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Trion Lodge 160, F. and A. M.,
will meet at 7:30 p. m., Monday,
November 29. All quaified Mas
ons are invited.
In the opening game of the
season, the Trion Community
basketball teams will play Ring
gold on the Trion court at 8 p. m.
Friday.
Indians lose io
Trion Bulldogs, 7-6
By Billie Espy
The annual game between
Summerville and Trion, arch
rivals of long standing, is history
now, but memories of the game
will be thought of and talked
about for a long long time.
Some said that Trion were 18-
point underdogs but I hardly see
how that could have been possi
ble.
The Bulldogs scored early in
the second period as a pass from
Joe Faye Dacus, fleet Indian
halfback, to Jimmy Bush, was
intercepted by Hankins who went
down the sidelines 66 yards to
score. Tommy Sprayberry kicked
the extra point.
A few minutes later the Indi
ans drove to the Trion 16 yard
line, but a holding penalty set
the Indians back to the 31 and
ruined the Indians’ chance to
score before the half.
The second half opened with
a bang, the Indians driving deep
into Bulldog territory with Dacus
leading the way to the 6, from
there Jimmy Bush ran to the 2.
then to the 1 and then plunged
over for the Indians lone marker
an end. run by Dacus was no good
for the extra point.
Offensive stars were few, with
Joe Faye Dacus leading all
ground gainers for the night
netting 181 yards in 24 tries for
an average of 7.5, which we think
is pretty good. For Trion Reggie
Boyles converted into fullback
from tackle was the leader with
a 2.4 average, John Robert Lee
Trion’s highly touted ground
gainer could do no better than
aveage 1.6 yards per try.
Defensive stars were plentiful
with John Donovits playing a
bang up game for the Indians.
Also playing a swell game on de
fense for the Indians were Roy
Lee Bagley, who has consistently
played good defensive ball all
year, Bobby Pettyjohn, Grant
Davison, Jimmy Bush and Bob
by Nix.
For Trion John Robert Lpe was
the oustanding deiensive player.
Statistics show that the In
dians outplayed the Bulldogs in
every department, rolling up 17
first downs to 2.
The yards rushing figure
showed that the Indians rolled
up 266 yards on the ground to
Trions 77. The Indians added 4
yards on pass completed to make
a total of 270 yards gained for
the night.
The Indians punting done by
Joe Faye Dacus surely equaled
and possibly bettered Trion’s.
Dacus repeatedly sent booming
high spirals 50 yards against the
wind. For Trion Lee kicked twice
one going dead on the S. H. S.
2 yard line. Bohannon had tough
luck, 2 going less than 20 yards,
but came through with a 45-yard,
quick kick.
Several seniors were playing j
their last game for S. H. S. and
we want to tell them goodbye
and good luck and we have en
joyed associating with them
throughout their high school ca
reer and we know they did their
best always.
Jurors Drawn for
December Court
List of Jurors drawn to serve
at December Term City Court
1948 Court to convene Monday
Dec. 6, 1948 at 10 o’clock a. m.
James T. Simmonds, James L
McGinnis, Joe Ragland, Albert
Canada, C. P. Martin, Lyle John-,
ston, D. R. Henderson, A. Doster'
Housch, T. S. Ray, Charles M.
Edwards, Reno M. Gardner, J. D.
Cochran, and Julius Coulter.
W. L. Davis W. S. Buffington, i
Hester Hurtt, L. B. Colbert Sr.,
W. G. Rutherford, Maxwell
White, Will C. Woods, Joe J. Hix,
Jesse Smith, J. H. Ward, James
H. Floyd, and Lee Kitchens.
Ed Ash, Sherran A. Dean,
Charlie Loggins, Ralph Kellett,
John W. Rose, R. A. Powell, John
R. Ford, Jr., Andrew M. Williams ,
Jr., C. L. Clark, Alfred Hall, W.
A. Teague and Earl Dooley.
Burr Polk, Jim Hogue, Carl C.
Kellett, Graves Gore, Charlie
Hollis, Perry V. Young, Fay Wil
lis, Lester F. Adams, C. J. Powell,
Ethridge Yarbrough and Henry
Rider.
