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Warren Beale, of Columbia
Seminary, will fill his regular
appointment at Bethel Presby
terian Church at 11 a. m. Sun
day.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this service.
The regular communication of
Alpine Lodge No. 211, F. and A.
M. will be held Friday night, De
cember 24. AU regular Masons
are invited.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge No. 160, V. and A. M. will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
December 27.
All qualified Masons are in
vited.
Keith W. Campbell, seaman
apprentics, USN, son of William
L. Campbell, of Route 4, Sum
merville, is serving aboard the
aircraft carrier, USS Princeton, a
unit of Task Force 38, which is
now undergoing an intensive
training period in the Western
Pacific and the China Sea area.
These exercises are being con
ducted for the purpose of giving
officers and men of the task
force realistic training in all
phases of Naval activities. In ad
dition to the ports and peoples of
foreign lands.
Ports of call between training
maeuvers, include Honolulu, Ts
ingtao, China, Yokosuka, Japan
and Guam.
There will be a Christmas
Sunday program at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday at the Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church, at Gore, it has
been announced by the pastor,
the Rev. George C. Shroeder.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Joe C. Wyatt
Dies in Florida
Joseph C. Wyatt, 52, died at a
hospital in Perrine, Fla., on Mon
day morning, December 13, after
a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Turner Funeral Home in
Homestead at 10:30 a. m. Thurs
day, with the Rev. William
Kopelke, of the Perrine Metho
dist Church, and the Rev. B. A.
Cumming, of the Riviera Pres
byterian Church of South Miami,
officiating. Interment took place
at the Miami Memorial Park
Cemetery in South Miami.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Julia Marks; one sister,
Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, of Menlo;
an aunt, Mrs. Nona Fowler, of
Summerville; one niece, Mrs.
Melvin Striplin. o f Gadsden,
Ala.; one nephew. John Knox
Kennedy, of Atlanta.
Mr. Wyatt was born in Menlo
on January 19. 1897, and was
a member of tne Menlo Presby
terian Church.
During the past thirty years.
Mr. Wyatt had been Employed as
manager o f various Packing
Plants in Perrine and also in Ft.
Pierce. He also did some farming.
He served in World War I and
following the funeral services-the
Marlin Moore Post of the 'Ameri
can Legion, of which he was a
member, requested the Dade
County Guard of Honor to play
taps and conduct the burial ser
vice.
Final Riles for
Roscoe Elsberry
He’d Monday
Funeral services for Roscoe C.
Elsberry, 72. were conducted at
1:30 p. m. at the Perrenial Bap
tist Church with the Revs. Oliver
Pledger and Dock Jones officia
ting.
Mi-. Elsberry- passed away at
his residence on Lyerly. Route
2 at 3:40 p. m. Saturday afte>
an illness of several weeks.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Cherry Elsberry, he is survived
by one son, Glenn Elsberry, of
Summerville: two sisters, Mrs. C.
D. Howell, of Lyerly, and Mrs.
Tom Smith, of LaFayette; one
brother, D. A. Elsberry, of Dal
ton. Three grandaughters, seven
grandsons and two great grand
sons also survi- e. Interment was
L in the Pennville Cemetery with
the J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of
Summerville, in charge of ar
rangements.
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VOL. 64, NO. 1
Henry Chappelear Is
The Five-Acre CoHon
Contest Winner Here
Henry Chappelear, of Menlo,
won first place in the county in
the Five Acre Cotton Contest.
The awards were made Friday
night at John’s Place and were
given by the textile mills of the
county.
Other winners included Roy
Baker, second S4O; N. W. Garvin,
third, $25. Mr. Chappelear re
ceived a S6O prize.
A. B. Hammond, of Berryton
Mills, A. G. Dunson, of Summer
ville Manufacturing Company,
Erwin Thomas of Montgomery
Knitting Mill, and Buddy Ham
mond, of Riegel Textlie Corpora
tion, Trion, each spoke briefly.
Howard Baker, Farm Bureau
President, presided.
Bwlisfs Render
"The Slory of
Christmas" Here
By Mrs. Duke Espy
Last Wednesday evening in the
auditorium of the First Baptist
Church, music lovers enjoyed the
old yet ever new “The Story of
Christmas,” a cantata by H.
Alexander Mathews.
A reverent atmosphere was
created by the beautifully ar
ranged greens contrasting the
bright red of lighted tapers as
the Rev. H .G. Walker gave the
invocation.
