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Official Chattooga County
Publication For 75 Years
VOLUME 75—NO. 2X
GEORGE T. KLING
IS NEW FHA
COMMITTEE MEMBER
George T. Kling, of Menlo, is
the new member of the Chat
tooga County Committee for the
Farmers Home Administration.
He succeeds Henry E. Chappe
lear, of Menlo, whose three-year
term expired on June 30.
Mr. Kling owns and operates
a farm in the Menlo community,
as well as a cotton gin and farm
supply business in Summerville.
George E. Weaver, local county
supervisor for FHA, says that Mr.
Kling’s practical experience will
enable him to make a real con
tribution to the county commit
tee's actions when they review
loan applications.
Serving with Mr. Kling during
the coming year will be Frank
J. Dawson, of the Gore-Subligna
community, and Ralph W. Cook,
of Chattoogaville.
There is a Farmers Home Ad
ministration County Committee
serving every agricultural coun
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Students Reminded
To Gel Health Cards
Parents of children entering
the first grade are reminded to
get health cards from the
Health Department or family
doctor showing their child’s im
munization record. These are
necessary for registration.
Birth certificates are also re
quired. So, check to see if your
child’s certificate is in hand.
Mrs. Virginia B. Boney,
Principal, Summerville
Elementary School.
Alert Policemen Spoil
Attempted Auto Theft
A car theft was avoided Saturday morning at 2 a.m.
when Summerville police alertly nabbed two men making
away with a car which had been parked at the parking lot
of the Summerville Manufacturing Company.
Officers Elbert Tucker and
Charles Gaylor arrested Leonard
Neal Brown, Douglasville. His
companion, Chester Blackmon,
also of Douglasville, fled from ■
the scene of the theft.
Officer Tucker reported that
he and Gaylor saw a car being
pushed by another car down the
Bolling road toward the Recrea
tion Center. They stopped for a
routine check. Brown, under the
wheel of the stolen car which is
owned by Jerry Carroll, Lyerly,
explained that he was out of gas.
Brown then asked the police
men to carry him to get gas for
the car. Blackmon left the scene
after telling the two officers
that he was just pushing the
man off. He pretended that he
didn’t know Brown.
Brown told the officers that
he had bought the car in Shan-
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GEORGIA LABOR MARKET REPORT SPOTLIGHTS SUMMERVILLE AREA
This report was released by
the Department of Labor. It
supplies many pertinent facts
about Summerville and the
surroundiny area.
Definition and Description
of the Area:
Summerville is the county seat
of Chattooga County, Georgia
which was created by legislative
action in 1838. It is located in the
central portion of the county,
and in the northwestern part of
the state. Summerville is 12
miles east of the Georgia-Ala
bama state line, 45 miles south
of Chattanooga, Tennessee and
24 miles north of Rome, Georgia.
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Burguhrs Hit Two Local Stores
In Pennville, Dickeyville Area
Two supermarkets, one in the Pennville area and one
in the Dickeyville area, were burglarized last Thursday
night.
Thieves entered B & W Supermarket and Roberts and
Ledbetter supermarket through broken windows and made
off with over $1,600 worth of merchandise.
The burglary at Roberts and
Ledbetter was found at 7:00
a.m. when store manager W. C.
Roberts arrived to open the
store. The bandits reportedly
broke a small window in the side
of the store, entered, and opened
a door at the side of the store.
Roberts said that an esti
mated $1,013 worth of cigarettes
non after they had checked and
found the tag registered in
Carrol’s name.
After returning with the gas
the officers grew more suspi
cious and checked the car, find
ing that it had been straight
wired. When they threatened to
run a check on the car. Brown
confessed that the car was
stolen. He also told the police
men that Blackmon was his
partner in the theft.
Brown possessed papers show
ing that he had only recently
been released from the Carroll
County work camp, where he
served time for car theft.
Carroll, owner of the car, had
warrants sworn for both men.
The warrant for Blackmon was
sent to Douglas County through
the sheriff’s office.
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U. S. Highway Number 27 from
Chicago to Miami passes through
Summerville and joins Georgia
State Highways Numbers 48 and
114 there. The state highways
extend in a western direction
giving access to portions of Ala
bama for commuters and high
way connections for shipments
westward.
