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HARVEY ROBERTS
. . . earns promotion
Roberts Gets
Promotion at
Ft. Jackson
Sp/4 Harvey R. Roberts
was promoted to his present,
grade on Dec. 13 at Ft. Jack
son, S. C. He also received a
letter of commendation from
Col. Edwin J. Gravel, Ft.
Jackson G-3. for meritorious
service.
Roberts, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey G. Roberts,
Route 1, Trion, is home on
leave prior to leaving for
overseas duty.
Local Sailor
On Holiday
Leave Here
Petty Officer (third class)
James R. Floyd. Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Floyd,
Route 1. Summerville, is
spending the holiday season
with his family here.
He will soon return to San
Francisco to board the USS
Enterprise for his second
tour of duty in Viet Nam.
The young sailor is a 1965
graduate of Chattooga High
School.
Bond Sales
Total $26,148
In November
“E” series sales of U.S.
Savings Bonds totaled $26,-
148 during the month of No
vember in Chattooga County.
Total sales for the year,
amounting to $340,029, are
97.2 per cent of the 1967 goal.
On the state level, Geor
gians continued to increase
their investment in U.S.
Savings Bonds/Freedom
Shares at a slightly faster
pace than did Americans
nationally.
In November, Georgia
sales were up $365,000, or 7,7
per cent; and January
through November sales
were up $3.6 million, or 6.3
per cent. The $51,293 million
cash value of E and H Bonds
outstanding as of Nov. 30 is
an all-time high—an in
crease of sl.l billion since
the start of 1967.
During November, 24 addi
tional counties joined in to
make a total of 73 counties
in the state which have al
ready exceeded their annual
goal.
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Not many people live to
get a telephone call like
this:
“Grandmother, you’re a
great-great-grandmother! ”
The call was to Mrs. O. J.
Espy. Sr., from her grand
daughter and her husband,
Wayne and George Eubanks,
of New Martinsville, W. Va.
The new arrival came to
Stephen and Joy Eubanks
Bohrer at 6 o'clock on
Thursday morning. She was
named Stephaney Kellog.
She is the great-grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Espy.
Mrs. Espy looks forward to
seeing the baby when they
plan to visit here during the
summer.
Mrs. Espy is the mother of
12 children. She has 27
grandchildren, 39 great
grandchildren, and now the
one great-great-grandchild.
Despite such a large num
ber of descendants, Mrs.
Espy keeps up with them all,
and writes those away from
here regularly.
In spite of her age of 85
years. Mrs. Espy leads a very
active life. She maintains
her own home and does most
of the cooking, although her
daughter and son, Carrie B.
Freeman, and Woodrow, who
live with her, are both good
cooks, too.
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WEDDING
BAND
Mrs. Espy Is still wearing
the same gold wedding ring
that her husband, the late
O. J. Espy, Sr., gave her as a
bride of 16. The ring was
lost for a year. She lost it at
the house where she was liv
ing. moved away, and was
visiting when the lady of
the house found the ring In
the back yard where Mrs.
Espy had lived.
Mrs. Espy was born lowa
Venitia Parham on July 18,
1882. the daughter of D. M.
and Louise Harrison Parham
of Union County. The family
later moved to Dry Valley,
where her father farmed.
She met her future hus
band at the age of 14 y 2 at a
popcorn popping. They mar
ried a year and a half later.
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NEWSPAPER
FAMILY
Mr. Espy worked for the
Trion Herald, a weekly pa
per, setting type. His father,
David Thomas Espy was a
Baptist preacher at Trion
and later at Summerville for
many years.
The Espys lived at Hall’s
Valley, then Trion and next
Summerville. Mr. Espy went
to work on the Summerville
News, which was then owned
by Jess Hunt and a Mr. Mc-
Whorter. He set type. He be
gan to buy an interest in the
paper and soon bought it
out, and it has been in the
family ever since.
All of her sons have
worked on newspapers as
well as many of her grand
sons. Roy, the oldest son,
who now lives in Bradenton,
Fla., has over 50 years of
newspaper experience. D. T.
recently retired after more
than 40 years experience as
a printer and publisher. Joe
is now with the Chattanooga
Times and has over 40 years
experience. Bryant of Rome
is with The Summerville
News and has about 35 years
experience. Bill of Miami
has some newspaper experi
ence, but has specialized
mostly in radio and televi
sion work. D. M., who passed
away several years ago, had
over 30 years experience in
newspaper work Woodrow
worked with The Summer-
Rambling
Around
ville News before he went in
service and was disabled for
a number of years. He has
been back in newspaper
work about three years.
Carrie 8., was society edi
tor of The Summerville News
for three or four years. Oth
er daughters are Kate Jan
kowske of Bradenton, Fla.,
Pauline Mooney of Rome,
and Ruby King of Menlo.
Mrs. Espy’s third child Annie
Myrtle, died during infancy.
Dr. Jack Bryant delivered
all of Mrs. Espy’s children at
home. She was 82, three
years ago. when she went to
the hospital for the first
time for tests.
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GOOD
HEALTH
Her health has permitted
her to be very active for her
age. In the summer, she may
be seen digging up large
shrubs and moving them to
other locations. She always
has flowers in the yard, and
even this past summer sent
armloads of purple dahlias
and yellow and red cannas to
patients at the Chattooga
Hospital. She also raised an
abundance of tomatoes for
the table. Back in the sum
mer, she sawed off a good
many tree limbs, and she de
lights in keeping a log fire
going in the family living
room.
