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The Summerville High School Band is now assured of its invitation and trip to Thomasville, Ga.,
to participate in the Rose Festival there April 25. The two band members pictured above con
tributed their earnings toward the expense of the trip. The boys arc Ben Hix, Jr., left, and Bobby
Smithson, who worked at the News office stuffing papers. The Summerville Jaycees and the Re
tail Merchants Association each donated $200.00 and other help is coming in from various sources.
The trip is now definite Principal E. M. Blue said today.
Summerville Days Begin
Today, Last Thru Saturday
Big Thrcc-Day Sale Sponsored by Local
Retail Merchants Association
Summerville Days will be cele
brated here Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March 27. 28 and
29, under the sponsorship of the
Retail Merchants Association as
local stores, chucked full of new
spring merchandise look forward
to the Easter Season.
The big sales promotion is the
climax of some three week’s
nlanppg for a special promotion
in wlucu the buying public will
profit by trading with local
stores. All of the merchants par
ticipating in this promotion have
stocked their shelves to capacity
with the newest and finest of
finery for Easter shoppers.
Most of the stores taking part
in the gala event were open for
business this morning at 8:30.
Extra sales help has been em
ployed by many of the mer
chants to provide efficient and
courteous service to the great
crowds expected to flock into the
business section during the three
big days.
Recreation Bids
Extended 15 Days
The time for acceptance of
bids for the construction of the
$200,000 Recreation Center in
Summerville has been extended
from April 1 to April 15. due to
the fact that blue prints for the
project were not available for
contractors biding on the job.
City Clerk Sam Sitton stated
there had been a delay in re
ceiving the blue prints of the
project. This, of course, will de
lay any construction on the pro
posed Recreation Center at least
fifteen more days, he said.
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Relay* and I oik tjmo were
rnfoied by ibe group, Easter
bunnies and rgg> were used tn
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Anita Gorman and the oilier
Kiri* on tier vnmmlHre, Mary
Fink. Ire KmMh, and Mastic
< oprland. Air*, Charles Fink,
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The Summerville News
JURORS NAMED
TO SERVE APRIL
TERM OF COURT
Traverse Jurors drawn fori
April Term Chattooga Superior
Court—to report at 9:00 a.m.
April 14, 1958.
Rosco Stewart, Robert Massey,
Robert L. Garmony, Ira H. Pol
lard. Jr., Woodrow Bishop, L. B.
Cook, Jr., Mrs. Charlie Hollis,
Geter L. Hays, John Scott. M. C
Gibson. Eldred Barrett, W, R
Dempsey.
H. G. Cavin, W. B. Clarkson,
Marshall Grogan. John H. Wil
lingham, John T. Robertson, H. ।
M. Bryant, Oscar Precise, Sr„ 1
Lonnie Baggett, Jadic Price tin
Army', O. G. Morehead. Jr., Ir
win G. Thomas, J. C. Williams,
H F. Walker.
D. A. Hamby, James Howard |
Langston, John Shamblin, D. L
McWhorter, Mrs. Edgar King. Al- j
trod D. Scarls, W. W. Stancell,
Wiley Mitchell, James Agnew, !
James V. Cleland, John Echols.'
L E. Scoggins, Mrs. Daphne J.
Toles, Ira Walters, Gladys S.
Kitchens.
Gus Williams, Robert L. Grey,
Sr., Travis Mills, J. H. Ward,
Curtis Meacham, David Owens,
A. P. Neal, Jr., Joe V. Pitts, Way- !
mon High, Gladys Hammond, Eu
gene Mathis, Leo Scoggins, John '
F. Kellett, Robert Yarbrough.
Negro Shoplifters Nabbed
After Thefts in Store Here
Richic's Victim of Trio Who Stoic Men's
Clothing; Trio Arrested 35 Minutes After Alarm
Two Negro women and a Negro man pitted wits with
the Summerville Police here Tuesday, and lost after going
on a shoplifting spree at Richic's Men and Boys' Shop, be
ing apprehended thirty-five minutes after the officers start
ed a search that ended with the arrest of the trio at Ring*
mild.
