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VOL. 65; NO. 20
Cancer Drive In
Full Swing Here
Chattooga countians were
“striking back” at cancer this
week as they gave approximate
ly SSOO to the 1949 cancer fund
drive.
Mrs. J. R. Burgess, chairman,
stated in spite of the fact that
reports have come in from only
downtown Summerville and one
mill, more than half the goal
of S9BO has been secured.
Huge candles have been burn
ing- throughout the county a
symbol which urged people to
add their nickels and dimes and
help in the drive against cancer,
the number 2 killer in this
county. Tuberculosis rates first
as a killer here.
Mr. Shropshire to
Assume Low Duties
Robert O. Shropshire, son of
A. W. Shropshire formerly of
Trion, has chosen to reside in
Summerville and will assume his
law practice here in the near
future.
Mr. Shropshire, who was a
paratrooper stationed in the
European Theater during the
war, has offices in the Summer
ville Hotel building.
He graduated from the Uni
versity of Georgia in March,
1949, however- he was admitted
to the bar in August, 1948. In
addition to attending the Uni
versity, Mr. Shropshire attended
the Atlanta public schools. He
was associated with the FBI
for a number of years.
The young attorney is a neph
ew of the late Wesley Shropshire
and a cousin of Miss Beulah
Shropshire, well-known business
woman of this city.
Mrs. Shropshire will join her
husband here during the latter
part of the week.
HERE 'N
THERE
L .
I'he VFW will meet at 7:30
o’clock tonight (Thursday) at
the American Legion Hall in
Summerville.
Claude 11. Treadaway. son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Treadaway,
has completed a course at the
N. A. T. T. C. Memphis, Tenn.
Treadaway volunteered in June
1948, and after 32 Weeks in
electrical school, has been trans
ferred to the Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Cecil Field, Jack
sonville, Fla.
Elliott Lee Mathis, gunner's
mate, second class, USN, hus
band of Mrs. Velda Bernice
Mathis of Summerville, is serv
ing aboard the Naval Amphibi
ous Base, Little Creek, Va.
Mathis, who entered the Naval
service in February, 1941, re
ceived his recruit training at
the Naval Training Station, Nor
folk, Va.
Before entering the Navy, he
attended Summerville Hi g n
School.
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 regular meeting of Trion
Lodge 160, F. and A. M. will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday.
H. H. Neibruegge, of Atlanta,
will talk on the organization of
a Demolay Chanter for boys of
ages 14-20.
All Masons interested are in
vited. Refreshments will be serv
ed.
The fourth quarterly meeting
of the Lyerly Methodist charge
will be held at the Camp Ground
Methodist Church Sunday, it
was announced this week by the
Rev. Loran Parker, pastor.
Pvt. Charles E. King, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. King, of
Summerville, Is now a truck
driver with B Battery of the
82nd Field Artillery Battalion,
First Cavalry Division.
Private King entered the Army
July 29. 1948. and received his
basic training at Fort Jackson.
8. C.
Prior to the service, Private
King was employed as a truck
driver in Summerville.
After Private King’s present
tour of duty is over he plans to
i eturn to work in Summerville.
The Trion High School Glee
Club will present a program at
8 p. m. Friday, May 6, at the
high school auditorium under
the direction of Miss Jessie
Burton.
The program will complete the
work of the club for this year.
^nmnwriitlh fas
Espy Named on
Equalizers Board
Gordon Espy, of Lyerly, was
appointed to succeed Will Cook,
also of Lyerly, on the Board of
Equalizers Saturday morning.
Mr. Cook resigned because of
ill health.
The action took place> at a
special meeting of the Chattooga
County Board of Commissioners.
Mr. Cook had been appointed
to fill the unexpired term of F.
A. Williams, who died in office.
Mr. Williams in turn was suc
ceeding’ J. C. Chamblee who also
is deceased.
L. W. Mitchell, of Dirttown, is
chairman of the board and B.
L. Logan, of Trion, is the other
member.
Lookouts Advance
J me ol Home
Nigh! Games
At the request of many out
of-town fans, President Joe
Engel of the Chattanooga Look
outs has advanced starting time
of night baseball games at Enge 1 .
Stadium this year to 7:45.
Because Summerville is an
hour ahead of Chattanooga and
the old starting time of 8:15
would put these fans home late,
Engel moved up the games to
help accomodate them.
The Lookouts are now in the
midst of a 14-game home stand.
