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VOL. 65; NO. 10
Menlo Boys Bring
Home Trophy From
Bali Tournament
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The Menlo Tigers defeated
Westside, Lyerly and Cohutta to
become the champion goal shoot
ers of the North “C” District,
but fell before the mighty on
slaught of the huge Fitzhugh
Leeans Saturday night at Model.
The score was 31-27.
Even though the odds were
against them all the, way, Aubrey
Harris’ five led the Fitzhugh Lee
group through the third quarter
the score at that time being a
close 22-21, Menlo leading.
The half found Menlo ahead,
18-12, and at the end of the first
quarter the locals had twice as
many points as their opponents,
the score being 10-5.
Three minutes before the final
whistle blew, the folks from
Fitzhugh Lee way led 29-25.
Roden and Gilreath paced the
locals’, each scoring 8 points.
Rose led the winners with 14 to
his credit.
The line-ups were as follows:
Fitzhugh Lee (31) Menlo (27)
R. Dempsey (4) Sams (6)
Brown Roden (8)
Ross (14) Gilreath (8)
Beasley (7) Hall (3)
D. Smith (6) T. Dempsey (2)
Sub: R. Smith
Smith and Brandon were ref
erees.
Menlo emerged triumphant
Friday night at Dalton in the
Cohutta meeting, accounting for
two points more than the Co
huttans. At the final, the score
was 27-25.
Lyerly, long-time rival of Men ;
10, could not withstand the pow
erful shooting power of the
Tigers and bowed after Menlo
scored 46 to their 33, in Dalton
Thursday night.
An even greater victory for the
Blue and Whites was that of
Tuesday night when they defeat
ed Westside 45-22 at Dalton in
the first go-round.
Throughout tournament play,
the local five failed to foul out
a time.
During the season, the Menlo
boys rang up 7 wins and lost in
% 12 encounters.
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Private John B. Taylor, son of
Mrs. Jane Taylor, Route 3, Sum
merville, arrived in Japan on
December 17, 1948, aboard the
U.S.A.T. General Freeman.
On Christmas Eve, 1948,
Private Taylor was assigned to
Troop C, in the 12th Cavalry
Regiment, of the Ist Cavalry
Division, in Takeyama, at Camp
McGill, in Japan.
He is presently serving as a
squad leader in his troop.
Private Taylor attended High
School in Summerville, and later
worked as a cook in a local case
Trooper Tayldr entered the
Army on August 6, 1948, and at
present intends a career in the
Army.
The Rev J. Harold Smith, of
the Woodland Park Baptist
, Church, Chattanooga, will begin
a series of revival services at the
Welcome Hill Baptist Church
at 7:30 p. m. Monday, February
28, it was announced this week
by the pastor, the Rev. Frank
. Craton.
The public is invited to attend
these services and to listen to
the Rev. Mr. Craton’s broadcast
at 7 a. m. daily.
The Lakeview basketeers will
converge on Trion High at 7:30
p m. Friday at the Community
Center gymnasium for what is
expected to be a thrill-packed
evening.
The boys of Lakeview are the
North Seventh District champs.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge No. 160 F and A. M. will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
Feb. 28. All qualified Masons are
invited.
The Rev. Frank Craton, pastor
of the Welcome Hill Baptist
Church will speak at 7:30 o’clock
tonight (Thursday) at the Cal
vary Baptist Church.
M-Sgt. L. C. Turner, Jr., will
leave today for New Brunswick,
N. J., enroute to Burtonwood,
1 England for a thirty month tour
of duty.
Mrs. Turner and children will
have an apartment with the
Misses Lawrence, at Subligna,
until arrangements can be made
for them to go to England. Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Turner, Sr., and
Mrs. Turner and children are to
accompany Sgt. Turner to At
lanta.
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Local Rotary Club Was
First Bi-City Club in State
The name “Rotary” is familar
to all Chattoga Countains
whether they be members of
this service organization or not.
For almost 12 years the people
of this county have watched the
organization grow and take its
place in community service until
today it is one of the county’s
most influential organizations.
The Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club was the first bi-city Rotary
Club in the state, and in spite
of some dubious ideas as to the
success of the move, the Ro
tarians are quite pleased with
the plan and feel that it brings
the businessmen of these adja
cent cities closer together.
A charter was granted the
organization on March 24, 1937,
with 33 members. There are now
52 men who join iij the weekly
get-togethers at Riegeldale Tav
ern, Trion.
Harvey Phillips served as the
first president, and today he re
mains as one of the club’s most
active members. Other charter
officers were: Moses Brinson,
Vice President J. L. Henderson,
Secretary; D. L. McWhorter,
Treasurer; and L. D. Dalton,
Sergeant-at-Arms.
