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THEY’RE OFF— This scene was repeated
many times at the Summerville Recrea
tion Center swimming pool Tuesday as
the city hosted the Seventh District
JAMESTOWN BOY LOSES
LEG AFTER AUTO WRECK
A Jamestown, Ala., youth lost
his leg Friday as the result of
injuries in an automobile acci
dent in Chattooga County earlier
that day.
Jim Ray, 21, was reported
“much better’’ this week at Chat
tooga Hospital where he is a
patient.
His left leg was amputated
Friday following the accident
about 12:45 a.m. Friday on the
Berryton Road. The State Patrol
said the auto in which young
Ray was riding went out of con
trol some five miles from Sum
merville and rolled end on end.
Johnny McCullough, 15, also
of Jamestown, received scalp
lacerations in the accident,, but
was released from the hospital
after treatmem.
The driver of the vehicle, Billy
Floyd Pearsey, 17, also of James
town, was charged by the State
Patrol with driving on the wrong
side of the road.
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CHURCH ADDITION CONSECRATED
—This addition to the Summerville Pres
byterian Church was consecrated in
services Sunday afternoon at which the
Rev. W. E. Hotchkiss, pastor, presided.
Data On Opening Summerville
Elementary School Given
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No pre-rcgistration of stu
dents at Summerville Elemen
tary School is planned, Mrs. F.
H. Boney, principal, has an
nounced.
First graders will register in
the first grade room on Monday.
Aug. 29. They may come to reg
ister at anytime between 9 a.m. (
and 3 p.m. and may then leave.:
They will not stay all that day.
Parents of these first graders
are reminded that thdy must
have had DPT shots and booster
and the smallpox vaccination.
They must present a health card
showing dates of the immuniza
tions and must take their birth
certificate.
Boys and girls in grades two ]
through five will report to the
designated classes on the same
date. They will report for the
day.
Thomas Named Cash
Store Market Manager
Joel Thomas, who was associ
ated with The Trion Department
Store meat market for 17 years,
has been named manager of the
Summerville Cash Store meat
market, J. B Woodard, propri
etor. has announced.
Mr. Thomas and his family
live on Perry Hill north of Sum
merville. His wife is Amy Jo and
his children are Nancy, 17, Joel
Jr., 15 and Gary, 8 He is a mem
ber of the South Summerville
Baptist Church.
(Stall Photo by Earl McConnell)
Swim meet. Local swimmers won four
first places. (More pictures and story on
i sports page.)
TUESDAY RAIN
HELPS CROPS
A heavy shower which covered
much of Chattooga County
Tuesday afternoon greatly aided
pastures, gardens, and some
crops.
It was of especial help to the
cotton crop. Some of the late
corn also got a boost. However,
it was too late for much of the
corn.
Crops he.re have suffered ex
-1 tensively because of the spring
drought. May, June and July all
were exceptionally dry, interfer
! ing with germination of seed
planted and with the develop
ment of those which did grow.
Damage to pastures has re
, suited in the selling of much of
the beef cattle here.
The SBI,OOO structure houses classrooms, I
a large assembly room, dining and kitch- .
en facilities and a pastor’s study, as well
as enclosing a court for open air serv
ices. ' !
ROLLING SINGING'
TO BE AT OAK HILL
The “rolling singing” will be
held at Oak Hill Methodist
Church Tuesday night.
It was held at Berryton this
week.
Local Merchants Enjoy
Barbecue, Talk by Davis
The industrial potential lor this area was discussed by
Judge John Davis when he spoke to the Summerville Retail
Merchants Association Wednesday afternoon at their an
nual barbecue. : agriculture for its raw materials.■
Some 60 merchants and their Cotton is held up by parity,!
families were on hand for the , bought by the government ini
event. Leath Miller, vice presi- I many cases, then sold cheaply to .
dent of the SRMA, had charge of foreign countries which in turn i
the meal and' Harold Shavin, i use cheap labor and sell it back |
president, presided. A treas- to us cheaper than cotton corn- ;
urer s report was given by Don panies here can, ne said. Under |
Stultz, secretary-treasurer. this system, the foreign coun-;
Davis, a candidate for Con- tries buy raw cotton cheaper*
I cress, said this area has the . than do Ine firms here.
labor, transportation, power and ' As for agriculture in this area, |
raw material for excellent Indus- Davis said we now raise "grass,
trial development. ■ chickens and trees.” Corn and
The only thing that’s needed | cotton are not as important as
| now, he said, is capital. And the ■ they orice were, he noted,
j planning commissions, as well as And with no mineral resources
others, are trying to attract in-, available here, the only thing
j vestors. left for the county is industry,
Touching on the textile Indus- said Davis.
try, so much a part of the scene He noted that a Chattanooga
in Chattooga County, Davis said businessman said recently the
he believes the reason the tex- i valley between Chattanooga and i
tile industry is so threatened by , Gadsden lias every reason to be- I
imports is because it depends on (Continued on Page 2)
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Chattooga Gets
$48,148 From
State for Roads
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Chattooga County during
the fiscal 1959-60 received
$48,148 from state highway
taxes for use on county
maintained roads.
