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VOLUME 69; NO. 8
City Nets $4,055.02
From Georgia Power
Under Partnership
A check for $4,055.02 was de
livered to the city of Summer
ville, March 2, 1952 by J. T. Mor
gan, District Manager, of the
Georgia Power Company. This
payment represents three per
cent of the gross receipts from
the sale of electric power to com
mercial and residential cus
tomers of the company in the
city. This payment is made un
der the Municipal Partnership
Plan by which the three per cent
is paid by the company in place
of occupation and franchise tax
,es. The plan permits the city to
share in the growth of the elec
tric business in the city. The
payment is made in addition to
the company’s property taxes
paid to the county and city. The
payment for 1951 was $3,691.05.
The company’s total bill for
1952 amounted to nearly $17,-
000,000 in comparison with $15,-
000,000 for 1951.
Os the total taxes, nearly sl,-
300,000 was paid to the com
munities of Georgia under the
Municipal Partnership Plan. This
was an increase of more than
SIOO,OOO over last year.
The largest single item was
federal income tax which
amounted to over $11,300,000 m
comparison with $8,300,000 which
the company paid in 1951. City,
county and state, real and per
sonal property taxes amounted
to nearly $3,250,000 for 1952 in
comparison with $3,000,000 in
1951.
The $17,000,000 total, does not
include the Georgia three pet
cent sales tax which the com
pany paid on materials bought
for operation during the year.
'Christian Youth on Trial/
S'ville, Trion, LaFayette
Christian Youth on Trial is a
project which the Summerville,
Trion and LaFayette Tri-Hi-Y
and Hi-Y clubs have undertaken.
The Trial will begin Mo. ..ay
night, March 9th, at the First
Baptist Church in Trion at 7:30
p.m. Charges this night will be:
That the Christian Youth is
Biblically illiterate and conse
quently does not know what “Be
ing a Christian Means,” since he
is not acquainted with the Old
Testament, the Jewish heritage,
out of which Christianity flow
ed, nor does he know the New
Testament doctrines and Chris
tian principles for Christian liv
ing day by day, and that he does
not sufficiently attend and sup
port the church in its program
and worship, education and
service.
Tuesday night, March 10th, the
Trial will be held here at the
Presbyteriah Church at 7:30 p.m.
Charges will be: "That he fol
lows the Wrong Crowd in im
morality and in social use of
liquor to intemperance, and that
he spends the great majority of
his time and money on himself
rather than in service.”
Wednesday, March 11th, the
last night will be held at LaFa
yette Methodist Church at 7:30
p.m. Charges will be: That he
does not, in sending his life
work, does not, in giving equal
consideration to such professions
to the ministry, teaching, and
social service as he does to other
professions, and that he shores
discrimination against other
races and other groups contrary
to the teaching of Christ that all
men are children df God. and ar
such, are our brother.”
This is a diameter production
designed to encourage Christian
young people to face up to their
responsibilites if they are to take
the name “Christian.”
The defendant will be Tommy
Thomas, of Trion, who will rep
resent all Christian youth, and
will be tried on six counts.
Mr. Freeman McClure will be
the presiding officer, Earl Self
will be attorney for the Prosecu
tion and Bob McClure attorney
for the defence.
The public is urged to attend
these services.
Report Is made by Eleanor
Crawford.
JULIAN E. MILLICAN
BURIED WEDNESDAY
Julian Ernest (Pete) Millican,
36, of Route 1, Lyerly, passed
away suddenly at his home nt
12:30 am. Monday. He Is sur
vived by one sister. Mrs. Johusn
Tucker of Summerville: four
brothers, Watt. Henry and Otis
Millican all of Lyerly and Deo
Millican of Trion.
Mr. Millican was a veteran of
World War II and a member of
the V. F. W. Military services
were conducted from the Lyerly
Methodist Church Wednesday at
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4-H CLUB WEEK TO
BE OBSERVED BY
COUNTY CHAPTERS
Chattooga County 4-H Club
members and friends will observe
March 7-15, National 4-H Club
Week, in various ways.
Miss Omie H. Wiley, Home
demonstration agent, and M. H.
