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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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More About The Charter
The more we study the proposed new
Summerville charter, the more we decide
this charter is not the one needed for our
city.
We pointed out recently in an editorial
that the charter doesn’t even spell out the
rate of taxes we would be expected to pay.
We also pointed out that we do not believe
the citizens of Summerville want to elect
their Council at large, as is proposed in
this new charter.
There are other points, ton, which we
believe will not meet the approval of the
voters.
For instance, a detailed study of the
proposed legislation shows just how strong
a "strong mayor" would be. Here are some
of the things the mayor, under the pro
posed new charter, would do:
Have control of the marshal and police
force: appoint special police officers when
ever he deems necessary; exercise within
the city all powers conferred on a sheriff or
constable to keep the peace and suppress
riot and disorder, and to that end shall have
power, when necessary in his opinion, to
call on every male inhabitant of said city
over 18 years of age to aid in suppressing
riot and disorder and in enforcing the laws
LETTERS
.. .To The Editor
EDITOR
Summerville News u
Summerville. Georgia
Dear Sir: v
Sometime ago you had an edi- t
tonal in your paper endorsing ।
certain parts of the new city j
charter for the City of Summer
ville First let me commend you
tor taking the progressive posi
tion by endorsing parts of this
charter I wholeheartedly agree (
with you on these but want to
take issue with you on the sec
tion that you indicated that you .
were opposed to. I
Our country has been lounded t
on a Democratic form of gov- ]
eminent and I am a firm be- ।
liever in the fact that each cit- (
i. en should be allowed to vote (
or voice his opinion in choos- |
mg those that shall pass ordi
nances or laws that effect him
Under the ward system this is '
impossible I live in ward 3 and
could only vote for one council- '
man Under the present system ।
there are 3 councilmen elected
that 1 do not have tile oppor- '
tunity to vote tor or against
With 3 out of 4 councilmen '
making a majority in passing '
ordinances it is possible a coun
cilman and the people living in .
his ward could be controlled by
laws against their will and this '
could continue indefinitely since
they would not be given the op
portunity to vote for the other
three councilmen
Let me urge you to reconsider '
and think how unfair it could
be to a part of the citizens ol
<>ur town, also thut each of us
should have equal power in
choosing each official you will
endorse the section of the char
ter that states a candidate must
receive a majority of all votes
cast within the bounds of our
city limits Also they should be
elected on a staggered term and
not ail elected the same year as
now Tins the new charter will
Thank You Note
The family ol the late Mrs
T V Tribble wish to express
their sincere appreciation to the
relatives friends and neighbors,
pastor. Dr Hyden and staff ot
Riegel Community Hospital. J i
D Hill Funeral Home and staff
who were so kind and helpful in
the time ot our sorrow May God
bless each of you in your time of
sorrow
Miss Luci|le Tribble Ml
and Mrs Ralph Tribble
Mr and Mrs Ralph
MONk
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The Summerville News
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Os Chattooga County
Address All Mail to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310,
Summerville, Georgia
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Please continue your editori
als and ask other citizens to ex
press their views so that we may
coordinate our thinking and
vote for the thing that will help
to make Summerville a better
place to live and rear our fam
ilies.
Yours truly,
JOHN BANKSON
Chatfoogans Held
(Continued From Page li
jail on one occasion He said
that he didn't recall the charge
against Kilgore at the time, but
he believed it was a misde
meanor Self also said that so
far as he knows the girl has
only a misdemeanor record
The solicitor said he believes
a thorough investigation "should
and will bl made ' and expressed
the opinion that it may turn uj.