Arrested and charged with I
slmplllling were Marcia Bobbitt. 1
Vivian Waddell and Carl Edward i
Bandera, all of indianaisills. Ind i
They were lodged n the Chat- 1
tonga County jail pending a pre- i
Ihninary hearing.
.1 ENTERED STOKE
According to James Richie, i
owner of the local clothing afore,
the three simplifiers entered his
store shortly before noon Tues
day Richie was alone In the
store at the time. The Banders ;
Negro engaged lhe merchant uh- I
der flic pretense of making a I
i purchase while the two Negro i
I women had Hie run of the store
However, before I lie trln were
readv to leave. Mt t • Hli i
Richie who w ork. with her Inis- 1
band In the store, arrived and
quickly surmised what was Ink- <
Ing place Khe said Ihr two Neuro t
women hud placed the stolen i
' merchandise under thrir cloth- ,
lug. "I (old my husband they i
were stealing him blind,” she I
said after noticing big bulges In i
the women's dresses. "They look 11
coal hangers and all." Mrs 1
Richie -aid Richie told the Neu. 1
CITY WILL TAKE
LEGAL STEPS TO
COLLECT OLD TAX
Fi. Fa’s Being Prepared To Be
Served On Property Holders
Who Fail To Pay Baek Taxes
If you owe the city back taxes
prepare yourself for the shock of
your life—if you think city offi
cials aren't going to collect them.
City Clerk Sam Sitton an
nounced this week that his of
fice is preparing Fi. Fas to be
served on all property holders
who owe the city back taxes.
If you are not aware of what
Fi. Fa’s are, here's the picture in
a nutshell. If you owe back taxes
and do not pay them by the time
the city designates in a friendly
warning note to you—then you
leave them no other choice but
to serve legal papers to collect a
just debt. If the Fi. Fa. is served
and the order is carried out. your
propertly will be taken over by
the city and sold. From the sale
of the property the city will ex
tract its back tax money and the
property owner will receive the
difference or balance.
This action was approved re
cently by the Board of Mayor
and City Councilmen. They be
came concerned with the back
tax situation when they were ad
vised some $26,000 remained on
the books at city hall. The city
officials stated they did not want
to work a hardship on property
owners but stated the back taxes
had to be paid. A "get tough”
policy has been discussed by the
council members. However, it is
believed they will send out no
tices to delinquent taxpayers be
fore taking legal action.
In an interview that he realized
what the Negroes were doing but
under the circumstances he was
unable Io accuse them while they
were still in his store "J knew
for sure what they were doing,”
Richie stated, "i was busying fig
uring what net ion to take as
sisal as they left my store."
EVIDENCE IOVND
When the shoplifters left
Richie's the Iwo Negro women
went to a enr pinked on Ilie
Home Store's parking lot They
left a trail of evidence behind by
tearing tags and labels from (he
stills and eoats they had stolen
Mrs. Richie telephoned Mra.
Virginia Hohanan. owner of Bo
Inman's Blore, ami asked her to
walk afound Io Ihr back of the
Home titore to wr it the trio <>f
shoplifters were there Mr Richie
accompanied Mrs. Bohansn and
they spotted the get away car.
Richie sent Mrs. Bohunan for
the police and he, himself, fol
lowed the car occupied by the
three Negroes. He was able to
take down the license number
which later led to the arrest of
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURS,MARCH 27
Coach Lamar Parker Resigns Position to
Teach Science at Summerville Hi School
TWO TEEN-AGERS
PICKED UP HERE
FOR SHOPLIFTING
Two teen-age boys we r e
caught in the act of shoplifting
in a local grocery store Wednes
day and taken into custody by
I city police and later released,
Chief of Police Griffin Pledger
said today.
Chief Pledger said the boy’s
ages were 15 and 16. They were
caught red-handed in a local
grocery store with their pockets
filled with razor blades, lighter
fluid and other items sold by the
store.
The boys were held in custody
for about two hours pending in
structions from Arch Farrar,
(juvenile probation officer.
