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Lets Buy Local Milk
The Chattooga Board of Education on
Tuesday took action which should do much
to aid one of our principal “industries" —
the dairy business.
The board, in a unanimous vote, recom
mended that all county principals buy milk
only from processors which purchase raw
milk from local dairies. The board further
stated that it is its policy for Chattooga
County schools to buy Chattooga County
products at all times where prices and qual
ity are comparable. The board intends to
check on the situation at its next meeting
to see whether all schools are buying county
milk.
Only three of the nine county schools had
been buying from processors which pur
chase milk from local dairies.
And the Trion system buys all its milk
from a firm which buys no raw milk in
Chattooga County.
It is our belief that citizens should al
ways keep in mind the need to shop at home
on milk and all other products. However, it
seems that the schools, being public, tax
supported institutions, have an even great-
Our I mlu si rial Future
The economic future of Cha 11 oo g a
County looks brighter today than it has in
many years.
The activation last week by County
Commissioner John Jones of the Chattooga
County Municipal Planning Commission is
one of the brightest sjjots. Commissioner
Jones and all the municipal governments
in the county are to be highly commended
for establishing this commission. Genera
tions to come can doubtless thank these
men for their far-sightedness.
Another bright spot is the fact that
Chattooga County is a part of the efficient,
well-run Coosa Valley Planning and De
velopment Assn, which soon will have a
technical staff available to help this and
other counties in soliciting new industry.
Tied in with these planning organiza
tions is the forthcoming establishment in
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Till: LAND OF
TREMBLING EARTH
“The Land of Trembling
Earth" is what the aboriginal
Seminole Indians called that
fantastic watery wilderness that
time forgot the great Okefe
nokee Swamp What a perfectly
delightful place to spend the
week-end or, if you're a real
lover of nature' primitive beauty
—a long vacation.
The Okeienokee Park is on
US 1 and 23, eight miles south
of Waycross It offers a wild
life sanctuary of incomparable
charm and unforgettable mys
terious loveliness.
This vast area, that time for
got is a non-profit development
of the forbidden world by the
U S Fish and Wildlife Service
It is reserved in the natural
state lor posterity Fishing is
ennitted and it is tremendous
—but only with approved guides
The Seminoles called it the
“Land of Trembling Earth" be
cause of the quaking nature of
its soil. It is the largest pre
served fresh-water swampland
in thy United States Its 700-
square mile expanse of wilder
ness gives rise to the romantic
Suwanee and the historic St
Marys rivers which flow respec
tively to the Gulf and to the At
lantic.
It embraces vast areas of fresh
water marshes or prairies: pure
dark water lakes ot breathtaking
beauty: forested islands, rich in
history and legend, and impene
trable, haunting jungles where
men have dared to go and sub
sequently been swallowed up
That's one reason fishing is
permitted only with approved
guides
Tlie Okefenokee is an uiyiin
paired wildlife sanctuary, har
boring heavy concentration of
bear, bobcats, alligators, otters,
aquatic birds and myriad crea
tures protected from guns, traps
and the relentless advance of
civilization
There are scenic boat rides
^^through original Indian water-
K&AU's ot labyrinthian Ills -pan
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Farrar Proposes
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High Schools was made Tuesday.
W B Farrar of Summerville,
member of the Chattooga Board
of Education, suggested that the
services of the counselor. Mrs.
Joe Pitts, be made available to all
three schools.
Summerville this year has a
full-time counseling program, as
compared with only a part-time
program last year
An allotment of SI,BOB is given
the county by the federal gov
ernment for this program. It is
not on a matching basis.
Supt Lowell Hix points out
that a limited program of test
ing is done in all the schools at
the present time.
However, the program for
Summerville and the one pro
posed for Lyerly and Menlo
would be for high school stud
ents and wou 1 d be more
Intensive.
forest with cypress boardwalks,
serpentanum and alligator pools,
picnic areas, and the world's
most reflective waterscapes and
unparalleled handiwork ot na
ture are available to all visitors
The game fish in the swamp
include the largemouth blass
bass, which has attained the size
of 12 pounds and which the na
tive call "trout" The jackfish is
another fighting specimen, also
the warmouth perch, the stump
knocker a delectable pan fish
and numerous sun fish
While there are no overnight
accommodations in the park, ad
mirable ones are offered in Way
; cross and surrounding areas
Some of the state's finest motel
and hotel facilities are in Ware
County and Waycross has many
fine restaurants, of which nt
■ least a couple are outstanding
On the western side of the
swamp is the Stephen Foster
State Park where outdoor cook-
I ing facilities are available and
if you go fishing in the swamp
you're sure to catch your supper.
