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VOL. 65; NO. 50
Eight Here Seek City
Offices in Election
Eight persons have qualified
as candidates for offices in the
coming City of Summerville elec
tion, which will be held. Satur
day, January 7.
Only one person, J. L. McGin
nis, has announced his candi
dacy for mayor. Mayor Willis
James has disclosed that he will
not seek re-election to the post
he has held for one term.
Those wishing to run In the
election for mayor and council
men must qualify on or before
noon, Dec. 23, with the City
Clerk.
Those who are candidates thus
far are as follows: Joe Ragland
and W. H. Dean, Ward 1; Dr. B.
Lovingood, Ward 2; A. F. McCur
dy, W. S. Sitton and Luell Mc-
Ginnis, Ward 3; and W. G.
Rutherford, Ward 4.
Mr. McGinnis, Mr. Ragland,
Dr. Lovingood, Mr. McCurdy and
Mi. Rutherford have announced
that they are running as a
ticket.
None of the present council
men have announced their in
tentions of seeking re-election.
Persons wishing to vote and
who have not previously reg
istered must do so by Friday,
Dec. 9. The registration books
will be kept at the city clerk’s
office at all times in order that
all persons who qualify may reg
ister. '
'Old Maids Club'
To Aid Scouls
Girl Scouts in Chattooga
County will be aided by those
who attend the “Old Maids
Club,” a play to be presented at
h o’clock tonight by the B. B. H.
Club, of Trion, in the Trion High
School auditorium.
Frances Alexander acts as
president Luella Matilda Prim
rose of the Old Maids Club. Oth
ers in the cast include Willie B.
Parham, Mrs. Carolyn Chestnut,
Mi‘s. Addie Baker, Mrs. Ruby
Salley and Miss Mary Jo Lo
gan.
Music Club Presents
Piano to Local School
A beautiful new piano will be
presented to the Summerville
schools by the Summerville Mu
sic Study Club at 8 p. m. Tues
day, Dec. 13, the regular meet
ing date of the local Parent-
Teacher Association.
The piano, a Storey and Clark
baby grand, was made possible
by the birthday calendars sold
by the Music Club. It will be lo
cated In the new auditorium.
A musical program will be pre
sented by the Music Club at this
meeting which wil Ibe held in
the auditorium.
^Bangle Day’ to Help
Fight Tuberculosis
Hundreds of Chattooga County
school children will bring con
tributions to school Friday to
help combat tuberculosis in the
county.
Friday has been set aside as
“Bangle Day” in the schools and
any contribution the child cares
to give will be turned in with
other funds now being received
by the Chattooga County Tu
berculosis Association in their
current Seal Sale.
Miss Jewell Poole, Education
Committee Chairman of the TB
Association, made the announce
ment of “Bangle Day” this
week.
Many of the students. In their
health classes, will study tuber
losls and its accompanying haz
ards and how It may be kept
under control.
Educational material about
the disease will also be dis-
•HERE ’N THERE-
The Menlo Parent - Teacher
Association will meet at 7:30 p.
m. Monday. Dec. 5. at the
school.
The regular meeting of the
Mason - McCauley Veterans of
Foreign Wars post will be held
at 7:30 o'clock this evening at
the Memorial Home.
Hair Farms, of Summerville,
recently sold six purebred Ab
erdeen-Angus cows and a bull to
L. 8. Brown, of Atlantic, and a
bull to W. S Isherwood, of
Bradenton. Fla
^nmmrrutlk Nans
Trion Glee Club
Entertains Rotary
Members Wednesday
The Trion High School Glee
Club entertained the Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club, Wed
nesday, Nov. 30, wdth a program
at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Mrs. Wingfield, Directress, was
presented by Ralph Coarsey.
The program included such
favorites as Brahm’s “Dream
Song,” “Lucky Old Sun,” Steph
en Foster’s “Beautiful Dreamer”
and “Christmas Bells are Ring
ing,” by Holton.
Magalene Day was accompa
nist.
