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VFW to Give College
Scholarships Locally
The local post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars made plans
Thursday night at the regular
meeting to join other local civic
groups in awarding scholar
ships to worthy high school sen
iors for college.
This will be one of the major
projects of the organization for
this year, VFW leaders said, and
it will be one which they feel
will go toward the betterment
of the entire comunlty.
John Stubbs. Jr was narhed
chaairman of the scholarship
committee and Hinton Logan
and Hill Hammond were named
to serve with him on the com
mittee.
Previously,* the Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club, the Summer
ville Lions Club and the Trion
Lions Club together financed
the giving of scholarships to lo
cal high school seniors. Last
year six young men and women
were given $l5O scholarships.
They are selected on their
leadership, character and citi
zenship qualifications and must
be in the upper one half or one
third of their class. Only high
school seniors are eligible.
The scholarship is sent direct
to the school of the student’s
choice and is applied to his or
her expenses.
At Thursday night’s meeting,
the. VFW also raised $77 to be
given to aid the “blue baby” op
eration which is to be performed
this week on 8-year-old Rodney
Martin, of Summerville.
AUTO PRESENTED
LOCAL BASEBALL
HERO SUNDAY
Many of those Chattooga
Countians who couldn’t attend
the “Country Brown Day” in
Atlanta Sunday viewed the ac
tivities via television.
The star of the Crackers’
team, “Country” was honored by
his fellow-countians, who pre
sented him with a new 1949 se
dan before thousands of spec
tators.
Ralph is currently batting .316
for the Crackers and is most
popular with baseball fans
throughout the south. He Is ai
native of Summerville.
Mrs. Bentley Dies
In Trion Friday
Mrs. Willie Elizabeth Bentley,
80, died in Trion at 9 p. m. Fri
day.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Kirby Nelson, of Miami;
two sons, Frank Bentley, of Key
West, Fla., and Raymond C.
Bentley, of Miami. Fla.; one sis
ter, Mrs. Jannie Jones, of Jack
sonville, Fla.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Metcalf Baptist Church
in Thomasville, at 4 p. m. Sun
day with interment in Thomas
ville.
Garden Club to Sponsor
Cooking School Here
The Chattooga County Garden
Club will sponsor a Cooking j
School on Tuesday and Wednes
day, October 4-5, at the Sum
merville High School Audit o’d
um.
Tuesday's school will be at
7:30 a. m. while the school for
Wednesday will begin at 2:30 p.
m.
This is the first cooking school
of its kind to be held here and
it is hoped that all persons in
terested in the preparation of
food by any method will attend
one or both sessions, club lead
ers said.
The school will be one and
one-half hours long and all food
will be given away along with
-HERE ’N TIIERE-
Elizabeth Imojean Gau, of
Summerville, has been admitted ;
as a student to David Lipscomb .
College. Nashville, for the 1048- ।
50 session.
A graduate of the Summerville
High School. Miss Oass will ma- :
jor in elementary education at i
Lipscomb. She is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs. H. C. Oass.
David Lipscomb College will <
begin its fifty - ninth session i
September 19. The institution is (
beginning its third year as a
standard senior college. 11
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DAVIS RESIGNS
AS COUNTY CLERK;
McWhorter named
John Davis Announced his
resignation as Clerk for the
; County Board of Commissioners
effective Thursday, Sept. 1.
H. M. McWhorter, was named
to succeed him.
In his resignation, Mr. Davis,
Summerville attorney, stated
■ that the reason for his resigna
tion was lack of sufficient time
to devote to the position.
He pointed that his duties as
Assistant Solicitor of the Rome
Judicial Circuit had been in
creased with the recent resigna
tion of Paul W. Painter, of La-
Fayette, as Assistant Solicitor.
Mr. Painter relinquished his
position because of increased
duties in his private practice
SIO,2SOSUITFILED
AGAINST SHERIFF
A young Summerville woman
filed a $10,250 suit last week
against Chattooga County
Sheriff Reuben Lyons, charging
malicious prosecution.
