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VOLUME 66, NUMBER 38
SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE
FORMED: COLLEGE AVENUE
MADE ONE-WAY STREET
A School Safety Committee
has been formed at the Sum
merville Schools and College
Avenue has been declared a one
way for an hour every school
day.
Because the Avenue is so nar
row it will be a one-way street,
going East, from 2:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. each school day, the
committee announced. Parents
are requested to wait until 3:15
p.m., or later on bad days, to
pick up their children as this
will enable the busses to load
and leave without confusion.
The Committee also an
nounced that patrolmen will be
chosen from the fifth, sixth and
seventh grades to direct traffic
on all dangerous crossings. A
program of safety instruction
has been started in the grammar
and elementary schools and
chapel programs on safety have
been planned.
The Committee is composed of
Mrs. Robert Cox, of the second
grade: Mrs. Marnell Weems,
second grade; Mrs. Lambert
Jones, fourth grade; Mrs. Dor
othy Henderson, seventh grade;
and Mrs. Dorothy Jordan, high
school.
They urge drivers to drive
carefully in the school zones,
“There are 1,400 students en
rolled and 700 ride the busses,”
they said. “The first bus arrives
at 8 a.m. and last one leaves at
3:30 p.m., so remember to be
careful during these hours.
HERE 'N'THERE
Gordon and Bob Little and
Charles Pesterfield, all of Sum
merville, have entered Darling
ton School in Rome. Darlington
is a non-military school found
ed in 1905. Dr. C. R. Wilcox is
president of the school, and Dr.
E. L. Wright is headmaster.
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The regular communication of
Trion Lodge, No. 160 F. and A.M.
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Sept. 25. There will be work in
the E. A. degree. John Hartline
is Worshipful Master and W. C.
Westbrooks is Secretary.
* • *
A registered Guernsey cow,
Riegeldale Ben’s Bliss, owned by
Riegel Textile Corporation, Trion
Division, Riegeldale Farm, Trion,
has completed an outstanding
Advanced Register record of 10,-
166 pounds of milk and 625
pounds of butterfat in the 365
day division, starting her record
as a junior 2-year-old.
Riegeldale Ben’s Bliss is the
daughter of the famous Guern
sey sire, Riegeldale Illustrious
Benjamin, that has seventy-two
sons and daughters in the Per
formance Register of The Amer
ican Guernsey Cattle Club.
This record was supervised by
the University of Georgia and
was reported to The American
Guernsey Cattle Club for ap
proval and publication.
* * *
The total sale at the Coosa
Valley Livestock sale in Rome
Sept. 13 was $41,146.78. Twenty
one hogs and 382 cattle were ex
changed by 56 buyers and 112
sellers.
Hogs were $17.50 to $22.70 cwt.;
calves, sls to S3O cwt.; bulls, sl6
to $21.60 cwt.; slaughter cows,
sl4 to $21.60 cwt.; dairy type
heifers, $17.10 to $27.30 cwt.;
springers, SBS to $238 per head.
* * •
All parties interested in the
Ami Cemetery are asked to meet
there Saturday, Seept. 23 for
cleaning, it was announced this
week.
Bethel, Walnut
Grove Services
Are Announced
The regular preaching service
at the Bethel Presbyterian
Church will be held at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 24, and the regu
lar service at the Walnut Grove
Church will be held at 8 p.m. on
the same date.
A layman from Presbytery’s
Men of the Church will partici
pate in each of these services,
the Rev. 8. K. Dodson, pastor,
disclosed and all members are
earnestly urged to be present.
The public is cordially Invited.
NOTICE
The Pleasant Green (Gamble)
Cemetery will be cleaned Satur
day, Sept. 23, and all those In
terested are asked to bring tools
for the cleaning.
^umnwrinlLe Nms
CHILD HIT BY
TRUCK AFTER
LEAVING SCHOOL BUS
The first casualty of the new
school year occurred Friday
afternoon when a six-year-old
girl was struck by a dump truck
on the Bolling Road shortly
after alighting from a school
bus.
