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Official Chattooga County
t Publication For 75 Years
VOLUME 75—NO. 21
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Georgia Rug Mill Sets Lyerly Plant Celebration
Church oiiGod Willi
I)edica to .hii I< I ing
New Edifice to House Services As
Church Eeaders Gather for Event
Dedication ceremonies for a j
new building of the Summerville
Church of God have been sched
uled here Sunday afternoon,
June 21, when leaders in the
church district will gather with
the congregation for special day
long services.
Reverend Wallace Swilley, Jr.,
who heads the Church of God
Sunday School and Youth De
partments in Georgia, will be the
principal speaker for the dedica
tion ceremony.
At morning services, Reverend
A. H. Batts of Chattanooga will
preach.
Church members and visitors
will spread a noon meal on long
tables on the church grounds.
Several former Church of God
pastors are expected to attend
the services.
Special music and congrega-’
tional singing will feature the i
afternoon services and Reverend
Swilley will dedicate the build
ing at that time.
Reverend Paul Stone of the
District will be present for the
services.
The pastor, Reverend Merlin
Brown, has extended an invita
tion for the public to attend the
services.
WILDLIFE GROUPS
PLAN TRION MEET
The Chattooga and Dade
County Wildlife Clubs will hold
a joint meeting on Tuesday, June ■
23, at 7 p.m.
Slated for the Trion Golf
Course, the meeting will feature
a barbecue supper.
Members and guests expected
to attend the function were to '
contact Reuben Garrett at Sel
man Hardware in Summerville ।
for reservations.
VFW Meeting
A regular meeting of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars will be
held at the Chattooga County
Memorial Home tomorrow night
at 7:30 o’clock.
All VFW members are urged to
attend the meeting.
Church Dedication Scheduled Sunday . . .
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Dedication of the new building of the Summerville Church of God has been scheduled for Sunday
afternoon. Presiding over the ceremony will be Kev. Wallace Swilley, State Sunday School and
Youth Director for the Church of God. The building is located on the Rome Boulevard at Kirby
Street.
Industrial Survey . . .
Legislator Cites Area Industry Possibility
By JOHN S. HARRIS
Chattooga County Represen
tative Joseph E. Loggins said to
day that the area stands a good
possibility of attracting addi
tional industry. He called for co
operation of local leaders and
officials to entice firms on rec
ord as seeking manufacturing
locations.
Loggins pointed out that a re
alistic approach to the problem
of gaining additional manufac
turing centers around offering
concessions to industry leaders.
One of these, he said, “is a tax
free clause, extending up to 10
years.”
In a message from Abit Mas
sey, director of the Georgia De-
JUDGE DAVIS TO
SCHEDULE COURT
SESSION TODAY
Judge John W. Davis will hear
motions and pleas here today in i
a preliminary session preparing
। for Superior Court scheduled to
i open here the second Monday in
July.
Solicitor Earl B. Self said today |
that the actions here today will |
consist mainly of motions and |
guilty pleas.
The Solicitor said that he ex
pects a fairly heavy docket when |
Superior Court convenes in July,
j He also said that the Grand Jury
• would probably be drawn today.
Leonard Thomas
Shows "T' Ford
Here This Week
Leonard Thomas, authorized
Ford dealer for Summerville and
Chattooga County, this week is :
displaying a smaller version of
the 1910 Model “T” Ford.
The car, manufactured in Me- j
Donough, Georgia, is an exact
duplicate of the older-vintage
car, except in size.
Mr. Thomas said that the car
is for sale.
In an effort to boost retail j
i sales in Chattooga County, Leon
i ard Thomas Ford is joining with j
other merchants advertising in'
the News this week with bargain
prices designed to attract buyers j
i to the city.
SPECIAL NOTICE
I The Social Security Represent
' ative will NOT be in Summerville 1
June 30. He will be in the base
ment of the Post Office the fol-I
lowing Tuesday, July 7, and
| every Tuesday thereafter.
On June 30 the Social Security i
Office in Summerville will be I
i closed.
partment of Commerce, the [
commerce head told Loggins this !
week that a number of firms
desiring new locations could
easily decide to locate in Chat
tooga County.
Today Loggins made public a
list of manufacturers, prin
cipally in apparel lines, which
are seeking new locations. He
called on County and City of
ficials to "get together in a con- ।
certed effort to attract some of <
these industries to our section.”
PROSPECTS
Loggins listed these firms as
interested in new locations: ।
1. Apparel—Firm is seeking I
location in either small town or
city up to 10,000 population. Re-1;
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Leaders Map Plans For Rug Firm Fete . . .
