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Official Chattooga County
Publication For 75 Years
VOLUME 75—NO. 20
Lillie league Play
2.
Draws Elleresl Here
Ci
Bei lhs Still Op J g F or Players As
Split-Season \\ i %pf Is Determined
Little League ba 81l continued to draw interest
here this week as the : -season champion Dodgers went
into the second half’s j with two wins against no losses.
Managed by Will Stephenson,
the Dodgers racked up the
championship at the close of the
first half last Friday with an
eight win-one loss record.
In the first game of the sec
ond half this week, the Dodgers
continued their winning ways by
whipping Cooley Dodd’s Yankees
11-2 and then going on to scalp
Bud Dempsey's Indians 16-8.
Other second half scores were
Giants 7, Indians 3 and Yankees
7, Giants 3.
At the end of the split-season
last Friday, the standings were
as follows:
Team W-L
Doti gers 8-1
Giants 6-3
Indians 2-7
Yankees 2-7
Thus far in the second half
the standings are:
Team W-L
Dodgers 2-0
Giants 1-1
Yankees _ 1-1
Indians 0-2
Little League games are played
each Tuesday and Thursday
nights at the ballpark near the
Recreation Center. Game time
for the first fray is 6:15 o’clock.
Double headers are played each
night.
Before he went out with a
broken arm. Dodger Mike Lip
ham was leading the league in
hitting with a .600 average.
Rocky Tate of the “Country”
Brown coached Giants is tied
with Guinn Hankins of the
Dodgers with .548 averages.
Furniture Firm Has
Opening Here Today
Clemons Brothers Opens Branch In
Remodeled Commerce Street Location
A fifty-eight year old Chatta
nooga furniture firm, recognized
as one of the South’s leading
home furnishings stores, will
open a branch here today.
Clemons Brothers will throw
open the doors of its third
branch in a big sales event this
morning at 9:30. The firm op
erates stores in Chattanooga
and Dayton, Tenn.
The store is housed in the
former- location of The Loop
Furniture Company, Inc., on
Commerce Street. The building
has been remodeled to handle
the new business.
Don Stultz, vice-president and
general manager of Clemons
Brothers, will have charge of
the new operation. He was pre
viously connected with Haverty
Brothers and has been with
Haverty and Clemons Brothers
ten years. He has already as
sumed his duties here.
Clemons Brothers is headed
by its president. Lloyd Hampton.
The vice-president is J. W.
Yandle. Hampton was identified
with Haverty Brothers in Chat
tanooga for 20 years and Yandle
was connected with Sears for
20 years. The three men repre
sent more than 50 years in fur
niture experience.
The Summerville store will
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Clemons Brothers, a leading furniture firm of Chattanooga, will open a new store here this
morning. The company operates stores in Chattanooga and Dayton, Tenn. The local outlet will
be managed by Don Stultz, the firm’s vice-president and general manager.
Other leading swatters are:
Name Team Av.
Ray Busby Giants .525
Frank Parham Giants .500
Charles Norton Dodgers .500
Johnny Dempsey Indians .500
David Houston Dodgers .471
Bill Mann Yankees .451
Rodney Hardeman of the
Dodgers is clipping a 457 average
and leads the league with three
home runs.
Several player berths are open
on the teams. Sponsors invite
qualified youths to try out for
positions.
Team Rosters
The following boys can be
seen at play as they vie for
starting positions on the All-
Star team to be selected later in
the summer for tournament
competition in the State finals:
Yankees—Steve Thomas, Jim
my Floyd, Stanley Ledbetter,
Clifford Hughes, Mike Woodard,
Wayne Ashworth, Danny Joe
Strickland, Bill Mann, Bobby
Floyd, Quinton Wilson, Phil
Parham, Ronny McGraw, Burl
Edwards, Dewayne Copeland.
