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30 Local Witnesses Hear
Talk On Moral Breakdown
Joseph Saia, district direc
tor of Jehovah’s Witnesses
for the religious group’s
convention which closed at
Calhoun Sunday, said the
present moral breakdown
involves everybody. Discuss
ing the subject on morality,
Saia said the breakdown is
earthwide and affects all
nations.
"We may wish it were not
happening, but it is,” he
said. “You may prefer to
think that it does not affect
you, but it does. You cannot
evade it.”
Saia quoted Walter Lipp
man who said: "It has be
come the fashion to expect
cheating and to excuse a
certain amount of it. The
popular standards of mo
rality today allow for much
more dishonesty than they
did some time back.
"The lack of honesty and
integrity are creeping into
every facet of our life,” Saia
continued. “For example,
employee dishonesty,, juve
nile delinquency, failure of
many marriages, family dis
sensions, corruption in gov
ernment and changing
moral standards.”
“Religion has to share
some of the blame for this
change of climate, too,” he
said. “One might argue that
at least the world’s religions
are a defense against im
morality and vice. But notice
what educator Alan Valen
tine in the AGE OF CON
FORMITY says on the sub
ject: ‘Organized religion has
largely departed from its
earlier spiritual absolute
and firm disapprovals, in
order to make its judgments
of human sins more under
standing and its creed more
palatable.’ ”
Laugh at Bible
Saia said many people
laugh at Bible predictions
and prophecies relating to
our times. He said the
thought that the Bio’e pre
dicted such a moral climate
in our generation is absurd
to many higher critics.
"Certainly the critical
times facing mankind today
are unprecedented,” he said.
"Never before in history has
there been such deteriora
tion in relations between
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SUMMERVILLE
DAVID JOHNS
David "Squeeky” Johns. 17. Sum
merville Rte. 2. died at 2:40 p.m.
Sunday. June 11.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesdax from the chapel as Erwin
Funeral Home with the Revs. Sid
ney Dooley and Raymond Dunn of
ficiating. Burial was in Cakewood
Memory Gardens.
ERWIN FUNERAL HOME
DARRELL PARTON
Darrell Lynn Parton, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Parton. Sum
merville Rte. 2, died at 3:40 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6.
Graveside services were held at
3 p.m. June 7 in Ridgeway Ceme
tery with the Rev. Ray Walker of
ficiating.
ERWIN FUNERAL HOME
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At the Hitching Post
Across from Louis’ Steak House
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AT STATE LINE
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One Mile South of Trion
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men. While no human au
thority could have foreseen
this terrible breakdown in
morals, yet over nineteen
centuries ago Almighty God
inspired Bibi’ writers to
foretell the coming of these
critical times.”
Saia opened his Bible and
read the words of the
Apostle Paul at 2 Timothy
3:1-5 in support of his argu
ment. He said "English
clergyman Patrick Ashe
made an interesting com
ment about Christianity and
the so-called Christianity of
our times. He said: “‘The
early Christians were not
mealy-mouthed about mo
rality as we are today . . .
We have pW youth on a ship
with no sails, no fuel, no
rudder, no compass, no pilot
and not even an anchor.’ ”
“That's a good illustration,
I think,” Saia concluded.
"Because of the lack of
sound moral guidance, hu
manity, like an ill-equipped
ship, is drifting and being
battered to pieces by every
wave of doctrine, sinking
into immorality.”
"Man cannot provide a
sound guide for himself. But
his Creator can, and does.
God’s Word, the Bible is
not old-fashioned and out
dated. It outlines the impor
tant moral laws and prin
ciples which man must live
by to be happy. That’s why
we’re attending this conven
tion,” he added, “to learn
these principles and resolve
to keep them.”
Saia was the principal
speaker at the convention
which drew’ 946 delegates
from 16 congregations of Je
hovah’s Witnesses as well as
the general public. There
were 30 from Summerville
who attended this conven
tion.
Revival Services
At Berryton
Revival services will be
held at the Berryton Baptist
Church beginning Monday
night, June 19, and con
tinuing through June 24.
Services will be held nightly
at 7:30.
The new pastor, the Rev.
Buddy Hall, will deliver the
messages each night. Special
singing will also be featured.
