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VOL. 65; NO. 19
Old-Fashioned Revival
Series io Begin May 2
The Rev. Clarence E. Whitson,,
of Bristol, Va., will begin a series;
of evangelistic services in the
courthouse at Summerville, on
Monday night May 2 to which
the public is cordially invited.
He will be ably assisted by the
Rev. C. A. Bantham, also of
Bristol, as singer and song lead
er for the revival.
These are men of wide ex
perience in evangelistic work, i
According to the Rev. Mr. Ban
than, the Rev. Mr. Whitson was
formerly a business man of up
pPr Tennessee, who was saved
while drunk and later called of
God to go out and tell about the
Christ who saved him.
“He is a forceful, sane preach- |
er of the word of God and be
lieves in old time, old-fashioned.
Salvation through the blood of
Jesus Christ, and preaches a
plain, simple gospel message
that a'l can understand and will
love to hear,” the Rev. Mr.:
Bantham said.
The Rev. Mr. Bantham was
associated with Billy Sunday
and has had a wealth of ex- i
■ perience in gospel singing all
over America. He will lead the •
congregational singing and
hopes to have a large chorus
choir to help in the meeting.■
Special numbers will be heard.
from night to night and local |
talent in the form of quartettes, I
duets or solos will be used
whenever possible.
This will be an inter-denomi
national meeting and people of
•all churches and faiths are urg
et to be on hand and help with
it. “Tell your neighbors and
friends about it and urge them
to come along with you,” the
evangalists urge. “Don’t miss a
single night and you will get a
rich blessing from each serv
ice.”
HERE 'N
THERE
Private First Class John W.
Johnson, whose home is in Sum
merville, is serving with the
62nd Signal Battalion, a unit of
the Ninth Corps, Sendai, located
on Northern Honshu island.
Private First Class Johnson
first entered the Army on July
1, 1947, at Summerville. He re
ceived his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C and sailed for
overseas duty in Japan on No
vember 20, 1947. Prior to his
assignment with the 62nd Signal
Battalion he served with the
Uth Airborne Division.
The citizens «»f Summerville
have been invited to attend the
gala First Annual Flower Show
of Jesup, on April 27. The
mammoth festival will begin
with a parade which will be
formed near the Jesup and
Wayne County Chamber of Com
merce Building and which will
proceed to the Jesup Community
House.
The parade and flower festival
is being preceded by an inten
sive Clean Up-Paint Up -Fix Up
Week which is being sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce,
the Garden Clubs of Jesup, and
the Jesup Kiwanis Club, assist
ed by the other leading Wayne
County organizations.
Sheriff Reuben Lyons and
Chief Deputy Edmond Kerce
arrested Roy Lee Brady and
Clyde Angle, both of Summer
ville, last week-end on a charge
of possessing and transporting
non-taxpaid whisky. The pair
was arrested on Martin Street
in Summerville.
The sheriff’s office confiscat
ed an automobile belonging to
Brady and taken at the time of
the arrest. Brady and Angle
both made bond.
Funeral services for Nick Mont
gomery, prominent colored citi
zen of Chattooga County, who
died Thursday were held at 2
p. m. at the New Hope Metho
dist Church. Rev. Fred M. Sharp
conducted the services.
Montgomery is survived by
- one daughter, Minnie Mae
Montgomery, of Chicago; two
sons, Marshall, who is in the
service, and Daniel, of Chattoo
ga County; one daughter-in
law, Azzie Lee Montgomery, of
Chattooga County, and four
grandchildren, all of Chattooga
County.
She ZXrius
J. L (Jake) Storey
Floyd Tax Receiver, I
Dies Early Monday
J. L. (Jake) Story, 55, veteran
Floyd County Tax Receiver and
native of Chattooga County,
died at 5 a. m. Monday in a
Rome hospital following an at
tack suffered around midnight.
He was born in Chattooga
County, moving to Rome short
ly after World War I. He was;
formerly connected with South-!
err. Bell Telephone Company,
until he was elected Tax Re
ceiver for Floyd County in 1933.
