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The Speer Family, of Nash
ville, Tenn., will appear at the
courthouse in Summerville at 8
p m., Saturday, Aug. 28.
The Pennville Cemetery will be
cleaned on Friday, Aug. 27, it has
been announced by the commit
tee in charge, W. Frank Scog
gins, Billy Penn Selman, Milton
Housch and Charlie Loggins.
All those interested are asked
to come or either “send liberal
contributions as a big percentage
of the work will have to be done
by hired labor, the committee
stated
Pvt. O. E. Coluin, Summerville,
has arrived for duty at Guam,
according to an announcement
made by the public information
officer at MARBO—Guam head
quarters.
He will be assigned in Guam —
headquarters of this command.
Marriage licenses were issued
last week by the County Ordi
nary to the following: John W.
Willoughby, 17. and Catherine
Marie Jennings, 16; Robert Stew
art Lenox, 21, and Lottie Lee
Eldrdige, 17; Thomas Usry, 19.
and Margaret Hunter, 18; Wal
lace Hurley, 29, and Louise Riley,
26.
TALENTED SINGER TO
APPEAR AT MENLO
The Menlo Parent-Teacher As
sociation is sponsoring the ap
pearance of Driskill Wolfe, of Mi
ami, Fla., popular American ten
or, in concert at the Menlo
School Auditorium at 8:15 p. m,
Friday, Aug. 27.
Mr. Wolfe’s appearance at
Summerville last Friday night
was highly praised by members
of the Summerville Music Study
Club, sponsors, who state that it
is worth anyone’s time and mon
ey to hear this talented singer.
Mr. Wolfe, who sings the Nel
son Eddy type songs, is spending
the summer at his home at
Cloudland.
At the Menlo appearance, he
will sing several numbers from
gro spirituals.
Busbin Named As
Deputy Game Warden
w. C. Busbin, of Lyerly, has
been appointed by the State.
Game and Fish Commission as
deputy game warden for Chat
tooga. County, and will work with
the Chattooga County Wildlife
and Conservation Club in the
protection of game on the game
preserve, as well as other viola
tions in this area.
The county game preserve con
tains more than 20,000 acres and
extends from the Montgomery
farm at the fish hatchery as far
west as the Hair orchards, south
ward to the Alabama line, taking
in Dirtseller Mountain. From the
Alabama line the boundary on
the east is Chattooga River to
near Lyerly, where it extends to
Taliaferro station and includes
all the Edmondson farm lands.
All farms in the area with the
exception of two or three small
tracts have been signed up in
the preserve and the state has
already shipped 25 raccoons
which were released on the pre
serve, and it is thought that
some deer and wild turkey will be
available this Fall.
The Wildlife Club also plans
to restock the area with adult
quail this winter.
Veterans for Talmadge
Club Holds Meeting
A resolution was passed by the
newly organized Chattooga
County Veterans-for-Talmadge
Club, at its first meeting on Aug.
19 at the courthouse, endorsing
Talmadge “wholeheartedly for
governor.
Tne resolution is as follows:
WHEREAS. The people of the
State of Georgia are in the proc
ess oi the selection of a Chief
Executive of the State of Georgia.
And. WHEREAS, there are im
portant issues involving the
rights of the people of our state,
and affecting the true traditions
of tne South,
And, WHEREAS, there are
those who would destroy these
Southern traditions by sponsor
ing anti-segregation laws, FEPC.
abolishment of the county unit
system, and the abolition of our
counties down to fifty,
AND. WHEREAS. The Honor
able Herman Talmadge is the
only candidate who has consist
ently taken a positive stand up
holding our true Southern tradi
tions and whose entire record
substantiates this position,
And, WHEREAS, The Honor
able Herman Talmadge is a vet
eran of World War 11.
THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, that we, the members
of the Chattooga County Veter
ans for Talmadge Club whole
heartedly endorse and pledge our
support to the Honorable Her
man Talmadge for governor of
Georgia.
VOL. 63, NO 36
Wildlife Club Lake
Is Now Completed
The huge dam at the site of
the club lake on the Walter
Sturdivant farm, near Bolling,
has been completed and water is
new being held in the reservoir.
The large spring on the Stur
divant farm furnishes water for
the lake and it is hoped that the
lake will be full within the next
eight or ten weeks, at which i
time it will be stocked with bass
and bream, allowed to stand
without any fishing for about
one year and then opened to |
members of the County Wildlife j
Club.
