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Official Chattooga County
Publication For K Years
VOLUME 75—NO. 13
May 2il|l Deadline to Register for Summerville Voters
Gels High Scoui Honor . . .
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Local Scoutmaster
Named Area Advisor
National Fraternity of Honor Campers
Beckons Scoggins For New Scout Duty
Evans Scoggins, Scoutmaster
of Summerville Boy Scout Troop
7. has been named Area 6-D Ad
visor for the Order of the Ar
row, a national fraternity of
Scout Honor Campers.
The area extends from North
Georgia to Tallahassee, Florida.
Within the area, Scoggins will
advise Scout Chiefs and Vice-
Chiefs on national Boy Scout
policies, by-laws and constitu
tional changes.
Scoggins has been active in
Scouting for a number of years.
He has been an Eagle Scout for
15 years and holds the Silver
Beaver award.
Tne new Scout area chief also
has been initiated into the Vigil
of the Order of the Arrow, which
is the highest honor in the Or
der. He wears the Scoutmaster’s
key and has attended every area
meeting since he became a
Scoutmaster. In addition, he was
a delegate to the National World
Jamboree held in Canada.
Scoggins is employed at the
Summer ville Manufacturing-
Company, sponsors of the 37-
member Troop 7, which he heads
as Scoutmaster. Mrs. Scoggins is
active in Scouting as head of the
Summerville Girl Scouts.
CHATTANOOGA FIRM
BUYS LOCAL STORE
Clemons Brothers, a leading
Chattanooga furniture firm, has
purchased the Loop Furniture
Company, Inc., here it was an
nounced this week.
Clemons Brothers of Summer
ville has been organized as a
wholly owned subsidiary of the
Chattanooga firm to operate the
local store.
Lloyd Hampton is president of
Clemons Brothers and will head
the local firm. J. W. Yandle,
vice-president and treasurer of
the company, has the same title
in the local outlet.
Loop Furniture Company. Inc.,
has been operated here for the
past 17 years by W. F. Aldred as ;
president. During that time the :
firm had grown into one of the '
leading furniture dealers in'
Northwest Georgia. Mr. Aldred
announces the sale of his firm I
elsewhere in this issue.
SHRINERS PLAN
KID CIRCUS TRIP
Chattooga County members of
the Rome Shrine Club will spon
sor a circus trip to Atlanta for a
bus load of local children Satur
day.
The kids will be taken to the
Shrine Circus now playing in
Atlanta.
Scheduled to depart from the
courthouse at 11:15 Saturday
morning, the children will be
returned to Summerville Satur-1
day night.
EVANS SCOGGINS,
Scoutmaster, Troop 7
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M/SGT. GEORGE A. SCHMITT
Sergeant Schmitt, Zone Com
mander of the U. S. Army Re
cruiting Service, will speak to
the Senior class of Summerville
High School in the school audi
torium next Tuesday morning
at 9 o’clock. His appearance
here is as a counselor to an
swer questions concerning mili
tary service.
GORE SCHOOL SETS
PRE-SCHOOL MEET
Parents of children who will
enter the first grade in the fall
at Gore School are invited to a
pre-school round-up to be held
at the school on Friday, April 24,
at 1:00 p in.
This will be an important
meeting and all parents in the
Gore community are urged to be
present.
Government Class Seniors . . .
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Senior members of Summerville High School government classes,
shown above, went in a body last Friday and registered as voters
for ( ity, State and County elections. The Seniors also attended
sessions of Chattooga County Superior Court as a "field trip” in
government study. Mrs. Robert Trimble teaches the govern
ment class.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959
Editorial
THE CITY CHARTER
The Summerville News again recommends defeat of
the proposed City Charter at the polls on May 23.
Space will not permit another publication of the
Charter. Readers will remember that this newspaper
published a draft of a new Charter for Summerville several
weeks ago. It was reportedly the draft approved by the
Mayor and City Council and submitted to Chattooga
County Representatives Loggins and Floyd with the request
that it be placed before the General Assembly for action.