Purcell, county agent, meet each
month with the 10 4-H Clubs in
the county and give demonstra
tions.
These 10 4-H Chapters have
492 active members.
Lyerly has a Junior and Senior
chapter, as does Menlo and
Subligna; Gore, Pennville, Ber
ryton and Welmyer each have a
Junior chapter.
More news and information
about these 4-H young people
and their leaders will be pub
lished next week.
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MR. JONES
Marvin C. Jones
Member Rome
Uni. Center Faculty
Marvin C. Jones, Jr. is the
latest addition to the faculty of
the Rome University of Georgia
Center, Louis C. Aiderman Jr.,
Director, announced today. He
has been on military leave of
absence.
Mr. Jones, who will serve as
head of the Department of Busi
ness Administration at the Cen
ter, will teach courses in elemen
tary and advanced economics
and business administration. He
will assume his duties March 25.
Mr. Jones will teach next quar
ter a basic course in the prin
ciples of economics and ad
vanced courses in principles of
marketing and industrial man
agement. In addition, he will
serve as academic advisor for
students majoring in the field of
business administration.
Formerly of Summerville, he ,
has returned from a two-year
military leave of absence during
which time he was on active
duty with the U. S. Army as a
Parachute Infantry Lieutenant,
serving at Fort Bragg. N. C.
Mr. Jones received his high.
school education at Trion High ’
School and holds the Bachelor
of Business Administration and
Master of Business Administra
tion degrees from the Univer
sity of Georgia where he gradu
ated in 1950.
He came to Rome in Septem
ber, 1950 from the job evalua
tion staff of the Board of
Regents of the University Sys
tem in Athens.
Mr. Jones is a member of Phi
Kappa Phi. Beta Gamma Sigma
and Psi Chi. national honorary
scholastic fraternities; Delta
Sigma Pi. professional commerce
fraternity, Economics Society,
Scabbard and Blade, "X” Club,
Omicron Delto Kappa and Alpha
Phi Omega, national service and
leadership societies.
The new faculty member Is a
veteran of two years' service In
World War II as an aerial gun
ner In the U. 8. Navy on a tor
pedo plane. He served in both
the Asiatic-Pacific and European
theaters of operations on anti
submarine patrol duty. At pres
ent be is a reserve Infantry oil)
cer.
Mrs. Jones is the former Robye
Baker of Menlo, Oa. The couple
at 307 (Apt. No 2) East
2nd Street, Rome. Oa. She teach
es in the elementary grade at
Armuchce School.
2:00 p m. with Rev. J. F. Oladney
and the Chaplain officiating.
Interment was In Needmore
Cemetery near Union Hill, Ala.,
with J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge of the arrangements.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953
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MENLO FUTURE HOMEMAKERS, pictured above, will sponsor a
Community Fun Night, Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the
Menlo Gymnasium. Admission 10 and 20c. Everyone is invited!
CH ATTOOGANS
IN THE SERVICE
IST LT. HAROLD L. ALD
RIDGE, Route 1, Lyerly, arrived
Saturday, Feb. 28, at the San
Francisco Port of Embarkation
from the Far East aboard USNS
General Gordon.
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WITH THE U. S. ARMY IN
ALASKA — PFC. WEBB E.
WYATT, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Webb H. Wyatt, who live in Ly
erly, is participating in “Exercise
Snow Shoe,” an Army winter
training maneuver in Alaska.
Wyatt is assigned to Company
A of the 4th Regimental Combat
Team as a gunner.
He was employed by the Har
old Bishop Construction Co. be
fore entering the Army in Octo
ber 1951.
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WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY
DIV. IN JAPAN—Pvt. Raymond
A. Ramey, whose wife, Margaret,
lives on Route 3, Summerville,
recently arrived in Japan and is
serving with the 24th Infantry
Division.
Private Ramey, a member of
the 24th Replacement Company,
was previously stationed at Fort
Riley, Kans.
He entered the Army last July.
His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam D. Ramey live on Route 1,
Rockspring, Ga.
