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The Summerville News, Thurs., June 22, 1967
J. H WILLINGHAM
J. H. Willingham Sr., 85, a
resident of Route 1, Menlo,
died Tuesday at 11:10 am.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Mrs. Ira Lasiter
Willingham, in November
1961. He was a retired farm
er and a member of the
Chelsea Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter.
Mrs. Huie Chandler, Menlo;
three sons, Roy of Ringgold.
Eldred Willingham. Route 3.
Summerville, and J H Wil
lingham Jr., Route 1, Men
lo; fourteen grandchildren,
sixteen great-grandchildren
and a number of nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be
held today, at 4 p.m. from
the chapel of Erwin Funeral
Home with the Revs. Hugh
Thomas, Robert Patterson
and Fred Buchanan officiat
ing. Burial will be in Ami
Cemetery
Pallbearers will be Joe
Cavin, Junior Willingham.
Lonnie Willingham, Connie
Willingham. David Hall and
Hugh Max Willingham They
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MARY D
SPRAYBERRY
Mary D. Sprayberry, 78, a
resident of Route 1, Sum
merville, Wayside commu
nity, died Sunday at 11:15
am. She was a life-long
resident of Chattooga Coun
ty and attended church at
the Wayside Baptist Church
Surviving are a sister. Mrs.
Alice Howell. Trion; four
brothers. Jim Sprayberry,
Atlanta, V. L Sprayberry.
Route 1. Summerville. Tom
and Bud Sprayberry, both of
Trion. A number of nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the
chapel of Erwin Funeral
Home with the Rev. Lewis
Allmon and Minister J. Far
ris Baird officiating. Inter
ment was in Howell Ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were nephews
and included William Par
ker, Ernest Sprayberry, M. L.
Sprayberry. Jack Brown,
Claude Howell and Dewey
Sprayberry.
Erwin Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
MRS. JESSIE T TRIPP
Mrs. Jessie Thompson
Tripp, 77. a resident of Cen
tral Avenue, Trion, and wife
of the late Less Tripp, who
proceeded her in death Jan
uary 16, 1960, died in a Rome
nursing home Wednesday
at 6:30 am. She was also
preceded In death by a son.
J. W Tripp, January 31.
1960.
She is survived by four
daughters, Mabel Tripp.
Knoxville. Mrs. J T. Vines,
Trion, Mrs. Thomas Gilli
land, Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs.
Lee Jordon, Dennis, Mil-
ledgeville; one brother, J.
Perry Thompson, Mobile,
Ala.; 12 grandsons, 5 grand
daughters; and a number of
nieces and nephews also sur
vive.
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home
has charge of the arrange
ments.
MARION MATHIS
Marion (Arch) Mathis, 79,
died at 12:15 p.m. Monday in
LaFayette.
He was a retired farmer
and had spent his entire life
in Chattooga County. He was
born in Berryton on Jan. 20,
1888. Surviving are a number
of nieces and nephews, great
nieces and great-nephews
and one great-great-nephew.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the Little Sand
Mountain Chapel Baptist
Church Wednesday at 11
a.m. with the Revs. Will L.
Owens and James Crane of
ficiating. Burial wes in the
churchyard cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Roy Hawkins, Harold Gor
don, George Doster, Joe Den
son, Roy Owens and George
"Fariday” Phillips.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
PATIO PLANTERS
Many patios, terraces and
porches are brightened In
the summer by planters of
various types. Petunias,
caladiums, geraniums and
many other plants are used
to provide accents of color.
Troy Keeble, Extension
Service horticulturist, points
out that gardeners should
remember these plants are
quite different from those
growing in open ground.
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Saturday afternoon guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCol
lum were Mr. and Mrs. Carl
McCollum and Louise, of
Gore; Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Alexander and Barry, of
Douglasville; Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Nuckolls, of LaFayette;
Mrs. Marvin Adams, of
Rome, and Austin Scoggins.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Price,
Stevie and Brian, of Garden
Lakes, spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Rob Blood
worth after having returned
Saturday from a Florida va
cation.
We extend sympathy to
the family of Miss Mary
(Daught) Sprayberry, who
died Sunday morning.
Glen Hendrix, Ministers
Farris Baird and A. H. Kin
namer attended the Monday
morning services at the
South Commerce Street
Church of Christ, Summer
ville. Minister G. K. Wallace,
of Henderson, Tenn., was
the speaker.
Kenneth Bowman and
Miss Sylvia Stultz, of At
lanta, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bowman. Visiting them in
the afternoon were Joe Bow
man and sons, Brian and
Joey, of Scottsboro. Fred is
the proud possessor of a new
fishing boat, a Father’s Day
gift from his boys.
Mrs. Fred Eslinger, of
Chattanooga, spent several
days last week visiting
friends in this community.
