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Strong and Proud After 67 Years
BY DIXIE C. MILLER
It was homecoming Sun
day, Aug. 16, at Subligna Bap
tist Church, which was organ
ized in October, 1903. The
beautiful church stands strong
and proud after its 67 years of
organization. The Rev. Frank
Waters is pastor of the church.
The church has been com
pletely remodeled inside and is
very attractive with red carpet
in the auditorium and through
out the Sunday School rooms.
New windows have been put
in, and the inside of the church
painted. A vestibule has been
added to the front of the
church. The walls of the inside
have been painted an off white.
The Sunday School rooms
in the educational department
were using little gas heaters and
there were six small gas heaters
in the auditorium.
“We have a central heating
and air condition system,” said
the pastor, “throughout the
church. We have completely
remodeled the church inside.
New paneling has been added
in the Sunday School rooms.”
Rev. Waters, son of the late
Robert Payne and Georgia
Jenkins Waters, was born on a
farm about a mile from the
church he serves. He was
ordained to become a minister
Aug. 20, 1939. He had been
doing preaching supply work
before he was ordained. His
first church was in Cleveland,
Tenn. He moved to Cleveland
in July, 1940.
Mr. Waters has pastored
churches in Tennessee, Bridge
port, Ala., Calhoun, Cleveland,
Dunlap, Dandridge, Knoxville,
and Columbia in Tennessee and
Sarasota, Fla.
While in Sarasota, Fla., Rev.
Waters retired because of his
health. This was in 1964. He
and Mrs. Waters moved back to
Summerville and Mr. Waters
did supply pastoring until
November, 1969, when he was
called as interim pastor of the
Subligna Baptist Church. In
February, 1970, he was called
as full pastor. And Rev. and
Mrs. Waters moved on the
field.
In coming to Subligna, Rev.
Waters said, “We all went to
work.”
And the beautiful church
with its lovely interior is testi
mony to the work of the
membership and pastor. The
nine deacons are very active.
These include Lee White, Tom
White, Harold Scroggin, Turner
Cordle, W. W. Hix, Howard
Scroggin, George Pinion, Billy
Reece, and Hubert Dover.
“Our new Sunday School
Group Names Four New Officers
The Town & Country TOPS
Club named four new officers
at its meeting last week at the
Summerville Recreation
Center.
They are: Peggy Sumner,
reporter; Jo Ann Sumner,
corresponding secretary; Pat
Norton, co-leader; and Ann
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director,” said Rev. Waters, “is
George Pinion. Mrs. Janett
Pinion is secretary. Mr. and
Mrs. George Pinion are direc
tors of the music. Mrs. Pinion
is pianist and Mr. Pinion directs
the singing.”
Hubert Dover is the treas
urer for 1970-71. Tom White is
church clerk, Lee White is
chairman of the board of
deacons. “We have I 19 mem
bers,” continued Mr. Waters.
“Some are in Germany,
Belgium and England. Sunday
School begins at 10 a.m. and
church services are at 11 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m. each Sunday
with mid-week services on
Wednesday nights at 7:30
p.m.”
Billy Reece teaches the
men’s Sunday School class and
at present the ladies sit in the
men’s class. Mrs. Mary Reece
teaches the young adults,
George Pinion the interme
diates, Mrs. Louise Williams the
juniors, Mrs. Turner Cordle the
primaries and Mrs. George
Pinion the beginners.
Beginning with the Sunday
School year there will be two
new classes, the married
women’s class and the young
people’s class. Sunday School
attendance is growing each
Sunday.
The W. M. S., of which Mrs.
Tom Cordle is president, has
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Perkins, song leader.
Mrs. Helen Dean had charge
of the program, giving a true or
false test on “Do You Know
Your Food Value?”
After the business session
was completed, the group did
exercises.
purchased a new Communion
table and this with the newly
revarnished pews will add to
the beauty of the church audi
torium.
The Sunday School enroll
ment is 80, with an average
attendance of 45 to 50 each
Sunday.
“We are hfiping since we
have our church comfortable
that our Sunday School enroll
ment will increase and all our
members become active once
again, so our auditorium will
be filled each Sunday.”
Subligna Baptist Church was
organized Oct. 15. 1903, with
the Rev. B. F. Hunt as pastor.
Members included W.C.
Cordle, J R. Doster, H. G.
Baker, J.T. Pledger, C. P.
Ganie, W. E. Dill, M. M. Dill,
J.W. Clements, Isabel White,
Frank Alverson, Bettie
Tumble, F.. L. Broom, Ola
Broom, Alice Dunaway, J.T.
Lankford, Mrs. J.T. Lankford,
Miss Susan Lawrence, C. F.
O’Barr, W. Pruitt, Lon Pruitt,
Ila Pruitt, Edna Pruitt, Ela
Pruitt, W. P. Ramsey, Frances
Ramsey, S. S. Lawrence, Mallie
Lawrence, Martha Morton,
G. B. Ballenger, Ida Ballenger,
J. E. Ballenger, Della Ballenger,
G. B. Frost, Lon Frost, W. T.
Carver, J.E. Lawrence, Della
Langley and Emma Langley as
Charter Members.
