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VOLUME 76
NO. 46
2 Run for Mayor, Eight
For City Councilman
Qualifications in the Dec. 9 Summerville municipal
election closed Tuesday—leaving two men in the race for
mayor and opposition in three council seats.
J. R. Dowdy, insurance man-poultry farmer, qualified
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Bowling to
Be at Old
Jolin’s Place
Construction of a bowling
alley at the site of John’s Place
began this week.
Midway Lanes, as the firm
has been labeled, is expected to
ready for opening in late win
ter. a spokesman said this week.
A portion of the old John’s
Place building will be used.
However, the lane area itself
will all be new, the old building
housing only the concession
stand.
The ’alley will have 10 lanes
and automatic pinsettelrs.
The owners are Jimmy Duff,
Robert Little and Marvin
Whaley.
Gala Banquet Marks
10th Anniversary of
Best Manufacturing
As gala occasion as Menlo has ever seen was held
Saturday night at the gaily-bedecked Menlo School gym
nasium in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Best
Manufacturing Corporation.
The company gave a banquet -
in honor of all employes and 11
their husbands and wives. Some 1
425 persons attended. 1
Climaxing the evening was
the presentation of five and 1
ten-year pins to qualified em- ■
ployes. The 22 who received ten- ’
year awards were among the 1
first 25 or so employes at the ]
plant. Seventy qualified for the ’
five-year pins.
Roy Mann, co-founder of the 1i
firm, presented the ten-year <
awards and Supervisors Norman , i
Tucker, coated department, Mrs. i
Catherine Hurtt and Mrs. Win- I
nie Keith, cotton department, :
and Miss Geraldine Lawrence, I:
leather department, presented i
the five-year pins. Those receiv- :
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ten-year people at best mfg —
Here are the employes of Best Mfg. Corp.,
Menlo, who have been with the firm
since its beginning. They are (left to
right, front) Roy W. Mann, Virginia P.
Cooper. Gladys Mitchell, Mae Belle Grif
fith. Thelma" Espy, Minnie B. Brown,
Haynie Speer. Mamie Simmons. Claude
Farrow; (second row, left to right) Lil-
elw Sumnwnnlk Nma
to oppose Mayor S. A. Dunson
who had earlier announced he
would seek re-election.
In addition, Winston (Wink)
McWhorter and Hubert Palmer
qualified for the newly-created
Council Seat 5. McWhorter is in
the furniture business and Pal
mer is employed at Georgia Rug
Mill.
Roosevelt Young qualified this
week to oppose Charles Wright
for Seat 2. Young is Chattooga
Courthouse janitor and county
coroner. Wright is presently on
the Council and is coordinator
for the Chattooga County Vet
erans Training program.
Earlier, both William P. Sel
man, a present councilman, and
Bobby Ledford had announced
they would seek Seat 1. Ledford
works at Georgia Rug Mill and
Selman is in the farm and real
estate business.
Will Stephenson is running un
oposed for Seat 3 and Will Hair
is running unopposed for Seat 4.
Both are presently on the coun
cil. Stephenson is in the TV ap
pliance business and Hair is a
school teacher.
The election will be held Dec.
9 at the Summerville City Hall.
In announcing for office,
Mayor Dunson said his platform
is “a pledge to continue our ef
forts to put Summerville in a
sound financial condition and to
in^^ase services for everyone.”
The other mayoralty candi
date, Mr. Dowdy, said he feels
that he is well-qualified; that he
is not running on any ticket or
slate; that he is running of his
“own accord,” not being sup
ported by any specific party for
any specific political reasons;
that he wants a clean municipal
operation with everyone on an
equal basis; and that he doesn’t
I want to cast a bad reflection on
ing ten-year pins also received
checks for SIOO and those
having five-year records were
presented SSO in cash.
“Best is no longer an experi
ment,” Mr. Mann declared. “It
is a living thing . . . the people
who made all this possible, in
the finest essence, are the
people who make our gloves . . .
we sell labor productivity.”
Mr. Mann, noting that the
average labor turnover in a firm
of that type is one third a year,
declared that the record at Best
is “fantastic”.
Neil Tillotson, Needham
Heights, Mass., the other co
founder, also appeared briefly
on the program, telling of the
founding of the firm.
lian Hall Snow, Margaret Baker, Annie
R. Thomas, Annie Ruth Dempsey, Lucille
Plummer, Mary D. Welch, Mildred Bak
er, Mamie L. Willingham, Catherine
Hurt, Mittie B. Copeland. Also recip
ients of 10-year pins, but not shown,
were Rachel P. Eleam, Lillian Farrow
and Neil Tillotson.
anyone.
