
reath, Ivan Dillard, Ernest Price.
James A. Agnew, Troy G. Atkins
and C. E. Cook, Jr.
James White, Grady Goss, N.
C. Daniels, Duke Espy, Sam W.
Favor, Sr., Howard League, Ce
cil Hurley, James D. Abney, H.
P. Alexander, Jules E. Smith and
J. T. Hawkins, Sr.
Luell McGinnis, Montie Mad
dux, Robert J. Bridges, Jules
Warren, Kelly J. Norton, J. L.
Henderson, David Arnold, H. A.
Linderman, Harvey T. Phillips,
John M. Ellenburg, Sam Mosley,
Barney Sprayberry and N. H.
Rider.
Retail Merchants Defend
City, Local Industries
The Summerville Retail Mer
• chants Bureau Monday night at
tacked “the minority” who have
used various newspapers as me
diums through which to de
nounce and to attack industries
in Summerville.
In its regular meeting at the
Courthouse, the group of ap
proximately 25 local merchants
agreed unanimously that some
thing should be done to promote
co-operaticn among the citi
zens, the city government and
the industries.
The merchants accused those
who had written the previous
paid advertisements attacking
the city government and its con
nection with a local industry, as
“seeking to destroy the very
backbone of our community.”
It was decided* that a fact
finding committee would be
named at the next meeting, at 8
p. m., Monday, Aug. 2, whose
duty it would be to investigate
every phase of local government
and the criticism of local indus
tries and business. These find
ings are to be published, it was
declared.
Also discussed at the meeting
Monday night was the problem
of the frequent burglaries of lo
cal businesses. The fact-finding
committee also will deal with
this problem, and decide what
measures should be taken by the
merchants or by the merchants ;
with the co-operation of the city j
police in combating these occur- :
rences.
City officials have been re- j
quested by the organization to
pass an anti-noise ordinance
within the city limits, it was
pointed out.
The merchants also discussed
the possibility of operating a
credit bureau and of having the
streets decorated at Christmas
time.
The meeting was presided over
by President Rodman K. Eu
banks.
All members were urgently re
quested to attend the meeting at
8 p. m. Monday, Aug. 2.
Services Tuesday
For Mrs. Sparks
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Warthen Sparks, 87, widow of A.
S. Sparks and member of one of
North Georgia’s most prominent
pioneer families, were held at
4:30 p. m. Tuesday at the North
Main Street residence, LaFay
ette.
The Revs. E. B. Coon and John
A. Huff officiated. Burial was
ir. the LaFayette Cemetery, with
W. A. Eenloe, Jr., Robert Glenn,
A. S. Fortune, Tom Willingham.
Elmore Marsh and Selman For-j
tune, all nephews, serving as
pallbearers.
Her husband was a large land
owner and prominent LaFayette
merchant for many years. She
was a member of LaFayette’s
First Baptist Church.
Survivors include Three dau
ghters, Mrs. Charles R. Henry, of
Chattanooga; Miss Ruth Sparks,
LaFayette, and Mrs. Fred Aired, :
Summerville, Ga.; two sons, A. S.
Sparks, Jr., Gainesville, Fla., and i
Spencer W. Sparks, Chattanoo
ga; three sisters, Mrs. Clara W. i
Glenn, Chattanooga; Miss Nan
nie Warthen and Mrs. Addie W. :
Wert, LaFayette, and a number :
of nieces and nephews. •
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY KIDDIES—Top row, leftTo
right, Mike and Jerry, sons of George Baker, Route 3,
Summerville; Sue and Tommy, children of J. F.
Weems, Lyerly; James and Calvin, sons of James A.
Deering, Box 231, Summerville. Bottom row, left to
right, Carol and Davey, children of Mr. and Mrs. D.
T. Espy, Summerville; William and Marvin, sons of
Elmer Pickle, Berryton; Jimmy and Naomi, children
of William Chasteen, Route 2, Summerville.
H. Grady Ramey Out
Os Representative Race
Grady Ramey, Representative
from Chattooga County, who had
previously qualified as a candi
date for the position for anoth
er term, has decided not to make
thr race, according to a state
ment issued this week.
Mr. Ramey said that he is fall
ing out of the race because it has
been necessary for him “to be
away a great part of the time,”
and that he “probably will be
County Wins
Recognition in
Cancer Drive
Chattooga County set the third
highest mark in the state in re
sponses to the call for funds to
| fight cancer, Rutherford Ellis,
State Campaign Chairman of the
Georgia Division, American Can-
I cer Society, announced this week.
