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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1961
Industry Brings New
Life to Menlo, But
Town’s Charm Stays
Menlo may have once been a sleepy little town.
But today it is wide awake and busy.
Several new homes are going up, a new Masonic Lodge
has been erected, one new service station has been built, an
old station has a new home—
and Best Mfg. Corp, continues
to expand.
It is- primarily Best, a glove
making concern, which has re
juvenated the town of 450 and
the surrounding area. Another
contributing factor has been the
expansions of Georgia Rug Mill
at Summerville during the past
decade. Many Menlo area people
are employed at the rug mill.
Best located in Menlo in 1950
and has expanded almost an
nually until it today employs
some 320 and operates three
plants within the town.
Two lumber firms in the vicin
ity of Menlo are also contribut
ing factors to the progress which
is evident on every hand. One
is the J. P. Smith Lumber Com
pany, owned by the town mayor,
who moved to Menlo three years
ago from Tennessee.
The lumber firm, located on
the Jamestown Road, has grown
from seven to 25 employes since
Smith purchased it and it is now
operating at capacity. Mr. Smith
says he is anticipating adding
some new equipment and ex
panding production further with
in a year.
The other lumber firm at
Menlo is the Menlo Pallet Com
pany which makes wood plat
forms for industry. A lumber
processing firm was formerly op
erated in conjunction with the
concern, but it isn’t functioning
at the present time. The pallet
company, located on the right
just as you approach the Menlo
city limits from Summerville,
was closed down for a portion of
last year and early this year, but
is now at about half its normal
production. The firm is owned
and operated by R. D. Blalock
and sons, W. O. and R. M., of
Mentone,’ Ala.
Menlo’s fifth service station
was opened May 12 by Robert
Hogg, who grew up near Menlo.
Carrying the Standard Oil ban
ner, it is located on the Cloud
land Road across from Best Mfg.
Corp.
Hill and Hugh Don Hall,
brothers who for years operated
Hall's Service Station and Ga
rage at the main intersection in
Menlo, recently moved a half
block east into a new building.
They handle Texaco products.
The new concrete block Ma
sonic Lodge is located in down
town Menlo at the same site as
the old wood lodge. The two
story structure has been painted
white and its first floor is used
by Best for knitting manufac
turing.
Another new building at Menlo
is that of the telephone com
pany, a small structure located
near the railroad on the Cloud
land Road. It houses only
equipment.
Several new houses are going
up in and near the town. Some
are being built by individuals for
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themselves while others are be
ing erected by contractors or in
vestors for selling.
Improvements in the lights,
water system, police protection
and streets have also been made
within the past two years as the
town fathers made every effort
to keep pace with the other
facets of growth. About two
miles of streets have been paved
or re-paved, fluorescent street
lights have been added, the wa
ter system has been nearly
doubled and police protection
has been put on a full-time
basis.
Citizens of Menlo—proud of
their town and its progress of
the past decade—suffered a blow
when their high school was con
solidated this year with Lyerly
and Summerville. They have re
tained, however, their greatly
admired principal, R. L. Shig
ley, who heads the elementary
school.
Menlo was founded in 1884 by
A. J. Lawrence, a man who liked
Thomas Edison, children, the
Confederacy and trees.
He named the town for Menlo
Park, N. J., where Edison once
lived. Mr. Lawrence also dis
played his love for trees by
planting them throughout the
valley community. Many of the
fine old elms for which he is re
sponsible still line Menlo streets.
Showing another of his interests,
Mr. Lawrence set aside a plot of
land in the middle of Menlo as a
park for children of “genera
tions to come.” In the park he
placed a monument to the Con
federate soldiers and the women
of the South. The park today
also contains a wading pool,
swings, slides and picnic tables
and the grass is kept neatly
mowed.
Menlo has always had a major
interest in religion and the arts.
Presbyterianism has always
been strong there, but Baptists,
the Church of Christ and Meth
odists also claim hefty member
ships in their churches.