If anv reader desires to do so, he or she may inspect
the proposed City Charter at the office of the News. Avail
able at the office is the approved version of House Bill 425.
This newspaper does not believe that the Charter, as
it now stands, is the answer to any of the ills of the City
of Summerville. We fully believe that the many ills of
the city would'only be intensified. The Charter contains
far too many provisions not in the interest of this city.
Readers who care to may inspect these passages at the
News office.
It is true that there has been much talk about a city
manager form of government for Summerville. The trouble
now is that the talk was not sufficient before this Charter
was drafted.
It has been said that it is not now known the direction
in which the political winds are blowing. There is little
doubt with this newspaper that the political winds are
blowing.
The question we have is this. What has politics to
do with good government for Summerville?
One answer to our question lies in the proposed pay for
a future Mayor. No qualified man will be obtained for S4OO
a month. But it is sufficient to attract a political office
seeker.
This newspaper fully believes that the difference in
proposed pay for the Mayor and Councilmen is far too
great. Moreover, we have not been able to ignore the
fact that the Charter would allow the Mayor authority to
“fire” any city employee without approval of the Council.
With such authority, we fail to see how the Mayor would
be answerable to anyone, including five councilmen.
The Summerville News feels that it would be more dis
astrous for city voters to approve the Charter. We do not
believe that they will do so.
Teenager Sought
After Shooting
Gore Man Wounded by Marksman;
Condition Critical At Hospital
An unidentified teenage suspect was the object of a
law search here late yesterday following the wounding of
C. W. Chamblee, who resides on the property of Chattooga
County Commissioner John Jones, near Gore.
Unconfirmed reports said yes
terday that Chamblee was shot
in the back by an unknown
youth. At the time, Chamblee
was reported to have been fish
ing from the bank of a pond
Cotton Growers May
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Obtain Market News
Association anti Crop Improvements
Necessary to Qualify for Services
County Jail
Work Starts
Work has started on a new
! Chattooga County jail in the
1 ! rear of the present jail at the
1 rear of the courthouse.
i Chattooga County Prison la-
I borers will build the new jail, a
, one- story edifice complete with
modern facilities.
; Harry Powell, Chattooga
■ County Prison Camp Warden, is
: in charge of the prisoner’s work,
it was reported.
near Gore.
The wounded man made his
way to the nearby Griffin Cargle
Service Station and store where
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-, Chattooga County cotton
growers who wish to qualify for
I cotton classification and market
। news services should begin now
। to meet eligibility requirements,
| according to Arthur Bond of the
: College of Agriculture, Univer
sity of Georgia.
, I Bond said tuat the services are
; available to Chattooga County
I farmers through their cotton
। improvement association but
’! that they should avail them
selves of the opportunities with
out delay.
. The services are available
under terms of the Smith-Doxey
Act to any group of cotton grow
ers which organizes to promote
the improvement of cotton and
agress to produce an approved
cotton variety.
Groups must file application,
arrange for sampling, and meet
certain other eligibility require
ments. Bond, therefore, urged
I cotton producers to ask their
group representative, usually the
I county agent, to prepare and
j submit their applications as soon
i as their crops have been planted.
Promptness is necessary. Bond i
i said, if members wish to be sure
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Annual Beauty
Revue May 1
By PEGGY LATTA
The Annual Chattooga Beauty
Revue date has been set for May
1. It will be held in the Summer
| ville High School Auditorium at ■
! 8 p m.
Sponsored by the junior class |
; of Summerville High School, the
| requirements fdr girls are for ;
ages 13 to 21 years, and single. I
Mrs. Robert Trimble is in
I charge of the affair.
Car Figures in Wreck . . .
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The above automobile was one of two involved in a collision near
Gore last Saturday afternoon. Injured in the car were Negroes
William Davidson and his wife. Pearl, of Cleveland, Ohio. James
A. Seritt and his daughter, Vickie Jane, were passengers in the
other auto. They suffered extensive lacerations and shock, it
was reported. The accident happened on wet and slippery roads.
The Seritts are from Sugar Valley.
