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VOLUME 74—NO. 9
Jury Rules City Not Liable
And Dismisses $20,000 Suit
Case Os Fred Aldred Against City Ended; Four
Other Suits Pending Mere And In Atlanta
A jury deliberated 5 hours and
20 minutes here last week before
dismissing a $20,000 damage suit
filed against the City of Sum
merville by W. Fred Aldred, who
entered the litigation for loss of
services of his wife after she was
involved in an accident here in
September, 1956.
The jury was actually more
than seven hours on the case in
cluding the time they spent out
for meals, ft ruled the city was
not liable as far as Mr. Aldred
was concerned.
The initial court proceedings
against the city totaled more
than $65,000 as the result of an
automobile accident in which it
was alleged Mrs. Aldi cd. her sis
ter-in-law, Miss Mabel Aldred
and Mrs. J. B. Woodard, wife of a
local groceryman, were injured
after the automobile struck a
manhole on First Street, Novem
ber 26, 1956.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Woodard
also entered suits against the
City of Summerville along with
suits filed by Miss Aldred and
Mrs. Fred Aldred. At a previous
hearing, Woodard was given
judgment for $6,100 for loss of
the automobile and services lost
to him by his wife. However, the
city appealed the case and it is
now scheduled to be heard in the
State Court of Appeals in Atlan
ta.
The following cases are still
pending in local courts as the
result of the alleged accident.
Mrs. Woodard has a case pend
ing for damages for SIO,OOO. Mrs.
Fred Aldred has one pending for
$25,000 and Miss Aldred has one
pending for more than $20,000.
County's First Big Rodeo Is
Booked For Showing Here Soon
Real Wild West Rodeo Featuring Five Events
Will Be Held In Chattooga County May 31-Junc 1
The first big rodeo ever to be staged in Chattooga
County will be held two days here on the afternoons of
Saturday and Sunday, May 31, and June 1, under the spon
sorship of the Chattooga County Horseman's Association,
it was announced today.
The show will be produced by I
John and Preston Fowlkes, of
Franklin. Tenn., two men who
are well known for their abilities
to stage such shows. The Rodeo
will feature five big events, in
cluding bronc riding, calf roping,
bulldogging, cutting horse and
Brahma Bull riding. A barrel
race lias been arranged for chil-!
dren 14 years old and under.
Rodeo officials said this will I
be the largest and most colorful
event of its kind ever held in
this section with top cowboys
from the Southeast competing
for approximately $1,500 in prize
money.
City Police Nab Pair After
IO Gallons White Liquor Seized
Chief of Police Griffin Pledger and Police Sgt. Harold
Cody captured 10 gallons of moonshine liquor and arrested
a man and woman on charges of possessing whiskey last
Saturday in a raid on a house located on Curran street in
the Mill Village.
Arrested and charged with
possessing the liquor were Pau!
Faulkner and Jo Ann Smith.
Faulkner was placed und e r
SIOOO and the Smith woman un
der $:t.000 bond Both were re-
Icascd alter posting bond pend
ing a hearing in City Court.
Chief Pledger said he supi
cloned Faulkner was handling
whiskey and the man s home was
placed under observation lor
several hours before the officers
finally made the raid Two
search warrants were issued Io
march Faulkner’s home The of
ficers secured the fil'd warrant
on Friday niglit hut found no
one al the house A second war
rant was issued when the first
one expired on Friday night at
midnight After olmervinu the
house until almost noon Balur
«| IV the ollhers ■'.ml. thrv vent
Io Faulkners home a second
time t»<it found it deserted How
ever. Ilie HniUh woman «>. )o
rated at a near by lmu*e and
told the officers she would not
say there was liquor in Faulk
ners home She also would not
deny there was liquor in the
place The officers said she pro
duced a key and loid them to
look for themselves
Chief Pledger sold lie returned
io the suspect s home and while
he wa- there 1 aulhuef allied
The Summerville Si
DRIVER THROWN
CLEAR OF WRECK
AS AUTO BURNS
Sheriff Fred Stewart's office
investigated two automobile ac
cidents late last Wednesday
night and early Thursday morn
ing in which one of the drivers
was thrown from his automobile
। after the vehicles went out of
control and burned.
