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Thursday, November 10, 1949
Library History Is One
Showing Much Growth
By H. T. Phillips
At a meeting of the Junior
Woman’s Club in April, 1936, its
secretary. Miss Elizabeth Jack
son, who was then Librarian of
the High School in Summerville,
proposed that the Junior Wo
man’s Club should sponsor a Li
brary with the co-operation of
the W. P. A. and at that time a
permanent committee was ap
pointed to investigate the possi
bilities of so doing.
Conferences were held with
Miss Daughtry, the W. P. A. rep
resentative, and plans were
made to secure the number of
books required to begin. It was
decided to canvass the homes for
donations of books or cash and
in this way the necessary num
ber of books was obtained. At
” first the books were kept at the
Summerville High School under
the supervision of Miss Jackson,
a trained Librarian, who proces
sed and indexed them for circu
lation. It was soon found that
larger quarters were needed and
the Junior Woman’s Club was
successful in renting a small
building on Washington Street
at $8 per month.
On November 2, 1938. the Li- ।
brary, then known as the “W. P. I
A. Library,” was moved from the
High School to its new home.
In May, 1939, a committee was
appointed by the Junior Wo
man’s Club to confer with the |
County Commissioners in view of I
securing better quarters in the!
Courthouse. The efforts in this
direction were successful and a,
room on the first floor was prop
erly fitted out to take care of
its needs. The Library was then
called the “Public Library,” but
later on the name was changed
to “Chattooga Public Library”
which it now is. In April, 1941, a
larger and more desirable room
in the Courthouse was given the
Library, w’here it is located at I
the present time.
To operate the W. P. A. Library
in its location on Washington
Street, contributions from vari
ous individuals and business
firms were secured and in the
month of November, 1938. the
sum of $68.50 was raised en
abling the payment of six
months rent in advance with
sundry other expenses, so that
on December 1, 1938, there was
actually a balance of $9.90 on
hand. The salary of the Librar
ian was paid by the W. P. A.
In April, 1939. a "Tag Day”
was held resulting in $9 addi
tional, which, with various con
tributions and fines collected
from month to month enabled
the Library to operate. In June,
1939, the City of Summerville
agreed to give $lO each month
and the County S3O. The follow
ing January the City raised its
donation to sls monthly. The
Junior Woman's Club contribut
ed $3 each month and other
small sums were donated by in
terested friends—enough to cov
er the actual operating expenses
exclusive of the Librarian’s sal
ary which was paid by the W.
P. A. In March, 1941, the City of
Summerville increased its
monthly payments to $18.30 and
this was continued until Janu
ary, 1942, when it was further
increased to S2O. In February,
1943, the City agreed to give S3O
monthly and the County added
S2O to its appropriation making
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On March 18, 1943, the W. P.
A. withdrew its support so that
it became necessary then to fi
nance the Library locally. Plans
were made to secure more money
from the contributing agencies
as well as to solicit aid from the
Civic Clubs. The efforts in this
direction met with some success
so that the Library then had an
income of $lO7 monthly.
In October, 1944, the Cherokee
Regional Library, serving Walk
er, Dade and Chattooga Coun
ties, took the Chattooga Public
Library under its management;
then it was that the County
Board of Roads and Revenues
increased again its contribution
to SIOO per month and the Coun
ty Board of Education began its
monthly payments of SSO. This
income for the Library continu
ed until December, 1946, at
which time the City raised its
contribution to S4O each month.
In June. 1948, the Board of Ed
ucation increased its payments
monthly to S6O so that at the
present time the income month
ly of the Chattooga Public Li
! brary is as follows:
| Boards of Roads and Revenues
—Chattooga County 100
Board of Education 60
City of Summerville 40
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club 10
i Summerville Lions Club 10
Jr. Woman’s Club 3
Fines—Apprix. 4 j
227 j
This amount is sufficient to 1
cover the monthly check to the
Cherokee Regional Library with
a little left over.
The latter part of 1947 it was
necessary for the Cherokee Re
gional Library, that had been
operating the Bookmobile in
; Walker. Dade and Chattooga
I Counties, to purchase a new
Bookmobile. The three above
counties were to bear the ex
pense in proportion to their
ability to contribute. The
amount to be raised by the Chat
tooga Public Library was $1,300
and after some solicitation and
considerable persuasion the fol
lowing contributions were secur
ed: Board of Roads and Reve
nues, Chattooga county, $500;
City of Summerville, $500; Board
of Education. s3oo—-total SI3OO.
In the fall of 1948 a handsome
new Bookmobile was purchased.
The distribution of books to our
rural communities is of great
value to those who are unable to
visit the Library in person. Some
19 places in this county are con
tacted one week in each month
and new books then supplied to
the many readers. Mrs. George
Morton was appointed in Feb
ruary, 1949. to assist in placing
these books and has been a very
efficient help in this work.
