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• THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
DAVID T. ESPY, Editor and Publisher HERMAN BUFFINGTON, Advertising Mgr.
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\idy Is "Clran-I n Month'
LA year ago, Georgia Tech industrial re
krch scientists told Chattooga Countians
clean-up campaign might be an assist to
|ird getting new industry.
rJthough sporadic attempts wore made
organize a clean-up program, nothing
increte was done until a few weeks ago.
) that time, the Chattooga-Municipal
inning Commission announced plans to
onsor such an effort.
July has been proclaimed “Clean-Up,
int-Up, Fix-Up Month.”
Every single person in Chattooga County
asked to look about his home and or his
Isiness to see what he can do to make it
Pre attractive.
Hurley Store at Triangle to Be
Larger Than Summerville Store
Tollie Hurley has announced plans lor his Triangle
Slopping Center store, the second Hurley’s Food Center.
j The store will be larger t han the Center on South Com-
n»rce Street. It will have some .
9,|50 square feet about 1,500 |
tiare feet more than the other i
_re.
ixicated about the middle ol I
' big shopping center, Hurley’s |
1 be managed by Fay Hurley.
sA of Mr Hurley
The building win oe air-eon- |
dilioned and irtodern through- j
oirt It will carry the sunn
vmiely as the South Commerce
Street store.
Hours at the Triangle store j
wll be the same as at the other
stire 7 am to 7 pm Monday. ‘
Tuesday and Wednesdays. 7 a m |
to, 8 pm Thursdays, and 7 am j
toJ9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays 1
^lr Hurley has been in the ’
grocery business in Summerville
nqprly 15 years.
Ills first store. Hurley's Gro
cery, was located In a wood
btdlding at the present site ol
t)# Economy Auto Store parking
lot Eight years ago. he moved
into what is now Economy Auto
St<>re and the firm became
Hurley's Superette Two years
a>£i. Mr Hurley moved across
tl< street into the new modern
btdlding which he now occupies
tuMl Hie name became Hurley's
Frjod Center.
Mr Hurley, a former saw
miler and farmer, is assisted in
Hit business by his two sons,
Glne and Fay
SCHOOL BOARD
TO MEET MONDAY
The Chattooga Hoard of Edu
cation will meet at 9 a m Mon
day instead of Tuesday because
oflthe July 4 holiday on Tues
da>
Among the matters to be dis- !
<nised is the tax levy for the ;
coining year.
V S Savings Bonds mark
twentieth birthday.
SMALL
LOANS DEPT.
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"Just enough to tide me over until
I can borrow some real dough."
DIXIE CREDIT CO.
• LOANS •
116 South Commerce St. Phone *57-4481
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
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Os Chattooga County
Address All Mail to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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Summerville, Georgia
Money Order Rates,
International Mail
Rales to Be Changed
The price of postal mail order
। fees will change, effective Sat
urday. Summerville Postmaster
John Stubbs. Jr has announced.
The fee tor money orders
■ ranging from one cent to $lO
i will be 20 cents; for those $lO.Ol
. to SSO. 30 cents: and those $50.01
: to SIOO. 35 cent s
In addition, an extensive re
vision will be made in the post
age rates on international mail.
Postmaster Stubbs said Inter
national mail rates do not apply
; to mail addressed to a military
post office located in a foreign
| country that is, an APO or FPO
address
Inquiry should be made at the
post office for rates to a par
ticular coun tr y. Postmaster
Stubbs said
CITY REMINDS OF
NUISANCE ORDINANCE
Summerville owners of chick
ens, dogs and other animals
were reminded of the city or
dinance stating that when such
creates a nuisance of any kind.
: corrective action call be taken.
City officials said that once
the City Council declares a par
ticular situation a nuisance, the
party responsible is given 24
hours to correct or either face
charges of violating a city ordi
nance
The ordinance even applies to
such matters as vacant lots
winch present a fire hazard to
adjacent property owners, it was
stated.
A Prize-Winning
Weekly Newspaper
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
A sparkling clean and freshly-painted
community will indeed be an inducement
to prospective industry.
But it will be more. For one thing, it will
give us more attractive surroundings in
which to work and live and that in itself is
reward enough.