Rotarians of LaFayette visiting
the local Club included Herbert
Cole, Bus Harmon and Freeman
McClure. Andy Cain, of Rossville,
also was a guest.
Fred Aldred has charge of next
week’s program.
VFW Men Go To
Cartersville Meet
Four veterans from Chattooga
County’s Mason-McCauley Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Post at
tended the Seventh District
meeting of the VFW in Carters
ville Sunday.
They included J. C. Cavin, of
Trion, Seventh District Com
mander; James Floyd, of Penn
ville, Junior Vice Commander of
the State VFW Department; J.
R. Teddar and Rufus Pruitt,
both of Summerville.
Mr. Floyd spoke to the group
on*the membership objective of
the State, disclosing that the
Northern District, of which he is
head, is four points ahead of the
Southern District. Dave Price, of
Jesup, heads the Southern Dis
trict Membership Committee.
It was also revealed that Ala
bama’s Department of VFW has
challenged Georgia, a member
ship “battle.” The loser will have
to present a trophy to the win
ner at the national convention
next year.
James Carmichael, State VFW
Commander. discussed the
Georgia VFW project of wayside
parks and emphasized that the
VFW must do more community
projects.
Also discussing community
service was Kelso Hearn, State
Quartermaster and Adjutant.
Trooper Red Moore, of the
State Patrol, spoke to the group.
Mr. Cavin presided at the
meeting, at which time It was
decided that the next District
meeting will be held in Dalton.
Mr. Teddar led the invocation
at the meeting.
tribuled among the children,
Miss Poofe said.
Mrs. Agnes Hammond. TB
Association Treasurere, said this
week that funds are still com
ing in. in response to the Seal
letters mailed out on Nov. 21,
when the drive began.
It was emphasized that 75 per
cent of the money remains in
Chattooga County to be used
for Chattooga County people
who are stricken by tuberculo
sis.
An exhibit which pictorial izes
various phases of the work of
the Chattooga County Tubercu
losis Association is on display at
the Jackson Drug Store Win
dow
Tin* display Is designed to
point out to shoppers the val
uable tuberculosis control phases
and to remind them to Include
Christinas Seals on their lists of
Christmas purchases.
Richard J. Edwards, fireman.
USN. husband of Mrs Richard
J. Edwards, of Berryton, has re
iceived a "well done" from Ad
. miral Forrest P. Sherman. USN.
[newly appointed Chief of Naval
(Operations, who was Command
er of the Sixth Task Fleet to
which the Navy man's ship, the
heavy cruiser USS Dos Moines,
is attached.
Admiral Sherman has been re
lieved as Commander of the
Fleet in the Mediterranean by
Rear Admiral John R. Ballen
tine. USN
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949
MOVIE TO BENEFIT NEEDY CHILDREN
Attend a movie and help Santa visit some needy child
in this county.
That’s the message this week of the American Legion
Post 129 and the management of the Tooga Theatre who
are sponsoring a benefit show on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
The price of admission will be a toy for a school age
child.
The movie to be shown is “Secret Garden,” starring
Margaret O’Brien, Dean Stockwell and Herbert Marshall
Civic groups who ordinarily help needy children in
Chattooga County at Christmas time, will cooperate and
submit lists of those whom Santa would otherwise
overlook.
Won’t you please go to this movie?
City Court Gets
Under Way Dec. 5
The calendar of cases for the
December term, of the City
Court of Chattooga county has
been released.
Court is to be held beginning
Monday, December 5.
Cases set for Monday are:
Loyd Adams, three cases, check
or draft without funds; Wood
row Allison, whipping wife; Her
bert Avery, abandonment; J. B.
Bailey, abandonment; Glenn
Bailey, possessing liquor; Robert
Barnes, assault and battery;
Johnny Bishop, public drunken
ness; Anthony Black, malicious
mischief; L. D. Blackman, beat
ing taxi fare; Clarence Black
mon, adultery and fornication;
Robert Blackmon, burning
woods; Hollis P. Boyd, check or
draft without funds; Gordon
Brady, drunk driving; and
Junior Bramlett, sellihg non-tax
paid whiskey.