Little Donna Kay Dodd,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Dodd, suffered a concussion and
a broken leg. Fifteen stitches
were made on the child’s fore
head and the right leg was
broken near the hip. She is at
Riegel Com m u n,i t y Hospital
Trion.
The little girl’s brother and
sister, Billy, 10, and Myra, 8, were
with her, however they waited
until the bus pulled off before
starting to cross the road. The
bus was driven by Johnny Eilen
burg.
The driver of the dump truck
was not known.
PLASTIC SURGERY
IS DISCUSSED BY
NOTED SURGEON
Persons who are physically
deformed, either by nature, in
juries or disease, need not give
up hope of becoming more at
tractive or of attaining better
use of the deformed organ.
The miracles that have been
performed on such persons by
plastic surgery were discussed
yesterday by Dr. W. E. Hamm,
noted plastic surgeon, of Atlan
ta, who addressed the Summer
ville - Trion Rotary Club at
Riegeldale Tavern.
A series of slides were shown
illustrating the before and after
effects of plastic surgery.
A great deal of plastic surgery
is performed on children born
with cleft lips and palates, the
surgeon said.
“We prefer to operate on these
babies on the first day of their
life before the mother see them,”
Dr. Hamm said. He pointed to
the effect the unattractive ap
pearance of the child might have
on the new mother.
“One young lady came to me
at the age of 21 with a cleft lip,"
the surgeon said, “stating that
her parents had objected to the
operation previously for religious
reasons. She had waited until
the age of 21 for this operation."
Plastic surgery has been es
pecially helpful in the cases of
war injuries, Dr. Hamm said,
showing slides of young men
whose faces had been disfigured
because of shrapnel Wounds. He
said that during the war a great
deal was learned in regard to
plastic surgery and that a great
many improvements have been
made.
Cancer causes many disfigure
ments, especially of the face.
Early cancer found on the lip
can very easily be removed and
plastic surgery will remove all
traces of the operation.
Severe burns often draw the
muscles in such a manner that
they deform a person. Dr. Hamm
showed a slide of a child whose
foot had been drawn backward
until the toes pointed straight
down. After successful plastic
surgery, the foot was almost nor
mal and scarcely noticeable.
One lady lost the tip of her
nose because of cancer and an
ear lobe was grafted on.
Facial paralysis, saddle nose
and flat breasts also are cor
rected by plastic surgery.
One young lady was embar
rassed by a receding chin and
Dr. Hamm pointed to the results
which made the girl very attrac
tive.
Another was embarrassed by
protruding ears and this was
corrected by a very simple op
eration.
Dr. Hamm said they do not
prefer to do face lifting, but that
occasionally such operations are
performed. He pointed to a slide
of a woman who insisted on a
face lifting because her husband
was ten years younger than she,
causing her “much embarrass
ment.”
The surgeon was introduced
by N. B. Murphy, who had charge
of the program.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1950
Rev. Morgan to
Be at Chelsea
The Rev. Herbert Morgan will
conduct a revival series at the
Chelsea Baptist Church next
week, preceded by a homecoming
Sunday.
Services will be held at 7:30
p.m. daily next week, the Rev.
Howard Flnster, pastor, has dis
closed.
The Rev. Mr. Morgan is a for
mer pastor of the South Sum
merville Baptist Church and he
is now in Thomaston.
GSCW Alumni
In County Sought
The Alumni Association of the
Georgia State College for Wom
en is anxious to complete its list
of Chattooga County alumni as
early as possible.
Those who have graduated
or who have ever attended
GSCW are asked to contact Miss
Mary Meadows, of Berryton.
Summerville (. o! C.
To Be Discussed
At Meet Tonight
Those interested in the or
ganization of a Summerville
Chamber of Commerce are asked
to meet at 8 o'clock tonight at
the courthouse.
The meeting is being held to
discuss reorganization of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce into a Summerville
Chamber.
WESTBROOK URGES
CARE IN COTTON
HARVESTING WEEK
Farmers with middling cotton
are getting paid for it —$10 to
sls a bale more than strict low
middling, which is one grade
lower than middling, and $25 a
bale more than low middling,
which is two grades lower than
middling.
