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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
DAVID T. ESPY—PUBLISHER JOHN S. HARRIS—Editor
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Summer Safety
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It isn’t too early to think about the
Fourth of July—from a safety standpoint.
If you are not safety conscious now, you
may not live until the time comes to enjoy
the Fourth of July holiday.
Accidents killed 655 “other guys” dur
ing the Fourth of July holiday last year.
Three hundred and seventy “other
guys” died in traffic, 192 by drowning and
93 in miscellaneous accidents.
Not one of these 655 thought an acci
dent could or would happen to him.
The “other guy” is all of us. No one is
immune from accidents. Or rather, every
one is immune to the extent of his own
caution or common sense.
This Fourth of July—like last year’s—
will be a three-day weekend holiday for
millions of Americans. The National Safety
Council has warned that motorists will
clog highways and funseekers will jam
parks, lakes and picnic grounds. The time
will be ripe for some kind of accident.
Don’t you be one of the “other guys”
this Independence Day. Start being care
ful right now and perhaps you’ll live until
the Fourth of July.
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Political B inds
The political winds are beginning to
blow hot and cold in these parts, especially
on the strictly local scene.
Several people are putting out feelers in
saying that they will “consider” running
for various and sundry elected offices in
the city and county.
Some of the political aspirants are beat
ing the hot weather by playing it cool. They
are not saying much but they are talking
some. The winds are separating the truth
from the baloney and political observers
are beginning to line up for roll call in the
political camps.
If we can go by the way things are
shaping up, Summerville and Chattooga
County are about to witness some old-time,
slam-bang political battles. We consider
this a good omen and hope it comes about.
It is good that the political winds are
blowing. It will probably be a long, hot
summer. Anything to cool it off and liven
things up will be more than acceptable.
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Tax Session?
There is a softening up process under
way throughout the state to convince us
that more taxes are needed.
The present administration is busily en
gaged in sending its hirelings out to every
nook and corner of Georgia in an effort to
sell the idea that a tax increase is the
state’s only salvation.
Lieutenant Garland Byrd is one of
these. He is quietly at work talking taxes
and running for the Governorship. Byrd
has gone into a speaking schedule which
has already far outstripped that of any
other Lieutenant Governor, including Van
diver when he held that job.
June 30 will end the first six months
period of the Vandiver administration. Be
fore anyone starts talking tax increases
and the possibility of a summer session of
the Legislature, let’s take a good look at
the audit books on that date. Let’s see if
the present programs of better systems of
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singing are cordially invited to
attend.
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PROGRAM GIVEN
FOR SINGING
An address of welcome will be
given by Mr. Bankey, President.
Ralph Sprayberry will give the
invocation.
Song leaders will include Mr.
Bell, J. C. Woods. Miss Dora
Bankey, Emmett Nunn and pos
sibly others.
Pianists include Miss Ann
Woods, Mrs. Willie B. Hix, Mrs.
Lenora Bulce and Mrs. Avanelle
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Poole.
Charles Pledger and Herman
York will be special soloists. Mr.
Pledger will sing, “How Great
Thou Art,” and Mr. York will
sing, “It is no Secret” and “The
Robe of Calvary.”
Songs to be sung by the group
include: “America,” “A Summer
Ride,” “Whip-Poor-Will Song,”
“Our Father-Land,” "Song of the
Clock," “June,” “The Farmer
Feeds Them All,” “Ring Merry
Bells.” and “One More River.”
Following the above selections
an intermission will be held with
a business meeting to be con
ducted by Roland Bankey im
mediately afterward.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
A Prize Winning
Weekly Newspaper
purchasing and economy in government
have paid any dividends.
This newspaper does not believe that
an increase in taxes is necessary. Stricter
enforcement in collecting taxes already due
is more in line as a necessity. This applies
to the local scene as well as statewide.
Thorough tax collections must be an ave
nue to increased revenue. The law should
apply to all.
Proper methods in state purchases
should boost revenues. Taking advantage
ox every angle for savings should be the
order of the day in Atlanta and, we might
add, in Summerville.
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Editorially Noted
Self-righteous people sometimes owe
their reputation to the lack of temptation.
* * *
There are few men in public life who
voluntarily retire at the right time.
When you go to sleep reading an article
it is a good bet that the author was asleep
when he wrote it.
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If all the smart alecs in the world were
buried today there would be a new crop by
sunrise tomorrow.
* * *
A satisfied customer is one who insists
that you are selling your stuff too cheaply
and that he saw it advertised in this news
paper.
Developing your own personality is
harder than attempting to regulate others’.
* * *
Summerville will boom when all of its
citizens forget themselves long enough to
work for the good of the community.
It’s nice to know so many politicians
have all of the answers for all of our prob
lems.