Giants—Louis Tate, Britt Tate,
■ Kenny Brown, Tommy Brown,
Ray Busby, Wayne Broome,
Marty Brown, Buddy Barnes,
Jerry Mahon, Terry Mahon,
Frank Parham, Bobby Byars,
William Shamble, Joe Johnson,
Arnold Kilgore, Jr.
Indians — Herbert Skelton,
Rodney Mitchell, Steve Smith
son, Johnny Dempsey, Billy
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handle pianos, organs, draperies
slip-covers, floor coverings and
Westinghouse appliances in ad
dition to Zenith television sets.
Stultz said that he will also
offer new lines of bedroom,
living room and dining room
furnishings.
Mrs. Marie Plunkett and Mrs.
Martha Cooper will handle the
office duties at Clemons Broth
ers. The sales staff is Oscar
Woods and Russell Baker. De
liverymen are King Jones and
Robert Lester.
Visitors to the opening today
will receive free candy dishes.
Balloons will be given to the
children.
Stultz said today that his
firm will become a member of
the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association and expects
to take an active part in the
civic and business life of the
city.
City and county officials are
expected to be on hand today
to officially welcome the new
firm to the area. It is antici
pated that a large crowd will
visit the store when the doors
open at 9:30 this morning.
A large, two-page advertise
ment announcing the store
opening will be found elsewhere
in this issue of the News.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959
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Representing crew leaders of Georgia Rug Mill, Jack Wofford, left, receives a Treaury Department
certificate from Harry McGinnis, Chattooga County Savings Bond Chairman. Others in the picture
are, left to right, Jack Cook of the Georgia Rug Mill and D. L. McWhorter, president of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. The ceremony was held at the bank last Thursday.
Georgia Rug Cited
By U. S. Treasury
Employers Boost Savings Bond Sales
Through Voluntary Payroll Deductions
With over 50 percent of its em
ployees participating in a pay-1
roll deduction plan, the Georgia .
Rug Mill has been cited by the .
United States Treasury Depart- j
ment.
By the end of this year, the
I firm’s employees will have pur
i chased $44,449.88 in United
| States Savings Bonds to be the
largest buyer of bonds in this
area.
In a ceremony held last Thurs
day at the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank here, the firm was
presented- a Treasury Depart
ment certificate for its partici
pation in the Savings Bond
drive.
The Georgia Rug savings pro
! gram is tied in with a company- j
wide plan of the Bigelow-San-:
ford Carpet Company of which :
the local concern is a unit.
Sanford Dunson said today
< that Georgia Rug’s savings pro-
MILITARY EXAMS
SET FOR SEVENTH
Seventh District Congressman
< Erwin Mitchell said today that
the Seventh District quota for i
West Point has been filled and '
there will be no vacancies for ;
the class which will enter in!
1960.
Meanwhile, Congressman
Mitchell announced examina
tions on July 13 for admission to
the academies of the Navy. Mer- .
chant Marine and Air Force.
These examinations are for the ;
Seventh District.
Candidates temporarily ab
sent from the district may be
examined elsewhere, at such ex
amination points as may be de
sired.
The examination centers will
be announced next week.
I gram was spearheaded by Jack
■ Cook. In a recent meeting with
■crew leaders, Cook outlined the
i program which has been highly
I successful.
In the Thursday ceremony,
Paul Wofford, acting as repre
; sentative for the crew leaders
j and employees, accepted the cer
t tificate from Harry McGinnis,
! Chattooga County Savings Bond
. chairman. Others attending
. I were Cook. Sanford Dunson and
D. L. McWhorter.
Eighth Annual Sing
Scheduled In Trion
Red Book Singing Expected To Draw
Large Crowd To Irion School June 13
The eighth annual Red Book
i Singing will be held at 8 p.m.
Saturday. June 13, at the Trion
i School Cafetorium. Roland
: “Boley” Bankey, President of the
■ i Trion High School Alumni Asso-
1 1 elation, announces.
