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OLUME 76—NO. 32
No Date Set
For Opening
Ridge Road
Work is continuing on the
road across Taylor’s Ridge
but the State Highway De
partment had no estimate
this week on when traffic
will be allowed through.
"We certainly hope the road
is passable before the winter
season," T. I. Underwood of
Rome, State Highway Depart
ment engineer, said in Summer
ville Tuesday. “But I wouldn’t
guess just when this will be.”
Installation of drain pipes
above me road level, in an effort
to drain off excess water, is ex
pected to begin shortly, Mr.
Underwood said.
The first step is drilling hori
zontal holes back into the
mountain. After the holes are
drilled, two-inch perforated
pipes will be installed, opening
out a few inches above the
road. The water will be ditched
to a certain point, then piped
under the road for release.
Already, 10-inch perforated
pipes have been installed under
neath the roadbed to drain out
the excess water there.
Engineers believe water in the
mountain caused the landslides
which forced the road closed
early this year.
They have had the mountain
side above the road graded back
in a further effort to prevent
slides.
A sl-million road improve
ment program from Summer
ville to the Chattooga-Floyd
County line was completed only
last fall. The landslides followed,
occurring on the northern leg
of the mountain road.
Jones Completes Naming
Os Planning Commission
The appointment of Mark Strawn to the Chattooga
County-Municipal Planning Commission last Thursday
completed the list of 12 appointees, and County Commis-
sioner John Jones has since
organizing the body.
A meeting of the group will be
set in the near future, Commis
sioner Jones states. The plan
ning commission is expected at
that time to elect officers and
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SIGNING CREATES PLAN COMMISSION—Chattoo
ga County Commissioner John Jones (seated) signs a
resolution formally creating the Chattooga County-
Municipal Planning Commission. Looking on is John
Bankson, one of the two Chattooga County members of
the Coosa Valley Area Planning and Development Assn.
Planning Commission
Formed; What's Next?
What can Chattooga County expect now that the
Chattooga County-Municipal Planning Commission has
been formally organized?
County Commissioner John Jones this week signed a
resolution establishing the commission.
This culminating action was preceded by months of
making plans for the organization. Each municipality —
Trion, Menlo, Summerville and Lyerly — had to pass a
resolution agreeing to participate. Then each municipality
and Commissioner Jones had to appoint their share of the
members of the commission.
The members are: Mark Strawn, Grover Jackson, Leroy
Massey, O. L. Cleckler, Grady Ramey, Ross Thomas, J. C.
Woods, O. G. Morehead. Sr.. Everett Lunsford, J. T. Morgan,
George Collette and G. W. Mitchell.
The next step will be a meeting of the planning com
mission. This hasn’t yet been set. But when the group
meets, it will elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary.
It will adopt by-laws. And plans will be made for the future.
One of the first steps the commission is expected to
take will be the making of .an adequate base map of the
county. This has been described as an essential planning
tool and as being necessary from the beginning of the plan
ning program. Such a map would show where everything
is in the county.
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RACING BLAMED FOR THIS THREE-CAR SMASH UP SATURDAY NEAR TRION
. . . Sizemore Vehicle (foreground) Hit Car Which Hit Another
Supt. Will Continue On Elective
Basis Regardless Os New Law
Both the school superintendent and the board of edu
cation will be elected every four years if a new law is ap
proved by Chattooga County voters in November.
Reckless Driving
Charged to Atlantian
Reckless driving charges were
placed against an Atlanta man
Monday when his 1959 vehicle
was involved in an accident on
Commerce Street.
He was listed by Summerville
Policemen Harold Cody and
Charles Gayler as Everett Jones.
The Jones car and that of Mar
tha J. Pledger, Trion, collided
on Commerce Street.
signed a resolution formally
make plans.
Mr. Jones also has set the
length of terms for his ap
pointees, giving the oldest men
the longest terms. Ross Thomas
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The new law would provide
for the election of the Chattooga
Board of Education. It is pres
ently appointed by the grand
jury.
If the new law is approved, an
election for. new board members
will be held between Dec. 15
and Dec. 20 and the new board
would take office Jan. 1, 1960.
It was erroneously stated in
The News last week that the
school superintendent would be
appointed by the school board
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Absentee Ballots
Must Be Requested
By Friday, Sept. 9
Do you or some member of
your family need an absentee
ballot for the Sept. 14 primary?
If so, keep in mind that the
deadline is Friday, Sept. 9.