Grady Brock, abandonment;
H. G; Bryant, check or draft
without funds; Johnny Calhoun,
assault and battery; Luke
Campbell, beating taxi fare;
Luther Campbell, check or draft
without funds and assault and
battery; W. H. Carnes, cutting
timber without owner’s permis
sion; James N. Chapman, public
drunkenness; Carlton Clemons,
assault and battery, stabbing
and simple assault.
William E. Crider, public
drunkenness; W. H. Croft, aban
donment; Charlie Dalton, drunk
at private residence; Fred Dob
son. public drunkeness; Homer
Drummond, assault and battery;
Jess Drummond, assault and
battery: Sam Edmondson, public
drunkenness: C. D. Edwards,
worthless check; Mrs. Wheeler
Evans, failing to send child to
school; Charlie Evett, assault
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS
PLANNED BY PRESBYTERIANS
The Summerville Presbyterian
1 Church Is planning four special
Christmas programs during the
next few weeks, it was an
-1 nounced this week.
On December 11. the annual
church Christmas program will
be presented at 8 p. m. at the
i church. This program will fea
ture the church choir, using the
theme “Christmas Around the
World.” Christmas music from
many countries of the world will
be presented, using the choir
and the audience.
. Tenatlvely set for the night of
December 18 is the “Joy Gift”
i program at the churrch. The
theme of this program is "Joy
to the World" and it will feature
several members of the church
In a dialogue A contribution
i will be taken for aged ministers
o' the Presbyerinn Church.
On Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 18. from 2:30 until 3 p. m.
land again on Friday afternoon.
December 23. from 2:30 until 3
p. m., the church will present a
I transcribed program over a lo
cal radio station of the church
choir singing Christmas music.
This program Is exceptionally
fine, leaders said, and it is hoped
that everyone in Chattooga
I County will listen.
Movie To Be Shown
To Pennville P.-T. A.
The Pennville P.T A will hold
I Its regular meeting In the din
inc hall of the school at 7 p. m.
Tuesday, Dec. 6.
An interesting program has
hern planned. It was stated
“The Sixth Chair," a 18 M. M
professionally - produced, sound
moving picture, designed to help
.citizens help themselves to bet -
Iter schools, will be shown
Dramatized highlights of this
professionally - produced sound
motion picture include: The
dangers of complacency to the
nation, the school and to every
citizen: opportunities offered in
new school buildings and the
modernization of old buildings;
and today's values of good edu
cation opportunities for all peo
ple in the community.
and battery; Lon Freemon, driv
ing without tag; J. B. Fritz,
public drunkenness; and Robert
Gentry, public drunkenness.
Hughie Hampton, public
drunkenness; Richard Haslerig,
speeding; William H. Headrick,
public drunkenness; T. Loyd
Hicks, possessing liquor and
drunk driving; Paul Hunter,
possessing liquor; E. P. Jackson,
check without funds and fraud;
Hilda Jackson, larceny from the
house; Bobble Gene Keith, check
or draft without funds; C. B.
Kirk, assault and battery; Rob
ert Mack, public drunkenness;
C. C. Marshall, possessing liquor;
R. C. Minor, possessing liquor
and selling liquor; Silas A.
Mitchell, possessing liquor; Clif
ford Mizell, public drunkenness;
and Elgin Moon, public drunken
ness.
Randolph Moon, public drunk
enness; George McCutchlns,
public drunkenness; Will Mc-
Daniel. two cases, burning
woods; Cleda Nelson, possessing
liquor; Arnie Owens, falling to
send child to school; Mrs. Arnie
Owens, failing to send child to
school: Marion C. Phillips, pub
lic drunkenness; H. C. Reeves,
Jr., assault and battery; Arnold
Tumlin, beating taxi fare; James
Tumlin. possessing liquor; J. C.
