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Thursday, October 28, 1948
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MRS. PAUL WEEMS, Society Editor Phone 152
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agnew and
family, and Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Myers were dinner guests of Mr
and Mrs. John Agnew Friday,
the occasion being the wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs
Frank Agnew.
Mrs. Agnes Hammond and Joe
Hammond were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones Sunday.
Holbert Owings and Bill Easterly,
of Athens, spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owings,
of Summerville.
Miss Johnie Berrong, of Jack
sonville, Fla., arrived Sunday to
spend a week with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse L. Hicks and daughter
Scottie, of West Summerville.
Tommy Weesner, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. John Wees
ner.
Miss Louise McCollum is visi
ting her sister, Mrs. Raiford
Brooks and Mr. Brooks in Birm
ingham, Ala.
Miss Mittie Dodd spent the
week-end in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmour,
of Rome, visited relatives at Al
pine, Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Brandon, Sr., Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Brandon, Jr., and
Mrs. Maude White, of Stilesboro,
were guests of C. A. Dodd and
family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self and
son, Tommy, will spend the
week-end in Birmingham, Ala.,
and attend the Georgia-Alabama
game Saturday.
Tom Akin, Joe Stephenson and
Charles Wright, of North Georgia
College, will spend the week-end
with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Akin spent
the week-end with Mrs. Akins
parents, Mr ,an>J Mrs. W. A.
Crawford, in Lavonia.
Mrs W. L. Crouch, Mrs. Otis
Gorman and Miss Mabie Crouch
spent Saturday in Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Burgess and
children, Judie and Jimmy, spent
the week-end with relatives in
Fort Valley.
Mrs William Gist, and son,
Bill spent last week with rela
tives in Sparta, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Askew, of
Hogansville, have been at the
home of Mrs. Robert Harlow, Sr.,
for a week. Mr. Askew is with file
Federal Loan Company.
Buy your winter clothing and
shoes at Booth Bargain shop and
save on your purchase.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harlow,
Jr., have moved into their home
in Summerville.
Miss Martha Perry is convales
ing at the Floyd Hospital, where
she underwent an operation last
week.
Miss Rose Nell Weems, student
at the University of Georgia, will
spend the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Weems.
We have shoes for all the fami
ly, blankets to suit the season,
$3.35 to $14.00. Many*other arti
cles you need.
Booth Bargain Shop
H. L. Abrams, student at Emory
University, will spend the week
end with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Abrams, Sr., at Lyerly.
Mrs. Clifford Fowler is recover
ing from a recent illness at the
Summerville Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fink and
daughter, Mary, will take posses
sion of their new tome on Eliza
beth street this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brinson are
spending this week in Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Jones
spent the week-end with rela
tives in Hartwell.
Mrs. E. S. Taylor has returned
from New York and is spending
a few days with Miss Mary
Thompson.
Mrs. Annie Scott suffered a
fractured hip when she fell at
her home on Washington Street,
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cooper, Jr.,
of Rome, have moved into Mrs.
E. S. Taylor’s home. Mr. Cooper
is connected with Riegel Tex
tile Corporation.
Reece Cleghorn, a student at
Emory University, spent the
week-end .with his mother, Mrs.
John S. cieghom.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whisnant
Sr., spent the day with Mr. and
Mrs. David Rogers in Rome Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and|
children, Shirley, Clyde, Jr., and
Sandra, and J. P. Malone, of
Nashville, Tenn., spent the week
end with Mrs. Sallie Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Anglin spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Anglin at Pennville.'
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■ MISS AVANELLE HARRIS ENGAGED
■ TO MARRY JACK E. POOLE
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Harris, of
e Trion, announce the engagament
f approaching marriage of their
, daughter, Avanelle, to Jack E.
/ Poole. The marriage rites are to
,’ be solemnized in the near future.
. The bride-elect, who is the
’’, only child of her parents, is a
graduate of Trion High School
and Mars Hill College in Mars
0 Hill, N. C. An accomplished musi
).
I
Service Guilds Meet
s’ At Trion Church
-1
The Wesleyan Service Guilds
in the Dalton District of the
Methodist Church held their Fall
meeting with the Trion Metho
dist Church Sunday, October 24.
Mrs. Frank Prince welcomed
a
“ the Guilds to Trion and the re
" sponse was made by Miss Eliza
’jbeth Bradley, of Cartersville,
' I vice president of the District W.