Miss Hilda Jackson filed the
civil suit following the dismissal
of charges against her of pos
sessing and transporting illegal
whiskey in this dry county.
The young woman was a pas
senger in a Summerville taxi
with two men when Sheriff
Lyons stopped the car and ar
rested all three and the taxi
driver on the liquor law viola
tions.
All were jailed in Summerville
and later made bond demanding
a preliminary trial. The state
dismissed the warrant against
Miss Jackson and'she immedi
ate filed the civil action The de
fense now has 30 days to an
swer the charges.
Bobby Lee Cook, who has re
cently opened a law office in
Summerville, represents Miss
Jackson, while T. J. Espy, Jr.,
represents the sheriff.
Miss Hemphill Dies
At Teloga Monday
Miss Ann Hemphill, 80, died at
her home, Summerville, Route
3, near Teloga, where she was
born and reared at 7 a. m. Mon
day.
Miss Hemphill is survived by
one sister, Miss Mandie Hemp
hill, Summerville, Route 3.
Funeral services were con
ducted qt the Beersheba Presby
terian Church of which she was
a member, at 4 p. m. Tuesday,
With the Rev. S. K. Dodson of
i ficiating. Interment was in the
Macedonia Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
i electrical door prizes.
Men usually enjoy programs of
। this type. Garden Club leaders
said, and are welcome to come
along with their wives. High
school girls studying Home Ec
onomics throughout the county
I are especially welcome.
Programs containing all reci
! pes used on the stage will be
presented to each person both
days.
Tickets will be on sale at the
door, or may be purchased from
any Garden Club member,
Proceeds will be used for Civic
Imp. ovements In Chattooga
county.
A section in the rear will bo
reserved for colored cooks.
The American Legion Auxili
ary will have a called meeting at
7an p m. Friday at the Aux
iliary Home, Mae Earl Strange:
President, has announced.
A square dance will be held
at the Memorial Home at 9 p.
m. Friday.
The regular communication
ol Trion Lodge 160. F. and A. M.,
will be held at 7:30 p. m. Satur
day,. Sept. 10.
All qualified Masons are in
vited. , b
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949
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Home Town Contest in Dalton on August 31 are shown. They are, left to right, front row, Miss Edna
Fuller, Mrs. J. T. Morgan, Mrs. Paul Weems, Miss Beulah Shropshire and Mrs. John Bankson. Back
row, J. T. Morgan. T. J. Espy, Jr., Fred Medders and C. B. Akin.
Rotary Fellowship
"Wonderful," Dist.
Gov. Tells Club
“The Mechanics of Rotary”
was the topic of an address by
Grover C. Hamrick, of Albany,
governor of the 204th District of
Rotary International yesterday
as he addressed members of the
fillip
Grover C. Hamrick
I Summerville-Trion Rotary Club
at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Discussing his recent at
tendance of the Rotary Club In
ternational Assembly in Lake
Placid. N. Y„ Mr. Hamrick said
the fellowship was “wonderful”
and that men from all over the
world meeting together in such
manner has “a lot to do with
peace.”
Recounting some of the in
teresting features of the As
sembly, Mr. Hamrick told of
meeting a fellow-Rotarian from
Brazil whose first name was
Roosevelt and whose lask name
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BOBBY COOK OPENS
LAW OFFICE HERE
Bobby Lee Co<'k, who recently
passed. his bar examination,
opened his attorney's office in
Summerville. August 25. Mr.
Cook also is Chattooga County
Representatve.
The young 22-year-old attor
ney is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Cook, of Lyerly, and is
married to the former June
Hays, of Berryton. They reside
in the Aldred Apartments in
Summerville.
Mr. Cook’s office is located up
•talrs above the McGinnis Drug
Store.
Graduating from Gordon Mili
ary College, in Burnseville, In
1942. Mr. Cook attended Vander
built University for two years.
After spending two years In the
U. 8. Navy, he attended the Uni
versity of Alabama, receiving a
। bachelor of science degree in
1 chemistry. He later attended
Vandcrbullt Law School.