* * *
If you can keep from being envious of
your fellow-man, you are approaching the
outskirts of civilization.
* * *
No where can you spend $2.06 to better
advantage than by subscribing to this
newspaper for a full year.
* * *
If you need advice, just remember that
almost anyone can tell you what you ought
to do under any circumstances.
* * *
Intelligent cooperation with tolerance
for the errors of others, explains the pro
gress of the human race.
* * *
People who fight progress should revert
to the stone age and try out the living
standards of that era.
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Successful family life depends upon
teamwork rather than individual joyrides.
* * *
Few families understand how hard it is
for the old man to meet the family bills.
* * *
After the ambulance takes away the vic
tims, it is too late to resolve to drive slowly.
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As near as we can estimate there are
close to 70,987,435 persons who believe they
can write a newspaper column that would
make them a fortune.
The second half of the pro
gram will begin with the sing
ing of “Still the Angel Stars Are
Shining.” followed by these
songs: “Home on the Sea,” “O
Come Let Us Sing,” “Come Unto
Me,” “Hallelujah Anthem,”
“Sound His Praise Abroad,”
"Praise Ye the Lord,” and "The
Golden Gate.”
After announcements by Mr.
Bankey, Mr. Bell will lead the
group in the school Alma Mater
accompanied by Mrs. Bulce.
Townspeople and friends in
the area are urged to attend, as
well as anyone who likes good
singing. The very best singing is
anticipated for this big event.
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Attention All Parents
Student Guidance:
How Does It Work?
EDITOH’S NOTE: This I« the sec
ond in a series of articles on student
guidance. Others will appear in sub
sequent editions of this newspaper.
By Dr. Edward C. Roeber
Have you ever thought about
■why you are working in your
present occupation? Perhaps it
was an accident —or you may
have carefully planned it to the
last detail.
Accidents may have worked
well for some of us. But most
parents are not willing to have
their children’s success or fail
ure be an accidental thing.
In order to increase the prob
ability that vocational success
will depend upon some rhyme
or reason, student guidance
leaders for more than fifty
years have been developing
ways in which to help students
plan and develop careers.
Because it is a difficult task
to help students make plans and
carry them out, guidance coun- ;
selors cannot be sure of success
in every case. There is no doubt,
though, that their work greatly
improves the chances for satis
faction and success in life.
The professional guidance
counselor is interested in help
ing your child learn how to plan
for himself rather than be de
pendent upon someone else to
make his plans for him. He also
recognizes that career planning
and development cannot be set
tled in a short period of time
but, for almost everyone, is ac
tually a lifelong process. New
experiences change our inter
ests, attitudes, goals, and even
tually may affect our vocational
plans.
It is important that we fully
understand what is meant by
the word “career.” Research in
dicates that most of us work in
a series of occupations, some re
lated and some unrelated to our
final occupation at the time we
retire.
Bob White, for example, may
have begun as a car washer,
then worked in numerous auto
service stations as an attendant,
before becoming an auto me
chanic and eventually the own
er of a small auto repair shop.
All of these kinds of work rep
resent Bob's career. In his case,
his occupations were definitely
related to each other.
Roger Smith, on the other
hand, did many odd jobs around
his neighborhood and worked
part-time at all sorts of jobs
while getting a medical degree.
Most of the early jobs were not
related but depended upon cir
cumstances and accidents. After
getting his degree, Roger be
came a doctor in a small com
munity; but after a serious ill
ness, he became a doctor at a
university health service and la
ter director. Not too many years
passed before he became direc
tor of research for a national
drug firm. What will he do
next? It is safe to guess that it
will have something to do with
medicine, but in what capacity?
Whatever he does, Roger’s ca
reer is the complete array of all
his occupations.
It is important that parents
realize that a pattern of occupa-
VALUE OF DHIA
High moisture content seed
cotton harvested with mechan
ical pickers or hand in early
morning cannot be stored satis- :
factorily, even for a few hours,
declare agronomists, Agricul
tural Extension Service. If
stored, such cotton will de
teriorate because of heating or
spotting. ।
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tions, or a career, cannot be pre
> dieted with certainty. Two chil
dren may be alike in most ways
but react quite differently to the
same' experiences at school or
eventually at work.’ In the same
way, two students, who are very
much alike, may find economic
conditions affecting their chances
for jobs in different ways.
The key to understanding vo
cational guidance rests upon an
understanding of these lifelong
careers. The target for vocation
; al guidance becomes a series or
pattern of somewhat related oc
cupations rather than a single
occupation, a mere speck among)
the 40,000 or more kinds of em
ployment in the world of work.
Vocational guidance begins
with a child’s many experiences
and decisions while he is still in
! school. It can eventually influ
(ence his entry into the world of I
work. Vocational guidance can
also follow and assist in his
progress once he is employed,
j but it is most important in his
I student life.