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PVT. WILLIAM EDWARD
HENDERSON, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Henderson, of Sum
merville. Route 2, arrived in Ko
rea February 21. Edward is a
graduate of Summerville High
and worked with J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home before going in the
service. He received training at
Fort Jackson, S. C.
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MEDITERRANEAN — Serving
aboard the high speed transport
USS Burdo is WILLIAM F
BARNES, fireman, USN. of Route
3, Summerville.
The ship is one of five Atlantic.
Fleet Amphibious Force ships
that comprise the amphibious
element of the Sixth Fleet.
During their Mediterranean
tour, the men will receive train
ing in amphibious warfare. They
will also visit France, Italy,
Greece, Turkey and the islands
of Sardinia, Crete and Sicily.
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BREDA, HOLLAND — PVT.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Richard
son, 501 Highland Ave., Summer
ville, is on emergency duty in
the Netherlands with the U. S.
Army’s Flood Relief Expedition.
More than 1800 American sol
diers rushed from Germany to
Holland when storm-tossed flood
waters swept over the low coun
tries.
The Engineers brought with
them food, clothing and medi
cine. They also evacuated thou
sands of disaster victims besides
working around the clock haul
ing hundreds of thousands of
sandbags to repair dikes and
roads.
Private Richardson, a barber in
civilian life, entered the Army in
July 1952, took basic training at
Fort Belvoir, Va„ and after ar
riving overseas In January this
year, he was assigned to Com
pany B. 1279th Engineer Bat
talion.
Ann Harrell to Make
10-Day Concert Tour
Miss Ann Harrell, of Trion, is
one of the fifty two members of
flu w< h y.m College Glee Club
which will make a ten-day con
cert tour through Georgia, Flor
ida. Alabama and Mississippi.
The members of the touring Glee
Club are chosen from the Glee
Clubs of both the Wesleyan
campuses. In addition to ability
as a singer the girl must also
reach a certain grade point av
erage before she may take the
tour.
Chattooga Talent
On Television
If you possess any talent and
would like to try out for T.V.
come to the Summerville High
School Auditorium on Monday,
March 9th, for an audition.
The talent will be divided into
three groups:
Age 1 to 12—Audition at 7:00.
Age 12 to 18—Audition at 8:00.
Age 18 and over—Audition at
9:00.
On Friday, March 27th, there
will be a program in the Sum
mervile auditorium, where
judges from Atlanta will choose
three winners from each group.
These nine winners will then ap
pear on T.V. on the “Stars of
Tomorrow” program, Sunday,
March 29th. Also on this same
program, Chattooga County will
be saluted.
These nine winners have the
opportunity to compete with oth
er winners over the state, in May
for an all-expense, 8-day trip to
New York.
If you can sing, dance, play,
etc., please contact the Sum
merville School, Phone 103. to
make plans for audition, March
9th.
See your friends or yourself on
television.
The audition on March 9th is
for contestants only, but be sure
to bring your parents and
friends for the program on
March 27th in the Summerville
Auditorium.
Chattooga 4-H Club
Girl to Attend Training
Meet at Daytona Beach
A Chattooga 4-H Club girl will
celebrate National 4-H Club
Week, March 7-15, in a very spe
cial way.
Carolyn Webster, Route 1,
Menlo, has been invited to at
tend a four-day training meet
ing for District and State 4-H
Club Council officers at Day
tona Beach, Fla. The meeting
will be held March 12-15.
Carolyn is secretary of the
North Georgia 4-H Council.
Some 75 leaders of 4-H Geor
gia—including the district and
state officers, advisers, and
about 20 members of the Uni
versity of Georgia Agricultural
Extension Services staff—will
combine business and pleasure
during the Florida outing.
Carolyn and the other officers
are expected to review the 1952
Four-H record and make plans
for the organization for this
year. State 4-H Club Leader W.
A Sutton said the youngsters
will set up goals for '53 and dis
cuss methods of getting 85 per
cent of all 4-H projects com
pleted this year. The completion
record in 1952 was 80.3 per cent
of 409,156 projects carried.
