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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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Vote at Courthouse?
Before long, Chattooga County voters
will go to the polls again.
On September 14, they will vote in the
state Democratic primary.
The question is: Will Summerville vot
ers have to go through what they did in
the March county primary in order to vote?
No further explanation is needed for
the majority of people who went to vote in
the courthouse on that day. However, for
the benefit of those who voted elsewhere
we will explain.
The porches and lobby of the court
house were filled to overflowing with peo
ple. mostly loafing men. These people had
presumably voted and were merely hang
ing around because they had nothing bet
ter to do.
Not only were these people filling up
the place, making it difficult for others to
tend to the business of voting, but many
of them stood insolently in the doorways
and passageways while voters tried to get
through.
Women and old people alike had to
shove their way through this mass of loi
terers. It wasn’t uncommon to catch a
whiff of liquor on the breaths of the languid
men as one pushed through the crowd, de-
CANDIDATE DAVIS
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aware of the importance of
Lockheed in the economy of the
entire Seventh District. 1 know
that there is many a household
in practically every county of
this district whose broad and
butter depends on the payroll of
the Lockheed Aircraft Corpora
tion and I intend to devote my
every effort after I'm elected
toward furthering full employ
ment at Lockheed, the largest
industry under one roof in the
world
EDUCATION This fall finds
us short 1,400 classrooms in the
Seventh District alone Local
units of government have
reached the legal limit of taxa
tion for school support. Federal
funds must be provided without
strings attached to enable Amer
ica to keep pace with Russian
scientific advances.
VETERANS Every veteran
has by virtue of his service of
fered to give his life for his
country. More than any group,
the veterans are entitled to spe
cial consideration and the prob
lems brought on by their sacri
fice deserve the constant atten
tion of Congress
MEDICAL AID FOR AGFD
Most families at sometime or
other see their savings wiped out
by illness. Hospitalization works
a special hardship on elderly
citizens whose earning power
has diminished They should be
protected against catastrophic
illness by a voluntary health
program
FARM AND CONSERVATION
PROGRAM Constant and un
flagging attention should be
given to the problems of the
farmer, and our natural re
sources. including forests, soil,
and water, should be conserved
and wisely developed
COOSAWATTEE DAM This
project will be supported and
pushed forward with maximum
energy In addition to the out
put of electricity, a lake of
great scenic beauty will be cre
ated, providing valuable water
reserve, flood protection, and
conservation of farm and forest
lands Recreation and job oppor
tunities will also be realized.
NF.W INDUSTRY I will be
constantly alert and diligent in
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Summerville, Georgia
encouraging new industries in
the Seventh District. The Sev
enth District lying as it does be
tween Atlanta, the commercial
hub of the Southeastern states,
the inland port of Chattanooga,
and the Gadsden-Birmingham
complex (the Pittsburgh of the.
South i has the potential of be-I
coming America's Ruhr Valley.]
The labor supply is abundant j
and the type and quality of:
workers found in this area is the i
best in the United States. The ;
climate is ideal, there is abun- j
dant water, and "housekeeping" !
facilities (schools, roads, law ]
enforcement and such» improve]
with the passing of each year.
SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE I
intend to support the traditions
of the South and the Southern
way of life, with the belief that
matters of social contact be
tween the citizens of the state
are best left to the state govern
ments
WELFARE CHECKS
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813 98 to the county.
In addition to these programs,!
the Chattooga County Welfare
Department carries on a full pro
gram in other social service
fields, plus a close working rela
tionship with the Health Depart
ment, Vocational Rehabilitation.
Georgia Alcoholic Clinic, the
Milledgeville State and Talmadge
Memorial Hospitals, cancer and
heart clinics and many other
agencies dedicated to the health
and welfare of the people of
Georgia. Mrs Allen said in mak
ing her annual report The local
department is now ready and
anxious to set into motion the
part it will play in the Civil De
fense Program, she added
A big lump of the money paid
out went to the indigent aged
This came to $344,537 and aided
607 persons
The blind who were aided
totaled 17 persons and their jxiy
ments were $10,904
Aid to Dependent Children
payments came to $140,766. with
135 families and 347 children
given assistance
The permanently and totally
disabled program began with 81
persons but increased to 103 be
fore the year ended The pay
ments to them were $55,085
The per capita cost to the
county for all the welfare serv
ices was $2 12 for the year Total
cost was $42,238 12
These county funds were ex
pended as follows
Old Age Assistance. $13,781 48;
Aid to Blind. $436 16 Aid to De
pendent Children. $5.630 64. Aid
to Disabled. $2.203 40; Child
Welfare. $3.813 98. General As
sistance, $579 81: Hospitalization.
