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'Finster Arts Festival Set May 18, Dowdy Park
The Chattooga Coung Arts Foundation is accepting
applications for the first Howard Finster Arts Festival ex
hibit to be held May 18 at Dowdy Park, Summerville.
Applications for artists interested in submitting their
work are available at the Chattooga County Library and
Kee'Fsakes, Frames and Stitches, Summerville.
he cost of exhibiting is S2O. Along with the fee and
application, artists are reguested to bring a samfile of their
work to the Frames and Stitches Shop or mail three slides
or clear photographs of their work to the Chattooga Coun
ty Arts Foundation, P. O. Box 476, Trion, Ga. 30753.
Decoupage, mass produced works from molds or com
mercially available patterns, will not be accepted by the
exhibit screening committee. The exhibit will include quali
ty, original artwork in mediums including painting,
photography, sculpture, drawing, art jewelry, pottery, mix
ed media, collage and textile/fi%)er arts.
In keeping with the educational goals of the arts foun
dation, ar?ists are encouraged to demonstrate their techni
ques or process during the festival.
Other activities planned for the Howard Finster Arts
OAK VIEW NEWS
President Sends Card
Ms. Nina Baker visited Ms.
Ada Delzell
Louise Pettyjohn visited
Ms. Doris Bulman.
Linda Chamlee, Kim
Huskey, Mar%i[e and Carla
Love and Tom Huskey visited
Ms. Mildred Huskey.
Ms. Grace Howard's
daughter, Carolyn, visited over
the weekend.
Birthday wishes this week
fio to: Ms. Ada Delzell, Ms.
üby Jo Lowery, Ms. Myrtle
Ledbetter, Ms. Haynie Ray,
Ms. Farice Bagle{l, Ms. Minnie
Holt, Ms. Mary Houston, Ms.
Mamie Williams and Woody
Vaughn.
Evelyn Hughes, Ethel Log
gins, Nora Davis and Joe and
Everett Ledbetter visited Ms.
Myrtle Ledbetter last week.
Ms. Inez Dempsey, Ina
Keith, Ruth Housch, Gertrude
Orr, Lois Hardin, James King,
Dot Stanfield, Joyce McGraw,
Hazel Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs.
Donnie Herod and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Herod visited Ms.
Louise Herod during the week.
Tommy Thrasher visited
his father, Jim Thrasher, last
week.
Visiting Ms. Grace Tomlin
were Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Tomlin, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Alexander and Irene Tomlin.
Mrs. Sara McDaniel and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown
and nieces visited Lewis Jones.
Cecil Deering visited Ms.
Sybil Deering on Friday.
. «Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cash, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Cash, Jeff
Henderson, Danny Andrews,
Wrathburn Cash, Ernest Alex
ander, Amy Howard and
Missy Cash visited Baxter
Cash last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Dillard and Euretha and J. D.
Dillard visited Ms. Ella
Harkins.
Jo Ann Dover and Lester
Nations visited Ms. Lillian
Nations.
Ralph Kennamer of Winder
visited his mother, Ms. Maggie
Padgett.
Frances Sparks, Lucille
Bud, Sue Scott and Leila and
Bill Brown visited Ms. Sara
Brown.
Janie Meers and Junior
Tucker visited Ms. Isabelle
Tucker.
Mattie Buford and
daughter and Joe Bowman
visited Ms. Myrtis Wilson.
Callie Mae Cash visited
Danny Andrews.
Visiting Ms. Farice Bagley
during the week were: Terry
McCo%lum, Mr. and Mrs. Cor
dle Bagley, Frances Bagley
Alaskan Visits Father
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Mrs. Beulah Chandler and
Doris and grandson visited Ms.
Ruby Dean.
Beatrice Stallings and Merl
Rogers visited Ms. Josie
Hunter. ;
Thanks to the Trion Church
of God of Prophecy who was in
charge of services on Sunday.
Everyone reported good
church services and a good
Sunday School.
Jerrell Hogue, Ms. Sara
Nave, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Lemming, Ms. Susie Ponder
and Jane Adams visited Ms.
Edith Palmour.
Marfi'e and Carla Love
visited Ms. Mildred Huske{.
Charles Jones of Alaska
visited his father, Porter Jones,
several days last week.
Idelle Vaughn visited Ms.
