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VOLUME 73—NUMBER 14
Bids For 72'Jllnit Public Housing
Project Accepted Until May 28
SUMMERVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
SAYS WORK MAY START IN JUNE
Chairman H. L. McGinnis of the Housing Authority of
Summerville announces that bids will be accepted for sup
plying all labor, materials, equipment and services for a
72-unit low-rent housing project until 2 p. m., May 28 in
the Loach building in Lafayette.
Sealed bids for utilities will be ,
received at the Selman Building, I
Summerville, unti\lo a. m., May
28, at which time they will be
opened for furnishing 80 electric
refrigerators, 46 apartment-type
and 34 standard dwelling type
gas-fired ranges, 81 gas-fired
water heaters and 81 gas cir
culators.
At the same time, the Housing
Authority of LaFayette will be
receiving the same tyne bids.
Contract documents that in
clude plans and specifications
for the housing project are on
file at the Selman Building.
The project for 72 white
families includes one, two, three
and four bedroom units.
Each unit will be equipped with
electric refrigerators, gas cook
ing ranges, gas-fired water heat
ers and gas-fired space heaters.
General construction will be i
concrete block with brick veneer,!
plastered walls and ceilings in ■
the one-story duplex buildings.
Eight dwelling units will be
located on Union Street, 22
dwelling units in North Sum
merville, Bitting Avenue and
Marvin street, and 42 dwelling
units on Oak street extended.
There will also be eight dwell
ing units for negro families of
one, two, three and four bedroom
units and same construction on
7th and C streets.
When bids are opened on May
28. contracts will be awarded
subject to approval of the Public
Housing Authority to the lowest
responsible bidder.
If the low bid is within the
money alloted for the project, the
project, the contractor should be
able to start actual construction
work in the middle or latter
parff-of June.
Barring unforeseen difficulties,
Chairman McGinnis said, these
units should be ready for occu
pancy within 10 months.
The administration building
will be located on the Oak Street
site.
Members of the Summerville
Housing Authority are Harry Mc-
Ginnis, chairman; John Bank
ston, vice chairman; Dan Mc-
Whorter, C. M. Tutton and
Everett Lunsford.
DISTRICT LEGION
MEETING SUNDAY
A meeting of the 7th District
Veterans of Foreign Wars will be
held Sunday. April 28, 11 a m. at
the Chattooga Memorial Home,
Mason-McCauley Post V F.W,
acting as host.
The Department of Georgia
will be represented by Com
mander Randolph Medlock,
Stone Mountain; Senior Vice
Commander Wiley Griffin, Bain
bridge; Junior Vice Commander
Grady Pittard, Athens, and by
out own local products Quarter
master James "Sloppy" Floyd.
The Ladies Auxiliary and the
V.F.W. will hold a joint meeting
in the morning session. In the
afternoon, each organization will
hold its separate meeting.
The main business on tiic
agenda will be the election of
district officers for 1057-58.
AMERICAN LEGION
The regular meeting of Amer
ican Legion will be held Friday.
April 26.7:30 p. m. at the Memor
ial Home.
All baseball committeemen arc
urged to attend.
Supper will be served following
the meeting
Cmdr. Furman Camp
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The program of Commissioner John Jone* elean-up eam
paUU al the courthouse included topping the trees Ibis week.
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MISS GRACE WEAVER, man
ager of the Summerville Tele
phone Company, is the first
lady bailiff in the history of
Chattooga County. It is her
duty to see after the needs of
I all jurors and witnesses.
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Grand Opening at
Lake Winnepesaukah
Saturday and Sunday
Lake Winnepesaukah will cele
: brate its 33rd GRAND OPENING
this Saturday and Sunday, April
27th and 28th. Beginning this
: week-end the entire park and
. the swimming pool will be open
■ daily throughout the summer
| season. Lake Winnepesaukah's
many attractions will begin op-
I eration at 10 a.m. on week days
and 12 noon on Sundays.
Free shows are offered to the
, patrons of Lake Winnepesaukah
on Sundays, courtesy of the
management. The Willis Broth
ers and their Cherokee Indian
pal. Chuck Wright, will be fea
tured for three big shows this
Sunday. These 1 nationally known
entertainers will play your fa
vorite western, folk, and popular
■ numbers. The shows will be on
the Lake Winnepesaukah stage
at 2, 5 and 8 p.m., and each show
| will be different.