This is an exclusive club lake, ,
erected under direction of the
Chattooga County Wildlife Club i
and will be stocked by the state, i
The lake will contain nearly 20 :
acres and a picnic area is to be
maintained on the site so that
any members of the club may !
spend their leisure hours with I
their families at the lake. Until
fishing is permitted boat riding ,
and picnicking will be available I
The building of the lake has
been an enormous undertaking
for the club. Mr. Sturdivant has
helped generously, members state
and some funds have been raised
by free-will donations. Now that
the lake has been built and there
is a considerable financial bur
den, those who have not helped
ere asked to do so in order that
tne work may be paid for in full
at once.
Harris Edwards, of Lyerly, is
treasurer of the club, and any
donations may be mailed to him
or given to D. L. McWhorter at
the Farmres and Merchants
Bank, or to any member of the .
board of directors of the Wildlife |
Club.
J. L. Bryson
Dies Saturday 7
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' John LaFayette Bryson, 63, ! •
died early Saturday, Aug. 21. 1
He is survived by his wife, Mrs..
Mary Lula Wilson Bryson; two
daughters, Miss Marietta Bryson ;
and Miss Louise Bryson, both of
Summerville; five sons, Roy,, ’
Robert, Ralph and Fred, all of j
Summerville, and John L. Jr., of:
Atlanta: four brothres, Joe, of 1
LaFayette; Charlie and Mack of
Menlo, and Jess, of Ringgold.
Seven grandchildren also sur
vive.
Funeral services were held at ( <
the Summerville Church of God
at 4 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 22. with 1
the Rev. Jeff Dale officiating
Interment was m Summerville (
Cemetery with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home in charge.
Cemetery Badly In Need
Os Cleaning, Landscaping
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Persons having relatives buried
in the Summerville Cemetery are
asked to become members of the
recently organized Summerville
Cemetery Corporation, thereby
having a direct part in beautify
ing the cemetery.
The Corporation was organized
with the purpose of beautifying
the cemetery by landscaping the
grounds and then setting up a
permanent maintenance pro
gram.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948
RETURNED WAR DEAD
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PVT. WINFRED W. GAYLOR,
23, of Lyerly, whose funeral
srevices were conducted last
Thursday morning at the
Walnut Grove Presbyterian
Church near Lyerly. Burial was
in Johnson’s Cemetery. He is
survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Burton Gayler, of Ly
erly and Lake Worth, Fla.; two
sisters and thr«e brothers.
Three Local
War Dead to
Be Returned
The bodies of three Chattooga
County soldiers will oe among
the remains of 128 Georgia World
War II dead who were originally
interred in temporary military
cemeteries in France and who
are being returned to the United
States aboard the U. S. Army
transport “Lawrence Victory.’’
They are: Pfc. William P. Al
exander, next of kin, Margaret
F. Alexander, 3-A Park Avenue,
Trion; S/Sgt. Jahugh K. Bar
field, next of kin, Oscar A. Bar
field, Route 3. Summerville; and
Cpl. Archie L. Jennings, next, of
km, Mrs. Fannie J. Agnew, of
Menlo.
After arrival of the “Lawrence
Victory” at the New York Port
of Embarkation, from two to five
weeks will elapse before the At
lanta distribution center will be
able to advise the next of kin in
Georgia when they may expect
to receive the remains of their
loved ones.
Scene in Summerville Cemetery
I J. D. Hill was elected presi
•; dent; D. L. McWhorter, treasurer,
’ I and Mrs. John S. Cleghorn, sec-
‘ retary.
.; At the present the cemetery is
lin foul condition, weeds and
II grass having grown to such a
; j height that they often hide the
j i tombstones.
11 The corporation is non-profit,
• and donations or bequests will
ibe appreciated. However, the
HELP WANTED
Volunteer help is needed to
register men at the local draft
board, it has been announced
by Miss Mae Earl Strange, i
clerk.
The newly organized draft
board office is located in the
county courthouse, and is to |
be open from Monday, Aug. i
30, through Saturday, Sept. 18. '
Anyone desiring to offer ser- |
vices for one day or more is j ‘
asked to contact Miss Strange, I
C. P. Hamilton, C. A. McCon- : 1
nell or M. B. Eubanks. j ■
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Barnes’ Arrest
Is Announced
The capture of Robert Barnes, I
in connection with the shooting !
of Arthur Wilson on Tuesday,
Aug. 17, was disclosed this week
by Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn I
and GBI Investigator C. D. Sim- |
monds.