Former Chailoogan
II! a’ Emory Hospl’a!
Judge Gordon Knox, of the
Brunswick Circuit Court Dis
trict. was reported ''critically 111”
in Emory Hospital Tuesday.
• Judge Knox suffered a heart
I attack Monday night. He had
entered the hospital last Friday
for treatment of a severe heart
condition. Hospital spoksemen
said he was “resting fairly com
। fortnbly."
Judge Knox la a native of
Chattooga County.
Glenn Pless Dies As
Fire Sweeps Home
Glenn Ellis Pless, 35, perished
at 3:30 p. m .Tuesday as fire
ravaged his frame home on the
Peach Orchard Road in West
Summerville.
The coroner declared that Mr.
Pless died as a result of suffoca
tion. It was believed the fire be
gan as he smoked in bed and
evidently fell asleep. The body
was burned almost beyond rec
ognition. It was learned that Mr.
Pless had called his employer, I.
O. Arnold, at the Summerville
Diner, at 10:30 a. m. to state
that he was ill and would be un
able to report for duty at 11:30
a. m.
The Summerville Fire Depart
ment was summoned to the
scene by Bill Esqy who resides
nearby. Upon ai nvlng at the
house, Mr. Espy was unable to
enter, but did get to a door and
see into the living room.
Funeral services were con-
Football Field to Ge!
Additional Bleachers
Work has begun to increase
• the bleachers of the Summer
ville football field to a capacity
jof approximately 1,200. At pres
-1 ent, only 600 persons can be
i accomodated.
The Summerville Lions Club
sponsors of the team, made the
G. A. PLEDGER, 74,
DIES TUESDAY
George A Pledger, 74, died
at midnight Tuesday at his home
on South Commerce Street after
a lingering illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Eaton Pledger: four sons,
Cicero and Carl Pledger, of Sum
merville; Cecil and Clifford
Pledger, of Trion; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Birmah Tallent, of
Lyerly; and Mrs Nelle Martin,
of Summerville: a step - son.
Howard Lee Eaton, of Summer
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Tom
Keith, of Fort Payne; and Mrs.
Willie Broyles, of Summerville;
four brothers. J. D. Pledger Sr.,
of Summerville; J. O. Pledger,
of Chattanooga; Walter Pledger,
of Rome: and D. T. Pledger, of
Piedmont. Aia.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted at the South Summer
ville Baptist Church nt 2 o'clock
this afternoon with the Rev. W.
M. Steel, pastor, officiating. In«-
terment will be In the South
Carolina Camp Ground Ceme
tery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of
Summerville In charge.
Pennville Businesses
Burglarized Thursday
Two Pennville businesses were
broken into Thursday night and
a quantity of cigars, cigarettes
and candy was taken. It was re
ported this week.
Roberts Grocery Store, op
erated by Bill Roberts, was bur
glarized and in addition to the
goods taken, a small quantity
of change was also stolon.
The other business burglarized
was a service station operated
by “Shorty" Vines.
County officers report that no
one has been apprehended in
the case.
ducted at the Summerville
Methodist Church at 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday, with the Rev. Hen
ry Walker, pastor, and the Rev.
Harry Foster officiating. In
terment was in the Summerville
Cemetery.
Mr. Pless is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Margaret Fowler
Pless; one daughter. Miss Rena
Pless; one son, Jerry Pless; and
a brother, Howard Pless, all of
Summerville.
Active pallbearers were: J. R.
Burgess, Bill Espy, Hoke Echols,
Emmett Clarkson, J. W. Floyd
and Riley Parham.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Deed Martin, Paul Weems, Spud
Arnold, J. B. Woodard, Marshall
Lowry, Henry Hartline, David
Espy. Eli Stephenson, Reuben
Lyons, Millard Lewis, W. L.
Crouch, Henry Ford, Jeff Hen
derson, Herman Weaver and W.
W. McDaniel.
decision to increase the seating
capacity at a meeting of the
Athletic Committee Wednesday
night. E. C. Pesterfield is chair
man.
