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VOLUME 71—NO. 6
Sheriff's Office To Crack
Down On Young Drivers
Children Driving Without License Involved In
Several Accidents; Parents Cooperation Asked
Sheriff Fred Stewart today declared his office will
strictly and rigidly enforce the law which prohibits chil
dren from driving automobiles without a license, and re
quested the cooperation of parents to help enforce the
law to decrease the number of accidents in which minor
drivers are involved.
Sheriff Stewart released the i
following statement regarding i
the action he intends to take in !
the matter:
“In recent weeks we have had
several accidents involving chil- ■
dren driving automobiles with-1
out licenses. There have alsol
been made in my office numer
ous complaints and names have
been reported of boys and girls
under the legal age limit driving
automobiles without licenses. In
view of this I feel that the public |
might not be aware of the Geor
gia law with regard to drivers li
censes and I would like to point
out that the law requires that a
person be above sixteen <l6>
years of age before a regular
drivers license can be issued. A
person fifteen (15i years of age |
may secure a learner's license I
permit. This permit allows the :
person to drive only if there is
a licensed driver in the automo- i
bile with them at all times and'
further prohibits the person I
with a learner's permit from op- I
erating a vehicle inside the city j
limits of an incorporated town 1
even though he does have a li
censed operator with him.
The law also makes it a mis
demeanor for a parent or any
other person to permit a person
without a driver's license to op- ■
crate an automobile on the pub- !
lie streets.
In view of the seriousness and
inexperience of children in driv- I
ing automobiles, I feel that this |
law should be strictly and rigidly I
enforced and I would like the
public to know that if com
plaints are made or violators
are noted by this office, that
cases will be made against the j
violators.
I ask the cooperation of the
parents and guardians of chil-1
dren in helping me to enforce
this law.”
Straight Salary Basis For
All City Employees Ordered
Economy Move Set in Action by Mayor and
Council; Audit Will Show City Deep in Debt
The Board of Mayor and City Council in an economy
move last week put all city employees on a straight salary
basis, ordered all overtime cancelled and is now seeking
means of putting the town’s business in a profitable posi
tion.
It was recently brought to the
attention of the city officials
that the City of Summerville is
approximately $27,500 in debt
and very little prospects, if any,
of overcoming this deficit unless
some or all of the council can
come up with a proposition that
will result in additional income.
The $27,500 figure was released
by Clerk Sam Sitton Wednes
day.
The city's liooks are scheduled
to be audited at a near future
dale. Sitton said, and us soon
as this audit is completed the
city's financial status will be
broken down department by de
partment to dote r m i n c how ■
much the city owes as well as ■
show the amount that is owed
to the city.
it has been acknowledged by j
all members of the City Council
that the City of Summerville is I
deep in debt. However, none of
the men who handle the city's '
business affairs were quick to
place the blame for the present
financial condition.
Tile Hoard of Mayur and City
Council became concerned re- i
cently when it was revealed
many hours of overtime showed ■
up on time sheets Councilman
Wales Goebel declared at the'
time that steps would have to
Iw taken to cut out the over-'
lime The action by the city of- |
flcials last week was an indi
cation they will even go further
In efforts to taper the city's ex
penses. ।
Another move by Mayor Coir-'
land and Couneilmcn Goebel,.
Hoy Alexander. Janies Crouch
and Will Nlcplicnson tn bring in ;
additional revenue to the city's
coffers, was the "get rough"|
policy to collect buck luxes ini
the amount of some s2finoo Tol
date tins figure has b<cn rc-
|ducrd by some S2OOO
" Hit ton further pointed out that
uncollected business licenses for
this jear arc due March I Home
*3.00<) to SO.IMMI is expected to
be derived from this source.
Hitton said, and declared that
over a year's lime thia source of
income will amount to approxi
mately SII,OOO Any business
licenses not paid to the city after
March I. will be charged with
a penalty.