Visiting Mrs. Clara Mash
burn in Chattooga Hospital
Sunday afternoon were
Misses Elsie and Gladys Hall
and Mrs. Helen Perry, of
Chattanooga; Mrs. Joe Bow
man and Mrs. Barney
Mitchell, of Summerville.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ben
McCollum Sunday afternoon
were Mrs. Ben McCollum,
Jr., and Mrs. Gerald McCool,
of Rome; Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Lenderman, of Sum
merville.
Archie Justice spent sev
eral days last week fishing
in Florida.
A revival is in progress at
the Pleasant Grove Church
of Christ. Minister A. H.
Kinnamer, of Tula, Tex., is
the speaker
Mrs. Fred Eslinger, of
Chattanooga, spent Thurs
day night with Mr. and Mrs
Fred Bowman.
Mrs. Milton Cook, of
Smyrna, remains with her
brother, Ben McCollum, and
Mrs. McCollum.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Perry and Emmett Alexan
der were Wednesday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rider
and children. The occasion
Let’s Get Out
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A legal secretary in Cleve
land had a few words of
advice for two robbers who
walked into her eighth-floor
office.
“Why, everyone knows law
offices don’t keep any
money,” she said. “You must
not be very experienced if
you don't know that.”
The robbers, one of them
with a gun, left empty
handed.
There was another reason
that the secretary figured
they were inexperienced . . .
the entire ninth floor of the
building is the northern
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need protection from cold
weather, according to R L.
Livingston, Extension Serv
ice horticulturist. Mound
soil or sawdust around the
tree trunk to a height of 10
to 15 inches for protection.
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was the fifth birthday of
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Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tyler
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Little Friday.
Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. W. P. Tate were Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Chastain,
Larry, David and Tim, of
Calhoun.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Esllnger.
Laura and Jackl, of LaFay
ette, and Mrs. Fred Eslinger,
of Chattanooga, were Thurs
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and Mrs. Jack Little.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Perry, of Kansas City, Mo.;
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Alex
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mett Alexander were Sun
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and Mrs. Jerry Rider and
children.
Mrs. Audery Hall spent
last week with Mrs. Alice
Jenkins and Austin Hall.
Mrs. Jack Little was
spend-the-day guest Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Justice.
Ben McCollum is recuper
ating from a recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sen
tell were Sunday dinner
guests of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Deward Little.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Perry left Monday for their
home in Kansas City, Mo.,
after spending a week with
her father, Emmett Alexan
der, and other relatives.
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Dalton Hikes
Pay to Police
And Firemen
Salary increases for Dal
ton city policemen and fire
men were approved by the
mayor and council at a re
cent meeting. These in
creases are retroactive to
January 1.
The council had granted
other city employees a 10
per cent an hour increase at
the beginning of the year.
The new monthly pay
scale for fire and police de
partments is as follows:
chiefs, $810; assistant chiefs
.and captains, $530; lieuten
ants, $500; sergeants and
fire engine drivers, $470;
patrolmen and firemen, $430
(starting salary of $400);
desk clerks, $370; and meter
checkers, S3OO.
City police and fire de
partment personnel, except
department heads, had re
ceived a five per cent in
crease in pay at the begin
ning of 1966.
Would You Believe—
To lay a mile of railway
track, it takes about 3,000
cross ties, according to Ex
tension foresters at the
University of Georgia.
Hospital ships are painted
white.
Mocking birds mimic other
birds.
Summers in Moscow are
hot.
Independence was granted
the Congo in 1960.
TAUGHT 33 YEARS
“Miss Helen”
i Retires at Menlo
On Monday, May 29, the
students of Menlo School
bade farewell to one of its
best-loved teachers — Miss
Helen Wyatt.
Z. B. Ham, on behalf of
the Menlo PTA and former
students of Miss Wyatt, pre
sented her with a check as
a token of their esteem and
appreciation.
A native of Menlo, Miss
Wyatt is a member of a pio
neer Chattooga County fam
ily. She was graduated from
Menlo High School and re
ceived her higher education
at Georgia State College for
Women at Milledgeville.
The long-time teacher was
honored at a luncheon by
the staff of Menlo School on
May 30 in the school cafe
torium and presented a gift
of silver.
Miss Wyatt has been a
schoolteacher for 33 years.
She first taught at Chelsea
with her father. Affection
ately known as “Miss Helen,”
she taught two years in
Chattanooga, two years at
Trion, four years at Gore
and for the past 24 years,
she has been at the Menlo
School. Her entire career
has been spent in the ele
mentary education field.
She is a devoted Presby
terian and for 22 years
taught a Sunday School
class at Alpine Presbyterian
Church.
Miss Wyatt’s hobbies are
playing Scrabble and work
ing puzzles. She also “loves
teaching and children.”
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MISS HELEN WYATT
. . . retires at Menlo
The retired teacher and
her mother, Mrs. J. R.
Wyatt, reside in Menlo.
Local Cadet
Is Honored
At Dahlonega
Cadet William D. Mitchell,
of Summerville, was placed
on the North Georgia Col
lege Honors List for out
standing academic achieve
ment during the Spring
Quarter.
Mitchell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Mitchell, of
Route 4, Summerville.