He was serving the first of his
fifth consecutive term in that
office at the time of his death.
Mr. Storey was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church,
of which he was a deacon and
president of the Men’s Bible
Class. He also was a member of
the Salvation Army for a num
ber of years. A veteran of World
War I, he was a member of
Shanklin-Attaway Post of the
American Legion, where he had
at one time been post command
er. He later continued as the
post service officer for a period
of 25 years. He had held offices
in the state, district and nation
al organizations of the American
Legion.
Mr. Storey was a member of
Cherokee Lodge 66, F. & A. M.
a member of the Kiwanis Club,
and past director of the Rome
Chamber of Commerce. He was
instrumental in obtaining Rus
sell Field and Battey Hospital
for Rome during the war.
Preceded in death by his fath
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Storey, he is survived by
his wife, the former Lucille
Davis; one daughter, Mrs. John
Corbin; two grandchildren,
Becky and Caroline Corbin, of
Waycross; two brothers, R. O.
Storey, of Rome, and W. M
Storey, of Summerville.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 4 p. m. Tuesday in
Trinity Methodist Church with
Dr. L. R. Scott and the Rev.
James M. Moore officiating. In
terment was in East View.
Pallbearers were Leo Russell,
Mark Horton, Louis Shahan, C.
G. Kirkland. W. F. Barron, Bill
Kane, R. P. Kennard and Jere
Dodd.
Shanklin-Attaway Post of the
American Legion served as hon
orary escorts and full military
rites were conducted at the
graveside.
Trion Glee Club
To Climax Work
With Spring Festival
A Spring Festival will be pre
sented by the Trion High School
Glee Club at 8 p. m. Friday, May
8, it was announced this week
by music leaders of the school,
who said that it would climax
the work of the Club for the
year.
Jimmy Snow, second place
winner of the Seventh District
Music Meet, along with Bobby
Worsham and the sextette will
be the outstanding performers
i of the evening.
Bryant and Sons Move
Into New Home Here
Bryant and Sons Lumber
Company have moved into their
new home on North Commerce
Street and invite all their
friends to call by and inspect
their new building.
Plate glass windows are used
I in the front where a show room
i and a modern office is locatd.
’ Modern lighting, rest rooms and
1 drinking fountains complete the
new structure which is 40 by
' 100 and is built of concrete
i blocks and brick veneer front.
Legion Celebrates
30th Anniversary
The American Legion and
VFW Post met Thursday night
i at the new Memorial Home at
which time the Legion celebrat
ed it’s 30th anniversary with
a fish supper prepared by the
Legion Auxiliary.
Included on the brief program
were several poems and songs
by Luther Wynn.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949
RMA NAMES
THREE NEW
DIRECTORS HERE
J. B. Woodard, Frank Prince
and Robert Floyd were elected
Directors of the Summerville
Retail Merchants Association
Thursday night at their regular
meeting in the Chamber of
Commerce building.
After a discussion of parking
meters, the merchants decided
to park their automobiles
at the rear of their businesses
or on a side street instead of on
Commerce Street, the main
thoroughfare, to permit more
space for their customers.
The mayor was asked to have
signs painted and placed in,
Summerville asking that alii
businessmen park their vehicles
some place other than Commer
ce Street and to ask that there
be no all day parking by any
one.
Fred Medders, President, urg
ed the cooperation of everyone
in this matter.
Plans were made for a Million
Dollar Sale which will be held
on a week-end in July or August.
Named on a committee in
charge of the event were: I. O.
Arnold, Marshall Lowry. Daniel
Lee McWhorter, J. B. Woodard
and Rodman K. Eubanks.
J. W. Watwood, 59,
Succumbs in Rome
Jessie Walker Watwood, 59. of
Rome, passed away at his home
at 10 p. m. Tuesday, April 19.