E. C. Westbrook, Extension
Service agronomist, reports that
153 gins have qualified to offer
cotton classing service. He be
lieves it would be to farmers’ ad
vantage to find out from their
ginner if his gin has qualified.
“If he has,” Westbrook said,
“farmers can have their cotton
sampled at the gin.” These
samples, he added, will be sent
to the Government classing of
fice, and in a few days farmers
will receive cards showing the
grade and staple length of their
cotton.
The agronomist stated that
farmers in one-variety cotton
communities that have qualified
for the Government free class
ing service will be able to have
their cotton classed free.
“Farmers can do much to pre
vent low grade cotton by careful
picking and by taking cotton to
the gin in good condition for the
ginner to do a good ginning job,"
Westbrook added.
Billie Willingham
Now in Korea
Pfc. Billie F. Willingham, 18,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Willingham, of Berryton, is now
stationed in Korea with the Ist
Calvary Division.
He received his basic training
at Fort Jackson, S. C. and went
to Fort Sill, Okla, for advanced
training.
Pfc. Willingham enlisted in
the Army May 10, 1949.
—
i'fc DOYLEMcCARY^ksonof
Mrs. Eva McCary, of Summer
ville, is now serving with the
20th Air Force of the Far East
Air Force Command on Okinawa.
Pfc. McCary Is a graduate of
Summerville High School. He
enlisted in the Army Sept., 1948.
SIGN FREEDOM
SCROLLS, CHAIRMAN
FARRAR URGES
Are you one of the 5.000 per
sons in this county who have
already signed the Freedom
Scrolls?
The Scrolls are being circu
lated throughout the free coun
tries and will be placed at a
Freedom Shrine in Berlin, pro
claiming the belief in freedom
by millions of persons in coun
tries throughout the world.
A. A. Farrar, county chair
man, said this week that ap
proximately 5,000 persons have
signed the scrolls and that the
drive will continue throughout
the month of September.
D. L. McW’horter, Summer
ville banker who is treasurer of
the drive, will speak at 1 o’clock
this afternoon on a local radio
station in behalf of the drive.
Mr. Farrar disclosed that the
schools and mills are cooperating
especially well in this effort.
He urged those who have not
been contacted to stop by the
booth at the courthouse Satur
day and sign their names.
Revival Series
At Spring Creek
A revival series will begin Sun
day, Sept. 24, at the Spring
Creek Baptist Church 2*/ 2 miles
east of Trion, with the Rev. Mr.
Ward, of Chattanooga, as guest
speaker.
Services will be held at 7:30
p.m. each day. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
LT. TURNER NOW
IN PUSAN, KOREA
Lieut. Charles Turner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Turner, Sr., of
Summerville, is with the First
Cavalry Division in Korea. He is
a dentist with the 15th Medical
Detachment stationed in Pusan
where he is doing dental surgery.
Lieut. Turner had originally
been orders*. to Yokohama,
Japan, however his orders were
changed after the Korean out
break.
He is married to the former
Miss Anne Moore, of Savannah.
Mrs. Turner is a nurse. She ac
companied him to the West
Coast and returned last Friday.
L. C. Turner, Jr. is with the
Air Force stationed at the Mu
nicipal Airport in Birmingham.
Martin Now With
Tennessee Patrol
Robert M. Martin, son of Mrs.
W. D. Martin, of Summerville,
and former resident of Lyerly,
has been appointed by Governor
Gordon Browning, of Tennessee,
as a member of the Tennessee
State Highway Patrol.
After completing training at
Nashville, he is now stationed at
Memphis.
Prior to this appointment and
acceptance, Mr. Martin had been
connected with the Memphis
Street Railway for the past few
years.
Only Men 18-26 Have Draft
Status, Miss Strange Says
Miss Mae Earl Strange, Clerk
of the local Selective Service
Board, had a special message for
male employees of Riegel Textile
Corporation this week.