Several of the matrons of the
town are known throughout the
county for their musical talents
and their interest in this field.
In addition, Menlo has a Book
Club and its own branch library.
Citizens of Menlo are confi
dent the town will continue to
grow. And they’re just as con
fident that it will, in growing,
not lose the charm and gracious
ness which has been its main
characteristic since Mr. Law
rence founded it before the
turn of the century.
We build our lives upon our
experiences, and worship is the
chief cornerstone upon which to
build a stronger, fuller life.
Share the experience of worship
with others each week.
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Menlo Notes
By Miss Lena Baker, Menlo, Georgia
Mrs. L. B. Phillips, of Chatta
nooga, visited her brother, John
Ray, and Miss Mary Odell Sun
day afternoon, then on to see a
sister, Mrs. John Herod, in
Lyerly.
Mrs. Jim Barry and daughter,
Nina, spent the week-end in
Marietta with the Jack DeLaigle
and Frank Hunt families.
Miss Mattie Covington, of De
catur, Ga., is guest of the J. T.
Copelands this week.
Several from here attended
the Baptist Association at Spring
Creek and Mountain View
Wednesday and Thursday.
Misses Mittie and Mary Dodd
spent last Tuesday in Gunters
ville, Ala. Mrs. C. A. Wyatt and
Miss June Wyatt accompanied
them.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fontaine,
of Griffin, Ga., were guests of
the J. P. Majors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus B. More
head have returned to Chapel
Hill, N. C. Their little daughter,
Pauline, returned with them
having spent most of the sum
mer with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. W. Garvin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffith
visited their son, Hershel, and
family in Teloga Sunday after
noon. They also called on the
Rob Pursleys.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Canada and
boys visited his parents in
Rome Sunday.
Mrs. Fay Maxey, of Trion, was
week-end guest of her mother,
Mrs. J. E. Hardwick.
Miss Olene Watson was dinner
guest of Mrs. Janie King and the
Polks Sunday.
Preacher R. W. Stone attended
Methodist pastors study course
in Macon last week. His wife
visited a sister, Mrs. Norris Long,
in Bremen, Ga., during the time.
Several relatives visited J. R.
Hardin (who is a patient in
Floyd Hospital) during the past
week.
Harold and Paul Dodd, of
Kingston, Ga., spent Sunday at
Alpine Glow with the Dodds.
Mr. and Mrs. Owings Bennett,
of Chattanooga, were supper
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guests of her sister, Mrs. Janie
King, and the Polks Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. King
were dinner guests of Mrs. J. E.
King Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Cleckler,
Roy Alexander and Frank Agnew
attended Mrs. J. A. Neal's fu
neral service in Rossville Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Murphy and
Mrs. Jerry Murphy and daugh
ter, of Jamestown, visited the
J. M. Murphys Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hester Hurtt
visited his brother, Oscar Hurtt
(who is a patient in Erlanger
Hospital) Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Romine
visited his mother in Campbells
Clinic, Chattanooga, Sunday.
She remained with Mrs. Somine.
Tommy Ballard, a student of
Jacksonville State College, was
home for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wyatt and
Miss June Wyatt were supper
guests of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Jar
rell at Lookout Mountain, Tenn.,
Thursday night.
Mrs. Ethel Clarkson, of Sum
merville, was week-end guest of
her sisters, Mrs. W. J. Hammond
and Miss Edna Perry.
Mesdames Rosc o e McClung
and Bill Willingham visited
relatives in Fort Payne, Ala.,
Sunday afternoon. Burma Nell
was dinner guest of Jan Wright l
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sell McWhorter
spent Sunday with their daugh
ter, Mrs. Margaret Moody, and
Irene in Summerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawless
and C. R. Lawless enjoyed “fish
fry” Saturday night with the
Z. B. Hams in Chattanooga, and
to see Zane who was sick the
past week.
T. G. Baker returned home
Saturday afternoon after a
week’s treatment in Trion Hos
pital.