He is survived by his widow,
Emily Belle Guthrie Watwood,
of Rome; five sons, Henry,
Quinton and Reevis, all of Rome,
Jessie Dewitt, of Collinsville,
i Ala., and Dovard Walker Wat-
Watwood, of Baileyton, Ala., Bar
i daughters, Vera, Bonnie, Caro
line and Mrs. Helen Massengill,
■all of Rome'; nine grandchil
dren, W. J., Betty Carol, Pa
tricia Ann, and Robert Darnell
; Watwood, ofßaileyton, Ala., Bar
bara Ann, Daisy Belle, William
Glenn, Martha Ann and Kath
ryn Watwood, all of Rome; four
sisters, Mrs. John R. Guthrie, of
Baileyton, Ala., Mrs. Roy Miller.
Blountsville, Ala., Miss Vennie
Watwood and Mrs. Floyd Sar
tain, of Huntsville, Ala.; three
brithers, H. E., of Cullman, Ala.,
Uyless, of Gadsden, Ala., and
Carless Watwood, of Texas. A
number of nieces and nephew’s
also survive.
Funeral services were held at
12 p. m. Thursday, April 21, at
Baileyton Methodist Church, the
Rev. Gus Buttrom officiating
Interment was at Baileyton
Cemetery.
local Children To
Be Presented In
Dance Concert
Don Roberto Jeanseau, of La-
Fayette, will present his local
students in their first annual
spring concert of classical and
folk dancing at the Community
Center Theatre in the near fu
ture. The tentative date has
been set for 4 p. m. Monday,
May 16.
Miss Virginia Schwatel will
accompany at the piano.
Out of town performers will
include Miss Virginia Martin, of
the University of Chattanooga,
j who will sing “The Maids of
Cadiz.”
Participants will include: Co
rinne Gordon, Nancy Little, Ai
leen O’Neal, Carter David, Mary
Paige Welborn, Lynn Hammond,
Jackie Walker, Barbara Lois
Wilkins, Susie Baker, all of Tri
[on; Margaret Young, of Menlo.
Susan Selman, Carolyn Jack
son, Linda Wheeler, Martha
James, Paula Allen, Betty Ham
ner, Charlotte McGinnis, Julia
Rackley, of Summerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeanseau are al
son expected to appear in the
performance.
Drivers License
♦
Renew your driver’s li
cense today, from 10 a. m. to
i 5 p. m. through the validating
; machine.
The troops also will be here
on Thursday and Friday, May
5-6, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; and
Thursday and Friday, June
2-3, 10 a. m. to 5. p. m.
A revival is in progress at the
Dry Valley Baptist Church with
services being held at 7:30 p.
im. each night.
I Everyone is invited to attend.
Editorial:
Sunday Movies
A number of towns and cities in our immediate vicinity
have recently issued permits to their movie houses alldwing
them to operate on Sunday or a portion of each Sunday.
Summerville, however, has not been among these cities.
We believe no one will disagree with us when we say that
our little city is sadly lacking in recreational facilities even at
the best. But minus a park, minus a movie and minus other
recreation on Sunday afternoon, residents of Summerville are
seeking relaxation and recreation in other cities and towns
which are more wide-awake and which recognize the need for
healthful entertainment,
It is true that baseball games are played here on Sunday
afternoons—but why then does the City Council not allow Sun
day movies?
We, of our own experience, have seen young boys, many of
Summerville, endanger their lives as they hitch-hiked late on
Sunday nights from nearby movies. Should we force our young
sters to seek the entertainment they deserve by going out of
town and by hitch-hiking back at night?
The one local theater asks that they be allowed to operate
from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. on Sunday afternoons, a schedule which
would not interfere in any way with worship services. We do
not contend that movies should take the place of church ser
vices on Sunday, instead, we believe that movies will provide
relaxation and entertainment during a period in which there
are no services
Some of the towns in this section now enjoying Sunday
movies are: Dickeyville. Rome, Calhoun, Dalton, Lindale, Rock
mart, Valley Head, Ala-, Fort Payne, Ala.. Centre. Ala.. Cedar
Bluff, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn.