$14.826 63. County's participation
in Salaries, Travel Adminis
trative and Office Expenses, sl.-
411 49
Mrs Allen made her report to
the County Welfare Board Its
members are R N Trimble Sum
merville, chairman: H L Ab
rams. Lyerly, vice chairman: Ira
D Waters. Haywood Valley, and
Orrin Blessing. Trion.
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termined to vote despite the handicaps.
Women approaching the scene often looked
appalled as they attempted to enter. If
they were with their husband they let him
lead the way and thus were spared some
of the indignity of the situation. If they
were alone, as many were, they had to shove
their own way through never knowing
what remark might fall on their ears at
any moment.
It was a shameful sight.
If loiterers are going to take over the
courthouse, then it is our suggestion that
the voting take place elsewhere. The law,
we understand, would allow this, at least
in the case of the primary.
There is another good reason why the
polls should be moved. Older people often
have difficulty mounting the steps to the
courtroom for casting their ballots. Why
not make it easier for them to vote? Many
doubtless stay away because of the steps.
The Summerville Recreation Center, or
almost any other location, would be pre
ferable to the courthouse under the cir
cumstances.
We sincerely hope the Chattooga Coun
ty Democratic Executive Committee will
give this some thought.
SLIGHT CHANGES
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bility of a school board election
in December James Spence, a
teacher at Trion High School,
was nominated in the March
| county primary to succeed Low- j
] ell Hix as county school super
| intendent on Jan. 1. Spence will
] teach in the Trion system until
] lie takes office.
The county school board elec
; tion could come about if Chat
! tooga County voters decide in
November they want to elect
! their board rather than have it
appointed by the grand jury as
i is now done. If this law is ap
proved, an election would be
held in early December for the
election. Thereafter, the board
would be elected and the school
superintendent would be ap
pointed by it.
Mumps cut into the Trion sys
tem’s teacher allotment, making
it one less. The disease kept
numerous students out, lowering
the average daily attendance
enough to cut the number of
! state-paid teachers by one.
The county system also suf-
I sered a loss of state-paid teach
ers—three, and part of this may
! also be due to illness among
I students.
While there have been few
major administrative and de
partment head changes in the
Trion system, there have been
several in the county system
Summerville High School has a
new principal, new science de
partment instructors, new voca
tional agriculture teacher, new
coaches and new band director.
Lyerly High and Wehnyer have
new principals. And the Sublig
na School has been consolidated
with the Gore School.
Trion's maj o r department
change has been in the science
department which has a new
head.
INDUSTRIAL STATION
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and tile planners will do thor
ough technical studies of the
counties in order to have this
data available to potential in
dustries And they'll work with
the industrial prospects in every
way possible to encourage them
to settle in our area.
Mr Harper had high praise for
the two Chattooga County di
rectors of the Coosa Valley Asso
ciation John Bankson and
, John W 'BilL King He said this
county's representation is pos
sibly the strongest on the entire
board, noting that either Mr.
Bankson or Mr King one has at
tended every meeting and that
both have been on hand at
most.
He told how the Association
was organized m June 1959 and
something of the progress since
Getting the governor to appro
priate $30,000 annually for the
industrial experiment station
has been a hinh'ight of the
* progress, Mr Harper said
This money is assured. Harper
said, only if the conimunities in
the valley put up $75,000 a year
for the technical nlanmng staff
1 However, he said five of the 12
counties already have pledged
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CALLAWAY GARDENS
It’s positively amazing the
things they’ve done to the old
red hills of middle Georgia near
Pine Mountain. That former
wasteland is now truly the gar
den spot of Georgia.
Ida Cason Callaway Gardens
with its hundreds of acres of
rolling green, thousands of
flowering plants, both wild and
domestic, and its eleven crystal
clear lakes offers the vacationer
abundant variety.
There are nearby motel facili
ties making this recreation area
attractive to the week-enders
and fortnighters alike.
Once, Georgians out of the
coastal plains area had to plan
well their trips to the sandy
beaches of Georgia. That no
longer is necessary, Callaway
Gardens have done it for you.
There on massive Lake Robin
is one of the finest white sand
beaches to be found—and it is
clean sand!
The Gardens are a haven for
water skiers, and the facilities
are there for the public which
the Masters Water Ski Tourna
ment used in June. Also on hand
is a ski pro, to instruct the un
skilled and timid.
Public areas are convenient
and roomy or food is available
at the many concession stands.
And there’s dancing under the
stars at the pavilion.
Many other attractions in
clude tours of the gardens,
miniature train rides and a
showboat.
And for the golfer, there is a
marvelous 18-hole course.
The second annual Georgia
Open Amateur Water Ski Tour
nament will be held at The Gar
dens Aug. 19 and 20. While it is
strictly for amateurs, it will be
conducted according to the offi
cial rules of the American Water
Ski Association. It will give
novices and beginners a taste of
real competition, and any skier
who has not placed third or
more in any event, regional or
national, may participate if he
or she is a member of the Amer
ican Water Ski Association.