Miss Strange pointed out that
on questionnaires currently be
ing sent out by the Corporation
to their employees, the draft
status is sought.
She emphasized that this is
merely for those who registered
in the last registration and not
for those who were registered in
World War 11. Anyone who was
26 years old or older on Aug. 30,
1948, does not have a classifica
tion, she said, as the old cards
are of no value.
50 Leave Tuesday
Miss Strange disclosed that 50
men will leave Chattooga Coun
ty Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the
largest call since the Korean
crisis. Similarly heavy calls are
expected for the latter part of
October, It was disclosed.
It is expected that all of the
50 men sent Tuesday for pre
induction examinations will be
in the 20-year group.
Nineteen men left yesterday
for pre-lnduction examinations
in Chattanooga. They are as fol
lows: Lonnie Edward Allen,
Ernest Lee Hutchins, Flemiftg
Shropshire, Jr., Marvin Ray Wil
liams, Charlie Martin Ware, Mel
vin Brooks, Charles Edward
Lowerys Take Many
Prizes in Hog Show
The Lowerys, of Gore, aren’t
complaining this week with the
lesults of a recent hog show in
Rome.
Their hogs took the following
prizes: grand champion in the
reserve adult department, $25:
grand champion in the adult di- |
vision, $25: first place in the,
medium weight, sl2; second
place in the light weight in
adult division; sixth place in
heavy weight in the same di- I
vision; second place in pen of
three; fourth place in truck lot I
of ten; and fifth place in heavy
weight, adult division.
T. D. Lowery and sons, Charles
and Ed, are chiefly hog farmers,
however they raise beef cattle.
Hogs entered by Robert
Owings, also of Chattooga Coun
ty, took fifth place in a pen of
three.
J. B. Butler, County Agent,
reported that Chattooga County
placed in every class shown.
Mr. Hughes Hurt
On Construction
Job in Alabama
Horace (Buster) Hughes, of
New Moon, Ala., former taxi
operator in Summerville, was
seriously injured September 5
while working on a road being
constructed from Gaylesville to
Fort Payne.
Mr. Hughes is said to have suf
fered a crushed hip, back and
bladder injuries.
A State Inspector, w'ho was
nearby, suffered a crushed foot
which had to be amputated.
According to reports, Mr.
i Hughes and a foreman were ex
amining a trench when the tile
nearby began rolling and rolled
into the trench before Mr.
Hughes had time to get out. He
was rushed to Floyd Hospital,
Rome.
The foreman escaped without
injuries.
Mr. Hughes is married and is
the father of nine children.
Harmon C. Tucker
Dies in Hospital
Harmon C. Tucker, 84, died in
a Chattanooga Hospital.
He is the father of Marvin
Tucker, of Trion, and Mrs. Hob
son Cavin, of Cloudland, with
whom he had made his home. He I
was a member of the Menlo
Methodist Church.
Other survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. G. S. Wilder, of I
Nashville, Mrs. Vera Tannakill,.
of Birmingham, and Mrs. N. D.
Shelly, of Fort Pierce, Fla.; three
other sons, I. O. Tucker, of Dal- i
las, Texas, H. C. Tucker, Jr., of I
Birmingham, and James Marion
Tucker, of Chattanooga. Two
grandsons, five granddaughters
and seven great-great grandchil
dren also survive.
Funeral services were con
ducted by the Rev. W. E. Purcell
and the Rev. Leroy Obert at 11
a.m. Thursday at the Menlo
M e t h o d i st Church. Interment
was in Walker’s Chapel Ceme
tery, Lookout Mountain.
Vaughn. James Hobson Gardner,
Bobbie Gene Keith, Perry Frank
lin Green, Henry Antle Powell,
Jr., Sherman Theo Styles, Ken
neth Frank Allgood, William
James Walker, Dewey Jennings
Hall, Louis Henly Moseley, Bobby
DeSmith Scoggins, George Odom,
Jr. and Haney Junior Phillips.