Lean Days Ahead
As School Money
Slowly Runs Out
Ten Os 12 Schools Now Oper
ating In The Red; Only $34,000
Will Be Available For Next
Year’s Operations
Ten of the twelve schools in
the Chattanooga County School
System have exceeded their bud
get for the current year with ap
proximatly two and one-half
months to go, according to
। County Superintendent Lowell
( Hix.
Superintendent Hix said the
' School Board had to borrow $35,
000 to complete the current
( school year and pointed to the
; fact that the Tax Digest for next
year will be only approximately
i $69,000. This means the entire
! county school system will be
forced to operate next year on
, only $34,000, for the entire nine
j months.
“There is no promise or indi
cation that the School Board will
receive any money from the state
i to off-set any of the present in
debtness,” Supt. Hix declared. He
also stated that beginning of
the next school year in Septem
ber. 1958, 18 units will be re
quired for graduation. Previously
only 16 units have been required.
1 This, of course, will require more
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Reflected Fire
Fools Neighbor
Tommy Keef Calls Fire De
partment But Flames Prove
To Be Only Reflections
An alert resident of Congress
Street was somewhat apologetic
to the Summerville Fire Depart
ment late Tuesday evening after
reporting his neighbor’s home
was on fire.
There was an odd angle to the
report. Tommy Keef, of Congress
Street, said he and his family
were convinced the house next
'to his was on fire as flames
: seemingly engulfed the entire
। structure. He immediately put in
a call for the fire department.
When firemen arrived on the
scene, Keef realized he had been
mistaken. On a vacant lot be
tween his home and the one he
thought to be on fire, a trash fire
burned with Hames licking into
the darkness. Reflections of the
Hames from the trash fire were
plainly to be seen in the windows
of the house adjacent to Keef's
property. Sure enough, the house
appeared to be engulfed in
flames.
Fire Chief Roy Alexander re
marked after going to the scene:
"A false alarm is a lot easier to
take than the real thing.’’
Parker Family To Be
Featured in Sunday's
Atlanta Journal
The children of the late Oscar
•nd Helen pjrkci of Route 1.
Summerville, will be featured in
a story by Celestine Sibley. Con
slltulion stall writer, in Sun
day's Journal-Constitution mag-
I azine.
Mrs Sibley's feature is based
<m a story written by Mrs Brock
Daniel, of Summerville and pub
lished in the "News” on Pi t>i um v
20. 1938
The Parker children, Jimmy,
now 17: Joyce 15 and MjrUcr 13
hive for the past tan years
maintained their own home,
farmed and attended the Bum
■ mcrvllle School These teen
i. > I art r* mat I able in that <f
। ter the death of (heir father and
the accidental death of their
mother, they assumed adult re
sponsibilities rather than becom
ing the charges of their grand
। parents, other members of the
1 launly or even cl an orphanage.
WILL ALSO SERVE IN CAPACITY OF
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WITH E. B. BLUE
Head Football Coach Lamar Parker has resigned his
position at Summerville High School to go into lulltime
teaching science and serve as assistant principal of the
(school. E. M. Blue, principal, announced today.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SEEKING 10 STOLEN
AUTO BATTERIES
j Sheriff Fred Stewart said to
day his office is still investigat- (
ing the theft of 10 batteries from
a filling station at Pennville
Tuesday night.
I C. D. Serritt, owner of the sta
tion, reported the robbery to the
I sheriff's office. No trace of the
I stolen batteries had been found
late Wednesday.
Sheriff Stewart announced
( that members of his staff will be !
“riding shotgun” in this area to
। break up any future robberies
j in the county.
Mason - McCauley
VFW Elect Officers
I The following officers were
( elected Friday night to lead Ma- I
; son - McCauley VFW Post for
1958-59.
j Commander, Har o 1 d Toles; !
senior vice commander, James
Abney; junior vice commander, (
Billy Floyd; quartermaster, Les-!
ter Parker; chaplain, Rufus
(Pruitt; trustee, Robert Gamble;
( surgeon, Hugh Goodwin.
Commander Toles, postmaster
j in Menlo, served with the Ma
j rine Corps on Guadalcanal dur- j
ing World War 11.
All officers will be properly in-)
stalled at a meeting in April. .
