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TRIONETTES OF TRION HIGH SCHOOL ENTER 7th District tournament next week. Left to
right, kneeling, Joyce Hankins, Linda Bankey and Margie Thompson; back row, Gemelda Helms,
Nell Worsham, Billie Henderson, Peggy Shamblin, Sue Miscal, Carol Ann Strange, and Dixie Nix.
They’re coached by Gordon Jones. (Photo by Emmett Nunn)
LaFayette's Jack Nelson
Olympic Swim Contender
Jack Nelson, Florida’s swim
ming contender for the Olympics
in Australia, was born in LaFa
yette, where water is used mainly
for bathing, washing and cook
ing, but, as often happens, has
practically swum his way around
the world, according to the
Miami (Fla.) Herald Sunday
Magazine section of recent date.
Jack Nelson is related to the
Nelsons of Summerville and the
Sprayberrys of Chattooga Coun
ty.
The Herald Magazine story
points out: "A specialist in the
butterfly stroke with dolphin
kick which has only recently
been legalized by the big brains
that control international
sports. Nelson has gone swim
ming in pools, rivers, lakes and
what have you all the way from
Fort Lauderdale to Saigon.
“In Egypt he has shaken
hands U’ith Col. Nasser, dined
with President Naguib, ridden in
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BILL BOWMAN, campaign chairman; Rev. R C. Pooley,
Chattooga County Chairman, and Charles Farrar, Public Informa
tion officer, are shown above making plans for the annual Red
Cross Drive, March l-31st.
CRAVEY TO GIVE
(Continued From Page 1)
went to Atlanta Fire School to
gether.
The Department had a most
outstanding year in 1955. when
total property damage from fires
amounted to only SBOO.OO. In all
other years fire damage within
the city has been relative, with
the lone exception of the fire
that destroyed the remodeled
Georgia Power Company office.
All adjoining buildings were
saved.
Summerville Volunteers have a
pround record, and they have
been recognized by the Stale be-
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VOLUNTEERS LINE UP after fire drill. showing the results of their Intensive training. Left
tn right: Nmlth, la-master, Alexander. Nelmon, Thomason. Tutton. Fincher. Weems. Hartline. Long
and Eleam. These fine men, headed by Chief Alexander, have earned the State of Georgia's Award
of Merit, a highly coveted honor. <bee story).
SPORT
King Farouk's bus, sailed on a
yacht on the Nile, climbed the
pyramids, and taken a gander at
the Sphinx by moonlight. At the
other side of the world he swam
in the Pan American Olympic
Games in Mexico City. He swam
in Frankfort. Germany, for the
Air Force, again in France, in
the World Wide Canadian meet,
in the relay race in Bangkok, the
water show in Cambodia, was
taken by the State Department
for a good will tour of the Far
East, ate curry or whatever they
have in Bombay, and has won
enough medals and trophies to
be the despair of whoever takes
care of his room in Fort Lauder
dale.
“Nelson never swam a race in
his life until three years ago
when the football season ended
for the Air Force in Germany. A
1 team was formed in swimming,
and he made it.” Nelson lives
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Nelson, in Fort Lauderdale.
fore this. Editor Munday of the
FIRECRACKER once made a
special trip for pictures and
story of the local department.
Chief Alexander had been in
vited to appear on a previous
television program by Munday,
but he was unable to accept.
The State has watched the de
partment's progress and. as is
customary with the wide-awake
Safety Fire Division, a decision
to award the highest honor the
State can give a fire department
is a matter of mature and care
ful deliberation. The awards
could not be given indiscrimin
ately, or else they would mean
little or nothing to the reccipicnt.
Pvt. Patterson
Is Graduate of
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Md. (AHTNC)—Pvt. Nathaniel
Patterson, 18, son of Mrs. Delia
Patterson, 20 East Fourth St.,
Summerville, recently was grad
uated from the light artillery
repair course at the Ordnance
School, Aberdeen Proving
Ground. Md.
Patterson was trained to re
pair and rebuild light and
medium field and anti-aircraft
artillery weapons, including 75
mm. pack howitzer material, 105
mm. howitzer material, 155 mm.
howitzer material and 40 mm.
anti-aircraft gun material.
He entered the Army last July
and completed basic training at
Fort Jackson. S. C.
Patterson attended Summer-
I ville High School.
UNDERWRITER’S KING
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with another car. That old
truck was a fire hazard.
They came into possession of
a new truck around 1948.
The handsome new truck they
now have was purchased by the
City on the last day of January,
1956.
This was, it is said, a matter
of Chief Alexander, as a mem
ber of City Council, practically
worry the other councilmen to
death. Usually, this was the
first item of business Alexander
brought up at each council
meeting. The other gentlemen
got tired of hearing him talking
about the need for a new truck,
and they agreed to buy one.
