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VOLUME 69; NO. 6
CHATTOOGA RAISES
$4,819.65 FOR
POLIO CAMPAIGN
Bill Jordan, Chattooga Chair
man for “March of Dimes” Cam
paign reports the following 1953
collections:
Menlo 30.20
Chattooga Mills 51.00
Georgia Rug Mill 150.15
Cloudland 150.25
Chattoga Co. Schools 127.89
Montgomery Knitting
Mill 203.75
Summerville Grammar
& High School 169.96
Chattooga County Court-
House .. 30.50
Table at Courthouse 30.00
Summerville Business District:
Ward I—lll.oo
Ward 2— 58.50
Ward 3—107.00
Ward 4— 59.07
Total . 335.57
Silver Harvest Days 20.00
B. & P. W. Club 15.00
March of Dimes Cans 64.70
Veterans School 18.00
Future Homemakers of
America 5.00
Veterans of Foreign
Wars 25.00
Lions Club 25.00
American Legion 25.00
American Legion Auxil-
iary 5.00
Penn Drive-In & Tooga
Theatre ... 161.00
Summerville Mfg. Co. 419.00
Trion 2,700.00
Berryton 57.69
Total $4,819.65
Local Girls Sing in
Chorus Over ABC
Network Sunday
The A Cappella Chorus, made
up of members of the Churches
of Christ in the Chattanooga
area, will be featured on the
“Herald of Truth” broadcast
Sunday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. over
the 238 stations carrying the pro
gram on ABC network every
week.
Two Summerville girls, Imo
gene Gass and Maidell Hemphill,
sing with this chorus. Bill Davis,
of Dallas, Texas, one of the di
rectors of “Herald of Truth”
chorus acted as guest director in
arranging this broadcast; Fran
ces Hall Hill, of Chattanooga, be
ing the regular director and
originator of the chorus.
Those having part in this
broadcast sang some of the best
loved songs to the thrill and
edification of nearly five thou
sand people gathered in the Me
morial Auditorium, Chattanooga,
last Sunday.
The people of Summerville
area may hear this nation-wide
broadcast, in which its own local
talent takes part, Sunday, Feb.,
22, at 1 p.m. over stations WDEF.'
Chattanooga, or WLAQ, Rome,!
Ga.
Trion lodge 160,
F.&A.M., Meeting
Slated February 23
Trion Lodge No. 160 F ana,
A M will meet Monday, Feb. 23,
at 7:30 p in. All Masons are in- I
vited to attend.—Marshall Me-1
Collum, worshipful master; John
Hartline, secretary.
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Chattooga 4-H'ers
Set 30,000 Loblolly
Pine Seedlings
A total of 30,000 Loblolly pine,
seedlings were distributed to
4-H Club members this month.,
These seedlings were given by
North Georgia Timberland Com
pany, of Rome.
4-H Club members setting
pine seedlings are:
Lyerly Club— Ted Edwards
George Rinehart, Bobby Peppers,
Clyde Brooks. Johnny Woodall.
Wayne Oilland. Martha Green,
Joann Brady and Harold
Kendrick.
Berryton Club—Curtis Hunter!
and Bobby Ward,
Weimyer Club—Doyal Jones.
Vernon Tinney, Jerry Dodson, ।
Budy Helms. Terry Adams. Billy
Wooten, Micky Bryant, Dixie.
Brown and Mildean Wilson.
Menlo Club —Allen Hames.
Ernest Hawkins. Wayne Ship- j
man, Jimmy Hood, Charles |
Moses, Edwin Wilson and Caro-1
lyn Webster.
Subllgna Club—Jerald Hug
gins, Jimmy Hix and Glenn Hill.
Gore Club—Glenn Patterson.
U. S. Census Bureau
To Begin Survey of
Local Relai! Business
The U. S. Bureau will begin a
month -by - month survey of
Chattooga County retail business
in February, according to Super
visor Robert L. Gaines of the Bu
reaus district office in Atlanta.
Mr. Gaines announced the ap
pointment of William McKinley
Howell of Rome as enumerator
for Floyd and Chattooga Coun
ties.
Questionnaires will go to a rep
resentative cross - section or
‘ stores whose operators will be
■ asked to furnish sales data each
month on a continuing basis. In
addition, each month Census
enumerators will visit an ever
changing group of local busi
nesses in different sections of
the area to obtain supplemen
tary figures.
Sales data collected each
month will be included with fig
ures from 229 other areas of the
country to provide national in
formation on retail and service
businesses.