It will also give us renewed pride in our
community and it will show that we appre
ciate enough the beauties with which na
ture has provided us to try to enhance
them. Furthermore, a clean community is
a healthier and a safer one in which to live.
Every one of us will do well to cooperate
whole-heartedly in this campaign.
4-H'ERS GO TO
CAMP AT ROCK
EAGLE MONDAY
Thirty-one Chattooga County
' 4-H boys and girls will leave I
Monday for a week’s camp at
• Rock Eagle.
They will be accompanied by •
County Agent M H Purcell.
County Ho m e Demonstration ।
Agent Miss Omie Wiley and I
Local Leader Mrs. Glenda W.
Morgan.
। The group will return Friday,
| July 7.
Those going are: Mary Ann
r Cochran. Barbara Jean Cope
land. Janice Elaine Cordle. Rav
r i Cordle, Jerry Cordle, Carolyn*
I Elaine Dobson. George Doster
. Jr., Mary Alice Doster. Mike Ed
। j wards, Robert and Greg Fulton, I
| Sheila Gail Haines. Brenda Dean |
i Henry.
Donald Hill, Mike Hutchins,
Janice Knox, Mary Frances
Lowrance, Martha Ruth Low
rance, Richard Lowrance. Betty I
; McWhorter. Mary Alma Majors, j
Mary and William Mitchell,
Donna and Eddie Morrison,
Nancy Purcell. Annelle and Joe !
Rattray. Peggy Ann Silvers, Ann
' Weesner and Nelson Wilson.
NEW OFFICE
UNDERWAY AT
HENDERSON MILL
; A new office building is being ,
’ erected at Harriet and Hender
son Mills in Berryton.
The brick structure, located
adjacent to the present office. :
! will be much larger, having some
1.600 square feet. Completion is
set for around September 1.
The present office will be used
as a cotton office, officials said.
PARKER SELECTED
STATE VFW LEADER
Lester (Flash) Parker of Trion
' has been named the top Veter
ans of Foreign Wars commander
in the state
The honor was accorded Mr
Parker last week at the annual
state VFW convention in Macon
He was named captain of the 1
all-state team of post com- j
manders The team includes the
11 top commanders of the state
and the captain is the top in the
team group
Mr Parker, immediate past
commander of the Mason-Mc-
Cauley VFW post, was selected
from among 128 commanders
over the state He was chosen
on the basis of the record made
by the post last year in commu
nity service, youth activities,
membership buddy poppy sales,
and his attendance at district
and state meetings
Another highlight of the con
vention so tar as Chattooga
County is concerned was the re
election of James (Sloppy । Floyd
।as department adjutant-quar
termaster. Mr Floyd has held
this position since 1955
A lifetime membership was
won by Ira Hawkins and a suit
of clothes was won by Marvin
Tucker, both of the Mason-Mc-
Cauley post.
The new commander of the
local post. Lambert Jones,
headed a delegation from here
attending
Julian M Brisindine of Con
yers was elected commander of
the Georgia VFW department.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA
LETTERS TO
i THE EDITOR...
Editor
The Summerville News
Summerville, Georgia
Dear Mr. Espy:
I would like to take this op
portunity to thank you and your
staff for the story that you
printed in The News about me
while I was in Summerville on
| a visit.
My nusband and I welcome
each issue of The News and al
though it takes about four weeks
for the paper to came it is still
enjoyed. We thing it is the best
[ weekly paper we have ever
seen.
Thanks again and keep up the
good work.
Sincerely,
MRS. W. L. REECE
494 Soldado, Ermita
Manila, Philippines
Editor, Summerville News:
Through the courtesy of a
cousin, Mrs. May Baker, Trion,
Georgia, I have had the pleasure
of reading the Centennial Edi
tion of The Summerville News.
It called to mind Elizabeth
Allen’s poem, “Rock Me to
Sleep,’’ in which she said:
“Backward, turn backward, O
Time in your flight, Make me a
child again just for tonight!”
It instantly flooded my mind
with a mental picture of some
of the little events which oc
curred during the first 15 years
Os my life. Also some which
occurred long before that time.
