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Official Chattooga County
Publication For 75 Years
VOLUME 75—NO. 18
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Three local Boy Scouts attained the rank of Eagle Scout in a presentation held at a Chattooga
Scout Court of Honor sponsored in Trion last Thursday evening by the Northwest Georgia Coun
cil. Shown with their parents, the new Eagle Scouts are left to right, Kenneth Owens with Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Owens, Joe V. Pitts, Jr. with Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Pitts, Sr., anti Kelly Hudson with
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Hudson. Joe Pitts made the presentations.
Scouts Get Awards
In Court of Honor
Area Troops Represented in Ceremony;
Three Local Youths Attain Eagle Rank
In a ceremony highlighting a
Chattoga Scout Court of Honor
held at the Trion Gymnasium
last Thursday night, three local
Boy Scouts were awarded the
Eagle Scout rank.
Presented by Joe Pitts, of
Summerville, the ranks went to
Kenneth Owens, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Owens; Joe V. Pitts, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Pitts,
and Kelly Hudson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilburn Hudson.
Both Hudson and Pitts are
members of Scout Troop 7.I
Owens belongs to Scout Troop I
38.
In a uniform inspection con- :
ducted in conjunction with the i
Honor Court, first place went to '
Scout Mickey Headrick of Troop ;
106. Scout Kelly Hudson took
second place and Scout Ralph j
Wilson of Troop 101 was awarded I
third place.
John Paul Giles of Troop 101
was made a Star Scout as was
John Crawford of Troop 7. Troop
7 scored again when Norman
Praet was awarded the Life
Scout grade.
OTHER AWARDS
Troop Scout Rank
106 —Bobby Campbell, Second
Class.
106—Michel Staton, Second
City Court Slated
To (Convene T uesday
Petit Jurors Are Selected For term;
Instructed Io Report Monday Morning
Chattooga City Court officials this week released the
names of 51 petit jurors selected for jury duty for the June
term of City Court, scheduled here Tuesday morning, June
2, at 9 o’clock. | —
All defendants and witnesses
were to report to the Chattooga
County Courthouse on Monday
morning, June 1, at 9 o’clock.
JURORS
The following named individ
uals were selected as jurors:
Claude Reynolds, James T.
Woods, J. B. Davenport, John W.
Nichols, W. F. Loggins, Thomas
R. Suber, P. A. Gre^n, Tom
Greer, James Perry, Boyd Smith,
C. M. Chandler, Ira Walters,
Grady Rowlls, R. L. Maples,
John Gordon Espy, Andrew Wil
liams, Jr., John H. Brown, Jes
sie W. Boyles, E. M. Anderson,
J. Thomas Langston, Robert Mc-
Dowell, Robert Storey, A. G.
Dunn, C. M. Bailey, Fannie
flood.
John B. Thomas, Henry C.
Everett, Pink Gentry, J. T. Den
son, Gene Johnston, Clifford
Green. J. C. Witt, Elbert Hayes,
A D. Pledger, O. A. Hartline,
Dan Brooks, Ann Hix, John
Echols, Paul Youngblood, Rob
ert M. Bridges, Joe V. Pitts,
Hoyt Martin, C. A. McConnell,
Babe Knox. Robert Moore. A. S.
Kiker,- John D. Bankson, Hester
Hurtt, Harold E. White, Thomas
E. Giles and Julian Rape.
Class.
| 101—Paul Bailey. Second Class
101—Ralph Wilson, Second
Class.
7—Donald Hunter, Second
Class.
101—Larry Campbell, First
Class.
101—r;oy Campbell, First Class.
7—Bill Whisnant, First Class.
106 —Terry Hicks, First Class.
106—Eugene Stephens, First
I Class.
MERIT BADGES
The following Scouts of Troop
i 106 received Merit Badges for
1 completing various phases of
Scouting: Terry Hicks, J. D.