In order to see more clearly
just how complex adequate vo
cational guidance really is, par
■ ents might like to look at one
( example. Be sure to remember
that this is just one example—
and each child’s planning is us
ually quite different.
। An organized program of vo-
I cational guidance provides a
counselor with special skills who
could talk over the student's ;
j ideas as well as those of his par- I
lents. These discussions occurred
'many times during the high
school year and especially at
those points when critical deci
sions and plans were important.
Whether to take college pre
paratory courses or not? V/hat
courses to take? Or what school ।
activities might he beneficial
( Periodically, the student’s in-l
EASIER FURNITURE CARE
What is the first step in sirr
plifying the task of caring f<
furniture? Miss Hilda Dalle
home management specialis
Agricultural Extension Servic
points out that it is in selectir
furniture. Flat surfaces, straigl
lines and smooth edges cate
less dust than furniture wit
carvings and ridges.
terests, abilities, aptitudes, and
achievements were checked with
tests of various kinds.
Records of school achieve
ment, as well as other in-school
and out of-school activities were
kept from year to year.
An up-to-date collection of
materials provided the student
with all types of information re
garding vocational schools, col
leges, occupations, the armed
services, school adjustment, etc.
He was exposed to many
types of educational and occu
pational information through his
regular classes, assemblies, home
room, career days, college nights,
the school paper, and other
group activities.
In finding an appropriate col
lege, he was assisted by receiv
ing information, filling out ap
plication blanks, locating a
! scholarship, and other such ac
tivities. If he had decided to
find a job or go into the armed
services, he would have found
lan equal amount of assistance
(provided through the vocational
(guidance program.
In addition, while still in
school and after leaving school,
this individual was contacted
from time to time in an attempt
to offer further assistance in
planning, preparing for, and
progressing in his career.
Adequate vocational guidance
requires special knowledge and
(skills. Take the above example
' and multiply him by a few mil-
Ilion—you now can sense the
I size of the task ahead in guid
| ance.
It is only good sense that a
school which helps a student
prepare for some career should
help him explore, plan for, and
progress at that career. Perhaps
the years ahead will see less
| and less schools leave vocation
lal guidance to chance.
WHITE MOLD ON PEANUTS
n- Agronomists, Agricultural Ex
’or tension Service, say conditions
sy, believed to be favorable for the
st, development of White Mold on
ce, peanuts are created when soil is
ng moved onto the plant in cultiva
ht tion. For this reason, they rec
ch ommend that a minimum of soil
th be moved to the present plant
during cultivation.
John's Corner
By John S. Harris
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We left Atlanta last night on the “Nancy Hanks” and
after a comfortable ride down the center of Georgia we
arrived in Savannah about 11:30. A bus was waiting to
transport us to the General Oglethorpe Hotel on Wilming
ton Island where the 73rd annual convention ol the Geor
gia Press Association is underway^
This morning was spent re
newing old acquaintances and
introducing Molee to the fourth
estate members. She isn't ex
actly new to the newspaper
game. Last week she started as
sisting me by getting a few
“social notes” and continued
this week before we left Sum
merville. Which reminds me.
Telephone her after 6 o’clock at
390-J if you have any news for
the paper.
But to get back to the con
vention. We registered this
morning, along with a hundred
odd editors, reporters and pub
lishers.
At 12:45 today, the convention
got underway with an opening
luncheon sponsored by the Geor
gia Electric Membership Cor
poration. The speaker was Alex
ander Nunn, vice president and
editor of the Georgia, Alabama
and Florida editions of the
Progressive Farmer. I enjoyed
his talk very much.
Members of the Georgia
Junior Press Association will get
together this afternoon and this
evening the Georgia Motor
Trucking Association will spon
sor a dinner-dance. It will be a
costume party with the motif a
“Trip to the Moon.” I don’t think
that Molee and I will try the
trip to the moon but you never
can tell. Might as well!
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MAH TALMADGE
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OF THE THREE branches ot
the Federal Government, the peo
ple have a direct voice in the af
fairs of their government through
only one—Congress.
Eight Sen
l ators, led by
: Senator Jacob
Javits of New
York, have in
troduced a con
sti t u t i o n a I
t amendment to
| rob the people
I of that voice
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wsosaassa it aKsem or tnat voice
with respect to the interpretation
and adjudication of their consti
tutional rights by the the Supreme
Court. Their proposal would re
write Paragraph 2. Section 2,
Article 111 of the Constitution to
freeze the jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court on constitutional
questions and thus make of that
tribunal an absolute dictator of
what could and could not be done
under the Constitution’s terms.