Everyone has a special in
vitation to attend these old
fashioned revival services.
Cooking cereals in excessive
quantities of water, draining off
the cooking water, and rinsing
afterward, waste nutrients.
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SUMMERVILLE
CLYDE W. BROOKS
Clyde Wesley Brooks. 30, 107 East
Fourth St., Rome, died at 9:10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 7.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m.
June 9 from the chapel of J. D. Hill
Funeral Home with the Revs. Oliver
Pledger, A. A. Tanner and J. B.
Cantrell officiating. Burial was in
Floyd Memory Gardens in Rome.
J D HILL FUNERAL HOME
Do You Remember?
(From the Society Pages of The Summerville News
24 Years Ago)
OUR BOYS IN SERVICE — Max Tate has returned to
Camp Elliott, Calif., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Tate, his parents, in Trion . . . Sgt. William Cleghorn will
come Friday from Laredo, Tex., for a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cleghorn . . . Cpl. Austin Mahan, of
Camp Joseph Robinson, Ark., is home on furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Mahan, in Dry Valley . . . Sgt.
Sidney L. Hall, flight sergeant in the Air Force in Miami,
Fla., and wife, Mrs. Hall, of the Army Air Force service com
mand at Gadsden, Ala., are visiting his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. F. W. Hall . . . Aviation Cadet Harold B. Hood, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hood, Summerville Rte. 3, is at Altus
Army Air Field. Altus, Okla. . . . T/Sgt. Decerd Grey. Jr.,
of Trion, has been cited for accomplishing more than 200
hours of patrol flights under extremely hazardous condi
tions. Deck is at Mitchell Field, N. Y. (He was awarded the
Aid Medal for anti-submarine flights over the Atlantic.)
. . . PFC James D. Abney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Abney,
has been graduated as a skilled aircraft mechanic in the
Army Air Force training command at Seymour Johnson
Field, N. C. . . . Sgt. Benjamin Brimer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Brimer. of Trion, is stationed at Camp Polk, La. . . .
Lt. Col. Hugh H. Kennedy, of Menlo, recently completed
an advanced training course at the U. S. Army at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. . . . Ralph Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Glenn, was recently decorated with the Distinguished
Flying Cross while participating in aerial flights in the
Southwest Pacific, for courageous service to his combat or
ganization, his fellow American airmen, his country and to
you. He took part in more than 50 missions, dropping sup
plies and transporting troops over territory that was con
tinually patrolled by enemy fighter aircraft. . . . James
Frank White, Menlo, commissioned second lieutenant at
Fort Benning. . . . James H. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Parker, Summerville Rte. 2, has been promoted to
private first class at Sioux Falls, S. D., training as a radio
operator-mechanic. Clifford L. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Hughes. Summerville Rte. 2, was promoted to private
first class this week at Keesler Field, Miss., and has en
rolled in Keesler’s huge B-24 Liberator mechanics school . .
Sgt. Paul Crouch, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Crouch, of Sum
merville, has been transferred to Newport News, Va.
In the classified ads . . . For Sale—2 milch cows with
young calves. O. H. Perry.
Wanted—Kerosene refrigerator, also milch cow for sale.
Bill Chappelear, Menlo.
Lost—Bunch of keys. H. A. Ross, 1912 on nameplate.
Please return to H. A. Ross at courthouse.
DRY STOVE WOOD for sale. Phone 150. Eugene Webb.
LOST—Four new cotton mattresses on highway between
Summerville and Cloudland Friday, June 25. Reward offered
for return. Camp Juliette Low.
WE WILL have 300 friars for sale Saturday, July 3. Mrs.
A. R. Yancey, Pennville.
FOR SALE—IS tons new Herds’ grass hay, and 16 pigs at
$7.50 each. Harris Edwards, Lyerly
FOR SALE—One second-hand Westinghouse electric cook
ing stove at a reasonable price. Also one steamer wardrobe
trunk, good as new, $12.50. Phone 501. H. E. Wyatt, Menlo.
Miss Annie Pitts and Miss Katherine Henry were guests
Wednesday of Miss Carrie Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Inman announce the birth of their
daughter, Judy Carol, on June 25.
Mrs. John D. Taylor is in Atlanta for a visit with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Barrett.