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VOL. 63; NO. 49
Fred Aldred Chamber
Commerce President
Fred Aldred, local businessman,
was elected President of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce at the annual dinner
meeting held Thursday night at
the Summerville High School.
Mr. Aldred succeeds Mose Brin
son, Summerville attorney, to
this office. In his acceptance
speech, Mr. Aldred declared that
the main, project of the coming
year would be to sponsor the
building of a county hospital.
A. B. Hammonds, of Berryton,
was elected to the post of vice
president, while E. C. Pesterfield
was chosen Secretary, and Mar
shall Lowry was elected Treasur
er.
The following were elected as
Directors. D. L. McWhorter, C.
B. Bricker, O. L. Cleckler, Charles
Esserman, Willis James, D. W.
Copeland and J. T. Morgan.
J. Leo Baker, Moses E. Brinson,
Rodman K. Eubanks, B. W. Far
rar, J. B. Butler, J. L. Henderson,
T. J. Espy, Jr., and Miss Beulah
Shropshire.
Representatives o f Hanson,
Teloga and Little Sand Mountain
Communities received the three
Summerville Hospital
To Close Next Tuesday
The Summerville Hospital will
be permanently closed on Tues
day, November 30, it has been
cnnounced by Dr. William T.
Gist, superintendent.
“It will not function as a hos
pital after that date,” he said.
This action has been made
necessary by the rising cost of
supplies and operating expenses, j
which have now reached such i
proportions as to prohibit the i
continuation of a hospital of this
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO AHEND
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BANQUET
Representatives of this com
munity will be honor guests at
the awards banquet to be staged
in the Read House ballroom,
Chattanooga, Tenn, at 6:30 p. m.
Monday, December 6, by the
Chattanooga Area Community
Improvement Contest Commit
tee which has had the coopera
tion of some 20 civic groups and
numerous leading Chattanooga
business establishments in mak
ing the contest possible, it is an
nounced by Al B. Clarke, com
mittee chairman.
Cash awards totaling upward
of $3,000 will be distributed to
winning communities gathered
from some 20 counties making
up the contest area. An elaborate
entertainment program is being
Park Theatre Is
Damaged by Fire
A sudden unexplained burst of
fire in the Park Theatre Monday
night caused considerable dama
ge to the projection room of the
movie house.
The fire, occured at approxi
mately 9 o’clock and was brought
under control through the ef
forts of Howard Weems, Griffin
Pledger and Edmund Kerce, ac
cording to Summerville Chief of
Police W. M. Whaley.
It was expected that the
theatre would again be in opera
tion Thursday night. M. T. Var
nell is the manager.
Summerville Gets Ready
For Christmas
Keep your eyes on Summer
ville, because next week, she
is really going to be dressed
up.
Beginning the very first of
the week, you’ll see men busily
stringing up gay colored elec
tric Christmas lights and plac
ing decorative trees on the
streets. This work is under the
direction of the new Summer
ville Retail Merchants Associa
tion.
You’ll see the merchants out
front decorating their windows
and inside you’ll see pictures of
Santa and reindeer and hollv
being placed throughout the
store.
And then of course, you all
know that the huge tree with
electric lights will be located
at the intersection of South
Commerce Street and Rome
Boulevard. This is being done
by Fred Aldred, as his contri
bution toward the beautifica
tion of Summerville for Christ
mas.
So folks come on into Sum
merville and see her at her
prettiest!
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1948
, cash awards as winners in the
‘ Community Improvement Con
test, sponsored by the local
Chamber of Commerce in co
' operation with the Chattanooga
Chamber. Little Sand Mountain
( won first place, SSO; Hanson was
, second, winning S3O; and Teloga
took third place, the recipient
• of S2O. J. L. Henderson, former
’ Secretary, made the awards.
Mrs. Z. M. Cooper and Eugene
Mathis represented Little Sand
■ Mountain; Earl Parker and J. W.
Pinion were the recipients for
Hanson; and W.W. Stansell and
Mrs. E. L. Bryant accepted the
award on behalf of Teloga.