Each fiscal year the State
Treasury Department distributes
approximately $9 million from
its highway tax revenue ’(fuel
taxes, license fees, etc.) among
the counties for their use on
county-maintained roads. The
amount varies with each coun
ty’s road mileage. Total distrib
uted in 1959-60 was $9,320,046.
The total amount of highway
use taxes collected in Georgia
during. the past fiscal year was
approximately $1 0 1 million.
Highway use taxes paid on trucks
constituted more than $32 mil
i lion of that amount—3l.7 per
I cent of the total, the Georgia
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No Injuries Reported
In Back Penn Collision
No injuries were reported
Thursday in. an automobile crash
on the Back Penn Road.
Involved were Louis H. Brown,
55, Summerville Route 3, driving
a 1951 pickup truck, and Jean P.
Jones, 27, Tridn, driving a 1957
vehicle.
The State Patrol said the
Jones bar, out of control around
a curve, hit the Brown vehicle.
Trooper Jack Knott investi
i gated.
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960
Trion to Get
New Bridge
A new bridge at Trion is
planned, the State Highway De
partment has announced.
Plans for a public hearing at
10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the
Chattooga courthouse has been
set in order that any interested
person may be heard in connec
tion with the proposed construc
tion.
The bridge crosses the Chat
tooga River inside the city
limits just south of the main
downtown area
The hearing is scheduled in
compliance with the law, the
Highway Department notes.
Several Roads Io
Be 'Re-Sealed'
Portions of several roadA in
Chattooga County will be re
sealed” under a cooperative proj
ect by the State Highway De
partment and the county.
County Commissioner John
Jones said this week the state is
giving the county SIO,OOO for
this re-sealing and that the
county will do the work.
The roads named are as fol
lows: Cloudland-Alabama line,
1V 2 miles; Menlo - LaFayette
(Broomtown Road) 1 mile; Hol
land-Lyerly Road, 2 miles; Back
Berryton Road, 3 miles; Pleas
ant Grove Church to Subligna
Road, 2 miles, and Gore-Subligna
Road, starting at Subligna, 3
miles.
4 Charges, Maybe
Fifth, Await Man
A former Summerville man
had four charges lodged against
him in Summerville this week
and will probably face a fifth
before the week is out, officers
report.
He is J. C. Browning, 30, of At
lanta.
Browning already faces charges
of hit and run, possessing whis
key, diiving under the influence
and driving without a license.
The charge that probably awaits
him is theft of an automobile.
I Summerville police said.
The hit and run occurred
। Monday night on Martin Street
when Browning reportedly hit
Robert Padgett and left the
scene. He was picked up by
Chief Griffin Pledger in Sum
merville Tuesday and at that
time was charged with the three
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Chattooga Hospital Crowded;
Expansion May Be Necessary
Crowded conditions at the Chattooga Hospital are
causing the Hospital Authority to consider an expansion.
PRESBYTERIANS
PLAN BIBLE
SCHOOL AUG. 15-19
The Summerville Presbyterian
Church is making plans for the
annual Vacation Bible School
August 15-19.
Morning classes will be held
for those ages 4-12 and evening
classes are set for the teens.
The morning hours will be 9 to
11 a.m. while the evening pro
gram will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Rev. Gary Howell, associ
ate pastor, has charge of the
morning phase, while Mrs. John
D. Taylor will conduct the teen
program.
Some 22 workers will assist
them.
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CAN YOU BEAT IT? —
Mrs. Roy Stephenson holds
the big tomato which she
grew in a window box at
her home in Summerville. :
It weighs two pounds and
i grew on what Mrs. Steph- i
; enson calls a “tomato tree” )
—a tall type plant.
State Cuts Chattooga County School
Allotment for 1960-61 By $44,000
The Chattooga County
school system will get about
$44,000 less from the state
during the coming year than
it received last year.
News of the state allocation
i came at the August meeting of
the Chattooga Board of Educa
tion Tuesday at School Supt.
Lowell Hix office.
The Minimum Foundation
Program budget for Chattooga
County next year is $701,187.34
with the state putting in $647,-
567.34 and Chattooga County
$53,620. The latter figure, the
“charge-back”, has been in
creased‘since last year when the
county was asked to put only
$46,970 toward the MFP budget.
Here is a breakdown of the
$701,187 budget:
Salaries for teachers, $426.-
579.84; current operating and
sick leave, $62,000; transporta
tion, $65,372; state building al
lotment, $70,300; contingency
fund, $41,002; local administra
tive and supplement expenses,
$21,515; and textbooks and li
braries, $14,418.50.