The cantata, truly a work of
art, gave evidence of the time
and work going into its presenta
tion by the able director and
soloist Guy Walton, the interest
ed participation of the choir
members as well as the soloists.
Especially notable were the
soloists who contributed so grac
iously to the loveliness of the
old-new story.
With serene and simple dignity
Miss Annie Pitts sang the story
of the annunciation. Mrs. John
Bankson splendidly rendering,
Voices of the Sky. Otis Gorman’s
tenor solos were presented with
reverence and beauty and Mrs.
Bob Baker had the undivided at
tention of her audience as she so
beautifully sang. Sleep Holy
Babe.
The excellent performance of j
the choir drew all the listeners i
closer to the manger in Bethle- |
hem.
The congregation was hushed :
and stilled as the voices were ‘
quited and the Rev. H. R. Foster
pronounced the benediction.
Mr. Walton is to be commend
ed for his expert direction and
consideration of detail in this'
excellent cantata.
Too much cannot be said for
the able and adroit accompani
ment of Miss Alma Zada Eilen
burg without whom the cantata
could not have been so success
ful.
To all w£o participated in this
splendid cantata the listeners
say thank you for a renewed
acquaintance with The Story
of Christmas.
Lyerly Independent’s
Play Fort Payne, Ala.
Harris Edwards’ pouncing
Independents of Lyerly, will
meet Fort Payne’s basketeers at
8 o’clock tonight (Thursday) at
Lyerly ftigh School gymnasium.
What is expected to be one of I
the .hardest fought games of the |
entire season will be the meeting
at 8:15 p. m. Wednesday, De
cember 29. of the Peerless Wool
en Mills, of Rossville, with the
Lyerly group. The Lyerly hard
wood will be 'he scene of the
battle.
Peerless has one of the best
teams they've had in a long
time. Mr. Edwards says, and are
leading in the Dixie Amateur
League.
Lyerly defeated Trion 59-37
Thursday night in their first j
meeting of the season.
The men from Piedmont, Ala.,
came out on top by a score of
70-64 in Friday night’s meeting.
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Half of Seal Sale Coal
Almost Reached Here
Receipts from the purchase of
Christmas Seals in Chattooga
County totaled $929.28 as the
1948 Seal Sale went into its third
week Monday however all enve
lopes had not been opened. Mrs.
Agnes Hammond, treasurer, dis
closed. The sale began on Dec. 6.
“There is less than a week left
for the campaign, which means
that we shall have to realize an
additional $1,070.72 in that time
if we are to reach our $2,000
quotq,” Mrs. Hammond pointed
out.
Mrs. Hammond added that the
letters of acknowledgment for
the Seals which arrive daily re
veal an encouraging knowledge
of the work of the Chattooga Tu
berculosis Association and many
urge that its services be con
tinued.
“We hope to expand the tu
berculosis control projects they
mentioned,’’ Mrs. Hammond said
“and we wll be able to do so if
we meet our quota. During 1949
we plan to help those tuberculo
sis stricken families as well as
find those who are not aware
they have the disease.’’
The quota represents the mini
mum needed to continue the as
sociation’s existing, services and
add any new ones, Mrs. Ham
mond explained. Seal Sale funds
are the sole financial support of
: lie association and its activities.
RAYMOND GAYLOR IS
LIEUT. IN RESERVE
Raymond Hollis Gaylor, of
Summerville, was commissioned
Second Lieutenant- in the U. S
Air Force Reserve on December
15. it was announced this weak
by Lt. Gen. I. H. Edwards, Chief
Dupty. U ,S. Air Force.
Mr. Gaylor, who is employed at
the Summerville Post Office,
served in the Air Force as Staff
Sergeant with the 51st- Troop
Carrier Overseas for 15 months.
He spent approximately 30
months in service.
A graduate of Lyerly High
School, Mr. Gaylor is married
to the former Ruth Wike.
Mrs. Owens, 87,
Passes Away Near
Here Saturday
i
Mrs. Elizabeth Ashworth
'(Owens, 87, passed away at 3:30
'' a. m. Saturday at her residence
I near Summerville.
-1 She is survived by four daugh-
■ Iters, Mrs. J. T. Bradford, of
I Summerville. Mrs. Charlie Meller,
: of Crommies, Ky., Mrs. C. A. Ash,
j of Coosa, and Mrs. M. G. Cook,
lof Rome; three sons, O. C.
