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HOORAY FOR THE PARADE!—Mayor J. L. McGin nis, shown in the open auto, leads the great parade
which was a major feature of the May Day activities on May 10. The Rome High School Drum and
Bugle Corps is shown following. "Miss Chattooga County.” Betty Styles, rides in the front seat
of the vehicle.
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IT WAS A GREAT DAY—A portion of the thousands attending the May Day Festival in Sum
merville on May 10 are shown in front of the Courthouse. The platform shown in the lett back
ground was the center of activities.
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CHATTOOGA LOVELIES — The charming young ladies shown
above were participants in a fashion show presented at the May
Day Festival. Left to right, front row, are: June Stewart, Paula
Allen, Cheryl Hudson, Janet Rackley, Glenda Perry and Gladys
Ann Lyons. Back row, left to right, Mrs. Grady Salmon, Misses
Susie Berry, Carolyn Palmer, Jean Duff and Betty Styles. Misses
Mary Lina Powell and Barbara Cash, also models, are not shown
Bids Ad Expected
By June 1 On County
Hospital-Brinson
Advertisement for bids on the
Chattooga County Hospital are ;
expected by June 1, Mose Brin-!
son, county attorney, said this '
week.
According to Mr. Brinson, the
plans and specifications were ;
turned over to state and federal '
officials Monday for their con
sideration and approval.
The county attorney also dis
closed that examination of the
title to the property has been
found in order. The proposed
$300,000 hospital Is to be con
structed on county property
adjacent to the county home and
county work camp.
Youngsters Reminded
Os Free Fishing
A free day of fishing is in for
all white children under the age
of 16, June 7, at Lake Chattooga.
The day Is sponsored by the ,
Chattooga County Wildlife and
Conservation Club, owners of the i
lake.
Free lemonade will be given i
the youngsters, who are asked to
bring their lunches.
®hr Summeruilh •Xms
S'ville, Lyerly
Pastors Exchange
Pastors of the Summerville
and Lyerly Methodist Churches
will exchange pulpits at the 8
ip.m. service Sunday. May 28.
The Rev. Harry O. Walker,
! pastor of the Summerville
church, will speak at Lyerly, and
the Rev M. H. Smith, pastor of
the Lyeny church, will speak at
Summerville. The Rev. Mr,
Smith’s subject will be: "Like
ness in the Image of God."
“Georgians” To
Piny for Hance
The Memorial Home will be
the scene from 9 to 12 p.m. Sat-
I urday of a dance sponsored by
’he House Committee of the
Home.
"The Georgians,” of Rome,
featuring Helen Carroll, vocalist,
will play for the dance, and dress
will be optional.
Lyerly Precinct
Changes Voting Place
The voting place of the Lyer
j ly precinct will be Woodall’s Ga
: rage Building Instead of the
previously announced place.
Haywood precinct will be at
the Ebernezer Baptist Church.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1950
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MAY DAY WINNER—Mrs. Mi
nerva Richardson, 102 years of
age, was the oldest person pres
ent at the May Day Festival
Wednesday, May 10, and was the
recipient of the easy chair which
she is shown occupying.
Peggy Styles Named
Trion Valedictorian
Peggy Styles, daughter of Mrs.
R. G. Styles, is valedictorian of
the Trion Senior Class, it was
announced this week. Frieda.
Thomas, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry A. Thomas, is sa
lutatorian.
They will deliver their ad-'
dresses at the annual Class Night'
exercises at 8 p.m. Friday at the
high school auditorium.
Members of the clasts will read
the class will, class prophecy,
iclass poem and the class will
sing the class song.
A. J. Strickland will present
the superlatives of the class, all
of whom were chosen by popu
lar vote.
Thompson To Be in
County Today
M. E. Thompson Is scheduled
to speak In Chattooga County
today on three occasions.
He Is to speak at 11 a.m. in
Trion - , at 12 noon in Menlo, and
at 2:30 p.m. in Summerville
1 The Thompson platform, as It
applies to Chattooga County, will
be discussed in detail by the can
didate.
Home Repair Outlays
In County To Reach
Huge Total in 1950
Chattooga County home own-
I ers will spend an estimated $305,-
[ 000 on repair and modernization
[of non-farrn dwellings during
1950, according to estimates just
released by the Tile Council of
i America.
“Lower wholesale prices for I
building products and growing
stress on the use of quality ma
terials should greatly benefit
Georgia home owners planning
repairs this year,” declared A. T.