Train Kills Two Chattooga
Men, 2 Injured at LaFayette
Roy Lee Evans and Thomas Manning
Dead; Henry and Alton Fowler Injured
Two Chattooga County men were killed, one instantly,
and two others were injured last Saturday night when the
automobile in which they were riding collided with a freight
train in the business section of LaFayette.
Listed as dead were Roy Lee |
| Evans, 21, and Thomas Manning,
24, both of Chattooga County
' Young Evans was killed instantly '
and Manning was dead on ar
rival at Erlanger Hospital in
1 Chattanooga.
Police officers at LaFayette
I said the two injured men were
Henry Fowler 23, of LaFayette, :
and Alton E. Fowler, 25, of Ar- ;
muchee, Ga. Alton Fowler suf- !
sered cuts on the face and left I
arm. He was treated and released !
from Kitchens Clinic at LaFay- !
ette. Henry Fowler was taken to !
Erlanger Hospital in Chatta- ;
nooga for treatment and obscr- ;
vation.
Two police officers of LaFay- ;
lettcc. Bill Snyder and Tom ;
| Burns, said the automobile in ;
which the four men were riding. |
was going cast on Armuchcc St.. |
They quoted witnesses as saying I
the car pulled in front of th*’ I
northbound Central of Georgia '
train.
The engineer on the train was ;
A O. Lindsey, 41, of Cedartown.
Ga. Witnesses were quoted as ।
saying the engineer said he could
.see the car moving at a slow i
Don't Be Fooled Next Tuesday,
April 1, It's April Fool's Day
Practical Jokers Will Be on Rampage in Search
of Victims; Don't Be Foolish, Be Sensible
Next TucMlny, April 1. is April Fool’s Day so u.ih li
your step. This is the one day in the year when a practical
joker have the liberty of making you the victim of circum
stances over which you’ll have very little, if any. coni nil.
April Fool's Day is a survival
from pagan spring festival ac
tivity, it is an occasion, availed
of especially by children, for
ploying practical Jokes, in
rnnm the victim of meh |oki
Is culled jM'lsson d'Avril <April
Fish* in this country where
slang Is almost a household word
the victim of such Jokes Is culled
a "sucker" This could also mean
a fish But it doesn t
There are many ways you can
be “suckercd ‘ by your friends on
April Fool's Day. The kiddies go
for this one. "Shoo on your foot."
And they point at the victim's
shoes fly second nature the vic
tim looks down nt his shoes.
"There is a shoe on your foot,"
the Joker erica There are thou
aancU upon thousand, ul ways to
। Principal Blue said a successor
(to Parker has not yet been
named and it may be some time
! before another coach is selected
i to fill the vacancy.
Coach Parker came to the local
(school in 1951, as assistant coach
j under Trigger Thompson. He
j served in this position for three
i years and continued to serve as
an assistant for one more year
under Coach Kermit Maupin.
However, in 1955, Coach Parker
| came into his own and took over
the head coaching duties. He had
a very successful year as head
1 mentor, carving out a record of
seven victories against three de
feats. Fate was more kind to him
during the ’56 campaign. Only
one defeat was marked up
against his team's record. He
had nine in the winning col
umns. Last year Coach Parker
i again matched the record set in
| 1955, another 7-3 season, and a
| very commendable one.
( Coach Parker graduated from
Jacksonville State College, Jack
(sonville, Ala., in 1950. He came
( here from Ranburn, Cleburne
( County, Ala. He and his wife,
( Lula Mae, are the parents of two
(sons, Billy, 13, and Charles, 10,
who are students at Summerville
Elementary School.
During the spring practice ses-
I sions recently ended here, Coach
Parker said the forty-three boys
who participated in the drills
j showed exceptional good spirit
• and cooperation. He would not
I elaborate on the prospects for
I the team next fall. ‘Td rather
let the next coach do that,” he
i said.
Football game
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♦ The football game schcd-!
tuied between two teams par-!
iticipating in the recent spring ♦
♦ practice drills at Summerville !
♦ High School, has been called!!
♦ off and will not be played
♦ Coach Lamar Parker, whose!
{resignation is announced in'!