Actually. Bob Guffin, then on
City Council, argued that the
truck, purchased at a cost of
$17,000. would pay for itself in
savings to citizens, and it devel
oped that it actually did save
about $22,000 in fire insurance i
rates the first year.
In 1956, only one life was lost .
in a city fire- a lady poured !
kerosene from a can onto a >
smouldering grate and one life i
outside the city, when an elderly
man's clothes caught fire while
he was burning trash.
The Volunteers meet every |
Wednesday, and often drill. |
They've missed only one meeting 1
in six years, and that was last i
Christmas, which came on Tues- '
day. Then about half of the 1
boys showed up automatically.
Soon the truck will be com
pletely equipped with two-way '
radio, ordered last August, and
which will enable the Volunteers
to keep in touch with police cars
as well.
It’s a first-class Volunteer
Fire Department; it has so been
classed by Southeastern Under
writers, and soon will be so rec
ognized by Georgia's Safety Fire
Commissioner.
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ATLANTA CRACKER
TV TICKET SALE
TO AID GA. BLIND
ATLANTA—(GPS) The At
lanta Crackers’ 1957 TV Advance
Ticket Sale, described as “Base
ball’s Biggest Bargain,” is now
officially under way throughout
Georgia. The sale again is under
the direction of the Lions Clubs
of Georgia and again the big
gest beneficiary is the Georgia
Lions Lighthouse, Inc.
Price of a book is $6.00, out of
which the Cracker management
gives the Georgia Lions Light
house $1.50. Here is a breakdown
showing what a purchaser of a
TV book gets for his $6:
Six general admission tickets
good for any regular Cracker
home game (this is a $7.50 value
since the regular price of a
grandstand ticket is $1.25); 30
Cracker games free on televi
sion; chances on 14 valuable
awards, including two 1957 auto
mobiles, a lifetime gold pass to
Cracker games, a portable TV
set, ten 1957 Cracker season
passes, and the warm satisfac
tion that you have made is pos
sible for many sightless Geor
gians to receive financial aid
through the generosity of Crack
er President Earl Mann and his
organization.
Dates of the drawings for
these awards, which will be at
home games and will be exclu
sively for holders of TV ticket
stubs, will be announced later.
The 30 games to be televised will
be carried over Atlanta’s WLW-A
(Channel 11), with Bob Henrick
son doing the narrating.
On the back of the 1957
Cracker TV advance ticket book
is a message from Georgia Lions
Lighthouse, Inc., which says in
part: “Thank you friend. Your
participation in this plan to
keep Atlanta Cracker baseball
games on television plays a big
part, a vital part, in making our
sight conservation program a
success ... for it is through this
project, the annual sale of At
lanta Cracker TV advance ticket
books and your donation, that
we raise funds to carry on our
work.”
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
REGION 1A TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP
Cassville Boys, Girls Win
By RAYMOND WATERS
The Cassville boys and girls
won the Region 1A crown Satur
day night, as the boys defeated
Ellijay 41-30, and the Cassville
girls downed Pepperell 28-20, on
Cassville’s home court .
The curtain raiser, which was
a low scoring contest, featured
the Cassville girls against Pep
perell. Joyce McPherson and Sue
Pinion led Cassville to victory
with fourteen points each. Ann
Rush was high for the losers
with ten.
The Ellijay Bobcats jumped to
a ten point lead early in the
game, but Cassville recuperated
in time to tie it up 18-18 at the
half-time intermission. Cassville
came roaring back in the final
two quarters to register a 41-30
triumph.
Cassville was pared by Clyde
Lowery with twelve points, fol
lowed by Joe Carnett with ten.
Jim Mullinax was high for Elli
jay with eleven points.
The Cassville girls, who de
feated Ringgold (30-26) and Elli
jay (44-21) to get a shot at Pep- i
I COMMENT [
? ON SPORTS
WASHINGTON—Ted Williams
is still the highest-paid perform
er in baseball. He’s up there over
such all-time greats as Stan
Musial, the sensational Mickey
Mantle and all the others. Re
porters estimate his latest con
tract at about SIOO,OOO.
That is the same Ted received
last year. He was sensitive on the
question of a cut in salary when
reporters asked whether he had
been forced to take one. At 38,
Ted naturally is conscious that
he is not getting any younger
and he fired back his answer in
no uncertain terms. There was
no cut. Be sure you get that
straight, Williams emphasized.
Stan Musial is reportedly haul
ing down SBO,OOO a year. Mickey
Mantle is thought to be receiving
$60,000. But The Thumper is up
there even higher. Maybe Ted
deserves the money. After all, he
went off into service twice—los
ing some valuable years when he
was in his prime. And no doubt
he is big ‘gate.”