The Summerville News
CITY GETS CHECK
FOR $6,015.83
FROM GA. POWER
Check Represents 3% of Gross
Receipts in 1957 From the
Sale of Power Here
A cheek for $6,015.83 was de
livered to the City of Summer
ville last week by J. T. Morgan
Jr., district manager of the
Georgia Power Co. here.
This payment represents three
per cent of the gross receipts in
1957, from the sale of electric
power to commercial and resi
dential customers of the com
pany under the Municipal Part
nership Plan. The three per cent
tax is paid by the company in
place of occupation and fran
chise taxes and is in addition to
the company’s property taxes.
These taxes were paid to the
county and city in December.
The Georgia Power Company’s
total tax bill for 1957 amounted
to more than $24,900,000. Os this
amount, more than $2,018,000 is
being paid to the communities of
Georgia under the Municipal
Partnership Plan. This is an in
crease of more than $303,000 over
1956, and included for the first
time payments to towns in the
company's Valdosta division.
City, county, and state prop
erty taxes totaled $4,840,000 in
1957. The $24,900,000 total tax
figure does not include the Geor
gia three per cent sales tax
which the company collects from
its customers for the State of
Georgia nor the sales tax which
the company pays on materials
used in its operations.
Ed Juries Named
(ouniy Director
Os Seals Campaign
Ed Surles, attorney, of Sum
merville, Oa., prominent civic
i leader, has been appointed Chat
tooga County Chairman of the
' 1958 Easier Seal Appeal of the
Georgia Society lor Crippled
Children and Adults. D. E. Mc-
Whorter, banker, of Summer
ville. will be County Treasurer.
The npiMiintments were an
nounced this week by district
leader James Scarborough, of
Rome. Ga.
The County Chairman will di
reel a lame group ol volunteer
to help in flic mail campaign,
publicity, special events, and dis
tribution of coin containers and
posters. The month-long drive,
March 6-April 6, will include an
educational program outlining
existing services and future
needs for the .‘l.ite's handi
capped.
Mrs. Bruce Schaefer, of Toccoa,
president of the Society. (minted
out that (he Georgia group is
'Womanless Wedding' Will
Take Place Tonight at 7:30
Cost of Business Men Will Perform in Mock
Wedding Ceremony; Sponsored by P.-T.A.
Park up the kith and the rrxt of the family ami head
for Htimmcrvnir High School tonight Io mt the Woman-
Irsa Wedding, featuring a raM of local buMnet>6 men, under
Hie auapiclr.s of the Summerville HA
TIME: 7:30 pin.
CHARACTERS:
Bride—Mr llotchklM
Uroom—"bmlley" Ort-gn
Brhlcs Mother James King
Orootn’x Father Curltun
St range
Uroum’n Mother—Fay
Pledger
bi-« i Mari—J I Morgan
CITY GETS CHECK FROM GA. POWER
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J. T. Morgan Jr., district manager of the Georgia Power Co. here,
(big smile) delivered to Summerville’s Mayor Martin 11. Cope
land, a check for $6,015.83, which represents 3% of the company’s
gross receipts here in 1957, from the sale of electric power. The
3% tax is paid by the company in place of occupation and fran
chise taxes and is in addition to the company’s property taxes.
Sealed Bids Will Be Accepted
On City Recreation Project
Bids Will Be Received on $200,000 Project Until
April 1; Work Will Be Started as Soon as Possible
Sealed bids will be accepted until 2 p.m., April 1, for
the construction of the city’s $200,000 recreation center
and work on the project is expected to be started as soon as
possible.
The city recently received the
money from a bonding company
in Atlanta and since that time
the money has been invested in
United States Treasury notes to
accumulate interest.
City officials met with archi
tects and parks and recreation
board members last Monday and
went over the plans and speci
fications and set the date to
accept the bids on the project.
The bids will also be opened on I
this date.