! Mr. McWhorter and Mr. Pes
terfield, two of the judges, made
brief remarks concerning the
contests, especially commending
the communities upon their
spirit of cooperation. They de
clared that it was an excellent
example of development and
community spirit that all com
munities could well follow. It is
a great lesson for Summerville
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l ] small size.
“It is with sincere regret that
[ I make this announcement at
. I this time, realizing, as I do, that
I this community is in dire need of
! hospital facilities. However, it is
my belief that the responsibility
! and financial burden entailed in
| the operation of a hospital or
; similar institution should be
; borne by the community as a
I whole, rather than by a single
individual.”
prepared for the occasion. Miss
Dorothy Free (Miss Tennessee
1948) will sing several songs, the
U. S. Mail Quartet from Chat
tanooga Post Office, which won
the gold cup in a recent coast-to
coast radio broadcast, will give
several numbers and a skilled
magician will be seen in mys
tifying action.
Top award in the area contest
is SSOO, with other prizes scaling
down to $75 for positions rang- :
ing from sixth through the en
tire entry list. A special award of
SIOO goes to the community
judged to have made the great
est improvement since last win
ning the top award in a previous
area contest. Two communities
are now competing for this prize.
Chief speaker will be W. M.
Landess, Head, Education and
Information Unit, Tennessee
Valley Authority. The area
judges, completing an arduous
task after visits in 20 counties,
will be special honor guests.
They are Miss Oma Worley, Dis
trict Home Demonstration Agent,
Knoxville, Tenn., Frank M. De-
Friese, Asst. Farm Management:
Specialist, Knoxville, Tenn, and
M. H. W. Collins, Special County
Agent, Cartersville, Georgia.
Attractive attendance prizes,
contributed by Chattanooga mer
chants, will be so distributed
that one will go to a visitor
from each county represented.
Doctors Urge Prompt Action
For County Hospital Here
With today’s announcement of
the closing of the Summerville
Hospital, effective next Tuesday
a serious and urgent responsibi
bility is placed upon the shoul
ders of the citizens of Chattoo
ga Count.
This statement was made this
week by the Chattooga County
Medical Society, in a plea for
promotion of a count}' hospital.
“The one remaining hospital in
this county is already sadly over
crowded,” it was stated. “After
December Ist, many of you, or
members of your families, in
need of hospital treatment, will
be unable to get it because no
hospital bed will be available for
you.
“There are many conditions
which demand hospital care,
such as serious accidents, broken
bones, childbirth with it's many
complications, and innumerable
other medical and surgical em
ergencies which cannot be prop
erly treated outside the hospital.
THESE EMERGENCIES WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR AT THE
SAME RATE AND WITH THE
SAME REGULARITY AS IN THE
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King and Queen of Pennville
School. Sue King, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon King, and
Don Hammond, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Hammond, were
chosen King and Queen at the
Halloween Carnival. Sue is in
the third grade and Don is in the
fourth. Both are students of Mrs.
: C. B. Akin.
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CEMETERY BEING
CLEANED NOW;
HELP IS NEEDED
Cleaning of the Summerville
Cemetery is now underway, ac
cording to an announcement this
week by J. D. Hill, President, and
the Board of Directors of the
Summerville Cemetery Corpora
tion.
According to the announce
ment, the city is now grading
and laying some water lines in
the cemetery, doing the work so
as to leave some streets open to
the public.
This action followed a meeting
of the Board of Directors with
the Mayor and Council on No
vember 15, at which time the
Board asked that all cemetery
roads be well graded and cherted
and a number of water faucets
equally distributed throughout
the cemetery.
The mayor and council imme
diately voted to do the major
project and to c : .Ist in any other
way possible.
Charlie Fowler is in charge of
the cleaning of the cemetery, Mr
Hill disclosed, and is giving half
his time as a contribution toward
the improvement of the grounds.
He is assisted by seven or eight
workers, Mr. Hill said.
“Anyone wishing to donate
time in cleaning the cemetery
may do so by contacting Mr.,
Fowler,” Mr. Hill said. “Property 1
owners with loved ones in the!