■ Hardy, Sammy Hardy, Tommy
[ Stephens, Eugene Stephens,
Bobby Campbell, Ray White and
j Michel Staton.
Merit Badges were also pre
| sented the following Scouts of
Troop 7: John Crawford, Don
Johnson, Norman Praet, Sam
j my Strange and Kelly Hudson.
Troop 101 was represented by
; Donny Baker, Benny Baker, Bil
ly Ray Clark, Johnny King,
j John Paul Giles, Hilton Greene,
: Donald Hartline, Larry Camp
bell and Roy Campbell.
Kenneth Owens of Troop 38 ;
also received Merit Badges.
WILLIAM 0. FORD
INJURED IN ROME
TRAIN, CAR WRECK
William O. Ford of Summer
ville was seriously injured last
Friday when his automobile was
hit by a passenger train at the
East Second Avenue crossing in
Rome.
Mr. Ford resides in Summer
ville at 122 Congress Street.
According to Rome police re
ports, Mr. Ford was driving
toward Rome when the accident
occurred at 9:15 a.m. The front
of his car was struck by South
ern Railway Train 1 and knocked
more than 100 feet into an em
bankment.
It was reported that the train
was slowing down to stop at a
nearby passenger station.
Mr. Ford was carried to Floyd
County Hospital suffering from
head, shoulder and chest in
juries.
Rome policemen Joe Cleve
land, Jess Freeman and John
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959
CHARGES PLACED
AGAINST YOUNG
GIRL DRIVER
Following an automobile
wreck last Thursday night,
charges of driving an automobile
without a driver’s license were
placed against a 17-year-old
girl of Route 1, Summerville.
The car driven by the girl was
involved in an accident with a
car operated by Bobby Lee Car
gle.
Police reports showed that
Cargle was attempting to enter
North Commerce Street from a
service station when struck by
the car driven by the girl.
Cargle is from Cloudland. The
girl was driving the automobile
of Paul Dover. Route 1, Sum
merville, police said.
The accident was investigated
by Police Sergeant Harold Cody
and Patrolman Charles Gaylor.
Extensive damage was done to
both cars, police said.* There
were no Injuries.
Menlo Seniors
In Graduation
Menlo High School held grad
uation exercises Monday evening
at the school cafetorium.
Twenty-nine seniors received
diplomas. They were handed out
by Robert Shigley.
Dickey Smith and Edna Bry
ant were co-valedictorians of
the senior class. Joyce Hall was !
the other honor student.
Those receiving diplomas were ;
Sue Ashworth, Edna Bryant, Pat:
; Chandler, Jimmie Day, Jo Ann
■ Espy, Joyce Hall, Charles Green, I
Bill Crain, Donald Green, Steve :
: Hegwood, Bobby Jackson, Pluma j
j Keen, Ellen Mauney, Steve Ma- :
jors, Ann Mitchell, LaVaughn
Mitchell, Carl Pierce, Glenda
Purcell, Wayne Shipman, Paul
Purcell, Vickie Smith, Mary Nell
Smith, Elizabeth Vaughn, Nanci
Welch, Herbert Willingham. Re
becca Willingham and Frances
Wofford.
FAMOUS QUARTET
TO APPEAR HERE j
SUNDAY MORNING
An outstanding sacred musical
program will be presented by the
Bob Jones University Male
Quartet at 11:00 o’clock on May
31 at the Pennville Baptist
Church.
This group of six young peo
ple will present an interesting
and unusual program during
which a brief Gospel message
will be brought by Bob Jones
111. a graduate instructor at Bob |
Jones University and son of Dr.
Bob Jones. Jr., internationally- ।
known evangelist and president;
of the University.