Chattooga, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Willis James, of
Summerville, who also directs its
i year-round cancer contral activi
j ties, raised 240 per cent of its
I goal in the April-May drive.
“Chattooga County’s propor
| tionate share of Georgia’s $200,-
000 goal, based on population and
per capita wealth,” Ellis declar
ed, “was $650.”
“But sparked by Mrs. James’
enthusiasm, Chattooga contrib
uted $1,562.02 to establish one of
the finest marks in the entire
South.
“If other counties over the na
tion did as well as Chattooga,
cancer would cease to be the
acute problem that it is today.
Mrs. James and all of the citi
zens of the county cannot be
commended too highly.”
Georgia also topped its goal,
Ellis added, and turned in the
seventh highest campaign mark
among the Society’s 59 divisions.
All funds raised are used to fi
nance cancer research, education
and service programs.
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LYERLY SCHOOL TO
OPEN AUGUST 9
The summer term of the Ly
erly school will begin Monday,
Aug. 9, and will continue until
the need for farm help becomes
acute, according to R. W. Wil
liams, principal.
All places on the faculty have
been filled with the exception of
that of commerce teacher. It is
hoped that this will be filled be
fore the formal opening, Mr.
Williams said.
The pre-sohool week will begin
on Aug. 4 and all teachers are
expected to report at that time.
“During this first week, we
hope to set up a program for the
year through faculty meetings in
which the group will plan to
gether the things which we hope
to accomplish,” the principal
said.
It is expected that the lunch
room will be open to serve the
students from the first day of
school.
away quite frequently between
now and Sept. 8.”
The former candidate did not
state whteher or not he is with
drawing in favor of either of the
other two candidates.
Left in the field seeking Mr.
Ramey’s post now is Bobby Cook,
young law student, and James
(Sloppy) Floyd, who is in the
clothing store business at Penn
' | ville. Both young men are veter
! 1 ans of World War 11.
Baptist Mission
Planned for
Bellah Section
The revival services in the
tent in Bellah Addition spon
-1 sored by the South Summerville
, Baptist Church, will continue
1 this week through Sunday with
Evangelist Paul Goodner preach
ing. Services are held at 8 p. m.
each day, and the final service
will be at 3 p. m. Sunday.
According to Mr. Goodner,
; S4OO was raised one night last
week to aid in the establishment
of a Baptist Mission in the Bel
lah community.
“Such a mission is to be start
[ cd as a result of this meeting,”
■j he said, adding that “good
crowds have been attending.
20 ARRESTED FOR
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
There was a heavy toll of ar
rests here during the past week,
with 20 persons charged with
disorderly conduct.
The yare as follow: Johnnie
Moon, S. H. Hall. R. T. Plemond,
John Ashworth, Gordon Brady,
Lonnie G. Ramey, Alvin C. Cas
per, Allison Callahan, James
Headrick, Arnold Tomlin, Rich
ard Dye, Jim Moore, Felton
I Moore, James Fountain, Elbert
| Smallen, Walter Teague, Ray
mond Gilbert, G. B. Gilbert, Ho
mer Bearden and Woodrow
1 Hicks.
Donald Elliott was apprehend
j ed for double parking, while Fay
B. Duncan, H. C. Barfield, Ed F.
Young and Adrian Howell were
cited for speeding.
One Injured in
Automobile Accident
One man was lodged in jail on
a charge of driving under the in
fluence of alcohol and another
suffered minor injuries as a re
sult of an automobile accident
on Highway 27. near Gore, Sun
day afternoon.
Steve Hicks, occupant of the
automobile driven by Cell L. Ra
mey, against whom charges were
placed, was treated for minor in
juries sustained in the wreck
after which he was released. No
one else was injured.
According to county law offi
cers, the accident occurred when
Thomas M. Christian attempted
a turn from the highway, and
Ramey crashed into his automo
bile.
Barnes Dies of Injuries
Received at Coal Yard
Friday Rites
Set for Private
Thomas Stowe
Funeral services for Pvt.
Thomas W. Stowe, 24, of Sum
merville, Route 3, who died as
a result of wounds received in
France on June 12, 1944, will be
held Friday afternoon at 2 p. m.
at the Dry Valley Baptist Church
with the Rev. Floyd Higgins and
the Rev. Ernest Pell officiating.
Pvt. Stowe was born Sept. 9,
1919, in Trion, and received his
education in the Trion Schools.
Pvt. Stowe was assigned to the
22nd Infantry, 4th Division.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stowe, o f
Summerville, Route 3; four bro
thers, Raymond, of the U. S.