Mrs. Pax Smith attended a
friend’s funeral in Birmingham
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mcßae, of
Oxford, Miss., are guests of his
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STAR Student to Win Cash^
Scholarshin. Tour. Plaque
Academic excellence will pay
off handsomely for Georgia’s
1962 STAR student.
He—or she—will win SSOO
cash, a $1,200 four-year college
scholarship, a week-long sight
seeing tour of Georgia, a bronze
plaque and statewide recognition
by Georgia’s leading educators
and businessmen.
Awards available to winning
contestants in the Student-
Teacher Achievement Recogni
tion (STAR) program top those
for any previous year, according
to Ashton J. Albert, chairman of
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce education depart
ment.
“The incentive for Georgia
high school seniors to partici
pate in the STAR program has
never been greater than it is this
year,” he said. “We hope it will
encourage greater numbers to
enroll as contestants by taking
college board scholastic aptitude
tests, Dec. 2.”
He pointed out that Atlanta
Gas Light Co. has established a
SSOO cash award for the 1962
state STAR Student “to help de
fray college expenses not covered
by scholarships.”
A series of scholarships rang
ing from S2OO to $1,200 has been
offered by President Randall H.
Minor of Shorter College, Rome.
Winning STAR contestants at
the school, system, district and
state levels are eligible for these
scholarships, he said.
The STAR Student adjudged
most outstanding in physical
science, together with his STAR
Teacher, will receive a trip to
the Bell Telephone Laboratories
parents, the C. A. Mcßaes.
Other guests to Sunday dinner
were Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Webb,
of Center Post, in afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Mcßae and
children, of LaFayette, and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Tucker, of Lyerly.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Chamblee
spent two days last week in Tus
caloosa, Ala., with their son,
Ralph, and family.
Mrs. Riley Hawkins and chil
dren, of Summerville, spent Fri
day night with the Leroy Massey
family. Mita Hawkins was the
night guest of Ella Mac Lang
ston
Mrs. J E Kennedy and Miss
Betty Striplin spent Saturday in
Atlanta.
Miss Margaret Callan was
dinner guest Sunday of Miss |
Barbara Massey and in the aft
ernoon they traveled to Hunts
ville, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crain and
children visited his mother and
other relatives in Kannapolis, |
N. C., the week-end.
Lewis and Douglas Railey, of:
Chelsea, were week-end guests •
of Tommy Toles, of Menlo.
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■ in Murray Hill, N. J., as guests of :
1 Southern Bell Telephone Co. 1
Sixty-five thousand copies of (
a folder describing the awards i
and other details of the Cham
ber-sponsored STAR program 1
were distributed this week to '
school principals and superin- <
tendents throughout Georgia by i
State Superintendent of Schools
Claude Purcell. The folders were I
printed as a public service by the 1
Dudley M. Hughes Vocational
School in Macon. I
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DRAFT CALL
HIKED HERE
A last-minute step-up in the
September 26 draft call has been
made, Miss Linda Bankey, clerk
of the Chattooga Selective Serv
ice Board, said this week.
The number of draftees has
been jumped from 12 to 17. They
will go to Atlanta for physical
examinations and none will be
inducted until later.
In the meantime, the Septem
ber call for actual induction was
last Monday.
Those going were: Gerald C
Bearden, Wallace C. Martin,
Hoyt C. Ramey and Richard A.
Reynolds. In addition, a trans
feree, Jimmy E. Phillips, was
Baptist Hymn
Sing Sunday
The Chattooga Baptist Asso
ciational hymn sing will be held
j at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lyerly
Baptist Church.
A good program is planned,
leaders state, and all churches
are invited to attend.
sent. One of the original six
scheduled to go was given a
30-day postponement because of
the serious illness of a member
of his family and another moved
out of the state and was trans
ferred to another draft board.
Details on the October calls
have not yet been received, Miss
Bankey said.
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