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Members of the Summerville Retail Merchants Association met
here yesterday with officials of the Georgia Rug Mill and the
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company to formulate plans for the
“Open House” of the rug firm’s Lyerly operations, scheduled for
Veterans Pensions Await
Favorable Senate Action
House of Kcprrsenlalivcs Gives Niod
Io Bill For Re-scheduling Payments
Seventh District Congressman Erwin Mitchell informed
the News today that the House of Representatives over
whelmingly passed a House Resolution known as the Vet-1
erans Pension Act of 1959.
Representative Mitchell, a member of the House Com
mittee on Veterans Affairs, strongly supported the legis
lation on the House floor. The Congressman told the News j
1 that the bill was designed to “give the greatest amount of j
pension to those with the greatest need.”
■ Chattooga County veterans or
ganizations were intensely inter
ested in the new bill this weel
j and were looking toward Senate
! action with expectation that the
legislation would get Congress
complete nod of approval.
A ‘‘graduated scale” of pay
'ments, based on income, is a
principle feature of the new bill
Congressman Mitchell statec
that "under the new plan passec
by the House, higher pensions
I will be paid to veterans, widows
। and orphans whose need is
greater and that those with
I more substantial outside income
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1 quires ground floor building 25,-
000-50.000 sq. ft. with 12 ft. ceil
ings. Needs 125 women experi
enced in power sewing machines.
Would prefer town near source
of supply of cotton flannelette,
which is essential to plant oper
ation.
2. Apparel—Manufacturer of
ladies dresses requires 20.000 sq.
ft. building. Good labor market
essential. Not interested in lo
cating in metropolitan area.
3. Apparel—Highly reputable
firm interested in locating plant
in Georgia town. Needs 50,000-
60,000 sq. ft. new, air-condi
tioned building. Operation would
require experienced knitters and
sewing machine operators. Man-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1959
TRAINING UNION
? RALLY SCHEDULED
; AT FIRST BAPTIST
J:! Training Union Director Eve
. ; lyn Cook said today that the
. i regular rally of the Chattooga
‘ s Baptist Association will be heldj
s at the First Baptist Church here i
i s j on Monday night, June 22, at 8
e j o’clock.
! Reverend Paul Watters, Jr.,
. [ formerly of Chattooga County,
will be the guest speaker. He is
now pastor of the First Baptist ;
. Church in Bemus, Tennessee. He [
[ is a brother of Mrs. Eula M Hall.
one of the Associational officers.;
The public has been invited to ,
I attend the rally.
Menlo Teenager Is
Appointed Editor
Os Teen Magazine
HOLLWOOD, June 19. 1959—
i "Dig,” the national magazine
I edited and published exclusively [
: tor teenagers, this week an-
Inounced the appointment of
[Barbara Crowe, 16. of Route 1.
■Menlo, as an official Campus
i Editor and local reporter.
A senior at Menlo High School,
Barbara is among the first of a
I select group of teenage report- 1
ers, photographers and artists
who are now being chosen to '
represent "Dig” and its sister j
publication, ‘‘Modern Teen,” in
Georgia.
According to Ed Hummel, pub- :
Usher of the magazines. Barbara :
will join with 2000 other spe- ।
j cially chosen teenagers through- i 1
■ out the country in reporting all [ <
I phases of teenage life. i
■ ufactures children's underwear.
4. Apparel Concern requires
■ 15,000-20,000 sq. ft building for
. the manufacture of ladies dress
' es. Interested in locating in
. Georgia immediately.
5. Apparel—Manufacturer of
ladies dresses interested in
f Georgia town with population to
. 10,000. Desires 20.000 sq. ft.
I building and good labor market
6. Apparel Manufacturer of
wearing apparel is interested in
1 activating a branch sewing
L i plant in Georgia. Desires con
- tact with town interested in co
• operating for mutual benefits.
I 7. Bias Products—Manufactur
-1 er of bias tape and other bias
• products requires 10,000 sq. ft.
—Staff Photo oy McConnell
July 7. The group met in the office of John Salley, president of
the retail group. Left to right, they are Mr. Salley, Sanford Dun
son of Georgia Rug Mill, John D. Bankson, Johnny Vann of Big
elow-Sanford, and J. T. Morgan, Jr.
Former Residents
Killed In Tragic
Automobile Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. James David Lee
) and their eight-year-old son.