Mobile was the first foe as Chat
tanooga returned home from a
two-week trip, but the scheduled
double-header May 1 was rain
ed out. Following the Bears New
Orleans moved in May 4. Little
Rock's league leaders invade
Engel Stadium Sunday, May 8,
for a tvln-bill, then play Mon
day anr Tuesday nights with
Memphis concluding the home
stay with single games May 11,
12, 13, all at night.
Friday, May 6, is Knot-Hole
Gang night at Engel Stadium
with youngsters of Hamilton
County, some 3.000 strong, pa
rading on the field before the
game.
Engel believds the recent addi
tion of catcher Jake Early has
given Chattanooga the strength
it needs to be a contender for
Southern Association honors
this year.
A CENT A WORD
There is a charge of one
cent a word for all “In mem
orians,” cards of thanks and
similiar notices, with a mini
mum of 50 cents. This is pay
able in advance.
GORE WEMEN SEE
DEMONSTRATION ON
YEAST ROLLS, BUNS
A demonstration on the mak
ing of yeast rolls and breads
was given Tuesday afternoon by
Miss Omie H. Wiley, Home Dem
onstration Agent, at the month
ly meeting of the Gore Women's
Home Demonstration Club. The
meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. George Schroeder and
Mrs. R. E Patrick was co-host
ess.
Mrs. Charles Lowry lead the
devotional ami r ie meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Howard
Baker. President.
The hostesses served butter,
jellies and iced tea with the hot
rolls and buns made by Miss
Wiley in her demonstration.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Tom Bal
lenger. at which time Miss Wiley
will give a demonstration on
sewing.
"Tom Thumb" Wedding
Planned at Pennville
A “Tom Thumb Wedding” will
be held at 8 o’clock tonight at
the Pennville School, with Judie
Smallen and Duane Mitchell as
. bride and groom
Other members will be as fol
lows: Don Hammonds, minister;
Sue McCauley, «oloist; Jo Park
er. maid of honor; Billy Mea
dows. best man; Barbara Jean
Styles. Martha Ann Morris. Pa
tricia Strickland, Carolyn
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.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949
VESPER SERVICE
PLANNED HERE
FOR MUSIC WEEK
This is National Music V^eek
and the music minded people all
over the nation are cooperating
in an effort to bring music into
every phase of an individuals
life.
With its 25th observance pass
ed into history last spring, Na
tional Music Week starts with a
new impetus its second quarter
। century of extending one of
I man’s greatest blessings—music.
The primary aim of music
week is to make the public more
conscious of the value of music
:to the community and to the
individual citizen, and to aid the
I progress of musical education
for young people and adults,
local music leaders said this
week.
Keynote for the year is “Music
Strengthens Friendly Ties of In
dividuals, Groups, Nations.” The
secondary keynote, and one
which has been used each year,
is “Foster American Music.”
The Summermile Music Study
; Club is sponsoring a number of
i special musical events in ob
servance of Music Week.
A special radio program was
given Tuesday, May 3.
A Vesper Service is to be pre
sented at the First Baptist
I Church of Summerville, at 8 p.
m. Sunday, May 8.
; Guy Walton is to direct this
i musical program. The choir
singing for the Vesper service is
composed of the choirs from all
I the churches of Summerville.
Special musical programs have
been planned in all the schools
.in observance of this week.
Chattooga Countians were
urged to join together to ad
i vance the cause of music as an
art and a harmonizing force,
and to extend the radius of its
influence among nations, groups
and individuals.
Petition Circulates Here
For Legalization es Beer
A petition was being circulat
ed in Summerville this week
i urging the City Council to call
an election to determine wheth
er or not the majority of the
people are in favor of having
beer legalized in the city. The
, Council will hold a regular
meeting Monday night.
The petition proposes that a
tax of 50 cents per case be de
ducted and it has been esti
mated that 1,000 cases would be
consumed here in a week, bring
ing a total of SSOO in tax. In
1 addition, each wholesaler com
ing into Summerville would have
: to secure a S2OO license and pro
ponents of the measure state
■ that at least “ight wholesalers
will come into the city.
I,t was pointed out by Fred
Thomas, local businessman, that
the amount the City would re
ceive should beer be legalized is
now being spent by Chattooga
Countians in Rome and Chatta
i nooga and the tax money is go
ing to improve those cities in
stead of Summerville.
A majority of this tax will
be paid by people who are now
, paying little or no tax. he said
I This is the only way Summer
ville will ever h°ve enough mon
ey to properly repair her streets
and make other improvements,
it was declared.
The following letters were re
' ceived by Mr. Thomas from the
Bobbv Cook Injured
In Capitol Chase
Chattooga County’s young leg
islator. Bobby Lee Cook, suffered
bruises Tuesday when he and
a companion attempted to as
sist Atlanta police in capturing
a fugitive at the state capitol.