Mrs. Espy eats about any
thing she wants to and can
drink coffee until midnight
and still drop right off to
sleep like a baby. She en
joys going out to eat as well
as to grocery shop when the
weather permits.
Keeping an active interest
in what is going on in the
world, Mrs. Espy stays up to
hear the 11 o’clock news
most of the time. She reads
two daily papers, the Chat
tanooga News-Free Press
and the Atlanta Journal. She
also reads The Summerville
News from cover to cover.
She says she has always en
joyed good neighbors. For
many years, her street was
full of widows (Mrs. Espy
has been a widow for 29
years). Living on the street
with “Miss Owie”, as she is
affectionately called were
Mrs. Ada Morton, Mrs. Iler
Wade, Mrs. Alvin Fisher,
Mrs. Era Clark and Mrs.
“Bill” Dudley. They spent
many happy hours together.
One tribute to their kind
ness was the fact that when
one of the neighbor boys
who had run errands for all
of them, was celebrating his
twelfth birthday, he had a
party and invited all these
ladies instead of the young
children of his age.
She attributes her long
evity to the Lord’s will, clean
living and honoring her fa
ther and mother, for that is
the only promise given in the
Bible for long life, she says.
She is a member of the
First Baptist Church.
Her friends, including this
columnist, wish to share in
her joy at becoming a great
great-grandmother and wish
her continued good health
and happiness.
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all spots and stains without
a little help. Spots and
stains need pretreating for
best laundering results. This
and other consumer infor
mation is available from
your local county Extension
Service office.
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James H. Ward, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ward,
Route 4, Summerville, and
husband of the former
Sharon A. Duke, 114 S. Elm
Street, Rome, completed a
two-month deployment to
the Mediterranean aboard
the provision stores ship USS
Denebola.
During her deployment,
the Norfolk, Va., based ship
transferred its 3,000 tons of
fresh, frozen, and dry provi
sions, and fleet freight to
units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet,
enabling them to operate in
dependently off shore bases.
While operating with the
Sixth Fleet, the Denebola
visited several Mediterrane
an ports including Naples,
Italy; Rota, Spain; and Mal
letta, Malta.
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Welmyer News|
By Mrs. Barney Mitchell &
Phone 857-4745
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We extend sympathy to
the families of Leo Mont
gomery who died at his home
here Sunday morning and of
Mrs. Teal Mize (daughter of
the late Jody Alexander) who
died at Shepherd Hills Nurs
ing Home Sunday.
Little Thomas Renfro is
recuperating at his home
after several days spent in
Floyd Hospital. His father,
Winston Renfro, is a patient
in the hospital at Trion.
Lynn Austin was enter
tained with a birthday party
on her 12th birthday Satur
day. Those present were
Ruby, Susan and Sonny Dur
ham, Tena Gardner, Jerry
Anderson, Rebecca and Mur
rel Rape, Melody, Sandra
and Karen Austin.
Mrs. Fred Hall, Frieda,
Brenda, David and Kathey
visited Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Scruggs Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Plun
kett and Jeneth were visit
ing J. W. Plunkett, of Shan
non, Sunday.
Luther Allmon visited Fri
day with his mother, Mrs.
D. A. Allmon, Hannah and
Jewel.
Mrs. Ralph Sprayberry
spent part of last week at
Ringgold with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry J. Gass, Joey, Chucky
and David who were indis
posed with flu.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert R.
Roan and Robert, Jr,, have
returned to their home in
The Summerville News, Thurs., Jan. 4, 1968
Crystal Springs, Miss., after
spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Westbrook, and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chas
tain, Larry, David and Tim
visited Mrs. W. P. Tate Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark King
and Miss Sara Hall were in
this community Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Hayes and Rose were Sunday
afternoon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Austin, Melody,
Lynn, Sandra and Karen and
Mrs. M. N. Locklear.
On the sick list are Mrs.
F. A. Justice, Mrs. Addie
Hendrix, Mrs. Mary Ann
Tinney, Mrs. Charles Brown
and Mrs. Walter Mitchell.
Mrs. Audrey Hall returned
to her home in Florida Fri
day after spending the holi
days with relatives here.
Mrs. Rob Bloodworth spent
the Christmas holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes
and Libby, of LaFayette.
Miss Bal Little, Jack Little
and Emmet Alexander were
in LaFayette Monday after
noon due to the death of
Mrs. Teal Mize.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eslinger,
Laura and Jacki were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Little
Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Janet Wadsworth, of
Rome, Mrs. John Gilbreath
and Johnnie, of Trion, were
Saturday afternoon guests of
Mrs. M. N. Locklear, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Austin, Melody,
Lynn, Sandra and Karen.
Ray Alexander, of Chicka
mauga, visited his uncle, Em
mett Alexander, Saturday.
Mrs. Montie Maddox and
Mrs. Darty Williams are able
to be out after being indis
posed with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hughes,
of Miami, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Lowrey last
week.
Mrs. Harold Lowrey visited
Mrs. Jack Little Friday aft
ernoon.
Pythons reach a length of
30 feet.
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