Sheriff Stewart said he re
ceived the first call about 11:30
Wednesday night to investigate
an accident which sent 18-year
old Jerry Baker to the hospital.
Young Baker, it was reported,
lost control of his car while
driving on U.S. Highway 27. The
automobile left the highway and
clipped off a telephone pole just
north of the city limits. The
; extent of his injuries was not
learned immediately.
The second accident, Sheriff
j Stewart said, happened about 4
a.m. Thursday morning. He said
the driver, Ralph Whaley, lost
control of a 1950 Mercury on
U.S. Highway 27, at Dickeyville,
crashed into a parked wrecker,
left the highway and burned.
Whaley was thrown clear of the
wreckage and walked away from
i the accident unhurt. The wreck
-1 er was reported to be owned by
Arvin Chamblee.
Sheriff Stewart urged drivers
of automobiles to drive with
more caution when it rains. The
roads, he said, are more danger
ous when it first begins to rain.
"If the drivers would only realize
; they can't handle a car on a
wet road like they do on a dry
i one, there would be fewer acci
j dents on our highways,” he con
! eluded.
The Rodeo will be held at the
new Rodeo arena built on U.S.
Highway 27. just north of the
Penn Drive-In Theatre.
A colorful parade is also
scheduled to be held in connec
tion with the Rodeo. On the af
ternoon of Saturday, May 31, in
the downtown section of Sum
merville, cowboys, cowgirls and
many of the horses and other
animals used in rodeo action
will parade through the streets.
A meeting of the Chattooga
County Horseman’s Association
lias been called for Wednesday
night, March 26, at 7 p in. in
Bill Selmans office. All persons
interested in horses arc invited
to the meeting.
on the scene. Faulkner admitted
the policemen and the house was
searched. More than two gallons
of white whisky was found in the
kitchen. Another eight gallons
was discovered in a closet in a
hack room Both Faulkner and
the Smith woman were arrested
and turned over to SlmiHl Fn d
Strwart.
LIONS HEAR REPS.
WEEMS AND FLOYD
Blate Heps Paul Weems and
James (Sloppy! Floyd were guest
speakers at the regular weekly
meeting of the Summerville
l lona Club Till day at the high
school cafelorium
The s|*eakrrs briefly spoke on
various legislative lulls whirl)
would, more or less, effect Chat
tooga Comity. They discussed
tuch bills us Mental Health
Junior College.*, the stone Moun
tain purchase, rural roads and
contracts to be let on road proj
ects in the county
Lion Hoyt Farmer hud charge
of the program and Introduced
the speakers. He commended the
two state legislators for the fine
lob they have dune representing
the people of Chattooga County
al the LUIS Capitol 111 Atlanta.
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“SWORD OF HOPE” is placed at the Marine Armory in recognition of “Conquest of Fear” Week
in Rome. The huge exhibition opens today to the public free of charge. Left to right: Harry
“Pic” Perry, designer of the unique sign fashioned after the American Cancer Society's symbol;
Sgt. Roger Knowles, USMC, Marine Armory; Mrs. G. C. Holden, Exhibit Co-ordinator, “Conquest
of Fear”; M/Sgt. Jack S. Warren, USMC, .Marine Armory and Rome First Commissioner John E.
Yarbrough.
