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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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Happened to English?
Hooray for high school principals across
the nation who will overhaul their English
courses and concentrate on teaching their
students to read and write. This was the
suggestion passed out in Portland, Oregon,
this week at the annual convention of the
National Assn, of Secondary School Prin
cipals.
In all the mess of pottage dished up in
the past few years in the name of “educa
tion” this makes the most sense. How can
any country know what it stands for, and
pass on this information to others, if it
doesn’t have command of its own language
and literature? By the same token how can
we understand the adroit and oft times
melodious peregrinations of powerful prop
aganda forces in the world today, if we
don’t understand the infinite shadings of
the spoken word? How can we be so smug
in our belief that English may one day be
the “universal" language' when our edu
cational system has ignored it for so many
years?
In our business we have first hand
knowledge of how few people can spell,
write an English sentence, compose a liter
ate paragraph, or know the use of punctu
ation marks. Why then, do we get all
steamed up about learning the Russian lan
guage and teaching Spanish in the fourth
grade? We have neglected the fundamen
tals of our own language in the larger con
cept of education as “learning to get along
together.” Our nation will be rated “liter
ate" in the minds of others by the' way our
people talk and the quality oi our litera
ture and the amount of care we take in
HUNTING SNAKES
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only as "Mr. Smith" comes up
regularly to join him on the
snake-hunting expeditions.
Parris says he usually kills the
rattlers with sticks or rocks But
sometimes he uses a gun. Uis
latest catch came when he ran
over a seven-rattler with ills car.
"Rattlers have a particular
odor,” says Parris. "They smell a
lot like a goat "
He's found one large one and
a “baby" one in his house
Eight were killed in one day
this year near his home during
a field fire that sent the ser
pent scurring from their hiding
places Harns said lie didn't kill
all of them himself
He works the second shift at
the cotton mill And evening's
the best time to hunt snakes."
he laments
Parris says he get -a thrill out
of hunting the varmints, just
like some people enjoy hunting
birds
"And. there's more to it than
that," he says They endanger
life so I feel like it's worth
while"
Parris says having three small
children, ages 5. 3 and 1 give
him additional incentive to hunt
the killer snakes
I Cloudland News |
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•}• Bl CLARA CLEVELAND Phone 354-W, Summerville f
Mr and Mrs Derrick S Archer
and family returned to Spray.
N C . Sunday after a ten days
visit with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. E G Archer Two sons.
Stuart and Byron Archer have
returned from the Jamboree at
Colorado Springs Colo A young
er son. Mark Archer, flew up
from Key West. Fla . to join his
parents at Cloudland for a visit
Mr and Mrs Richard Romine
and daughter were Monday eve
ning guests of Mr and Mrs
Charles Hawkins
Mrs Lawrence Reece and sons
have returned to their home in
Houston. Tex , alter a two weeks'
visit with her parents. Di and
Mrs H L Holtzendorf
John F Harbour of States
boro, was a recent visitor in the
homes of John W Harbour and
Mr and Mrs Roy Gros-
Camp Juliette Low closed last
Saturday after eight week- of
camp.
The many friends of Riley
Hawkins will be glad to hear that
he has returned home from the
hospital, and is recovering nicely
from injuries received in an
automobile accident.
Minister Homer A Daniel is in
a revival at the Church of Christ
at-Lookout just north of Cloud-
the preparation of the written word. And
it would seem likely that discipline in
finding the right word to express a certain
thought, and spelling it correctly, would,
over a period of time, discipline our think
ing and our understanding of others.
We close with a few excerpts from the
convention recommendations, which, if
carried out should make up for the neglect
of English in our schools:
“The emphasis now tends to be on ‘ap
preciation of literature’,” said Ellsworth
Tomkins, executive secretary of the NASSP.
“And it’s a piecemeal approach to literature,
which most students don’t like.
“What we are calling for is a return to
firmer emphasis on the basic skills of the
English language.”
Students learn to write only by writing.
It cannot be mastered by reading about it,
or talking about it. Writing instructions
must be given in every grade from seven
through 12. (These are the only grades
with which a high school principal can
properly concern himself).
Every student must learn the grammat
ical structure of the English language, but
boring and repetitious drills on grammati
cal terminology should be discontinued as
soon as the correct forms have been mas
tered.
Every composition which a student
writes deserves the teacher’s careful evalu
ation. If the teacher doesn’t have time to
correct student papers, trained assistants
should be hired.
—City and Suburban Life
Pittsburgh, Pa.