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THIS IS NOT a case of power
which has been abused because
Congress has exercised its author
ity under the Constitution to limit
the appellate jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court only once in his
tory. The only argument which
those who would emasculate this
constitutional safeguard can offer
in favor of their proposal is that
it might sometime in the indefinite
future be abused.
The purpose of Paragraph 2,
Section 2, Article Hl of the Con
stitution is not to intimidate or
hamstring the Supreme Court in
the fulfillment of its appointed
constitutional role but rather it is
to protect the constitution 1
status of Congress as the agency
of the people in the enactment of
(not prepared or printed at government expense)
Letter to
the Editor
Editor
The Summerville News
Summerville, Georgia
Gentlemen:
There has been one major
omission among the reasons
which have been given for the
poor condition of Georgia’s
highways and the critical short
age of funds for construction
and maintenance.
Since 1942, approximately $205
million in fuel and license plate
taxes collected from Georgia
highway users has been diverted
to other expenses of state gov
ernment. Thus, approximately
23 per cent of the “highway use”
taxes paid by Georgians has not
gone back into road construc
tion and maintenance.
Despite the fact that in 1952
the people of Georgia made
their wishes known by amend
ing the State Constitution to re
quire that allocations to the
Highway Department at least
equal motor fuel taxes and li
cense revenue, since 1952 some
SB9 million has been diverted to
other uses. This has been legally
possible by a loophole in the
amendment which made it ef
fective only when a new ap
propriations act is passed.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959
I am looking forward to to
morrow night when the annual
awards dinner is held. I always
get a bang from listening to
toastmaster Kirk Sutlive call
out the honors. He is a past
president of the Association and
it has been his job to pass out
the awards for a number of
years. Honors will go to a num
ber of newspapers in the GPA’s
1959 Better Newspaper Contests.
In the morning we are to
board the VISITOR at the Gen
eral Oglethorpe’s dock for a
trip on the Savannah River. The
host is the Central of Georgia
Railroad. The VISITOR is li
censed by the Coast Guard to
carry 125 people. I imagine that
the ship will be loaded. We have
been told that more than one
trip on the famed Savannah
will be made if necessary to ac
commodate all of the conven
tion-goers who want to see the
sights around the Savannah
Port.
Governor Vandiver is sched
uled to speak Saturday morning
as is former Tennessee Governor
Frank Clements. I am eagerly
awaiting these talks. I have
heard Vandiver and he always
makes a good impression. Hav
ing never heard the forceful
Clements, I am looking forward
to his speech.
See you next week.
t I the “supreme law of the land” as
- provided in the Constitution. It
। is one of the constitutional checks
i [ and balances which were designed
j by our founding fathers to keep
. । oui national government respon
r sible and responsive to the will of
> the people.
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CANDOR COMPELS the ob
। servation that the sponsors of
, this proposed amendment an far
, less interested in the integrity
( of the Supreme Court than they
are in perpetuating that Court’s
recent unconstitutional edicts
which have encroached upor the
I rights of the states and their cit
izens to manage their own affairs,
’ | thwarted the full enforcement of
i the laws by the Executive Branch
and sought to nullify the constitu
tional powers and prerogatives of
Congress.
Recognizing that there is a
growing groundswell of sentiment
throughout the nation which in
the not too distant future is going
to result in Congress putting the
Supreme Court back to ruling on
what the law is rather than what
a majority of its members wants
it to be. they are endeavoring,
through their proposed amend
ment, to thwart the working of
the people’s will by stripping
Congress of the power to work it.
m thus seeking to advance their
own political ends, they would
force the American people to re
gard ;he Supreme Court as Job
did Jehovah when he cried:
“Though He slay me, yet will I
trust Him.”
Although the $205 million may
have been used for worthy pur
poses, it has now become ob
vious that they were no more
worthy or needful than our
highway system.
There is talk of more taxes for
road repairs. New taxes are not
needed. We need only to apply
. in full to the roads those taxes
. which are collected specifically
for their construction and up
keep and to see that the money
is spent wisely. If other func
j tions of the State Government
must have more money, let it be
. raised in general taxes, not in
’ taxes applied only against high
: way users.
। Yours very truly,
1 H. L. WINGATE, Chairman
Georgia Farm Bureau
' Federation
Macon, Georgia
LITTLE LEAGUE
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- Dempsey, Jimmy Sims, Edd
- Sprayberry, Bobby Shaver, Dan
; ny Wilson, Larry Hartline, Dan
t ny Ray Davis.
Dodgers—Wallace Clark, Ter
; ry Cannon, Rodney Hardeman,
) Charles Parker, Charles Norton,
i David Houston, Jimmy Adams,
? Guinn Hankins, Olin McSherry,
- Terry McCollum,, David Praet,
- Nelson Shiver, Ronald Roughton,
(Charles Latta, Jimmy Caldwell.