Songsters Schedule
Concert Appearance
Summerville High School Glee Club
Plans Event to Close “Music Week”
The 64-voice Summerville High School Glee Club will
close out National Music Week here on May 8 when it ap
pears in a concert at the Summerville High School Audi-
torium.
An evening affair on May 8,
the singers will be heard start
ing promptly at 8 p.m., accord
ing to Mrs. John D. Taylor, who
directs the group.
There will be no admission
charge for the concert and the
public is invited to hear the
singers, some of whom will be
i appearing with the Glee Club
for the last time.
Twenty of the group are sen
iors and graduation this year
will remove them from the club
roster of excellent voices.
Mrs. Taylor said that the con
cert will be an “informal affair”:
and that American music will be j
featured on the evening’s enter
tainment.
Savings Bonds
Sale in Rise
Savings Bonds sales in Chat
tooga County showed a graduali
rise last month.
March “E” sales were placed '
at $29,680 and “H” sales totaled I
$1 thousand.
The reports showed that the
County has attained 22.5 percent
of its S3BO thousand goal for
1959. Total sales thus far in 1959
amount to $85,840.
Legion Meeting
The American Legion will hold
a regular meeting tomorrow
night at the Memorial Home.
All Legionnaires are urged to '
be present.
Jaycettes Sponsor
''Mr.-Miss” Contest
Teenagers Will Be Crowned Al Event;
Selections Made By Seniors, Teachers
A “Mr. and Miss Summerville” contest is being spon
sored by the Summerville Jaycettes with the winners slated j
to be announced at a “Sock Hop” Saturday evening, April |
25, at the High School Gymnasium.
WOMAN, DAUGHTER
INJURED IN WRECK
Mrs. Ruth May Shipman and
her daughter. Brenda, of Cloud
land, were injured last Thursday
in an automobile mishap in
Chattanooga.
Mrs. Shipman sustained face
cuts and bruises. Her daughter
suffered from possible fractures
about the head and extensive
lacerations, it was reported.
The injured mother and child
were taken to a Chattanooga
hospital in a J. D. Hill ambu
lance. It was reported that after
the accident they had returned
to the Chattooga County Hospi-1
tai for treatment.
COOK WILL SPEAK
AT GORDON ALUMNI
BANQUET APRIL 25
Bobby Lee Cook, a Gordon
graduate of the Class of 1943,
will be the principal speaker at
a banquet to climax activities on
Alumni Day at Gordon Military
College on Saturday, April 25.
Cook, a former Georgia State
Senator, was Chairman of the
j Delegation of Young Democrats
jof Georgia to the National
I Democratic Convention in 1957.
The banquet will be held at
6:30 p.m. Among other interest
| ihg features on the program,
i special recognition of members
of the Class of 1909 on the occa
sion of their golden anniversary
is scheduled.
Registration will take place at
I the alumni office of the Gor
j don Administration Building
| throughout the day.
An Open House for each class
will be held at the homes of lo
cal alumni from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Other events scheduled for
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BANK CLOSING
Sunday, April 26, Southern ■
Memorial Day. being a legal
i holiday, we will observe Monday, [
April 27. No business will be |
I transacted.
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Nominees have been chosen by
teachers of the Summerville
■ High School seniors. They were
judged on all-around participa
tion in school activities. The
Jayccttcs in turn elected one boy
and one girl who will gain the
"Mr.” and “Miss” titles.
The title carries a $25 Savings
Bond award in addition to a
trophy.
Nominees arc Brenda Espy,
Judy Meddcrs, Carol Ballenger,
Joe Williams, Ewell Price and
Robert Smith. They have been
requested to be present at the i
Sock Hop Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock for crowning of the win
। ners.
All other teenagers are urged j
| to attend. There will be no ad
' mission charge. ।
12 Pages
Two Sections
Vote List Readied
For City Charter
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Qualification Necessary In Referendum;
New Charter Goes To \ oters on May 23
Summerville city voters have until May 2 to register in
order to meet qualifications for voting in a referendum on
the proposed City Charter set by City Council on May 23.