The Summerville labor market
area for the purpose of this re
port. includes, in addition to
Chattooga County, Walker Coun
ty, Georgia, eleven militia dis
tricts of Cherokee County, Ala
bama, and six districts of Dc
iKalb County, Alabama. The
The Summerville News.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959
and men’s clothing, over 250
cartons of cigarettes, pocket
knives, and other articles were
taken. He reported that the
store has night lights through
out the store including lighting
at every corner of the store on
the outside. The window which
the bandits entered through
was about five feet from one
of the corners at the front of
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Car Hits Woman
Near Trion Friday
Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Stowe, 61.
was struck by a car and injured
seriously when she stepped from
behind a bus into the highway
in Dickeyville Friday night.
Mrs. Stowe, 300 Rudy Street,
Rome, was hit by a car driven
by “Red” Norton. She suffered
a fractured arm and fractured
leg. She was rushed to the Chat
tooga County Hospital by Nor
ton, the driver of the car. She
was transferred to the Riegel
Memorial Hospital in Trion,
Sunday. Mrs. Stowe’s condition
is reported satisfactory.
Mrs. Stowe reportedly was on
her way to visit relatives in the
Dickeyville community. She got
off the Greyhound bus and
stepped into the path of the
car. Norton reported that he was
traveling about 45 miles per
hour.
Truck Overturns On Bolling Rd.;
Driver Escapes With Minor Cuts
terms “area” and “labor market
area” as used in this report will
refer to the counties and dis
tricts collectively. Floyd County,
which joins Chattooga County
on the south, would serve as an
area of a small supply of labor if
attractive jobs were available.
Gordon County, which joins
Chattooga County on the eastern
boundary, was not included due
to a lack of highways suitable for
commuting from that area to
Summerville.
The area was selected on the
basis of the feasibility of work
ers commuting; current com
muting patterns within the
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ROBERTS AND LEDBETTER ROBBERY
Georgia Banks Lead
In Farm Support
Georgia banks were serving
farmers with more credit than
any institutional group of lend
ers on January 1 of this year,
according to D. L. McWhorter,
President of Farmers & Mer
chants Bank, who represents the
Georgia Bankers Association as
Chattooga County Committee
man. During 1958, the state’s
banks maintained their leader
ship in agricultural credit serv
ices.
Based on the eighteenth an
nual farm lending summary by
the Agricultural Commission of
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COUNCIL MEETING
IS POSTPONED
Mayor M. H. Copeland an
nounces that the regularly
scheduled meeting of the city
council which was to be Monday
has been postponed until the
following Monday.
CORRECTION
Last week in the story, “Court
Convicts 13 in Short Session,”
the News said that Archie Noles,
Jr. was sentenced to two years
in the state penitentiary for
burglary. This statement was
incorrect. Noles was sentenced
to two years on probation.
A dump truck, owned by
Harris and Harris Trucking Co.
in Chatsworth, overturned on
the Bolling rdad at 1:30 p.m.
Friday when a wheel came off.
The truck, driven by Robert
Weaver of Chatsworth, was
heading toward Rome at the
rate of 40 miles per hour. The
left front wheel came loose and
ran off, and the truck turned
end over end. landing upside
down in the ditch at the left side
of the road.
Weaver, the driver, reported
that he crawled from the left
front window, escaping with
only minor skins and bruises.
The truck was badly damaged
and was termed a total loss.
The wrecked truck was part
of a fleet owned by Harris and
Harris, which is now engaged
in transporting asphalt from
Rome to the new highway from
Trion to the Walker County
line.
VFW MEETS FRIDAY
A regular meeting of VFW,
Post 6688, will be held Friday
night, 7:30 at the Chattooga Me
morial Home. All members are
urged to attend.
area; and potential labor sup
ply, as indicated by employment
and population trends.
The altitude of Summerville is
G6B feet above sea level. Rainfall
averages 58.5 inches annually.
The July mean maximum tem
perature is 79.5 degrees, and
January mean minimum, 42.7
degrees. Snowfall is infrequent.
The climate is very conducive to
year-round industrial produc
tion.