Frances House.
Those visitingißaxter Cash
were Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Cash, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cash,
Jeff Henderson, Jimmy
Strickland and Missy Cash.
Tommy Thrasher visited
his father, Jim Thrasher, last
week.
Nora Davis, Ethel Loggins,
Evelyn Hughes and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Ledbetter and son
visited Ms. Myrtle Ledbetter.
Inez Brown and Katheryn
Brown visited Ms. Leanna
Wooten.
Sandra and Britt Copeland
visited O. B. Bullard.
Visiting Ms. Louise Herod
were Dot Camp, Norene
%rick.land, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
edger, Ashley Amold, James
King and Hazel Vaughn.
and Florence Crawtord. Ms.
Bagley received a birthday
card last week from the “White
House” s%f'ned by George and
Barbara Bush.
* Donald Mitchell visited Ms.
Mary Booker.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Womack and family, Juanita
Cole, Wanda Dover, Ray
Womack, Debbie Womack,
Cecil Deßerry, Louise Stinson,
Ora Ledford and Mr. and Mrs.
David Young visited Ms.
Mollie Beason.
Those visiting Ms. Gussie
Grogan and Ms. Gussie Carr
were Rosa Lee Fike, Beryl
Eles, Benay Crain, Nora Mit
chell, Earl Tucker, Bobby Tin
ney, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Gardner, Vivian and Sean
Gallagher, Joe, Debbie, Kim
and Joe Ray Williams, and
Terri Crain.
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Elf‘in,
Katie Baggett, Betty Ridley,
Rev. Johnny Tinney, Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Ray, Robert, Mary
and Kristie Taylor, and Virgil
Hartline visited Frank
Hartline.
Mary Lou Browning and
Jean Brock visited Ms. Maggie
Elsberry.
Visiting Sybil Byars last
week were: Hazel Vaughn, Rev.
Jimmy Bryant, Annette Skin
ner, Leah and Chalee Skinner,
Marsha and Davette Pritchett,
Darrell Skinner, Cierra and
Lisa Fowler, Candi, Tim and
Michael Hatcher, Marsha Prit
chett, and Donna Lathem.
Brenda Jones and Johnny
Gentry visited Ms. Mary
Phillips.
Those visiting Ms. Abbye
Kellett were: Betty Bush, John
Kellett, Helen and Cleo Wor
sham, Lucille Green, Haynie
Speer, Peggy Helms, Kathryn
Brown and Jimmie K. Watson.
Hazel Vaughn, Betty Bush,
Ruby Clark, Idelle Vaughn,
Ophelia Vaughn, Madeline
V&gxisenant, Jane Adams, Jen
nifer Farrar, Ruth Housch,
Audrey Lonas, Betty Cook,
Colleen Treadaway, Sally
Smith, Joe Gilmer, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Gardner, Cecil
Watkins, Annette Skinner,
Lisa and Cierra Fowler, Mr.
and Mrs. John Wooten, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Gilliland, Marsha
Pritchett and Donna Lathem
visited Ms. Mozelle Gilliland
and Ms. Vannie Lively.
Gladys Thomas, Georgia
Mae Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Plunkett, Pat Norton,
Jeff Henderson, David and
Mary Lynn Spraggins, Callie
Cash, Ruth Housch, Gertrude
Orr, Lois Hardin and Iva Keith
Rev. Jimmy Bryant visited
Clyde Kellett.
Visiting Ms. Sara Nave
were Gerald and Goldie Cordle,
Luther Parker and Marie
Ayers.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Hamilton visited John Reece.
Marilyn and Atteka Abdou,
Johnny Tinney, Gladys
Thomas, Rev. Frank Lewis and
Georgia Mae Adams visited
Ms. lé[lary Houston.
Dorothy Ratliff, Jean
Gould t'zmdy Jeff Henderson
visited Ms. Maggie Padgett.
Julia Mae Bigham spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Daley.
The residents of Oak View
would like for Ms. Inez
Williams to know that we have
really been missing her and
hope she feels better real soon.
Ms. Williams is one of our
volunteers.
Ruby Burton visited her
sister, Annie Burton, last
week.
Mrs. Jewel Dalton visited
Charles Frost on Sunday.