Ask your neighborhood service
I station to mark a map. showing
. the best route to take You'll
enjoy the swamp and especially
- the friendly folks of Ware
I Only a personal visit, to the
"Land of Trembling Earth" re
i veals fully its romantic and mys
• terlous charm You can capture
• the wilderness spirit of Qkefe
l nokee only by seeing it.
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
er responsibility in this respect.
If prices and quality are equal, and we
understand they are, there appears to be
no good reason why any school should buy
its milk from outside firms. Even if the
outside firms can provide certain services
for the lunchrooms, such as coolers, etc., we
still think it wise to support the local firms.
As we understand it, the firms which buy
milk from Tennessee dairies could well af
ford to provide extra service because they
buy milk in that state four cents a quart
cheaper than they could here. And yet they
sell it at the same price as the Georgia
firms do.
Also, it is probably because they can get
Tennessee milk cheaper that they are not
induced to buy milk from our dairies. These
prices are all set by milk control boards.
We understand that most of the lunch
rooms could afford to buy their own coolers
and if such are needed this should be done.
The dairy business is important to every
one in this county. As citizens let’s buy
local milk and let's urge our school officials
to do likewise.
Rome of Georgia’s first branch industrial
development station. The technical help
provided by the station will be of immense
value in getting industry.
Furthermore, we understand that one
or two “very interesting” industries already
are considering Chattooga County.
To be sure, we can’t sit on our feet.
Industry can afford to be “choosey”—com
munities all over the country are begging
for more plants.
We must think more about clean-up.
We must consider our tax situation. Fi
nancing is vital.
And, very important, we must provide
a desirable atmosphere for industry.
Let’s all cooperate to keep this indus
trial future picture bright. It’ll mean money
in our pockets.
Two Injured
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head.
Also involved in the accident
was Pauline E. Himes. 29, Sum
merville Route 2. Her vehicle
had about S2OO damage but she
was not reported injured. The
Prince vehicle had damage esti
mated at $l5O.
The autos collided at an un
marked intersection and there
were no charges, the State
Patrol said.
In a pre-Labor Day week-end
accident last Thursday, two
cars were damaged but no in
juries were reported.
Autos driven by Henry Clifton
Brown. 34. Summerville Route 4.
■ and Dr Bozidari. 36. Battey
State Hospital. Rome, collided
lon a hillcrest on the Haywood
Valley Road about 7:45 am.,
according to the State Patrol.
The Brown vehicle had damage
estimated at $3(X> and the Bozi
dari ear had damages estimated
at SSO. There were no charges
State Trooper J B Knott in
vestigated.
Union Request
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ers Union. C I. O
A spokesman for Georgia Rug
Mill said he doubted that this
Union actually represented a
majority of the Rug Mill employ
ees and felt sure that if there
were a government - sponsored
election the employees would
overwhelmingly reject the
Union
After a determination of the
issues presented, the N L R B will
determine if an election will be
held.
During the 1960'5, profession
al. office, and sales jobs will
| grow the fastest, according to
the U 8 Labor Department The
biggest Increases will occur in
occupations requiring the most
education and training The
need for skilled craftsmen will
increase, but the number of un
skilled jobs will stay about the
same, continuing a long-term
relative decline The average ed
ucational attainment of workers
in the professional and technical
fields is 16 2 years and 12.5 in
I the clerical and sales fields.
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March of Dimes Support Urged by Mother
Who Lost Birth Defects Baby in 49 Days
(Editor's Noto: Mary Strout, young
Laurelville, Ohio, mother, tells in her
own words the tragic story of what
happens in a family when a child is
born with a serious birth defect.)
By MARY STROUS
Our baby Laura was born on
Mother’s Day seven years ago.
We lost Laura seven weeks
later on Father’s Day.
She gave a soft little sigh as
she died in my arms. My hus
band and I buried her with the
rattle to which she had clung
tightly during her brief life.
But Laura, who died of the
terrible birth defects known as
open spine and too much fluid
on the brain, still lives in the
hearts of her father Don and
myself. When asked by stran
gers, we always say we have
three daughters (instead of
really only two), and I want
to explain why.
We feel that each of us, in
cluding our tiny Laura, is
brought into the world to serve
a purpose, even if our stay on
earth is as tragically short as
49 days.