। Wintersgill, chairman of the
[ Council’s residential construction
: committee.
Approximately two of every 5 (
I homes in this region will be re- |
. decorated, either inside or out,
[ during the year, the report
showed. Roofs will be repaired
■ or replaced on one of every six,
' and six of every 100 are due for
carpentry work.
Seven of every 100 homes will
have plumbing repaired, bath
[ rooms tiled or showers installed,
the report said. Miscellaneous
interior repairs will be made in
six of every 100 dwellings.
Home repairs will be easier on
the 1950 family budget because
of a decline of more than 5 per
cent in wholesale costs of build
ing materials, in comparison
. with prices at the beginning of
1949, the report said. Home own
ers also will be able to insist on
such quality materials as clay tile
for repair work, as a result of the
present buyers’ market, it point
-1 ed out.
Expenditures throughout the
! United States for home repair
and modernization this year will
; total $2,350,000,000 to $2,900,000,-
[ 000, the report estimated.
Menlo Minstrel
Said Success
Scores of persons turned out
Friday evening for the Minstrel
iat the Menlo High School.
-I The event was presented by
i members of the high school and
proceeds will be used for the
construction of cannery at the
! school.
Luther Wynn gave two poems,
I “The House Beside the Road,”
and ‘Be a Friend to Man.”
The Harmony Boys also ap
peared on the program.
VFW To Have
Supper Friday
Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars local post who plan
I to attend the big supper are re
i minded that they must contact
Commander John Stubbs im
i mediately, if they did not return
l the reply card sent members.
Only paid-up members are eli
-11 gible
The supper will be at 7:30 p.m.
(( and a brief business meeting will
1 precede the “feed.”
i Commander Stubbs stated that
membership in the local VFW
continues to increase, there being
at present 340 members
McGuire Home
Burns Sunday
A four-room home, occupied
by Herman McGuire and owned
by Milt McGuire, was completely
destroyed by fire at 5 a.m. Sun
[day, members of the volunteer
fire department said this week.
The fire had gained such
headway when the fire depart
ment was summoned, volunteers
said, that It was impassible to
save the structure and its con
tents.
No one was at home when the
fire was discovered and the or
igin is not known, it was stated.
The house was located In West
Summerville
HERE ¥ THERE
Trion Chapter No. 339, Order
|of the Eastern Star, will hold its
regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri
day, May 19.
All qualified Eastern Stars are
invited to attend.
The regular convocation of
Trion Chapter No. 19, RA M,
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Satur-(
day. May 20
Work will be in the M. M. de
gree and all R A Ms are invited.
“Surviving Global War” will be
;the title of a lecture at 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 21, at the court
huose in Summerville, by F. S.
Griffin, representative of Watch
tower Society.
Services will be at the Sublig
na Methodist Church Sunday,
and the fourth Quarterly Con
ference will be at Fishers Chapel
at 3 p.m. Sunday. May 21.
Everyone has a special invita
tion.—J. F Gladney, pastor
Thousands Witness Farm
Demonstration Yesterday
TALMADGE TO BE
HERE SAT., MAY 27
Local Talmadge supporters an
[nounced this week that Gover
nor Herman Talmadge will be in
Summerville on Saturday, May
27. The governor will speak at
3:45 p.m. at the front of the
courthouse, and there will be
bands on hand for music.
The supporters stated that 10,-
1000 persons are expected from
[throughout the Seventh District
Trion Glee Club
To Present Concert
The annual spring concert of
[the Trion High School Glee Club
। will be presented at 8 o’clock this
(evening in the school auditori
um. under the direction of Miss
1 Virginia Schwatel.
i The program includes such
(numbers as: “A Merry Life,”
“Ay - Ay - Ay.” “Stronghearted
Men,” Negro spirituals, and
l“Kemo Kimo.”
There will be solos, duets and
quartets, as well as group sing
|ing.
Singers in the Club are: Char
lotte, Woods, Carolyn McCollum,
: Thelma Cochran, Glenda Brown,
[joel Lee Matthews, Charles
Westbrooks, Magdelyn Day, Gail
[Wike, Marin Styles. Stanley Mar
itin, Dorothy Garner, Dickey
(Buckalew, Rebecca Williams, Pat
McCamey, Martha Aikens, Celia
Newsome, Pauline Nunn, Foy
Greene and Reva Chambers.
Cavin Announces
District VFW Meet
J. C. Cavin, Seventh District
‘ Veterans of Foreign Wars Com
' mander, announced this week
that the final meeting of the
. District VFW for this year will
be held in Marietta Sunday.
