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Sunday Movie, Games
Election Saturday
Interest was mounting this
•week in the May 21 election to
determine whether or not the
city will grant permits for Sun
day operation of movies and
athletic events.
The polls will be open between
7 a. m. ana 6„p. m. Saturday,
and voters can vote “Yes” or
“No” on Sunday movies and
“Yes” and “No” on Sunday ath
letic events.
Sunday movies are allowed in
the city of Rome, south of Sum
merville, however the people in
LaFayette, the county seat of
the adjoining county to the
north, rejected the plan recent
ly.
james ledford,
9, DIES AT HOME
HERE TUESDAY
Master James Watson Led
ford, 9, died suddenly at his
residence, Summerville, Route 3
at 2 a. m. Friday.
Besides his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Ledford, he is sur
vived by three sisters. Misses
Syble, Margaret and Louise Led
ford; one brother, Earnest Led
ford, all of Summerville.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Beersheba Presby
terian Church at 1 p. m. Satur
day with the Rev. S. K. Dodson
officiating. Interment was in
Macedonia Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
HERE 'N
THERE
The annual Trion T - Club
dance will b ' held Friday even
ing, May 27 at the irion Com
munity Center, it has been an
nounced.
Jack Kranyik ail'd his or
chestra will provide the music
for the affair.
Tickets may be obtained from
Glee Bryant, James (Sloppy)
Floyd or Ross Stephens.
Officers will be elected at the
regular meeting of the American
Legion Post No. 129 at 7:30
o’clock this evening in the Lea
gion Hall in Summerville.
Leaders urge attendance of
all members.
The Trion Seniors will have a
round dance at 8:30 p. m. Satur
day at the Community Center,
it was announced this week.
Funds derived from the dance
will be applied to the Senior
trip to Washington.
The Trion Community Center
will be the scene of the Trion
“T” Club dance which will be
held Friday night, May 27.
Music will be supplied by Jack
Kranyik and his orchestra, of
Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W.
Coarsey, of Trion, will attend
the 72nd Annual Meeting of
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club at Ashville, N. C. on May
11, and will also take in many
of the events which have been
planned in conjunction with
the meeting. A pre-meeting
“Southern Tour”, will start on
Sunday afternoon. May 8, when
George Watts Hill, Rougemont
N. C. will be host at his Quail
Roost Fanns.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge No. 160, F. and A. M. will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
May 23.
All qualified Masons are in
vited.
The Trion Methodist Church
will sponsor a magic show at
7.30 p. m. Friday at the Trion
Hieh School Auditorium, James
J. Sneed, the mystic magician of
Atlanta, will perform magic
tricks. Mr. Sneed Is pastro of the
Cascade Heights Methodist
’ Church in Atlanta.
Approximately 10 persons suc
cessfully completed the courses
offered by the Trion Methodist
Church last week in their Chris
tian Workers Training School
which was conducted by Miss
Merle Brewer, of Atlanta, the
Rev. Walker Chldsey. of Chicka
mauga and Mrs. E. H. Levert, of
Atlanta.
The. Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association will meet at
7-30 o’clock tonight at the
, Chamber of Commerce building.
Nos
A. H. GLEHN TO
LEAVE JUKE 6
FOR PRISON
A. H. (Tiny) Glenn will leave
June 6, instead of May 20, for
Tuscaloosa, Fla., where he will
begin serving his 18 - months
prison sentence in' the federal
penitentiary.
Mr. Glenn, ex-sheriff of Chat
tooga County, was convicted
with Jack Hartline, of Summer
ville, and Edd Knight, of Gilmer
County, on a charge of conspir
ing to defraud the government.
Glenn was charged with pro
tecting bootleggers while sheriff.
Hartline was sentenced to
serve 15 months, while Knight’s
sentence was 18 months.