New, Higher Gas Rates Will Go
Into Effect Here, Sitton Says
Southern Natural Gas Cc. Accepts $11,000,000
Overall Rate Increase; Local Rates To Be Higher
New and higher natural gas rates will go into (’fleet
here between April 15, and May 1, as the result of a
I compromise rate increase granted earlier this week to
Southern Natural Gas Co., by the Federal Power Commis-
sion, according to City Clerk
Sitton said the compromise
rates reached between Southern
Natural Gas and its customers
are subject to approval by the
FPC, pointing out that the cities
' serviced by the company offers
an overall increase of $11,000,000
which the company accepted.
The company has requested an
overall rate in the amount of
$18,000,000.
The new rate, as applied to
users here, 'may be increased as
much as 10 per cent. This is not
a definite figure, Sitton said,
since it will take some time to
figure out the exact amount of
the increase locally percentage
wise.
The rate increase came in the
form of a packaged deal with
several provisions being made
which will be released when the
company makes its report to its
customers.
Sitton said the new penalty
provisions in the settlement will
be $3 instead of $lO. with a pro
, vision that each system will be
| allowed one overrun per year
without penalty. Full penalty
provisions will be included in the
next report received from the
company, he declared.
Sitton also announced that
Southern Natural had recinded
the last two penalties imposed
on the city, one in the amount
I of $5,540 and another, the latest.
I which was for the month of F< b
ruary, in the amount of $21,594.
SURLES TO HEAD
EASTER SEALS
CAMPAIGN HERE
Seals Already in Mail; Crippled
Children and Adults Benefit
Ed Surles, Summerville after
I ncy, has been appointed to serve
as chairman of the Easter Seals
campaign of the Georgia Society
for Crippled Children and Adults.
Inc., in Chattooga County, with
a quota of S9OO.
Local residents are among
600.000 Georgians who received
seals by mail last week It was
Ibe largest mailing in the so
ciety's history. Chairman Surles
said in outlining Ilie
services: "Last year 3677 hours
of therapy treatments gave
Georgia handicapped a chance
for a belter life; 90 crippled chil
dren played In the sun at Easter
Seal Pay Camps; 26 scholar hip:
were awarded therapists, teach-|
era ami phyatciana wh > "111 re
turn to the state tn work with
the crippled; we pave parent
counseling, maintained an equip- ■
ment loan pool, sponsored n
। family weekend rump, opened an
. Easter Beal Treatment Center in
' Albany.
"All these services will lw
broadened Io reach larger and
larger numbers 11 oui 53004 N
stale quota Is met Fateh of us
can know with certainty that i
ot;r dollars have given a crippled
child an opportunity for the fu-,
lure, when we give to Easier
Heals "
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Daffodil Show
Daffodil Show will lie held
March 26. at the Memorial Home
sponsored by the Cherokee Rose
I Garden Club. ’I lic public la urged
i to attend
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA.. THURS., MARCH 20.
Sam Sitton.
CHATTOOGA PUBLIC
HEALTH WORKERS
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Those from the area attending
’ the quarterly meeting of the
Northwest Rcuior.al Conferense
of public health workers held in
Cartersville Tuesday were: T. W
I Fox. sanitarian, Mrs. Emory
Bowen, public health nurse of
Chattooga County Health De
partment, and Mrs. Billy Hen
iderson, of Trion, who is em
ployed in the Walker County
Health Department as x-ray
technician and clinic nurse.
High School Band Has Invite
To Rose Festival-No Funds
Band Members Willing To Work For Anyone To
Raise Money For Trip to Rose Festival
Summerville High School’s band, rated as one of the
top high school musical organizations in the State of Geor
gia, has been invited to participate in the colorful Rose Fes
tival at Thomasville, Ga.. April 25—but there is one hitch
the band members simply don’t have the money to pay
for the expense of the trip.
But where there is a will, there
is away. Every member of the
band has offered to hire out to
local merchants, service stations,
industrial pla n t s or anyone
needing extra help in their busi
ness. The students said every
penny earned in this manner
will be put into funds tor the
trip.