JAYCETTES SPONSOR
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and the Boy Scout hut. Mrs Will '
Hair, president of the organiza
[ tion, has announced
The initial phase of the proj
est will be the erection of picnic
Stables and barbecue pits at the
site This is expected to be done ~
within the next few weeks, Mrs.!,
, Hair said
This will be a continuing proj- ,
ect of the Jaycettes, the presi- j
dent noted, with additions and •
other improvements as neces- >
sary.
JUVENILES PICKED ;
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but no money was obtained, Os- 1
Heers Clunk's Gayler and Bobby
Plunkett, who investigated, said 1
A transistor radio and a foun- '
tain pen were taken from Carl's. (
according to Sgt Harold Cody. ,
who investigated In addition, he :
said, the burglars enjoyed four :
soft drinks during their “visit.” |
Entry to Stephenson's Beauty
Shop and the Snow White firm
was attempted, the officers said
Making the arrests were Sgt
Cody and Deputy Paul White
land Services each evening at
7:45.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Smedly
were among those from Cloud- ।
. land who attended the funeral
lot Torn Parham at Summerville
Friday.
IIARBOI R FAMILY REIMON
A reunion of the Harbour fam
ily was held Wednesday at the
home of Mr and Mrs John W
Harbour at Cloudland Those at
tending were Dr and Mrs C D
Harbour, of Piedmont. Ala . and
Lakeland. Fla . John F Harbour,
of Statesboro: Mrs Alma Har
bour Hale. Judge and Mrs Fred
Kelley, all of Rome their daugh
ters. Mrs E A Coctaw. of Ra
leigh. N C . and Mrs Harlan
Matthews, of Mobile. Ala : Mr
and Mrs Roy Gross and daugh
ters. Mrs Claud Bivins and
daughters. Mr and Mrs James
Bohannon and children, and
Fred Dent, all of Rome
Mr and Mn R D Chamblee,
of Menlo. Mrs M E. Phillips, of
Cloudland, were luncheon guests
Sunday of Mrs Ulmer Parrish
and daughter in Cloudland
Mr and Mrs. Mark Horton
have returned to Rome after
two weeks at Cloudland with Mr
and Mrs E G Archer and Mr
and Mrs Derrek 8. Archer.
COUNTY SYSTEM
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T. Stubbs, Sr., Miss Fay Busbin,
i Miss Claire Dodd, Mrs. A. J.
: Strickland, Mrs. Clara B. Hix.
Mrs. Montine Jones, Mrs. Doris
White. Mrs. Beatrice Agnew. Mrs.
Catharine S. Burgess, Mrs.
Thelma Coleman. Mrs. Beatrice
T Myers, Mrs. Rachel B. Smith,
Mrs. Ollie B Cash, Mrs. Wini
fred Dostor, Mrs. Fay M. King,
Mrs. Martha Thomas, Mrs. Nell
T. Weems Mrs. A. L. Clark, Mrs.
Marjorie Woodard, Mrs. Annie
Mae Kimbell, Mrs Mary K Neal.
Miss Frances Palmour, Miss
Mable Aldred. Mrs. Virginia El
der. Mrs. Margaret. Crowe. Mrs.
Dorothy Lunsford. Mrs. Annette
S Jones and Miss Kathryn Man
ning.
SUMMERVILLE HIGH — Mr.
Clark. Mrs. Orble B Allen.
George Brooks. Mrs. Mary R.
Echols. William B. Hair. Rex
Cassidy. Mrs Geneva S. Henley,
Mrs. Elliott J King. Paul Quinn,
Mrs Edythe McGinnis. Charles
McLeod. Mrs Jean P. Mann, J
H Hutchinson, Mrs. Joe V.
Pitts. Herman Johnson. M.
A. Copeland. Mrs Nan C Rich.
Mrs. Nell B Taylor, Mrs. Judy
Hair. Robert I) Treadaway. Mrs
. Marinell W. Trimble. Mrs Flor
j Ida P Wright. Mrs Juanita R
Bryant. Miss Maxine Palmour,
Mrs. Ruth Clark. Mrs Verna Lee
Twomey. Mrs Vera H Williams.
Mrs Katheryn Lit th', Mrs. Ber
nice P Cook. Eugene Mas
sey. Mrs. Dorothy Henderson.
Mrs Lucy S Hutchinson.
WELMYER John Gilreath.
Mrs Blanche Edwards. Mrs Ora
W Dunean, Mrs Frances C Ful
ler. Mrs Sarah H Hutchins, Mrs
Guye E Wheeler, Mrs Ann W
Duncan
Here is a list of the county
Negro teachers by school
CARTER CONSOLIDATED
B L Fuse, Principal: Mrs. Viv
ian Fuse. C R Holloway. Mrs
Susie Mosley. Mrs Eliza C
Rounsavilh, Miss Gloria A
Shropshire. Mrs M J Bramham.