Barnes was arrested Tuesday,!
Aug. 24, near Shannon by Invest- !
igator Simmonds and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Stewart.
Wilson declared following the
shooting that Barnes was the
person who attacked him near
Crow’s Nest, a small eating es
tablishment south of Summer- I
ville.
The victim, who was shot twice
in the chest, is reportedly im
proving at Riegel Community
Hospital, Trion.
Hilda Jackson, arrested for |
aiding a criminal to escape, re- I
rnained in jail this week, and j
Sheriff Glenn stated that he was
going to have D. W. Busby, taxi
driver, arrested on the same
charge. Miss Jackson and Busby
were allegedly in the taxi in
which Barnes left the scene of
the shooting.
No preliminary hearing on
Barnes has been set.
TRION FtuiBALL
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
The Trion football schedule;
has been announced by Coach
William Brandon, who states
that of the 10 games scheduled,
five will be on the home filed.
The schedule follows:
Here is the schedule:
Sept. 17, McHenry, here.
Sept. 24: Dalton, there.
Oct. 1: Ware Shoals, there.
Oct. 8: Austell, here.
Oct. 15: Model, there.
Oct. 22: Lee High, there.
Oct. 29: Lakeview, here.
Nov. 5: Calhoun, here.
Nov. 12: LaFayette, there.
Nov. 19: Summerville, here.
membership initial fee is $24 an
nually (to be paid either $2
monthly or in a lump sum) and
the annual maintenance assess
ment is $5. for one lot with one
grave and $2 extra for each ad
ditional grave.
Those wishing to join or to
give a donation in addition, may
send same to D. L. McWhorter,
Farmers and Merchants Bank,
Summerville.
Plans Shape
For ‘Country’
Brown Day
Preparations for “Ralph (Coun
try) Brown Day,” Wednesday,
Sept. 1, were being completed
here this week by the Chattooga
County Chamber of Commerce
and the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association, who are
sponsoring the project. Approxi
mately §4OO has been donated to
present prizes to the local base
ball hero.
The “day” honoring Brown will
be held at Engel Stadium, Chat
tanooga, Tenn., when the Atlan
ta Crackers, with whom the lo
cal boy plays center field, meet
the Chattanooga Lookouts.
Five hundred automobiles and
a number of busses from this
county are expected to partici
pate in a huge procession from
Summerville to Chattanooga,
leaving Summerville at 6 p. m.
It has been proposed that the
sheriff of Chattooga County head
this procession, paying tribute to
a local boy who has made good
in professional baseball, and that
state patrolmen follow. The
group is expected to be escorted
i into Hamilton County and Chat
; tanooga by the sheriff of that
i county.
Those Interested in going are
I asked to meet at the Summer
i ville bus terminal at 5:30 p. in.
Chartered busses will be at the
i bus terminals in Summerville
I and Trion for the convenience
■ of those who can not go in pri
vate cars. Fare will be sl. Mrs.
Brock Daniel, phone 239, Cham
ber of Commerce, will accept res-
I ervations for the bus trip.
Advance tickets for the game
art now on sale at the Knick-
Knack Grill. They are $1 for
adults; ladies, 70 cents, in grand-
■ stand section F-right.
Mose Brinson, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, has
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Rites Set For
Lt. Mitchell,
War Dead
The remains of the late Lt. La
mar Herring Mitchell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lumpkin W. Mit
chell, Summerville, Route 4, ar
rived in Summerville at 5:49 p.m.
Wednesday.
Lt. Mitchell died in action on
Dec. 11, 1944, at the age of 33.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by two brothers, How
ard, of Clinton, Ala., and Bill, of
Summerville; four sisters, Mrs. D.
W. Harper, Douglas; Mrs. Paul
Morgan, Arragon; Mrs. E. A.
Padgett, Atlanta, and Miss Ida
Mitchell, of Summerville. A
number of nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Bethel Methodist
Church, near Gore, at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 29, with the Rev.