Perhaps mentioning some of
those events will help others re
call some of their experiences.
My paternal grandfather, a
near relative of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, was a native of North
Carolina, but spent his adult
life in Chattooga County, Geor
gia. He had one son and one
son-in-law who fought in the
Civil War. and both wore suits
of gray. My paternal grand
mother was a native of Walker
County, Georgia.
My maternal grandfather was
wounded and captured by the
Yankees at Chickamauga. He
was postmaster at Menlo a num
ber of years. He gave the land
on which the first church was
built in Menlo. He and an uncle,
William Jennings, with two
other men, whose names I’ve
forgotten, built the first two
business buildings in Menlo.
He died in Menlo and is sleep
ing in the old Presbyterian
Cemetery, two or three miles
jfu th ijt Alpine, Ala. He had one
son-in-law who was wounded
and captured by the Yankees at
Chickamauga. My maternal
grandmother, a close relative of
Sam Houston, was a native of
Tennessee.
Robbye Lee Hames
About fifteen years ago a flock of wild geese hovered over
Dodd's spring, at Alpine. Mr. Toni Dodd grabbed his gun and took
a shot, at them, bringing one down. He took the bird home, perhaps
picturing a tasty roast goose for his dinner. But his three sisters
had other ideas. They rushed out to look at the wounded goose,
and immediately began doctoring it The tip of its wing was almost
shot off, and they trimmed it with scissors, and painted it with
mercurochrome.
Lucy, the wild goose, has been a pet of the Dodds’ ever since,
and lives in a pen behind their house. Every morning one of the
men brings out a bucket of water to pour in the old kitchen sink
which Lucy uses for a bath tub Lucy is so particular that she
won't eat breakfast until she has had her bath. Neither will she
be disturbed by anyone calling to her, but goes right on with her
beauty routine. At any other time, when Lucy sees anyone in the
yard, she comes to the fence and talks excitedly, wanting her
friends to come over and visit with her.
She will never be able to fly again, but she has jumped the
fence a time or two. and went to the Alpine church once. The
Dodds ran her back home. One wild instinct that remains with
her is her refusal to go under any shelter, no matter what the
weather. Even during the ice storm of last March. Lucy stayed
out in the open, though the Dodds had provided a shed for her.
Alpine Glow, the historical home where Lucy's owners live,
was featured m the Centennial edition of The News. But you have
to visit the old home to appreciate it. Miss Mittie, Miss Mary, and
Miss Claire will show you through the rooms where southern belles
and confederate soldiers once walked. You would be impressed by
the rosewood piano, more than a hundred years old. and Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson's chairs. That is what Miss Mittie calls the three
chairs, because they once belonged to the former president's first
wife She gave them to her cook, who sold them to another negro
woman in Rome. It was from the latter that Miss Mittie bought
them.
You may be interested in the schoolroom, which the builder
had made for his I'2 children It can only be reached by a stair
way from the dining room, as no doors open from it into the other
upstairs rooms Probably those children of over a hundred years
ago were very much like ours today and would have run out of the
school room and through the upstairs bedrooms if it had been
possible
Miss Mitties dried flower arrangements decorate the house.
She also makes unusual pictures by painting dried wild flowers
with water colors and framing them. She has made cornstalk pic
ture frames to set off the natural beauty of some of the flower
pictures.
The tables Miss Mittie has made of log slices, or burls, and tree
branches are both useful and beautiful There is another table
with six legs of seven bark, an ash tree supposed to have seven
layers of bark, and a table made by fastening boards across the
iron frame of a pedal-type sewing machine The natural wood
beauty of half a dozen tree stumps decorate the side porch These'
make sturdy tables and stools
Miss Mary is especially proud of a cut glass bowl which she in
herited through the family It once belonged to a union soldier
who gave it to Miss Mary s grandmother s cook
The spinning wheel, the wooden dough trays, the cupboard
made from part of the front porch, which was torn down almost
every one of the furnishings has a story behind it
You just have to see Alpine Glow to fully appreciate it.