Population Trends and
Characteristics:
The population of the area in
1950 was 74,191, which was a gain
of almost 15 percent from 1940.
BigaTow-Sanford Co.
Sales Show Increase
Net sales of Bigelow-Sanford
Carpet Company, Inc., for the
six months ended June 27, 1959.
were $34,550,000. an increase of
10.8 per cent over the $31,193.-
000 for the six months ended
June 28. 1958. Excluding the
volume of the Sajiford wholesale
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Joe Cash Selected
To Police Force
Joe Hubert Cash has been
employed by the city council for
night duty at the police and fire
station. His appointment covers
the resignation of Policeman
David Starkey who resigned
last week.
The appointment of Cash to
this position was approved in
a special meeting of the city
council on Monday.
Starkey has assumed a posi
tion with Paramount Dairies
i of Dalton.
Cash is married, but has no
i children. He was formerly em
ployed with Riegel Textile in
■ Trion for 11 years. He has also
! served 18 months in the Air
Force.
Twelve 4-H Delegates To Attend
District Meeting at Rock Eagle
Twelve 4-H delegates, along
with County Agent M. H. Purcell
and Miss Omie Wiley, Home
Demonstration Agent, will at
tend the North Georgia District
4-H Achievement Meeting at
Rock Eagle camp near Eatonton,
August 6-8.
Purcell reported that over 300
youngsters from 26 counties will
be competing in demonstrations,
projects, and individual compe
tition at the beautiful Rock
Eagle 4-H Camp.
The official delegates, who
must be at least 14 years old.
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SELF HOUSE BURNS
The population of Chattooga and
Walker Counties was estimated
at 67,200 in July 1958 by the
Georgia Department of Public
Health. This represents a gain
of over 17 thousand persons
since 1940. Information later
than the 1950 U. s Census was
not available for the Alabama
portion of the area
The 1958 population estimate
of the Georgia Counties was 7.3
percent nonwhite compared with
5.8 percent nonwhite population
in 1950.
Migration fr o m Chattooga
County between 1940 and 1950
amounted to almost nine percent
EDWARDS ANNOUNCES NEW 1960
ASC COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMEN
Election results from Chattoo
ga’s County’s three agricultural
communities have been tabu
lated and approved by the Com
munity Election Board, Harris
L. Edwards, chairman of the
Chattooga County ASC Commit
tee announced today. The fol
lowing were elected to serve on
the ASC Community Commit
tees for the following year:
SUMMERVILLE
Chairman — Grover Jackson
Jr.. Lyerly.
Vice Chairman — John Cox,
Route 2, Summerville.
Regular Member—Ollie Ma
han Sr., Route 2, Summerville.
Ist Alternate—Lester Norton,
Route 1, Summerville.
2nd Alternate—William Mull
en, Lyerly.
DI KT TOWN
Chairman—Ben Vaughn, Ly
erly.
Vice Chairman—Arnold Park
er, Summerville, Route 4.
Regular Member — James
Dawson, Summerville, Route 1.
Ist Alternate — Ben Morgan,
Summerville Route 4.
2nd Alternate—B. D. Scog
gins, Summerville Route 4.
TELOGA
Chairman—E. E. Keen. Sum
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Special Features
Highlight Show
The Tri-County Fox Hunters’
Association annual Bench Show
; and Field Trials will be held on
August 10, 11, 12, and 13 at Fort
| Payne. Ala. The headquarters for
| the program will be the Rainey
Hotel, across the street from
! City Park.
The program is full of enter-
I tainment and pleasure for all fox
: hunters. Special features, such
las a welcome by Mayor Henry
| Haralson, a special program
with Circuit Judge Jeff Haralson
: as emcee, and an old fashioned
! square dance plus many benefit
j dinners, will highlight the pro
igram.
i will elect district officers. Each
county is allowed two boys and
two girls to serve as official
I delegates.
Chattooga will be represented
: by only three official delegates,
I Travis Hill, Menlo; Betty Mc-
I Whorter, Menlo; and Brenda
I Hogg, Berryton.
Other delegates and their
projects or displays are:
Jimmy Hosmer, Livestock
Conservation (J unior > — Menlo
Club.