The recreation bonds were
voted by the people of the city j
last September. Land was do
nated by the Summerville Man- 1
BUBBA REALLY GOT THE GOAT
■
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Bubba Dunson, member of Ihe Summerville Jaycees, makes a
strong but futile protest against "gelling the goal" when the
animal was delivered to his home by It. C. Hardeman, club presi
dent. The goal is being used here in connection with a new
membership drive by the Jaycees. Ohl members cither come up
with a new member or the Billy Goat becomes a permanent
fixture. Four new members had been recruited when this pic
ture was taken.
one of 1.655 Easter Seal affiliates
Os the National Society tor Crip
pled Children & Adults with
headiiu.utei.s in Cloc.mo She
said there are some 60.000 private
citizen*. like Buries and Me
Whorter, who are serving a.''
| Easter Seal leader* or are active
on boards and committer* for
Ea ter Beal Societies aero;.;, the
nation.
Parton Arch Farrar
Flower Girl- Jlin Duff
In addition to the uomanlrt
WtcMillf Hu re will lie .1 ,i 1.,
line of "glamour girh," a fashion
show and seems from an in
lercMlng bachelor’* party
A 10l of fun is promlMgl for
I everyone who attends this gath
i * rhig AduiiaUuu k 23 cenU and
! jO tepu.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEB. 27, 1958
ufacturing Co. between the Ly
erly Highway and Bowling Road.
Specifications call for a swim
ming pool with a filter system,
wading pool with adequate dress
ing rooms, a recreational build
ing with offices, large club
room, game room, and conces
sion stand.
The plans also call for facili
ties for colored people. The
County Fair Association donated
four acres of land adjacent to
the colored school grounds for
fenced hard surfaced area and
a 20x35 shelter. A baseball field
and four horseshoe courts will
also be available for colored
people.
Bond Issue Will
Be Heard Mar. 14
Proceedings to confirm and
I validate the *300.000 School ।
Bond Issue will he heard nr
bu|Tr|or Court here Friday.
March 14, at 10 o'clock al the
Chattooga County Courthouse
The School Bond Issue was
approved by the voters of the
city and county last week in
a clone election that won for
those who fuvured the issue
by Oil votes.
I Lowell Hix. superintendent ।
'of the county schixil*. de
clared before the election ।
libit the s3o<>.<«M> had been
earmarked to be expended to
i< pair and improve the OMNI*
ly school system The only
expense to be paid out of the
money, he laid. will be the
cost of holding the election,
printing of the ballots and
। validating Mir bonds.
< IMPM it ro BPI IK
Phil Campbell. Commisshmri
ol Agriculture, will be the guest
speaker at the Trion Lions Club
meeting. March 3. al 6 30 pm
The meeting will be held in the
L;t a elcU!e Xaein.
CITY COURT WILL
CONVENE MARCH 3;
JURORS DRAWN
Criminal Week Slated for
March 3; Civil Week Set for
March 10
The names of 184 jurors drawn
for the March term of City Court,
i both civil and criminal, were re
i leased today from the office of
Sam L. Cordle, county court
clerk.
The Criminal Week of court is
scheduled to get underway on
Monday, March 3. at 9:30 am.,
while the Civil Week will con
vene Monday, March 10, at 9:30
a.m. with City Judge T. J. Espy
presiding.
The names of the jurors and
; the panels on which they will
serve are listed below:
CRIMINAL WEEK
Monday, March 3, 1958
N. B. Carpenter, William Lock
lear, John W. Daniel, Jr., Harper
Edwards, Leon Smith, B. F. Ed
wards, Paul E. Bailey, W. C.
Woods, Dennis Cox, James T.
Holt, Jr., Terry Williams, J. L.
Wilson, Joe Gaffney, Paul
Cooper, Mrs. Lucelle Wilson.
J. E. Clowdis, W. J. White, Har
bin Stephens. Nathaniel C. Dan
iel, Guy Peppers. Robert Hurley,
Ray Lawson, Charles S. Fowler,
Jr., Harold Battles, Ayers J.