Miss Eva Allgood. Miss Rachel
T Johnson. B J Mosley. Mrs
Rose Ann Reese. Miss Mae Ethel
Walker
CHATTOOGA TRAINING
Julius L. Thomas. Mrs Ethel F
Knox. Mrs Jessie W Mann and
Mrs Clemmie A Walker.
TRION WARNS
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off limits.
Signs to tills effect have been
erected and a barbed wire has
been strung up.
The "off limits" designation
was made as a protective meas
ure. officials said, noting that
broken glass, hot coals and oth
er dangerous items are often at
j the location
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: Chit Chat
How long since you've walked?
No, not walked. Strolled.
Stroll down a residential
street some golden afternoon.
You may be captured by a rare
mood. You'll see intimately the
velvety lawns and smiling flow
ers. You may hear a baby cry
and his mother quickly consol
ing him with kind words or a
tune. There’ll be a family re
laxing together in a shady yard
as the sun sinks lower. Music
may float out some window,
adding the perfect touch to the
j stroll. Another diension may
be added when you catch the
delightful aroma of food being
prepared for the evening meal.
Stroll down a country lane on
a summer afternoon and the
mood will be just as pleasant.
You may see a stream near the
road, rolling over rocks, tempt
ing you to take your shoes off
for a refreshing wade. There
may be blackberries but you'll
pluck them carefully, remem
bering their little army of chig
l gers. You'll see delicate wild
flowers and be torn between
leaving them for others to enjoy
or taking them for your very
own. Somewhere, there’ll be a
woman taking sun - whitened
clothes from a line.
We are accustomed to pleasure
rides, especially on a Sunday
afternoon. But can an auto
mobile ride, though it takes us
off our feet, really complete with
a leisurely stroll for pure relaxa-
I tion?
UPPER
ROOM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth
me. (Philippians -1:13.)
Once I went skiing with some
young people. It was such a
beautiful day. The trees were
heavy with snow. The limbs bent
■ toward the ground
During a resting period. I
noticed two trees. One of them a
fir tree, had not been able to
carry the weight of the snow.
The trunk had snapped about
i six feet above the ground. The
other one, a birch tree, its top
bent to tlie ground, had not
broken under the weight of the
snow. When we shook off the
snow, the tree rose again and
stood as straight as ever.
Life can burden people. For
some, their power of resistance
breaks down They are not able
to rise again. Other persons,
also heavily burdened, are bowed
down under the weight, but they
do not break. They possess an
inner strength which prevents
their power of resistance from
ever reaching the breaking
point They weather the storms
of life, rise again, and stand as
witnesses of a glorious inner
power They know Christ His
strength in them makes the dif
ference.
PRAYER: Our Father, we
come to Thee for the strength
which enables us not to break
under the hardships of life
Grant us that strength today
through Jesus Christ our Lord
We prav m His name Amen
THOUGHT FOK THE DAY
I will humble myself before
Christ who gives me strength to
rise again.
Karl Erik Hellberg (Sweden)
World-wide Bible Reading—
, Mark 13:1-37
MITHELL, RAMEY,
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Mr. Thomas is in the real es
tate business in Chattooga
County, with offices at Dickey
ville. He is a native of this coun
ty and was educated here and at
Local Grove Institute, Local
Grove. During World War I he
served in naval aviation. He is
a member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, American Legion
and governor’s staff. The new
plan member has served two
terms in the Georgia House of
Representatives, representing
Chattooga County in 1943-44 and
1937-38 He is married to the
former Lydia Richardson and
they live one mile north of
Trion.
Mr. Mitchell is in the poultry
and beef cattle business near
Gore. He is a past president of
the Chattooga County Farm Bu
reau and was on the county Ag
ricultural Stabilization and Con
servation committee for several
years. He is a member of the
Bethel Methodist Church. Mr.
and Mrs. Mitchell have two
children. Bill Jr. and Mary, both
in junior high school and active
in the 4-H Club. Mrs. Mitchell is
active in the Home Demonstra
tion Club work.
Mr. Ramey is semi-retired but
maintains a rental business. He
is a native of Chattooga County
and was educated here. He has
served two terms in the Georgia
House of Representatives, in
1945-46 and 1947-48. In both 1948
and 1952 he was a delegate to the
National Democratic Conven
tion. He was on the State Wel
fare Board from 1948 to 1954 and
was on the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee for several
years. He is a member of the
Church of Christ. Mr. and Mrs.