Also they have been authorized in West Point and Mt.
Vernon in the past week.
Will Summerville be added to that list of progressive
towns?
EMPLOYEES SOUGHT
FOR LOCAL P. 0.
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Atlanta, announce that
an insufficient number of ap
plications has been received as
a result of the open competitive
examination for probational
(leading to permanent) ap
pointment to the position of
substitute clerk, substitute car
rier and special delivery messen
ger in the post office, Summer
ville.
Interested persons who reside
within the delivery of the post
office named or who are bona
fide patrons of such office are
encouraged to file application.
Persons entitled to veterans’
preference will be given prefer
ence as provided in the Veter
ans’ Preference Act of 1944. For
detailed information on prefer
ence and other items see Ex
amination Announcement at the
local post office.
The basic rate of pay for sub
stitutes is $1.29 per hour. After
the performance of 2,024 hours
of satisfactory service, including
time served as a special delivery
messenger, the basic rate of pay
is increased five cents an hour
each year thereafter until a
maximum rate of $1.79 an hour
is reached. Applicants must have
reached their eighteenth birth
day but must not have passed
their fiftieth birthday on the
closing date of receipt of appli
cations. These age limits do not
apply to persons entitled to Vet
erans’ Preference.
HOW TO APPLY: Application
card form 5000-AB properly ex
cuted must be filed with the
Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regional
Office, Atlanta 3, Georgia. This
form may be obtained from the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners at the post
office, Summerville.
MENLO SENIORS
PRESENT PLAYS
A group of Menlo Seniors will
present a three-act comedy,
“Just Ducky,” in the school
gymnasium, at 8 p. m. Friday,
April 29.
Those taking part in this com
edy are: Lamar Toles, Fay
! Carter, Sadie White, Hazel Joy
ner, Hal Wilson, Willis Smith,
Mary Jim Barry, Harold Roden,
Hugh Pless, Dewey Hall, Mary
Ruth Hutchins, Jo Ann Barry.
On Thursday evening. May 5,
other members of the class will
present three one-act plays in
the school gymnasium at 8 p.
m. Thursday, May 5.
These one-act plays are: “A
Place For Rodney,” “Neighbors,”
and “Thursday Afternoon. The
following students will partici
pate: Joyce Barry, Bonnie Milli
can, Jo, Chadwick, Jimmy Hogg,
Julia Ann Garvin, Yvonne Mc-
I Cullough, Billy Gilreath, Ernest
Jackson, Lee Roy Sams, Harold
Roden, Betty Vaughn, Jane
Wright, Hazel Toles. Frances
Harper, Dewey Hall, Minnie Lee
Keen, Sue King, Ruth Reece and
Willis Smith.
S'VILLE GRADUATION
EXERCISES MAY 24
The commencement exercises
: of the Summerville High School
I will begin with senior class night
1 at 8 p. m. Friday, May 20, it was
I disclosed this week by J. F. Har-
I mon, Principal.
The Rev. Alex R. Batchelor
I will deliver the baccalaureate
I sermon at 11 a. m. Sunday, May
122, at the high school auditori
um.
Mrs. J. F. Harmon’s piano and
voice recital will be held at 8
p. m. Monday, May 23 at the
auditorium, it was stated.
J. Gorham Garrison will ad
dress the seniors and their
friends at the graduating exer
cises at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, May
24, at the high school audi
torium.
GORE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL PRESENTS
PROGRAM FRIDAY
I The students and teachers of
i the Gore Elementary School
have been busy this week pre
paring their program for 8 p.
m. Friday, April 29.
Grades 1-4, under the super
vision of Miss Jacqulyn Millican,
Mrs. Ruby Scott, and Mrs. Sara
F. Hix will present “Tom Thumb
Wedding” starring Delaine
Tucker as the bride, Bobby Allen
as the groom and Jimmy Hick
man as minister.
The fifth and sixth grades,
with Miss Lula Weesner as di
rector, will present “Victoria
and the Book Folks.” Edna Sue
Willingham will play the role
oi Victoria.