Tomlin, larceny from the house
and possessing liquor; Clinton
W. Vinyard, ‘bindonment; and
Jess H 'Wade', public drunken
ness
Arthur Watkins, pointing
weapon at another; V. W. Webb,
drunk driving; J. W. Westbrooks,
drunk at private residence; Don
ald R. White, public drunken
ness; R. H. White, possessing
liquor: Forrest Williams, worth-
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$1,200 Sought by
Local Boy Scouls
A $1,200 goal has been set for
the Boy Scout Drive which will
be held in Summerville, Berry
j ton, Lyerly and Menlo on Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 8-9. it was
disclosed this week.
The Trion District already has
had the fund drive. T J. Espy.
Treasurer, said.
Solicitors will call upon Chat
tooga Countians during the two
day drive. Mr Espy stated.
MRS. FANNIE HICKS,
71, DIES HERE
Mrs. Fannie Trippe Hicks. 71,
died at the residence of her
daughter. Mrs John Davison, of
Summerville, Route 2. at I:2s
Monday
Mrs. Hicks was preceded in
I death by her husband. Leon
Hicks
She is survived by two daugh
|ter», Mrs. John Davison, of Sum
merville: and Mrs. Lois White,
lof Rome; two sons. L. V. Hicks.
lof Route 3, Rome, and E L.
Hicks, of Rome; three sisters.
Mrs. Pat Gilreath, of Trion; Mrs. I
Annie Emmons, of Dalton; and
Mrs Florence Willis, of Alabama
City; four brothers. L. C. and
J. W Trippe. both of Summer
iville; Lee. of Trion: and Alfred
Trippe. of Alabama City. Five
v landehlldien and one great
grandchild also survive
Funeral services will be con
! ducted at the Sand Springs
Baptist Church near Crystal
Springs nt 2 p. m. with the Revs
B Carroll Carter and J E Walts
officiating. Interment will be In
the church cemetery
Tlie following nephews will
< eve ns pallbearers: J W
i Trippe. Jr . John Willis, Furman
Walker. W. C. Hicks. Will Henry
Walts and Grover Ables The J. I
D. HUI Funeral Home, of Sum-1
mervlUe. tn charge of arrange
ments
Decorations, Carols to Welcome
Christmas Season in Summerville
MAIL CHRISTMAS
CARDS, PACKAGES
EARLY THIS YEAR
Mail your Christmas cards and
packages early.
That’s the message of the
postmasters in Chattooga Coun
ty this week as the Christmas
season gets in full swing.
In order to assure delivery by
Christmas, Postmaster John
Stubbs, of Summerville, said
cards and packages should be
mailed as early as posible.
He reminded Chattoga Coun
tians that this year it will cost
two cents to send a card un
sealed. Mailed this way, they
cannot be forwarded nor re
turned without paying additional
postage, he sal . If mailed first
class, three c nts, they will be
forwarded and if a return ad
dress is given, can be returned.
The number of packages and
letters passing through the post
offices in the county is expected
to be even greater than last year,
Mr. Stubbs said.
Mrs. I. M. Henderson,
TO, Claimed By Death
Mrs. Mattie Lee Hammontree
Henderson, 70, passed away at
her residence in Summerville, at
;9:15 p. m. Sunday.
Besides her husband. I. M.
(Henderson, she is survived by
। three daughters, Mrs. Inez Tay
lor, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs.
Pauline Farmer, of Trion; and
Mrs. Alice LeMasters, of Sum
merville; one son. Ira. of Sum
merville; four sisters, Mrs. R. H.
McFarland. Mrs. Lizzie Humph
ries, Mrs. Annie Nelms and Mrs.
Lizzie Stacy, all of Dalton; three
brothers, Sam and Herman
Hammontree, both of Dalton;
and J. F Hammontree. of Rome.
Four grandchildren also sur-
>vive.
Funeral services were cond
ucted at the First Baptist
Church, of which she was a
। member, at 4 p. m. Tuesday,
with the Rev. Harry Foster of
ficiating.