Callaway Gardens are located
on U.S. 27, between Columbus
and LaGrange Any service sta
tion will assist, you in planning
the best route
their share. The cost will be
about 25c per capita.
Work of the Association in
cludes the following fields Agri
culture. planning on the local
level, tourist, natural resources,
industrial development and gov
ernmental affairs.
-With proper development,"
Harper said, "there is no ques
tion but that the 12 counties here
can become the Ruhr Valley of
the South ”
SUBLIGNA PATRONS
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writers were purchased with the
agreement that the Parent-
Teacher Association would pay
for them. However, when the
typewriters were about half paid
for the P.-T A. was unable to
finish the payments and the
board paid the rest The board
now has in its possession nine of
the typewriters, the patrons said,
but they should have only five
The controversy came up after
the board consolidated the ele
mentary school with Gore School
this summer.
It is understood that a num
ber of the Subligna students will
attend Walker County schools
rather than transfer to Gore.
COUNTY TEACHERS
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Only a half-day of school will
be held Monday in the Summer
ville white schools, Principals A.
L. Clark and Boney have an
nounced. No lunch will be served
on this date. However, it will be
served on Tuesday and a full
day of classes will be held.
No announcements have been
forthcoming from other county
principals but it is assumed they
will follow generally the same
schedule concerning the half
day schedule on Monday.
ROME MAN
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Donald Lee Thompson, 26, of
Chattanooga, according to the
Patrol. They said the incident
occurred when Romine’s car
and another blocked the road
side by side and the Thompson
car started around. Romine was
charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road, accord
ing to the Patrol
Cars driven by Gary L. Young,
21, of Dendill, N.J., and Joe Guy
A. L. Strange, 41,
Dies Unexpectedly
Arthur Lee Strange, 41, life
; time resident of Trion, died sud
]dently Thursday at 1:40 a.m. He
I was a member of Trion Chapter
160 F&AM,
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Arthur Lee Strange of Trion;
one daughter, Mrs. Betty Gene
Lively of Trion; one grandson,
Stevie Lively of Trion; step
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Strange
of Trion; three sisters, Mrs. Lu
cille Powell, Mrs. Frances Kirby
and Miss Carroll Ann Strange,
all of Trion; two brothers, James
W. Strange of Hermosa Beach,
Calif., Fred A. Strange of U. S.
Air Force. Randolph Field. Tex.:
two stepbrothers. Captain Ray
ford L. Brooks of Fort Stewart,
Ga., and William Douglas Brooks
of Harlington, Mass.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Chapel of the J. D.
] Hill Funeral Home Friday at 3
p.m. with Rev. A. A. Tanner and
Rev. Frank Lewis officiating
1 with burial in the Green Hill
Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers were: Clyde
Thomas, Carl Ragland. Buddy
Hammond. Clifford Junki fi s.
Ozell Maddux. J. C. Cavin. Hon
orary pallbearers were: Dr. G. W
Little. Dr. C. A. Clements. Dr
Allen Horton. Carl Baker. Fred
Thomas. Ross Thomas. J. L.
Broome. Kenneth Putman, Jim
Tom Greeson. Ernest Lively,
James Floyd. John Bankston.
Milton Smith. Dr. William U.
Hyden. Dr. J. J. Allen, W. B
Simmons, James Williams, Pres
]ton David, M. M. Wingfield. Jack
Blanchard. Douglas Baker. C. B.
Bricker. J C Woods. Roy Mann.
Marshall McCollum. Adger
Farmer. Wilmer Westbrooks and
Carliss Buice.
j. D Hill Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
J. D. Hill
Funeral Home
SVMMERVHXI
ARTHUR LEE STRANGE
Funeral service* for Arthui Lee Strange.
41 of Trion, who died unexpectedly at
1 40 am Thursday. were held at 3 p.m
iida' a’ *hr chapel of the J D. Hill
I Funeral Home The Rev. A. A Tanner
and the Rev Frank lewis officiated
' Internment mas tn Greenhill Memory
Garden*
J D. HILL FUNERAL HOMI
Evans, 55, of Gadsden, Ala., col
lided at 11:45 a.m. Saturday
north of Lyerly on the Summer
ville Road but neither man was
injured. Evans’ reportedly hit
the Young car when he entered
the road from a side road and
his brakes failed because of a
wet lining. No charges were
made.
CHATTOOGA CHOSEN
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per acre.
Gross value of this increased
production would be $600,000
added to the county’s farm
income.
At the present time, Chat
tooga County’s pastures are low
due to lack of proper manage
ment, use of inefficient plants
and inadequate lime, fertilizer
and weed control, the county
agent said.