12 Accepted
Those accepted in the Sept. 13
call were as follows: James Carl
Lee, Dewey Henry Hoskins,
James Ernest Jones, James Al
len Oglesby, James Robert Bush,
J. D. Dillard, Robert Lewis Reyn
olds, Billy Bradford Cummings.
Edward Harold Hardeman, Billy
Tate Giles, Frank Nathan
Prince, Jr. and Lindbergh Jones.
The second group to leave for
Induction Into service left Tues
day, Sept. 19 and reported In
Atlanta.
They were as follows: George
Gilbert Marshall, Jr., John Wil
liam Cox, James Walter Baker.
Ross Johnathan Stephens, Lee
Roy Wofford, Jr., Thomas Eu
gene Day. Charles Robert Hayes,
Jesse Lee Stallings, Robert Ed
ward Campbell, Gussie Earl
Eller, Thomas Harold Gordon.
Henry Chabron Reeves, James
Willard Hendrix, R. M. Hawkins,
Jr., Emmett Edward Thompson,
Jr., Herman Hames, James Curtis
Stoker, Dewey Lee Bennett,
George Joseph Day, Jr. and Har
ry Henderson Jones.
HOSPITAL BOARD
NAMED MONDAY
FATHER OF 5 KILLS
WIFE, SELF AT
GAYLESVILLE, ALA.
A 65-year-old Gaylesville, Ala.
farmer last Thursday killed his
30-year-old wife and took his
own life at their home. Sheriff
Mack Garrett, of Cherokee Coun
ty, reported.
Garrett said Paul H. Love,
whose home was about five miles
north of Gaylesville, shot his
30-year-old wife. Ellie Parkson
Love, in the head with a shotgun
at 9 a.m. as she sat at her sewing
machine.
The report added that Love
then shot himself in the head
with the gun. Coroner R. O. Perry
held an inquest and pronounced
a verdict of murder and suicide.
No reason was given for the
shooting.
The couple is survived by five
children, three sons and two
daughters, ranging in age from
6 to 13 years.
Services were held at Oak
Bowery at 10 a.m. Friday and in
. terment followed there.
INDIANS DEFEAT
McHENRY; GO TO
LAFAYETTE NEXT
Pulling out in the third quar
ter, Summerville’s Indians de
feated the McHenry Cardinals
7-6 Thursday night in the first
|game of the season here.
Denver Phillips made McHen
ry’s only touchdown in the first
quarter, while Gene Woodall
scored for Summerville in the
third. Bobby Brown made the
extra point for Summerville.
Buck Helton, on whom Coach
“Trigger” Thomason was de
pending hea v dy suffered serious
■ knee injuries and will be out of
i the game for the rest of the sea-1
Ison.
Woodall heads the Red and,
Black and Billy Donovits is co
captain.
Seeking a second win. the In- i
dians will journey to LaFayette i
Friday night for a game with
the Ramblers. The LaFayette
eleven lost in their first try of
the season when Canton scored.
12 to the Ramblers’ 6 last Friday ■
night.
Woodall is expected to replace
Helton Friday night and York
wall likely take Dunlap’s place. ■
Thomason has disclosed.
The line-up for last Thursdayj
night was as follows: Summer-1
ville—ends, Lanier, Mathis and I
Glenn: tackles, Brooks, Pearson. I
Argo and Ferguson; guards, Cox, |
McCollum and Treadaway; cen- j
ter, Donovits; backs, Dunlap. |
Ratliff, Helton. Woodall, Warren I
and Brown. McHenry — ends,
Bowen and Bobo; tackles. Stan
cil and J. Phillips; guards. West
moreland and Cscutti; center,
Poole; backs, D. Phillips and
Toole, Gribble and Thompson.
Myrtle's Shoppe
Nearing Completion
Mrs. Myrtle Sizemore, of
Myrtle’s Beauty Shoppe, an
nounced that the remodelling on
her building is nearing comple
tion.
An addition is being made to
the brick structure located on
South Commerce Street. A bar
ber shop also has been added to
the facilities as Myrtle's build
ing.