' Owens, of Summerville, T. R., of '
I Rome, and Robert Lee Owens, of
I Summerville; mie brother, J. L.
| Ashworth, of Rome; one sister,
: Mrs. Lula Green, of Gadsden,
: Ala.
Funeral services were conduct
' ed at the Beach Creek Methodist
’ I Church near Rome, at 3 p. m.
' I Sunday. Interment was in the
I Church Cemetery with the J. D.
' ■ Hi HFuneral Home in charge of
' j arrangements.
r oii«Ttv N?ar Goal
For Savings Bonds
Chattooga County is in reach
j of the 1948 Savings Bond goal.
This information was contain- :
i ed in a letter this week to Harry \ .
' McGinnis. Co-Chairman, Chat
: tooga County U. S. Savings •
Bonds Division, from the State
Advisory Committee.
Approximately $50,000 will
I need to be sold between now and .
December 31 in order to attain i
that goal, the letter said, as
I there will be an allotment from
Army and Navy sales to help
j out. <
Mr. McGinnis urged all Chat- 11
tooga Countians to join in and 1
; help reach the goal.
A SPEEDING CAR
DISCLOSES 10 CASES
OF WHISKY HERE
Driving at a rate of 100 miles
I per hour. Charles R. Brackett,
■ of Atlanta, was stopped at the
I intersection of U. S. Highway 27
( and the Lyerly highway. Friday |
. where Officers Kerce and Pledg
er discovered 10 cases of stamped
whiskey in his automobile.
According to the arresting of
ficers, the Atlantan was accom
panied by an unidentified wo
man.
He was lodged in the Chat- ,
tooga County jail.
Little Grace Doesn't
Like Artificial Arms
Little Grace 11 urcell, four-year
old granddaughter of. Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Henry Purcell, of Menlo,
has a pair of artificial arms now,
but she doesn’t like them.
The youngster who lives at
Lovejoy, was born with her arms
off above the e’bows.
A fund was begun by Engineer
Henry R. Lee, <'f the Central of
Georgia Railway, to buy arms;
for the child after he had noticed
her waving to the train as it j
passed near her home. The fund,
which now exceeds $2,500, was
contributed by people from
throughout the United States.
The arms were fitted Monday,
however little Grace did not wear
them as she left the clinic. Dur
ing the fitting she cried bitterly
and described ’hem as "ugly.”
It was pointed out that the
“dress” type arms could be
purchased later when she has
learned to manipulate these.
Her mother. Mrs. R. R. Purcell,
said that she would attempt to
coax the child inot wearing theih
for a period each day until she
becomes accustomed to the idea.
It. will be a matter of “un
learning” for little Grace, clinic
officials said, because she has
become very proficient.
The child can now write her
Merrier Christinas
Provided for Children
KERCE NAMED
CHIEF DEPUTY
Edmond L. Kerce, 28, has been
[ named by Sheriff-elect Reuben
; Lyons as his chief deputy when
he goes into office in 1949.
Mr. Kerce, who has been as
sociated with the Summerville
' Police Force for one and one
I half years, is married to the
former Hazel Hawkins, of Oak
Hill, and they have one son.
i He is a member of the Metho
. dist Church, of Barnesville, and
! belongs to the Masonic Lodge.
Wreck Discloses
Stolen Auto Here
As a result of a wreck Monday
I night at Lyerly, a stolen auto
| mobile was recovered by a Chat
tanooga n.
A 16-year old boy, who was
driving the stolen ’automobile,
crashed into an automobile driv
en by James Anderson at the in
tersection of the Oak Hill road
and the highway. No one was in
jured.
Anderson was on the highway
,while the boy was entering from
|the Oak Hill road.
He was cha-rged with reckless;
driving and driving without a |
license and was lodged in the |
county jail. Sheriff A. H. Glenn |
disclosed-
It was learned later that the
automobile was stolen.
Sheriff Glenn said he would |
turn the youth over the FBI.
authorities for investigation of |
the matter.
S.S. ORGANIZED AT
SILVER HILL SCHOOL
The Rev. J. H. Merrin organiz- I
ed a Sunday School at Silver Hill ;
last Sunday, classes to be held
at 2 p. m. each Sunday, at the ,
school house.
More than a hundred persons I
were contacted, it w r as reported. ;
and a great deal of interest was >
displayed.
The services were planned for |
the afternoon so as not to in
terfere with surrounding church I
services.
(name by holding a pencil be-I
tween the stumps of her arms, I
play ball with her five sisters J
I and brothers and dress and feed I
herself. As a matter of fact she I
can do almost anything a normal |
child can do.