Ramey, the former Miss Mattie
Fay Hammond, live south of
Trion. They have three children,
Mrs. Pete Mattis, Grady Fay
Ramey and Bobby Ramey, all of
Trion.
SUBLIGNA PATRONS
(Continued From Page 1)
board’s intention of giving them
I 10 days from that time to return
i the items.
Espy said the board had made
I no definite plans about what it
would do in the event the Sub
ligna patrons do not cooperate.
' However, since title to the items
is apparently invested in the
board of education it appears
j logical that the board could, if
it so desired, prosecute.
Several items, including a tele
scope and piano, were reportedly
taken from the school.
The Board of Education sev
eral weeks ago announced its
plan to consolidate the school
with Gore Elementary School, !
Early this month, a group of j
patrons asked that the school be j
retained, but the board, after 1
reconsideration, went ahead with I
plans for the consolidation.
It was after this that the items
were reportedly taken.
The profitable herd should '
average at least seven pigs per :
litter raised to market age, ad- :
vises R. O Williams, Extension
Service animal husbandman
GOVERNMENT
SURPLUS SALES
NOW Anyone can buy DIRECT from
U. S GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
DEPOTS, by mail for yourself or
for resale. Cameras, binoculars, cars,
jeeps, trucks, boats, hardware, office
machines and equipment. tents,
tools and tens-of-thousands of other
terns at a fraction of their original
cost Many items brand new For
hst of hundreds of U S Government
Surplus Depots, located in every State
■'•'d overseas wth pamphlet 'How
Government Can Ship Direct To You",
plus procedures. HOW TO BUY and
how to get FREE SURPLUS mail ,
$2.00 to SURPLUS SALES INFORMA
TION SERVICES. P O Box No.
• •It Washington 5, D. C.
CO. CIVIL DEFENSE
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CD leaders will be a part of the
program. In addition, certain
items of equipment may be ob
tained on a surplus purchase
basis for use in the program.
Power generators, rescue equip
ment, radio equipment, etc. may
be available.
The City of Summerville at
one time set up a civil defense
program but new techniques in
the organization of the program
have made it out-dated.
Commissioner Jones said mu
nicipalities in the county other
than Summerville could func
tion through the county partici
pation.
Both Commissioner Jones and
Summerville Mayor S. A. Dunson
expressed pleasure that arrange
ments had been made for the
civil defense program.
With both Chattanooga and
Atlanta as target areas, Chat
tooga can’t afford to be with
out a civil defense program, it
was noted. As it is now, if this
county had to take in an addi
tional 30,000 persons in a 24-
hour period it would be com
pletely unable to cope with the
situation, officials said. Further
more, the county would also be
ill-equipped to face a natural
disaster.
QUIET WEEK
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He said he’d heard of no ac
cidents and the only crime news
of interest occurred within the
city limits of Summerville where
four juveniles were arrested on
burglary charges.
COUNTIANS TO
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feeling that by being unpledged
this state’s vote would be wooed
by both tickets. On the ?ther
hand, there are those who feel
that the electors should be bound
by the way the state goes in
November.
"The public is entitled to know as quickly and fully
as possible of all the doings of government . . . without
the newspapers ... the country could well be in ignor
ance about much of these operations . . ."
This is not a statement by a newspaper person. It is
the opinion of Superior Court Judge Harold G. Ward of
Chicago.
The Summerville News
is dedicated to bringing you the doings of your local gov
ernment, as well as other news.
You have a right to know what is going on in govern
ment. Ifs our job to find out and tell you.
"It's The News for All the News"
You may now get The Neus at Bruce's Grocery. Hurley's Food Center. Jackson's Drug Co.,
McGinnis Drug Co.. Roberts Grocery and Summerville Cash Store.
"i
Many Countians
Watch Echo I
Cross Skies
Chattooga Countians by the
dozens stared into the skies (
Tuesday and Wednesday I
nights, watching Echo I go j
over. 1
The big United States bal
loon satellite can be seen each ]
night on two occasions for the j 1
next three weeks. It was sched- ! i
uled to be seen at 3:20 and <
10:24 p.m. Wednesday and will
be passing 19 minutes earlier j
each night. ;
The satellite, a 10-story high 1
apparatus, moves in a south 1
to north direction. i
Several Chattoogans noti- 1
fied The News of seeing the
balloon Tuesday night. A Mr. i
Archer from Cloudland called
to tell of viewing it. Mr. and
Mrs. Duke Espy drove to a lo- :
cation near the Summerville
High School so they could see
it more clearly. Little Leaguers, ।
Lions and the LL managers I
and sponsors took time out
from their hot dog-hamburger j:
supper to ivatch the satellite 1
cross over.