A great number of the charter
members are still with the local
( club, although a few have moved
j away and some are deceased.
Those first members were: Mr.
| Brinson. Emmett Clarkson, Oscar
Espy, Baker Farrar, Will Hair,
j Bob Henry, Sterling Hunter,
( James Jackson and Harry Mc
‘ Ginnis.
Mr. McWhorter, Mr. Phillips,
Frank Pittman, Austin Scoggins,
Penn Selman, Walter Sturdivant.
Eugene Taylor, Paul Weems and
John Whisnant.
Frank Agnew, Charles Bell,
Grady Cole, Mr. Dalton, N. C.
(Tern) Davenport, Carl Dunn
and A. D. (Jack) Elliott.
N. A. (Nick) Funderburk Clint
Greer, Hubert Hardin, Mr. Hen
derson. Albert Lohr, N. B.
Acappela Choir lo
Appear al Baplisl
Church Here Friday
The Milledgeville Acap ell a
Choir will appear at 8 p. m. Fri
day, Feb. 25, in the Summer
ville First Baptist Church, in
stead of the Presbyterian Church
as was previously announced.
The choir is being brought
here by the Summerville Music
Study Club who invites all music
lovers of Chattooga County to
attend the performance.
It is composed of students
from the Georgia State College,
for Women and Georgia Military
College, and is recognized as one
of the unusual choral groups of
the south.
A free will offering will be
taken at the close of the con
cert. Music Study Club leaders
said.
This is a wonderful opportuni
ty for the people of this section
to hear a truly fine choral pro
gram, the leaders said in urging
everyone to take advantage of it.
Two He’d in Miami
For Local Bursar/ |
Two men, caught in the act f
of burglarizing a Miami, Fla.,
business, have also been arrest- 1
ed in connection with the theft
of approximately SSOO of clothes
from the Modern Cleaners on
Tuesday night, Feb. 15, it was
disclosed here this week by
Sheriff Reuben A. Lyons.
The men are D. L. Childers,
formerly of Trion, and R. C.
Porter, who gave a Fort Jackson,
S. C., address. They were caught
Saturday night, Sheriff Lyons
said.
As soon as the Miami officers
are through with the couple,
they will be turned over to the I
local authorities for investiga
tion.
Dyer Residence
Damaged by Fire
The residence of Richard Dyer,
on Curran Street, in the Sum
merville Manufacturing Compa
ny village, was considerably
damaged by fire Friday night.
The Summerville Fire Depart
ment rushed to the scene and
was instrumental in stopping the
fire. *
The origin of the fire has not
been determined, Police Chief
W. M. Whaley said, as no one was ;
at home at the time it occured. {
No figures were available as to
the extent of the damage.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
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N. BARNARD MURPHY, President of the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club
Murphy, J. J. (Jack) Rogers and
Inman Smith.
Recognized
A year after it’s organization,
the Club was recognized by
Rotary International in their an
nual Report.
Speaking of Mr. Phillips re
port which they had received,
the International office in
Chicago said: “This is an excel
lent illustration of what one
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J. C. CAVIN, of Trion, who was
elected Commander of the Sev
enth District Veterans of Foreign
Wars at their meeting in Car
tersville on Sunday, Feb. 6. He
succeeded Janies (Sloppy) Floyd,
of Pennville, who was Acting
Commander following the res
ignation of John Stubbs, of Sum
merville.
Rome Symphony
Orchestra lo Play
Al Menlo March 1
( The Rome Symphony Orches
i tra will appear in concert at 8
( p. m. Tuesday, March 1, at the
Menlo High School, it was dis-
i closed this week.
Among those in the orchestra
are Misses June Wyatt and Edith
GSi’vin, violinists, of Menlo.
Billy Leath, of Rome, grandson
of Mrs. Scott Cleckler, of Menlo,
also is a violinist in the orches
tra.
Boy Seoul Fund
Drive Is Extended
The Boy Scout fund drive to |
secure $2,500 has been extended
one week, it was announced this i
week.
A small percentage of the
funds will be sent to the na-1
tional Scout headquarters, how
ever the greater part of the
money will remain in the Dis
trict to carry on Scout activities,;
it was disclosed
Leaders pointed out that this (
District is one of two in the
entire United States that is oper- (
■ ating “in the red” and urged
Chattooga Countians to respond
to their utmost and make this
drive a truly successful one.
Contributions may be sent di
rectly to T. J. Espy, County Scout
Treasurer. Summerville.