In addition to quartet num- I
bers by Jerry Davis, first tenor,
from Iowa; John Cassidy, sec
ond tenor, from South Carolina; J
John Stembridge, baritone, from I
Florida; and Glenford Zurcher, i
bass, from Ohio, the program
will include solos, duets, and i
trios, with piano accompaniment I
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Recreali<hi (J e n I er
Sei to Open Pool
Swimming Lessons Will Be Available;
Facility Schedules Seven-Day Hours
The Summerville Swimming Pool will open on Mon
day, June 1, to begin the summer season at the Recreation
Center. The pool will be open each day in the week.
Police Report
Robbery Here
Last Saturday
According to investigating of
ficers Sergeant Harold Cody and
Patrolman David Starkey, a
local man was robbed here last
Saturday night at Highland Ave-.
nue and First Street.
Charlie Copeland, an em
ployee of Copeland’s Mattress
Company, of Lyerly, was al
legedly robbed by Earl Camp
bell of Trion. Copeland lost his
car keys and $13.00 in currency,
it was reported.
Campbell was arrested and
placed in the Chattooga County
jail. Sheriff Fred Stewart said
that the warrant was obtained
by Copeland. It charges “rob
bery by force.”
RED BOOK SING
SLATED IN TRION
Invitations have been sent to
several hundred people expected
to attend the annual Red Book
Singing at Trion.
The singing will be held on
Saturday^ June 13, at 8 p.m.
Sponsors are expecting a large
I crowd to attend the affair.
| Those interested in partici-
I pating are asked to make their
I plans now to answer the invita
tions mailed last week.
City Voters Reject
New Charter Plans
First Ward Citizens Employ Write-In
Votes In Bid For Area Council Seal
In a referendum last Saturday, Summerville voters
: defeated a proposed new charter for the city. The vote
[was 462 against the charter and 160 in favor of it. In
! announcing the returns, election manager Arch Warren
said that three votes were declared void.
Early in the voting it was ap
' parent that the charter would
be defeated. Those against it
I gave voice to their disapproval
las they appeared at the Chat
tooga County Courthouse to cast
ballots.
Election managers and city
officials expressed disappoint
ment at the light vote.
One instance of irregularity in
the voting was handled when
Superior Court Judge John W.
Davis ruled that a Negro voter,,
James Perry, would be allowed ■
to cast another ballot replacing '
one erroneously marked.
Perry, an employee at Sum
merville High School, stated
that he did not understand in
structions for marking his ballot.
Approximately a dozen Negro j
voters had marked ballots at the j
time Perry was allowed to re
vote.
Forty-five of the total ballots
were cast by Negro citizens of ।
Summerville. -
In a bid for representation on i
the City Council, First Ward:
voters cast three write-in votes |
for W. A. Bagley. The write-in
votes were announced by Arch
Warren at the conclusion of the
Summerville Senior
Graduation Readied
Graduation Plans Have Bron Completed;
Baccalaureate Services Slated Sunday
Approximately 75 Summerville
High School seniors will receive
diplomas on Mondaj’ night, June
1, at 8:30 o'clock when gradua
tion exercises will be held at the
High School Auditorium.
Diplomas will be handed out
by Joe Pitts, chairman of the
High School Board of Education,
it was previously announced by
E. M. Blue, High School Prin
cipal.
A dress rehearsal for the sen
iors will be held at the school
this morning at 9 o’clock.
Baccalaureate services will be
Prices will be 15 cents for
I children under 16 and 30 cents
. for all over 16.
Swimming lessons will be of
fered to children beginning at
age 6. Classes will be held in the
; mornings and will begin June 15
। and end June 26. A second group
of classes will start June 29 and
end July 10. If the demand for
classes warrants it, swimming
classes will be scheduled every
I two weeks through the summer
1 months, according to Bill Mann.
‘ Recreation Director.
Registration for the first
group of classes will be held at
the Recreation Center from 9
until 12 o’clock, June 8 through
June 12. Children must be pres
ent for the registration. Fees for
lessons will be $1.50 for children
under 16 and $3.00 for others.