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MARTHA SMITH
WINS FIRST IN
ESSAY CONTEST
Martha Smith was first place
winner in the annual American
Legion Auxiliary-sponsored Es
sey contest, while Bob Mullinax
took second place. James Mose
ley Jr., won third place and
Jeannine Gardner was fourth
place winner.
The entire senior English Class
at Summerville entered the con
test, under the direction of J.
Frank Harmon, teacher of the
class.
Martha received a prize of
$10; Bob received $6; James was
the recipient of $4: and Jean
nine received $3.
The subject for this year’s
essay was “Communism’s Chal
lenge to Our American Way of
Life.”
First place winner last year
was Betty Ann May. and follow
ing was Yvonne Harmon. James
Hawkins Jr., took third place.
RALPH COARSEY
IS SPEAKER AT
FELLOWSHIP CLUB
Ralph Coarsey, an outstanding
layman of the Trion Methodist
Church, spoke to the members
of the Summerville Methodist
Fellowship Club Monday even
ing. Fred Aldred, program chair
man, introduced Mr. Coarsey
who used as his subject. “Duties
o’ - A Church Member.”
Mrs. Henry Walker and mem
bers of the WSCS served supper
to the 33 members present. New
members were: Charlie Brooks,
Bill Whaley, Everett Lunsford
and Joe Nix.
Officers will be elected at the
next meeting and a nominating
committee, of whl ch W. L.
Crouch is chairman, was ap
pointed.
MR. MONDY INJURED
BY H’GH VOL W
Homer Mondy. of Summerville,
suffered shock and burns about
noon Tuesday while working
With the Georgia Power Compa
ny at a theatre north of Trion.
A J. D. Hill ambulance carried
Mr. Mondy to the Little Clinic
where he was dismissed after
treatment.
MENLO COUPLE
OBSERVES 55th
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. George A Kling,
of Menlo, celebrated their 55th
wedding anniversary Sunday,
May 15, at John’s Place.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Kling and daughter,
of LaFayette; D. W. Kling and
son. of Chattanooga: and Mr.
and Mrs. George T. Kling and
family, of Menlo. .
Two other children of the
couple are Grace Comer, of At
lanta. and Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Kling, of Brownsville, Pa.
Several persons congratulated
Mr. and Mrs. ‘Kling during the
afternoon.
^SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1949
CARTERSVILLE MAN
NAMED HEAD OF
AMERICAN LEGION
Legionnaires meeting in Car
tersville Saturday and Sunday
for the Seventh District Ameri
can Legion convention elected
George Boswell, of Cartersville,
as new district commander.
M. W. Hicks, of Rome was
elected senior vice commander
and Arthur L. Poor, of Marietta,
was chosen junior vice com
mander.
Several Chattooga Countians
attended the meet.
Featured speaker of the two
day session was Lee Rogers,
managing editor of The Atlanta
Constitution who told the Le
gionnaires Georgia’s libel law
was amended by the 1949 legis
lature to give “politicians more
control over the press.”
Rogers delivered an address
titled “Politicians Threat To A
Free Press” at the Seventh Dis
trict convention yesterday.
The editor said newspapers
and newspapermen try to pre
sent the public with facts and
prevent errors from getting into
print.
“But they do creep in,” he
added. “(A newspaperman)
needs no libel law to make him
seek the truth and facts and
strive to see they get in the
papers properly.”
He told the Legionnaires the
Libel law was designed to arm
politicians with a “power to dic
tate to you and what you shall
and shall not read.”
Georgia’s libel law, as amend
ed by the 1949 legislature, makes
and punitive damages in libel
cases, regardless of whether the
libelous mistake was an honest
error made without malice. Pre
viously papers were allowed to
print retractions, relieving them
of the punitive liability.
“I say this country has the
freest press in the world,” Rog-
I ers continued. “I hate to see any
1 restrictinos creep in that under
disguise will open the wedge for
government control of what is
m a newspaper.
Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin told
j the legionnaires that the great
iest danger to the United States
today is the subversive forces at
work trying to undermine our
i Democratic form of government.