Henry Norris and George D. Er
win officiating. Military honors
will be accorded by American
Legion Post 129 and the VFW
Post 6688. Interment will be in
the Summerville Cemetery with
the J- D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Clift Dies
At Rossville
Mrs. Margaret Ann Clift, widow
of the late Luke C. Clift, 76, died
at her residence on Midway Ave
nue, Rossville, Route 2, at 2:30
a. m„ Monday, Aug. 23.
Mrs. Clift had been an active,
member of the Cloud Springs |
Baptist Church of Rossville for
the past 20 years, having been a ■
charter member.
Surviving are three sons, |
James Frank, of Rossville, Route |
2: Fletcher R. Clift, of Cincin-i
nati, Ohio, and George A. Sharpe,
of Greensboro, N. C.: one sister,
Mrs. H. F. Jackson, of Lyerly. A
number of nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were held at
the Cloud Springs Baptist Church
of Rossville, at 10 a. m. Wednes
day, with the Revs. W. R. Lump
kin. Guy C. Rainwater, William
S. Bates and J. A. Sentell offi
ciating.
Pallbearers were E. P. Adams,
Sanford Ivins, Doyle Cradwick,
Paul Holt, Joe McDaniel and J.
I. Johnson. Honorary pallbearers
were members of WMS of Cloud
Springs Baptist Church.
Interment was in the Chat
tooga Cemetery, southwest of La-
Fayette, with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home of Summerville in
charge of arrangements.
Baptist Church to
Have Centennial
Local Draft
Board Set Up
The State Selective Service di
rector has announced the ap-j
pointment of the members of the i
local draft board, with the ap
pointment subject to the appro
val of the President of the Unit- i
ed States.
Charles P. Hamilton, of Sum
merville, Route 4, was named
chairman, with C. A. McConnel,
of Summerville, Route 3, and M.
B. Eubanks, of Trion, as the oth
er members.
Registration for the draft has
been set as Aug. 30. and the fol
lowing is information released
by the local chairman concern
ing registration:
“Whereas, the Congress of the
United States has enacted the
Selective Service Act of 1948, it
becomes mandatory that all eli- j
gible men from 18 years of age I
to 26 years of age present them
selves for registration.
WHO MUST REGISTER: “Ex
cept as otherwise provided in
this title, it shall be the duty of
every male citizen of the United :
States, and every other male per- j
son residing in the United States,)
who, on the days fixed for the!
first or any subsequent registra-!
tion, is between the ages of 18
and 26, to present himself -for I
and submit to registration at
such time or times and place or ■
places, and in such manner, as!
shall be determined by Procla- ;
mation of the President and bv
rules and regulations prescribed.”
THOSE NOT REQUIRED TO
REGISTER: Commissioned offi
cers, warrant officers, pay clerks, i
enlisted men, aviation cadets of
the Regular Army, Navy, Ai r .
Force, Marine Corps, Coast!
Guard, Coast and Geodetic Sur- j
vey, public health service, cadets 1 1
of the U. S. Military Academy or!
U. S. Coast Guard Academy. |
midshipmen of U. S. Navy.
While on extended active cjuty i
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R. L. Anderson
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Dies at Lyerly
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Funeral service for Robert j
Lonzo Anderson. 78, of Lyerly, I
Route 2, were conducted at 3 p.m. |
Friday, Aug. 20, at the Sardis i
Church with the Rev. B. D. Ricks. ■
pastor of the Lyerly Baptist j
Church, officiating.
Mr. Anderson passed away at
5 p. m. Wednesday after a two
weeks’ illness. He had been a res
ident of Chattoogaville for the ■
past 30 years and retired from |
arming in 1942.
In addition to his wife, Mrs.
Linda Anderson, he is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. Hattie :
Johnson, Lyerly, Route 2; Mrs.;
Essie Dewberry, of Rome; Mrs.;
Emma Howell, of Mobile, Ala . 1
and Mrs. Roma Martin of Hous
ton, Tex.; five sons, Walter,
Arthur and Grady, all of Hous- I
ton, Tex.: J. P. and W. A. An
derson, of Lyerly. Route 2. Twen- .
ty-nine grandchildren and eightl
grand-children also survive.
Interment was in the Johnson
Cemetery with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home in charge.
500 ATTEND LYERLY
MASONIC GATHERING
Approximately 500 persons at- ;
tended the barbecue given by the ■
Lyerly Masonic Lodge on Wed- I
nesday evening, Aug. 18. at the .
lake at Dean’s Place.