Cemetery may work out their i
initial or maintenance fee as a
member in the Corporation by
helping in the cleaning. Mr. :
Fowler will be glad to credit as
little as one or as much as 100
hours.”
Mr. Hill declared that the
Corporation expects to go “as far
as humanly possible* with the
present means and we urge all
property owners who have not
already joined to do so and prove
your interest.”
The services of an architectj
have been procured through the
efforts of J. B. Butler, Mr. Hill
said, and he will be here in Janu
ary to do the landscaping of the
Cemetery. It is understood that
the architect has retired from
the State University.
We want the cemetery to be
thoroughly cleaned and ready for
shubbery and general beautifi
cation when this architect arri
ves, Mr. Hill said.
“Additional funds will be need
ed to do the work as it should
be done. Will you help?” asks the
Corporation.
PAST but, alas, not hospital
facilities will be available!!
“Many of these conditions will
require immediate treatment,
with no time for taking the pa
tient to Rome, Chattanooga, or
some other medical center. Your
doctor will be forced to treat you
in his office or in your home,
as best he can, without recourse
to the efficiency and added safe
ty of a hospital.”
Immediate and positive action
by the citizens of this county is
all that can relieve this pitiful
situation, the doctors’ statement
declared. Steps must be taken at
once to secure for this communi
ty a modern, well-equipped, ade
quate hospital in which your
doctor may offer you the maxi
mum medical and surgical skill
of which they are capable.
You do not expect your teach
ers to instruct 'your children
without adequate buildings in
which to carry on their work, nor
do you expect your ministers to
give you Sprititual guidance
without a church in which you
may worship together; neither
can you demand that your fami-
INCOMPLETE REPORTS GIVE
CHAMBER COMMERCE DRIVE S9OO
SANTA S WAITING
So, boys and girls, write him
right away.
Just write him a letter and
address it to “Santa Claus”
The Summerville News, Sum
merville, Ga.
We’ll see that he gets it and
publish it in the paper besides.
Don’t forget, write Santa!
Forest Fire Plan
(alls for Network
Os Lookout Towers
A new lookout tower will be
! erected in Chattooga County in
! a few weeks to strengthen the
i forest fire detection system in
(this area, Ranger George Bishop
announced this week.
The 47-foot steel observation
tower is one of 22 just purchased
by the Georgia Department of
Forestry for use in several coun
ties having organized protection
units, but have been operating
without adequate detection fa
cilities. Cost of the tower will
be covered by state and federal
funds, but the tower will be
manned at the expense of the
county protection unit.
When the current tower ex
pansion program is complete,
Georgia’s fire control activities
will be carried on through a net
work of 112 towers. Only 142
additional towers will be needed
if a proposed statewide fire con
trol plan is adopted, according
to A. R. Shirley, state forester.
Mr. Shirley reported the new
towers are being erected on sites
that will tie in with future fire
control expansion. Under aver
age conditions, each tower will
cover a radium of from eight to
ten miles.
An adequate detection system
j means forest fires will be spotted
early, resulting in less fire dam
age and savings in the number
of men and equipment needed
to extinguish wood blazes.
Towers report all smokes for
I investigation by ground crews.
During fire seasons the towers
are manned seven days a week
j in counties that co-operate with
I the fire control program.
| NOW YOU TELL US i
j :
What is your pet peeve?
Ruby Watkins, beautician
Waiting in the rain or going
some place in the rain. I just
hate to get out at times like that,
it’s so sloppy.
Raymond Gayler, Post office
employee— Mine is hard to ex
plain in a few words. I’ve found
that it’s hard to find out any
thing from people in Summer
ville. For instance, you can go to
the person who is supposed to
know something about a parti
cular thing, but chances are that
person doesn’t know or just won’t
take the responsibility for know
ing. He’ll refer you to someone
else and before you know it
you’re going around in circles.
Jean Pless, dry cleaning estab
lishment receptionist Those
mudholes at the filling station
and bridge at the upper end of
Commerce Street! Oh, I hate
those things. They’re worse on
my side of the bridge too. Wish
something could be done.