Army, in Germany; Russell,
Frank, Jr., and Robert, all of
Summerville, Route 3; one sis
ter, Mrs. Oscar Woods, of Sum
merville.
Interment will be in the Trion
Cemetery with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Booklet on County
Being Prepared
A factual, pictoral booklet, in
coior, with an industrial survey,
is being prepared by the Chat
tooga County Chamber of Com
merce in co-operation with the
Community Development Divi
sion of Georgia Power Company,
according to Mose E. Brinson,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce. Fred Starr is work
ing on the project on behalf of
the Power Company.
The booklet will include pic
tures of scenic and historic
sites in and around Chattooga
County, as well as individual pic
tures of plants, churches, homes,
and cattle, both dairy and beef.
Included will be scenes at the
famed local resort, Cloudland,
located atop Lookout Mountain,
and also of the Fultz Farm at
Cloudland.
Available sites for new indus
tries, which would in no way
conflict with existing industries,
but which would instead supple
ment, will be pointed out in the
booklet.
The many natural resources of
the county will be listed for the
benefit of tourists as well as for
the interest of many local resi
dents.
Included also will be an air
view of Summerville’s main
thoroughfare, Commerce Street.
The booklet should be com
pleted by early fall, Mr. Brinson
said. Pictures of peach orchard
scenes already have been taken,
it was stated.
REV. F. H. PRINCE
IS TRION'S NEW
METHODIST PASTOR
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REV. F. 11. PRINCE
Succeeding the Rev. J. A. Lang
ford at the Trion Methodist
Church is the Rev. Frank Prince.
The Rev. Mr. Prince’s pastorate
was announced at the North
Georgia Methodist Conference
ir. Atlanta.
The Rev. Mr. Prince comes
from the Sardis Methodist
Church, in the suburbs of At
lanta, where he has been the
pastor for four years.
He received his training at
Wofford College, in Spartanburg,
S. C., where he received his AB
Degree, and he received his BD
at Candler School of Theology,
Emory University in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince are the
parents of a son.
Notice: Veterans
Veterans, are you overlook
ing the liberal provisions of
your National Service Life In
surance?
Provided you act promptly,
you may apply for reinstate
ment of your NSLI without a
physical examination, Mrs. E.
G. Hicks, Veterans Service Of
ficer, announced today.
The privilege of reinstating
GI insurance without a physi
cal examination is good until
July 31, 1948. After July 31 a
physical will be required to re
instate insurance that has
been lapsed three or more
months.
Mrs. Hicks urges you to re
store this valuable protection
today—it is one of the most
valuable souvenirs of your war
time service.
Final Tribute
To Shamblin
Held Today
Funeral services for James Lu
ther Shamblin are to be held at
11 a. m. today (Thursday) at the
National Cemetery in Marietta,
with full military hnoors.
Young Shamblin lost his life
in the Normandy invasion, being
wounded on June 7, 1944, and
dying June 9 in a field hospital
in France. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther A. Shamblin, of
Route 3, Summerville, Teloga
District. He is also survived by
four brothers, Mack Shamblin.
of Trion; Guy Shamblin, Evans
ville, Ind.; Robert Shamblin, of
the home, and Billy Ray Sham
blin, who recently joined the U.
S. Army; and his paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Annie Shamblin, of
Trion.
He attended the Trion City
Schools nad was an employee of
the Riegel Textile Corporation,
Trion Division, working in the
Spinning Room of the Grey Mill.
James Luther joined the serv
ice in February of 1942 and re
ceived his training at Camp
Gordon, Ga., and Camp Johnson.
Fla., going overseas shortly after
taking his basic training. He was
holder of the Purple Heart and
was awarded the Good Conduct
Medal at Camp Johnson, Fla.
He attended the Trion Church
of Christ.
Rites Held for
Mrs. Maty Barnes
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
E. Barnes, of Summerville, were
held at Needmore, Ala., at 11
a. m. Monday, with the Rev.
Wrathburn Cash and the Rev.
Howard Finister officiating. Mrs.
Barnes passed away at 4:30 p. m.
Friday, July 23.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Hazel Richardson, of
Summerville, and Miss Bobby
Barnes, of Lyerly; six sons, Ray
mond, James, Clarence, Carl,
Junior and Clarkie all of Sum
merville; one brother, Son Milli
can.
Interment was in the church
cemetery. The J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge.