Miss Zelia Phillips, of Cedartown, and Miss Myrtle Lee
McGoogan, of Rome, were judges at the Chattooga County
Style Revue at the courthouse Saturday. Charlotte Ballen
ger, Gore, won grand prize for 4-H Club girls. Mrs. L. C.
Tripp, of Pennville, W.H.D. Club, won grand prize for the
ladies and will receive a free trip to Milledgeville to attend
the state H.D. Council. Other winners were Julia Ann Gar
vin, Menlo, second grand prize; Jean Morton, Gore, first
year club girl; Julia Ann Garvin, second year club girl;
Martha Jo Willingham, Berry ton, third year club girl; Rob
ertine Jackson, Lyerly, fourth year club girl; Charlotte Bal
lenger, advanced club girl. The WHD winners included Mrs.
Ernest Sitton, Chattoogaville, second grand prize; Mrs. Hen
ry Floyd, Chattoogaville, Class I; Miss Fay Busbin, Lyerly,
Class II; Miss Minnie Justice, Pennville, Class 111.
Jim Allen, seaman second class, of Savannah, is visiting
his brother, Grady Allen, and Mrs. Allen.
Charles Marks left Monday for Camp Forest, where he
will be inducted as an Army Air Corps Cadet.
Opal, Imogene and Harry Gass returned home Sunday
after a visit with relatives in Chattanooga.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry R. Foster and three children ar
rived Wednesday to assume the pastorate of the local Pres
byterian church. Rev. Foster and family come from Com
merce.
HOWARD-JOHNSON
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Johnson, of Summerville, announce
the marriage of their elder daughter, Eloyes, to Manley L.
Howard, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Thomasville. N. C. The
marriage was solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents,
8 o’clock am., July 11, the Rev. Madison D. Short, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Allen and Miss Aline Allen enter
tained at breakfast Tuesday morning for Mrs. Jimmie
Beavers, Mrs. Lerna Lanier and their sister, Mrs. Carrie
Neason, of Thornton, Tex., Mrs. J. H. Shumate and her
daughter, Mrs. Milton Denton, and son, Jimmy, of Macon.
Dr. and Mrs. R. N. Little and son, Gordon, and Mrs.
Robert Henry have returned from a vacation in the moun
tains of Northeast Georgia.
Little Misses Beverly Barron, of Atlanta, and Ann Jack
son, of Henegar, Ala., are spending several weeks here with
their grandmother, Mrs. S. W. Morton.
Union Methodist-Presbyterian services will be held next
week at the Menlo Methodist Church. The Rev. Alton H.
Glasure, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Marietta,
will be the speaker. Services each day at 10:30 am. and 8
p.m., beginning Sunday, August 1.
John Lillard returned Tuesday to his home in Sweet
water, Tenn., after a visit in the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E. C. Pesterfield.
Misses Sue and Harriett Gambrell, of Greenwood, S. C„
are guests of their aunt, Mrs. Penn Selman.
Rev. and Mrs Herbert Morgan and daughter, Miss Mar
garet, Misses Irene Howell and Ella Jean Gilreath have re
turned from a two weeks’ vacation at Jacksonville Beach,
Fla
AUCTION TU £ o rM E2O
AUTOMOTIVE
PARTSAND EQUIPMENT
OFFICE FURNITURE
Equipment of Rome Lincoln-Mercury Co., Rome, Ga.
LOCATION: From Rome take Martha Berry Hwy. Sale
is immediately beyond underpass to Summerville on
left-hand side of highway.
Long list of Service Station equipment, new and used
parts, tools to operate a complete service department.
Wide selection of office furniture, paint, electric fans,
etc. For complete list contact our office Tel. 234-1656
J. L. TODD AUCTION CO., 531 BROAD ST.
ROME, GA.
LICENSED BONDED INSURED
THE OLD TIMER J
From Roger Hackett,
Raleigh, N.C.: I remember a
pre-teen play-boyhood on the
streets of a middle class section
in a middle-sized mid-west city
(Evansville, Ind.), in the early
years of the century. The streets
were our principal play areas,
along with the sidewalks and
backyards, and a few not-so
near vacant lots, since the city
had no public recreation areas
of any kind then. And the streets
were relatively safe, since traffic
was light and probably 75-90
per cent horse drawn, including
the fire fighting equipment.