Heads Announced
By P&BW Clubs
Miss Beulah Shropshire, presi
dent of the Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s Club, an
nounced the club’s new com
mittee chairmen at the meet
ing Thursday evening.
They are as follows: Mrs. J. B.
Woodard, membership; Mrs. E.
C. Pesterfield, program; Mrs.
Brooke Pierce education and vo
cation; Mrs. W. H. Boyd, health
and safety; Mrs. Raymund Dan
■ iel, public affairs; Mrs. Hoke
Echols, finance, Mrs. Howard
Bohannon, arrangements.
Board of Directors was named
as follows: Miss Beulah Shrop
shire, Miss Jewel Poole, Mrs.
Graves Myers, Mrs. A. F Mc-
Curdy. Mrs. Sam Cordle, Miss
Ruth Fuller, Mrs. Tom Elder,
Mrs. J. B. Woodard, Mrs. E. C.
Pesterfield, Mrs. Brooke Pierce,
Mrs. William Boyd, Mrs. Ray
mund Daniel, Mrs. Hoke Echols
I and Mrs. Howard Bohannon.
In a discussion of the proposed
Bond issue for a County Hospi
tal, the Business and Profession
al Woman’s Club went on record
as favoring the issue and urged
the support of all women to turn
out enmass May 28 and vote for
the hospital.
Miss Shropshire reported fur
ther progress in the develop
ment of the Recreation Park on
Reservior Hill and stated that be-
1 fore too long actual work could
begin in its improvement.
The Club also decided to spon
' sor another Square Dance and
Mrs. Luther Smith, Jr., Mrs.
j Reuben Lyons and Miss Ruby
1 Cotton were appointed as a com
mittee on arrangements.
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Library Board, Negroes
Plan Negro Library Here
The Cherokee Regional Li
brary Board met with prominent
Negro citizens of Summerville at
the Big Bethel Baptist Church
Tuesday night for a mass meet
ing to make plans for a Negro
Library for Chattooga Copnty.
Representatives from Gore,
Holland. Trion and Summerville
attended.
Mrs. Lucille Nix, State Direc-
CRACKERS INVADE
ENGEL STADIUM
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Ralph (Country) Brown of
। Summerville, the pride of North
Georgia, will appear with the
Atlanta Crackers when the i
Georgians invade Engel Stadium I
in Chattanooga on Sunday, May i
122, to begin a four -game series 1
with the Lookouts.
Brown, hard-hitting outfield
er, is a leading member of At
lanta’s classy trio that also in- j
eludes Lloyd Gearhart and Larry
Drake, leading home-run hitter;
for the Lookouts last year.'
Brown, who hit .338 for the
Crackers last year, is one of the j
Southern League’s top batters
and probably the fastest man in
; the circuit. He led the Florida-;
International League in hittingl
in 1946 and the South Atlantic
League in 1947.
Atlanta is managed by Cliff
Dapper, catcher, who was the
Southern League’s most valuable
player with Mobile two years
ago. The Crackers meet the
Lookouts in a twin-bill the 22nd i
and play night games Monday
and Tuesday. Birmingham in- J
vades Wednesday. May 25, for r
। three-game series, ending the;
first appearance of all other
I clubs to Engel Stadium this
year. The Barons are managed
by Pinky Higgins, ex-big league
infielder.
VFW-LEG'ON DRIVE
TO END HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
The fund-raising campaign of
the VFW and American Legion
will be climaxed at 8 p. m. Fri
day, May 20, at Sturdivant Field.
i Summerville.
A hillbilly jamboree has been
planned to begin at 7 p. m. and
j everyone is cordially invited to
। attend. Admission is free. H. M
Smallan and band will present
i the music.
A square dance will climax
the evening’s program, be
ginning at 9 p. m.
H. M. Smallan will play the
piano and call sets, while
Darold Price will play the
electric Hawaiian guitar. Cac
tus Bill will play the quitar
and Bob Douglas the fiddle.