It is expected the bleachers
will be completed in time for the
first home game, Friday, Sept.
16. with the McHenry Cardinals.
Baptists of County
Meet Today in Trion
The Chattooga Baptist As
sociation meeting is in progress
at the Trion Baptist Church to
day, afer having begun yester
day.
The introductory sermon was
given by the Rev. Earnest Pell
yesterday morning, followed by a
message by the Rev. Floyd
Stark last night.
Dr. James W. Merritt is sched
uled to speak this morning.
Calf Show, Sale
Plans Completed
Final arrangements have been
completed for the First Annual
Fall Feeder Calf Show and Sale
to be held nt the Coosa Valley
Livestock Associations Sales
Barn in Rome on Tuesday. Sep
tember 13. The show will begin
at 11 a. m. and the sale begins
at 1 p. m.
Approximately 500 calves will
be entered in this show and sale.
Os this number there will be be
tween 60 and 75 calves consigned
from the Trion Company beef
herd. More than 100 claves are
expected from the Berry Schools.
Also there will be about 150
calves consigned by the North
Georgia Hereford Breeder’s As
sociation of Walker County. The
remaining 200 calves will come
from small breeders from this
area, In groups of 5 to 25 head.
The majority of the animals
will be steers, evenly divided be
tween the Angus and Hereford
breed. There will not be any
bulls entered In this show and
sale. Calves do not have to be
out of purebred herds
WAR DEPT. SURVEYS
FOR PLANT HERE
'MAY DEVELOP, MAY NEVER
DEVELOP/ HAMILTON SAYS
The War Department is having a survey made in Cha f tooga
Walker and Dade counties with a possible view of establishing a
synthetic chemical plant in one of the counties.
This was disclosed Wednesday morning by State Treasurer
George B. Hamilton, of Atlanta, who addressed a group of inter
ested citizens at the courthouse.
Remember Deadline
AU news positively must be
turned in by Tuesday after
noon to be in that week’s
paper.
None will be accepted later.
Remember to sign your
name when mailing in items.
RODNEY NOW HAS
HOPE; OPERATION
SET FOR FRIDAY
Blonde little Rodney Martin
knows that Chattooga coun- I
I tians have big hearts.
They proved it last week and j
this week when they opened
up their hearts and purses and
gave almost $1,200 so that he
could have the vital Blalock ,
operation. Dr. Osler A. Abbott '
will perform the operation Fri- ‘
day morning at Emory Hospi
tal. Blood transfusions are be
ing given this week.
Although the operation will
not take place until Friday,
the little fellow’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Martin, of Sum
merville, don’t have to worry
about the financial angle now 7 .
The “blue baby” opera
tion alone would cost S9OO. and
this would be in addition to
the other expenses. Mr. and
Mrs. Martin sold their auto
mobile and then wondered how
they’d ever be able to scrape
up the remaining necessary ,
amount.
The people of the communi
ty heard about their predica- 1
ment and immediately dozens
of persons began soliciting.
The local post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars gave $75 at their
regular meeting Thursday
night and later two more
members contributed $2. One
veteran raised 880 in his com
munity and another got more
than S3OO. Rodney’s father
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Woman Drowns
In Rock Quarry
Al Armuchee
The partially clad body of
Mrs. Opal Burch. 20, Rome, was
taken from the water-filled rock
quarry, near Armuchee, Satur
day afternoon after a rescue
squad of Rome firemen had
worked almost since the woman
drowned Friday night.
Mrs. Burch was with a male
companion, Frank Nichols. Nich
ols was charged with being
drunk on private property and
was later released.
Police said Mrs. Burch went
to the quarry late Friday in a
taxi driven by W H. McLeod,
who said he picked the couple
up at a beer tavern on Calhoun
Avenue. They had a case of beer.
McLeod told police.
Officers said witnesses told
them Nichols and Mrs. Burch
were talking near the edge of
the water. Then, they said. Mrs
Burch disrobed except for her
undergarments and went swim
ming. She called for help and
disappeared under the water.