Lake Winnepesaukah's modern
concrete swimming pool has a
■ fresh coat of paint to enhance
134 Merit Badges, 31 Advancements
Awarded at April Court of Honor
Court Most Successful In History
Os Scouting In Chattooga District
Possibly the most successful Court of Honor in the;
history of the Chattooga district was held at the Summer-।
ville High School gymnasium on Thursday night, April 18,:
with Chairman Fred Lancaster presiding and with 81 Boy
Scouts present, 63 of whom were in full uniform.
The court was opened by Troop
7 of Summerville, after which
an inspection of scouts was held
by Ben White, Boy Scout
Field Executive, with Jerry
Prince of Troop 7 winning first
place, Steve Edwards of Troop
71 second place, and Robert
Hartline of Troop 101 and Terry
Smithson of Troop 7 tying for
third place .
After the inspection a count
for attendance was made witli
Troop 7 winning first place.
There was a record number ol
134 Merit Badges awarded and
31 scouts received Advancement
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 25, 1957
PROGRESS MADE
IN THE CURBING
OF 'DRAG RACING'
Juvenile Court Probation of
ficer Arch Farrar reported that
progress is being made in curb
ing teen-age “drag racing’’, fol
lowing a conference with State
Patrolman Sweatt, Chief W. G.
Tallant ana Sheriff Fred Stewart
Farrar said Sweatt had re
ported making a number of
“drag racing” cases on, Bolling
Road.
Patrolmen are planning the
use of an electrical timer in the
county, he reported. The timer
may be set up any time, during
the week or on week-ends.
Cases will come before Judge
T. J. Espy in City Court.
Farrar said he had been as
sured the full cooperation of all
I law enforcement officers, state
| city and county.
Morgan Heads
Little League;
Opens On May 27
J. T. Morgan has been named
president of the Summerville
Little League which will begin
its third year of play on Monday,
May 27.
The committee is registering
I boys this week to select teams,
i Sponsors and teams include
Georgia Rug Mill, Giants; Bag
■ ley Service and Standard Oil. In
‘dians; Summerville Manufactur-
I ing Company, Yankees; Mont-
I gomery Knitting Mill and Chat
tooga Mills. Dodgers.
; The committee has started
j work this week preparing’ the
; ■ baseball field and getting the
, lights ready.
the beauty of the pure water
’ which flows through the pool
continuously. Efficient life
1 guards are on duty at all
1 times, and the pool is drained
' and scrubbed once a week.
The pool is drained and
। scrubbed after closing hours
so that the 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
> swimming hours are not inter
-1 rupted. Lake Winnepesaukah's
spacious pool will be open every
day from April 27th until Sep
-1 tember 15th.
‘ I School groups in the area are
enjoying their end-of-the-year
picnics at I,ake Winnepesaukah
i now. Student Discount Tickets
, j are available, and may be ob
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Awards. These Merit Badges and
Advancements were divided by
troops as follows:
Troop 7—50 Merit Badges, 15 1
Advancements.
Troop 38—8 Merit Badges, 2
Advancements.
Troop 71—4 Merit Badges, 4
Advancements.
Troop 101—56 Merit Budges, 6
Advancements.
Troop 102 16 Merit Badges, 4
Advancements.
Scouts receiving awards were
as follows:
TROOP 7
Stevie Chapplcar, Second
Class; C. D. Umg. Second Class; :
Sidney Martin, Second Class; <
Butch Self. Second Class. Bas
ketry and Scholarship; Buddy I
Hartline. Second Class. Reading; H
Joe Pitts. First Class, Forestry; p
Don Johnson. First Class. Read- 1
ing and Basketry: Mason Gibson.
First Class; Billy Mitchell, Gold i
Palm. Landscape Gardening.
Metal Work, Animal Industry
and Basketry; Pcfey Dunson.,
Bronze Palm. Animal Industry; p
Mike Baker. Klar. Reading, Ftrc
manship. Scholarshin. Basketry
and Cooking. Sam Jones. Star.'
Dairying. Firemanship. Cooking.