Earns B.A. Degree
MACON Stephen Lester
Thomas of Summerville was
among 70 students who were
conferred degrees at Mercer
University’s commencement
Aug. 14.
Thomas received the bach
elor of arts degree. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
Thomas of 109 Nixon St.
REV. WATERS IN HIS PULPIT
Pastors following Rev. Mr.
Hunt were: W.C. Cordle,'
W. M. Sentell, A. F. Mavharn,
B. F. Hunt, T. J. Ratliff, J. L.
Burk, J.L. Reeves, E. B.
Farrer, H.H. Connell, D. B.
Maffett, B. F. Hunt, Paul Hunt
(son of Rev. B. F. Hunt), J. G.
Hunt. B. H. Howard. W. A.
Brown, T. W. Stone, J.H.
Under 40 Age Group
Has Most Fatalities
ATLANTA (GPS) Os the
966 persons reported killed in
Georgia traffic accidents during
Thomas, H. F. Joyner (served
' six years), J.W. Bevis, Cecil
Parker, G.C. Schroeder, J. A.
Smith, Fay Hughes, W. F.
Harvey, Billy Jones and Grover
Broom. Rev. Donald Howell
came in 1964 and served until
1969 and Rev. becaini
pastor in 197 C.
the first seven months of this
year, 61.3 per cent were 39
years of age and under. Os the
total, 50.4 per cent were in the
15-39 age group.
These startling facts are re
vealed in a State Patrol report
released by Col. R. 11. Burson,
director of the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety.
Age 21 recorded the highest
number of fatalities, totaling
41. Second highest was age 23,
which registered 39 deaths,
while age 19 placed third with
38 fatalities.
Following close behind
were: Age 20 with 34 total
deaths; age 17 with 32; age 16
with 27; ages 22 and 25 with
26 each, and age 18 with 22
fatalities, the report showed.
What caused thfcse fatal acci
dents? The patrol report listed
25 wide variety of “direct
causes.” However, of the 966
traffic fatalities reported in the
7-month period, “ran off road”
accounted for 226 deaths,
“head-on collision” for 200,
and “lost control” for 141 a
total of 567 lives snuffed out.
Speeding is not listed as a
direct cause because in investi
gating accidents patrolmen can
not accurately determine the
rale of speed the wrecked cars
were traveling when the mishap
occurred.
“But we know,” Col. Bur
son said, “that excessive speed
is a contributing factor in
virtually every one of these ex
plosive type of smash-ups.
They occur because the driver
operates the car with reckless
ness . . . speed.
“Unfortunately, this tragic
situation will continue unless
drivers put common sense in
their driving. If only they
would obey our traffic laws
and drive carefully and sensibly
most of these tragedies could
be averted. It is squarely up to
the individual driver all of
them.”
On FHA Policies
WASHINGTON George
Romney, Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, has
announced tighter appraisal
policies by the Federal Housing
Administration to prevent slum
landlords from abusing the
federal housing subsidy for
poor families.
Mr. Romney said that the
abuses stemmed from “a
laxness with respect to ap
praisal inspections.”
M’CAIN ON DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Rome Radio Executive to
Direct 7th District STAR
Charles E. Doss, president
and general manager, WROM
AM/FM, Rome, has been
named by the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce to serve as
the 1970-71 chairman of the
Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition (STAR) program
activities in Georgia’s Seventh
Congressional District. Now in
its 13th anniversary year,
STAR, originated and spon
sored by the Georgia Chamber,
recognizes outstanding scholas
tic achievement and honors the
teaching profession.
Ray Mcßae, president. First
National Bank, Gainesville, and
chairman of the Georgia Cham
ber’s education department,
announced that Doss will work
with prominent district busi
nessmen and educators in
directing the STAR program.
The seventh district STAR
committee will be: Odell
Owens, Jr., Cedartown, presid
ing director of the Georgia
Association of Educators. Dr.
William Nevin Jones, Shannon,
GAE director; Walter A.
Johnson, Cartersville, GAE
public relations director; and
Sam R. McCain, Trion, district
president of the Georgia Asso
ciation of Secondary School
Principals.
Mcßae explained that selec
tion of STAR Students will be
based on scores made by high
school seniors in Georgia’s
accredited public and private
high schools taking the College
Board Scholastic Aptitude Test
November 7, 1970 or Decem
ber 5, 1970. Local school,
system and district winners
selected on the basis of highest
SAT scores and classroom
averages will be announced
early next year.
The state STAR student and
STAR teacher will be an
nounced at the Georgia Cham
ber’s annual meeting at At
lanta’s Marriott Motor Hotel,
April 23, 1971.
Active in the community,
Doss is a director of the Rome
Bank and Trust Co.; past presi
dent of the Rome Area Cham-
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ber of Commerce, member of
the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce, chairman of the Rome-
Floyd County Development
Authority and member of the
Georgia Industry Advisory
Committee. He was 1970 drive
chairman for the United Fund
of Rome and Floyd County
and is on the board of directors
tor the Floyd County Mental
Health Association and the
Bartow-Floyd-Polk Tuber
culosis Association. He was a
member and past president of
the Georgia Associated Press
Broadcasters and is also a
member and past president of
the Georgia Association of
Broadcasters.
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