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MR., MISS THS — Gary Brewster and Janice Carson
(above were named “Mr. Trion High School” and
“Miss Trion High School” in recent elections. Other
superlatives named were: Doris Chester, most intellec
tual girl and girl most likely to succeed; Elaine Green
wood, friendliest girl; Everette Nix, most intellectual,
most dependable, friendliest and boy most likely to
succeed; Clay Jennings and Nancy Jim Floyd, neatest;
Diane Gray, most athletic girl; Gary Buice, best all
around; Marshall Dooley, most athletic and most
handsome; Sally McCullough, and Raymond Tripp,
wittiest; and Diane Lewis, most dependable girl. “Miss
THS” also was adjudged the most beautiful.
Carpet Outlook Good,
Says Bigelow Head
The carpet industry is expected to maintain its present
pattern of growth through 1963 with Bigelow-Sanford con
tinuing to gain both in volume and in share of market.
So says Lowell P. Weicker, president of Bigelow-San
ford, parent firm of Georgia Rug Mill of Chattooga County.
“Increased interest in color
and pattern in American homes,
the increasing number of new
households, continued high con
sumer income, and a high rate
of retail sales are factors which
have helped to raise the average
annual household consumption
of carpet from 1.6 yards in 1952
to 3.3 yards in 1962,” he said.
“At the same time, contract
and commercial carpeting sales
are growing, largely because of
the greater interest in carpets
for business offices and other
public places where the low
maintenance costs, attractive
ness and soundproofing qualities
recommend them. There is also
a growing potential for the use
of carpets in schools. In addi
tion to the usual benefits,
studies have shown that car
peted classrooms have a highly
favorable effect on student be
havior.”
Mr. Weicker said that Bige
low’s Crestliner pleasure boat
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division has made gratifying
progress in the two years that
it has been under Bigelow man
agement. Improved sales for
Crestliner are predicted for
1963. In the 1963 market with
a completely restyled line,
Crestliner to date has sales in
creases well above the industry
average, Mr. Weicker said.
Consolidated net sales of
Bigelow-Sanford were in 1962
seven per cent above those for
1961.
This is on a comparable
basis, excluding the Hartford
Fibres Division which was sold
in December, 1961.
Net profit for 1962 was $2,-
424,000, equal to $2.17 per share
of common stock outstanding,
after deducting preferred divi
dends. For the year 1961, net
profit was $1,801,000, equal to
$1.58 per share of common stock
now outstanding.
Net sales for the fourth quar-
4,223 Have
Job Insurance
In Chattooga
Chattooga County has 4,223
persons insumed in manufactur
ing and mining employment
This would include a majority
of the employes in the county.
Walker has less than Chat
tooga—only 4,160. Floyd has 10,-
021; Catoosa, 791; Dade, 113; and
Gordon, 2,994.
The information was contain
ed in the annual report of the
Employment Security Agency of
the Georgia Department of
Labor.
City Court to
Open March 4
The March term of Chattooga
City Court will start Monday,
March 4, with Judge Bobby Lee
Cook presiding.
Pleas will be heard on Friday
and Saturday, March 1 and 2,
court officials have announced.
ter of 1962 were $22,109,000,
compared with sales of $21,-
550,000 for the same period of
1961. On a comparable basis
sales for the fourth quarter of
1962 were 10.19% ahead of 1961.
Net profit for the fourth quar
ter of 1962 was $743,000, or 67
cents per share of common
stock. For the fourth quarter of
1961 net profit was $650,000 or
59 cents per common share
based on the present number of
shares outstanding.
Bigelow’s net working capital
at December 31, 1962 was $34,-
475,000, with current assets 5.03
times current liabilities.
Post Office
To Close Fri.
The Summerville Post Office
will be closed Friday in observ
ance of George Washington’s
birthday.
There will be neither city or
rural delivery, said Postmaster
John T. Stubbs.
She Summer utile Nms
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963
Man 93 Doesn t Use Age
As Excuse From Jury
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Rev. Smith
Attends
Conference
The Rev. G. Emmett Smith of
Trion, Chattooga County Bap
tist Associational Missionary, at
tended the first nation-wide
Associational Mission Confer
ence held at Gulfshore, Miss,
last week.
He was invited to consult with
leaders from fourteen Southern
Baptist agencies and Associa
tional Missionaries from forty
eight states. The Conference
studied ways to aid churches to
better minister to the spiritual
needs of people.
The 650 in attendance were di
vided into sixteen study groups.
The Rev. Mr. Smith was as
signed to a study group on “The
Association Communication and
Publicizing Its Program.
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Pledger Joins
Cobb Co. Firm
James Pledger, a native of
Summerville, has joined the
Hendrix Insurance Agency in
Powder Springs. He also is
owner of the Powder Springs
Agency and will be active in both
businesses.
Mr. Pledger is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Pledger of Sum
merville. He is married to the
former Miss Charlotte Moore,
daughter of Mrs. Kate Moore of
Summerville. They have three
children.
Mr. Pledger has lived in
Powder Springs for nine years.
He is a Mason and is active in
the Powder Springs Baptist
Church.
200 Expected
At Banquet
Some 200 persons are expected
to attend the annual Blue and
Gold Banquet of the Summer
ville Cub Scout Pack.