The .Summerville Band, having
already established its reputa
tion as one of the best high
school musical organizations in
the state, was one of three bands
more than sixty miles from
Thomasville, receiving an invi
tation to take part in the much
publicized Hose Festival.
The invitation to the Rose
Festival presents a wonderful
op|M<rlunity for Summerville to
receive a great deal of favorable
publicity Every appearance the
local high school band has made
has been acclaimed “top is r
formance".
With the band m » mber s.
themselves, iqiear-heading the
drive to raise the necessary
funds, between spwi and SSOO. ev
ery citizen of Summerville
should pitch in and help
Mcrcliants and business firm
having need ol extia help lire re
quested to contact Principal Blue
«>i ll.iml I'm' lot Vlt. llnllid.iv
who will in Hirn send the UK) I
qualified student for a particular
type cd business
In order tn make ihe trip, the
band must charter a bus and
ralte enough money for mrab
and Iwo night's lodcmc»
Feraona interested in helping
Hie hand may also aend any con
iiiimihm, large or imli. to the
high school in care of the band
Already a lew I«m*ml buslnes,
men are plugging away nt their
business assoc la tes for funds to
bo turned over to the band tor
the trip Efforts arc expected to
ipread to uLUer ur e 4UUaUulk.
i"Conquestof Fear" to
Have Outstanding
Exhibits in Rome
' The “CONQUEST OF FEAR,"
j a program sponsored by the,
; Floyd County Unit of the Ameri- 1
! can Cancer, endorsed by the
Floyd County Medical Associa-
. tion and Floyd County Dental
Association, opens today in
Rome, Ga., Marine Armory.
Shorter Avenue, and continues,
j through March 22. There will be
! over twenty-five exhibits and the j
public is invited to attend this,
unusual presentation.
Other than the local medical
I profession participating, there
j are outstanding doctors here
i from other states to view and
man the various exhibits. One
exhibit will deal with the ciga
rette controversy. It is based on
. statistical and other types df re
search Has cancer of the lung
become the most frequent type
of cancer in the body today? Is
it increasing more than any
other type cancer? Another ex
। hibit shown is the same one
I which lias been used by the
: American Medical Association. It
simply shows that cancer of the
lung is difficult tc diagnose, and
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such as the Lions. Rotary, Jay
cees and other civic and business
organizations The combined ef
forts of all of these organizations
plus the help offered by the stu
dents themselves, should pro
duce the necessary funds to
make the trip BOOST YOUR
HIGH SCHOOL BAND HELP
SEND THEM TO THOMASVILLE
TO THE ROSE FESTIVAL.
Dr. Bowen Slioaas
Films nl School
Dr. Emory Bowen, chairman of
the Chattooga County Tubercu
losis Committee, was speaker a'
the South Summerville School
during chapel Tuesday.
Dr Bowen showed films on
Tula rculosis entitled “Rodney"
and "Arc You Positive” stressing
the im|H>rlanee of the tubercu
lin skin test and regular physical
chei'k-llfis
Skin h ats are given at the lo
cal health department every
Monday and Thursday
ONLY FIVE
MORE DAYS
Only five more days remain
for readers of the News to sub
mit hate) photographs for the
dm ■mi Bate) i mßm • ‘imoo,
m Inch * ill hr published on
I lioiml m . Mari II '
All pictures accepted for the
special edition must hr accom
panied with Iniormallon gtv
lug the name of thr child, its
aces, parents amt address Pic
tures to hr returned to Hiclr
owners hi mall must hr accom
panied with a self addressed
envelope. Baby pictures for
this rditlnn will not In* ac
upud at Ui Maith 2d*
$300,000 School Bonds
Declared Void By Judge
After Votes Recounted
JAMES R. BURGESS
GETS U.S. WEATHER
BUREAU AWARD
The U. S. Weather Bureau has
presented a bronze Length of
Service Award to James R. Bur
gess, Dry Valley Road, Summer
ville, Georgia, as a token of ap
preciation for having completed
20 years of service as a U. S.