Annie Hall spent Sunda
with James and Farice Hafi
and attended services at West
Summerville Baptist Church.
Janie Scott visited Ms.
Mag Scott.
et-well wishes go to Ms.
Brandon Rains. Her sister
visited her from Dalton last
Friday.
Sue Elliott and grand
daughter, Rhonda Bishop,
visited Ms. Bertie Abernathy.
Peg%' Helms, Jene Adams,
Marion Shives, Frances Bagley
and Cordle Bagley visitedails.
Festival include:
* The annual First National Bank exhibit of Finster's
artwork May 12-18, and a reception honoring the Rev.
Finster at 2 p.m. on May 12.
* A quilt museum ang demonstration at the Depot on
Washington Ave., Summerville.
* A tour of Finster's Paradise Gardens, Summerville,
featuring the Folk Art Church, gift shop, and displays of
his visionary folk art. ;
* An art exhibit at the Chattooga County Library from
Max 13-18.
Musical and dramatic readinFs and performances.
* Arts activities for young children.
* Concession sales by Chattooga County non-profit
organizations.
Those interested in ?resenting music, poetry, or drama
should contact the arts foundationimmediately. Non-profit
organizations are invited to sale concessions at the event
as a fund-raiser for their program.
The Howard Finster Arts Festival was established to
honor a Pennville artist. Finster was recently chosen by
visited Ms. Annie Miller.
Jane Adams, Jerrell Hogue
and Rhonda Blalock and friend
visited Ms. Edith Palmour.
Visiting Ms. Evelyn
Blalock were Mr. and Mrs.
Greg Blalock, Mark and Stacey
and Diane and Jessica
Moseley.
Curtis Christopher, Ed
Sewell and Sonny Johnson
visited Ms. Lottie Shropshire.
Ms. Annie Hall spent Sun
day with Farice and James
Hall and attended church
services.
Kathryn McVane visited
Ms. Leah Rigdon last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Dalton
visited Charles Frost.
Tony and Debbie Gilleland
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Turner visited Ms. Bertie
Waits.
Iva Hawkins and Margie
Henderson visited Ms. Zellna
Martin.
Sara Moseley, Greg Har
rison and Joy Harrison visited
Herman Harrison.
Frances Decker visited Ms.
Adele Colvin.
Sue Elliott, Mr. and Mrs.
John Ray, Rhonda Bishop and
son, and Greg and Marie Col
mer and son visited Ms. Bertie
Abernathy and they all went
out to eat.
Faye and Lawrence Bruce
visited Ms. Willie Mae Boyles.
Mildred and Nora Mae Mit
chell, Betty Cook and Shirle
Floyd visited Ms. Ruth Floy(K
Marilyn and Atteka Abdou,
Mr. andwl Mrs. Carl Kinsey,
Agnes Coley, Gladys Thomas,
Georgia Mae Dalrymple, Rev.
Bobby Tinney, Eyarl Tucker
and Bessie Wooten visited Ms.
Mary Houston.
Visiting Mrs. Willie Mae
Rackley were: Shelia Yates,
Carl and Joyce Kinsey,
Howard and Mary Lindsey,
Harold Pickle, Maurice and Jo
Thomas, Debbie Chance, Jewel
Ellenburg, Mattie Henderson,
Annie Belle Mann, Gladys
Thomas, Dora Bankey, May
COfier, Katie Baggett, Bessie
Fuller, Jimmy Weaver, Sherry
Gilreath, J. B. Thomas, Betty
Ridley, Bob and Carol Thomas,
Earl Tucker, Bobby 'l‘innef',
Georgia Mae Adams, Bigg'
Argo, Mark and Debbie God
frey and Wilburn and Ruth
Cagle.
Thanks to Ruth Cook,
Beatrice Taylor and Willie
Anderson who came from Sar
dis Baptist Church to give a
birthd‘z)ay arty for the
residents on %hursday evening.
We welcome to Oak View
Ms. Mable Tripp.
Farice Baéley.
Callie Cash visited Danny
Andrews.
Carolyn Timmons visited
Clifford Shields.
Tommy and Ruth Dillard
visited Ms. Ella Harkins.