For years we werO numbed
by our' baby’s passing. But to
day we recognize that in being
asked by The National Foun
dation to renew our memories
of those despairing seven
weeks, my husband and I are
somehow fulfilling the purpose
of Laura's fleeting visit with us.
That purpose is to repeat as
forcefuLy as we can the les
sons we nave learned:
1. Scientists insist that par
ents should not be ashamed
over the birth of an infant with
a congenital malformation; in
stead, face the situation bravely
and seek professional advice.
Feelings of guilt aren't justi
fied.
2. There is no medical evi
dence that birth defects are
always hereditary; and
3. There is no evidence that
because a couple have had one
defective baby, they are likely
to have another. Doctors at
Columbus, Ohio, near our farm
at Laurelville, said our chances
of having another malformed
baby were something like one
in 40.000. (Donna Marguerite,
Chattooga School
(Continued From Page 1)
Gore school. This also was neces
sitated by poor enrollment.
School officials said some Sub
ligna area students, disgruntled
over the consolidation, are re
portedly attending Walker Coun
ty schools. Others in the area
attend Armuchee.
No action was taken concern
ing the incident in which some
Subligna patrons allegedly have
items that were formerly in the
Subligna School. The Board of
Education had asked the pat
rons to return the items within
a 10-day period, the deadline for
which has long passed The pat
rons contend the items they hold
are those whi c h the Parent-
Teacher Association and various
patrons individually gave to the
school.
In other action at the five
hour meeting, the board:
Agreed to accept two student
transferees to Summerville
Turned down a Georgia Edu
cation Assn request that their
GEA tees be deducted before
their salary checks are sent out
Noted that the A C Carter
Consolidated School is gradually
lowering its indebtedness, having
brought it from $7,000 to $1,254
at the end of last year The in
debtedness largely came about
through grading, equipment
purchases, etc when the new
building went up
Made plans to concrete a floor
in one of two older rooms at the
A C Carter School An estimate
of $1.20 per square foot for doing
this work and tiling the floor had
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Mary Strous, of Ohio, and daughters Julie Ann, two, and
Donna Marguerite, five, study photos of youngest child,
Laura, who died of birth defects at seven weeks.
five years old, and Julie Ann,
two, who followed Laura after
Don and I had reflected deeply
and sought advice, could not
be healthier or more normal.)
But by no means have Don
and I forgotten our hopeless
ness and indeed our self-loath
ing during those 49 days and
nights when we took turns
holding Laura in our arms, or
sat hour after hour beside her
bassinet, watching life drain
from her eyes.
We detested ourselves be
cause of torments that some
thing was wrong with us
physically, or that a shameful
defect had been inherited from
our forebears (later proved
untrue), and that we were
thus responsible for this cruelty
to an innocent baby.
Never will we forget the
frantic drive, while our baby
was dying, to our church so
that she might be baptized be
fore she left us. In some way
been given the superintendent.
Gave Board Member Johnny
Bryant of Lyerly authority to
dispose of the old barracks build
ing at Chattooga Training School
by giving it to anyone who would
move it and clean up after
wards.
Decided to take up at the next
meeting a request for fund-rais
ing events at the A. C. Carter
School.
Noted that the freeze last win
ter cost the school system at
least $2,000 in bus repairs.
Made plans to pay the out
standing bills of the Summer
ville High School account and
deduct the amount from the
allotment given the school this
year The total is some $3,100.
Noted that th? auditor's re
port of the records of E M Blue,
former principal, shows no mis
use of funds
Decided to require all prin
cipals to file a quarterly report
of the schools finances as a
step toward preventing schools
from becoming too deeply In
debt.
Noted that th? allotment of
funds to the schools on a per
student basis isn't always fair
because schools with new build-;
Ings have less upkeep while,
those with older buildings have
more maintenance expense It
would take all of Lyerly’s allot
ment. for instance. Supt. Hix
said, to put just the two-story
building In good condition
Heard a report from W R
Farrar to the effect that Sum
merville Principal A L Clark
plans to absorb-the indebtedness
of the athletic account at the
our congregation had learned
of the reason for our headlong
visit, and the tears of those
sorrowing folks flowed with
ours.
Our Laura was one of 250,000
babies born each year in our
country with significant birth
defects; that tragic total is
growing with our increasing
population. Our baby was one
of 34,000 who in addition die
annually from theese congeni
tal malformations; and that
awful figure is also mounting.