' j This annual get-together has
1 ' proved to be one of the most en
joyable events of the year for
1 hundreds of Trionites, their
friends, for me r schoolmates,
' teachers and Trion’s beloved
: Professor Charles E. Bell, former
Superintendent of Schools here
■ i for many years. Mr. Bell is now
a retired Presbyterian minister,
living at Cordele, Ga. He has
pledged to be on hand to lead
the group in quite a number of
the old-time songs.
Prior to the singing Mr. Bell
will be honored at a dinner by
the officers and their families.
In addition to Mr. Bankey, offi
cers include: Clifford Allmon,
Vice President; Mrs. Mildred
Allen. Secretary; and Mrs. Polly
Hayes, Treasurer.
On the various committees for
this year's singing are the fol
lowing; Program Committee J
C. Woods, Chairman, Miss Dora
Bankey, Mrs. Willie B. Hix, Miss
Ann Woods; Nominating Com
mittee—James A. “Buddy” Ham
! monds, Chairman, Mrs. Ruby Lee
I Nix, Mrs. Mattie Greene Hall
man, Mrs. Avanelle Poole; Deco
rating Committee—Mrs. Clara
Eubanks, Chairman, Miss Mar
tha Haygood. Mrs. Betty Bandy.
Mrs. Peggy Woods; Welcoming
Committee — Chester “Chesty"
j Ragland, Chairman, Miss Ethel
Simmons, Co-Chairman, Jimmie
i McKenzie, Mrs. Lorraine Gree
i son, Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Mrs.
Mary Nell Day, Mrs. Joyce
Hammond, Mrs. Doris Floyd,
Mrs. Sarah Myers, Mrs. Sybil
Williams, Miss Ruby Haygood.
Mrs. Denver Maddux, Henry
Bankey: Publicity Committee
Miss Mary Jo Logan, Chairman,
Tommy Green, Emmett Nunn;
Scrapbook Mrs. Mildred Allen;
Entertainment Committee A. J
Strickland, Chairman. Roland
Bankey, Clifford Allmon. Mrs
Mildred Allen, Mrs. Polly Hayes.
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GOOD ATTENDANCE
IS EXPECTED
Attendance to the annual
event has grown every year. The
singing is better and the remi-
Summerville
Sets Summer
Schedule Study
Principal E. M. Blue said to-
I day that registration for sum
mer school in Summerville will
be held at 9 o’clock on June 15,
j at the Summerville High School.
School classes will begin on
\ June 15 and will continue for 30
’ I days. Blue said that make-up
■ work will be offered and that
. i students will be allowed to catch
I up on three one-half units. He
; also said that the summer school
program extends to high school
, students in grades 8 through 12.
I With fees goin^ to summer
t teachers,«^lue said"that $lO will
I be charged for one course and
$25 for three courses.
niscing at picnics, class reunions,
{ dinners, etc. is something to look
' forward to each year.
I The Marietta-Atlanta Chapter
I has pledged an attendance for a
i majority of the 150 former
I Trionites in that area, and the
i Chattanooga and Rome areas
are striving to have a large at
j tendance.
Alumni are asked to mail a
I contribution of SI.OO to Mrs.
I Polly Hayes, Treasurer, P. O. Box
104, Trion. Ga., so that final ar
rangements can be made.
It is stressed that in addition
to alumni, teachers and friends
all who are interested in good
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Lions Club Selects
New Officers Slate
hiblallalioH Scheduled lor Next Week;
Two Local Members Attend Slate Meeting
Everett P. Lunsford has been elected president of the
Summerville Lions Club. He succeeds A. F. McCurdy who
served as the Lions head for 1958-59.
LEGION TOPS 1958
MEMBERSHIP GOALS
FOR 14th RATING
Georgia has become the 14th
Department of the American
Legion to go over its 1958 total
membership.
Ernest Nash of Clarkesville,
Senior Vice - Commander and
Membership Chairman of the
Georgia Department, reports
that this week Georgia recorded
51.627 Legionnaires as compared
with its total of 51,510 for all of
1958.