The local survey will enable
the Census Bureau to check the
coverage of the forthcoming 1953
Census of Business and to in
clude data in the 1953 Census for
retail and service establishments
which were started or went out
of business during that year. It
is also expected to provide more
comprehensive current national
retail sales figures, thereby im
proving the Bureau’s program of
monthly retail trade statistics
which dates back to 1939.
Supervisor Gaines emphasized
that, as in the case in all census
operations, information furnish
ed to the Census Bureau is treat
ed with strict confidence and
only statistical totals are pub
lished. He pointed out also that
such information canont be fur
nished to any government
agency.
JURORSFORMARCH
CITY COURT DRAWN
Jurors drawn to serve at
March Term 1953 City Court of
Chattooga County. Court to con
vene Monday, March 2, 1953 at
9:30 a.m.
John W. Wadsworth, Dan J.
Smith, Grady Love, Robert E.
King, C. H. Jackson, R. A. Can
ada, E. E. High, Roy Bailey,
James T. Holt, Leon King, Leon
ard E. Scoggins, Millard Lewis,
J. D. Williams, Frank Agnew,
Eugene Tucker, Roy Z. Hawkins,
Fay Maxey, Jones Rice, Green
Penn, J. B. King, Jr., Everett T.
Nix, J. B. Woodard, Jim De
berry, W. A. Hix.
H. F. Stamper, Ivan Dillard, F.
W. Shropshire, Sr., Homer King,
James C. Vernon, Travis Mills, R.
N. Trimble, H. M. McWhorter,
i Joe Hudgins, H. C. Sprayberry.
I Cecil Palmer, James F. King,
j Walter G. Clowdis, Woodrow Col
lins, J. T. Morgan, Jr., D. L. Wil
liams. J. P. Tinney. J. P.
Umphurs, Austin Warren, J. P.
Cordle, J. C. Flemming. J. W.
J Bramlett, Nathan T. Brown, J.
M. Hall, Jr., Alvin Tudor.
BANKSON TO HEAD
RETAIL MERCHANTS
John Bankson, vice president ।
and general manager of the'
1 Summerville-Trion Ice and Coal ।
I Company was named president'
j ot the Summerville Retail Mcr- j
chants at a meeting of that or-!
ganization held Tuesday. Serv-1
Ing with the new retail president
will be Marshall Lowry, vice
president: Sam Cordle, treaa
; urer and Bob Guffin, secretary.
Directors ot the Association
who will serve during 1953 arc
L. A Miller, Pilllip Foglla. Sam
Cordle, Kelley Jordan, Clyde
Pucker. John Bankson, Loyce
Bell. Marshall Lowry, Bob Guf
fin. Billy Allen. Monroe Mitchell
and Claude Bugley, Jr.
In addition to carrying for
ward a program of making Sum
merville a better business town
and encouraging civic develop
ment. the merchants have a ape
| clal goal for the next thirty days
| of enlisting 50 new members In ।
i their ranks.
The wide-awake Merchants or-1
l ganization has since its organ- j
j izatlon been a lender In bringing,
about better business practices. |
। uniform working agreements j
and an active supporter of Sum
; mervllle as a trade area center
as well as a growing city of
homes, churches, better schools
and a good place to live ' and
I work.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953
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DREAM COKES TRUE,
'TWICE OVER,' FOR
DAN M'WHORTER
When young Dan McWhorter
started as an office boy for the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Summerville, Ga., in 1926, he had
visions of a better day—a day
when he would perhaps rise
through the ranks of the bank
to become its president.
Maybe it was just a young
man’s dream, but Dan knew that
he could reach the top. He had
the ambition, and he had the
spirit, and he knew full well that
hard work was the key.
And he made it! In 1941, hav
ing held every other job in the
bank, Dan McWhorter was made
President.
But years before that happy
day when Dan took the helm
his vision had grown even fur
ther. Building himself person
ally was a fine achievement, in
deed, but even as an office boy,
he envisioned the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Summerville
as one of the leading banks in
Northwest Georgia.
That burning ambition was
probably the stimulus, during
lean years, which prompted Dan
to go from door to door in Chat
tooga County, building the sav
ings accounts business for his
bank. When he first joined the
bank as office boy, its assets
were less than SIOO,OOO. When he
became president, Dan set a goai
for assets of one million. The
fact that at the close of business
on December 31, 1952, the bank
had over* five million dollars as
sets, indicates that he has ex
ceeded his goal somewhat.
“But,” says Mr. McWhorter,
"the credit for the progress and
growth of this bank is not mine.
It belong to the many fine cus
tomers and citizens of this com
munity who have cooperated so
generously through the years."