Another important item on the
agenda will be a discussion of
the Georgia 4-H Club Center at
Rock Eagle Park. Four-H mem
bets themselves have raised over
$90,000 for the project, and the
state officers will talk over plans
for continuing their campaigns
until the center is completed,
probably by 1955.
The pleasure part of the trip
for Carolyn and the other
4-H'ers will include swimming In
the Atlantic ocean and tours to
Silver Springs. Marineland. St.
Augustine and other attractions
in the Sunshine State.
REV. 11. R. FOSTER
RESIGNS CHURCH
The Rev. Harry Foster, pastor
of Summerville Presbyterian
Church, has submitted his resig
nation after serving here ap
proximately nine years.
The Rev. Foster says he’s been
offered a better opportunity at
the North Shore Presbyterian
Church in Jacksonville. Fla.
A successor hasn't been named,
as yet.
John Davis Named
Chattooga Chairman
Red Cross Drive
John Davis has been appointed
Chattooga fund chairman of the
American Red Cross.
The campaign for new mem
bers will begin this week and
continue through the month of
March.
Mr. Davis says the quota for
Chattooga County is $2,800 and
that personal convassing and ex
tensive publicity has been plan
ned. All persons who wish to be
come members of Red Cross are
urged to get in touch with Mi.
Davis, Faye Pledger, chapter
I chairman, or Malcolm Thomas,
chapter secretary.
Trion Lodge No. 160,
F&AM, Meets Mar. 7
Trion Lodge No. 160 F and A M
will meet Saturday, March 7,
at 7:30 pm. Presentation of 25
year membership buttons will be
made to several members.
Members wives are invited. A
pot luck supper will be served.
All qualified Masons are invited.
This announcement is made
by Marshall McCollum, Worship
ful Master, and John Hartline,
Secretary.
Presbyterian Circles
Meet Monday
Circle No. 1 of the women of :
Presbyterian Church will meet j
with Mrs. Wyatt Ransom at'
three o’clock Monday.
Circle No. 2 will meet at the
same hour with Miss Mary Penn
and Mrs. O. A. Selman.
Preaching al Menlo
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Roy Hicks, from Colum
bia Seminary, Decatur, Ga., will
preach at the Menlo Presbyter
ian Church Sunday, March Bth,
at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Members afid friends of the
Menlo, Cloudland and Beersheba
Churches are urged to attend
these services, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
Sylvester Polk, 85 z
Dies at Menlo
Sylvester T. (Ves) Polk, 85, of
Menlo passed away in a Sum
merville hospital at 1 p.m. Sun
day. He is survived by two sisters,'
Miss Effie Polk of Menlo and
Miss Minnie Polk of Chattanoo
ga; two brothers. Burr H. Polk
of Menlo and Fred G. Polk of
Chatttanooga.
Mr. Polk was associated with I
his brother, Burr, in operation of j
a box, crate and basket plant at
Menlo (or several years. He re-|
tired about two years ago.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Polk home place in
Menlo Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock with Rev. C. L. Harris
and Rev. Darty Stowe officiat
ing. Interment was in Alpine
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Monty Millican. Billy Millican, J.:
T. Clark, Ernest Kennedy. Henry !
E. Chapplear and Joe Murphy, j. i
D. Hill Funeral Home was in I
charge of the arrangements.
Seniors to Have
Chicken Supper
Friday, March 13th, the Sum
merville Senior Class will spon
sor a chicken supper and the
proceeds will be used on the fund
for their trip in April.
We would like to apologize to
those we were unable to serve at
our Inst supper. Tickets for this
supper will be sold only through
Thursday. March 12th. No tickets
will be sold at the door.
Tickets may be bought from
members of the Senior Class-
Si.oo per plate.
The meal will be served from
6 o'clock until 9 o'clock In the
school library.
The menu will include half |
Bar-B-Qued chicken, boiled po- j
tatoes. slaw, rolls, gravy and
coffee.
Come and enjoy a good supper,
and help to support the Senior
Class.
Anne Foster in Stunt Night
At Oglethorpe University
Miss Anne Foster, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. H. R Foster, par
ticipated In Stunt Night at Ogle
thorpe University 1n Atlanta. It,
was held Friday night. February ,
27. She took part in the Fresh- i
man Class Skit and the Phoebe
Hearst Hall Skit.
