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VOLUME 76—NO. 11.
Huge Shopping Center to Be Built
By Thrifty, Inc. North of Summerville
Thrifty Centers, Inc., which had considered locating
a shopping center in South Trion, has announced it
will now locate north of Summerville, at the site first
considered.
Construction on the first unit
of the $500,000 project is expect
ed to begin shortly after the
contract is let in July. This unit
will house a grocery store. Shop
Rite.
Several other units are ex
pected to be added.
This is a 15-acre site north of
the St. Peter Chanel Catholic
Church on U. S. Highway 27
north of Summerville.
The Thrifty organization pur
chased the site last year and
grading was begun. However,
shortly afterwards, negotiations
between the firm and Riegel
Textile Corporation were begun
in connection with the possibil
ity of locating the center in
South Trion. Plans had been
made to close the Trion Depart
ment Store when and if the
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Chattoogans so
Run for Congress
As Independent
A man who grew up in Chat
tooga County and returned a
year ago after practicing law
for 30 years in Atlanta has an
nounced he would run as an in
dependent for Congress in the
November election.
He is J. Walter Weaver, 64,
who resides with his niece, Mrs.
John Weesner, on the Lyerly
Road.
In orded to run, Weaver will
have to present a petition con
taining the names of five per
cent of the registered voters in
the Seventh District. He said he
expects to begin combing the
district for these names in the
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Rotarians Elect Officers,
Hear Candidate John Davis
Jack Welborn, an official of
Riegel Textile Corporation,
Trion, Wednesday was elected
the new president of the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club.
He will replace Frank Prince,
of Summerville, whose term ex
pires in July.
The other new officers are:
Paul Weems, vice president;
James Koon, secretary; John
Stubbs, treasurer; Dr. Claudius
Clements and Robert Crawford,
directors.
Judge John Davis, of Summer
ville, a candidate for Congress,
was the guest speaker.
The United States was started
with the concept of everything
centering around the individual
and his right, Davis said. But in
Russia the reverse was' true. The
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ROTARY OFFICIALS — Here is the slate
of new officers elected by the Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club Wednesday, with
Frank Prince (right, seated) retiring
president. They are (left to right,
seated) Jack Welborn of Trion, the new
Sparling Teachers
Al Trion Honored
Two Trion school teachers who
are leaving after several years
service were honored recently
. with a reception.
They are Willard Golden, nat
! ural science teacher at Trion
I High for the past 15 years, and
’ Miss Isa Stancil, second grade
i teacher for 14 years.
Mr. Golden has won two Nat
ural Science scholarships and
plans to study for a year at the
University of Pennsylvania. Miss
| Stancil is retiring and will move
! to St. Petersburg, Fla. this sum
: mer.
Both have been community
leaders, Mr. Golden having
I served as an officer in both the
: Trion Lions Club and the Ma
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Subligna School to Be
Consolidated With Gore
The Subligna Elementary School was consolidated
with the Gore Elementary School in a unanimous step
by the Chattooga Board of Education Tuesday.
The Subligna students will attend Gore, which has
lunchroom facilities and better buildings, the Board said.
The change will be effective with the new school year.
Some 71 students were on roll
lat the eight-grade Subligna
School at last report.
The Gore School will continue
with eight grades. High school
students from both communities
are transported to Summerville
High, the Subligna High School
having been consolidated last
year and the Gore High School
several years ago.
In another highlight of the
I board meeting, a delegation
from the Summerville High
Band Boosters Club appeared
I asking what plans were being
made for a band during the
: coming year. They were told
■ that a band is definitely planned
and that the new principal, A.
I L. Clark, is expected to work out
: the details when he arrives in
two weeks.
John Salley, spokesman for
■ the Boosters Club, said some
' S3OO was due toward the pay
ment of the supplement to the
present band director. The
Board investigated and learned
that S2OO would be paid by the
Summerville Retail Merchants
Assn., as originally pledged, and
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state is the center with every
thing subjected to it.
Davis said that originally com
munities in this country pro
vided their own services. But
as time went on, counties pro
vided the necesstary services,
then the state stepped in and
then the federal government.
He cautioned that we must
guard against letting this wide
use of the public treasury in
fringe upon the dignity of the
individual. For instance, he said,
when a person receives pay
ments from governments the
government often feels free to
inquire into the private lives of
the individual and to cut off the
check if the person doesn't hew
to the line.