Dan's most recent move is to
make the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank not only one ot the
most modern and efficient
banks, but one of the best-look
ing banks in Northwest Georgia.
Upon his recommendation, the
board of directors have recently
signed contracts with Krueger.
Inc., ot Atlanta, one of the
South's leading designers and
producers of modern, function
ally efficient banks, to build a
completely new and modern
banking home. The new building
will be completed In October o!
this year, and a look at the pre
liminary architectural render
ings of the new Farmers and
Merchants Bank is an indication,
that Dun's Hte-long ambition is
on the brink of fulfillment.
The new bunk will be located
on the old Cleghorn lot on the
comer of Washington and Com
merce Streets.
The new building will be a
two-story structure of brick and ,
lime stone, and it will house an;
Interior of ton tellers stations
and’a drlve-in tellers window for ■
the convenience of patrons.
The new bank will also have:
the finest safe deposit vault tn j
the Northwest Georgia area, ■
with 200 additional safe deposit '
boxes. In the modern vault, the j
citizens of the community may ■
protect their insurance policies. ।
securities, bonds and other valu- ■
ablcs against the ravages of fire,
storm or theft.
The bank's vault will be pro- 1
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Architect's Drawing of New Farmers and Merchants Bank.
tected by the latest type steel
door.
Mr. McWhorter says that the
modern architecture will pro
vide a pleasing, homey atmos
phere by eliminating the high
iron grill-work which formerly
surrounded the tellers cages.
"Those are things of the past,”
Mr. McWhorter said. "The inter
ior designed by Krueger has an
inviting atmosphere, and there
vill be an all glass front and a
oeautiful. shrubbery - planted
glass side-wall to emphasize the
homey feature.”
The new bank has been plan
ned not only to be architectural
ly attractive, but to be function
ally efficient as well. In addition
REDWiNE COUNSELS
PROMPT FILING OF
STATE TAX RETURNS
File your State tax returns
early and vaoid possible grief.
State Revenue Commissioner
Charles D. Redwine is advising
Georgians.
"The earlier you file returns,
the less likely you are to get
caught in the last minute rush ',
he declared.
"And if you're late, the law
compels us to charge a penalty
and Interest".
In a series of advertisements
running in this paper, Mr. Red
wine is urging Georgians to file
their state tax returns as soon as
possible. He said that early re
turns will prevent a possible pen
alty and interest which must b.
charged on all late returns.
"We hope, however", the Com
missioner said, "that nil tax
payers will make Is unnecessary
for us to file a penalty".
Mr. Redwine shid that the
State Department checks Feder
al returns, plus having other
sources of information on In- i
comes, so it Is unlikely that any
citizen who should file a state I
return will be able to avoid doin'? I
so.
to the 10 tellers cages, the bank
i interior also includes an open
platform for two officers and a
| secretary, a private office for the
president, and a beautiful di
rectors’ room.
The bank will be completely air
conditioned, and it will be heat
ed by the latest type equipment.
Mr. McWhorter has not over-
I looked the comfort of his em
ployees in planning the new
bank. There will be a library and
। lounges available for their use
: during rest and relaxation perl
! ods.
The upper story of the two
story building will be occupied
by tenants who wish to rent of
i flee space.
W. D. TRIPP, OF
POLK, ROTARY
CLUB SPEAKER
J Daniel Lee McWhorter was in
charge ot the Summerville-Trion
j Rotary Club program this past
week. He introduced the speaker
W. D. Tripp. Chairman of the
Board of the Commercial Nation
al Bank, Cedartown.
Mr. Tripp spoke on the de
velopment of the cheese plant
| and feed mill at Cedartown. A
piece ot cheese from the dairy
was served to those present at
i the meeting.
j The speaker said that one of
the greatest challenges facing
the South is to do something
about our agricultural situation.
The trend of farm population
shows close to one-half million
less than in 1940.
At the present time agrlcul
’ turc provides about 12% of the
total income of the state. Forty
years ago agriculture brought in
| the greater portion of the state
income.
The Cedartown area, he said,
was hit so bad by the boll weevil
In 1949 that something had to
Ibe done to provide income for
the farmers.
Small groups began to meet
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“We feel that this is a real ac
complishment,” Mr. McWhorter
said. “We hope to have not only
one of the most efficient banks
in this area, but one of the best
looking buildings as well. The
plans and sketches submitted by
Krueger promise to make that
I hope a reality.”
Officers of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank are: D. L. Mc-
Whorter, President; N Barnard
Murphy, Vice President: James
F. King, Cashier, and W. A.
Bowman. Assistant Cashier. Di
-1 rectors are F. A. Justice, D. L.
i McWhorter. H. M. McWhorter,
N. Barnard Murphy and W C.
Sturdivant.