Rotary Club, with its interests
divided between two communi
ties, accomplished during the
first year of its existence.”
In his report, Mr. Phillips
told of the two handsome road
signs that had been secured and
placed at Trion and Summerville.
He also told of. the plans to
furnish calves, pigs, or chickens
to a selected list of boys in the
(See Back Page)
Russell D. Wheeler
N?m?d
Health Council Head
Russell D. Wheeler, formerly
of Summerville, currently serv
ing as treasurer, was elected
president of the Chattanooga-
Hamilton County Health Council
at a meeting of the board of di
rectors Tuesday.
Summerfield K. Johnston was
elected treasurer to fill the va
cancy created by the elevation of
Wheeler. The new council presi
dent has been a member of the
board for five or six years and
previously had served as second
and then first vice-president.
Wheeler, a food broker, became
active in the health council as a
result of his work with the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce. He
had served as a director of the
Jaycees and also at different
times on three of its standing
committees—projects, sports and
health.
Wheeler was named to the
presidency to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation last
December of Mrs. W. C. Cate. She
relinquished the post because she
was leaving the city to reside in
Mexico.
TB Association to
Meet On March 2
The Chattooga County Tuber- (
culisis Association will hold the!
annual luncheon at 12 noon I
Wednesday, March 2, at John’s I
Place, it was announced this i
week by Mrs. J. E. Clarkson,!
President.
Several members of the State |
Board of Health will be present,!
Mrs. Clarkson said, and a repre
sentative of the National Tuber
culosis Association will be the j
guest speaker.
The luncheon will be a dutch
affair, Mrs. Clarkson said.
CHATTOOGA NOW IN LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Chattooga County Saturday
became a part of a new Judicial
Circuit when the State Senate
completed action on a bill creat
ing the Lookout Mountain Judi
cial Circuit.
Included also in the circuit are
Walker, Dade and Catoosa
Counties. Formerlj' Walker and
Chattooga were members of the
Rome Circuit, which has become
a separate Circuit now. Dade and
Catoosa were formerly members
of the Cherokee Circuit, which
also includes Bartow, Gordon,
Whitfield and Murray Counties.
Farm Meetings
Are Announced
By County Agent
Three community meetings
have been announced by County
Agent J. B. Buter, one at Chat
toogaville, one at Little Sand
Mountain and the other at Hol- j
land.
The Chattoogaville meeting
will be held at 7:30 o’clock to
night (Thursday) at Paul Cook’s
Store, while the Little Sand
Mountain group will meet at 7:30
p m. Friday.
Holland’s white farmers will
hold a meeting at 7:30 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 28, at Ratliff’s |
Store.
The purpose of these meetings i
is to discuss the 1949 farm pro- ,
gram, Mr. Butler said.
Two communities have recent- I
ly organized and one has re- !
organized, it was stated.
Oak Hill and Subligna each;
have elected officers and are ;
planning a program of work for
the first time, while Gore has
recently reorganized.
Officers of the Oak Hill group
are: C. W. Morrison, President;
Billy Brooks, Vice President;
Mrs. Robert Baggett, Secretary-
Treasurer.
Gore officers are: George
Doster, President; Mrs. Julius
Coulter, Vice President; Mrs.
Mary Nell Humphrey, Secretary-
Treasurer.
Officers for Subligna’s group
are as follows: Delaney Scoggins,
President; T. H. Cordle, Vice:
President; and Mrs. Tom Manis, |
Secretary-Treasurer.
GEA to Meet in
Macon March 11-12
The 82nd Annual Convention ;
of the Georgia Education Associ- !
taion will be held in Macon,
March 11-12. With few excep
tions all GEA Departments, Af
filiated Associations and Subject|
Interest groups’ will hold their
Annual Meetings, which will be (
on the Mercer University Cam
pus.
Many outstanding eduactors I
i have been invited to address the (
I various groups and this inspira- ’
. tional meeting should prove one
’ of the best in the Association’s
| history, according to J. Harold
Saxon, Executive Secretary. The
General Meeting will be held
Friday night, March 11, at the
Macon Municipal Auditorium atl
which time J. Gorham Garrison,!
GEA President ,and Paul Wag
ner, Public Relations Director
for Bell and Howell, will address
the entire group. Features of this
gathering will be a musical pro- j
gram by the All-State Chorus,
under the direction of Dr. Harry |
Seitz. Detroit. Michigan, and the i
installation of new officers. Dr.
O. C. Aderhold, the incoming |
President, is Dean of the College i
of Education, University of:
Georgia, and was unanimously
elected by the 82nd Representa
tive Assembly which convened in
Atlanta. February 11 and 12.