S. G.
• i The main address of the meet
-1! ing was brought by Mrs. L. M.
*’ Awtrey of Acworth. Mrs. Awtrey
1 \ is the Corresponding Secretary
of the North Georgia Conference
1 of the W. S. C. S.
a j
' | Representatives of the Wesley
’ an Service Guild of the Summer
-1 ville Methodist Church who at
tended this meeting were: Mrs.
1 Elmer Smith, Mrs. Eugene Ham
-1 ner, Mrs. Rufus Pruitt, Miss
1 Mabel Crouch, Mrs. Paul Weems,
Mrs. J, B. Woodard, Mrs. A. F.
t McCurdy, Mrs. Eugene Rackley
5 and Mrs. Otis Gorman.
W.S.C.S. HOLDS
jiDAY OF PRAYER
Observance of The Week of
1 Prayer and Self-Denial by the
t W. S. C. S. was held at the Sum
i merville Methodist Church Tues
day.
, I Mrs. Henry Walker, spiritual
- life chairman, was in charge of
the meeting. Subject of the wor
t ship was “Life and Light To All
■ He Brings.”
, Light refreshments were served
j during the noon hour.
i MENLO P.-T. A. PLANS
1 CARNIVAL FRIDAY
The Parent Teachers Associa
> tion of Menlo School will sponsor i
a Hallowe’en Carnival on Friday!
.[ October 29, in the school gym- I
, nasium.
; | Fun will begin at seven o’clock
and continue with many varia
tions till the crowning of the
[ King and Queen of Menlo High ;
. School.
[ A small admission will be
assessed and a number of use- I
ful door prize will ne given away.
All proceeds will be used for
’ the lunch room equipment, it [
'was stated.
r Yvonne McCullough
• Chosen Menlo
■ 4-H President
Yvonne McCullough was elec-
■ ted President of the Senior Men-1
’ lo 4-H Club at their second meet-1
ing Tuesday, October 19.
. I James Mitchell was chosen
. boys Vice President, and Julia
Ann Garvin was elected girls
, \ Vice President. Other officers
. [ elected included Sara Kling,
I Secretary; Jack Hutchins, TreaS
. urer; Hazel Toles, reporter; Paisy
Chappelear, Program Chairman.
J. B. Butler, County Agent, and
i Walter Neville, Assistant County
Agent, discussed the different
[ projects of the 4-H club with
the members.
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Two Chattooga Gulf
Dealers Receive Plaques
At a dinner meeting held at[.
Riegeldale Tavern, Trion, on ;
Wednesday evening October 20.
attended by the majority of Gulf i
Dealers in the LaFayette area, [
two local dealers were awarded ■
plaques in recognition of their 1
| of association with the Gulf Oil
Corporation, these awards rang- •
ing from eleven to twenty one
years.
L. B. Jones, Atlanta, District
I Manager, presented the awards, ■
this dinner meeting being rep- '
resen tative of similar meetings i
being held throughout the terri- <
tory served by the Gulf Compa- <
nies.
j Among those receiving awards
were: E. B. Self, Subligna, 21
year; and E. W. Majors, Menlo, <
16 years. (
: cian, she is pianist for the Trion
; Baptist Church, of which she is
• an active member. She holds a
. position in the office of Dr. W.
> U. Hyden.
■ [ The groom-elect received his
s education at Summerville High
School and Cohen School in
Chicago. He is employed by the
; Trion Division of Reigel Textile
Corporation.
JOHNNY CAVIN IS
BIRTHDAY HONOREE
Johnny Cavin celebrated his
; sixth birthday Friday with a
■ party given for him by his
mother, Mrs. John C. Cavin at
their home in Trion Heights,
Trion.
A Halloween motif, using a
color scheme of orange and black
was used in living and dining
, rooms, where the little guests
. assembled. Cats, skeletons, witch
es and other Halloween spooks
peered at the children from the
I cleverly decorated scene of th
party.
A huge chocolate frosted cake
■ centered the dining table with
candles on either side. Ice cream,
i cake and pink lemonade were
served.
Favors were small cups with
assorted Halloween candies and
a balloon.
Assisting Mrs. Cavin in enter
taining for her son were Mrs. H.