Biggest cut was in the con
’ tingency fund, sliced from $78,-
911.40 last year to $41,002 this
year. The transportation fund
was cut nearly $5,000.
The Chattooga system earned
(through average daily attend
i ance) three lass state-paid
teachers this year. This was in
the white elementary field and
is due to a decrease in average
daily attendance.
School Supt. Lowell Hix esti
mated that income from county
taxes may be up a little this
years, some S7OO to SI,OOO. But
this will do little to offset the
1 $44,000 loss from the state. Total
; amount frorp the county will be
in the vicinity of $70,000.
Board of Education Attorney
T. J. Espy, Jr., pointed out that
; the local communities are going
. to be expected by the state to
. pay more and more toward the
operation of the schools.
; He said that re-assessment of
property in the county would
give the schools a great deal
i more money and wouldn’t work
, a hardship on anyone. Right
now, he sid, the total tax digest
for the City of Summerville
where property is assessed at
close to 100 per cent) is sl2 mil
lion while the digest for the en
tire county, including Summer-
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Members of the Authority met
with County Commissioner John
Jones Tuesday to advise him of
the situation.
No definite plans have been
made, Ed Surles, attorney and
secretary of the Authority, cm- 1
phasizps.
However, he said, the Au
thority plans to check with ex
perts and find out what such an
expansion would involve. It
could possibly be done through
the Hill-Burton Act under which ‘
the present facility was con- '
structed.
Some patients have been ‘
placed in the halls recently be- 1
cause of the lack of space, it has f
been noted.
The Hospital Authority is 1
headed by H. L. Abrams, of *
Lyerly. (
FIREMEN ATTEND '
STATE CONVENTION
Two Summerville firemen and ।
their wives attended the Geor- i
gia Firefighters Convention in
Macon last week. 1
They were Roy Alexander, fire (
chief, and Howard Weems, as-;'
sistant fire chief. <
Teen Girls Returned; Kidnap
Charges Await Two Local Men,
Charges of kidnapping have been placed against two
Chattooga County men by the families of two 14-ycar-old
Welcome Hill girls who were returned to their homes from
Tampa, Fla., early this week.
The men, however, had not
been taken into custody late ,
Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office listed them
as Donald Wilkie and Brintz
Hines, both of this county.
The girls, whose names can
not be released, were returned
by Deputy Sheriff Paul White
. Monday night and turned over
to their parents. They had been
i picked up in Tampa and were in
la juvenile detention home when
the deputy arrived.
Last-Minute Effort Made by
Subligna Patrons for School
A delegation of Subligna Ele
mentary School patrons Tuesday
made a last-minute effort to
save their school from consoli
dation.
However, the Chattooga Board
of Education, after re-considera
tion, went ahead with plans for
the transfer of Subligna stu
dents to Gore
Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins, Sum
merville attorney and Chat
tooga legislator, was spokesman
for the patrons. He proposed
that the school board give the
patrons 15 days to raise some
$3,000 toward the operation of
the Subligna School next year.
Officials had said the small
school was losing about that
much money yearly and had al
ready accumulated a loss of
some $6,600.
The patrons contended that
perhaps it wouldn’t cost any
more to continue the school
than it would to transport the
students to Gore.
The school board and Supt.
Lowell Hix made these points:
With fewer students in Gore
and Subligna, both schools are
a liability on the county.
The child’s welfare, how
ever, is the primary concern and
it is felt that one teacher per
grade would be better than three
teachers (the amount earned by
each school) for seven grades.
Whether there will actually be
a saving of money can’t be def
initely known right away. How
ever, there should be over a
period of, say, five years.
Provision of a fifth bus for
the communities should elimi
nate as rhuch inconvenience of
travel as possible. The funds
spent on transportation could
not be transferred to mainte
nance and operation anyway.
Each school has so few stu
dents they keep getting farther
and farther in debt every year
It costs as much to heat a build
ing regardless of whether it is
full of students and the janitor'
and other expenses remain the
same despite fewer students.
If the county pays for an un
earned teacher, then this is ad
ditional expense.
Indebtedness of the Subligna
school at the end of this year
was $6,694 as compared with
$3,773 at the end of last year
and SI,BOO at the end of the
prior year. Last year, the school
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S'ville Negro
Soldier Drowns
In Korea
A Chattooga County soldier
drowned in Korea recently, his
family has been informed.
Wimley Hanes, 30, Negro, son
of Mrs. Mattle Hanes, of Dry
Valley Road, drowned while
swimming, it was reported.
The body will be returned
home for interment, members of
the family said this week.
Hanes was employed at the
Georgia Rug Mill prior to his en
listment in the Army several
years ago. He was serving his
second term. He was a grad- ’
uatc of the Summerville Negro
High School.