“We must not sell part of our
individual sovereignty,” he said.
president; Paul Weems, Summerville,
vice president; Mr. Prince; (left to right,
standing) Dr. Claudius Clements of
Trion, director; James Koon of Trion,
secretary; and John P. Stubbs, Summer
ville, treasurer.
^itnmwrutlle News
150 Cases Handled
In City Court Here
Some 150 cases were disposed
of during the three-day session
of June Chattooga City Court
which ended Wednesday after
noon.
Most were traffic violations
and drunks charges. Several
cases which had been planned
were not presented because of
forfeiture of bond. And in a
majority of the cases presented. |
pleas were entered.
A dispute over just where the
Alabama-Georgia line runs near
Alpine came up during a liquor
possession case against Russell j
Cavin. Cavin contended he was |
in Alabama, while the state I
charged he was in Georgia at
the time a half gallon of whiskey |
was allegedly found in his pos- j
session by Deputy Sheriff Paul |
White.
The jury found Cavin guilty
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24 SHS 'Straight A' Students
Given Certificates by JCC
Twenty-four Summerville High School “Straight A”
students were presented certificates of scholastic achieve
ment by the Summerville Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
They included three 11th grad
ers, four 10th graders, twelve 9th
graders and five Bth graders.
They were: Mary Lou Cald
well, Albert Hudgins and Martha
James, Uth grade; Peggy Col
bert, Wanda Dover. Mason Gib
son and Patricia Humphrey, 10th
grade; Mike Baker, Jenny Bal
lenger, Charlotte Bullard, Wan
da Crowe. John Hudgins, Kelly
Hudson, Carolyn Kling, Ann
Neal, Billy Parker, Carrie Sue
Teal, Marsha Walker and Louise
Willingham, 9th grade; Henry
Barrow, Glenda Grimes, Jan
Packer, Herbert Skelton and
Sherry Woods, Bth grade.
Seventy-three other students
made the honor roll, having an
average between 85 and 90.
They were: Leon Arnold, La
nelie Baggett, Patty Bridges,
Tommy Copeland, Betty Ham
ner, Billy Johnson, Ben Ledbet
ter, Olney Meadows, Elaine Pat
terson, Gayle Smith. Linda Suit,
Jenith Thomas, Mary Warren,
11th grade.
Paula Allen. Pete Boney, Peggy
Crowe, Joe Fay Denson. Jerry
Hale, Linda Hall, Gail Hill,
James Hughes, Buddy Parker,
Norman Praet, Charlotte Reece,
Dan Reynolds, Terry Taylor,
Leon Tucker, William Twomey,
Sue Weems, 10th grade.
Patricia Barry, Sylvia Brooks.
Peggy Broome, Judy Byars,
Brenda Cordle, Linda Demonia,
Donna Dodd, Larry Durham,
Carol Harriston, Linda Hix. Don
Johnson, Ann Jones, Sam Jones,
Sandra Lowry, Sidney Martin,
Kathrine Maxey, Eva Norton,
Joe Pitts, Randy Taylor, Patricia
Williams, Jenith Wooten, Sandra
Worsham, Mary York, Carol
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1960
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CORDLE BAGLEY
NEW PRESIDENT
OF LIONS CLUB
Cordle Bagley was elected
president of the Summerville
Lions Club Tuesday night, suc
ceeding Everett Lunsford.
The other new officers, elected
at the meeting, are: Bill Bow
man, first vice president; Hubert
Johnson, second vice president;
Andrew Williams, third vice
president; Don Sloan, secretary:
Joe Stephenson, treasurer; Will
Stephenson, lion tamer; Tom
Fox, tail twister: T. J. Espy and
Dr. H. A. Goodwin, one-year di
rectors; and Bill King and
James King, two-year directors.
They were elected and in
stalled at the session and will
take office in July.
The group went on record as
favoring some action on the
Taylor’s Ridge road situation at
the earliest possible moment and
voted to write a letter to the
State Highway Department to
this effect.
CLEMONS OBSERVES
FIRST BIRTHDAY
WITH BIG SALE
Celebrating its first anniver
sary in Summerville, Clemons
Brothers begins a gigantic nine
day "Birthday Sale”.