Scholarship and Forestry; Chip
Barnes. Star. Citizenship in
, Home: Kelley Hudson. Star, Clti
' zenship In Home. Cooking. Schol
arship. Firemanship and Rend
ing; Pete Crawford. Home Re
pairs and Cooking; Harry
i Barnes. World Brotherhood;
I Randy Taylor, Reading; Jerry!
ts - Pm
A TRAILER TRUCK jack-knifed into this car occupied by a Detroit couple and their three
year-old son Saturday at the foot of Taylor’s Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Corbitt and son
James received serious head injuries and were rushed to Erlanger hospital, where they are in
"fair” condition. State Patrol reported the truck, carrying a load of lumber, was driven by
Arthur L. Melugin.
WAYSIDE PARK POSSIBLE
State Plans Expenditure
Os $57,000 on Hatchery
Fulton Lovell, State Game and Fish Commissioner, has
told Chattooga Representatives James (Sloppy) Floyd and
Paul Weems that proposed plans for the Summerville Fish
Hatchery now call for the expenditure of about $57,000 in
stead of the original $35,000 announced.
When the construction work is
completed the production will
exceed the present rate from five
|to seven times at the state’s
j original hatchery on the old
Montgomery place.
Since this site has always been
a favorite spot for area picnick
ers, the Representatives said
they hope to obtain an expendi
ture to build a modern wayside
park, patterned after the model
one at Dawson, which cost
$7,000.’
The Wayside park would be a
great asset to the area and
would be for the convenience of
many county families.
Lovell has told Floyd and
Weems that hatchery expansion
work will begin in July or August,
and is the first expansion pro
gram in Georgia for the fiscal
year.
LYERLY GIRL
ON DEAN'S LIST
Faye Battles, Lyerly, has made
both the dean's list and the hon
jor roll at Mount Berry Colege,
j according to Dr. S. H. Cook,
Dean.
McKenzie, First Aid and Camp
ing; Pete Boney, Home Repairs,
Dog Care and Art; William
Smith, Cooking; Mack Smith.
Cooking. Johnny Hammond, Soil
and Waler Conservation, Safety
and Book Binding; Terry Taylor.
Home Repairs, Cooking and
Reading; Jerry Taylor, Cooking,
lb .idmg and Home Repairs.
TROOP as
Mae Durham. Second Class.
Automobiling; Bill Pearson, First
Class; Kenneth Owens, Star,
Cooking, Horsemanship. Home
Repairs, Automobiling. Citizen
ship in Community and Read
ing; William Thomas, Horse
manship.
TROOP 71
Johnny Agnew. Second Class;
David Espy. Second Class, Firc
manship, Printing and Reading;
Dennis Cox. Bronze Palm.
Weather; Steve Edwards, Bronze
Palm.
TROOP 101
Herbert Chancy. Second Class,
Reading; Jerrell Hogue. Second
Class, Farm Home and its Plan
ning and Book Binding; Freddie
Simmons, Star. Home Repairs,
Cooking and Citizenship in Com
munity; Ronnie Langston. Star,
Cooking and Farm Layout: Ter
ry Witt. Home Repairs. Reading
and Farm Home and its Plan
ning; Alvin Greene. First Aid.
Forestry, Farm Layout, Horse
manship, Home Repairs. Fishing
and Citizenship in Community.
Robert Hartline. Fishing. Corn
Farming. Automobiling, First Aid
to Animals and World Brother
hood; Lynn Crider. Life, Farm
Home and its Planning. Forestry.
First Aid. Horsemanship. Citi
zenship in Community and Fish
ing; Donald Hartline, Public
Health, Corn Farming, Rabbit.
Raising. Gardening. Forestry and
Fishing. Billy Clark. Farm Home
. and Its Planning. Book Binding
(Continued On Page 3)
CO-PRESIDENTS
OF PTA NAMED
IN THE BOWENS
Dr. and Mrs. Emory Bowen
were elected co-presidents of
the Summerville Parent-Teacher
Association at the April meet
ing held last week.
•z. Bowen is a local chiroprac
tor and chairman of the Chat
tooga County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation. He and Mrs. Bowen are
active in the Seventh-day Ad
ventist Church in Rome. Dr.
Bowen holds the office of local
elder; Mrs. Bowen is church
clerk, and both are teachers of
a Sabbath School class.
Mrs. R. W. Ransom, Jr., who
has served capably as secretary
for the past two years, was
elected to the office of vice pres
ident.
Mrs. Marlin Payne, another ac
tive PTA member, was chosen to
serve as secretary.