This fee is for admission price
to the pool for 10 lessons and
must be paid at the time of reg
istration. All life-saving course
fees will be $3.00 per student.
The pool will not be open to the
public while swimming lessons
are underway.
Swimming pool hours will be
as follows:
Sunday—2:oo-6:00.
Monday—9:3o-12:00, 2:00-7:00.
Tuesday— 9:30-12:00, 2:00-
6:00, 6:30-9:00.
Wednesday—9:3o-12:00, 2:00-
6:30.
Thursday — 9:30-12:00, 2:00-
6:00, 6:30-9:00.
Friday—9:3o-12:00, 2:00-7:00.
Saturday — 9:30-12:00, 2:00-
6:00, 6:30-9:00.
vote tabulation.
Former Councilman Wales
Goebel is now a resident of Bir
mingham, Alabama.
City Trucks In
Ward 4 Today
Sanitary department workers
were in Ward Four today as
Summerville continued “Clean
j Up Week.”
Each Ward in the city has
j been the subject of an intensive
। clean-up campaign which began
here on Monday of this week.
City Clerk Sam Sitton said to
day that the downtown area
would be the target for workers
j tomorrow. He urged business
I firms to cooperate with the de
| partment in an effort to com
-1 plete all business area cleaning
I tomorrow.
HOLIDAY NOTICE
We will observe Wednesday.
' June 3, Jefferson Davis’ birth
day as a legal holiday. No busi
ness will be transacted.—Farm
ers and Merchants Bank.
conducted at the High School
Auditorium at 8:30 o'clock Sun
day evening. May 31. The speak
er will be Reverend Roger Mc-
Donald. pastor of the First Bap
tist Church here.
In the graduation services
Monday night, the five top
grads will be heard. They are
Joe Williams, Delaine Tucker,
Carol Ballenger, Maxine Gard
ner Latta and Brenda Espy.
Several hundred are expected
to attend the baccalaureate and
graduation exercises.
Retail Merchants Group
Sponsors Bargain Sales
L IADHM7E . . .
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—Special Photo
Former Governor Ellis Arnall
of Newnan has tossed his hat
into the 1962 gubernatorial
campaign by saying he would
be a candidate if Georgia’s
public schools are closed and
‘there is no assurance that
they' will be reopened and
kept open. Arnall was chairman
of the Constitutional Revision
Committee which wrote the
school segregation provision of
the Constitution of 1945 under
which Georgia now operates a
system of segregated public
education.
\ ouths to Leave
For Arm v Duty
Miss Mae Earle Strange, Se
lective Service Clerk, said that
two local youths would leave on
June 3 for induction into the
United States Army.
The young men are James C.
Reed and Brintz F. Hines, both
of Summerville.
Civil Defense V ill
I lold Rome Meeting
Seventh District Directors. Personnel
Expected Io Attend One-Day Symposium
Summerville officials and Chattooga County Civil De
fense authorities have been invited to a one-day orientation
meeting to be sponsored in Rome on June 4 by the Georgia
Civil Defense Association. The school will be conducted
by the Georgia State Department of Defense.
Mrs. George Dubuc, Civil De- I
sense Director and Association
Vice President of Region VII,
announced that the agenda will
cover such topics as The World
Situation, state and local laws
covering Civil Defense, the or
ganization and operation of
local Civil Defense, Surplus
Property, Matching Funds,
Sources of Civil Defense Person-
Vacant House in Hames . . .
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—Staff Photo by McConnell
Fire last Friday night about 11 o’clock completely destroyed an unoccupied house on the Lyerly
Highway near the city. The house was the property of John Gordon Espy.
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Two Sections
Big Parade Scheduled Saturday At Noon;
Lions and Jaycces Co-Sponsoi*s Os Rodeo
Summerville was preparing today to lay out the wel
come mat for an anticipated crowd of several thousand
visitors to converge on the city for RODEO DAYS here to
morrow and Saturday. in conjunction with the RO-
SIX ARE CHARGED
WITH VIOLATIONS
Os STOPPING LAW
Six cases were made by local
police last Friday night around
11 o’clock when motorists failed
to heed the stop law in effect
when the city’s siren system is
sounded.