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There is a group of people who deserve a big bouquet this
week They are called teachers While almost everyone on this
green earth is either a part-time teacher or student, these special
people devote their working hours to an attempt to pour knowl
edge into <he little hard heads of our children
I am grateful to the teachers of my children.
U.S I
It seems rather odd that only
the name of one relative of mine
was mentioned. That was Uncle
Elam Johnston who was with
Gen. Robert E. Lee at Gettys
burg.
. Though born a hundred yards
or so across the Georgia-Ala
bama state line, in Cherokee
County, Alabama, I’ve always
; considered myself a Georgia
Cracker. I left Menlo, Georgia,
December 21, 1894 and set foot
:on Texas soil Christmas Eve
morning December 24, 1894.
I have visited in Georgia sev
eral times since then. First in
1912, then 1940 I was having the
car serviced between Summer
ville and Trion in 1945 when the
news was flashed to the world
that Japan had surrendered. I
was again there in 1948, 1951 and
1959.
So far as I know no relatives
live around Menlo or Alpine.
However, one cousin lives in
Summerville, a few in Trion,
and several in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Have you ever stood on top of
Pike’s Peak and watched the sun
kiss the blue waters of the Pa
cific Ocean and slip into the slot
of tomorrow?
Have you ever stood in the
same place, facing east, and
watched the moon leap over the
Eastern horizon and flood all
the earth with its soft, mellow
light? Have you ever flown down
the mighty Mississippi and
watched it crawl along its
course like a giant snake and
become lost in the Gulf of
Mexico?
Have you ever stood at 42nd
Street and Broadway at night in
the New York City and hatched
the millions of lights twinkle
like diamonds in the sky? If you
have, you must have gotten a
thrill from such experiences.
Reading the Centennial Edition
of The Summerville News gave
me such a thrill and will be re
membered as long as life shall
last.
R D. JOHNSTON,
1621 Clinton Avenue,
Fort Worth 6. Texas
City Group Attends
Fire Demonstrotion
Some seven representatives of
the city of Summerville attended
a fire demonstration at LaFa
yette Tuesday afternoon.
Those going were from the
। tire and gas departments. The
’ demonstration was presented by
I the LP Gas Assn, and the Geor
gia Casualty Insurance Com-1
pany. It showed the use of some I
of the fire equipment now avail
able.
'CLEAN-UP'
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bined results appear late in
July,” the Summerville mayor
said.
Trion Mayor W. B. Simmons
has officially proclaimed July
“Clean-Up Month” and the City
Council has endorsed the proj
ect. Because the business area
of the town is in the midst of a
construction program, the clean
up effort will be confined to the
residential area. J. C. Woods,
chairman of the Trion Planning
। Commission, and his committee
! will have charge of the project.
In the meantime, the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce
has announced plans for a mas
sive, statewide roadside cleanup
campaign, backed by scores of
civic clubs, chambers of com
merce, trade associations, state
and local governmental agencies
over the state.
Entitled “Roadside Rubbish
Roundup,” the program is de
signed to extend into every
county in the state.
Governor Ernest Vandiver. Lt.
Gov. Garland Byrd and State
Commerce Department Director
Jack Minter endorsed the pro
gram and pledged the facilities
of their offices in helping to
complete it.
“It behooves every Georgian
interested in the beautification
of this state to support the
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce and cooperating organi
zations in their endeavor to
cleanup existing eyesores along
our highways and help erase any
unfavorable image that may be
presented to tourist coming into
our state,” Vandiver said.
ANN NEAL
(Continued From Page 1)
ground of experience in local
FHA work. She has served as
Spiritual Chairman and on
many committees. She holds her
Chapter Degree and is working
toward attainment of her State
Degree, according to her adviser,
Mrs. Sanford Allen. This is the
first time Ann has attended a
national convention, although
she has attended district and
state meetings.
At the second general session
of the Convention, Ann. along
with other Georgia delegates,
will serve as usher. She will also
sing in an all-state choir.
Ann will be in the 11th grade
at Summerville High School in
September. In addition to being
an outstanding FHA member
Ann also has been outstanding
in Glee Club, entered District
meets in several classes and
maintains an “A” average in
class work.
G. E. forms company for
satellite communications.