Mrs. Phil Foglia was elected
treasurer, a very capable begin
ner in PTA.
Mrs. Arch Farrar, who ren
dered a great service to the PTA
this year in the office of vice
president, was elected program
chairman.
Mrs. Andrew Williams, pro
gram chairman this year, will be
the able assistant or co-chair
man of Mrs. Farrar.
The PTA members voted to
send Mrs. Bowen to the Parent-
Teacher Convention held in At
lanta this week Mrs. Bowen will
attend the three-day session
with Mrs Mark Cooper, president
of the PTA County Council; Mrs.
Allene Baker, president of the
Trion PTA. and Mrs Harold
Bishop, past president of the
Lyerly PTA.
Lyerly F F A And
F H A Chapters
Enjoy Banquet
Lyerly High School auditorium
was the scene of a mother
daughter and father-son banquet
Friday night at 8:00 p. m.. held
by the local chapters of Future
j Farmers and Future Home
’ makers.
Gwendolyn Williams, a senior
homemaker, presided as the
mistress of ceremonies for the
evening.
The invocation was given by
Grover C. Jackson. Jr. Frankie
Cranmorc. F F A chapter presi
dent. presided over the opening
ceremony of the F F A.; James
H. Spence, local F F. A. advisor,
introduced the guests Jo Ann
Brady, also a senior homemaker,
gave the welcome, with Mrs. tru
E. Lutz, a special guest, giving
• the response to some 170 guests
A delicious menu was prepared
by ixdh chapters which consisted
I ot barbecued pork. buttered peas,
|H»lato salad, sliced tomatoes,
rolls, apple plc a lu mode and
iced tea.
During the meal the croun was
entertained by the F. F. A Trion,
consisting ot Martha Tucker,
i Gwendolyn Williams and Rachel
Baker. The F. F A. Quartet also
rendered several numbers,
"Angels Watching Over Me",
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
TRAILER TRUCK
SMASHES AUTO I
Ok TAYLOR RIDGE I
A trailer truck, „ driven by
Arthur L. Melugin, Chattanooga,
carrying a load of lumber, jack
knifed and collided with a De
troit couple’s car at the foot of
Taylor’s Ridge Saturday.
State Troopers identified the
couple and their three-year-old
son as Mr. and Mrs. Howard L
Corbitt and James.
All three received serious head
injuries and were rushed to
Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga.
[They are reported in “fair’ 1 con
. dition.
State Patrol Corporal C. J.
Raiford and J. T. Baird invest
igated the accident and aided in
i getting luggage to the couple at
the hospital.
Lyerly P T A Elect
New Officers Thurs.
The Lyerly Parent Teacher As
sociation held the regular
monthly meeting at the Lyerly
School Gymnasium, at 7:30
Thursday night. Mrs. Harold
Bishop presided over the meet
ing. Mrs. Fred Ponder gave the
devotional. Due to the absence
of the Secretary the minutes
were omitted. Mr. Spence gave
the Treasurer’s report of $185.00
; balance.
Miss Mary Holland's room gave
an impressive play.
Mrs. Bob Crawford was elected
, president for the new year as
, Mrs. Margie Gaylor had re
signed. The newly elected repre
senatives to the Chattooga
County Council are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ro>e, Miss
. Kathryn Manning and Mrs. Bill
Bishop.
The P T A. voted to send Mrs.
I Harold Bishop to the Georgia
, Congress of Parents and Teach-
I ers in Atlanta April 23-25. They
I also planned a party for the
1 Teen-Canteen at their next
j meeting.
The newly elected officers were
! installed with an impressive
; candle lit ceremony and they are
jas follows: President, Mrs Bob
'Crawford: Vice President, Mrs
James H. Spence; Secretary, Mrs.
J L Wilson; Treasurer. James
H Spence; Program Chairman.
Mrs. Ralph Bishop; Reporter.
Mrs Harold Bishop and Parli-
I amentarian, Mrs. Ira lutz.
Boy Scout Troop 7 Has Easter Party
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Boy Ncont Troup 7 under the leadership of Ncoutmaster Evans Scoggins. had an Faster party
at the scout cabin on Saturday night. April Sfllh. About 4« boys and girl* enjoyed the affair.