Geneva Shireman, Juanita
Cole, Mr. and Mrs. David
Young, Wanda and Wendy
Dover, Betty Cook, Becky
Mason, Mary Sue Smith, Lisa
and Brooke Ward, Renae Cole,
Rodn?' Womack and Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Womack and boys
visited Ms. Mollie Beason.
Betty Cook, Diane and
Jessica Moseley, Keisha
Womack and Mr. and Mrs.
Greg Blalock and boys visited
Ms. Evelyn Blalock.
Visiting Ms. Mary Phillips
last week were: Brenda Jones
and Shea, Johnny Gentry, Jo
Ann McClung, Farrah and
Lindsey, Amber Everett,
Rachel Longley and Wilburn
Dooley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bush,
Rev. Jimmy Bryant, Jimmie
K. Watson, John Kellett,
Peggy Helms, Kathryn Brown,
Marion Shives, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman E. Adams, Ruby
Clark, Roy White and Rose
Pickle visited Ms. Abbye
Kellett.
Visiting Mrs. Sara Brown
duri;ngl the week were: Matt
Veatch, Anfiela Johnson, Sue
Scott, Iva Nell Woodall, Jean
White and Bill, Leila and Ben
ny Brown.
Charles Elsberry and Mary
Lou Browning visited Ms.
Maggie Elsberry.
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Patriotic Program Presented
Students in grades kindergarten through Desert Storm. Students had previously
six at Pennville Elementary School last sent Christmas cards and letters to the
week presented a patriotic program troops, and a letter from a soldier was
dedicated to troops serving in Operation read during the program. (Staff Photo).
Guild Sets Photography Competition
DALTON — The Creative
Arts Guild is currently accep
ting entries for its 20th annual
photo%'aphé' competition, Im
ages 91. Entry forms are
available by contacting the
Creative Arts Guild at 520
West Waugh Street in Dalton
or may be obtained by calling
the Arts Guifd at
404-278-0168. :
The deadline for entry is
Monday, March 25.
Photographs will be received at
the Arts Guild on Wednesday
and Thursday, March 27 and
28. Mail-in entries must be
received by Wednesday, March
27, so those mailing
photographs to the Arts Guild
must allow sufficient delivery
time. The show will open on
Sunday, April 7, with a recep-
1953 SHS Meet
Set March 21
A second meeting to plan
the second class reunion for the
Summerville High School
aduating class of 1953 will be
fi:;ld at 6:30 %m. Thursday,
March 21, at the Old Hickory
restaurant, Summerville.
All class members are in
vited to the next organizational
meeting.
Attending a recent meeting
to make plans were Wanda
Petitt, Frances Ledford, Dora
Ann Lanier, Fay Hurley, Rex
Jackson, Paul Warren, Jack
Anglin, Johnny Green and
Bobby Groce.
Social Workers
Slate Meeting
The Northwest Georgia Na
tional Association of Social
Workers will meet at noon Fri
day, March 22, at the Cherokee
Restaurant, Dalton.
Chattooga Countians plan
ning to attend are asked to con
tact Rhonda Whitfield at
272-2305 by Friday, March 15.
SMS PTO Meeting
The Summerville Middle
School Parent-Teacher
Organization (PTO) will meet
Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the
cafeteria.
There will be a business ses
sion, and the seventh and
eighth grade students and
teachers will present a
pro%ram.
he parents of the sixth
grade students will provide
refreshments.
All PTO members, parents
and interested community
members are invited.
Lyerly Council
Meets Monday
The Lyerly City Council will
meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the
city hall.
the Georgia General Assembly as Artist of the Year for
1991.
The Chattooga County Arts Foundation was organiz
ed in January to represent the visual, performing and writ
ten arts,
The foundation’s purposes are to:
* Involve the community in the enjoyment and process
of creative expression.
* Create a supportive network of Chattooga County
artists.
* Expand public awareness of local artistic talent.
* Provide opportunities for local artists to exhibit, per
form, or teach.
Membership in the foundation is $5 for the year. The
group meets at 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month
at Keepsakes, Frames and Stitches.
The board of directors are Sue Cannon, Betty Hollis,
Jim Marbutt, Carl McClesky, Laurie Perry, Anne Scott,
Betsy Scott, Betty Stahl and John Turner.