"Scrub” softball was our
principal street game (only we
called it "indoor" ball, from the
origin of the game in gymnasia).
Other street and neighborhood
games and recreations included
shinny, run-sheepie-run, kick
the-stick, tree climbing, mum
blety peg, marbles, hoop rolling,
tag, follow the leader, hide-and
go-seek, duck-on-the-rock,
freeze, and "Whatcha doing in
my vinyard?” Winter activities
included snow ball fights and
sled riding behind wagons, es
pecially the neighborhood gro
cery delivery vans (they went
faster than the heavy coal
wagons, for instance), and oc
casionally autos. The technique
was to loop one end of a longish
sled rope over the rear axle of
the chosen vehicle and then,
holding the end of the rope, to
seat oneself on the sled and go
for a ride, sometimes for a mile
or more. Both boys and girls
took part in this activity. And
several of the warm weather
games mentioned above were
also "co-educational.”
Only rarely did a driver ob
ject to pulling his youthful free
riders, who sometimes num
bered as many as a dozen. And,
following a heavy snowfall, sled
riding behind vehicles might be
done for two weeks or more,
since the city made no attempt
to clear the residential streets.
(Send contribution* to thi* column to The Old
Timer, Bom 639, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.)
LET'S LOOK AT THE
‘i Ji RECORDS J »
BY LINDA NORRIS
Ireland’s most popular vocal
ist —Ruby Murray — is joined
by Norrie Paramor’s orchestra
and chorus in a program of
Irish favorities in Endearing
Young Charms. . . Among those
included are Mick McGilligan’l
Ball, Believe Me If All Those
Endearing Young Charms, A
Little Bit of Heaven, With Me
Shillelagh Under Me Arm, and
Doooneree . . . This is part of
the Capitol of the World series
and one of the most charming
ones waxed.
Miss Murray also does a
second LP, The Voiceof Ireland,
which should warm the cockles
of an Irishman’s heart . . . The
second album contains songs
that are favorites in America
as well as in Ireland . . . Ac
companied by Ray Martin and
his orchestra, Miss Murray
sings When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling, Too- Ka - Loo- Ka -1 ,oo-
Ral, Dear Did Donegal, Danny
Boy, It’s a Great Day for the
Irish, Galway Bay, and six
others.
This — in honor of St. Pat —
is the day for the Irish and
Capitol makes the most of it . . .
Another LP for which they are
responsible is Ihe Best of Ire
land’s Music featuring the Irish
National Orchestra and Choir
. . . Recorded in Ireland, the
songs that came into being after
the battles of 1916 and those
that reflect the dramatic renais
sance of cultural life which oc
curred after the historic period
are emphasized ... I ncluded
are Finnegan’s Wake, Song of
Hope, Battle Hymn, The Moth
er, Three Irish dance tunes, The
Drunken Parson, The Boy
Soldier, The Mason’s Apron
and National Anthem.
By Mary Whitman
Did the baby’s book splash
in the bathtub?
No matter — if it’s made of
a special paper.
He can spill cereal on it,
chew it, or try to tear a page
He and the book are protected.
Three new picture books for
babies to be found at variety
stores — the titles are Baby's
Toys, Quack Quack and This
Little Pig — are made of a new
substance.
The paper is actually a thin
plastic that took years of ex
perimentation, and today is be
ing used by Whitman Publish
ing Company of Racine, Wis
consin, nation’s leading pro
ducers of children’s books.
•‘Plus being perfect for in
fants’ or toddlers’ picture
books, it proves practical for
covers of classics and fiction
books as well,” according to
Whitman’s art director June
Behling. The plastic paper is
long wearing, lint free, holds
color with fidelity and resists
stain. Safety and convenience
factors all count when a baby
looks at his first picture books
Non-toxic inks are used, and
the pages are not stapled but
sewn together.
The plastic paper, out ot the
laboratories of Union Carbide,
went through long graphic arts
testing before being adopted.
It was tried with as many as 50
different coatings and 300 kinds
of ink.
A printing material so ver
satile is bound to have other
uses. Documents for tropical
climates may be printed on it.