National Legion Commander
Preston J. Moore wired his con
gratulations to Georgia Depart
ment Commander Henry F.
Harrison of Macon.
In the wire to the Georgia
Commander, Moore said. “Con
gratulations to you and your
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RETAIL SALE TOTALS
SHOW BIG DROP HERE
Retuil Merchants Association Expected
To Initiate Campaigns To Offset Loss
President John Salley of the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Association expressed concern here yesterday fol
lowing a report from the Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce that retail sales in Chattooga County had dropped
over a quarter of a million dollars during the first quarter
of 1959 as compared with 1958.
In the first quarter of 1958.
retail sales in the county totaled
$3,973,951. A loss of $306,209 has
been shown in figures released
by the Chamber of Commerce.
Based on monthly deposits of
i State sales-use tax collections,
' the report showed that retail
i sales for the first quarter of
1959 amounted to $3,667,742 in
Chattooga County. The figures
I were made available through
I cooperation of the Georgia De
partment of Revenue and the
Georgia Department of Labor.
I Neighboring Floyd County rc
-1 ported a substantial loss in re
tail sales while nearby Walker
County reflected a gain ap
proximately $300,000. Sales in
Gordon County were boosted by
almost a million dollars.
Commenting on the sale drop.
Salley said that the report would
be an “order of business when
the Retail Merchants Associa
tion meets again the first part
of July.”
Kelly Jordan, president of the
Summerville Junior Chamber of
Commerce, had this to say about
the sales report:
“It is becoming more appar
ent every year that Chattooga
County must wake up to reality
if we are to keep pace with our
competition. Our recent popula
tion decrease, in addition to our
sales loss, clearly shows that the
responsible men of this county
| need to strive for more diversi
; fied industry plus giving some
serious thought to the present
! condition of our schools and ad
ministrative structure of our
’ county and city governments. I
I say this in all seriousness in view
j of our present financial crisis.”
’ When asked what he thought
i about formation of a Chattooga
| County - Summerville Chamber
of Commerce, Jordan said he be-
I lieved such a group would be
I an adjunct to the business life
j of the area but that in the past
“people have not shown suffi-
I cient interest in keeping such
I an organization as active as it
j should be.”
Within the past several weeks
a “promotion committee” of the
Retail Merchants Association,
named by Salley, has advanced
several possible programs for
adding to local sales totals. The
committee is composed of Jim
Richie, Harold Shavin and
Henry Everett. All three are
local businessmen. It is expected
. that the committee’s work will
be intensified as Salley turns
the influence of the merchant’s
group toward the problem of
lowered sales in the city.
LEGION MEETING
The American Legion will hold
a regular meeting tomorrow
night at the Chattooga County
Memorial Home.
Slated to get underway at 7:30
o’clock, the meeting will be of
importance to all local Legion
naires and they are urged to be
present.
OTHER OFFICERS
In the election, the Lions
| named the following to offices
for the new year:
Cordle Bagley, first vice presi
dent; Bill Bowman, second vice
nresi de n t ; Hubert Johnson,
third vice president: Andrew
' Williams, secretary: Roy Joe
Thomas, treasurer: Sam Cordle.
Tail Twister; Joe Stephenson,
Lion Tamer: Otis Gorman, as
sistant Lion Tamer.
A board of directors will be
composed of Tom Fox. Henry
Everett. T. J. Espy Jr., and Hugh
Shamblin. Fox and Everett will
serve for one year and two year
I terms will be served by Espy and
Shamblin.
The nejv officers will be in
stalled at the Riegeldale Tavern
on Tuesday evening, June 16.
by Zone Chairman T J. Espy, Jr
Meanwhile, two local Lions.
Everett Lunsford and Marshall
Lowry, were in attendance at
the State Lions Convention held
in Augusta the first three days
of this week.
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Stores Remain
Open Joly 4th;
Close Monday
It is expected that several
local stores will remain open
for business on the Fourth of
July and close the following
Monday in observance of the
holiday.