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THE
SUMMERVILLE NEWS
SOCIAL NOTES
The West Summerville Home
Demonstration Club met Thurs
day, June 22, in the dining hall
of the First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Rice Morgan presided over
the business session. Mrs. B. E.
Neal gave the devotional. Mrs.
Edmond Baker talked to the club
on food preservation and dem
onstrated sweet pickles. In the
absence of the clothing chair-
SANDRA
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she would like to surprise her
mother with the trip and that
statement clinched the top prize
for the student.
Mrs. Pritchett has a 78-year
old mother and three brothers
in Australia.
Her other two children. Leone
16 and David 8, and Mr. Pritchett
are anxiously awaiting her and
Sandra’s return in two weeks so
they can hear all about the
grand trip.
NEW LYERLY P.O.
TO HAVE 2 z ooo
SQUARE FEET
The new post office at Lyerly
will have 2,021 square feet of
space and will have adequate ad
jacent parking and maneuvering
space, it has been announced.
The building will be located on
the northeast side of Alpine
Street, between Alabama Avenue
and the Central of Georgia Rail
road.
Plans and specifications for
the new building, as well as
bidding forms and other per
tinent data, will be made avail
able to prospective bidders at an
early date, at which time the
Post Office Department will ad
vertise for bids.
The site option will be trans
ferred to the successful bidder,
who will purchase the land and
then will construct the building
to Post Office Department speci
fications for lease to the Depart
ment. Under Commercial Leas
ing Authority the buildings re
main under private ownership
while leased to the Federal Gov
ernment and the owner pays
local real estate taxes.
The United States actually de
clared itself officially independ
ent two days before the Dec
laration of Independence was
adopted. World Book Encyclo
pedia reports that Congress ap.-
proved on July 2, 1776, a resolu*
tion by Richard Henry. Lee that
“These United Colonies are, and
of right ought to be, free and
independent States.”
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1961
man, Mrs. Trezevant Crabtree,
Mrs. H. M. McWhorter gave a
demonstration on making laun
dry bags and using the gusset in
clothing. Miss Mary Jo Logan
was the speaker for the after
noon. She made a most inter
esting and informative report of
the Citizenship Tour to Wash
ington. Nine members were pres
ent and Mrs. Claude Bagley was
welcomed as a visitor. A salad
plate was served by Mrs. Mor
gan.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ponder had
as supper guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Kellett, of Powder
Springs.
Miss JoAnn Morgan, of At
lanta, spent last week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Morgan.
Mrs. George Eubanks and
daughter, Joy, and Miss Mary Jo
Gilger, returned to their home
in New Martinsville, W. Va. Sat
urday following a two weeks
visit with Mr. and Mrs. D. T.
Espy and family and relatives in
Rome and Atlanta. Quillian Eu
banks has returned to Atlanta
for an extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ponder, of
Clarkdale, had as their guests
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Dan Led
better, Evie Lee and Judy Led
better, from Summerville.
S/Sgt. Herbert C. Mathis, of
Omaha, Neb., spent last week at
home with his mother, Mrs.
Ethel Mathis, and other rela
tives. While here he was guest of
honor at several suppers and ice
cream parties. After his return
to Omaha, he will leave the 28th
of July for two years of overseas
duty in the Philippine Islands.
Joe Pitts and Joe Pitts Jr., of
Summerville, will leave Athens
Saturday for Miami, Fla. and
Nassau. They will sail Monday
from Miami on the FS Bahama
Star for Nassau where they will
spend a few’ days.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Doster had
as dinner guests Friday Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Cox. Mrs. Marion
Mobbs, Mrs. John Alexander,
Mrs. Irma Doster, Miss Belle
Doster, Cecelia Hurley, Mar
celline Hall, Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Alldridge and children, Glennice
and Rickey, the latter being of
Jesup.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Farmer and Mr. Farmer’s father,
of Bedford, Ky., were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Rob King and Sue, also Gail
Strickland.
Miss Myrtis Parker spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Parker, of Jacksonville, Ala.
While there she visited the Rev.
and Mrs. Tom Collins, former
jbastor of the First Baptist
Church, who is presently pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Anniston, Ala.