Under Mrs. Audrey Neal’s sup
ervision the seventh grade will
present a play entitled “The
Silver Arrow.”
There will be no admission
to the entertainment and all
the school buses will make their
regular school routes to the pro
gram.
"Tom Thumb Wedding"
Planned at Penville
A “Tom Thumb Wedding” will
ibe held at 8 p. m. Thursday,
i May 12, at the Pennville School,
I with Judie Smallen and Duane
Mitchell as bride and groom.
Other members will be as fol
lows: Jo Parker, maid of honor;
Billy Meadows, best man; Bar
bara Jean Styles, Martha Ann
Morris, Patricia Strickland, Car
olyn French and Betty Sue
Jones, bridesmaids; Eugene
Broyles, Billy Bryant. Larry Don
Keith, Jackie Pierce and Bennie
Bailey, ushers; Peggy Sue Vines
and Charlotte, flower girls;
Johnny Bryan, ring bearer;
Mary Frank Erwin, train bearer.
The school chorus will sing a
number of songs prior to the
ceremony.
NEW DEADLINE
Deadline for news is now
Tuesday afternoon instead of
Wednesday noon.
Please turn in any news to
I us by Tuesday afternoon.
Tiny Glenn Prepares to
SIGN NEWS
All locals and other news
sent in MUST be signed in
order to be printed in the
News,
Please sign all articles as
we regret having to leave
them out.
Square Dance Io Be
Held On May 5 at
Summerville Gym
An old-fashioned square dance
will be held at 8 p. m. Thursday,
May 5, at Sturvidant gymnasium
in Summerville, under the aus
pices of the Summerville Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club.
Joe Hays will call the sets
and music will be provided by
Fiddling Jim Nelson and his
Jewel Tea Boys.
During intermissions, cake
walks will be held, leaders of the
Club said.
Committees in charge of the
dance are as follows: Decora
tions, Mrs. Reuben Lyons and
Mrs. Luther Smith Jr.; publicity,
Mrs. Raymund Daniel; music,
Mrs. Joe Hays; Booth, Mrs.
Brooke Pierce, Mrs. Paul Weems,
i Mrs. Aleta Matthews and Mrs. =
Harry McGinnis.
The purpose of the dance is
i to secure funds for the purpose
■ of developing a recreation park:
on resvoir hill for the benefit of
the boys and girls and men and
women of Summerville.
The park also will be a rest
haven for visitors, especially
! those from throughout the
county who spend the day shop
ping here.
The first step in the develop
ment will be the cleaning off,
the installation of water spigots, ■
building a road and barbecue
pits.
Annual Singing To
Be Held Here
Sunday, May 1
The annual spring singing
convention will be held Sunday, I
May 1, at the courthouse in
Summerville, beginning at 10 a.
m.
Bill Stephenson, president of
the Chattooga County Singing
Convention has disclosed that
the Statesman quartet, of At
lanta, the Harmony Boys and
Rhythmaires, o f Summerville,
and several other quartets and
trios are expected to attend.
Several well -known singers
and musicians also have been
invited, he said.
Lyerly Seniors to
Graduate May 13
Lyerly High School graduation
exercises will be held at 8 p. m.:
Monday, May 23, it was an- I
nounced this week by R. W. Wil- |
liams, Principal. Sixteen seniors I
will be graduated.
The principal address of the •
evening will be by Benedict R.
DeAngelo, former coach at Lyer
ly, who is now head of the phy
sical education department at
j North Georgia College, Dahlone- ;
ga.
Delores Gamer is valedictor- :
■ ian of the class and Betty Harri
| son is salutatorian.
The baccalaureate sermon will
' be delivered at 11 a. m. Sunday
May 22. by the Rev. Loran Park- I
■ er, pastor of the Lyerly Metho- j
dist Church.
MAE EARLE STRANGE
RE-ELECTED LEGION
AUXILIARY H*AD
Miss Mae Earle Strange was
re-elected President of the local i
■ unit of the American Legion (
Auxiliary Tuesday evening at
; the regular meeting at the Auxi
liary Home in Summerville.