At last, something construc
tive is being done about birth
defects. With March of Dimes
contributions, The National
Foundation is directing a broad
study of this devastating puz
zle, just as it fought polio and
in time found the Salk vaccine
to prevent it.
With a donation in January
from each of us, in time there
will be many fewer Lauras in
our land.
CD May Be
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i ter.”
County Commissioner John
Jones told of the county’s de
cision this week following his re
ceipt of an official ruling on
the matter by County Attorney
F. H. Boney.
The attorney informed Mr.
Jones that he does not believe
the county can legally partici
pate in a civil defense program
He referred to the 1951 civil de-1
sense law which says cities of
1.000 persons or more should es
tablish such programs. How
ever. he says, it points out that
the governor or the civil de
fense director of the state, at
the request of the governor,
must ask other cities and coun
ties to do likewise.
Chattooga County Commis
sioner John Jones, who had
asked Mr Boney for the ruling,
said that since he had not been
directed by the governor or the
state civil defense director to
establish a program for this ■
county he did not believe he
should
The City of Summerville and |
Commissioner Jones had made
preliminary arrangements in
August for the establishment of
a joint civil defense program
The city already has passed a
resolution setting up its pro
gram
school
Checked and approved requi-;
sitions turned In by principals, j
Does Georgia Compare?
EIGHT-STATE TAX SURVEY
BY GTRF TO TELL RESULTS
The ^e^er^^ ’p^
ect-a iomjr°ehensive study of the tax structures of
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eight southeastern states.
G Everett Millican, foundation
chairman, said the project will |
poinpoint Georgia’s position, tax
wise. in the running competition
among area states for industrial
expansion.
Millican said the study will be
.........w.-. - presented at
noon to the
; foundation’s
15 trustees and
made public
immediately
afterward.
Five months
of staff work
went into pre-
I p a ring the
I analysis, he
/
MILLICAN
said.
The research foundation, which
grew out of a tax committee of
the Associated Industries of
Georgia and is still closely allied
with the AIG, began forming in
February and has been at work
for the past 90 days. Olan Rich
ardson, AIG president, and Clif
ford M. Clarke, AIG executive
vice president, both are members
of the foundation’s board of
trustees.
The GTRF was established,
Millican said, to probe “in depth,
all tax matters that affect the
industrial economy of Georgia—
Injunction Against
City Asked on Tax
Collection Effort
A Summerville woman has
asked that the City of Summer
ville be permanently restrained
from selling, in order to collect
taxes, certain property which she
owns.
A hearing on Mrs. Wofford
Wooten’s petition has been set
before Judge John Davis for 10
a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. Judge
Davis has granted a temporary
restraining order already.
Mrs. Wooten says the city, in
attempting to collect taxes from
Wofford Wooten, is levying
against property which she owns.
She says she does not owe the
city any taxes. Mrs. Wooten says
she has owned the property since
1953.
Atlanta Newspapers
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ville, and John Pickett, of Ce
dartown. Davis is usually ac
corded a slight edge.”
“Os the four (candidates),”the
Journal story said, “Davis is the
one with the biggest built-in ad
vantage. He presides over the
Lookout Mountain Judicial Cir
cuit which embraces four coun
ties in the Northwest corner . . .
with a total of 12 county unit
votes.”
The Atlanta Constitution, in
a story by-lined by Celestine
Sibley, said recently it appears
the 43-year-old judge will carry
the district balloting “ in an easy
gallop.”
Although Atlanta is outside
the Seventh District and the two
newspapers are not giving sup
port to any candidate outside
20-20 Report On Eyes
Not Always Accurate
(This column was supplied by
the Georgia Optometric Associa
tion and is published as a public
service by this newspaper).
“Why Johnny’s eyes are per
fect, he has 20/20 vision," ex
claimed his surprised mother
when the teacher suggested he
have his eyes examined.
Mother was right. Johnny had
perfectly sharp vision for seeing
at a distance. But teacher, in
suspecting that his vision was not
normal for schoolwork, was right
too!
The term “20/20” refers to the
size of letters Johnny could read
from 20 feet away. These letters
are about 3/8 inch high. Most
youngsters can read letters of
20/20 size, though for some of
them lenses may be needed to do
it.
If the letters must be made
larger in order to be identified,
the denominator of the fraction
becomes larger; for example,
20/40, 20/60, 20/100, even 20 400,
and so on. The bigger the second
number the more blurred the vi
sion for seeing at a distance.
Some children without glasses
have 20/800 vision, or worse, if
very small letters can be seen,
vision is rated as good as 20/15
or 20/10.