Proceeds will be, divided be
tween the school and VFW.
During the past few weeks, the
local veterans organizations
have been conducting a cam
paign to raise money for the
completion of their beautiful
Memerial Home, located between
Summerville and Trion.
GARDEN CLUB “
MEETS TODAY
The Chattooga County Garden
Chib will meet at 3:30 o’clock
today at the home of Mrs. H. C.
. Hardin In Trion.
Mrs. Eugene Rackley and Mrs
J. B. Woodard are co-hostesses.
toor of Rural Libraries, was
present together with Miss Clar
ice Jones, Negro Library Con
sultant from the State Depart
ment of Education.
Raise $2,000
It was decided by the group
to launch a campaign to raise
$2,000 for the beginning of the
library. Books are provided by
the state for such programs,
however other funds must be
provided locally. A committee
DR. HENDLEY TO
CCNDUG REVIVAL
SERIES AT ROME
A citywide revival, beginning
in Rome May 29, and con
। tinuing through June 19, is ex
| pected to draw thousands from
this area to hear the Rev. Jesse
I Hendley, nationally - known
| evangelist.
Committee workers for the big
tent meeting say no money has
been pledged to support the re
. vival but it will rely solely on
the contributions of audiences.
The Rev. Wilbert Welch, pas
tor of the Calvary Baptist
Church in Rome is general chair
man of the revival, to be con
ducted under sponsorship o f
many city churches.
A few years ago Dr. Hendley
I statred a meeting in his own
I city of Atlanta. It began in a
huge tent with 1,500 listeners,
but the tent turned out to be far
too small before the five weeks
meeting was half over. On the
last two Sunday nights the
meetings had to be held in the
Atlanta baseball park. The
i crowd sat in the stands, and
i Dr. Hendley set up a microphone
I over the home plate and deliver
ed his sermons from there. On
' the last night he spoke 7,500
people and hundreds were con
verted during the campaign.
In the summer of 1939 the
' Business Men’s Evangelistic Club
of Athens, sponsored a tent
meeting with Dr. Hendley as the
evangelist. The 60x90 foot tent
was pitched in the center of the
i city. There were 1,639 conver
sions during the six weeks cam
paign. Before the campaign was
over it was necessary to move
I the meeting to Woodruff Hall,
a large basketball court, on the
campus of the University of
Georgia.
In Rome, in August, 1947, 497
confessed Christ in the three
weeks’ campaign, and 130 pro
, fessed in the closing service and
i each one lead to Christ person
ally, with prayer and the open
Bible. (In all his evangelistic
campaigns. Dr. Hendley believes
that each person who comes.
wh°tber for assurance or for
salvation, or for surrender,
should be dealt with over the
open Bible, personally.)
In October, 1947, in Athens, a
meeting was concluded in the
Fine Arts auditorium of the
University of Georgia, as no
; other auditorium in' the city
could accommodate the crowds.
Over 2,000 people were in at
| tendance, including many pro
fessors and students, and 90
people walked down the aisle
;to the backstage where they
knelt and called on the Name of
; the Lord, then publicly acknow
ledged Him at the speakers
microphone.
No Morning Worship
At Methodist Church
The will be no worship service
at the Summerville Methodist
Church Sunday morning, how
ever Sunday School will be held
at 9:45 a. m.
The Rev. Peter Manning. Dis
trict Superintendent, will pre
side at a brief quarterly confer
ence following Sunday School,
and it will be concluded in time
for those desiring to attend th/
baccalaureate sermon at the
high school auditorium.
The evening worship service
will be held at 8 o’clock.
COOSA LIVESTOCK
SALES ARE $16,521.51
Coosa Valley Livestock sales
on Wednesday, May 11. was $16,-
521.51. One hundred seventy
eight cattle. 23 hogs, one pig. one
I mule and seven sheep were ex
changed at the sale at which 42
buyers and 70 sellers participat
ed.