Hunting and Fishing Seasons
Disclosed by Commission
The State Game and Fish
Commission this week released
dates concerning the hunting
and fishing seasons in Chat
tooga County.
There Is no open season in
North Georgia on wild turkey
and the trout streams in North
Georgia are clos"d from Novem
ber 15 until March 31. It was
disclosed.
Turtle doves have a split sea
«on this year. Rept. 16-31 and
.Tan. 1-15. Shooting hours are
from noon to sundown and the
bag limit is 10. This is the fed
eral and state regulation
The opening days on doer,
'bucks only' Is Nov. 10-25 in the
following counties: Gilmer. Mur
ray. Fannin. Pickens. Dawson.
Lumpkin. Union. Towns. White.
Rabun and Habersham The bag
limit is one
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Following the mass meeting,
Mr. Hamilton met with the Di
! rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce and asked them to make
, a survey on the housing situa
i tion in Summerville and the
surrounding area.
He stated that the housing
situation would be a big factor
. in the event such a plant is lo-
Jcated here and that these three
counties were the only ones in
I Georgia being considered. He
said that probably Walker and
Chattooga would figure more
prominently.
Mr. Hamilton cautioned the
group against being over - op
tomistic about the matter
_ “However, I think,” he said,
that there must be something
or the government would never
have hired this big New York
engineering firm to make sur
veys here. It may develop or it
jmay never develop.”
Mr. Hamilton said that the
crying need all over Georgia is
for a proper housing program.
He said a great manv people
think of a housing program only
in relation to the metronolitian
areas w’here there is con 'esticn,
but, he continued, the need is
just as great in rural areas and
small towns.
Small Towns Sough t
Great industries do not want
to locate in large centralized
areas, the Treasurer asserted.
They want to locate in small
towns that have “the highest
type American- citizenery that
can be found in the U. S.”
Unless we have standard liv
i ing conditions, labor cannot give
'full productive capacity, it was
■ stated.
“Georgia is, and will be for
many years, a predominately
rural state. Our rural people are
; as much entitled to running wa
ter and adequate sanitary fa
cilities as the people in large
cities.”
Should this industry come
here. Mr. Hamilton said, it
might be more feasible to build
an entire new town, but that he
believes it would be more feas
ible to show figures and prove
that it could be worked in with
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AKIN TO SPEAK
TO WILDLIFE CLUB
C. B. Akin. Superintendant of
I Chattooga County, will be the
principal speaker at the Septem
ber meeting of the Chattooga
County Wildlife and Conserva
tion Club at the Lyerly school
gymnasium at 8 p. m. Monday
Sept. 12. according to President
W. H. Smith, of Lyerly. O. H. El
ain, of Berryton. will be in
I charge of the program.
Fulton Lovell, chief of the
Game and FLsh Commission. Ed
Friend, Director of Information
and Education of the State De
partment, and D. L Holcomb,
newly-appointed wildlife ranger
for Chattooga County, will also
be present and will bring along
a movie of the State’s wild
life resources which will be
shown to the audience.
It is urged that every member
of the Wildlife Club attend the
meeting in Lyerly Monday night
and get a report on the activity
of the club in recent months.
The managed deer hunt on
closed areas has been extended
this year and will begin Novem
bcr 24 and extend until Decem
ber 3. It is divided into three sep
arate hunts, of three days each.
Applications for tnls hunt can be
had by writing direct to Game
and Fish Commission, 412 State
Capitol. Atlanta, or to Game and
Fish Commissions. Box 387.
Gainscvllle.
Other seasons are as follows:
squirrel, Nov. 1-Jan 5. 10 week
ly: rabbit. Nov. 1-Feb. 25. eight
dally: opposum. Oct. 1-Feb. 15.
no limit: raccoon. Nov. 20-Feb.
15. no limit: ruffed grouse. Nov
20-Jan. 15. three weekly: quail.
Nov 24-Feb. 25. 15 dally.
The wildlife ranger for this
county Is D L. Holcomb. 31
Clear View Circle. Rome