INDIAN BAND IN
THOMASVILLE ROSE
FESTIVAL FRIDAY
The Summerville High School
I Band left this morning for
| Thomasville, Georgia, where it
: will appear in the famous Rose
Festival, an annual event in the
South Georgia city.
Jim Poolos, director, reports
that the band members will be
quartered for one night at a
motel in downtown Thomasville.
The band expects to return to
l Summerville early Saturday
I morning.
Expenses for the trip were
[ handled by parents of band
I members.
YMCA REGIONAL
CONFERENCE SET
FOR DALTON MAY 2
A central region YMCA Chris
[ tian Life Conference will be held
j at the First Presbyterian Church
lin Dalton on Saturday, May 2,
j under joint auspices of the
’ Whitfield County Hi-Y and Tri- j
■ Hi-Y Clubs and the State YMCA. |
। The morning theme for the
! meeting will be: “The Power is
j Ours—to Dream, to Dare, to Do,”
the State YMCA program theme
for 1959.
A forum led by candidates for
I District “Most Influential Hi-Y
| Boy and Girl” awards will be
I held in the afternoon under the
I general topic of “Teenager,
[Christ Is for You.”
Closing dedication services,
I led by Valley Point Y Clubs, will
[ feature the 1959-60 State YMCA
[theme: “I’ll Walk with Christ—,
[ From This Day On.” Approxi
[ mately 300 delegates are ex
pected.
Delegates will elect a district
[ president and district chaplain [
[ under the regional rotation sys
[ tern for Hi-Y officers.
The central region includes
[ clubs from Chattooga, Whitfield,
[ Gordon, Catoosa, Murray, Bar- [
I tow and Walker counties.
Future Development Area . . .
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\ 67^S 25,283
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The map outline above shows the Northwest Georgia-Coosa
Valley Area which will be the subject of possible future develop
ment at a meeting to be held in Rome on May 7. Sponsored by
tile Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission, the meeting will
include discussions and ground work for the formation of a
permanent Coosa Valley Regional Planning and Development or
ganization. Figures on the map show population gains and
losses. Figures above the names of the counties were taken
from the 1940 census. Those below are from the 1958 census.
A number of Chattooga County business, civic and professional
leaders have been invited to the meeting. Shaded area counties
reflect a population loss.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
City officials have stated that
the registration books will close
at the end of business hours on
May 2. They have urged all
voters to register as rapidly as
possible in order to meet the
deadline. «
The City unarter is contained
in Act 275 of the recent Georgia
[ Legislature. It was introduced as
House Bill 425 by Chattooga
County Representatives Joseph
E. Loggins and James H. Floyd.
Local political observers pre
। diet a large turn-out of city
voters as interest mounts in the
[ Charter referendum. In a recent
i meeting. Mayor M. H. Copeland
i and Councilmen Roy Alexander,
James Crouch and Will Stephen
[ son set Saturday. May 23, as the
■ date when voters will cast bal
lots.
A group of Summerville High
School seniors recently visited
[ City Hall to register. They also
[ registered with Chattooga Coun
[ty officials for future voting
[ privileges in county and state
[ elections.
TALENrPICKED”
FOR TELEVISION
SHOW IN ATLANTA
| A large crowd attended an
I amateur show sponsored here
last Friday evening by the Sum
| merville Business and Proses-
I sional Women’s Club at the High
^School Auditorium.
The show was handled by
[ Freddie Miller, producer of the
1 “Stars of Tomorrow” show on
[ WLWA-TV. in Atlanta. Eight
' acts were chosen from the con
[ testants to appear on Miller’s
television program in a “Salute
[to Chattooga County” at 5:30
p.m. Sunday, April 26.
To be spotlighted will be Pres
-1 ton Dodd, Joe Williams, Sue
Lynn Glass. Charles Sizemore,
Hymo Lawson, Leon Woody,
Ronnie Nicholson, Billy Pettitt,
j Leon Barnes, Ewell Price, Wayne
Smithson. Jack Clark. Judy
[Flippo, Billy Kitchens, Sue Glass,
and the FHA Quartet composed
[of Patty Bridges, Joan Wilson,
[Carolyn Harris and Judy Med
ders.