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Try Our Job Printing VOL. 65; NO. 22 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. i — 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. “ ' .N...—'■■■—-"I .1 » - । — ■ ! —— 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 SUNDAY, MAY 22 । ■■■ BL'wfe A ... '4 -.v.M 2®^ K . f “ ' ■ I ; I 1 Ml X' 1 t " j - Bl Ralph (Country) Brown 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.