Travis Hill, Senior Soil Judg-
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of the 1940 population. Migration
from the county from 1950 to
1956 was estimated at 3,000 per
sons which was a yearly percent
age change of 2.3. and 14.2 per
cent of the 1950 population.
1/ Decline in farm employment
and lack of sufficient industrial
expansion arc chiefly responsible
for the loss.
Agricultural Activities:
Agriculture plays an important
part in the economy of the area.
Almost 65 percent of the land
area in Chattooga County is
farm land. The number of farms
in the area decreased from 3,531
in 1945 to 2,808 In 1954; however,
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These Summerville swimmers led the local squad to fourth place
in the swimming meet here last Thursday. After the swimming
events, the squad was tied with Dalton for second spot in the
meet, but fell behind in the diving competition. Left to right:
front row. Rodney Hardeman, back stroke (11-12 year old boys);
Bill Mann, free style and butterfly (11-12 year old boys); Jimmy
Adams, butterfly (10 and under boys). Back row: Linda Wheeler,
breat stroke (15-16 girls); Martha James, butterfly (17 and up
girls); Marcia Boney, breast stroke (11-12 girls); Bolling Farmer,
butterfly and breast stroke (10 and under girls).
Three Macon Youths
Nabbed In Gas Theft
Three Macon youths were arrested last Thursday by
the Rome city police shortly after they had stolen a tank
oi gasj^rom A. D. Pledger’s store in Gore.
New Bus Assigned
To Menlo Schools
County School Superintendent
I Lowell Hix has announced that
| a new school bus has been as
i signed to carry students to the
i Menlo schools.
Hix explained that the new
bus would help eliminate the
crowded conditions on some of
the buses. He also reported that
there would be only minor
changes in the bus routes for
I this next school term.
A Preplanning Meet for
teachers will be held August 24-
' 28 for all teachers in the county
I schools. The county schools will
| open on August 31. This does
I not include the Trion City
(school system.
the average size of the farms
increased from 90.3 acres to 108.5
acres during that period.
In the Georgia counties of the
area. 3,122 persons were em
ployed in 1950, compared with
4,404 workers in agriculture in
1940. In Chattooga County. 1.422
were so employed in 1950, which
was 376 less than the total in
1940.
"Effective Farm Employment"
April 1957
County 1957 Estimate
Chattooga 500
Walker 800
"Effective farm employment'
as of April 1957 published in
The three 16-year-old boys re
portedly drove up to the store,
asked Pledger to fill the tank,
and drove off without paying
him. Pledger called the sheriff’s
office immediately and reported
the’ theft. A description of the
car was called into the Floyd
County police.
Deputy Paul White reported
that the theft occurred about
7:45 a.m. The boys were picked
up in Rome shortly after 8
o’clock.
The Rome Police Department
turned the boys over to White
Thursday morning. They were
brought back to the Chattooga
County Jail, where they stayed
until Friday morning. The boys
said they were hunting a job.
The boys, all juveniles, were
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FIRE DESTROYS
HOUSE HERE
Firemen fought the blaze
which destroyed a house owned
by Harris Self at 111 Allen Street
for three hours Monday morn
ing.
The fire department received
the call about 4 a.m. Two com
panies, composed of 12 firemen
immediately answered the call.
The firemen reportedly used all
available fire fighting equipment
including both trucks. The fire
was brought under control about
6 a.m. according to Fire Captain,
Luther Smith.
The house was unoccupied at
the time of the fire. It is owned
by Harris Self, of Daytona, Fla.
Harris reported furniture and
winter clothing stored in the
house. All these materials were
destroyed by the fire.
Smith reported that the fire
men used two lines of two and
one-half inch hose and three
lines of one and one-half inch
hose in fighting the fire. The
>fire was almost extinguished at
E a m.
"Farm Labor in Georgia" by the
Georgia Department of Labor,
Employment Security Agency,
includes only persons regularly
utilized on farms in a substan
tial farm activity. Farm employ
ment may be considerably high
er during periods of greater sea
sonal activity.
Despite constantly rising cash
income from the farms, employ
ment in agriculture has been de
clining for a number of years
due to changing farming meth
ods; consolidation of farms
into more economically operated
units, mechanization and the
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