TO HOLD REVIVAL — Homer
Daniel, of Chattanooga, will con
duct a meeting at the Hall’s Val
ley Church of Christ Oct. 1
through Oct. 11. Services will
begin at 7:45 p.m. Mr. Daniel is
minister of the Church of Christ
at 47th Street in Rossville. The
public is invited to attend.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Seven men were named on the
Hospital Authority here Monday
by the Chattooga County Board
of Commissioners.
The seven-man Authority will
handle affairs concerning the
county hospital, construction of
which already has begun.
Men named on the Authority
are as follows: Dr. W. B. Hair,
George T. Kling, H. L. Abrams,
Jack Bryant, Glenn Hendrix,
George E. Doster and E. L.
< Chum» Gray.
The newly-named Board will
meet at 2 o’clock this afternoon
to take oath and complete or
| ganizing. Business matters per
j taining to the hospital also will
: be taken up, a spokesman said.
Hair will serve the longest
: term, his term to expire after
. five years. Gray and Kling will
serve for four years: Abrams and
jDoster, three years; and Bryant
I and Hendrix, two years.
Bryant is a local contractor,
i whose residence is in Lyerly,
Abrams, a railway ticket agent,
। also resides in Lyerly. Hendrix,
' a barber, is from Trion, as is
Gray, who is chief mechanic for
Riegel Textile Corporation. Kling
is in the ginning business in.
Menlo, and Doster is a farmer
from Gore. Hair is a retired
■ medical doctor from Summer
ville. He also is a member of the
County Board of Commissioners.
Other members of the Board of
। Commissioners are: R. C. Floyd,
of Lyerly, George A. Kling, of
I Menlo, Homer Gordon, of Gore,
and A. W. Justice, of Trion.
Floyd and Gordon are the only
two commissioners who were
nominated in the June 28 Pri-
I mary.
The Chattooga County Cham
ber of Commerce, now declared
a defunct organization, sponsor
ed the drive for a county hos
pital. They had urged that a
Hospital Authority be appointed
earlier, however the Board of
Commissioners decided to wait
until the bid had been let.
A. C. Samford, Inc., Albany
contractors, are constructing the
$254,000 36-bed hospital.
Local Boy Sees
Flash of Large
Meteor Early Wed.
A Summerville boy witnessed
what is believed to have been a
large meteor exploding early
Wednesday morning.
Earl McConnell told of seeing
the bright flash as he rode from
Trion to Summerville about 2
a.m. Wednesday.
Tennesseans report that the
meteor jarred an area from
Memphis. Tenn, to Paducah. Ky.
According to McConnell, the
meteor flashed through the air
at a rapid rate of speed, trailed
by bright sparks, for about J 8
seconds then “went out.”
He said it “lit up the whole
sky” and looked like it was go
ing west “toward the Trion
Golf course.”
The Illinois Central dispatcher
in Paducah said reports from
all along his line to Memphis
I told of an explosion.
At Memphis, 220 miles south
west, the Shelby County and
state highway patrols sent six
cars racing north of the city.
The county radio officers said
one car reported the meteor hit
in the vicitiny of Hatchie Bot
toms, a semiswamp area. This
report was not confirmed.
An eye-witness report of the
sky flash was given in Memphis
by American Airlines Capt. H.
J. Garman, of Dallas, Tex
Garman had just landed a DC-6
with 41 passengers from Wash
ington.
"We sighted that thing while
I was flying at 18,000 feet and it
looked as though it came right
across our nose.
"I tell you, I never saw such a
brilliant flash of light before.
No, it wasn’t a clear light. It
seemed to be burning with an
orange yellow and blue flame.”
Espy Brothers
Stationed in Texas
Pvt. Billy Espy, son of Mr and
Mrs. D. T. Espy, of Summerville,
enlisted in the U. S. Army last
week and is now stationed at
Lackland Air Base, Texas.
His brother, Pvt. Donnie Espy,
is stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Donnie enlisted in July and re
turned to camp recently after
spending a furlough here with
his parents. He took basic train
ing at Fort Knox, Ky.