The event will be climaxed
with the awarding of several
handsome prizes at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 18. You do not
have to be present to win. The
prizes are: 39” Westinghouse
range; one-ton Westinghouse air
conditioner; Zenith stereo set;
510 Serta mattress; and 9x12
Armstrong rug.
Noted for its unusual bargains,
the furniture store has even
greater values on hand for this
special occasion.
Don Stultz, manager and vice
president of the Clemons firm,
explained that this is the store’s
way of saying "Thank You" to
the people who have made this
first year so successful for the
store.
''“These bargains were made
possible entirely through the
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Expert Reiterates Need For
Summerville to Clean Up
‘‘We were definitely disappointed in Summerville’s
failure to follow through on suggestions for clean up and
general improvement . . . and we can but repeat that such
improvement of appearances is very important to your
future success in attracting industry.”
This is the statement of Dr.
George I. Whitlatch, senior re
search scientist in industrial
development at the Georgia In
stitute of Technology.
He made the statement—a re
iteration of an earlier statement
by himself and Dr. Kenneth
Wagner, also of Tech—in a letter
to John D. Bankson, of Sum
merville, chairman of the indus
trial committee of the Coosa
Valley Area Planning and De
velopment Assn.
Dr. Whitlatch referred to his
visit here on May 19 when a
follow-up Chattooga County in
dustrial workshop was held.
Although he was disappointed
in the appearance of the city,
the industrial scientist said it
was gratifying to learn of the
county's progress on oth e r
phases of the program suggested
at the first workshop.
“You can be rightfully proud
of being one of the two counties
that have completed the re
sources audit. The near-comple
tion of favorable actions by
Chattooga County communities
for establishment of the joint
city-county planning commis
sion is another big step forward
and this will permit early work
toward preparation of the land
use map, so essential to proper
planning activities.
“Your good experience in as
sembling data on the river site
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Ridge Detour Road to Be Closed for
Week; to Be Straightened and Paved
Work has .begun on improving ,
the Taylor’s Ridge detour road
and it is now closed to all traffic.
It should be opened again by ,
next Wednesday if there is no I
bad weather.
This initial work is being done |
by Chattooga County under the
supervision of Harry Powell,
warden at the Public Works
Camp. The state is expected to
do the paving in the near future.
Straightening of curves be
tween Wayside and the foot of
the mountain will be the major
task of the county in the next
few days. Only minor work will
be done on the mountain road
itself, a private road.
Meanwhile, the State Highway
Department is reportedly draw
ing its final plans for correcting
the main road across the moun
tain.
The Chattooga County delega
| tion which went to Atlanta last
I Thursday to check on the situa- i
I tion was told that at the Gaines- j
ville office work is underway on 1
; the final plans and that they
should be ready in “the very I
। near future”.
Making the trip were Chat- I
। tooga County Commissioner !
i John Jones, County Attorney F. |
iH. (Pete) Boney, and Reps.)
■ James H. Floyd and Joseph E. ;
i Loggins.
I The main road has been closed
I since early February when land
i slides on the banks above the [
। road began. Shortly after the I
I stretch was closed, the roadbed I
' itself began to sink. Since that j
time, the State Highway Depart
ment has been drilling and mak
ing tests to determine how to
correct the situation.
In the meantime, through
traffic has been re-routed by
Holland, a paved road all the
way, and local traffic has gen
erally used the shorter route,
the detour road now about to
be paved.
PENNVILLE CHURCH
PLANS BIBLE SCHOOL
GOSPEL MEETING
The Pennville Church of |
Christ will" have Vacation Bible j
School and a gospel meeting |
next week.
Chester A. Hunnicutt, of i
Cherokee, N. C., an evangelist |
and missionary among the In-I
dians, will be the gospel speaker, j
The Bible School will be from j
9 to 11 a.m. and there also will
. be a class for adults at 9 a.m.
‘ daily. The children will have a
| program at 6:45 p.m. Friday to
I climax the school.
METHODIST BIBLE
SCHOOL AT TRION
BEGUN ON MONDAY
A picnic on the church lawn
at 6:30 p.m. next Wednesday
will climax the Riegel Memorial
Methodist Vacation Bible Schoo!.
The School opened Monday
and 59 were on hand. Classes
are held from 9 to 11:30 a m.
Miss Martha Haygood is the
director.