Tommy, were killed in an auto
i mobile wreck near their Monroe
i ville, Ohio home last Saturday
looming.
i Also dead in the accident was
an unidentified niece of the
| couple.
It was reported that the car,
। driven by Lee, struck a tree after
I going out of control on a busy
I highway near the Ohio city.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee are former
residents of Chattooga County.
Mr. Lee was the son of Mr. and
j Mrs. W. R. Lee of Route 1, Sum
i merville.
Three children survive. They
are Bobby, 10, Linda, 6, and
Russell, age 2. The three sur
! viving children were injured.
Local members of the family
said that their injuries are not
j considered serious.
Mr. Lee is survived by three
sisters. They are Mrs. Pauline
Moore of Summerville, Route 1,
Mrs. Lucille Fowler of Lyerly,
and Mrs. Zilpha Helton of
Chickamauga. He also has a
brother, Joe Lee of Trion. An
uncle, Henry Lee. resides on Oak
Street in Summerville.
Funeral services in Monroe
ville Tuesday afternoon were
: attended by the brothers and
sisters. The parents were unable
to attend.
Rock Gets Rattler
Reposing In Road
A true-aimed rock, thrown;
from the steady hand of J. V. I
Morris, bagged a rattlesnake
crawling in the middle of the
Broomtown Road last Thursday.
The 3-foot rattlesnake had
four rattles and a button. Mor- |
ris killed the snake on a new ।
road near Macedonia Church. He
exhibited the rattles and the
button in Summerville as evi
dence of his rock-throwing
skill.
, building in small town. No
skilled labor specified.
8. Apparel—Highly rated con
cern is interested in locating in
। Georgia city that is willing to
construct building with only five
years of lease period guaran
teed. Requires 20.000-30.000 sq.
ft. building. Would consider good
existing structure. Manufactures
ladies dresses.
9. Curtain Manufacturing —
Firm desires 60,000 sq. ft. build
i ing for manufacturing curtains.
No skilled labor required. Pre-
I fers immediate action that
would require existing building.
10. Apparel—Shirt manufac
। turer interested in Georgia,
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NEWS PUBLISHES
22-PAGE EDITION
IN BUSINESS PUSH
Following closely on last
week’s 20-page edition, the News
this week is publishing a 22-
page paper.
As in last week’s paper, this
issue is crowded with bargain
' prices advanced by Summerville
I and Chattooga County business
firms. The various sales are de-
I signed to alleviate recent losses
i reflected in retail sales.
Summerville stores were
i crowded this morning with
\ shoppers taking advantage of
j the low prices being offered
| throughout the city.
I Sales events here include
[ furniture, appliances, wearing
’ [ apparel, food and automobiles.
' j It is expected that tomorrow
! and Saturday will see a greater
■ surge of shoppers in the city in
’ I last minute Father’s Day buy
’l ing. Several stores report that
extra clerks have been added
’| to normal staffs to accommo
i date the crowds.
An auction tonight near the
railroad underpass at the Sum
merville Manufacturing Com
pany is expected to attract a
। capacity crowd. Automobiles and
individual items will be sold.
Readers are urged to take
full advantage of the many
sales advertised in this issue
of the News.
Summerville On
YMCA Honor Lisi;
Just Announced
The State YMCA has an
nounced that Summerville is
listed for annual honor club
awards for Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y
Clubs in this region.
Ratings arc based on perform
! ance over the past year in 10
areas of Christian service activi
ties involving conference at
j tendance, officer training, school
j and community projects, affilia
| lions and state projects.
Summerville received an ad
vanced Honor "A" rating for 400
credit points in the 10 areas for
Hi-Y work. The local chapter
also received the rating in Tri
i Hi-Y accomplishments.
The city was listed with Cal
j houn. Cartersville, Chickamauga,
Adairsville, and chapters at
Fairmont. Cassville and Dalton.
Summerville also received
three additional points for other
I Hi-Y activity credits.
town with 20.000-40.000 sq. ft.
j existing building and available
skilled female machine opera
tors.
11. Apparel-Concern desires
40.000 sq. ft existing building
for manufacture of underwear.
Semi-skilled machine operators
required.
12. Apparel Manufacturer of
ladies blouses desires suitable
location to build branch plant
employing 200 people. Primarily
interested in town that can im
mediately furnish at least 100
skilled operators in shirt and
: blouse manufacture. Represen
i tative will visit Georgia this
4 month.