The cases were made by city
police Patrolmen David Starkey
and Charles Gaylor.
Local motorists were previous
ly warned that a police crack
down could be expected if mo
torists fail to stop their autos
when the siren is heard.
Police and fire officials have
said that when auto drivers do
not stop, their work is greatly
hampered due to restricted op
eration of police and fire rolling
equipment.
Palmour Nomed
Secretary Os
Lawyer Group
Summerville attorney Cecil
Palmour Saturday was named
secretary of the Lookout Moun
tain Bar Association.
Outgoing president T. J. Espy.
Jr., of Summerville was suc
ceeded by John Wiggins of
Ringgold.
Other officers elected were R.
F. McClure. Rossville, vice pres
ident, and S. W. Farris, Jr., La-
Fayette, treasurer.
Membership in the group in
cludes attorneys in Chattooga.
Catoosa, Dade and Walker coun
ties.
nel and Training of Civil De
fense Personnel.
The meeting will convene at
9:00 a.m. at the Memorial Gym
nasium in Rome. All Civil De
fense Directors and personnel in
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict are urged to attend, as well
as all city and county officials
and department heads.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
DEO. the Summerville Retail
Merchants Association is spon
j soring city-wide RODEO DAYS
! sales. Member firms of the re
, tail group are cooperating in the
■ sales event.
John Salley, president of the
Retail Merchants Association,
has extended a welcome to vis
itors who are expected to be in
Summerville for the RODEO
and to take advantage of the
many bargains to be found in
Summerville stores.
The first performance of the
RODEO will be tomorrow night
at 8 o’clock. The arena is located
:on Highway 27 approximately
two miles north of Summerville.
Other shows will be staged on
Saturday at 2:30 and again that
, evening at 8 p.m. A gigantic pa
rade is scheduled for downtown
J Summerville at noon Saturday.
Seats are available for over
■ 3.000 spectators at each RODEO
i performance.
The RODEO is sponsored by
: the Summerville Lions Club and
The Summerville Junior Cham
i ber of Commerce. It is being
। produced by Fowlkes Brothers.
Eight events comprise the of
ficial RODEO program. They
i will include Grand Entry, Intro
duction of Officials, Bare Back
Brones, Calf Roping, Bull Dog
ging, Wild Cow Milking. Ladies’
Barrel Race and Brahma Bull
Riding. The schedule of events
will be followed at each per
formance.
| Complete descriptions of the
: events will be» found in the OF
FICIAL PROGRAM for the RO
i DEO, which is just off the press.
. Programs will be available at the
: RODEO arena.
The RODEO committees have
been headed by J. T. Morgan,
Jr., as General Chairman. He
has been assisted by co-chair
। man John Salley and Smiley
Gregg.
Others on various committees
are John Bankson. Roy Camp,
L. A. Miller, Sam Cordle, Everett
Lunsford. A. F. McCurdy, Ray
Van Pelt, Wilbur Elrod. JR. Bur
gess, Kelly Jordan, Bill Mann,
Bill Selman, Edmond Lowery,
Charles Lowery, Jimmy Duff,
James King. R. C. Hardeman,
Bob Guffin, Robert Floyd. Ralph
Elrod, Joe Stephenson, Sam
Sitton, Sanford Dunson, Hugh
Shamblin. Harold Shavin,
Charles Fowler. Stewart Marks,
Charles Mitchell. J. L. Salmon,
Fred Aldred and Curley Kinsey.
IHI 'Mng
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will hold a regular meeting to
morrow night at 7:30 o’clock at
the Chattooga County Memorial
Home.
All VFW members have been
urged to be present by Com
mander James Abnev.