E. Wyatt and Misses Blanche,
Hazel and Iris Toles.
Tw’enty little guests enjoyed
the occasion.
Out-of -Towners at
Booth Funeral Here
Out of town people attending
the funeral of Mrs. T. M. Booth
were: David W. Harrison, Mrs.
[Maurine E. Hartley, Dexter B.
Brown, Miss Ruth Wilkerson,
Oscar Willock, Raymond Bar
dolph, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Aldred,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. North and
Thomas Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Butler, Mrs.
Joe Butler, Mrs. Norma Callahhn,
Mrs. Mary Fulcher, Miss Ida Bell
Booth and Mr. John M. Booth, of
Atlanta; Miss Ruth Sparke, Mrs.
Dora England, Mrs. A. S. Fortune
and Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Dodd, of
LaFayette.
Dr .and Mrs. R. T. Burnley, of
[Decatur; C. W. Peacock, Sr., of
Milledgeville; Dr. and Mrs. Char
lie Henry and Mr. and Mrs
Spenser Sparks, of Chattanooga;
Mr. and Mrs. Hillman Jackson, of
Lithonia.
Mrs. Lewis Kent, of Conyers:
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neely, of
Covington: Mrs. Frank Alford, of
Athens; Mrs. H. H. Parks, of
i Eatonton, and Mrs. George John,
of Winder.
W.S.C.S. Plane; Mi ssion
Study November 4
An all-day Women’s Society of
Christian Service mission study
will be held at 10:30 a. m. Thurs
day, November 4, at the Sum
[ merville Methodist Church, it has
been announced.
| The subject of the study will
be “America’s Geographic Front
tiers.”
Four of the district officers
will be present ,it has been dis
closed. They are: Mrs. R. H.
Jewell, Mrs. Walter Chidsey, and
Mrs. M. W. Gaines, all of Chicka
mauga, and Mrs. H. R. Andrews,
of Ringgold.
Representatives from churches
of all demoninations in the coun
ty are cordially invited to attend
the study.
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Halloween Carnival to
Be Held Here Friday
A Halloween Carnival will be
held at 6:30 p. m. Friday, Octo
ber 29, at the Primary School
Building, in Summerville.
Featured will be cake walks,
merry-go-round, fish pond and
crowning of king and queen.
A turkey also will be given
away.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
The Young Adult Class of the
Presbyterian Church, Summer
ville, will have a Halloween party
at the recreation room at the
church at 7:30 p. m., Saturday,
October 30.
PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE
The Business Women’s Circle
of the Summerville Presbyterian
Church will meet at 7:30 p. m„
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
Local Child's Art Is Praised by the Judges
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® "MR. DEWEY AND MR. TRUMAN TALKING” was painted by ‘
1 Preston Dodd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dodd, of Summerville.
7 Preston, a first grade pupil in Mrs. Clara Belle Williams’ room
e at Summerville Primary School, won first prize in the primary art
8 exhibit at the Chattooga County Fair for this picture, which was
acclaimed enthusiastically by the judges.
Local Service Guild
Holds Meet Monday
s The Wesleyan Service Guild of
f the Summerville Methodist
s [ Church met at the home of Mrs.
t Eugene Rackley Monday evening.
>. Mrs. \Villiam Gist was co-hostess
for the occasion, as well as Pro
i gram Chairman.
< r Continuing the series of
? studies of Alaska, the subject for
s the evening was on “The Alaskan
- Woman.” Assisting in the pres
s! entation of the program was Mrs.
s Eugene Hamner and Mrs. J. B
i Woodard.
After the business session, Mrs.
3 Rackley and Mrs. Gist entertain
i. ed. the group during a social hour
..with a salad course and tea.
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Halloween Carnival to
7 Be Held at Gore School
Parents, students and friends
. 1 of the Gore High School have
been invited to participate in
j the Halloween Cxrnival which
will be held there at 7:30 p. m.
, Saturday, October 30.
i Games, prizes and refresh- [
ments will be features of the [
[ event.
i HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL AT
' GORE SATURDAY NIGHT
7 1 Come along folks-get in a run,
■ ; It’s Halloween night we’re go-
• I ing to have fun
> | At Gore High School-out in
• i the gym,
■[ Owls a hooting on every limb.
1 It’s at 7:30 so don’t be late
Or you’ll miss the fun as sure
as fate.