Anne Is a freshman at the ;
University, and is a member of '
the basketball team.
FUTURE FARMERS AND HOMEMAKERS
ENTERTAIN RETAIL MERCHANTS GROUP
The Summerville High School
Library and Home Economics
Departments were filled to ca
pacity on last Thursday evening
at 8 o’clock at a buffet supper
given in honor of the “Summer
ville Retail Merchants Associa
tion” by the Summerville F.H.A.-
F.F.A. Clubs with over 150 per
sons attending.
There was never such an array
of assorted foods consisting of
creamed chicken, peach pickles,
spiced crabapples, every kind of
congealed salads imaginable, po
tato chips, sweet potato souffle,
corn, lima beans, baked Idahos,
j and dozens of home baked pies
I and cakes with hot rolls and
| coffee. Serving these wonderful
food were the many pretty girls
| (Future Homemakers to be) that
| make up the Future Home Mak
| ing Department under the com
petent direction of Mrs. Edith
. McGinnis and Miss Yvonne Mc-
Collough.
Special guests were members
■ of the County and Local Boards
jof Education and the High
i School faculty.
The school band entertained
i everyone with appropriate band
i music before and during the
i meal under the leadership of Mr.
Brannon.
A delightful program followed
the welcoming of all guests by
Sidney Cooper with Bob Guffin.
secretary of "Retail Merchants”,
giving the response. Bob said.
“The next best thing to being
young was being with young !
people.”
Frances Hill, president of the
Summerville F.H.A. organization,
was mistress of ceremonies. Her
toast to the business men was
“Come in the evening, or come
in the morning, come when
you’re asked—or come without
warning;—A thousand welcomes
you’ll find here before you, the
more often you come, the more
our appreciation we’ll try to
show you—for what you have
done for our school. But most of
all we want you to be a part of
us, “So tonight may the lamp of
friendship be lighted by the oil
of sincerity between you, our
business men and US. the Fu
ture Homemakers and Future
Farmers, Fathers of America.”
Throughout the -evening Fran- j
ces told clever jokes about the
business men.
Mary Alexander, beautifully
gave the aims of the F.H.A. to
help young people face the fu
ture with courage, to encourage !
democracy in church, home and'
community life, and to promote
good homes and to provide
wholesome individual leadership
Our club work is not separate
from our class work.
Other activities during the
year, were: giving a coffee
luncheon, tea for State Super
visors. contributions of: $7.50 to
a boy for shoes in Greece, $5.00
for a girl in Bombay, India: 1
sponsoring a contest for the
most courteous boy in SHS and
awarding a trophy, buying new
machines, making curtains, up
holstering furniture, sponsoring
“Dad’s Night”, giving wiener
roast, studying flower arranging
from national flower judge and
entertaining five foreign sudents
for day and having them speak
to the student body.
Most enjoyable entertainment
was given by “Black-faced” Ran
dall Graham giving an imper
sonation of “Mammy” and
“Sewanee” also piano selections
by Janet Cox. Mr. Ken Kayes
and La ver n Smith.
Ann Lenderman gave a “class ।
Clovis Fishers Win 'Yard
OF Month' Award
Chattooga Garden Club judges ;
have selected the yard of Mr. and j
Mrs. Clovis Fisher. Chert Street. ]
as “Yard of the Month.” The
well kept, neat yard of Mr. and
Mrs. Fisher was also selected
"Yard of Month” last May.
The yard of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bankson was selected as winner
of second place.
House-Warming for
Mr. and Mrs. John
Whisnant Jr.
Friends gave Mr. and Mrs. ।
John Black Whisnant. Jr. a sur- j
prise house warming last Friday ।
night. Many beautiful and use
ful presents were given them for
their new home.
The guests served delicious re
freshments. About 35 attended.
MARKS, RANSOM
BABIES CHRISTENED
Susan Rebecca, the infant 1
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Row
land Ransom, and Paul Thorn
hill, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jamie Marks were christen
ed by the Rev Harry Foster at
the morning services at the
Presbyterian Church.