22 Pages
Three Sections
“Open House" Will Mork
New Plant Operations
Bigelow-Sanford Cai pet OfEeiaC Expected
To Visit Gin With Stale am! Eoral Heads
Working with cooperation of the Summerville Retail
’Merchant Association, the Georgia Rug Mill will stage a
gigantic “Open House” at its Lyerly plant, on Tuesday, July
7. Visitors will be welcomed to the plant between the hours
■ of 10 a.m and 6 p.m.
i State and local dignitaries,
along with industrial leaders of
the area, arc expected to join
with officials of the Georgia Rug
। Mill and its parent company, the
Bigelow -Sanford Carpet Com
pany of New York, to take prom
inent roles in the ceremonies
I being planned for the “Open
House" event.
Johnny Vann, publicity direc
tor for Bigelow-Sanford, was in
: Summerville this week laying fi
i nal plans for the day-long cele
' bration.
Ribbon cutting ceremonies in
the afternoon will be preceded
by a luncheon with the Sum
merville Retail Merchants Asso-
I elation as host.
The “Open House” will mark
' the official opening of the Lyerly
plant, considered one of the
finest installations of its type in
the country. The ribbon-cutting
- is set for 3 p.m. on the day of
t the celebration. Officiating at
3 ; the opening will be James D.
'Wise, Bigelow-Sanford Board
Chairman: John C. Cook. Plant
3 Manager of Georgia Rug Mill.
1 j and John Salley, President of the
'Retail Merchants Association.
3 j Other Bigelow-Sanford offi
cials expected in Summerville for
3 , the event are George MacPhee,
; Director of Manufacturing: Wal
? Ter Wieler, Personnel Director:
i Robert MacKenzie, Controller,
f and Robert Jennings, Vice-Pres
i ’ ident for Products.
A special guest at the occa
e ' sion will be Mrs. Ralph Rhodes,
g wife of the late founder of the
’• Georgia Rug Mill.
v j Leading bankers, state offi
r 'rials and industrial heads will be
i i invited to Summerville for the
- ; luncheon and “Open House”
t events.
I i It is expected that the fes
tivities will attract thousands to
the industrial site at Lyerly.
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North Georgia 4-H
t Caiiip Sei For Area
Forestry I nciuiipim nt Slates (Hasses
For (her 100 Georgia Bovs and Girls
It is expected that several Chattooga County boys and
girls will join the more than 100 other state 4-H'ers who
have done outstanding work in forestry and will attend
the 9th annual 4-H North Georgia Forestry Camp, sched
uled June 22-26 at Camp Waheega near Dahlonega.
At the camp, the boys and
s girls will enjoy swimming and
, games in addition to learning ;
r more about the timber industry.
Director of camp instruction.
C. Dorsey Dyer, Extension for
' ester, says these annual forestry
camps, which are co-sponsored
by Georgia Industry and the Ag
‘ rieultural Extension Service.,
1 have helped to produce many of
' the state's foresters.
At the camp 4-H'ers will re
) ceive instruction in tree identifi
. cation, forest insects and dis
. cases, measuring trees and logs.
Riegel Boosts Heart l and . . .
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S. A Cook, right, Personnel Manager of Hiegel Textile Corpora
tion, Trion Division, is shown presenting Andrew Williams of
Summerville a check for SI,OOO, representing Trion’s quota in
I the recent Heart Fund drive. Williams is Chattooga County
I Heart Fund chairman. Witnessing the ceremony were members
of the Riegel Finance Committee. Left to right, they are W. T.
i Brown, Mr. Williams, Mrs. Ira D. Bryson, Mrs. Mildred Pettett
and Mrs. Doris Clovis.
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Johnny Vann, publicity man
for Bigelow-Sanford Carpet
Company of New York, was in
the city yesterday laying plans
for the "Open House" sched
uled by the Georgia Rug Mill
at its new Lyerly plant on
July 7.
VFW Post Excels
In Member Drive
Last Thursday, Post 6688
• VFW, reached 100 percent mem
, bership for the previous year.
The record marks the fifth
consecutive year that the loca.
- VFW post has attained fuL
' membership. The post now hat
■ 544 members.
’. Local VFW members will be ir
Atlanta on June 26-27. at which
■ time the post will receive ar
>; award for the membership rec
ord.
re forest ration, landscaping, uses
of native trees and plants, and
many other subjects. Between
classes, there will be frequent
periods for swimming and other
types of recreation.
Among the many speakers at
the camn will be two foreign
delegate s. Miss Maric-Jose
Bre di m us, Luxembourg, and
Reijo J. Poteri. Finland.
Instructors for the classes will
be: Raymond Smith, forester,
International Paper Company,
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