. [ There’s popcorn popping-pea
-1; nuts a few,
f Apples to bob for, Colas too.
There’ll be cakes for the walk- 1
- ingr
f There’ll be ice cream,
There’ll be fish in the fish
f pond,
f And ghosts I mean!
So come to the Carnival!..
Come to the Show!
: Hear Scott’s Rooster!
f And see Bing go.
Finster Says Lamp
r Light Service Success
f i The lamp light service at the
• Berryton Baptist Church Sun- !
day night was a great success, 1
according to the Rev. Howard ’
Finister, Pastor.
“It was grand,’’ he said, “to
see the mothers with the old time
L bonnets. The right side was filled
’lwith men who made splendid!
■[talks on the old times. Some re-;
■ [ membered when Summerville
i had only three stores, and when
Berryton had no industry and
[ only a few families.”
•i The church was filled, the Rev. !
Mr. Finister said, and lamps and
candles were used to light the'
buliding.
The pastor repeated a story of [
the discovery of America and [
told of her great expansion.
The Rev. Mr. Finister described ['
the service as “a touching one,” 7
:. revealing to the young people [
[and interesting to all. |.
j Monday at the home of Mrs. Joe [:
Pitts, with Mrs. Charles Rudicil :
as co-hostess.
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Presbyterians Plan
'Family Night' Here
’ Every year at this time the [
' Presbyterian Church has it’s
’ special season of Prayer and
[ Self Denial-aculimation of the
Home Mission Season. This year
[ they are combining this program
'I with the review of their Mission
Study book, “On Our Own Door
Steps,” which will be at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 3 at the Church
with the Rev. Harry Foster, pas
[ tor, in charge.
We are so anxious to have
every family of the Church pres
ent, leaders said. Please bring
basket lunch with enough for the
number in your family.
“These Reunions of our Church
family are always inspiring and
tend to bring us closer to each
[other and to Christ. Let us have
[ 100 per cent attendance.”
Legion Auxiliary Sponsors
Food Sale Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary
[will sell home made cakes, pies,
[candies and other home cooked
foods at the Chattooga Mercan
? tile Store Saturday.
Come and buy something for
your Sunday dinner, Auxiliary
leaders urge.
First Automobile Auction
Here Said to Be "Success"
The first automobile auction
ever held in Summerville was de
scribed this week as a success
despite the rain which prevailed
i throughout the day Friday.
The auctions are held at 2 p.
m., Friday at the Auto Service
Company, near the railroad
[crossing in North Summerville.
Pat Patterson, of Gainesville
auctioneer for the Atlanta and
[ Chattanooga automobile au c -
tions, was auctioneer.
Approximatey 200 people at
tended. and 23 automobiles were
' run through, and nine being
sold.
John D. Tavlors Are
Hosts at Weiner Roast
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Taylor
[were delightful hosts at a weiner
' roast given Saturday evening at
[their home in Summerville for
the members of the Trion Gram
[mar School Faculty and the Per- '
sonnel Department.
CORRECTION
Carolyn Eubanks won a red [
ribbon in the primary pictures
[of the Public Shcool Art Exhibit [
at the Fair, instead of Jack
Whisnant. [ 1
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Summerville Merchonts
Attend Buyers Exhibit
A number of Summerville Mer- ,
.chants attended the Southeast- >
[ern Buyers Exhibit in Atlanta ,
this week. <
They included Mr. and Mrs. ]
Eugene Rackley, Mr. and Mrs. ,
Philip Foglia, Mrs. Joe Hays, Mr. (
and Mrs. Howard Bohanon and (
Rodman Eubanks. (
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(Paid Advertisement)
I ,
Are You Willing lo Pay Three Times Your
Present City Taxes in 1950!