Weather Bureau Cooperative
Weather observer. The award is
in the form of a lapel button
with the number of years' serv
ice shown in figures immediately
below the seal of the Department
of Commerce.
Mr. Burgess also furnishes spe
cial weather reports to the
Weather Bureau Airport Station.
Montgomery, Alabama.
MITCHELL HURT
AS CAR WRECKS
Leon Mitchell, about 16. was
admitted to the Trion Hospital
late Wednesday night, suffering
from injuries received when the
car he was driving went out of
control and crashed into an em
bankment about one mile west
of Menlo.
The youth was reported to
have been driving alone at the
time of the accident. He was
taken to the hospital in a J. D.
Hill Funeral Home ambulance,
suffering with a back injury, ac
cording to the ambulance driver.
THANK GOODNESS
CITY RELIEVED
OF GAS PENALTY
FOR $27,134
Southern Natural Rescinds
Penalties for Months of
January and February
While users of natural gas here
received news of higher gas
rates, Summerville City officials
were advised that gas penalities
totaling $27,134.00 have been re
cindcd by Southern Natural Gas
Co.
The $27.134 00 figure covered
penalities for the months of
January and February. The Jan
uary penalty was for $5,540. The
severe cold weather during the
month of February caused an
unusual increase in the amount
of natural gas consumed in
homes and industry The penalty
against the city for this one
month alone amounted to $21,-
594 00.
Along with the good news that
the gas penalities had been re- I
eluded, came more good news A
new penalty provision in the
settlement wil be $3 instead of
$lO, with a provision that each
system will lie allowed one over
run per year without |ienalty.
The City of Summerville has
been fortunate not to have to
pay any of Hie penalities im
posed on it by Southern Natural
Gas. Although the company
could force the city to pay such
penalities. Southern Natural has
said it would insist on payment
only when the consumption of
gas here works a hardship on
other members buying gas from
the company.
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Mis* tied) lloltrrndorf. president of the FHA Chapter- looks on
approvingly aa Mayor Martin 11. Copeland, of Summerville, inks
tils signature to paper* proclaiming the week of March 23-29 as
•111.1 Uetl ' hue.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
Superior Judge John Davis Makes Decision Alter
Ballots Show 885-856 Against Bonds; All
Ballots Placed in One Box, Witness Soys
Chattooga County’s $300,000 School Bond issue, voted
here Feb. 19, was declared invalid by Superior Court Judge
John Davis, last Saturday following two days of contested
hearings which was climaxed by a recount of the votes cast
in the entire election. i The recount of the votes which
DRIVER'S LICENSE
EXPIRE MARCH 31
Georgia State Troopers will
be in Summerville at the
county courthouse Thursday,
March 27, for the purpose of
renewing drivers’ licenses and
to accept applications from
Georgia residents who now
hold out of state license.
Sgt. Sweat said the officers
will be at the courthouse two
hours longer than usual to
assist mill workers to get
drivers’ license, who other
wise do not get off from work
in time to get to the court
house before the Troopers
leave at 4 p in. Office hours
on Thursday will be from 10
am. to 6 p.m.
SHARON BAILEY IS
CHATTOOGA WINNER
IN SPELLING BEE
Sharon Bailey, seventh grade
; student of Pennville School, was
i winner in Chattooga County
Spelling Bee which is sponsored
by the Atlanta Journal. Sharon
i is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
j L. M. Bailey of Route 2. Summer
ville. Ann Bryant, of Lyerly
placed second. Others participat-
I ing in the Spelling Bec were
' Tony Gaylor. Summerville:
I Eloise Watts, Trion: Leona Lang
ston. Menlo and Wanda Dover,
Welmyer. The Atlanta Journal
presents each county winner a
$25.00 “E” Savings Bond.