A highlight of the Convention
will be the GEA Breakfast for
Local Unit Presidents and newi
officers at which time Dr. Joy
Elmer Morgan, Editor of the Na
tional E du c a t i o n Association
Journal, will speak. Dr. Morgan
will also address the Association j
of Superintendents, Board Mem
bers and Trustees and the GEA I
Department of Elementary Prin- j
cipals. i
Independsnfs Ball
Tournament Sei
The Trion Community Center
Invitational Basketball Tourna
ment will be launched at 8 p.
m. Monday, when Dalton Hard
ware meets Calhoun. At 9 p. m.
on the same night, Trion will
meet Chickamauga.
Summerville will play Gore at
7 p. m. Tuesday and the Rome
Marines will battle Hawkins
Garage, of Dalton at 8 p. m. Fol
lowing at 9 p. m. will be the
meeting of Shannon and Lyerly.
Cedartown and Ringgold will
meet at 9 p. m. Thursday.
Under terms of the new act, a
judge for the Lookout Circuit
will be appointed by the govern
or, but Sol. Gen. William T.
Maddox, of Rome, will continue
to serve Chattooga and Walker
Counties for the remainder of
his term. The Cherokee Circuit
solicitor also will continue an Ca
toosa and Dade Counties.
Judge H. E. Nichols will con
tinue to serve the unexpired
term of Claude H. Porter who re
signed last year, but will preside
over Superior Court only in
Floyd County.
Red Cross Drive March
7-12; $1,600 Sought
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BRENT STONE, 26, who was
convicted in Superior Court here
last week for the burglary of Mc-
Ginnis Drug Company on Feb. 4
and for possessing burglary tools.
He was given three to five years
on the latter charge and 10 to
15 years on the former count.
Stone also is wanted in Michigan
as "John Doe” for escaping from
prison.
CITY COURT
JURORS DRAWN
City Court Jurors have been
| drawn to serve at March Term,
[ City Court of Chattooga. County.
They are as follows:
W. M. Jennings, R. E. Alex
ander, Jesse R. McCollough, J.
I H. Edge, W. Jack Welborn, Jesse
Bullard. L. C. Wesson and Leo
| Lanier. „
Sidney Hayes, J. C. Norton.
; Jr.. M. M. Wike, Harper Edwards,
| Mack Agnew, John H. Pritchett,
i A. F. McCurdy and M. G. Hobbs.
Jr.
: L. W. Bulman, M. H. Cordell,
■ Harold Scoggins, S. M. Stevens.
W. E. Vanpelt, C. D. Haygood,
E. E. Martin and L. C. Tripp.
Sidney Gordon, A. H. Clark.
J. W. King, T. D. Holcomb, W.
F. Dempsey, O. T. Hix. R. G.
Jackson and Gordon Green.
R. M. Clark. G. L. Elsberry,
i W. M. Story, M. B. Watkins, Paul
Mount, Lee Pettyjonh, Leroy
Day, Fred Mitchell and Glenn
Morris.
C. L. Baker. Joe Eleam, John
W. Johnson, William N. Mc-
Collum, Paul Strickland, Hulet
! G. Harris and Ed Sweatman.
JOHN ECHOLS
INJURED SUNDAY
John Echols, of Summerville,
| suffered a broken leg severe
i lacerations abort the face Sun
! day afternoon in a motorcycle
' accident on the south side of
Taylor’s Ridge.
Also occupying Echols’ motor
cycle was Elliott (Red) Norton,
of Summerville, however Norton
suffered only a bruised hip.
They were among a group from
( Summerville and Rome motor
(cycling toward Summerville,
j Echols failed to make a sharp
| curve and his vehicle swerved
off the highway and overturned.
He was treated in Summerville,
and is now recuperating at his
: home.
Local Farmers to
Make Catoosa Tour
A number of Chattooga County
: farmers will attend a farm tour
I in Catoosa County on Tuesday
afternoon, March 1, it was an
nounced this week by County
Agent J. B. Butler.
The farmers will observe win
ter pastures in that county. Mr.
Butler said, and will leave here
at 12:30 p. m., arriving there at
1:30 p. m.
J. R. Price Enlists in
U. S. Army at Rome
Jimmie R. Price, 22, Trion,
Route 1, enlisted last week in the
United States Army, according
to an announcement from the
U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force
Recruiting Station. Rome.
Price enlisted in the Army (
with the rank of Corporal under
existing regulations which per-|
mit veterans of any service to re- ;
ceive all or pa-t of his former
rank. Price is a veteran, having
served with the Navy. His award
includes the World War II Vic
tory Medal.