For more information about the arts foundation or the
Finster Arts Festival, contact Betty Hollis at 862-2177, or
Anne Scott at the Chattooga County Library, 857-2553.
tion and awards ceremony
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The com-
Eetitlon is sponsored by the
reative Arts Guild each year
for both amateur and profes
sional photographers. The ex
hibit will run from April 1
through May 3, 1991 in Gallery
I of tfie Arts Guild. .
Color photographs arnd
black and white shots are being
accepted in seven categories
which include nature, por
traiture, still life, architecture,
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photojournalism, wildlife and
abstract.
The entry fee is sl2 per per
son with a maximum submis
sion of five %hotographs. All
entries must be original works
and never before entered in an
Ima%?s competition.
Those interested in enterin,
the contest may call the Guilfi
at 404-278-0168 or write Im
ages 91, Creative Arts Guild,
P. O. Box 1485, Dalton, GA
30722-1485.
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The Summerville News, March 7,1991 . . ..
SUMMERVILLE-TRION NEWS
Students Visit
Some of those from out-of
town who were here for the
funeral of Mrs. Brandon Rains
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Blackwell, Connie and Andy of
Clarksville, Tenn., Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Locklear, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Oxford, Mr. and
Mrs. John David Oxford, Jud
Br*)son and Dennis Locklear afi
of Dalton.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Broome on Wednesday
afternoon were Mrs. Dorothy
Ramey of Rome and Mrs.
Mildred Parham.
.Wendi Wilson and Heath
Mitchell both from Georgia
Southern Collefie in Statesboro
were home with their families,
the Ewart Wilsons and the
Gene Mitchells, for the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Brinkley and Brianna and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Brinkley attend
ed the wedding of Miss Vicky
Rector of LaFayette and Terry
Brinkley on March 1. The
ceremony was performed at
their future home in
LaFayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Baker and Jason entertained
with a family dinner party
Thursday night honoring Deb
bie Baker, Emily Ellenburg,
Lance Palmer and Lee Palmer
on their birthday anniver
saries. A lovely huge birthday
cake decorated with all four
honorees’ names was served for
dessert. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baker,
Lance and Lee, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Ellenburg and the
hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Roach,
Shawna and Amber and Lind
sey Anderson were luncheon
guests on Sunday in the home
of Mrs. Roach’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John 192“ john of
East Armuchee Road‘s
Recent spend-the-night
guests of Mrs. Dorothy Ramey
of Rome were Ms. Opal
Sprayberry of LaFayette and
Mildred Parham.
Those from Trion who were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Richardson of Richardson
Road, Walker County, on Sun
day were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Broome and Benjie Broome.
The occasion was the birthday
anniversary of Mr. Richardson.
Other guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Buddy Chapman, Josh,
Phil and Zack and Kim Horton
of LaFayette, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Richardson, Shannon and
Jamie, Dougél;l:1 Broome and
Zondra and ie Dooley all of
East Armuchee Road. A birth
day cake with an anniversary
candle and a lovely arrange
ment of spring flowers served
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OLA MAE BROOME
as centerpiece for the table.
Mr. and Mrs. Dort Brown
spent Sunday afternoon in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Brown of Rome to visit with
their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray De-Jesus. The De-Jesuses
have been in Rome with the
Browns for several days after
leaving Alaska. They have
been transferred from Alaska
to Homestead Air Force in
Miami after serving two years
and happy to be leaving a cold
country where eight feet of
snow is a way of life.
Ms. Opal Jones of Scott
sboro visited Doyle and
Carolyn Jones on Saturday and
is sgending time with other
relatives and friends
throughout this week.
Josephine Pledger and Tom
of Fort Sglethorpe were fuests
on Sunday afternoon of Mrs.
Mae Adair.
Ms. Mildred Parham spent
the weekend with Mr. and Kfrs.
Grady F. Ramey of Rome and
attended the opening service of
the New Oak Hill Church of
Christ near Mt. Berry Square
in Rome. Some others from
here attending were Ophelia
Gaylor, Bonnie Clowdis and
Esther Hammond. The number
attending the morning service
was 670. Alvis Miller, minister,
spoke for the 10 o’clock morn
ing service and other ministers,
Steve Price and Ron Vick, had
charge of the night service.
Spend-the-night guest of
Minister Stephen Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Faitfi, Andrew and
Elisabeth on Wednesday of
last week was Larain McKay of
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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