Monday, Aug. 18, 1958
SATURDAY SQUARE DANCE TERMED SUCCESSFUL
Officials of Lindale’s square dance club this morning pronounced that the dance held Saturday night at the auditorium was highly successful. Nine or ten squares of dancers from over northwest Georgia, and some from Alabama and Tennessee, attended the affair. Several prominent callers from this area were on hand, along with Fred Caswell of Cartersville.
The gala occasion assembled for the first time the seven clubs of the Northwest Georgia Square Dance Federation, which plans to have one dance each month at different places over the area. Next affair for the group will be held this coming Saturday in Cartersville, and is to begin at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and lasting until midnight.
The local club, of which Elmer Dillingham is chairman, is sponsored by the Lindale Recreation Associa-tion.
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1958
ROMAN NAMED TO HONOR BY TRIAL LAWYERS
John W. Maddox, Rome attorney, will be inducted into the Fellowship of the American College of Trial Lawyers at ceremonies to be held Monday, August 25, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Emil Gumpert, Chancellor of the College, made the announcement.
Maddox is a member of the legal firm of Matthews, Maddox, Walton and Smith.
The honor is considered to be one of the highest in American jurisprudence, according to Judge Gumpert. Membership in the college is limited to one percent of the attorneys in any given state. Justice Charles Evans Whitaker of the United States Supreme Court and the Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, Solicitor General of Great Britain, will be inducted into Honorary Fellowship in the College. Both will address the gathering in the hotel’s grand ballroom. California Governor Goodwin J. Knight will welcome the members and inductees at an induction banquet that evening.
The annual induction dinner of the college coincides with the national convention of the Ameri-can Bar Association which begins its meet in Los Angeles on that date.
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1958
FLOYD YOUTH NAMED STATE 4-H OFFICIAL
Melvin Davis has been elected state 4-H reporter at the 4-H Club council meeting at Rock Eagle, which ended today.
Melvin has served as boy vice-president this past year. He was one of five Floyd youths who attended the 25th annual council meeting.
Others chosen to represent Floyd County because of their leadership activities were Boyd Morris, Silver Creek Rte. 1; Larry Willingham, Armuchee Rte. 1, Chee Chee Coleman and Rethat Momon, Cave Spring.
Two boys and two girls from each Georgia county were to be present at the meeting representing their 4-H clubs.
Mrs. Jo Ann Abernathy of the Floyd County Home Demonstration Department and G.F. Wiley, Floyd County Agricultural Agent, also attended the meeting, the largest of the year for 4-H members.
Friday, Aug 22, 1958
GIANTS AND BRAVES WIN FIRST ROUND GAMES
An enthusiastic crowd Thursday night saw the First Baptist Giants and the American Legion Braves win games in the opening round of Lindale’s Twig Baseball League double-elimination play-off, being staged on the Pepperell High School diamond.
In the curtain-raiser, the Baptists defeated the Church of God Bears, 9-2.
Spearheading the attack for the Baptists were F. Wheeler with two-for-three, Cox with two-for-four, Broadaway with one-for-three and Stansell with one-for-four. For the Church of God, White, Webb and Childres had one-for-three.
Bateries – Baptists: Roger Goss and Wayne Broadaway. Church of God: George Hughes, Ronnie Childres and Benny Woodard.
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