Price is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George S. Price, of Trion.
A recruiting sergeant is at the
Trion Post Office every Tuesday ;
and is located at the Summer- 1
ville Post Office every Thursday.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR
Chattooga County Chapter of
the American Red Cross will at
tempt to raise $1,600 during the
1949 Fund campaign. March 7-12
according Moses E. Brison, 1949
Fund chairman of the chapter.
“The Red Cross makes only
one appeal a year for funds to
carry out the various programs
of service,” Mr. Brinson said.
“This year we plan to give
everybody in Chattooga County
an opportunity to contribute to
the Red Cross and to become a
member of the organization.”
Mr. Brinson pointed out that
the Red Cross is continuing to
meet “the needs of the people as
they arise,” and on that basis
seeks public support.
For instance, he pointed out
last year the local Red Cross
found a family of four practical
ly freezing in a two-room house
at the foot of Lookout Mountain.
Three of them had pneumonia
and while one had only a cold,
all of them were without blank
ets. The Red Cross provided
blankets, clothes, food and pro
cured a doctor.
In another instance, the Red
! Cross sent a maternity case (a
veteran’s wife) to the hospital,
paid part of hospital bill and
bought clothes for the child.
The local Red Cross’ aided
> approximately 45 families, not
lincluding veterans. In addition a
I Red Cross Swimming Course was
. given by Brooke Pierce at John’s
[ Pool, and 45 beginners, 20 in
; termediates and two advanced
swimmers participated.
“We are looking forward to
another similiar course this
year,” Mr. Brinson said.
Finances
At the beginning of 1948, the
local Red Cross had on hand
..$374.78 and the drive netted sl,-
566.72. $442.24 of which went to
the National Red Cross, Mr.
Brinson said.
For home emergencies, $402.12
i was spent, and $92.47 was paid
(out for wire service. The swim
. ming instructor and course took
! S4OO, while the clerk, auditor,
' petty cash transportation, etc.
claimed $411.04. The balance was
I $1,747.87.
The Red Cross Services which
\ are expected to claim top priority
: nationally in next year’s ex-
I penditures include Disaster Ser
■ vice and Home Service, both
j basic programs of the organiza
tion. In addition, educational
| programs of health and safety
will be continued.
E. C Hix. of Tr’on,
Dies al Ware Shoi’s
Eugene Cornelius Hix, 71, died
I suddenly in a Greenwood, S. C.
hospital at 4:30 p. m. Monday.
Mr. Hix had been a lifelong
resident of Chattooga County
and a resident of Trion.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruby I. Hix; stepfather,
i William Johnson, of Daytona
Beach. Fla.; four daughters, Mrs.
D. J. Gray, of Ware Shoals, S.
C„ Mrs. W. G. Hendrix, of Trion,
Mrs. Willard Walker, of Rome,
and Mrs. Carl Nix, of Trion;
three sont, Freeman, Jack and
Hillman Hix, all of Trion; four
| sisters, Mrs. Lucious Phelphs and
i Mrs. Dewey Chambers, both of
; Rome, Mrs. Walter Raines, of
(Gadsden, Ala., and Mrs. Oma
Blalock, of Boaz, Ala.; one aunt,
Mrs. Etta McCloud, of Rome; one
uncle, J. D. White. Sr. of Sub
ligna. Twelve grandchildren al
so survive.
Funeral Services are to be con
ducted at 5 o’clock this after-
I noon at the Trion Baptist
! Church with the Rev. S. L. Walk
, er and the Rev. Leßoy Obert of
ficiating. Interment is to be in
I the Trion Cemetery.
The body lies in state at the
I residence. Plaza Apartments in
| Trion, but will lie in state at the
Trion Baptist Church from 4
o’clock until the hour of service.
The J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers are: Nelson
Phelps, Milton Hix, Troy Hix.
Billy Hix. Olan Hix and Joe Hix.
Honorary Pallbearers are:
Gordon Weaver. Luke Young,
Mack Arden. Dr. William U.
Hyden. Bob Tate, Jake Heg
wood. Austin Gaylor. Loyd Hayes.
Sam Cook, George Morton, Tom
Arden. Bill Drummond. Sell
Harris. Bus Mathis. Edmund
Baker. Russell Baker and Sadd
Dalton.
LUMPKIN TO SPEAK HERE
The Rev. J. B. Lumpkin, of
Thomston, will speak at the
Pennville Gospel Tabernacle at
8 p. m. Saturday, 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. Sunday.
A quartet from Rossville also
will be on the program.