The Agricultural Extension
Service State Program has set a
goal of permanent pastures car
rying 1.5 animal units or cows
per acre. This goal is to be
reached by 1965.
Director W. A. Sutton of the
Extension Service said the Big
M. Pasture Program, sponsored
by the Georgia Plant Food Edu
cational Society, will go a long
way in helping farmers reach
this goal.
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Summerville News
Chattooga
Chit Chat
The congenial atmosphere
] which prevails among Summer -
I ville’s downtown churches was
] aptly demonstrated Sunday.
The associate Presbyterian
minister, the Rev. Gary Howell,
spoke at the Methodist Church ■
during the 11 a.m. service while
the Methodist pastor, the Rev.
J. Frank Rollins, was on vaca
tion.
And, the First Baptist congre
gation heard the Rev. W. E.
Hotchkiss, regular Presbyterian
minister, at its evening service.
The Rev. Roger McDonald. Bap
tist pastor, called on his fellow
clergyman Sunday afternoon
when he came down with a bad
throat.
Congressional Candidate John
Davis, of Summerville, stepped
up his campaign this week with
the publication of a tabloid
newspaper, “7th District New
Era".
The publication carries pic
tures of the candidate, his fam
ily and various supporters. It
contains biographical informa
tion about Davis and tells his
views on such subjects as medi
cal aid for the aged, the farm
program, veterans, education,
the textile industry, foreign aid
and national security.
Gorgeous color photos made in
. Georgia, humor, stories about
. Georgia’s past, fiction, verse,
geneaology and books are among
[ the things you’ll find in the at
[ I tractive bi-monthly “Georgia
Magazine”.
\ The August-September issue,
for instance, has a color cover
. showing “Miss Georgia” against
a Jekyll Island background . . .
a story about Butler Markham
Atkinson Jr., Madison native
who has been called “Georgia's
Mark Twain” ... an article
1 about “Talking Tombstones” .. .
1 much other good reading and
1 viewing.
It’s good to see a magazine
which devotes itself to our
■ state, depicting something of our
culture.
The newly-green pastures.
' freshened by rains after an ex
tended drought, give the coun
, tryside a look of spring. The
cattle seem to be enjoying the
. new food too.
; County Agent M. H. Purcell
> says if farmers would fer
tilize their pastures properly
> they’d be able to carry their
; cattle through the winter just
I fine.
; [ First graders at the Gore Ele
i | mentary School will have a
modern innovation despite an
THURSDAY. AUGUST 25,1960
TRION TEACHERS
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Martha Haygood, Mrs. Joyce
Hogg, Miss Mary Alice Ivey, Mrs.
Hazel Martin, Mrs. Lorraine Mil
ler. Mrs. Margaret Moody, Mrs.
Ann Mewburn, Miss Ruth Ponder,
Mrs. Venice Ray, Mrs. Ethel S.
Simmons, Mrs. Lydia Stephens,
1 Mrs. Lottie Thomas. Mrs. Lydia
Thomas, Mrs. Peggy Woods, Miss
; Joyce Wooten. Miss Ethel Sim
mons. principal.
i High School:
Miss Dora J. Bankey, Mrs.
1 Margie Collett, Tom Hogg, Miss
’ Grace Hurtt, Miss Elizabeth
■ Johnson, Gordon Jones, Sam
' McCain, Miss Monica Penning
ton, Dar r y Pilkington, Mr.
• Prince, Mrs. Nan Royals, Miss
. Sue Scott, James Spence, Mrs.
i Jessie Wingfield, R. H. Miller,
• principal.
Westside School:
Mrs. Virginia Shropshire, prin-
1 cipal; Mrs. Willie R. Hoskins.
1 School will begin at 8:15 and
the first grade will be dismissed
at 1 p.m. for the first month and
i 2:30 thereafter. The second
1 grade will be dismissed at 2:40
i and the third through 12th
1 grades at 3 p.m.
/ The cost of meals in the cafe
teria will be $1.25 per week and
■ an extra glass of milk is avail
■ able at 15c per week. Meals will
t be served beginning September
■ Ist.
3 School pictures will be made
' beginning at 9 a.m. September 2.
1 Adult Season Football Tickets
■ will be $4. Regular adult admis
-1 sion price is $1.25. Student Sea-
I son Football Tickets will be $2.
Regular student admission price
J is 75c.
’ Students will be given an op
’■ portunity to participate in an
° insurance program.
a'
old building.
The youngsters will be housed
r in what was the old Gore High
t School’s home making depart
ment and consequently will have
n at their disposal the sinks and
e I cabinets of the room.
s i Many of the new buildings
e provide washroom facilities for
. the tots because they do a lot
dI of painting, building, etc. and
little hands get dirty often.
e Gore Principal R. R. Weh
r meyer says he is delighted his
r ■ first graders can have these fa
cilities too despite the old build
i ing.
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