Mr. Dowdy is 42 years of age
and lives in Cooper Heights. He
was born and reared in Floyd
County and educated in the
Floyd County schools. He has
lived here 15 years and during
this time has been an insurance
agent. He represents Liberty
National Life Insurance Com
pany. For three years Mr. Dowdy
has also been engaged in the
poultry business. Before coming
to Summerville, he was manager
of a sales company in Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
The candidate is a charter
member, chairman of the board
of deacons and Sunday School
teacher at Midway Baptist
Church; has been a church dea
con and teacher for 12 years;
and is a member of the Masons
and Trion Chapter 19 of Royal
Arch Masons.
Mr. Dowdy is married to the
former Miss Edna Agan and
they have three children, Betty
18, Freddie 16 and Nelda 9.
Two Hurt in
Wreck Friday
Two Chattooga Countians
were injured in an automobile
accident Friday night just west
of Summerville on the Summer
ville-Menlo Road.
They were: Robert C. Styles,
Trion, broken ribs and abra
sions, and Fred T. Cordle, Sum
merville, left shoulder injury
and broken ribs. Both men were
passengers in the same vehicle,
Styles being the driver.
Sgt. C. F. Abernathy and
Trooper J. B. Baird, who inves
tigated, said a car driven by
Hughie Edward Hampton, De
satur, was on the wrong side of
the road and struck the left side
of the Styles vehicle as the two
Cars met.
The evening began with in
vocation by Hester Hurtt. Din
ner music was provided by Dale
Stone at the organ. Colorful
paper hats were provided at the
tables for all the guests and a
menu consisting of tomato juice,
pear salad, roast beef, au gratin
potatoes, lima beans, bread, cof
fee and snow ball dessert was
served. The meal was catered
and the waitresses were 35 home
economics students from Chat
tooga High School.
Ed Brodeur, general manager
at Best, was master of cere
monies for the occasion. He pre
sided during the awarding of a
host of door prizes and then in
troduced special guests.
Among the out of town guests
was John Kennedy. He’s a sales
man for the firm.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1961
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SANTA AKRIVES IN SUMMERVILLE— Santa Claus is
shown as he arrived in downtown Summerville late
Wednesday afternoon in his sleigh which was borne
atop a tank truck.
Santa Welcomed to
Summerville Wed.
During Gala Parade
Several hundred persons lined Commerce Street Wed
nesday afternoon to witness a Christmas parade and wel
come Santa Claus to town.
The festive affair was sponsored by the Summerville
Retail Merchants Association,
headed by Mrs. Olio Tutton.
Both the Chattooga High and
Trion High bands participated,
as did Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
church groups, houses, ponies
and floats. The Chattooga and
Cherokee Garden Clubs together
presented a colorful float show
ing carol singers. Climaxing the
parade was a float Searing
Santa Claus in his sleigh. He
threw candy to children along
the route.
In the meantime, details of a
SI,OOO give-away by the SRMA
have been announced. The cash
awards will be presented at 4:30
p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, in front of
the courthouse. There will be
one SSOO award; four SIOO awards
and two SSO awards, with one of
the SSO awards to be announced
by radio on Saturday, Dec. 23.
Hundreds turned out last Sat
urday afternoon in Summerville
when SSOO in cash was awarded
by a group of Summerville mer
chants. Winners were: Mr^,,
Hazel Johnson, Mrs. Buddy La
nier, Ralph Hawkins, Richard
Humphreys and the Rev. Buddy
Brown. A $25 award presented
on Monday was received by Mrs.
Ruby Kirby.
Family Night
Set by County
Ministers Fri.
A family night supper will be
held by the Chattooga Minis
terial Assn, at 6:30 p.m. Friday
at the Summerville Presbyterian
Church.
After a covered dish meal, a
magic show will be presented by
C. W. Kringsberg.
The new officers of the Asso
ciation are: The Rev. T. A. Wal
lace, Lyerly Baptist Church,
president; the Rev. Robert M.
Akin, Midway Baptist Church,
vice president; and the Rev. C.
W. Crowe, Pennville Missionary
and Alliance Church, secretary
treasurer.
SCHOOLS IN COUNTY
SHUT DOWN DEC. 20
Schools in the Chattooga
County school systems will close
on Wednesday, Dec. 20, for the
Christmas holiday period.
They will re-open on Tuesday,
Jan. 2.
Most schools are planning
special assembly and room pro
grams to mark the Yule season.