Razing of Old
Jail to Start
Here Soon
Plans arc being made to tear
down the old Chattooga County
jail building, which also is the
residence of the sheriff.
Chattooga County Commis
sioner John Jones has asked for
bids for the razing of the struc
ture and they will be opened at
10 a.m. Thursday, June 23.
A new jail was built last year
at the rear of the old jail-resi
dence structure.
No definite plans have yet
been made for the site, accord
ing to the commissioner’s office.
There has been some thought of
constructing a new residence for
the sheriff with a kitchen to
serve the jail. However, some
sheriffs may wish to live in
their own private residences, it
is pointed out. Therefore, some
consideration is being given the
construction of jailer's quarters
and a kitchen instead.
It is understood the present
i sheriff prefers to live in his own
■residence alter the old building
1 Is torn down.
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SWIM TIME AGAIN!—With the Sum
merville Recreation Center swimming
pool in the background, three Summer
ville girls make a pretty picture on Mon-
Crowds Cool
Off As Pool
Opens Mon.
School-free youngsters and
j adults who could find the time
j cooled off this week in the
Summerville Recreation Center
swimming pool.
The pool opened Monday. The
schedule of swimming classes
will be announced next week.
Hours in the meantime are 10
a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and
2 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Tuesday, with its sultry
weather, had the largest crowds
on hand at the pool, Recreation
Department Director Bill Mann
reported.
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Sell Formally
Announces; Cites
8-Yr. Experience
Earl Bi (Bill) Self, of Summer
ville, who qualified in May for
re-election as solicitor general
of the Lookout Mountain Judi
cial Circuit, formally announced
this week and cited his eight
years experience in the post.
"I feel that my past experi
ence in prosecuting many crim
inal cases, and working with
the various law enforcement
agencies will be an asset to the
office, he said.
William Campbell. Rossville
attorney, also is seeking the of
fice.
Self, 36. is a native of Chat
tooga County. He graduated
from Subligna High School,
worked his way through Berry
College and received his LLB de
gree from the University of
Georgia in 1949. An honor stu
dent at the University, he served
on the student editorial board of
the Georgia Bar Journal. He was
a member of the Delta Theta
Phi legal fraternity and of Phi
Kappa Phi. an honorary scho
lastic society.
Self began the practice of law
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2 Prisoners Still at Large
After Escape Monday
Two Chattooga County Public Works Camp prisoners
who escaped Monday afternoon near Holland had not
been re-captured late Wednesday. At least one may be
dangerous.
Meanwhile, White’s Store at
Holland was broken into Mon
day night and a small quantity
of clothing taken. Officers be
lieve the two men may be re
i sponsible.
The escapees, both white, are
Robert Knight, formerly of Rome
| serving 20 years for burglary,
I and Herman Parton of Chat
■ tooga County, serving two years
| for burglary. Knight, who has a
record going back to 1953, has
। been reported "dangerous” on
some prison records, according
Ito officials of the Chattooga
■ County Prison Camp. This is
Parton’s second escape from the
Chattooga prison. He fled in 1957
Trion's 'Red Book Singing'
Set For 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Alumni and friends of Trion High School are expected
for the 9th annual Red Book Singing at 7:30 p.m. Satur
day at the school auditorium.
Invitations have been mailed
to those on the regular mailing
list, but quite a number have
not received invitations. Ralph
Sprayberry, President of the
Trion High School Alumni As
! sociation, urges that everyone ।
I spread the word about the sing- I
ing and stresses that it is not
necessary to be an alumni to
attend. The singing is for the i
public.
| Professor Charles E. Bell will I
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day, opening day at the pool. The young
ladies are (left to right) Ann Jones, Sue
Weems and Margaret Wheeler.
and was re-captured a short
time later.
The two jumped from the rear
of a moving truck about two
miles South of Holland Monday
afternoon and ran into the
woods, according to officials A
guard was in the cab. Blood
hounds were brought in and
they stayed on the trail some
two or three hours before losing
it near the railway tracks in
that area. Officials said an
earlier assumption that they
may have caught a passing
1 discarded
a U1 store was bur-
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1,1 Present to lead several songs.
A number of reunions have
been planned.
Time for the event has been
act for 7:30. but the program
will not begin until 8 o'clock,
allowing 30 minutes to say
“hello” to old friends. The P l ^'
gram will end around “
which time refreshments w
Trion High School Alumni As
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