ROSSVILLE TO
(Continued From Page 1»
Some 1500 persons have
been thrown out of work by
this worst fire In the history
of the area Damage has
been estimated as high as
S2O million.
Bl' larp? ’ r:
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JAYCETTES CHECK MERCHANDISE
Checking the merchandise at the
clothing sale sponsored by the Sum
merville Jaycettes last week are
THE MINISTER SPEAKS
(Continued On Page 4)
of God in the hearts of
many people and the fer
tility of the heart of man to
the word of God would be as
seed sown among thorns.”
Away From God
Where will this awakening
begin? Will it begin with us
here in Chattooga County or
will it not begin anywhere?
A spiritual awakening will
cost some one. Will it be us?
Evangelism has always had
a price upon it. Will we pay
that price, or will we con
tinue as we are? It appears
that many people do not
recognize the need for a re
vival in America. They have
not realized that they are
away from God, but if we
have ever been closer to God
than we are now, then we
need to move toward him.
We do not go away from
God all at once, but little by
little Satan draws us away.
Here are some of the telltale
signs: failing to read God’s
word, ceasing to pray, be
coming critical of others, no
desire to win souls to Christ,
irregular in church attend
ance and ceasing to support
the church of which we are
a member.
I lost a very little word,
only the other day;
It was a very naught word
1 had not meant to say;
But then, it was not really
lost, when from my lips
it flew,
My little brother picked it
up, and now he says it
too!
Now, true success and
happiness does not come to
us when we are only seeking
things for ourselves, but it
comes to us when we are
serving others and trying to
please God in his service.
A town in North Carolina
is named Why Not.
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The Summerville News, Thurs., June 15, 1967 ☆
(L-R): Harriett Allen, Nancy Garnet
and Bernice Little.
Smith Family
Reunion
The Joe Ray Smith fam
ily held a reunion at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. S.
Broome Sunday at the noon
hour. Lunch was spread on
the lawn for the 70 guests.
Those present included:
Mrs. J. R. Smith, Valley
View Rest Home, Rome; Mr.
and Mrs. T. S. Broome, Terry
Broome, who is home from
Oklahoma Christian College
for the summer; Yvonne,
Marty Spence and Tillary
Broome, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Smith, all of Lyerly;
Ronnie Fisher, of Trion;
Mrs. Lula Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Murel Gay, Rickey
Warren and Garry Fowler,
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith,
Ken, Alan, Rickie and Susan,
Mrs. Carolyn Smith, Jeff
and Hilda, all of Summer
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Smith,
Gary and Amy, Armuchee;
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ponder, of
Clarkdale, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Abernathy, Steve
and Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Oer
tell Abernathy, Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Abernathy and Con
nie, of Powder Springs,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ab
ernathy, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Bannister, Michel, Bruce
and Phyllis, of Hiram, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. David Ray and
Robin, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Abernathy, Dale and
Ray, of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Roman and Sy
bil Thompson, Mrs. Cath
erine (Smith) Murphee, of
Wilsonville, Ala.; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Smith, Pam and
Renae, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith, Cherry and Dawn, all
of Birmingham.
CENSUS BUREAU
(Continued From Page 1)
Communications C o m m 1 s
sion and the Advertising Re
search Foundation, the TV
survey will provide national
estimates on the number of
households equipped with
color, black and white, and
ultra high frequency sets.
The special questions on
television will supplement
the Bureau’s monthly survey
of employment and unem
ployment to provide monthly
measures of the employment
situation for the Depart
ment of Labor’s Bureau
of Labor Statistics. The
identity of the households
participating in the survey
will be kept confidential by
law and facts obtained will
be used only to obtain sta
tistical totals.
Census interviewers who
will call on households in
this area include Mrs. Lettie
Esserman.
ADULT CLASSES
(Continued From Page 1>
recruiting in Summerville.
Trion and Menlo. Classes
will be for grades one
through eight.
Anyone interested in these
courses is asked to contact
Mrs. Ufford or one of the re
cruiters. The course is free.
Gladney
Barber Shop
Now Has TWO Full-Time
Barbers on Duty
Eugene Gladney, Owner
John Alvin Plunkett
MON., WED., THURS,
FRI. and SAT.
7 a.m.-6 p.m.
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