Mrs. John Frank McConnell, of
the Chattooga Board of Regis
trars, said this week all requests
for such ballots must be made to
her office, in writing, by that
time. Only members of the im
mediate family may make the
request.
The ballots will be mailed
from the office and they must
be returned by mail. They will
be counted if they are returned
by the last mail on election day.
Military men, people who plan
to be out of town on the day of
balloting, those who are sick or
those who otherwise cannot go
to the polls may get absentee
ballots.
A total of 188 such ballots
were mailed out for the Chat
tooga County primary in March
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Wall Socket Fire
Causes Minor Damage
A Dickeyville residence caught
fire last Thursday but the blaze
was quickly extinguished.
Damage to the residence of
James Studdard, 1214 Walker
Street, was estimated at S2OO.
Firemen said the fire started at
a wall socket and burned a two
foot hole in the wall and ruined
a rocking chair.
The Summerville Fire Depart
ment answered the call.
Civil War Topic
Os New Series in
Summerville News
The Summerville News this
week beyins an interesting
new column.
It is entitled “One Hundred
Years Ago, The Civil War” and
is written by William 11. Mc-
Henry.
The column will deal with
events leading up to the Civil
War and will, as well, tell
something of what this coun
try was like during that period
100 years ago.
All the material is from
publications of exactly 100
years ago. Most of the refer
ences were from the Library
of Congress in Washington.
Turn to page 13 for this
column today and read it
weekly in the future.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1960
Expert Proposes Water
Rate Changes in S'ville
An expert has proposed a series of changes in the
water rates of the City of Summerville which he says will
put the water system on a profitable basis.
However, the City Council has taken no action on
the proposals.
These suggestions include:
Lowering the minimum from the present 5,000 gallons
to 3,000 and leaving the $255 for the minimum the same.
Fifty cents for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Setting the Sewerage rate at $1 monthly instead of
the present 50 cents.
Doubling the rate for those outside the city who are
served by city water.
Doing away with the commercial rate.
Bob Lee, of Wyatt, Neal and Waggoner, Atlanta, water
bond holders for the city, conferred with the City Council
and Mayor on the situation Friday.
He noted that the estimated cost of operating the city
water system is 38 cents per 1,000 gallons. This includes
eight cents for actual operation and 30 cents for principal
and interest on bonds.
On this basis, he said, the city should sell water no
cheaper than 50 cents per 1,000 gallons.
Mr. Lee said that the cost of operating the water sys
tem of Summerville is 31 per cent of the revenue. The
cheapest operations range from 25 to 30 per cent, he said,
while the normal is from 30 to 40 per cent and in the poorly
operated systems the cost rns from 40 to 50 per cent.
Tri-County Field Day
Planned at Cloudland
The Chattooga, Floyd and Dade Wildlife Clubs will
hold a joint field day at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Cloudland.
The event will be at the Eu
gene Taylor Cabin and will be
climaxed with a hot dog sup
per at 7 p.m.
A speaker from the state level
is expected for the occasion.
Competition in trap shooting,
rifle and pistol, and in bait, fly
and spin casting is planned.
Cash prizes will be given the
winners.
Plans for the event were made
by the Chattooga Wildlife Club
at its meeting Tuesday night.
Bob Baker presided.
Two events for the Chattooga
County Fair were planned at the
session. One is a live animal ex
hibit. The other is the giving
away of two shotguns, a Brown
ing automatic and a 410 single
barrel gun. Proceeds from the
event will be used for wildlife
club projects, one of which is a
summer camp for boys next year.
Trucks Collide on
Back Penn Road Tuesday
The Penn Bridge Road was
the scene of a dump truck and
pick-up truck collision Tuesday
afternoon. No injuries were re
ported.
The dump truck was driven bj'
William Love Jr. 29, of Summer
ville Route 2, and the pick-up
was driven by Bobby Eugene
McLemore, 26, of Rome, the
State Patrol reported. Investi
gating officers C. F. Abernathy
and J. T. Baird said no charges
were placed.
County Classes Underway;
Trion Starts Today
Chattooga County’s 3,850-odd public school students
got down to business early this week, and Trion’s 1,000 boys
and girls will start classes today.
Both County School Superin
tendent Lowell Hix and Trion
School Superintendent A. J.
Strickland said they anticipate
relatively little enrollment
change from last year.
Hix said he would have fig
ures available Friday on the en
rollment by that time at all the
schools. He said there may be a
loss of 40 to 50 students.