Pallbearers were: Lyle John
son, R. R. Garrett, E. C. Pester
field. J. L. McGinnis. O. C. May
jhan and C. C. Woodall. Inter
ment was in the Summerville
Cemetery.
The J. D. Hill in charge of
arrangements.
Lamar Dodd Io Be
Heard in Rome Dec. 6
Lamar Dodd, who will be
heard In Rome on Dec. 6 is the
Georgia artist Life magazine de
scribed recently as “more re
sponsible than any other man
for the renaissance of art that
has swept the Southeast in the
last ten years."
Dodd is the second in a series
of University of Georgia artists
to appear here in a tour of Uni
versity off-campus centers. He
will demonstrate his painting
technique in Girls High School
auditorium at 8:30 p. m
The widely - known artist has
gained recognition for his work
in oils, watercolors, and draw
ings as well as In art education.
The University’s department of
art which he heads is one of
the best in the South with over
200 majors for the present year.
B. B. PACE. 60,
DIES SUNDAY
Berdie Benzel Pace. 60. died
at his residence in Summrvllle
at 4:20 p. m. Sunday, after a
lingering illness
Besides his wife. Mrs Mae
Rogers Pace, he is survived by
cne son, Virgil Pace, of Sum
merville; five brothers, Tom
Pace, of Ft Myers. Fla ; Will,
of Sheffield. Ma.; Wiley, of
Bridgeport. Ala.; George . of
Fackler. Ala ; and Oscar, of
Summerville: three sisters. Mrs.
Estelle Akins. of Fackler. Ala.:
Mrs. Fannie Wlllmon. of Ft.
Smith. Ark.; and Mrs Annie
Mac Johnson, of Loa Angeles
'Calif
Funeral services were con
,ducted at the Calvary Baptist |
Church at 2 n m Tuesday, with
the Revs Wilburn Dooley and W.
H Dean officiating Interment
was in the Pennville Cemetery
, with the J. D. Hill Funeral Home,
of Summerville tn charge of
arrangements
Bonds Offered for Best-Decorated
Home and Business in the City
Those, in Summerville and those passing through this little
town during the week-end, will see workers busily decorating the
streets for the gay Christmas season ahead.
In conjunction with the street decorations, home-owners and
businesses are being given a great incentive to decorate. A $25
savings bond will be given to the best-decorated home and a $25
bond will be given to the oest-decorated business within the city
limits.
LOCAL FIRE DEPT,
IS RE-ORGANIZED
The Summerville Fire Depart
ment has been re-organized and
has completed a 14-hour course
in fire fighting, Mayor W. S.
James announced this week.
Lt. Richard Sharp, from the
Rome Fire Department, con
ducted this school, Instructing
volunteer firemen how to use
fire fighting equipment and how
to combat the different types of
j fires.
“This course has been most
beneficial to our firemen,” May
or James said, “and we were very
fortunate in having as many in
terested citizens of Summerville
to participate in this course.”
“We wish to call your attention
to one feature of our system,”
he continued. “As you know, the
alarm is controlled by the tele
phone operators and we would
like to remind the citizens of
Summerville not to call the op
erator immediately upon hearing
the siren as she cannot handle
your call due to the fact that
she has to notify the volunteer
firemen. Also, another dange
rous thing to do is to follow the
fire truck if you are not a vol
unteer fireman.”
Mayor James said it is im
portant that all citizens of Sum
merville abide by these requests.
Boy Scout Rally
Al Memorial Home
Friday Night
Local Boy Scout Troops will
compete in a rally at the Me
morial Home at 7:30 p. m., Fri
day. it was announced this week.
The troops will compete in in
spection, songs and yells, fire
by friction, tug of war. signaling,
a knot tying relav, fire bv flint
and steel, and public speaking.
Judges will be from out of
town, leaders said.
Summerville Troop 7, Penn
viile Troop 70 and Trion Troops
38 and 101 will compete.