Parent-Teacher Associations are
expected to observe the Christ
mas theme at their December
meetings and, in many in
stances, student groups will pre
sent the programs.
Telephone Company
To Go Into Hands
Os GT&E Friday
Friday is the date General Telephone and Electronic
Corp., Durham, S. C., is scheduled to assume ownership of
the Summerville Telephone Company and other telephone
I rion Schools io dose
Dec. 15 for Holidays
The Christmas vacation in
the Trion school system will be- (
gin on Friday, December 15. ,
Already, students and teach- ,
ers are making plans for deco- ’
rating the buildings and holding
Christmas programs.
Classes will resume on Tues
day, Jan. 2.
City Court
Opens Mon.
The December term of Chat
tooga City Court opens Monday
with Judge F. H. Boney pre
siding.
Traverse jurors are to report
at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Only pleas
and non-jury cases will be
heard Monday.
Four women are included in
the jury for the forthcoming
session. They are: Mrs. Elsie
Echols, Mrs. J. F. McConnell,
Mamie Gilbert and Bea die
Walker.
Others drawn to serve in
clude:
J. W. Shields, Charles C.
Floyd, W. H. Abernathy, Voy
Teague, Carl Dooley, J. D.
Bishop, Marshall Lowry, Rob
ert F. Kimbell, Ben Cothran, W.
Jack Welborn, L. C. Scoggins Jr.,
Hill Hall, F. B. Williams, L. B.
'•Cook Sr., L. E. Calloway, Lee
Holbrooks, J. F. Henderson, Bill
Brooks, Gene Hurley, Archie
Baggett, Pat Tinney, W. M.
Beason, Robert L. Grey Sr., J.T.
Morgan, Tim Pickle.
Archie Smallan, Eldred Bar
rett, Claude Seymore, Earl
Riggs, Grady Blackman, Emmett
Davis, James D. Simmons, L. W.
Bulman, John Echols, Robert B.
Moore, James H. McKenzie, Fred
R. Money Sr., John H. Headrick,
John W. Cox, Henry Chappelear,
W. W. McDaniel, George S.
Brooks, Clarence Caldwell,
Frank Cochran, Wallace Under
wood, J. W. Edwards, Vance
Storey, Raymond Langston, R.
C. Carr.
Lyerly Sets
Qualification
Opening Dec. 9
Qualifications for office in the
Jan. 4 election in Lyerly will open
Saturday, Dec. 9.
The deadline will be Saturday,
Dec. 23.
This also is the deadline for
registering to vote in the elec
tion.
Kiddies, Get
Those Letters
Off to Santa!
Kiddies, it’s time to get your
letters off to Santa!
Write him today and simply
mail it to the jolly old fellow,
in care of The Summerville
News. We’ll publish your let
ter before forwarding it on to
him.
Hurry, now. Don’t be late!
firms owned by the Kirk lamily.
Purchase of the telephone
chain by the South Carolina
firm was announced Sept. 14.
The new owner has some 200,-
000 customers in six Southeast
ern states. The Kirk outfit has
some 70,000 customers in Georgia
and Alabama.
General Telephone was one ot
six firms bidding for the Kirk
concern.
Menlo Election
This Saturday
Two candidates for Menlo mayor, and 11 for the five
man council qualified some 15 minutes before the deadline
Monday.
The election will be held Saturday.
Mayor J. P. Smith is seeking re-election, opposed by
William H. Gentry, 34, an em
ploye of the Trion Division, Rie
gel Textile Corporation. He
served as city clerk last year. Mr.
Smith is in the lumber business
at Menlo, and this is his third
year as mayor.
Only two of the present coun
cilmen, Hill Hall and J. P.
Thornberry, are offering for re
election. The other candidates
are: Herman Adams, Clyde Bak
er, Gene Ballard, B. L. Bankson,
R. A. Canada, A. B. Day, R. W.
King, Joe W. Thomas and Leroy
(Bud) Tucker.
Mr. White is running for city
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Thi ee Announce for Office
In Trion January 4 Voting
Three persons have already
qualified for office in the Trion
municipal election set for Jan
uary 4.
John Gilreath, principal of
the Welmyer School, has an
nounced his candidacy for
mayor; and Gaines Bowers and
Austin Plummer have an
nounced they will run for the
Council.
The qualification deadline Is 5
p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. The dead
line for registering to vote Is
Monday, Dec. 4.
Trion voters will elect a
mayor, council and recorder.