The first Librarian of the then
W. P. A Library was Mrs. Hugh
Lee. who was shortly succeeded
by Mrs. Cicero Cleghorn and it
was during her administration
that the Montgomery Knitting
Mill donated approximately 100
books which was a welcome ad
dition to the number on hand
Mrs. Cleghorn was well liked
and conscientious in her work
and did much to add to the
present day success of the Li
brary. She was succeeded later
on by Mrs. Mary Adams who
i served until her death in Octo
ber, 1943. Mrs. Adams was well
‘ qualified as a librarian, a dili
, gent worker and possessed of a
I pleasing personality that en
deared the public to her During
| her service as librarian she was
। aassisted, from time to time, by
Mrs. Dora Henson. Mrs. Eula
! Chadwick, Miss Pat Chambers,
j Miss June Hayes and others In
July. 1943. Mrs. J. H. Shumate
was appointed to assist Mrs.
: Adams and after Mrs. Adam’s
l last Illness was elected to suc
| ceed her as Librarian in Novem
। ber, 1943. Mrs. Shumate con
i tinued to serve in this capacity
। until she resigned in September.
I 1948. at which time Mrs. J. L.
I Henderson took charge of the
| library. A few months later. Mrs.
। Henderson resigned to accept
| the position of Librarian at the
I Carnegie Library in Rome Mrs.
j Shumate was faithful in her
I work and the Library did well
under her management. It was
; with much regret that we were
| forced to lose the services of Mrs.
Henderson for she combined
with a pleasing personality a
very thorough knowledge of li
brary work. When Mrs. Hender
son left, Mrs. Harry Foster be
came Librarian in which capaci
ty she is now serving with suc
cess She combines with her
ability a pleasing cordiality that
is well liked by the reading pub
lic.
Summer Reading Classes for
the children have been in opera
tion for a number of years and
it is remarkable how Interested
the young people are. In 1942—
52 pupils completed the prescrib
ed course of reading and 1943
there were 58. in 1944 there were
49 Each summe- since these
reading courses have been held
though the figures until this
summer are not available. This
season 127 were enrolled and 82
completed the course. Much
credit should be given to Mrs.
Harry Foster for this unusual
record.
From the beginning when the
Library had only about 100 books
this number has, each year, been
steadily increased. On January
1, 1943 there were 1,441 volumes
and a year later January 1, 1944
the number amounted to 1,714.
The circulation for 1943 was
10,377 books, and the number of
registrants was 630, 500 adults
and 130 children. In October,
1944, the number of books
amounted to 1,826. Since the
Cherokee Regional Library as
sumed management of our local
Libraryvin October, 1944, it has
kept record of the circulation
and number of books and these
figures are not available; how
ever, Miss Sarah Maret can
doubtless furnish them. In this
connection much credit is due
Miss Maret and her assistants
for the invaluable help given the
Library—without which it could
not function as successfully as it
now does.
The present officers of the
Chattooga Public Library are:
Mrs. B. W. Farrar, President; ■
Mrs. Fred Aldred, Secretary: I
Harvey T. Phillips, Treasurer,
and the Board of Trustees, in
addition to the above names,
consists of: Mrs. Mary Selman,
Mrs. H. D. Brown. Mr. C. B. Akin
and Oscar Cleckler.
ALPINE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrison
and children, Edith and Billy, of
Signal Mountain, Tenn., were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Tucker.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Purcell
and son, Jimmy, were visiting
Misses Beatrice and Ruth Moss,
of Chapel Hill, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold White
were visiting her parents, Mr.
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
and Mrs. A. W. Vernon, Saturday
night.
Those visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Toles and
family Sunday afternoon were:
Mrs. Aubrey Hardeman and Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Tate, all of At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kidd
and Glenda Ellen, of Rome; F.
W. Cavin and granddaughter,
Linda, Miss Mittie Dodd, Roy
Dodd and Miss Blanche Toles.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Morrison
and Cuye, of Rome, Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Webb and Charles Broom,
Mrs. R. H. Dempsey, all of Sum
merville, were visiting Mrs.
Samantha Dempsey and Mr. and
I Mrs. Gladstone Dempsey and
family Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Dickerson
and children, formerly of Oak
j Hill, are now occupying the
| house recently vacated by the
Gordon Walters family. Those
i visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson
Sunday were: Gus Powell and
I Patsy; Bobby Padgett and Law-
I erance Bullard, of Oak Hill.
Mrs. Ted Mauney and Ellen,
of New Moon, Ala., were visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hall. Leon and
Ruby Lee Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Thornberry, of Menlo, were
visiting the Halls Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Toles
and son, Charles, were visiting
Mrs. Toles’ mother, Mrs. Will
Nix, of Spring Creek, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Weaver
and son. Larmarces, and Mrs.