County's TB Death Rate
Twice That of State
In an address before 175 vet
eran farm trainees who gathered
at the Menlo School Tuesday for
a health program (approved
type septic tank on the John
Fulton farm at Pine Grove, i Dr.
W D. Cagle. Medical Director of
the Northwest Regional Health
office said; “The vital statistics
of Chattooga County show that
this county has a tuberculosis
death rate that is twice as high
as the state at large.”
Explaining that the tubercu
losis death rate for the state
was 33 1-3 per cent per 100.000
population, he pointed out that
Chattooga County’s was 65 per
cent per 100,000 population "Be
cause of this high death rate.”
Dr. Cagle said, “the State De
partment of Public Health loaned
an x-ray machine to the County
Health Department. That x-ray
machine is in the County Health
Department, because we feel that
if the people of the County will
voluntarily go and have n chest
x-ray made, tuberculosis can be
caught In its early stages when
something can be done about it
and effective control measures
can be Instituted which In time
will reduce the high death rate
here.”
Dr. Cagle stated that while
Chattooga County had a high
percentage of venera) disease In
fection. it was no worse in this
County than any other County
In the State. He told of the Rapid
Treatment Center at Alto where
thousands are being treated
yearly and urged the full co
operation of all citizens in help
ing to stamp out veneral disease
The Medical Director had high
praise for the Chattooga County
Health Department, pointing out
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Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
These and other plans con
cerning the Christmas decora
tions in Summerville for this
year were made Monday morn
ing at a meeting of representa
tives of the Retail Merchant’s
Association, several women’s
clubs and service clubs at the
Chamber of Commerce,
Judges in the decoration con
test will be representatives of
the local women’s clubs. The
clubs urge each resident and
each merchant to decorate.
I Judging will take place Dec. 19.
The courthouse will be the
. central point of decoration on
; the streets, with lights, stars and
candles being used elsewhere on
the streets to lend an air of fes
; tivity to the town.
In addition to the beautiful
sights to be provided the eyes,
there also will be entertainment
for the ears of those in Summer
ville. At intervals during the days
ahead Christmas carols will be
played on the streets by loud
speakers and in the late after
noon, chimes will be heard from
a local church.
Local Community
To Compete in
Improvement Contest
Cash awards totalling some
$2,500 will be presented winning
communities from 20 counties of
Tennessee, Georgia and Ala
bama, at the fourth annual
award banquet of the Chatta
nooga Area Community Im
provement Contest to be held’
a' 6:30 p. m Monday, December
5, vn t^e it.dupm of the Read
House, Chattanooga.
Principal speaker will be Dr.
Milton P. Jaroagln, Agricultural
Consultant of the University of
Georgia.
The Little Sand Mountain
community will compete.
This contest, now closing its
four year and wdth Al B. Clarks,
of Chattanooga, as chairman, is
sponsored by some 18 civic
groups of the city and numerous
merchants, who have made pos
sible the cash awards, the pro
motion and arrangements being
handled through the agricul
tural committee of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Two Slightly Hurl
In Auto Collision
Mrs. Jennille Hardy and
Claudius Mathis were slightly in
jured Tuesday morning in a col
lision at Dickevvllle on U S
Highway 27.
Mrs. Hardy was admitted to
'Riegel Community Hospital, and
doctors report she suffered
scratches and minor bruises
about the legs, and abrasions
of the face.
Mr Mathis was not admitted
i to the hospital, having suffered
minor bruises and scratches.
Mrs. Hardy, the only occupant
of her automobile, was going
toward Trion and Mr. Mathis
was headed southward when the
accident occurred. According to
witnesses. Mr. Mathis cut off
the highway to his left in the
path of Mrs Hardv's automo
bile.
Both cars were severely
damaged.
SEEN ABOUT TOWN
Fewer leaves on the streets
since most have already fallen
from the trees.
Many gorgeous Christmas
decoration in display win
dows.
Crowds at the bus station
during the holiday week-end
Folks in shirt sleeves Mon
day and Tuesday as tempera
tures soared apward