Jones, Lawrence Hudgins, W. C.
Padgett, Herbert Dodd, Hender
son F. Ponder, Joseph D. Cook,
H. G. Baker.
John Dodd, A. K. Kendrick, T.
H. Brewer, J. P. Thornberry. John
M. Martin, Ralph H. Housch, C.
W. Hamby, Joe Collett, Jr., W.
A. McLeod, Carl McKenzie, W. A.
' Bowman, Sr., Nishious Price,
James R. Dowdy, Mrs. Clara
Knox, George F. Johnson. D. E.
Millard, Forrest Williams, Hubert
Palmour, Raymond Dover.
CIVIL WEEK
Monday, March 10, 1958
Emmett O. Davis, James R.
Smith, Fred E. Money, Andrew
Montgomery, Sr.. Tom W. Gard
ner, Charles Lowry. Henry Lowry.
Ed Ash, Vance M. Storey, Willie
, Dawson, John Eilenburg, A. S.
McAbee, Marshall McCollum,
Mrs. W. C. Hardy. Jadie Price,
Arnold Hudson, Ed Hunter.
R. A. Canada, W. E. Mathis,
; Charlie Williams. J D. Bean, Jr..
Gordon D. Green, James W. Hen
drix, Donald D. Brook, Howard
Scoggins, Robert Bohannon, Roy
J. Hardeman, Robert Dobbs,
■ Doyal Gaylor. J. C. Williams, Lee
Dixon, James L. Bynum, Marvin
। Brooks, Hugh Don Hall.
JAYCEES GOAT
BRINGS CLUB’S
MEMBERSHIP UP
Billy Goat Slaked Out in Yard
Os Old Members Who Fail to
Bring In New Ones.
A Billy Goat by the name of
"Jaycee,” has been recruited by
the Summerville Jaycees to bring
in new members. Reports from
R C. Hardeman, club president,
indicated that old members
would bring in new ones or else
“get the goat."
•’Jaycee," the goat, that is, is
now staked out al the home of
Bill Bowman. President Harde
man, Kelly Jordan, Charles
Farrar and Bubba Dunson were
responsible for the goat’s visit
to Bowmans home. They tied
"Jaycee" out in the back yard
while the Bowmans were away
from home. Os course. Bowman
will be notified that as soon as
lie brings in a new member the
goat will be moved to a new lo
cation. This will be repeated
among members until the mem*
bership drive is culminated.
President Hardeman was the
first to "get the goat." Others
who brought in new members to
rid themselves of "Jaycee" were
Ed Bush. Sum Hancock and
Bubba Dunson.
Low Rent Housing Project
Will Be Completed July 4
Bunuiirrvlllc’b low rent lionsltig pii»iect. com|’tK.r<i of
80 umU. will be completed ax tjchcdulcd. .Inly 4, dcsinle the
recent cold wave which temporarily hailed moat other out
side building, according to an announcement front the Low
Kent Housing Office here.
Mrs Jim Tedder, clerk, said '
applications tu rent duplex
apartments arc nut bring uc- ■
erpted al this time However, she
I pointed out the public will be no
• ified through the press regard
ing rental lor both white and
I colored
Bryant and Rishop are the
contractors on the project,
«inch Is locuh d m four section •
of the Summerville area The
largest id the four projects is I
located on Oak Street. When'
completed the Oak Hired pruj-i
eel will care for 42 tenants. An
: office v ill also be maintained on
iLgwS Ihu *vvuad *-*»-
$900,000 Road Project
Contracts Will Be Let Soon
For Resurfacing Os U.S. 27
TRADE AT HOME
Readers of the News continue
to take advantage of the many
I special buys and bargains of
j sered on the Trade at Home full
page advertisement which ap
pears weekly in this newspaper.
Twenty local merchants have
banned themselves together to
I offer to the buying public of
Summerville and Chattooga
: County a wide variety of mer
! chandise and other services at
! a savings . . . plus the conven
ience of trading at home, saving
: on gasoline, wear and tear on
| your car and other benefits.