The soldier is survived also by
his wife who lives in North
Carolina. He had no children.
The father preceded him in I
death.
SUMMERVILLE LIONS
ENTERTAIN WIVES
Members of the Summerville
Lions Club entertained their
wives at a barbecue supper Tues
day night at Memorial Home.
Cordle Bagley, president, was
in charge. He was assisted in
preparing the feed by A. B. Mc-
Curdy and Everett Lunsford.
Some 75 men and their wives
attended.
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DAMAGE SUITS
FILED AGAINST CITY
OF SUMMERVILLE
Damage suits totaling some
$280,997 have been filed against
the City of Summerville as the
result of a street accident last
May.
D. C„ C. F. and William Ed
ward Tuberville, of Rossville and
Chattanooga, have filed the
three suits in Chattooga Superior
Court, charging the city with
negligence in the maintenance
of streets.
The three men were injured
May 29 of this year when the
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Shopping Center Plans
At Summerville Proceeding
Plans are proceeding for construction of a shopping
center north of Summerville, Robert Summitt, of Chatta
nooga, an official of Thrifty Centers, Inc., said Wednesday.
Construction should defi
nitely begin before the end of
summer, he said.
Final plans for the first
building are ready and those for
the second structure are almost
finished, he noted.
The total project will cost
around $500,000 and the first
unit will be a grocery store, Shop
Rite, Inc.
The 15-acre site where the
center will be located is about a
mile north of Summerville near
the Catholic Church.
The original plans called for
the letting of the contract in
July, but this date has now been
pushed up slightly.
'Old Iron Legs' Visits
Chattooga on Trek South
Who is he?
That was the question in the Summerville-Trion area
Monday as a white-bearded man carrying a pack on his
back and a “staff” in his hand walked earnestly along U.S.
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Highway 27 headed south.
He obviously wasn’t the ordi
nary • hitchhiker because he
never gave any indication of
looking for a ride. In fact, when
several motorists stopped and
offered a lift anyway, he gra
ciously declined.
Turns out that the strange
looking fellow is a retired 78-
year-old San Francisco Post Of
fice employee. But this is no
busman’s holiday. He was a pos
tal clerk and did little walking
on his job. But neither is he a
frustrated letter carrier. John F.
Stqhl merely likes to walk.
For one thing, he thinks its
healthful. And it must be. He
retired from the Post Office 25
years ago for health reasons and
started his treks shortly there
after.
Since then, he’s walked some
15,000 miles, all over the United
States, in Europe, Mexico and
Central America. Right now,
he's on a trek from Chicago, 111.
to Mobile, Ala. He started on
May 9 and expects to be in Mo-
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WALKER VISITS S’VILLE POSTMASTER— John Stahl,
78, (right) of San Francisco, Calif., visits Summerville
Postmaster John Stubbs at his office Monday during hike
through city.
Home Economist
Slightly Hurt
In Auto Accident
The Georgia Power Company
home economist in Summerville,
Miss Grace Perry, suffered slight
injuries in an automobile acci
dent near Teloga Wednesday
r morning
I She was treated at Chattooga
Hospital and released, reportedly
suffering a lip cut and broken
finger.
e Wayne Chamblee, the other
t party involved in the accident,
e was charged with driving on the
t wrong side of the road and not
having a tag, Sheriff Fred Stew
- art reported.
d He said the Chamblee vehicle,
ea 1956 auto, and the Perry car,
r a Power Company car, crashed
h almost head-on at a curve on
e the Broomtown Road, about a
mile south of the Summerville
d Road intersection.
e Both cars were badly dam
aged, the sheriff said.
GBI to Check
Shooting Here
The Georgia Bureau of Inves
, tigation has been called in to
। check on the shooting of a Sum
merville man last week.
Sheriff Fred Stewart said 081
Agent Jim Hillin, of Rome, is in
vestigating tiie shooting of Fred
Maynor. No charges had been
made late Wednesday.
The man was hospitalized for
several days after reportedly
being shot in the abdomen.
bile well ahead of cold weather.
Mr. Stahl called “Old Iron
Legs” because of his hikes, car
ries with him a letter of intro
duction from Mayor George
Christopher of San Francisco.
Coming through Kentucky re
cently he was named by the gov
ernor of that state to the elite
group known as “Kentucky Col
onels.” During his trip through
Texas some years ago he was
named an honorary “Texas
Ranger.”
He plans to call on Gov. Pat
terson of Alabama. During a
visit in Georgia last year, he
called on Gov. Ernest Vandiver.
“Unfortunately, he wasn’t in
town when I went to his office,”
said Mr. Stahl. “But I'm sure he
must be a fine gentleman. His
office force was so kind and
gracious to me that I know he
must be a nice person too.”
Mr. Stahl is a native of Ohio
but has lived in California since
11918. He has little family, his
' wife and child having died some
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