Philip Foglia, jeweler Our
courthouse! I wish it could be
nainted and cleaned up. It should
b« just brightened up and made
attractive so that we’d be nroud
of it.
ly physician exercise his full
skill and ability in treating your
physical ills without adequate
facilities for carrying on such
treatment.
“The citizens of Chattooga
County should awaken at once
to the great need at hand, and
having done so, go forward with
a concrete and definite plan for
securing a modern, well-equipped
hospital for this community.
“How can you do this?”
“We, your doctors, respectfully
call your attention to the fact
that, by a recent act of Congress,
the Federal and State govern
ments have set aside a sum of
money to be used for the erection
of county hospitals wherever
needed. These agencies will pro
vide two-thirds of the funds
needed for building and equip
ping such hospitals, provided the
county will raise the remaining
one-third and furnish a suitable
site for the building! But you
must act NOW, because six
months, three months, yes, even
sixty days from now these Fed
eral and State funds may have
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With almost S9OO already raised in the current Chamber of
Commerce membership drive, indications yesterday were that the
drive would be a complete success.
The drive was officially launched Tuesday morning at a meet
ing of leaders of the 13 teams at the Chamber of Commerce office.
Dr. Cierpke to Be
First Baptist Guest
Dr. Alfred A. Cierpke, Dean of
Southeastern Baptist Theologi- ;
cal Seminary and a world travel
er, lecturer and educator, will be i
the guest speaker at the First
I Baptist Church, Summerville, [
| Sunday.
At the evening service he will [
show two films. At 6:30 p.m.
the Training Union hour, i
“America, and Why We Should
j Appreciate Our Own Great :
. Country God Has Given Us.”
At 7:30 p.m., the preaching ;
hour, “Europe and Its Tragic
Condition.”
Dr. Cierpke mav be honrd
each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. (CST)
on the analysis of prtsjnt wond I
conditions as it relates to the !
spiritual condition today.
“We cordially invite the peo- i
pie of Summerville to attend all
or any of these great services,”
the Rev. Ira C. Frazier, pastor,
stated.
THANKSGIVING IS
QUIET HERE
Thanksgiving is being quietly
observed in Chattooga County
this year.
A simple Thanksgiving service
is planned by the churches for
10 o’clock at the Summerville
Presbyterian Church.
The choir will render special i
music and the Rev. Harry Fos
ter, pastor, will speak briefly on
j “The Meaning of Thanksgiving.”
The public has been invited co
■ this service.
All stores will close with the
i exception of one drug store,
I which reported it would be
I closed only from noon to 3 p.m.
The bank and Post Office also
; are closed.
Riegel Textile Corporation’s
industries at Trion and the
| Berryton Mills are taking no
I holiday, however the Montgom
: ery Knitting Mill and Summer
i ville Manufacturing Company j
| are closed for the day.
Basic Fears Return
To Prolecl Us,
Says E. L. Wright
A child is born with two basic
fears, that of falling and that of I
noise, and as we grow older these
fears come back to us to protect
us.
This statement was made by !
E. L. Wright, of Darlington
School for Boys, Rome, yesterday
l as he addressed the Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club at it’s |
[weekly meeting.
“All men need a place of quiet
for retirement and meditation
al the end of each day,” he said
“in the interest of their health.’ |
Mr. Wright’s subject was i
“Quiet in a Noisy World.” He was
introduced by G. L. McCartha,j
Program Chairman.
Plans for the annual Christ-'
mas party for local needy chil-,
dren also were made yesterday, I
and Joe O’Neal was named 1
Chairman of the event. It willi
take place on Wednesday, De- [
cember 22, at the w r eekly meet- j
ing of the Club. . i
N. B. Murphy, President, pre- '
sided at yesterday’s meeting. <
THANKSGIVING
Today is Thanksgiving Day.
This is a holiday which is more than 325 years old. and one
which is among the most festive of all.
Always in November, now the last Thursday in this month, it
is one of the most beautiful sessions of the entire year.
It is a time when the trees are casting their multi-colored
leaves upon the ground to form a ruch-hued carpet. It is a time
when golden com is being gathered and when yellow pumpkin are
being brought in.