FINE BASEBALL MATERIAL
AVAILABLE; NO SPONSOR
Sheriff Fred Stewart Points Out Possibilities;
Sponsors Now Being Sought For Amateur Team
Summerville and Trion could field one of the outstand
ing amateur baseball teams in the state of Georgia, accord
ing to Sheriff Fred Stewart, who after naming over some
of players available, said “the only thing holding us back
is lack of a sponsor.”
“It's a sure thing when you
have players like Ralph (Coun
try! Brown and Bob Broome in
your line-up. And then there's
other fine boys like Jack Cash,
i.. |ay IItKUa, Jimmy Gallowav
Sewell Cash, Wayne Groce, of
Summerville, and the Cobb boys
up at Trion."
Names like “Country" Brown
and Bob Broome arc known far
and wide in the baseball world.
Brown spent nine years in the
Southern League and one year in
AAA bull with Louisville. Ky He
was mi outstanding outfielder
and an excellent hitter. Brown
is now employed at the Georgia
Rug Mill here.
1 was held in the courtroom at the
: scene of the hearings, showed
356 voted in favor of the bonds
■ and 885 voted against them.
The election was contested by
several Lyerly citizens on
■ charges that the votes were im
properly counted and imputed:
i that the bonds were anti-dated
I and made it extremely favorable
। to the bondholders and grossly
1 unfair to the taxpayers.
Intervenors in the case were
listed as Robert Crawford,
George Hubler, Norman Bryant,
Tom Greer, John Ayers, H. L.
j Murphy, Paul H. Byars, J. W.
White, C. B. Padgett, H. R. Riley,
| H. Grady Ramey, M. M. Allen, Sr.
L. W. Bulman and Ralph Cook.
An array of witnesses were put
on the stand to testify in the
case on Friday. The trial proved
to be in its early stages, a battle
of legal minds with Attorneys
Bobby Lee Cook and Cecil Pal
mour representing the interve
: nors and Attorneys Bill Self. T. J.
Espy, Jr., and Sumter Kelly,
bond attorney, opposing them,
| representing the School Board.
Time and time again the attor
neys clashed on certain legal
points but the case was con
; tinued when Judge Davis set
both sides straight on the legal
I technicalities.
BALLLOTS IN ONE BOX
It was brought out in the evi
dence that after all of the votes
. were brought in from each pre
cinct they were later placed al
together in one unlocked box
I and left in a vault at the office
of County Court Clerk Sani
| Cordle.
Mrs. Margaret McConnell, tes
tified she went into the vault
I to get the registration books out
of the individual ballot boxes.
She also said she placed all of
i the ballots into one box and left
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Broome, now foreman of the
city waterworks, played Class D
ball and later moved up to the
AAA class as a first baseman. He
was named the most valuable
player of the year while playing
with Louisville, Ky.
There is all sorts of material
among the other boys named by
Sheriff Stewart. Jack Cash is an
infielder with plenty of ability.
Daeus is a pitcher, Galloway, who
is only 17, signed a contract to
play with the St. Louis Cards,
lie is an outfielder Sewell Cash
is a pitcher with plenty on tho
ball Wayne Groce can play
either in the outfield or work
just as efficiently on the mound.
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Obsri-ted llvrv
Full Week of Activities Sched
uled by Girls’ Organization
March 23-39 has been pro
claimed National FHA Week The
Summerville FHA chapter will
begin activities by attending
church together at the Presby
terian Church Sunday. March
23 The choir for tills service will
consist of FHA member*.
A different phase of home
making will tw emphasized dur
ing the week Community ac
tivities will include carrying
boxes of food to needy families.
The local paper wilj cooperate
by furnishing publicity on Thurs
day The girls are planning
special activities with their fam
ilies for Family Day. Flowers will
be presented to all the teachers
for school day. A supper will be
served by the girls for Fund Day.
The week will be climaxed by a
party Thursday night for Fun
Day. A special radio program
will be broadcast one day dur
ing the wack.