Hogs were $12.30 to $18.40
cwt:; calves, $14.75 to $27 cwt.;
bulls, $16.40 to $522.50 cwt.:
slaughter cows. $13.60 to $19.25
'cwt.: dairy type heifers. $17.25 to
$26 cwt.: springers, SBS to $l7B
’per head.
was named to have charge of
the drive.
The Summerville Library
Board entertained with a dinner
at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion, for
Miss Lucille Nix, Tuesday even
ing prior to the meeting.
Members of the Cherokee
Board attending the meeting
were: Harvey Phillips, Mrs. Penn
Selman. Mrs. H. D. Brown. Mr.
and Mrs. Baker Farrar and Miss
Sara Marit.
Auto Instantly Kills
Chattoogaville Woman
31 PER CENT OF
GOAL REACHED
IN LOAN DRIVE
Chattooga County has attain
ed 31.1 per cent of it’s goal in
i the sale of savings bonds in the
I Opportunity Loan which is now
in progress.
Total E sales is $19:594 while
the goal is $63,000.
Strickland Named
On GEA Committee
A. J. Strickland, superinten
dent of the Trion city schools,
has recently been selected to
represent the superintendents of
the State on the school public
relations committee of the Geor
gia Education Association.
Dr. O. C. Adderholt, dean of
the College Education at the
I University of Georgia and presi
dent of the Georgia Education
Association, made the appoint
ment. Mr. Strickland was ap
pointed to serve on the com
mittee for two years.
The first meeting of the
Southern States’ Work Confer-
I ence will be held June 6 through
June 17 at Daytona Beach, Fla.
HARRISON BOWMAN
SUCCUMBS FRIDAY
Harrison David Bowman, 58,
died at his residence. Cloud
land. at 4:45 p. in. Friday.
He is survived by one brother,
J. J. Bow’man, of Summerville,
; Route 3; four sisters, Mrs. Mat
|tie Tucker, of LaFayette; Misses
Lizzie, Adaline and Tinnie Bow-
। man, all of Cloudland.
Funeral services were con
; ducted r rom the graveside in
' Smith Cemetery at 3 p. m. Sat
urday with the Rev. Johnny
Hutchens officiating. Pallbear
ers were: Lonnie, Pinkie and
Harrison Tucker, H. D., Roy and
Neal Bowman. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
RADIO PROGRAMS
EMPHASIZE
HOSPITAL NEED
A series of radio programs is
being sponsored by the Chat
tooga County Chamber of Com
merce in the interest of the
hospital bond issue, it was an
nounced this week.
The programs are held from
7:05 to 7:20 p. m. over a local re
mote studio.
The following persons will
have charge of programs on the
specified dates: J. T. Morgan, to
day: Dr. W. T. Gist. May 20: B
W. Farrar, May 23: Mrs. Mid M
Allen, May 25: Jim Butler and
Charley Brooks, May 26: Fred
Aldred and Bob Kimbell. May 27.
Those having appeared on
previous programs are: the Rev.
Henry G. Walker. Dr. R N. Lit-
Ue, J Frank Harmon. D. L.
McWhorter, Arch Farrar. Willis
James, Mr. Butler and Mr.
Brooks.
MUSIC CLUB
DISCUSSES OPERA
AT MAY MEET
The Summerville Music Study
Club held its May meeting Wed
nesday, May 11, at Riegeldale
Tavern, Trion.
Mrs. J. R. Burgess called the
meeting to order, in the absence
of the persident, Mrs. C O
Walker
The business meeting was con ■
ducted by Mrs. Burgess. Mrs. J
D. Bankston, reported that the
General Scrapbook for the club
had been sent to the National
Music Convention.
Mrs. Burgess who Is program
chairman for the month, gave
an Interesting program on
। “American Opera." She discuss
ed the only two American operas
recorded in their entirety, by
Menotti. Mrs. Duke Espy played
the introductory theme from
“The Telephone.”