Mollie Weaver, all of Henegar,
Ala., Mrs. Bertha White, Rufus
White, Miss Doris Ledbetter, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Pollard and
children, Marlene and Sandra, i
all of LaFayette, Mr. and Mrs.■
Ralph Toles and children, Mary I
Alice and Lynn, of Rome, Mr.,
and Mrs. J. C. Cavin and chil
dren, Johnnie, Marilyn and
Susan, of Trion, were visiting
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Toles Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lively, of
Berryton, visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Lumsden a while Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Chappelear
were visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Hurst Sunday afternoon.
Mr." and Mrs. Earnest White
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold White
were visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Huffstettler and family, of
Rome, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ed Ashworth and chil
dren, India, and Lilia Sue, were
visiting Mrs. Gus Powell and
Patsy Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lumsden
attended church services at
Friendship Baptist Church in
Alabama Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Dean
I and family, of Wayside, were
visiting Mrs. Sallie Walters and
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walters
and family Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cargle and
daughter and Miss Margie Reed,
of Welcome Hill, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Purcell and Jodie Sun
day afternoon.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Sen
tell and little granddaughter,
I Carol Kay Sentell, were visiting
i Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Toles and
| Tommy Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Carter, of
Dickeyville, were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Powell and Patsy and
Mr. and Mrs. George Carter and
family Sunday afternoon.
C. R. Toles and G. H. Toles
made a business trip to Ft. I
Payne, Ala., Monday.
T. T. Toles visited his parents,
Mr. rind Mrs. C. R. Toles, Supday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tucker
were Sunday dinner guests of I
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Tucker. Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Tucker and chil
dren were visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Tucker in the afternoon.
Walter Boyd has been removed
to his home from Riegel Com
munity Hospital where he was a
patient for several days. He is
reported as improving.
J. R. Lumsden and A. V. Hurst
made a business trip to Centre,
Ala., Saturday.
Mrs. Jack Rickett, of Summer
ville, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Crye, Monday.
Increased U. S. imports
termed essential to world trade.
HOLLAND NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jackson,
of Lyerly, were spend - the - day
guests Sunday of R. L. Holland
and family.
Mrs. G. S. Holland and Mrs. J.
P. Adderhold and Frank visited
Mrs. R. P. Brison Saturday.
Mrs. Minnie Holland and
Housch called to see Luke Ratliff
on Thursday. He was apparently
improving.
Brad High, Mrs. Eleanor Mor
gan and Maxine and Mrs. Clyde
Packer, of Gore, visited in the
home of Mrs. R. P. Brison Thurs
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vaughn had
as spend-the-day guests Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Henderson, Mrs.
Della Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Driskill and children: Mr. and
Mrs. James Williams and Judy
and Miss Edythe Henderson and
Ruby Henderson, , all of Fort
Payne, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Clif
i ford Dean, of Sylvania, Ala.;
IMr. and Mrs. W. Millican and
children, of Lyerly; and Mr. and
i Mrs. Windell Keith and Roger, of
i Trion.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Womack Sunday were: Mr.
I and Mrs. J. H. Womack and
Billy; the Rev. Wilburn Dooley
and Arch Womack, of Chattoo
gaville, and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
Womack and children, of Turn
er’s Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch High, of
Gore, were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bennett.
Mrs. Doris Everett, Sandra and
Linda, Patsy, Mike and Duane
Ratliff visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Kelly, of Mill Creek, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roper, of
Rome, visited Mrs. R. P. Brison
and family Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher West
brooks, of Gaylesville, Ala., were
Saturday afternoon guests of
Mrs. R. P. Brison and family.
Mrs. J. H. Ratliff Sr., honored
J. H. Ratliff Sr., with a surprise
birthday dinner Sunday, Nov. 6,
celebrating his 74th birthday.
Those who enjoyed the occas
ion were; Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Ratliff, Mr. and Mrs. Henry RaV
liff, of Shannon; Mrs. An#
Davis and Janie and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Davis and sons; Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Knightening
and sons and Mrs. Dora White,
of Rome; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rat
liff Jr, and Joann, of Lindale;
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ratliff, Tom
my and Terry of Trion; Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Ratliff and sons,
of Lyerly; and Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Ratliff and Betty.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson
and Wilburn, of Gaylesville, Ala.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ratliff
visited Mrs. R. P. Brison and
family Sunday afternoon.
J. J. Miller, of Ohio, spent the
week-end with T. H. Holland.
Mrs. Inez Greer and Mrs. E.
W. Moon spent Sunday with Mrs
Minnie Holland and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Terrell Jr.,
of Rome, visited Mr. and Mrs
Dan Smith Smith Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Faidley and
Mrs. Ann Mahan, of Chattanoo
ga, visited Mrs. Arthur Strawn
Sunday.
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