If you spend your money
locally it travels through home
i channels and helps home folks.
< Money spent out of the city
rarely ever returns here. Its
j smart business to trade at home
with your local friendly mer
chants.
OFFICIAL VOTE
SHOWS EDGE OF
68 FOR SCHOOLS
Summerville and Lverlv Voters
Supply the Needed Margin for
Bond Issue Victory
| The official tabulation of re
j suits of the $300,000 School Bond
■ Issue, which was voted on and
approved here last week, showed
the measure carried by a slim
, majority of 68 votes.
I Only two of the fourteen poll
ing places had a majority voting
lin favor of the much needed
' school money which will be used
I for lepatis anti improvements in
I the county’s school system. The
I City of Summerville and Lyerly,
। both had healthy margins in fa
| vor of the bond issue. Summer- i
! villc voted 552 for the bonds and i
317 against it. Lyerly voters cast
I 110 in favor of the issue while 77 :
I voted against it. It was the com
। bined votes of these two towns
that won the election tor those :
favoring the bond issue.
At the out-set the election
I trend was toward those who ob- i
' icctcd the bonds. However, when
11 he results from Summerville
were announced, the election
took an about face. The report
that Lyerly had voted in favor
I of thr bonds was a pleasant sur
■ prise to school officials. At this
, time the supporters of the bond
I issue felt they had a safe lead
But even then there was still the
j possibility the election could be
lost. When all precincts but Hay-,
wood had reported results, there
were no longer doubts, about the .
outcome. The majority stood at i
101 voles in favor of the bonds
Haywood's maximum vote was
only 40. The final results showed
904 voted in favor of the bonds
while 836 voted "no,” giving the'
winners a majority of 68 voles
The official votes by boxes arc
shown below;
For Au Vd ।
Alpine 99 90 2
Summerville 51>2 317 5
Coldwater 10 79 0
DirLscllcr 4 13 1
Dirttown 41 41 1
Haywood o 9 n I
Lyerly 111) 77 2
Seminole 8 30 0
Trion 60 101 0
Subligna 1 58 0
Tcloga 13 1"> «’
DIM 836 11 ।
leal unit will house 22 tenants
This project Is located on Marvin
i Htrccl The two smaller units,
one fur white and one lor color
ed. will house eight tenants cadi
The protect for white people Is
located on Union Htreet. *hil*
the Negro protect i.< located on
j., . enth Street
According to Hie local office,
approximately 1764.193 00 was
allocated by Hie Federal Govern
mmi for the <on Hu,tton of Um
! low rent housing project here Os
this amount M»i.337.00 was ear
marked lor thr units to lie wcu
pled by white tenants A total of
$74 GOU cw» was allocated fur the
II egro umt.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAK
Reps. Floyd and Weems Advised of Project;
Local Appraisers Will Handle Rights-of-Way
State Representatives James (Sloppy) Floyd and Pain
B. Weems, this week announced they had been advised that
contracts will definitely be let in April or May for a $900,000
road building project on U.S. Highway 27, from the Floyd
County line to Summerville.
JONES APPOINTS
3 APPRAISERS ON
U.S. 27 PROJECT
The appointment of three lo-
I cal men as appraisers on the
! proposed $900,000 road construc
' tion project on U. S. Highway 27.
from Summerville to the Floyd
County Line, was announced to
। day by County Commissioner
। John S. Jones.
The three men appointed by
Commissioner Jones were T. P
Johnston, Frank J. Dawson and
I Charles S Fowler Sr. These men
will apraise property along the
route of the highway where
right-of-ways will be obtained
for the project which will in
! elude reconstruction of the exist
ing highway and bridges to pro
vide a 24 foot wide high type
pavement.
