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HERE N | THERE I 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. -SrtOPPING TF WEEKS LEFT Buy / A<\W STW . Ct&EALS ebr News 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 (See Page 5) 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 z> - ; " IM Si ' • Si I SBI 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. i 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 (See Page 5) 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. * 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.