During the social hour a deli-
I clous salad plate was served by
I the hostesses.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 A YEAR
Mrs. Hattie Jane, Fleming 64,
was accidently killed near her
I home at Lyerly, Route 1, at 3:30
p. m. Tuesday, when struck by
an automobile.
R. C. Rain, of Chattanooga,
was the driver of the vehicle
which struck Mrs. Fleming, and
the other two occupants were
Thomas Jackson and Lewis Ho
ward, both of Summerville.
According to witnesses, the
. the automobile was proceeding
southward and Mrs. Fleming
had started across the highway
on the right side. After getting
about half way in the right lane
she stopped and Mr. Rain swerv
ed to the left to avoid hitting
her, when she started on across
(the highway and was struck by
the right side of the automobile.
She was killed instantly. Mr.
1 Rain, who was driving a 1948
Hudson said that he doing ap
proximately 55 miles an hour.
N o charges were placed
against him, W. M. Whaley, Dep
; uty Sheriff, who investigated
gated said. A settlement also
was made between the family of
the deceased woman and Mr.
Rain, it was stated.
Mrs. Fleming is survived by
her husband, J. F. Fleming;
; three daughters, Mrs. W. L. Ray,
of Summerville, Mrs. I. D. Ben
nett, of Trion, and Miss Ruby
Fleming, of Lyerly; two sons,
Roy and Raymond, both of Tri
on; five sisters, Mrs. Etta Tea
gue, Mrs. Lelia Elliott and Mrs.
Lucy Vines, all of Summerville,
Mrs. Alma Palmer, of Gadsden,
Ala., and Mrs. Willie Gardner,
of Trion; three brothers, Arthur
and W. L. Bagley, of Summer
ville. and Paul Bagley, of James
town. Ala. One granddaughter
also survives.
Funeral services are to be held
at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon
at the Sardis Baptist Church
with Rev. D. B. Maffett and the
Rev. Frank Craton officiating.
Interment wall be in Johnson
Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge.
AL, IVY WALSH,
AND DON JACOBS
TO APPEAR HERE
Three widely known person
alities will appear here for one
night only at the First Baptist
Church at 7:30 p. m. Friday,
May 27.
They also will appear at the
Trion High School Auditorium
at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 31.
under the auspices of the Trion
Methodist Church.
Al Walsh, noted radio and
concert vocalist, will head the
unit and present a full hour of
music, dramatic experiences and
entertainment.
Also featured on this program
will be Ivy Walsh. Many have
heard these artists over a na
tional hookup. They sing solos
ana duets accompanied by Ivy’s
Frontallni accordion.
Al was the winner of a four
year scholarship to Rollins Col
lege. and was a veteran of World
War 11. having served in the
Pacific Theatre with distin
guished service in the U. S.
Army.
Ivy has thrilled many audi
ences. large and small, with her
beautiful soprano voice, and
| everyone is amazed at the ease
with which she handles the ac
cordion and sings simultaneous
| ly.
The program will also feature
the talents of Don Jacobs. New
York Radio and Television Ar
tist, with his "Magic With A
Message" and “Bible Teachings
In Art." Mr. Jacobs has written
and starred In television shows
on various radio stations, and
has volunteered his services to
entertain the wounded veterans
in the hospitals throughout the
nation.
These artists are appearing
here in the interest of Veterans
Hospital Programs, now in its
4th year of continuous opera
tion This is a non-profit organi
zation devoted to taking inspira-
1 tional entertainment Into the
veterans hospitals and present
ing bedside radios to the wound-
1 ed men. The entire work is car
’ rled on in the name of, and on
1 behalf of. the Protestant
• Churches of America.
5 The variety and instiration of
' this unusual program has made
1 ft the outstanding event of the
i season In hundreds of communi
ties where these artists have
been enthusiastically received
r The public is cordially invited
to attend and admission is free.