Kelly Jordan, president of
Jordan’s and new head of the
Summerville Junior Chamber of
Commerce, said today that he
expected to keep his firm open
on the holiday and would be
closed on July 6.
Lowry's Department Store
will follow the same schedule,
according to an announcement
today by the store’s owner,
Marshall Lowry.
With the national holiday
falling on Saturday, it was in
dicated that a number of other
firms would remain open for
regular Saturday business and
would offer special Fourth of
July sales to attract visitors to
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Dress Revue Slated
By County HD Group
Event Selwilubhl For City June 25;
Style Show Will Highlight Program
A style show will highlight the
day's events when the Chattooga
County Home Demonstration
Council stages its annual Dress
Revue here on June 25.
The program will be held at
the Summerville Elementary
School. Judging in the dress
revue will be held at 1:30 o’clock
with the style show scheduled at
3 o'clock.
Mrs. Howard Baker, who heads
the Home Demonstration Coun
cil's clothing committee, will
narrate the show. It will include
horticulture exhibits.
It has been announced that
the show will be free to the pub
lic. Door prizes and other gifts
will be given away.
Although not eligible as win
ners, former winners in the re
vues have been asked to par
ticipate in show this year.
The event is expected to at
tract interest of many ladies’
groups in Summerville and in
the county.
County Council officers are
working on the project. County
Home Demonstration Agents
from surrounding counties will
be the judges for the revue
which will include the following
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Three local American Legionnaires were initiated into the 40&8,
Voitre 122!) in Daitou last Saturday Visiting Legionnaires frot i
throughout the Seventh District and from Atlanta performed the
initiation. Shown, left to right, are Ernest Sprayberry of Trion,
and John “Doc” Giles of Trion, and Dan Tapp of Summerville.
The men were pelted with eggs, made to eat on the streets of
Dalton and carted to jail in the day-long ceremony. Other local
Legionnaires attending the festivities in Dalton were Henry
Morgan. Lester Parker, Jim Leath, Jim Tedder, Joe Hayes and Ira
“Crook” Hawkins.
City Will Fight
Proposed Hike
In Gas Rates
City Clerk Sam Sitton said to
day that Summerville will join
the Georgia Municipal Associa
tion and the Georgia Public
Service Commission to combat a
proposed hike in rates for nat
ural gas users.
Southern Natural Gas Com
pany, wth headquarters in Bir
mingham, has applied for an in
crease of $10,135,435 in rates. If
the application should be ap
proved, local consumers could
expect an approximate 10 per
cent increase in their gas bills.
Summerville City Council
Monday night voted to cooper
ate with the two state agencies
in the fight against the increase.
City Attorney Earl B. Self will
be joined by LaGrange lawyer
Horace Richter in preparing ar
guments against the proposed
increased. Richter is the attorney
for the Gas Section of the Mu
nicipal Association. The section
has been in operation about two
years.
A tie vote was made following
a proposal to hire a temporary
relief man at the Police Depart
ment in order to allow regular
policemen to take vacations. A
vacancy was created in the de
partment with the recent resig
nation of night dispatcher
George Dean.
; classifications:
il Group 1: Play clothes, skirts,
i; blou s es, shorts and house
s dresses.
Group 2: Mother-daughter
and children’s clothes from ages
, 1-10.
; Group 3: Tailored, street and
: casual clothes.
: Group 4: Stylish-stouts, from
size 18, coats and suits.
Group 5: Special occasion and
church dresses.
Other details of the show will
be announced later, it was re
ported.
NEWS PUBLISHES
20-PAGE EDITION
In a move to boost week-end
sales here, the News today pub
lishes a 20-page, three-section
paper.
News readers will find a score
of bargains in local firm adver
tising in this edition. They are
invited to take advantage of low
prices being offered throughout
the city.
Several sales are now going on
with a new firm, Clemons
Brothers, entering the local busi
ness scene with a new furniture
store on Commerce Street.