Other officers elected are as
i follows: Mrs. Clyde Harlow, first
, vice president; Mrs. Charles
I Cochran, second vice president,
Mrs. Johnny Argo, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. Hinton Logan,
historian; Mrs. Sam Favor Sr.,
sergeant -at - arms: Mrs. Hall
Tyler, chaplain.
~ i
Growing With ;
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR
A. H. (Tiny) Glenn, Chattoo-
Iga County’s widely-known and
.highly colorful ex-sheriff, is
making preparations this week
;to begin serving his 18- months
i prison sentence after being con
i victed of “conspiracy to defraud
the government.”
Contrary to his usual blustery
manner, the 76-year old native
■ Chattooga County decl ar ed
clamly this week that they
weren’t “sending ’’ him to prison,
;he was “just going and get it
■ over with ” He is scheduled to
leave on May 20 for the Govern
ment prison in Tuscaloosa, Fla.
State Legislator Ed Knight of
Gilmer County, a co-defendant
of Glenn, has made a motion
for an appeal to the U. S. Su
preme Court, after the Court of
Appeals affirmed the original
sentence last week. The other
defendant in the case is Jack
.Hartline, of Summerville. Glenn
said that he and Hartline were
ready to begin serving their sen-
■ fences and did not know that
Knight was going to make the
motion for an appeal. Hartline
was given a 15-month sentence
while Glenn and Knight each
■ drew an 18-month sentence. The
three were sentenced by Judge
Robert L. Russell on June 9,
1948. after a week-long court
battle in which they were ac-
I cused and convicted of accepting
. “protection money” in a boot
legging racket.
Bom in 1873 at Chattoogaville
! the ex-sheriff has spent 20
| years in the courthouse here and
■ has lived in the county all his
' life except for a brief period
I when he worked in Atlanta.
“I’d kept my citizenship here
I all the time though,” he relates,
i “and when I started to run for
' office right after having been
down there, some of the opposi
tion started kicking about my
not being a Chattooga Coun
tian. A friend of mine just shut
that talk up right quick when
he said, ‘Ah, if Tiny was to go
to Colorado or California or
someplace off and they was to,
ask him where he’s from, he’d
j say Chattooga County quick as
! you could wink an eye.’
He served a total of 12 years
i in the sheriff’s office, and spent
I two years there as deputy. He
| also served eight years as tax
I collector.
Mr. Glenn claims the distinc
j tion of having been Chattooga
County’s oldest and youngest
sheriff. At the age of 21 he was
the chief law officer here and,
|at the time, was the youngest
man ever to have held that of
, fice in Georgia.
In the 1948 election, the aged
i man was defeated by Reuben
I Lyons, young ex-police chief of
I Summerville.
“Tiny” was tagged to the ex
sheriff’s name during his child
hood days because of his low
stature, and to be called by his
name, Alexander Hamilton, to
i day would almost be an insult to
the old fellow.
Schoo! Auditorium
Now Completed
The Summerville High School
auditorium was completed this
week at a cost of $36,000, exclus
ive of seats and other equip
ment.
The 50 by 118 structure is built
of four-inch b™ck veneer and
concrete blocks and has a seat
ing capacity of 650. It is com
plete with a stage and curtains.
The first program held in the
auditorium was the appearance
there Tuesday of the Mercer
Glee Club. The senior play will
be presented in the new build
ing Friday night.
Bryant and Sons Lumber
Company handled the construc
tion.
TRION rdUB
KAY 27
The annual T-Club dance will
be held from 9 p. m. until 1 a.
|m. Friday, May 27, at the Trion
■Community Center.
Music will be furnished by the
popular. Jack Kranyik orchestra
from Rome.
The annual T-Club dances are
sponsored by the Alumni T-Club
Association, whose primary pur
pose is to aid the youth of the
schools by supporting scholastic
activities, as well as by stress
ing the importance of good,
clean sports.