Cook and his companion,
James C. Ahearn, were taken to
Grady Hospital following the
skirmish, where it was disclosed
he suffered a bruised heel.
Ahearn was listed as having a
bruised knee, however both were
dismissed. Both men had fol
lowed the wanted man, W, J.
Miller, 25, in jumping off a 10-ft.
ledge.
The episode took place after
B. L. Lee, of Atlanta, told offi
cers that Miller gave him a
check for $1,585, on a Jackson
ville, Fla., bank in payment for
an automobile. He said he found
Miller’s bank account had been
closed out v
Police notified the state auto
tag department to be on the
lookout for Miller. Lee also was
at the tag department when
Miller applied for a license, and
he and police gave chase. Rep.
Chaflanooga Riles
For Henderson
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Raymond W. Henderson
The remains of Raymond W.
Henderson, AMM2C, 24, who was
Skilled in action on June 24 1944,
in Saipan, while serving with
the Navy Air Corps, will lie in
state at the Coulter Funeral
Home. Chattanooga, until the
hour of service at 12:30 Friday
at the St. James Methodist
Church, of which he was a mem
ber.
The Rev. George E. Blanchard
will officiate. Interment will fol
low in the National Cemetery
with full military honors ac
corded by V. F. W. Post 1289.
Survivors are mother, Mrs. R.
L. Reynolds, of Cadiz. Ohio; one
sister, Mrs. C’^ry Anthony of
Spring Hill, La.
Active pallbearers will be Clary
Anthony, Clyde Green, George
Blanchard Jr.. Eugene Webb,
Bryon Blanchard and Billy Pil
grim.
Clerks of the Cities of Rome and
Dalton:
Mr. Fred Thomas,
Trion, Ga.
My Dear Fred:
As per your request, I am giving
you below the amount of rev
enue derived from the Malt Bev
erage Act during the year 1948.
for the City of Rome.
We collected in tax for the
year $89,834.12. and from the
license, both retail and whole
sale the amount of $12,060.00.
You can readily see that the
above is a very nice revenue,
and comes f rom people who
otherwise never pay one cent of
tax toward the upkeep of the
city.
If I can be of any service to
you in anyway at anytime, do
not hesitate to call on me.
With kind personal regards, I
Lin.
Yours very sincerely.
F L. Sammons
Secretary.
Rome City Commission.
To Whom it may concern:
I, Guy W. Kesiter, Clerk of
The City of Dalton, do hereby
certify that the Revenue re
ceived by The City of Dalton
from the sale of Beer Stamps for
the year ending Dec. 31. 1948
was $54,584.00.
Guy W. Keister
Clerk
The City of Dalton.
Cook and Ahearn, visiting the
capitol, saw the chase and join
ed in It.
Miller was booked on a charge
of cheating and swindling.
"False Fronts" Name
Os Gore Senior Play
The Gore Seniors will present
a play entitled “False Fronts”
at 8 p. m. Friday. May 6.
This is a three act comedy
that will furnish a full evening
of entertainment for all, school
leaders said.
All the school busses will make
their routes.
VETS MAY OBTAIN
DRIVER'S LICENSE
TODAY, TOMORROW
All veterans desiring to re
ceive free life time drivers li
censes should contact state
troopers at the sheriff's office
today or tomorrow.
The troopers also will renew
licenses for other persons who
have not yet renewed.
Trion Methodists
Conduct Training
School May 9-13
A Christian Worker’s Training
School will be rondqcted at the
Trion Methodist Church Monday
through Friday. Three classes
will be taught, simultaneously
from 7 until 9 p. m.
Walker Chidsey, of Chicka
mauga, will lead the class de
signed for adults and church
officials, “Discipline of the
Methodist Church.
Miss Merle Bruner, of the
Preachtree Road Methodist
Church in Atlanta, will conduct
a class entitled, “Christian Wor- \
ship,” which is planned for
young people and workers.
A tl ire: course, “A Child’s Ap
proach uo Religion,” will be in- ,
structed by Mrs. E. H. LeVert,
iof the Inman Park Methodist
Church. Atlanta. Church leaders
■ invite the public to all the
। courses.
The classes will be held in two
fifty minute sessions each even
ing, with a brief recess between
courses.
W. T Maddox Io
Adress Local Club
The Chattooga County Wild
life and Conservation Club ’ ill
meet at 9 p. m Monday, May 9,
at the Lyerly High school audi
torium.