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It is a time of thanksgiving.
In the year 1621 on December 13, Elder Brewster conducted a
Thanksgiving church service among the loyal band of 55 in the
Plymouth settlement.
That day had been set in the Plymouth dolony by Governor
Bradford as a time for being thankful and showing gratitude for
the bounties received in this land of hardship and struggle.
After the church service there was a rare feast for these people
who had preforce to be so sparing with food. Governor Bradford
had appointed four of the best marksmen to go hunting and bring
back enough food for feast. They had been unusually successful,
having brought back to the settlement many wild turkeys and
quails.
The Pilgrims were joined at their feast by King Massasoit and
ninety Indian braves who presented Governor Bradford with the
welcome gift of five deer.
The first Thanksgiving lasted three days.
GROWING
WITH
CHATTOOGA
$1.50 A YEAR
[ Inclement weather on Friday de
layed the drive, which was to
have begun then.
Canvassing continued Wednes
day, and C. of C. leaders express
[ ed hope that the drive would end
j successfully by November 30.
Mose Brinson, Chairman of the
i drive, distributed membership
cards and other materials to
[ team leaders at Tuesday’s meet-
I ing.
Ward 1, with J. R. Burgess as
| Chairman, assisted by Clayton
I Peacock and C. M. Tutton, re
! ported $l2O yesterday, while
I Ward 11, Rodman K. Eubanks,
I Chairman, assisted by Archibald
Farrar and J. T. Morgan, turned
in $144.
E. H. Rackley, Chairman of the
| Ward 111 team, reported $246.50.
[ Mr. Rackley is assisted by J. B.
> Woodard and Frank Prince.
, Ward IV, A. G. Dunson Chair
man, reported $174. Holman
Mewborn and C. B. Akin assisted
Mr. Dunson in the canvassing.
A. B. Hammond, of Berry ton,
reported a total of s7l from the
Berryton Mills, Berryton Store,
Renabe Farm and from himself
Trion, whose chairman is Clint
Greer, assisted by C. B. Bricker
and Sadd Dalton, reported sl2
to date.
O. L. Cleckler, Menlo Chair
man. assisted by Ralph Cham
blee and James Harris, turned in
sl2.
Others not reporting to date
, include Mills, M. E. Brinson and
T. J. Espy; Pennville, L. Leo Bak
!er Dickeyville, John Bankson;
Lyerly, D. W. Copeland; County
wide, J. B. Butler, Charlie Brooks,
Frank Agnew and John R. Jones;
Cloudland, Bert Willingham.
Mrs. Mary John Fowler, Office
Secretary, reports a total of sll4
i turned in direct to the office
from various persons.
The membership fee is set at
Sl2, towever a number of firms
and individuals give more in the
interest of the Chamber.
A complete list of contributions
will be released at the end of the
drive, according to Mr. Brinson.
Mrs. Carrie Peace, 74
Succumbs al Trion
Mrs. Carrie Timms Peace, 74,
i of Trion, died suddenly at 12:15
, p.m. Thursday.
She is survived by her hus
band, J. M Peace; three daugh
ters, Mrs. O. A. Smith, of Chat-
I tanooga, Tenn.; Mrs Gordon
. Atkins, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Paul
j Boatman, of Trion; five sons,
i Fred, of Summerville; Judson
[and James 0., both of Trion; J.
C., of LaFayette, and Ross, of
[Memphis. Tenn.; two sisters,
' Mrs. Charles Langston, of Cal
[ houn, and Mrs. Pearl Bradford,
■of Fairmount. Twenty -two
grand children and five great
| grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were con
i ducted at the East Trion Church
!of God, of which she was a
i member, at 2 p.m. Saturday
i with the Rev. John Daniel, pas
tor, and the Rev. Frank Prince
[ officiating.
Pallbearers were: Tom (Buck)
Rich. Roy Williams, B. A. Pur
cell, Paul McWhorter. William
Davis and Homer King.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Trion football
team. Interment was in Trion
Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home, of Summerville, in charge
of arrangements.