Plans for sending representa
• tives to the State Convention in
Albany, June 23-26, will be made,
he said.
James Carmichael, State Com
mander. Kelso Hearn. State
Quartermaster, James Floyd, of
Pennville. Junior Vice Com
: mander for the State, and John
i Stubbs. Commander of the local
■ VFW post, are among those ex
pected to attend, Commander
. Cavin said. A number of other
i local members also plan to at
tend, it was stated.
POPPIES SELL
FOR 5213 HERE
r Jean Marshall sold more Bud
; dy Poppies than the other girls
in Summerville Wednesday and
was the recipient of a $3 cash
prize presented by the Mason-
McCauley Veterans of Foreign
Wars Past, sponsors of the Buddy
Poppy Sale
Maxine Williams was runner
-1 up and received a $2 cash prize.
Jean sold $12.56 in poppies while
Maxine sold $9.90.
The sale in Summerville was
•[declared by county chairman
'(Hugh Henderson to be a success,
with equal success expected in
' I Trion and the rest of the county
' on May 26-27.
Chairman Henderson said
| that $213 was paid by Chat
tooga Countians in Summerville
Wednesday for the poppies.
Several high school girls will
sell the tiny replicas in other |
parts of the county and the win
ner will receive SB. Should Jean (
remain the top seller, she will be
given an additional $5
Collins To Deliver
Gore Baccalaureate
The Rev, Tom Collins, pastor
।of the First Baptist Church,
Summerville, will deliver the
' baccalaureate sermon of the
[Gore High School graduation ex
ercises at 11 a.m. Sunday, May
121. at the high school auditori
|um.
■ Sunday School at the Bethel
Methodist Church will precede
। the services, beginning at 9:45
(a.m., and the lesson being taught
Iby the Rev. W E. Purcell.
Dean Covington, Representa
j tlve of Floyd County, will be the
guest speaker at 8 pm. Monday.
, May 22. at the final exercises.
The seniors will be presented the
diplomas by Grover Smith, Prin
cipal Martha Sue Gordon will
give the valedictory and Caroline
Geise will give the salutatory.
[ A huge farm demonstration yesterday re-made the 100-acre farm
[ throughout. It was said to be “one of the poorest” in the county.
I Farm leaders said it was advanced 15 to 20 years in the one-day
operation.
Renew Drivers'
Licenses Through
Machine Here
Troopers of the State Patrol [
will be in Summerville and Trion [
within the next few weeks for (
the purpose of renewing drivers’
licenses through the validating I
machine, which will save an ap- I
(plicant the trouble of ordering
the mail. The license will be run
[ through the machine and given (
back to the applicant.
The two dates the troopers |
will be in Summerville are: Fri
day, June 2, and Monday, June •
19. They will be in Trion on Fri- [
day. June 2.
POPULATION OF
SUMMERVILLE 3,963,
UNOFFICIALLY
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Unofficial 1950 census figures
released yesterday gve the popu
lation figure of Summerville as
3,963.
W. Elliott Camp. Census Su
pervisor, said that the figures
‘ are belived to be substantially I
[correct, but are subject to re
vision after returns for non
[ residents are credited to their
; proper locality and other routine
(checks have been made.
Although material revision of
(the preliminary county is un- j
likely, he said, it may possibly
(occur after careful examination
of the returns.
The official announcement of
population will be made at a
later date by the Director.
Bureau of the Census. Washing
ton.
Nichols To Hear
Henderson Case
In Court Monday
Judge H. E. Nichols will hear
a quo warranto proceeding Mon- (
aay. filed recently by Bobby Lee (
Cook, attorney, to oust Deputy i
Sheriff I. M. Henderson.
A one-day session of the May
term of Superior Court will be
held Monday.
Cook said he seeks to have
Henderson ousted because the
deputy plead guilty to a charge
of burglary in 1932 and was con
victed. He said Henderson
sweared falsely when he took the
[office of deputy, as a person
convicted of a crime involving
moral turpitude is ineligible for
such an office.
Country Brown To
Play in Series At
Engel, May 23-26
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RALPH BROWN
A Summervilllan will appear (
in the outfield for the Atlanta
Crackers, next home opponent
for the Chattanooga Lookouts at
Engel Stadium.
Ralph (Country • Brown, of
Summerville, will patrol the gar- I
dens during the series at Engel
Stadium May 23-26.