Letters Larger
A child whose vision is 20/40
would require letters twice the
size of those necessary for 20/20
vision, while 20/100 letters would
be five times as large. This does
not mean that 20/100 is five
times worse than 20 20. It is
worse of course, but not in direct
proportion to the size of the frac
tion which expresses it.
&UV Jp.Hch worse 2Q. IQQ vision
is than 20/20 depends upon other
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1960
whether it be corporate tax on
our industries or personal income
I tax on our workers.” AlG’s tax
committee has more limited re
sponsibilities, he said.
The foundation official said the
GTRF sees it principal role as
that of a data-gathering agency
on tax proposals and public ex
penditures. And then to educate
the general public when GTRF
research indicates that the most
is not being realized from public
funds.
“The foundation has three
goals,” Millican said:
“To see an equitable applica
tion of the taxing power.
“To use its influence to help
obtain an economic expenditure
of tax money.
“And to get a fair distribution
of government services and bene
fits.”
To accomplish these aims, Mil
lican said the GTRF will carry its
case “to the general public, state
legisaltors and officials charged
with administering state and lo
cal government.”
The foundation’s approach,
however, will be “absolutely non
partisan and non-political,” Milli
can said. “We hope to see our re
search projects produce fact and
information that can be accepted
as authoritative by the public and
those in positions of leadership."
20 Pleas Given
In City Court
Twenty pleas were entered be
fore Chattooga City Court Judge
F. H. Boney on Monday morn
ing.
The clerk’s office shows them
and their disposition to be as
follows:
Jane Addie Wright, driving
without a tag, case suspended;
Jewel Smith, check without
funds, nolle pressed; Louis E.
McGraw, driving while intoxi
cated. $‘100: Samuel H. Brown,
public drunk, S4O: Harold W.
Floyd, driving without a license,
$10: Hershel L. Evans, driving on
the wrong side of the road, $25;
Bobby Gene Ford, speeding. sls;
Thomas H. Kirby, public drunk,
S4O: Dilmar Ray Casey, improp
er muffler, $10: Dwayne D.
Bartlett, speeding, S2O; Hugh
Gilliland, public drunk, S4O;
Morris Tucker, driving without
a license. $5: Wayne R. Chamlee,
driving left of center of road,
sls. and driving without a tag,
$5: J. V. Thompson, malicious
mischief, nolle prossed; Billy
Floyd Pearcy, driving on the
wrong side of the road, $25;
Ralph LaFayette Mann, speed
ing, sls: Jessie Hancock, public
drunk, four months: Jessie Han
cock, public drunk, five months,
to run consecutive to the other:
Marvin Powell, violation of
Georgia Employment Security
Law, 27 months, 3 on each count,
with provision to serve this on
probation if a fine of SIOO is
paid and $256 is paid to the em
ployment security agency.
their area, they made their esti
mate after extensive interviews
. in the district.
Ten of the district newspapers
are either officially or unoffi
cially supporting Davis in his
bid for the post.
i factors. This expression is but
- one of all the many visual skills
-a child’s eyes should have—it is
a measure of what the optome
. trist calls “visual acuity.”
. Visual acuity, as ordinarily
r measured, indicates only how
a clearly the child sees at a dis
tance—no more. It tells nothing
I of the indirect fields of vision,
, the eye-muscle action, speed or
’ seeing, or the ability to see at a
t closepoint — without these clear
vision is almost useless. Above
all, visual acuity does not in
, dicate how much “effort,” or
I nervous energy may be necessary
5 to keep vision clear—to study
t for example.
20 20 Not Reliable
f There are many, many cases of
} 20/20 eyesight in which seeing is
neither comfortable nor effective.
, Over half the children who re
quire visual care have 20/20
’ vision. Headaches, fatigue, eye
strain. poor schoolwork may oc
cur from use of eyes which can
। see clearly, but inefficiently.
Sharp vision is essential, per
haps the most important single
' requirement good eyes should
f have, but it is not the only one
. they must possess in order to be
.' called “perfect.”
Johnny's teacher had found
; that he could not read without
tiring So in spite of his 20/20
) vision, she felt he was not seeing
? as he should His poor school re
) | cord proved it.
1 School achievement is de
s pendent upon eyes which can see
- where reading is done—at 12 to
’ 20 inches from the eyes. Your
1j child with 20/20 visual acuity
-, may not have “perfect” vision
) unless he has the other necessary
^visual skills to .read and study
ri and learn effectively.