BALL CONFESSES
CAFE BURGLARY
Edward (Buddy) Ball. 19, has
been arrested and placed in the
Chattooga County jail in con
nection with the Grey Mill Case
burglary, at Trion, on July 17.
Approximately SSOO was taken
from the case, however only a
small amount of money was
found on young Ball.
Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn
stated that the accused man has
confessed the burglary, and has
shown officers how he entered
the mill through an unlocked
window. As the watchman would
reach the vicinity where he was,
he’d hide, Ball said.
He was an employee of the
third shift at the Spinning Room
Grey Mill.
New Methodist Pastor
Arrives Here Today
The Rev. Henry Walker, new
pastor of the Summerville Meth
odist Church, is moving here to
day (Thursday) and will preach
Sunday.
Formerly of Porterdale, the
Rev. Mr. Walker will be accom
panied by his wife and daugh
ter.
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CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEA
Buddy Barnes, 21, died Sunday
lof injuries received near noon
| Saturday while unloading coal
from a freight car to a truck at
; the Summerville-Trion Coal Co.,
yard.
There were no witnesses to the
| accident, and it is not definitely
| known what caused the head in-
I juries, which were fatal to the
1 young man.
According to employes of the
! ice house, which is next to the
coal yard, Mr. Barnes stumbled
j up to them, but was unable to
i talk. They immediately put him
!in an automobile and carried
| him to a local hospital, where he
j died Sunday.
Funeral services were held at
4 p. m. Monday at Pennville Gos
pel Tabernacle, with the Rev.
Wrathburn Cash officiating. In
terment was in Pennville Ceme
tery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Willingham Barnes, of
Summerville; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Barnes, of Sum
merville; two daughters, Triccie
Ann and Palma Sue; one son,
Dennis Lamar, of Summerville;
six brothers. Brown, Frank, Erby
C. and Russell, all of Summer
ville; R. L„ of Chattanooga,
Tenn.. and Grady, of Atlanta;
four sisters, Mrs. Alfred Elrod
and Mrs. Cloe Barrett, both of
; Lyerly: Mrs. Kelly Wells, of
> Summerville, and Mrs. Cecil My
ers, of Atlanta.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
I j charge.
Two Pol-
Cases Here
Two cases of polio have been
reported in this vicinity with
in the past week, according to
local doctors.
Both young children, girls,
• were stricken in their lower
limbs with paralysis, and the
, doctors state that they are
. waiting for the victims to get
over the first of the attack bf -
[ fore they are ’ sent to Warln
Springs Foundation for treat
ment.
One is located on a Sum
i j merville route, while the other
II is a child in Alabama.
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For those interested in pre
venting a polio epidemic, here
1 are some suggestions:
Fatigue makes people more
( susceptible to the paralyzed
1 form of polio, so avoid exercising
too hard, or getting overtired:
sudden chill weakens a person’s
resistance to the disease, and we
take chances when we stay too
long in cold water or plunge into
icy water after being in the hot
r sun; swimming in dirty or pol
> luted water, or allowing chil
l dren to wade in it, is also dan
gerous.
During a polio outbreak, keep
children out of crowds, away
from polio patients and from all
other sick children, no matter
. how slight their illnesses might
f seem, since symptoms in an un~
r paralyzed case or early symptoms
. in a paralyzed case may be con
t' sidered a “cold” or “flu.” Doctors
.! advise postponing tonsil and ade
.! noid operations during an epi
i demic since children are more
i; vulnerable to a serious type of
[ polio infection at the time of and
j for a while after suen surgerv.
General habits of cleanliness
are important too. Protect all
1 foods from flies. Garbage in the
home and in the street should be
; kept covered and disposed of
> promptly. Remember to wash
. your hands before eating to avoid
> carrying germs into the mouth.
While we have no specific pre
i ventive for polio, w r e have learn
t; eel much about treating it.
; Prompt medical care often wards
! off possible crippling effects, so
j i the important thing for a victim
j! of polio is to get him under the
; care of a good doctor at once.
Early symptoms of polio include
: headache, listlessness, fever, up
; sec stomach or a cold. When a
( I child shows any of these signs,
call the doctor at once so that he
i can make the wisest decisions for
the sick child’s care and treat
ment as early as possible.
NAOMI BAPTIST
CHURCH REVIVAL
- A revival is now in progress,
beginning Monday night, at the
(Naomi Baptist Church, 3 miles
: east of LaFayette. Services be
gin each evening at 8 o’clock.
: The pastor, the Rev. Sam Mar
shall, is doing the preaching.
Clarence Pope, of Trion, is in
charge of the singing.