Joe H. Nix, who is in charge of
■ the program, has secured Solici
tor General W. T. Maddox, of
Rome, as guest speaker.
The Harmony Boys Quartet, of
Summerville, special guests of
the evening, will present several
selections.
Prizes will be awarded for the
largest and second largest fish
caught since the last meeting.
An interesting picture will be
shown in connection with the
meeting.
3 1-ACT PLAYS TO
BE GIVEN AT MENLO
Three one-act plays will be
presented by members of the
Menlo High School Senior Class,
at 3 o’clock this evening in the
high school gymnasium.
“A Place for Rodney,” “Neigh
bors,” and “Thursday Evening”
are the plays to be presented.
Those participating include;
Joyce Barry. Bonnie Millican. Jo
Chadwick. Jimmy Hogg, Julia
Ann Garvin, Yvonne McCul
lough. Billy Gilreath, Ernest
Jackson, Leeßoy Sams, Harold i
Gene Roden, Betty Vaughn, l
Jane Wright, Hazel Toles, Fran
ces Harper. Dewey Hall, Minnie
Lea Keen. Sue King, Ruth Reece
I and Willis Smith.
Missionaries, Movies, Curios
To Highlight Conference
A missionary conference will
be held at the Menlo Baptist
Church this week-end, May 6,
7 and 8. it was announced yes
terday by the Rev. Pat Brock,
pastor.
The Rev. C. F Beitzel. veteran
misionary of the Sudan Interior
Mission, with two other mission
aries will be the speakers.
These missionaries represent a
vast field in the heart of Africa,
he said The mission now reach
es Nigeria, all of the Sudan,
French West Africa, Ethiopia
and Arabia.
The latest moving pictures
and slides will be shown at 8
p. m. each day and there will
also be an interesting display
of curios from this land of dark
ness. the Rev. Mr. Brock said.
A section will be reserved in
the church for the colored who
would like to attend.
28 Menlo Seniors
To Graduate May 23
Twenty - eight Menlo High
School seniors will receive their
diplomas at graduation exercises
nt 8 p. in. Monday, May 23, at
the school gymnasium, S. H.
Brabson, principal, disclosed this
week.
Tht' baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. Pat
Brock at 11 a. m. Sunday, May
22
The Menlo Junior Class en
tertained the Seniors with a
banquet at John's Place Tuesday
evening.
School children taking swim
ming lessons at the Trion Com
munity Center pool will give a
demonstration at 5 p. m. Tues
day
The public Is Invited to ob
serve the demonstration.
County Refuses To
Pay Registrars
Local Baptists Will
Attend Southern
Baptist Convention
Ten thousand Baptists from 21
states will converge on Okla
homa City, Okla., May 18-22, for
the annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention—
j expected to be the largest ■ reli
gious gathering in American in
1949.
The Rev. I. C. Frazier, pastor
lof the First Baptist Church,
Summerville said the '26,822
■ churches cooperating with the
I Convention have a total mem
bership of 6,491,981. The number
' includes 312,246 new converts
! baptized into the churches in
1948.
Among those planning to at
tend from here are the Rev. and
Mrs. S. L. Walker and family, of
Trion.
Day sessions of the Conven
: tion will be held in Oklahoma
City’s 6,500-seat Municipal audi
torium and all night and Sun
day sessions will be held in Taft
Stadium, seating 20.000 people. A
youth revival ■ service led by
Texas college students Saturday
night and an evangelistic ser
vice Sunday night are expected
Ito climax the sessions.
The Southern Baptist Conven
tion is one of the most uniquely
organized groups in the world.
The Convention is constituted
of “messengers” rather than
“delegates” from the churches,
in that no one carries authority
'to bind his congregation back
home to the decisions of the
Convention. The denominational
program is purely one of coop
eration, with its evangelistic, ed
ucational, and benevolent acti
vities planned in accordance
with New Testament teaching,
and the churches left free to
cooperate or not cooperate as
they choose.
MISS PITTS TO HAVE
RECITAL THURSDAY
Miss Annie Pitts, well-known
music teacher of Summerville,
announced her retirement from
teaching this week.
She will present her last re
l cital at 8:15 p. m. Thursday,
May 12 at the First Baptist
Church, and cordially invites
the public to attend.
The program for the recital
will be published next week.
GOLF CLUB TO BE
SCENE OF DANCE
What is expected to be one of
the season’s mast gala affairs
is a dance beine planned by the
Trion Golf and Fishing Club to
which the public is invited.