Several prominent members of ! 1
surrounding lodges were pres
ent, in addition to the families '
of the Lyerly members.
New School Buildings To
Greet Students, Teachers
School boys and girls in three i
Chattooga County communities'.
will enter brand-new classrooms '
when school opens Monday.
The new school buildings at
Pennville, Welmyer and Sum
merville have been completed,
with the excepiton of the instal
lation of heating systems, and
will be occupied by teachers and
students at the opening of the
1948-49 term. All are modern,
complete buildings, having been
built with funds derived from
the floating of school bonds in
this county.
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$1.50 A YEAR
The First Baptist Church, of
Summerville, will observe its
sentennial celebration Sunday,
Aug. 29. The church was organ
ized on Aug. 7, 1848. It is now
worshiping in its third building.
The original building was turn
ed over to the colored Baptists
of ■ Summerville. The second
j building, located on the comer
of Union Street and Georgia
Avenue, burned in 1938, and the
present building was dedicated in
1942. It was through the hard
! work and planning of Dr. O. A.
. Selman and his committee that
i this beautiful edifice was made
; possible, church leaders state.
Five of the former pastors are
i still living and have been invited
■ to have a part on the program
during the centennial celebra
tion. They are: Ben Scarbrough,
Madison D. Short, C. P. Watson,
J. C. Jackson and Wade Hamp
ton Park. The present pastor is
Ira C. Frazier.
The program for the day will
; consist of the morning worship
; service with Ben Scarbrough
; bringing the morning message.
!In the afternoon there will be
j singing by the congregation.
> Special music, a short history
and short speeches will also be
| featured on the afternoon’s pro
i gram.
Lunch will be served at the
I church. In addition to being a
centennial celebration, church
leaders hope it will be a real
| home-coming for many of the
i church’s friends who are not liv-
I ir.g in Summerville.
Double Rites
For Mrs. Gayler
And Grandson
k
Mrs. Ellen Hannah Raglai ,1
Gayler, 78, died in a Rome hso
pital at 10 a. m. Tuesday, Aug. 17.
She is survived by her hus
band, W. L. Gayler, of Lyerly;'
two daughters, Mrs. L. B. Cook.
Lyerly, and Mrs. Hubert McDan
iel, of Birmingham, Ala.; four
sons. Burton Gayler, Lyerly and
Lake worth, Fla.; Doyle and Earl,
of Lyerly, and Winston, of Bir
mingham. Ala.; one sister, Mrs.
W. B. Davis, Garland, Tex. Twen
ty-two grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren also survive
Mrs. Gayler was a member of
the Walnut Grove Presbyterian
Church, near Lyerly, where dou
ble funeral services were con
ducted for her and her grandson,
the late Winford W. Gayler, at
10 a. m. Thursday, Aug. 19.
The Rev. J. F. Merrin, of Rock
mart, and the Rev. Harry Fos
ter, of Summerville, officiated.
The remains of the late Pvt.
Gayler arrived in Summerville
Wednesday afternoon. Aug. 18,
and interment for both was in
jhe Johnson Cemetery, near Ly
erly.
Grandsons served as pallbear
ers for Mrs. Gayler. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge.
Pennville School to
Open at 9 A.M. Monday
The Pennville Grammar School
will open Monday, Aug. 30. in
the new six-room modem school
building.
The grammar school will open
with a general assembly at 9
a. m. Registration by grades
fiom 10 to 12.
Principal of the Pennville
Grammar School and teacher of
the seventh grade will be Mrs.
Jewell F. Rudicil. Mrs. Mary Ar
den will teach the first and. sec
ond grades; Mrs. Gladys Akin,
the third and fourth grades;
Mrs. Mary Ellen Broome, the
fifth and sixth trades.
A. M. Bryant, of Bryant and
s Sons Lumber Company, contrac
: tor for all these buildings, states
that the Menlo .School.. building
now under consffuctioh.sb,b,uid
be ready for occupancy byXiec.. 1.
The huge one-story Menlo .build
ing will house both the gpagimar
and high a
shambling, two-s|qrjjj Jgyild
~lKn.lSbg9l.fiJL
An auditorium
. structed at
School, howev?;, is
not expected tact' ihi
mediate BrysCnt ‘said.
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