Trion High School has en
rolled some 325 students in high
school this week, but registra
tion for elementary students
won't be held until today. How-
SEPT. 14 PRIMARY
OF MUCH INTEREST
TO CHATTOOGANS
Chattooga Countians will vote
on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the
Georgia Democratic primary.
Races of particular interest to
countians are those for solicitor
general and congress. Chattoo
gans are involved in each of
these contests. Judge John Davis
of Summerville is a candidate for
congress and Earl B. Self of
Summerville is a candidate to
succeed himself as solicitor gen
eral.
Neither Chattooga representa
tive to the General Assembly has
opposition. The two legislators
are James (Sloppy) Floyd and
Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins.
Opposing Davis are George T.
Bagby of Cartersville, Milton
Grubbs Jr. of Marietta and John
Pickett of Cedartown. Opposing
Self is William M. (Bill) Camp
bell of Rossville.
Chattooga Countians also are
expected to be interested in the
referendum on whether the
state’s presidential electors
should be pledged or unpledged.
Voters may vote for free presi
dential electors—signifying they
want to the electors to vote as
they wish for President rather
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ever, Strickland said there may
be a gain of some 40 to 50.
Summerville High School
shows a slight loss, but the
junior high has a slight gain,
Principal A L. Clark said early
this week. Total is around 900
for the high school campus
which includes sixth and sev
enth grades.
The Trion students will get a
Labor Day holiday Monday, al
though their teachers will have
to be in the classroom. There'll
be no holiday for county stu
dents or teachers, however.
Racing Charges Handed to
Two After 3-Car Wreck
Two men were charged
with racing following a 3-car
collision immediately south
of Trion Saturday afternoon.
Jessie L Sizemore, 31, of 14
Ridge St., Trion, was injured in
the wreck, was charged with
both racing and driving under
the influence of intoxicants. He
reportedly had a nose injury and
knee lacerations.
The other person charged with
racing was Bobby Hayes, 18,
Trion Route 2, according to of
ficers.
Sizemore’s car, a 1956 vehicle,
and one driven by Hayes were
racing north along U.S. Highway
27 just south of Trion, the Patrol
said, when Sizemore’s vehicle
jumped the curb near a service
station and struck a parked car
owned by Ernest M. Lively, 71
Eighth Street, Trion. The Lively
car in turn hit a parked 1953
auto owned by Robert Edmond,
18 Park St., Trion, according to
the Patrol. Both the Sizemore
and Lively vehicles were demol
ished, it was reported. Damage
to the Edmond car was esti
mated at S2OO.
Sizemore admitted racing.
Troopers J. P. Worthington and
C. R. Deal said.
55 Plead Saturday;
October Term Os
City Court Set
A total of 55 pleas were
presented before Chattooga
City Court Judge F. H. Boney
Saturday at the monthly
plea session.
Others desiring to plea may
do so at 9:30 a.m. Monday, the
judge has announced. This will
comprise the September term of
court, no jurors having been
called.
However, plans are underway
to have a regular session of city
court beginning October 24,
Judge Boney said. Jurors will be
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Carpenters Sue,
Saying Contractor
’Absconded’
Four carpenters are suing a
Trion couple because, the car
penters charge, the contractor
who hired them “absconded”,
leaving the state without paying
them for the work.
The contractor was listed as
D. C. Cordle. The defendants are
Walter C. and Margaret S. Hay
good on whose home the car
pentry work was done.
In separate suits, C. M. Bry
ant, E. F. Jackson, Ernest J.
Cameron, and J. F. Bennett are
asking a total of $1,535.60.
The carpenters filed suit in
Chattooga Superior Court.
Trio Charged With
Stealing Auto
A 17-year-old expectant moth
er, her husband and another
man were picked up near Sum
merville last week on stolen car
charges, the State Patrol said
Wednesday.
Officers said they found the
car parked and the trio asleep in
side. Investigating, they learned
the vehicle had been stolen in
Kentucky.
The girl’s family came for her
and she has returned to her
home.
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TRION HIGH CHEERLEADERS— These
lovely young ladies, cheerleaders for
Trion High School, form a horseshoe for
luck on the eve of the Trion football trip
to LaFayette tonight. The girls are (left
to right) Elaine Bynum, Anita Hartline,
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ANOTHERACCIDENTAT
TRION INTERSECTIONS
Another accident occurred at
the Trion intersections Monday
—one of several since the new
by-pass was completed — and
two persons were injured.