CH ATTOOGANS
IN THE SERVICE
i EDWIN H. HAMBRY, fireman.
USN. son ol Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
L. Hambry, of Route 3. Summer
; ville. has completed two tours of
i combat duty in Korean waters
aboard the destroyer USS Wilt
sie. and has returned to Korea.
CPL HOWARD H. PARKER
son ol D. F. Parker. 531 S. Com
merce St.. Summerville, arrived
i last week at San Francisco Port
of Embarkation from the Fut
East Command, aboard the
USNS General Hase.
PFC. GRANT STRICKLIN, of
Route 1, Summerville, arrived
last week at the Seattle Port of
Embarkation from the Far East
aboard the navy transport Gen
R L. Howze
Tennessee Polled Hereford
'Blue Ribbon' Sole Feb. 23
The Tennessee Polled Hereford
Association is having its annual
Blue Ribbon Sale of 15 bulls and
45 females In Chattanooga on
Monday. February 23rd, nt War
ner Park. The show will begin nt
9:30 a.m. and sale at 1:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard time. This of
fering comes from the best poll
i ed Hereford herds over the state
! and of the most popular blood
' lines of the breed.
$2.00 PER YEAR
BRINSON REVEALS
PLANS FOR LOCAL
HEART CAMPAIGN
Moses E. Brinson has been ap-
I pointed Chattooga chairman of
Georgia Heart Campaign. In
1953, $150,000 is needed to carry
on effectively the work of the
Georgia Heart Association.
Mr. Brinson asks all interest
' ed people to meet at his office
■ Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. when
j plans for the campaign will be
' made.
: Five basic facts which the pub-
I lie should know about heart dis
: ease has been released by Mr.
Brinson, as a part of the public
I education theme of the Chat
tooga Heart Association’s spon
sorship of American Heart Week.
“There is no denying that dis
eases of the heart and circula
i tion remain the prime cause of
i death and disability in the Unit
।ed States,” he said, “but the
progress being made in fighting
these diseases is a source of hope
j to its millions of sufferers.”
Brinson outlined these five
; points:
Some forms of heart disease
: can be prevented; a few can be
cured.
All heart cases can be cared
for best if diagnosed early.
Almost every heart condition
: can be helped by proper treat
ment.
Most heart patients can keep
on working, very often at the
same job.
“Symptoms” may or may not
mean heart disease. Worry and
guesswork should be eliminated
by consulting a physician.
The local Heart Association, an
affiliate of the American Heart
Association, is sponsoring Ameri
can Heart Week, Brinson ex
plained, to focus public atten
: tion on the medical, social and
economic aspects of heart dis
eases, and to align the com
munity with the Heart Associa
tion and the medical profession
in the heart program.
“American Heart Week not
only highlights the urgent need
( for public contributions to the
Heart Fund, but it provides a so
! cal point for telling the public
the facts it needs for ammuni
tion in the fight against the na
tion’s No. 1 disease.
Knowledge of the cardiovas
cular diseases can eliminate fear,
carelessness and neglect, and
encourage early and regular
health checkups that can lessen
heart damage and prevent need
less suffering.”
7th District Legion,
Auxiliary to Meet
Here Next Sunday
American Legion Post 129 and
Legion Auxiliary will be hosts to
the Seventh District Convention,
Sunday, February 22, at Chat
tooga Memorial Home.
Registration will begin at 11
a.m. A registration fee of SI.OO
will be charged and will include
the barbecue chicken luncheon
to be served at 12 o'clock. The
business hour will begin at 1
R F Hollahand. 7th District
Commander of Smyrna, will pre-
Mrs. Lloyd P. Moon. State
Moon, first vice-president, of
Gainesville, and Miss Eunice
Brown. 7th District president, of
Linda*. will be present.
Chattooga Baptists
Singing Sunday
The Chattooga Baptist Asso
|elation will have an Association
nl Hymn Sing this Sunday after
noon at 2:30 at the First
Baptist of Summerville. All
churches arc asked to bring their
quartets. trios, soloists, und
choirs to t his singing.
Rev. C. A. Bant ham. Associa
tions! Music director will lead in
the congregational and
preside ovlr the program. Al
though the singing is sponsored
by the Baptist churches of this
area, the public Is cordially in
vited to attend regardless of de
nominational affiliation.
Post Office Closed
Monday, February 23
Summerville Post Office will be
closed next Monday. Feb. 23, in
observance of George Washmg
। ton's birthday. There will be no
. delivery or window service, re
ports John Stubbs, postmaster.