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Try Our Job Printing VOLUME 66, NUMBER 20 1 ■ M t ?a. ■# x 5 IL- M 1 M? ORWW > '^ t >£ s:’ yjßillWHwWwß: : wßf W r^* *1 > "* t’H * ifißMlMi ’ MJ . wite is*&, p 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. L E~ r . ■WW£. t “ ■' ,4» *, » „ i ■ “s ’tHlE >.-ar*>»-^te 2£~ ■ iwk oMBKwBMHk - • - 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. ■ X ®> W SE If w gw w F W ^<l^l I z__ Wk Ji v ■ ® I L Xjl rif * t1 ■ 1 * vsiß ' i<wk • *•» ' 4 I AMI v I SM 1 Mix L* F JBPwW J|J o fl - 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 St? A ■ - Jsmi ■f' * 'S * * v ’' • * . BSBfi B 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 I 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 |P W I^7 1 A. Msyz 1 .MIU / A 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.