IF NOT
Then Something Musi Be Done lo
STOP JAMES NOW
LAST DECEMBER I TOLD THE MAJORITY OF YOU THAT
UNLESS SOME UNITED ACTION WAS TAKEN WILLIS JAMES
WOULD BE THE NEXT MAYOR You laugh ed at you
the very thought, you said it was impossible. I told you he had 244
registered voters in the mill that would vote for him, he received
264 votes and was elected. You were amazed, you were astonished,
but it happened. Now in only 10 months in office there has been
approximately $50,000.00 of city funds poured into the mill village
by the efforts of the mayor and such councilmen as assisted him
j m th , thf L USe ° f SOme methods that have since been exposed as
illegal Two of our councilmen have stood steadfast and fought a
stand flght agamSt a co ™ b -ation that has been hard to under-
HIS LATEST - MOST SELFISH, MOST WASTEFUL
GRAB OF CITY FUNDS the mayor let’s scores of homes go begging
for sewers of any kind, go exposed to the danger of disease ex
posed to possible suffering and possible death as a result of open
toilets and the unsanitary condition that accompanies them while
the mayor has cast iron sewers. I do not believe if the truth were
known that half the good people who will benefit by these cast iron
sewers on Washington street actually want them themselves they
would prefer the same as their fellow citizens but the mayor could
not run the cast iron line just to his house alone. Cast iron sewers
that cost six times as much as clay and Washington street already
had good sewers that only needed cleaning out. But the mayor
said he did not want sewerage backing up in his house. Maybe
some of the people who are paying city taxes and getting nothing
do not appreciate the open toilets at the back of their houses and
maybe some of the people who are paying a sewer tax on which
the money was borrowed that the mayor is using to put cast iron
to his house do not like the sewer tax and maybe none of us like
the thought of paying triple our present taxes in 1950 Here is
what we are up against.
The Mayor Can Pave Every Slreel
IN THE MILL VILLAGE
Al (he Expense of All the Taxpayers in 1949
AND
Wilh Hie Mill Behind Him
AND
Two Councilmen Who Will Vole With Him
HE CAN DO IT
AND HERE IS HOW AND WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE HIS
PLAN. On the present tax digest the city can borrow almost no
money, but n the assessment were tripled the city could borrow
over $200,000.00. This would pave every street in the village and
one or two in town. AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY 1949
the mayor can appoint three citizens as tax assessors, he can ap
point three that he and the mill can control, that will do as he
says just as some of the councilmen now do and these three tax
assessors can approach the people like this. Our tax digest looks
bad to outsiders, it looks like our property is worthless and our tax
high, lets raise our assessment and lower our tax rate. At the pres
ent time our tax rate is the highest that can be charged under the
law, but say for instance your house is now assessed at $2,000.00 and
you pay $1.50 tax or $30.00, suppose you raise that assessment to
$6,000.00 and cut the tax rate to .50 why you would still # pay only
1 $30.00 BUT on the new assessment the city can borrow over $200,-
000.00 and pave every street in the mill village then the poor chap
who is mayor in 1950 will of necessity have the raise the tax rate
back to $1.50 on the new assessment to keep up payment on the
bonds. Now don’t say the mayor can’t pass the bond issue because
he can pass that the same way he managed to get himself elected
mayor, he has enough employees to vote the bond issue by provided
they vote as he tells them to vote. AND PROPERTY taxes in
SUMMERVILLE WILL BE TRIPLED IN 1950. JANUARY OF 1949
IS NOT LONG OFF AND AFTERWARDS WILL BE TOO LATE
I have personally asked the mayor to quit hogging and give
the town a square deal. I have appealed to Mr. Hugh Givens, Presi
dent of Summerville Manufacturing Co. of Rome to compel James
to give the town a square deal but Mr. Givens says that he can do
nothing with James in this respect. I have appealed to Curran &
Curran part owners of the mill at 320 Broadway, New York. They
have done nothing and naturally as long as they get for nothing
what other mills in this section pay for for their employees why
the owners will not do anything except pat James on the back for
the spoils he brings in but in speaking of the mill I refer only to
the mayor and the officials named, the good people who work in
the mill are blameless, they earn their living in the mill and live
in company owned house and they should have every benefit that
has been provided for them and more but the mill should do some
of these things for their employees themselves rather than try
with the assistance of the mayor to hog the lions share of city
funds.
The facts are before you. If they be untrue let the mayor and
his associates make a public denial and state openly that they will
not do these things. Let them explain to our citizens why it is that
the mill, all buildings and 96 houses can be givens sewer connec
tions for just one ten dollar bill while all other property owners are
required to pay SIO.OO for each house connected. Let them deny
this and other charges of illegal contracts that have been pub
lically made.
IF WE WANT JUSTICE WE CAN GET IT ONLY BY UNITED
ACTION. SHALL WE UNITE?
R. D. DAVISON