It will be held at 7 p.m. Friday
at the Summerville Elementary
School.
Henry Duke is cubmaster.
TOP HOMEMAKING
STUDENT TO (JET
TROPHY IN MAY
Qualifications have been an
nounced for selecting the most
outstanding hohiemaking stu
dent.
A trophy will be presented in
May. It is sponsored by the
Future Homemakers of America
chapter and Proctor and
Gamble.
Here are the qualifications:
1. Entrant must have a high
record of scholastic ability
in all courses
2. She must be outstanding in
the field of home eco
nomics.
3. She must embody those im
portant qualities of leader
ship and cooperation.
4. She takes an enthusiastic
role in school activities.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
A Menlo man’s impending 93rd birthday didn’t keep
him from doing his duty and serving on the January term
of a Chattooga grand jury.
George A. Kling will be 93 next Wednesday.
Although he has stayed inside a great deal during the
bitter winter weather, Mr. Kling
did report for service on the
grand jury. A person may be
excused because of age when he
reaches the age of 63, but Mr.
Kling isn’t one to let age stand
in the way of an obligation of
this sort.
He has been an active member
of the Rome Shrine Club since
1919 and a Mason since 1900. He
was the first member of the
Rome Club to receive an honor
certificate and medal from
Yaarab Temple, Atlanta, In ap
preciation for his services. In
fact, he is among only 100 of the
7,600 members of the Temple
who have been so honored.
Mr. Kling is an avid Georgia
Tech football fan and attends
practically all home games, even
if he has to go down on the bus
alone.
He has lived in Chattooga
County since 1898, but is a native
of Yneka, Calif, and spent his
early manhood in New Hamp-
Recall Chattooga County’s
First Draft of World War II?
How many Chattooga Countians recall the first draft
here of World War II?
The Summerville News’ column, “Notes From 20 Years
Ago” prompted Henry Woods of Summerville to dig out an
old newspaper clipping which showed a picture of the first
Chattooga County draftees of the war. Mr. Woods is in the
group.
Others were: Boyd Williams, Sam W. Favor Jr., Joseph
Stoker, William Croy, Hobart Pickle, Leon Houser, Gordon
Aldred, Lewis Payton, Grover Payton, Alfred Ellen, Robert
Burgess, Mack Shamblin. The Paytons are brothers. Two of
the men failed to pass the physical, it was stated.
The men were actually drafted prior to the time the
United States entered the war. They were called on Jan.
15, 1941.
Mi'. Woh® noted that Mr. Favor Is still in service but
that most of the others are now in this area.
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• Mr. Kling is the son of an
• Austrian mother and a German
’ merchant - tailor father. Hi s
• father died when he was nine
, years of age and six years later
■ the family went to New Hamp
shire where his aunt lived. Mr.
' Kling, 15 at the time, had never
1 seen a train and his California
' home was 75 miles from the
' nearest one. But it fell his lot
’ to travel across the country
। alone on one to make advance
■ arrangements for his mother
1 and the others to go to New
■ Hampshire.
’ In the New England state, he
took a job in a cotton mill. Dur-
1 ing that time he suffered a hand
5 injury and after four years he
1 toop up carpentry. Mr. Kling
’ married a New Hampshire girl
and two sons were born while
i they lived there.
> But he became “disgusted with
> conditions” and decided to move
- away. For a time, he thought
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ONE WAY TO GET RID OF ’EM! — A Summerville
parking meter rests on steps after having been knocked
down by the vehicle at the left. The car’s right front
wheel is still up on the curb.
of returning to California but an
uncle there advised him against
It, noting that things weren’t
doing so well there either.
Mr. Kling knew a man who
had been South and he learned
from him that peaches were
going over well In this area.
So he brought his family to an
80-acre plot near Menlo and
began raising peaches and
strawberries and doing carpen
try Work. Two more sons and
a daughter were born, he ex
panded his farm gradually to
500 acres and in 1914 he began
a gin in Menlo. In the late 1920’5,
he opened a gin in Summerville
and it is still in operation. He
sold the farm a few years ago.
His youngest son, George T.
Kling, operates the gin. The
other children are Harold of
Brownsville, Pa., Leslie of Rock
Springs, Donald of Charlotte,
N. C. and Mrs. Virgil Comer of
Warner Robins.
Mrs. Kling died 13 years ago.
The 93-year-old, who could
pass for 20 years younger, has
no special recipe for a long life.
“I just say run with the young
folks and you won’t grow old,”
he says,.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their kindness
in the death of William M.
Broyles. —The family
SECOND
SECTION
Dr. Stephens
To Speak at
Trion Sunday
Dr. Bunyan Stephens of Rome
will supply the pulpit of the
Trion First Baptist Church Sun
day.
The Rev. Darty Stowe, pastor,
is conducting revival services at
the Sycamore First Baptist
Church.
Dr. Stephens served as interim
pastor while the church was
without a minister.
Douglas Baker, a deacon of the
church, will be in charge of the
Wednesday evening service.
Revival to
Have Several
Ministers
A different local minister will
speak each night in a revival
held at the North Summerville
Baptist Church.
Services will begin Sunday and
wil be held at 7 p.m. daily, the
Rev. C. E. Reese, pastor, an
nounces.
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