The fans come to see the likes
perell, led all the way in racking
> up their third tournament vic
’ tory against no defense. Pep
, perell had previously beaten the
' Summerville Maidens 36-24 for
their only victory.
; The Cassville boys, who drew
1 a bye in the first round of play,
had beaten Pepperell 42-27.
! Pepperell had beaten Ringgold
in the first round of play by a
score of 41-39, in a very close
; battle.
The Ellijay Bobcats defeated
। the Lakeview Redwings 57-39
1 Tuesday night, and the Summer -
\ ville Indians 40-39 on Thursday
I night. The Bobcats, after trail
i ing throughout the game, staged
a comeback in the final minutes
1 to win. The Summerville Indians
held a seven point advantage at
the half time, and a one point
margin at the end of the third
period.
Cassville’s boys and girls,
! Pepperell, and Ellijay will rep-
I resent Region 1A in the State
| playoffs, which will be held in
! Macon the week of the 26th.
> of Ted. Stan and Mickey, and
; even Al Kaline. We noted in a
I column just about a year ago
; that 1956 might be the last year
: fans would see Williams in ac
tion. It’s good to have him
: around another year. Not that
we agree with everything Ted
has done, or with his behavior
throughout the years. He’s tem
permental and he has blown his
top from time to time.
But he is a great ball player.
He can come through with that
clutch hit often enough to make
him constantly dangerous, con
stantly exciting. And knowing
the old gaffer is getting along
toward 40 adds a sentimental
touch to his play.
However, we have thought for
several years that williams
didn’t seem to set the Bosox on
fire as far as pennants are con
cerned. A great individual star,
who gets tremendous publicity,
he nevertheless plays just about
as well without, or so it seems,
in recent years. Maybe there has
been some tension on the club.
Maybe not. We are not one of
the writers who belong to the
Hate Ted Club. That’s just the
way it has looked, to us, and
we’ve had that impression on
1 several occasions.
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Once upon a time an area citizen got pretty mad at Deputy
Sheriff Country Brown and complained to Sheriff Fred Stewart in
a manner Stewart could understand.
“If you don’t get rid of that so-and-so,” the irate citizen told
Stewart, “I’ll never vote for you again.”
Stewart thought this over for a minute, or less, and replied:
Just be patient, old timer; give me time. I’ll run him off in a
couple of weeks.”
That satisfied the voter, and it also satisfied Country Brown,
because he reported to a Florida spring training camp in two
weeks. It didn’t cost Stewart a vote, either.
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CONTRACT UNSIGNED
It’s getting along toward that time of the year when the base
ball news is the news of the day, and so it is with Country Brown.
Last week he received his contract from Louisville, offering
him the same money he made with Nashville last year, when he
batted .308 and socked 14 home runs, and he promptly sent it
back unsigned. Brown isn’t going to play for Louisville. He was
sold conditionally by Nashville, and the Vols, if they don’t want
him, will have to take him back and sell him to somebody else.
Chattanooga, we hope.
I don’t know how it is with Bob Broom, except that he says he
won’t report to Louisville under any conditions, and who can blame
him? The best bet is that the Colonels will not be around by the
time the season reaches the half-way mark.
It’s an insult for a Class AAA club to offer the same salary to
a Class AA performer, as in the case of Country Brown, but it is
the best way of knowing that the city officials who are going to
try to run the club don’t have much moola, to begin with, and
they'll have a lot less to end with. The club, operated last year
by Washington, dropped $65 grand.
BUCK RICH’S FAST ONE
Modern pitchers, by and large, don’t show up with the pea
ball that Buck Rich of Menlo used to fire past the batters — like,
one time, he changed up on player Fred Stewart and shot him a
wide curve that sent Stewart hugging mother earth while the ball
broke perfectly across the plate. Ask Taxi tycoon Bohannon about
it.
If the scouts had seen Buck Rich in time Menlo might have
had another Bob Feller in the major leagues. Baseball doesn't
have many colorful characters anymore, like Dizzy Dean, let
us say, or Babe Ruth.
Baseball doesn’t even have any Jim Bagbys, who had a good
reason for not reporting to spring training the year Dixie Walker
managed Atlanta. Country Brown tells the story. He met Jim after
spring training and asked him why he didn’t show up.
Bagby, who lisped when he talked, explained that the year
before when Walker faced him at Fenway Park in Boston, he
vowed he was going to mow him down. The first pitch sent
Walker into the dirt. It didn’t satisfy Bagby. He fired the second
one and hit Walker, breaking three ribs. "And you ask me why
I didn't show up at spring training!”
Nobody, but nobody, lisped like Bagby, and one of the classics
of all classic stores is the one about old Jim calling his wife long
distance and saying: "Honey, guess who this is!”
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
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It's All in
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the Game
By JACK TROY
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