After Christmas, Grace may go ■
to Atlanta to Aidmore. where she '
will be taught to use the appli
ances.
Apple Trees Confused
Ever see any June apples in :
December?
We hadn’t until Thursday’ i
when Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chap- |
man, of Subligna. brought a |
hand full in to the News office. I
The apples were as ripe as
any that are found on trees in !
the spring and summer and
quite as delicious.
The Chapmans have two
such trees that apparently be
came confused as to the seas-
on.
A late frost in the spring
the buds and hence
t-here were never any apples
in June, the usual time. In- j
stead, in September the trees
began blooming and today ,
| there are nice apples, just in
time for Christmas baking!
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Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR
By Helen Toles
"Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it
. unto me.”
These words were spoken al
most two thousand years ago by
i the man whose birthday we cele
i brate this week-end, and they
11 have continued to be repeated
; through the centuries, reminding
. those who are fortunate that the
: j less fortunate must not be for
; | gotten.
Those famous words and the
: i true spirit of giving still linger
on in this age of skepticism,
. giving reassurance and hope to'
■ those who had thought the world
had forgotten.
The world hasn’t and Summer
ville hasn’t...
This was strongly evidenced
last week when dozens of people
in this little city joined together
to see that every child in the
Summerville School was remem
bered by Santa regardless of
their personal circumstances.
Led by Riley Parham, the
move spread to all parts of Sum
merville and the dollars and
goods grew until almost 50 chil
dren were supplied with clothe
and toys.
Mrs. Harry McGinnis and Mrs.
B. W. Farrar were among those
who assisted Mr. Parham in ob
taining the goods and seeing
. that they were proper!} distri
kuted.
i 'One of he most,’generous con-
I tnbutions of the week was that
:of Marshall Lowry, of Lowry's
Department Store, who sent a
i load of toys to be given away,
Mr. Parham said.
Others contributing in various
ways included Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Pullen, Mrs. Frances Harris,
Mrs. D. W. Copeland, Chattooga
Mercantile Company, Bohanan’s,
People’s Laundry, Rackley’s, Ser
vice Dry Cleaners, Summerville
Dry Cleaners, Roland Henry,
Tutton’s Auto Parts, and W. W
Mac 10c Store.
Another generous act was that
A. M. Bryant, who saw that
' one entire family was clothed
, and that Santa Claus would
; visit them Christmas Eve night,
i according to Mr .Parham, who
I himself spent a great deal of
! time and money in the move to
; provide Christms for those who
might otherwise be missed by St.
Nick.
Several weeks ago, Mr. Parham
; called on all people of this area
to turn in their old toys. The
response was good, and he spent
much time in the Summerville
1 School shop reworking those toys
and improving them so that
some little boy or girl would not
be disappointed Christmas morn
ing.
Those contributing money to
l ward making a merry Christmas
; for these youngsters were: Mrs.
j A. G. Dunson, Mrs. Bob McWhor
j ter, Mrs. Willis James, Mrs.
i Edythe McGinnis, Frank Martin.
: G. G. Hartline. Thomas J. Espy,
Jr.. Dr. H. D. Brown and C. B.
I Akin. ,
1 McGinnis Drug Company. G.
D. Erwin. Beulah Shropshire. J.
A. Scoggins, State Restaurant, R
C and J. C. Bagley, J. D. Pledger.
Jr.. I. O. Arnold. Meddler's. James
Abney. Rufus Pruitt. Turner
Worsham. Moses E. Brinson and
j “Cash.”
Stephenson Taxi. C. C Brooks.
! E. Gaskins. Earl Nix, Bill Ed
wards, A. L. Alexander. Toby
Harris. C. Harlow. Joe Fay*
Dacus, Claud Hards. J .R. Jack
son Jr., J. C. Fulmer, Tom Par
iqam, Eddie Freeman and W. F.
Aired.
C. W. Peacock. John S. Jones.
Bobby Gene D’ett, A T. Ray. J.
G. Allen. W. D. Cochran, H. T.
Hendrix. Woodrow W. Espy. Mrs.
O. J. Espy. W. B. Clarkson and
Jack Stepehens.
David Koonce. W. H. Boyd, J.
B Echols, Edmond Kerce, Ralph
Brown. Dr. WilPam T. Gist, R. N
Little, “Friend." J. C. Bagley Sr..
Hammond Duff Florist. J. G.
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