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SAVANNAH
One of the truly unique cities
of the world and one of the five
outstanding by different cities
in America is Georgia’s proud
Savannah!
And as if Savannah itself
didn't.already offer the seeker
of relaxation, recreation, pleas
ure and enlightenment enough,
they’ve given Savanna'. Beach a
face-lift.
The new Savannah Beach
awaits the sun and surf lovers.
There are nearly 500 hotel and
motel rooms out on the beach
area, and the sands of ^ybee
Island are clean and better than
they’ve been in years.
Special note to fishermen: The
local folk even have already for
you a new fishing map, reveal
ing the heretofore secret hiding
places of the big ones. Actually,
it was prepared by expert boat
captains who know the waters,
and many fishermen swear by it.
The Beach features new motel
units, swimming pools, a new
race track and a sight-seeing
train.
But to get back to Savannah,
every Georgian should see it.
It is one of the few remaining
places where doing nothing can
still be exciting.
Like just sitting in one of the
many parks and enjoying the
atmosphere where our history
once lived. And there are always
beautiful flowers and the rest
ful sound of a water fountain
and the slow' and sensible pace
of the natives.
If you are interested in his
tory— Revolutionary or Civil
War—you’ll find much to inter
est you in Savannah. They’ve
done a fine job of marking every
historic spot.
Savannah also offers an abun
dance of shops for buying or
browsing, and antiques are
everywhere.
And just because the pace is
slow and the atmosphere serene
doesn’t mean that it lacks ex
citement either. There are many
fine cases and clubs for the
night people.
In Savannah, the preparation
of food is still a high art among
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1960
Lyerly School
Anticipates
500 Enrollment
BY GWENDOLYN WILLIAMS
School bells will be tolling
once more for the children in
the Lyerly vicinity as their fall
session gets underway at 8:30
a.m. Monday, Aug. 29.
The teachers will begin their
pre-planning week Monday as
they prepare for an expected en
rollment of approximately 500
students.
A full staff of teachers has al
ready been lined up for the
school, giving the students and
teachers an extra boost to make
this year one of the most suc
cessful one in the school’s his
tory.
The teachers that have been
signed up for the elementary
school are as follows: First, Miss
Mamie Smith; Second, Mrs. C.
R. Collins; Third, Mrs. Sanford
Allen, Sr.; Fourth. Mrs. Theo
Kendrick; Fifth, Mrs. Bert Brog
don; Sixth, Miss Mary Holland;
Seventh, Mrs. Mark Strawn.
For the high school they are:
Principal, Tip Gamble, Jr., Mrs.
Tommy Ratliff, Mrs. Ira Lutz,
Mrs. Joyce Tucker and Ralph
Henderson.
Local County Board Member
Johnny T. Bryant urges the par
ents to put forth their every ef
| fort of co-operation, not only by
I keeping their children in school,
but by attending all school meet
। ings also.
Some new equipment has been
purchased and will be available
upon the opening of school.
i Thh lunchroom attendants are
Mrs. Edith Ray and Miss Inez
McCrickard. The bus drivers are
L. B. Whisenant, Hobart Stall
ings and Ray Gilliland.
The P.T.A. officers are: Presi
dent, open: vice-president, Mrs.
Harry Farrow: secretary, Mrs.
Bob Brison; treasurer, Johnny
Bryant: reporter, Mrs. Harold
Bishop, and program committee
chairman, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Jr.
Others on committee are Mrs.
J. T. Bryant and Mrs. Albert N.
White.
The school will be offering a
full schedule of courses this
time, including home economics,
commercial subjects and math
ematics and the school has full
accredition from the state.
many of the restaurant oper
ators, and the hotel managers
still operate as though their
business depended on you. That
sort of service is not easy to
come by anymore.
There’s something about Sa
vannah! You’ll want to go back
again and again. Perhaps it’s be
cause the visitor absorbs some
of the spirit of gracious living
which belongs to Savannah, a
holdout of that fading art.
Your neighborhood service sta
tion will assist you in mapping
the best route.
Willis Huston, engineer, Ag
ricultural Extension Service, rec
ommends impounding a mini
mum of 1.5 acre feet of water
for each acre to be irrigated,
where ponds depend largely
upon watershed runoff.
Re-Elect
EARL
(BILL)
SELF
Solicitor - General