The series is for four games, j
Tuesday through Friday nights. I
The Lookouts wound up an 11-
game home stand May 15, then
departed for a road trip to Mem
phis and Little Rock before re
turning against the Georgians.
After the Atlanta series the
Lookouts go to Birmingham
Atlanta is managed by Dixie
) Walker, a native Georgian, and
[ the most popular outfielder of
[ all-time in Brooklyn for many
years.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Thousands of persons attended
I the huge farm demonstration in
Haywood Valley yesterday.
The 100-acre farm of Ralph
Henry, young veteran farm train
ee, was “face-lifted” by approxi
; mately 200 fellow-vet farm train
ees as a major project of the ten
j classes in the county.
H. H. Elrod, veterans farm in
(structor, said the farm, prior to
the demonstration, was “one of
[ the worst in the county.”
Co-operating in the huge pro
ject were the Soil Conservation
( Service, Farmer’s Home Admini
stration, County Agent’s office
[ and vocational teachers in all
( high schools.
The house was sided wdth as
( bestos, the kitchen was modem
, ized, a fish pond was built, fen
ces were made, and such grains
as kudzu, serecia, lespedeza, sor
ghum and ladino were planted.
Mr. Henry has been a “cotton
farmer,” however he eventually
[ hopes to transfer to raising live
(stock.
The county Women’s Home
Demonstration Clubs prepared
(plate lunches and the veterans
I group provided soft drinks and
(sandwiches.
SHS Commencement
Program Disclosed
Closing exercises for the Sum
merville High School will begin
this evening when the music de
partment. under the direction of
Sam Dennard, will be presented
in concert in the high school
auditorium. The public is invited
to attend this concert at 8
o’clock
The Senior class will present
their class play, "The Gypsy
Troubador” at 8 p. m. Friday.
Funds realized from the play will
be used for the annual senior
tup to Washington.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Randolph
Atkinson, Chaplain of the Battey
I State Hospital at 11:30 p. m
Sunday. The Choir will be com
posed of members of the high
school glee club and members of
the church choirs of Summer
: ville. under the direction of Mr
Dennard. The baccalaureate
sermon will be delivered in the
school auditorium.
Class Night will be observed by
[ the Senior Class in the Summer
! ville School Auditorium at 8.30
p. m. Monday.
Dean O. C. Adderhold, of the
Peabody College of Education.
University of Georgia. Athens.
(will deliver the baccalaureate ad
i dress to the graduates and their
friends at 8:30 p .m. Tuesday.
Honor graduates of the 1950
Senior Class are Dorothy Brog
don. Valedictorion and Barbara
Cash, Salutatorian
Members of the class are as
follows:
Mary Allen. Jimmie Marie AU
mon. Luther Earl Anderson. Jr..
Amaryllus Ulaine Baker, Sara
Jane Barnett. Susie Berry, Doro
thy Elizabeth Brogdon. Bobby
Ray Bush, Barbara Ann Cash
I and Sewell Preston Cash.
Joe Faye Dacus, Bobbie Jean
(Fincher, James William Flana
gan, Jr.. Jo Elizabeth Flora Mae
Floyd, Gloria Kathryn Weaver
Floyd. Reba Clementine Fulmer,
Herman Elliott Fletcher, Kath
ryn Lee Ozella Garrett, Myra
Jean Gilley and Charles Wine
fred Hardeman.
Betty Sue Hurley, Sewell Law
son Kellett, Violet De Lan Mc-
Keehan. Clarence Bennett Mar
tin. Jack Meacham. William Mar
cus Morehead. Hazel Deforrest
Murphy. Robert Vernon Nix.
Harvel Linon Oglesby. John Wiley
Pettit, Betty Carol Reynolds.
James Albert Robertson, Alma
Ruth Scoggins and Edgar Benson
Sprayberry.
Ralph Monroe Stanley. Carl
Preston Thomason. Mary Wylene
Treadaway, Marvin Clelveland
Whaley, Barbara Jean Williams,
Jimmy Foxx Williams,. Gladys
Opal Montez Wilson, Shirley Ar
leitha Wilson, Donald Earl Woods
and Carrie Lee Helen Wooten.
Whaley Commends
Public Behavior
The manner in which the pub
lic behaved during the May Day
Festival and the street dance
which followed in the evening
was most commendable, declared
Chief W. M. Whaley this week.
Chief Whaley said no arrests
were made throughout the day
and that his department, was ap
preciative of the cooperation
extended them on the day of the
big event.