Meanwhile, the State Highway
Department has still not in
stalled the requested precau
tionary signs and lights, despite
an announcement some weeks
ago that this was planned.
Johnny Moon, 42, and Charles
Robinson, 37, both received in
juries when the car in which
they were passengers collided
with a dump truck, according to
State Troopers C. F. Abernathy
and C. R. Deal. Moon suffered
head and knee lacerations and
Robinson received head, face
and knee lacerations, the troop
ers reported.
The accident occurred about
6:30 p.m. Monday at the Moun
tain View intersection to the by
pa s s when a car driven by
Charles Wooten ran a stop sign,
according to Troopers Abernathy
and Deal. The car hit the rear of
a dump truck driven by David
Miller, 49, of LaFayette, causing
S6OO worth of damage. Moon
and Robinson were passengers
in the Wooten car.
Wooten was charged with
leaving the scene of an accident
and running a stop sign, accord
ing to the patrol.
Mayor W. B. Simmons of
Trion said this week the munici
pal government had been ex
pecting for some time to hear
from the State Highway Depart
ment concering its request that
a study be made of the intersec
tion situation.
“We have heard nothing to
date,” he said.
Several accidents have oc
curred at the intersections south
of and north of Trion since the
new by-pass was completed a
year ago and three persons have
been killed.
A Chattooga Grand Jury some
weeks ago requested the state to
put up caution lights.
The Summerville News was
informed in early August by Roy
A. Flynt, State Highway Plan
ning Engineer, that the instal
lation of new signs had been au
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QUIET OBSERVANCE OF LABOR
DAY EXPECTED IN CHATTOOGA
Chattooga County joins the rest of the nation
Monday in observing Labor Day.
Most Summerville and Trion stores will be closed
for the day.
Trion students also will get a holiday although
the teachers will be on duty. County schools will be
in session, however.
The Trion Department Store will be closed ail
day Monday, but will be open all day Tuesday, Roy
Bruce, manager, has announced.
Most Summerville stores will be closed Monday,
but will resume their fall and winter schedule of open
ing on Wednesday afternoons next Wednesday. The
courthouse also will be open next Wednesday after
noon and on Wednesday afternoons until after Christ
mas.
Apparently, there will be no organized observances
of the holiday, although those with the day off are
expected to enjoy a picnic or swim outing, perhaps
their last of the season.
Traffic officials are urging all motorists to drive
with extra caution during this holiday week-end when
traffic will be much heavier than usual.
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(Photo by Mary Jo Logan)
co-captain, Janie Brown, Linda Aaron,
co-captain, Jean Littlejohn, Elaine
Greenwood, Susan Little and Janice
Carson. A motorcade will leave from the
high school at 6:30 o’clock this after
noon going to the game.
SCHOOL CHILD
HIT TUESDAY
A nine-year-old Summerville
Elementary School student re
ceived bruises Tuesday afternoon
when hit by a motorist but she
was not hospitalized.
Jan Fox, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Fox of Menlo, was hit
by a car driven by Mrs. Doyle
Lenderman of Summerville, of
ficers reported. No charges were
made against the driver.
The child reportedly started
across Penn Street when she was
hit. With her was her nine-year
old cousin, Carole Gilley, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Gilley, who live on Penn Street,
which is near the school.
The Fox child was treated at
Chattooga Hospital and re
leased.
Incidentally, her mother was
a patient in a Chattanooga hos
pital when the accident occurred
but she returned home the next
day as had been scheduled.
Escape, Bad Check
Among Recent Cases
Escape, several cases of driv
ing under the influence of in
toxicants and one bad check
charge are included in recent
cases made in Chattooga County.
Here is a listing as released by
officials:
Robert Nathan Tldm 0r e ,
speeding; Glenn Blackmon, op
erating without a muffler;
James D. Barnes, driving while
intoxicated; James Robert
Wood, speeding; Billy Potts,
driving under the influence;
Billy Bynunj, public drunk; Billy
Potts, driving without a license;
John Franklin Hammond, fail
ure to grant right of way; Sam
uel H. Brown, public drunk;
George Wesley Martin, speeding;
Harold Dean Ragland, speeding;
Bobby Gene Ford, speeding;
Charlie Marvin Bryan Jr., escape
and driving under the influence;
Walt Adams, malicious mischief;
Morris Burgess, bad check;
Smith M. Cutchins, public drunk;
and Horace McGuire, wife beat
ing.