The event is to be held from
9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Friday,, May
13. and dress will be either
I formal or informal. #
Tickets may be obtained from
James Byars, Buddy Hammond.
Harry Hardeman. C. B Bricker
or G L. McCartha.
Rev. Whitson Holds
Revival al C'House
A series of evangelistic servi
ces is in progress at the court
house here under the direction
of the Rev. Clarence E. Whitson,
of Bristol, Va. Services are held
>ach night at 7:30 o’clock.
The Rev. C. A. Bantham,
formerly associated with Billy
Sunday, assisted in the services
as song leader.
This is an inter - denomina -
1 tional meeting and people of all
faiths and creeds are invited to
attend
TRION SENIORS
PLAN DANCE
An old-fashioned square dance
will be held from 8 to 11 p. m.
Saturday, May 8. at the Com
munity Center gymnasium.
Buddy Hammond, will call the
sets, while music will be furni
shed by Tommy Thomas and his
Circle ”C” Cowboys.
Funds will be used for the
Trion Senior trip.
The County Commissioners
last week notified the Board of
Registrars that they would have
to work at their own risk be
cause the County will not pay
them for their duties. It is the
duty of the Registrars to handle
the re-registration according to
the new law.
A resolution adopted at a
special meeting of the Com
missioners Saturday stated in
effect that the Board will de
cline to pay for work of regis
trars and also will decline to pay
for incidentals. This action is
taken because the County did
not make a levy for this purpose
in August, 1948, the resolution
reads.
Another reason given by the
County is for not paying the
Registrars is that m the event
the law should be declared un
constitutional at any time in the
future, the county probably
would not be liable for payment
to the registrars.
Members of the Board of Regi
strars are: A. F. McCurdy,
Chairman; James (S loppy)
Floyd and Rufus Brison.
Mr. McCurdy said late Wed
nesday that they are now as
suming their duties.
He quoted Section 47, Ga.
Laws 1949: House Bill 2, as the
authority for this action. It
reads as follows: The compen
sation of the registrars shall be
fixed by the judge of the super
ior court. The compensation of
said officials, the printing and
supplying of registration cards,
stationery and stamps, the hire
of clerical help retained by the
registrars and all other neces
sary expense in connection with
the registration of voters shall
be paid by the county commiss
ioners, or that person, or those
persons, exercising the functions
of county commissioners, from
the county treasury. All pay
ments hereunder shall be made
in the usual manner county bills
are paid.
The amount paid for this work
is $7% per day.
John Davis, Clerk of the
County Commissioners, pointed
out this week that the local
system of levying taxes is uni
que to this county, and that
only two or three other counties
in the state, who have followed
our example, have this system.
He said that Chattooga Coun
ty must levy a year in advance
the taxes needed to run for the
ensuing year. In other words,
this county is operated on a
“cash basis,” whereas most
counties operate on credit for a
year and then levy taxes to
cover the expenditures of the
past year.
Mr. Davis pointed out that
this system was incorporated
here by ah amendement to the
constitution in 1941 and cannot
be changed by action of the,
General Assembly.
The funds cannot be diverted
according to law. Mr. Davis ex
plained, stating that money lev
ied for one purpose cannot be
used for another purpose.
H. W. COPELAND IS
PROMOTED TO CPL.
Cpl. Hiram W Copeland, of
Trion, w^s recently promoted to
his present grade from the grade
of Private First Clas. He is serv
ing with the 118th Medical Sta
tion Hospital, located in Fukuo
ka, Kyushu, Japan.
The 118th Medical Station
Hospital has the all-important
task of maintaining the high
health physical standards of oc
cupation forces <n Kyushu area.
Its excellent staff of doctors,
nurses and enlisted technicians
account for its reputation as one
of the most efficient station
hospitals in the Orient.
Corporal Copeland entered the
Army at Fort McPhearson, in
April, 1943, and completed his
infantry and medical basic
training al Camp Barkeley, Tex
as. During the war he served
with the 7th Division. sth Di
vision and 90th Division He has
been serving with his present
organization since May, 1948.
when he arrived in Japan.
TRION P.-T. A. TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
At the May meeting of the
Trion P. T. A. to be held at the
high school building at 7:30 p.
m. Tuesday. May 10. Officers
for the coming year will be in
stalled and will assume their
■ duties.
A musical program entitled
| "Music and Art in the Elemen
tary School” will be presented
by Miss Virginia Schwatel, Mrs.
John Taylor will speak on the
aims of the music and art
teacher, and her remarks will
be Illustrated by folk dances by
the pupils of the grammar
school
Holds
Growing With
Chattooga
$1 50 A YEAR