$2.00 PER YEAR
work report” discussing the
club’s activities of making
clothes, cooking, child care, and
friendship.
Wayne Cox, F.F.A. President,
Discusses Activities
The F.F.A. President, Wayne
Cox told of his club’s activities
composed of 162 members. Some
of these have 11 acres in corn, 45
in cotton, 17 in grain, 17 head of
beef, 48 hogs, 11 dairy cattle, 1,-
511 broilers, 425 layers. In addi
tion they have made table lamps,
I repaired freezers, repaired 175
| toys for the under privileged,
helped plant trees on the school
ground, built items for the re
ception room and class rooms. By
working together he said, ths
boys are trying to measure up to
this motto: “Learning to do, liv
! ing to learn, learning to live, liv
-1 ing to serve.
Clubs Show Much Talent
A beautiful ballet number was
I given by Julia Rackley, followed
; by a duet "Indian Love Call” and
i trio, “Girl of my Dreams,” com
i posed of Ina Foster, Charlotte
McGinnis and Jo Stewart.
John Bankson, president of the
, Retail Merchants Organization,
. called the attention of its mem
| bers to observe the unity and
cooperation illustrsfted by these
two clubs in preparation of won
derful food, entertainment and
program in general and suggest
ed if the same were practiced
among local businesses, Sum
merville would show great im
provements. He praised the
youngsters for their splendid
work and insisted they take ad
vantage of the present oppor
tunities to better enable them
selves in order when the time
comes to take their places in the
business word. He expressed the
business men’s appreciation to
the two clubs and teachers for
the entertainment and fine food.
The F. F. A. Quartet composed
of Johnny Green, William
"Eagle” Suits, Bobby Groce and
Billy Stevens entertained with
several vocal numbers.
Barbara Sue Chandler, talent
ed young singer, sang “Because
You’re Mine” and “Till I Waltz
Again With You.”
E. M. Blue, Summerville School
Superintendent, told the guests
if they ever got bored to come to
the school since they never lack
for excitement. He stated that
there are about 480 students in
high school and 1500 in grammar
school. There are 49 teachers in
the elementary and high schools.
About 800 meals are served
every day at the school cafeteria,
which has a manager, four cooks
and two persons to serve. The
school also has a janitor and a
maid.
He invited those present to
come back. He said th” school
likes for townspeople to know
what’s going on.
The Reverend Harry Foster
spontaneously thanked the clubs
for not just this one evening of
pleasure and good food, but the
many wonderful entertainments
he had had the privilege of at
tending. Mr Foster, the F H A.
Chapter Father, is always most
willing to help whenever called
upon.
Lowell Hix. County Schoo! Su
perintendent after being intro
duced stated the Summerville
F H A. Club in as far as is
known by the State Department
is the only F. H A. Department
in the United States which pub
lishes a monthly paper. It is also
the only known club in the
United States which has a regu
lar radio program. He said the
girls had raised SBSO 00 to spon
sor their program.
He pointed out that the Sum
merville Future Farmers ranked
second in the state, a record to
be proud of Boys won $130.00 at
the fat cattle show In Atlanta;
five boys are feeding seven steen
to take to an Atlanta show:
three made over 100 bushels of
corn per acre winning S9O 00 of
$125 00 alloted.
He Introduced the chapter's
"Queen of F F. A.” Frances Hill
who modeled a lavendar net
over taffeta evening dress she
has designed and made for the
Tri-Statc Beauty Contest to be
held at the Read House In Chat
tanooga on March 11 where 47
chapters have entered their
oueens. This is sponsored by the
Chattanooga Times.
The program was concluded
with a dance number "The
F H. A Boogie” by June Lowry,
Betty Hamner and Charlotte
McGinnis.
Following the nrogram "Open
House” was held at the Voca
tional Agricultural Shop where
Lee Scgars. head of the depart*
ment and his assistant, J. IL
Spence, showed visitors items
completed this year. Including
window screens, cedar chests,
book cases, yard furniture and
other Items.