The Faster motif was carried out in the decorations. There were numerous Easter bunnies, baskets
and eggs arranged in attractive combinations. The main attraction was the punch table with a
lace cover centered with the punch bowl, around which was a beautiful arrangement of Easter grass
spiinklrd with the pastel colored Easter eggs. The inantci was beautifully adorned with a covering
of Easter grass and numerous bunnies, eggs and chicks. Mrs. Evans Scoggins presided al the
table and served punch and cookies to the group. Dancing was enjoyed during the evening-
BETWEEN AGES OF 13 AND 21
‘Miss Chattooga County’ Crown
Sought by Beauties Friday
Excitement, tension, and great anticipation will reign
as the curtain goes up on the 1957 “Miss Chattooga County”
contest. Over one hundred twenty-five beauties from all
over the county will be competing with their beauty and
charm for the coveted crown and title.
Any girl between the ages of
13 and 21, being single, can be
a contestant if sponsored by some
merchant from the county. The
girls will model evening gowns
and the judges will be from Mil
ler Brothers Company in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee. The entries
will be judged on charm, beauty,
and poise. The contest will be
held Friday, May 3, at 8:30 p. m„
in the new grammar school cafe
torium.
Charles Farrar will be the
master of ceremonies for the oc
casion. Soothing organ music will
give the evening a musical touch.
This contest is sponsored an
nually by the Junior Class of
Summerville High. They promote
this event in order to raise the
necessary funds for financing
the Junior-Senior Banquet.
Ex-Local Worker
Killed In Wreck,
Patrol Reports
The State Patrol reports that
Johnny Hughes of Gaylesville,
Ala., a former employee of the
Montgomery Knitting Mill, was
killed in an automobile wreck.
Trooper Weaver of the Patrol
said Raymond Mobbs. of Gayles
ville, was driving and ran into
a building at Cedar Bluff.
He talked with Alabama State
Patrol and gave the information
that Summerville police say
Mobbs is wanted here on charges
of driving while under the in
fluence, speeding, and driving on
the wrong side of the road.
Summerville Recreation and
Parks Board Organized
The Summerville Recreation
and Parks Board held an organ
izational meeting Monday, April
22. The following officers were
elected.
Chairman J. T Morgan; Vice
Chairman. Mrs. J. R. Burgess;
Secretary. Dr. Marlin Payne;
Treasurer, Ed Gay; Public Rela
tions. Mrs. Pete Boney.
Representatives from all the
local civic organizations are to
be invited to meet with the
Recreation and Parks Board ofi
Monday, April 29 in order that
ground work done may be re
viewed and plans for the future
outlined and explained
Other business consisted of ap
pointing Tom Scott, Clifford
Rounsaville, and Richard Stur
divant to act in an advisory
capacity relative to the facilities
proposed for the Negroes.
Menlo PTA To
Hear Judge Davis
The Parent Teacher Associa
tion of the Menlo School will
have its April meeting next Mon
day night, April 29, at the |
school. This is to be the last
regular meeting of the year
Judge John Davis, of Summer
ville. will speak on the problems
of adolescence and delinquency,
using as the central part of his
speech the review of a book on
this timely subject.
The report of the nominating
committee will be heard, and of
ficers for next year will be
elected
PARADE PLANS
COMPLETE FOR
LOYALTY DAY
Plans are in full readiness for
the Loyalty Day Parade in Sum
merville at 4 p. m. Saturday.
Participants are asked to meet
at the Summerville High School,
starting point of the parade, at
3:30 p. m.
Sponsored by the Mason-Mc-
Cauley VFW Post and the Amer
iedn Legion cooperating, the gen
eral chairman is James Abney,
who announces that other par
ticipants in the parade will in
clude Summerville High School
band. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Cub Scouts and Brownies, Shrin
ers, and other civic groups.
Purpose behind the Loyalty
Day parade is to afford oppor
tunities for every American to
publicly demonstrate his love
for God and country and to im
press on each generation what
it means in America to be free.
Cabin Break-Ins
Juvenile's Work
A juvenile has been charged
with breaking into three cabins
on Lookout Mountain and plac
ing the property he removed in
a special hiding place, according
to Sheriff Fred Stewart. A war
rant has been taken in the case,
which will be tried before Judge
John Davis in Juvenile Court.
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CHEKYL PARKER, daughter of
.Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Parker,
Akron. Ohio. Mrs. Parker is
the former Miss Joyce Groce,
of Summerville.
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