♦ this issue of the News, said;
♦ the cold and rainy weather;
♦ prevented the game from be-;
♦ ing played When asked if the;
♦ game would be played at a;
♦ later date Coach Parker said;!
♦he doubted if the boys were ♦
? still in good enough physical ♦
>condition to play a regulations
{game ;
pace and the accident could havr
been avoided if the driver had
only picked up speed before the
train and car collided at the
crossing
I Joke with your friends on April
■ Fool's Day. If you aren't hep to
I the good ones. Just observe the
• activities of school boys and girls
11 on April 1
Moat adults have little, or
11 nothing, to du with April Fool's
' i Day except, to be on guard
I against fun loving friends and
I pranksters who take tidvanivge
i of this otte opportunity to make
I you look silly
But .<ll in ,<ii c'’"d n ■
i people will take the jokes as
> good clean fun and enjoy the
day At least there's one go<»d
।{thing about April 1. It means
summer Is Just a few days off
and most anyone would be a Fool
'. not to welcome spring and sum
mer after the ghastly winter we
> ha*b endured.
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CO4CH PARKER RESIGNS
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Head Coach Lamar Parker has resigned his position at Sum
merville High School to accept a position as science teacher and
assistant principal at the school. He leaves behind him an im
pressive football record set by his teams during the three years
he served as head coach. His successor has not been named.
News Proudly Presents Its
First Annual Baby Edition
Full Page of Boby Photographs Will Be Annual
Feature of This Paper; Great Interest Displayed
The News proudly presents its First Annual Easter
Baby Edition this week, featuring babies and small children
from Summerville and Chattooga County.
This is another feature of thr
News, bringing to a reality this
' newspaper's plans for improved
■ and more interestng news oi
. Summervillians and their neigh
bors. adding more color and fea
ture stories to our pages. The
Baby Edition is in line with the
paper's policy to give its readers
more local news and pictures,
gathering the news and facts
and presenting them to the read
ing public.
The News is deeply indebted to
those of you who sent in photo
graphs for the Baby Section Pic
tures sent to the News Office
with self addressed stamped en
velopes will be returned to their
owners by mail Others may
be picked up at the News Office
after they appear in print.
We only hope you'll let some
of the lovely smiles and expres
sions rub otf on you to spread
around your neighborhood.
Hvnlo Jr. 1-11 C lub
The Junior 4-H Club met in
the Menlo Cafetorium. Miss
Wiley showed the girls how to
make a peasant skirt for the
Dress Revue scheduled for April
11.
In the absence of Mr. Purcell.
Joe Wiley, from Soil Conserva
tion Service gave a demonstra
tion on how to take soil sam
ples.- Tcressa Carpenter, repor
ter.
SCHOOL GROUNDS BEAUTIFIED
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Sumelhlng new has been added to beautify the grounds at Sum
mrrvlHe Hrmrntary Schools. Mrs. Fete Boney, with shovel,
school principal, and Mr*. John Salley, president of Cherokee
Row Garden Club, arc pictured a* they placed one of 80 ilex
Convex* plants along the front of the building. The shrubbery
wa* a gift from the Garden club. Mrs Boney is landscape chalr
uiau lot ths urgauixaUou.
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- Grabs S6O From
Negro Farmer
s j James Adams, Negro farmer
who resides in the northern part
’ of Dry Valley, was the victim of
a "money snatcher" here near
, the Farmers and Merchants
Bank Tuesday, police reported
Chief of Police Griffin Pledger
said the Negro man reported to
;; him that an unidentified Negro
grabbed S6O from his hands while
i standing on the street near the
bank.
Adams said three Negroes, two
: women and a man. approached
■ him shortly after he had been
; to the local bank, investigating
officers said. Adams had the
money in his hands when the
Negro man walked up and
grabbed it Police said the trio
then ran to a waiting car and
: fled before anyone could make a
' specific identification. It was re
ported that Mayor Martin H.
Copeland witnessed the robbery.
Police suspected the "money
snatchers" may be the same
three Negroes who were arrested
in Ringgold Tuesday on charges
i»f shoplifting after they stole
tour pieces of men's clothing at
Richie's here.