When advised of the three
men appointed by Commissioner
Jones, Reps. James (Sloppy»
Floyd and Paul Weems, who an
nounced this week that bids will
I be let on the project, was high in
I their praises of Johnston, Daw
i son and Fowler. “They are all
fine men and will do a fine job
for the people of Chattooga
< County." .they said.
Reps. Floyd and Weems, who
'have just returned from Atlanta
: and the “political wars," of the
। State legislature, made a joint
statement regarding Commis
' sioner Jones’ cooperation in se
! curing right-of-ways for the
I roads built and now under con-
I struction in Chattooga County
! "Wc would like to commend
Commissioner John Jones and
his staff for the efficient man-,
| ncr in which he has obtained ;
these right-of-ways,” they said
Trucks Employ 745,
Pay $3.3 Million
In Chattooga County
The importance of trucks as!
an employer and major income
producer tor the people of Chat-;
tooga County is emphasized in I
figures just released by the
Georgia Motor Trucking Associa
tion.
Using the county's 1957 truck
registration ol 1.084 as a basis,
the GMTA compulation.. show a'
county trucking industry cm-1
pioyment of 745 with an annuali
payroll oi $3,354,735 Farm trucks .
are not included m the computa-,
I ions.
i*ver the state as a whole, flic
trucking industry employs 167.,
434 with an annual payroll of
$753,955,320. Average annual'
wage for the trucking employees
is $4,503. compared with a com
parable figure of $3,120 lor nil:
industries in Georgia.
ABOUT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR
Or f . f
TI , I
About this lime every year the problem of Income Taxes Inter
rupts thr trend of thought and most business people are busy
gelling tax returns fixed up to send Io "Vncle." Here Laverne
Nmith, office manager of a local railroad contracting firm, gets
that serious look as he discusses with Henderson F. Ponder, tax
accounlanl. one of the many problems encountered in making
cut Ua teturu.. Stay bulb survived the utdtal.
A public hearing was held at
i the Chattooga County Court
j house on Feb. 6. at which time
; an opportunity was afforded any
person to be heard in connection
| with this road construction proj
ect.
J. L. Hufsteller. of the Georgia
State Highway Department was
I in Summerville this week to con
fer with Commissioner John
Jones, to make arrangements for
the appointment of three local
appraisers who will appraise
property for the right-of-way for
, the highway from the Floyd
i County line to Summerville.
The road building project is a
| Primary Federal Aid Project,
, which means the expense of the
■ construction will be shared by
the Federal Government and the
State of Georgia on a 50-50 basis.
Reps. Floyd and Weems said
approximately 9' 2 miles of U.S.
I Highway 27 will be involved in
the construction project. The
distance from the Floyd County
line to the top of Taylor’s Ridge
jis 6.051 miles. From the top of
the mountain to Sumcrville is
a distance of 3.296 miles. The
combined projects will cost S9OO,
000. according to the two local
representatives.
Reps. Floyd and Weems fur
ther stated they would like to
■ commend Commissioner Jones
and his entire staff for the effi
cient manner in which they have
I obtained right-of-ways for the
! roads that- have been built and
those now under construction in
I Chattooga County.
In connection with the High
way 27 project. Reps. Floyd and
j Weems, also announced that bids
on the Trion-Dry Valley-Broom
town road project, which is sec
ondary Federal Aid Road, will be
let on March 14 All of the paper
work has been completed and
this project is now definite, they
■said.
A resurfacing project is also
scheduled to get underway in the
county in May or June, accord
ing to the legislators. They said
the highway from Su.nmcrville
to Menlo and from Menlo to the
Alabama line will be resurfaced.
Another resurfacing project will
be the road from Summerville to
Lyerly and from Lyerly to the
Alabama line A third resurfac
ing project will be the road from
Cloudland into Walker County,
known as Scenis Drive.
The resurfacing projects were
scheduled to get underway last
year but cold weather set in and
delayed the work which will now
be started in May or June All of
this work will come under the
State Aid Program and the
county will not be rcs]X)iisible
lor any of the cost.
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