Mr. Gilreath, the candidate
for mayor, is 42 and has been
principal of the Welmyer School
two years. He has served as a
principal in the county for a
total of seven years.
A native of Logan, West, Va.,
he was reared in Trion and
graduated from Trion High
School in 1937. He completed
two years at West Georgia Col
lege, Carrollton, in 1950; re
ceived a B.S. degree from Jack
sonville (Ala.) State College in
1953; and a M.A. from Peabody,
Nashville, Tenn., in 1955. Mr.
Gilreath was in the U.S. Naval
Air Corps as a first class petty
officer between 1944 and 1946.
He is a Sunday School teach
er at the Trion First Baptist
Church; vice president ot the
Riegel Little League; an umpire
for the Riegel Little and Pony
Leagues and the Midget football
and basketball teams; and is a
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NEW III) COUNCIL OFFICERS—Here
are the new officers of the Chattooga
Home Demonstration Council, elected
yesterday at a meeting at Pennville
School. They are (left to right) Mrs.
Thomas Pettyjohn, vice president; Mrs.
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clerk without opposition.
Qualifications closed at 7 p.m.
Monday. The qualifying was
handled by Acting City Clerk
Fay Maxey.
The election will be held be
tween the hours of 7 a.m. and 7
p.m. at the city hall.
The councilmen and mayor will
go on a staggered term basis with
the forthcoming election. The
mayor, city clerk and the two
councilmen receiving highest
number of votes will have two
year terms and the other three
councilmen will have one-year
MR. GENTRY
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MR. GILREATH
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Clyde Harlow, parliamentarian; Mrs.
Mack Hogg, president; Mrs. B. E. Neal,
historian; Mrs. Jim Hunter, secretary.
Mrs. Eli Stephenson, not shown, is treas
urer.
terms. This is designed to pro
vide continuity in office.
The present mayor and council
will continue in office until the
first Tuesday in February, # 1962.
Here is a brief biographical
sketch on some of the candi
dates:
MAYOR
William H. Gentry. Age 34.
Born in Trion, lived in Menlo
area 10 years. Educated in Trion
schools. Served in U. S. Army
field artillery one year during
World War 11. Been employed
at Trion Division, Riegel Textile
Corporation, 11 years. Member
Chelsea Baptist Church and Vet
erans of Foreign Wars. Married
to the former Miss Juanita Mas
sey. Three children, Carolyn
Sue 10, Billy 4 and Anna Marie,
two months. Gentrys reside on
Eighth Avenue. Served as act
ing Menlo city clerk for year.
Platform, not decided.
J. P. Smith. Age 34. Born at
LaFayette, Tenn. Education: La-
Fayette (Tenn.) Grammar
School, Dunlap (Tenn.) High
School, University of Chatta
nooga two years. Two years in
Counter Intelligence Corps, U. S.
Army, 1951-52. Managed lumber
firm at Jasper, Tenn., before go
ing into business for himself at
Menlo three and one-half years
ago. Member Baptist Church,
American Legion, Masons. Wife,
former Miss Marie Ewton, and
they reside on Bell Street. Plat
form: “To do whatever I can to
help the town grow.”
COUNCIL
Herman Adams. Born in Chat
tooga County, educated at Menlo
High School. An electrician.
Member of Masonic Lodge and
Menlo Methodist Church. Has
served on Menlo Council two
years in past. Mrs. Adams is
former Miss Winnie Ruth Tay
lor and they reside on Polk
Street. The Adams have three
children, Mrs. Myra Nell Smith
and Taylor Adams, both of Men
lo, and Jerry Norris Adams, Berry
High.
Gene Ballard. Born, reared
and educated at Menlo. Served
as boiler maker in Chattanooga
for six years, returning to Menlo
in 1947. Been in business there
since. Member Alpine Lodge of
Masons, Trion Royal Arch Ma
sons, Menlo Baptist Church and
Menlo Parent-Teacher Associa
tion. On Menlo City Council for
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I Mrs. Young
Wins SSOO at
Triangle
Persons from throughout
Chattooga and from several sur
rounding counties assembled at
The Triangle Shopping Center
last Saturday afternoon for the
awarding of a SSOO cash prize.
The winner was Mrs. Leslie
Young, Summerville Route 2.
She was presented the award by
Fay Hurley, treasurer of The
Triangle Merchants Assn.
In addition to the presenta
tion of the SSOO, a host of valu
able gifts was awarded by the
individual Triangle stores.
Plans for the Christmas sea
son at The Triangle are to be
announced next week, C. W.
(Tip) McCollum, president of
the TMA, said Wednesday.