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. The Summerville News, Thursday, December 25, 1986
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Pictured is what is believed to be a Sunday School rally
at Pennville around 1886. The only person identified is
Becky Moore, seated 10th from left on the front row.
The sign on the building reads: *‘Pennville S. S.” The pic
Christmas Trees Have Long History
Until the middle of the 19th
century, any family that
wanted a Christmas tree either
cut the tree or ordered one from
a farmer. The custom was prac
ticed mostly by German-
Americans, although
Americans of other stock were
beginning to hear about the
tradition.
All that changed in 1851,
when a New Yorker named
Mark Carr started that city's
first Christmas tree business,
according to ‘‘National
Wildlife” magazine. It is a
bimonthly pu%lication of the
Sherry W. Bishop, CPA
Announces the Opening
Of Her Office At
103 East First Street
Summerville, Georgia
857-2472
Early Pennville Sunday School
National Wildlife Federation.
Carr lived in the Catskills
80 miles north of New York Ci
ty, where he knew many Ger
man families lived. In mid-
December of 1851, Carr filled
two ox-sleds with young firs
and spruces, loaded them on a
steamboat, and sold them for
a handsome profit at New
York's Washington Market.
By 1880, a veritable forest
of 200,000 trees was moving to
Washington Market from all
over the Northeast. They came
on boats, by trains, andy in big
horse-drawn farm wagons.
The Management
and Staff of
Radio Station
Wish to Extend
Christmas Greetings
to All
Chattooga Countians.
SERVING CHATTOOGA COUNTY AND
THE TRI-STATE AREA FOR 36 YEARS.
ture was submitted by Hallie Martin of Dry Vallef'.
daughter of Becky Moore Martin. The Moore family
moved from Pennville to the Halls Valley area around
1888.
| Although cedar trees were
popular in the 1860 s, by 1880
the fashion had switcl"x]ed to
ever%'reens that dried more
slowly, creating less of a fire
hazard when gecorated with
lifihted candles. Many early
g otoEraphs show hemlocks,
ut they too had disadvan
tages, since their branches are
too lacy and frail to support
| many ornaments.
} In Maine, balsam firs had
always been considered a
nuisance, because they grew
like weeds. But in 1892 a steam
yacht returning to Boston from
Newfoundlamf stopped at a
small town מס Maine's
Penobscot Bay. The yacht's
owner loaded 500 young
balsam trees and sold tKem in
Boston's Christmas market at
Fanueil Hall. Within a few
%ears, balsam became New
ngland’'s favorite tree, and
the Christmas trade sparked
an economic boom for Maine.
In the Midwest, Christmas
trees for cities like Chicago ן
came largely by boat from the
forests of Micl)m'igan. As early ל
| as 1887, two brothers named
i Schuenemann sailed from
| Michigan in their fishing
| schooner with a load of trees
| lashed to the deck. They tied
’up beside Chicago’s Clark
| Street bridge and began sellinfi
| their trees. Although bot
brothers were later lost in Lake
Michigan storms, the younger
brother's widow took over the
business in 1913, and the
Schuenemann Christmas trees
ships became part of Chicago
history.
By 1920 Christmas tree
cultivation had become a pro
fitable business in many parts
of the country. Farmers were
Fleased to find a crop suitable
or growing on rocky upland
pastures and other unproduc
tive pieces of land. In the 1930 s
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the
country's best-known
Christmas tree farmer.
Roosevelt helped popularize
the concept by growing
Christmas trees on his estate
at Hyde Park, N. Y.
This year, 32-million
Christmas trees will be sold in
the United States — big
business by any standard. The
most popular tree is the scotch
pine, a European import
popularized in tfie 1930 s gy a
Pennsylvania car salesman and
entrepreneur named Fred
Musser. But no matter how
many trees are cut and sold,
the fundamentals of the
business haven't changed
much since Mark Carr's time.
The challenge, still, is how to
ship fir trees to eager families
in time for the Christmas
holidays.
F & M Bank Promotes Four
The Farmers and Mer
chants Bank has announced
four Eromotions.
The bank has promoted
.- Ellenburg Jr. to senior
vice president, Gary W, Floyd
to vice president, Bill %!
Gilbert to senior vice president
and secretary, and J. Scott
Tucker to banking officer.
Ellenburg joined the bank
in 1974 and 1s currently a com
mercial lending officer. He is a
1978 graduate of Georgia
Banking School, University of
Georgia and a 1985 graduate of
the School of Banking of the
South, Louisiana State Univer
sity (LSU).
He has also successfully
completed a number of courses
through the American In
stitute of Banking. Ellenburg
serves as secretary-treasurer of
the Summerville-Trion Op
timist Club, Inc. He 1s
president-elect of the Chat
tooga County Chamber of
Commerce and finance chair
man of the Chattooga County
Special Olympics.
He is a member of the Chat
tooga County Athletic
Boosters, Trion 50-Yard Club,
Georgia Industrial Developers
Association, Private Industry
Council and the National Rifle
Association. He attends Lyer
ly Methodist Church.
Ellenburg, his wife, Jackie,
and two children, Blake and
Matt, reside on Lyerly Rte. 1.
FLOYD
Floyd joined the bank in
1977 and is a consumer lending
officer. He is a graduate of
Jacksonville State University,
Jacksonville, Ala. A 1983
graduate of Georgia Banking
School, University of Georgia,
he holds a basic and standard
certificate from the American
Institute of Banking and is
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the School of Banking of the
South, LSU.
Floyd is a member of South
Summerville Baptist Church
where he serves as deacon, He
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the American Cancer Societdy
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his wife, Rhonda, and two
children, Jarrod and Anna,
reside on Summerville Rte. 4
GILBERT
Gilbert rejoined Farmers
and Merchants in 1983,
He serves as president of
the Summerville-Trion Op
timist Club, director of tfie
Rome Chapter of AIB; director
and secretary of the Northwest
Georgia Chapter of BAI; vice
chairman of the Board for the
Chattooga Counii' Ses
quicentennial, and also as a
member of the Chattooga
Hospital Authoritg'.
(filbert is a 1986 firaduate
of the ABI School in Madison,
WI. He has successfullf\\'rcom
pleted various courses through
the American Institute of
Banking and also serves as In
structor for AIB courses for
the Rome Chapter of AIB.
Gilbert, his wife, JoAnna,
and their son, Steven, reside on
Summerville Rte. 2.
TUCKER
Tucker joined Farmers and
Merchants in 1981 as a teller
and later began working under
the bank’s management train
ing program. He is currently a
consumer lending officer.
Tucker holds an Associate
Degree in Business Ad
ministration from Floyd Junior
College. He is a 1984 graduate
of the Georgia Bank Opera
tions School, Kennesaw Col
lege and has successfully com
pleted several courses offered
through the American In
stitute of Banking.
Tucker serves as a director
and past chairman of the
American Heart Association of
Chattooga County. He is a
member of Pennville Baptist
Church. Tucker and his wife,
Carol, reside in Trion.