evidence showing the defendants
to have been involved in rob
beries and other crimes m other
counties and states
Mr Hillin was in Lyerly Mon
day attempting to link the trio
with the abduction of the Lyerly
marshal Officers said a Ger
man made P 38 pistol found in
the defendants' ear was of the
same make as that stolen from
Mitchell and that a pair of
crepe-soled shoes also found in
the ear appear to match a foot
print found on u boxtop at the
scene ol one of tlie Lyerly bur
glaries
Mr Mitehell was held hostage
while two Lyerly stores were
burglarized, and was robbed of
some s7l himself He said he be
lieved the person who blind
folded him was a woman
Mr Cook said Anderson came
Into his store about 7 30 ain
Saturday and ordered a package
ot cigarettes He said he reached
under tile counter for the ciga
rettes and. when lie raised up,
Anderson shoved a pistol in his
stom uc h and demanded his
money
After taking the money from
the cash register and taking his
billfold. Cook said, the bandit
started out the door The grocer
said when he asked the hold up
man to let him keep the checks
in the billfold "because they
won't be any good to you." the
robber stopped, removed the
money and threw the billfold on
the floor Cook said that as the
man ran to a waiting car lie got
a gun from under the counter
and ran outside firing a shot at
the green vehicle as it sped away
toward Alabama
Floyd County Investigator Bill
, Hart captured the trio a short
time later Hart was on his way
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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of said city; have the right to hire all city
employees subject to the approval of the
council; suspend any city employee with
out the necessity of obtaining approval of
the council, subject to right of appeal by
said suspended employee to the mayor and
council; veto any ordinance passed by the
council in which such event ordinance shall
become null and void unless it shall be re
passcd by four of the members of the
council.
Also, under the new charter, the mayor
could, upon application by the tax assess
ors, subpoena any records, books, state
ments or papers of any person, firm or
corporation doing business or owning prop
erty in the city.
This, we believe, is an invasion of one’s
privacy. A mayor could, if he wished, find
out just for curiosity’s sake the intimate
details of various businesses in the city.
We reiterate that we believe Summer
ville needs a new charter. Certainly, the
1897 one is out of date.
But we also reiterate that we do not
believe this charter, any more than did the
one proposed two years ago, meets the
needs of the city.
Perennials Topic
At Cherokee Rose
Garden Club Meet
Perennials were discussed by
Mrs M M. Allen Jr when she
spoke to members of the Cher- |
okee Rose Garden Club Wednes
day, Jan. 18. at the home of ,
Mrs. Joe Hays. Mrs. Hinton Lo
gan was co-hostess,
Mrs. Glenn Hendrix, Mrs
: Wilburn Elrod and Mrs. Arch
Bennett were guests at the
j meeting
Refreshments consisting of I
gateau Homage, fresh fruit cup
and coffee were served by the
hostesses.
Nineteen members attended '
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Young Mother
Burned When Baby
Bottle Breaks
A Summerville woman re
. reived second degree burns Sun
day night when a hot water
■ filled baby bottle broke.
| Mrs Herman Johnson, wife of
the Summerville High School
band instructor, suffered pain
ful burns on her neck and up
per chest when the bottle broke.
i Mrs Johnson had just re
' moved the bottle from the ster
i ilizer when it popped, spilling
I the water She was not hospital
i Ized
' I Harvesting curing. and geV
- ting tobacco ready for market
ordinarily takes more than 200
• manhours per acre A new cur-
Ing system developed nt Geor
f gin's Coastal Plum Experiment
Station cuts this to 70 hours
to investigate a burglary at the
r I Rome Kratt Company cafeteria.
1 when he was radioed news of the
c robbery and the fact that the
1 trio may have turned back into
- Georgia Hart continued on to
'• the state line to block the high
s way and radioed for help to
s block the Holland-Rome Road
Shortly after 8 a m . he spotted
n a vehicle fitting the description
s of the getaway car cross the
t state line with two men and a
r woman inside After following
p the old model car for a short
s distance, and radioing tHe offi
y cers on the Holland Road, he
e turned on ins siren to stop the
< green vehicle The old car went
n out of control and struck a ditch
< when Hart pulled alongside but
t the three surrendered without
r resistance
t Officers said Anderson had ssl
y on him Kilgore had $29 in his
pockets and another $lB in his
11 shoes, it was reported, and more
t than sl4 was found in a small
y bag in the car.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA
Bulldogs, Ramblers Split;
Coosa Wins Two From Trion
By J. W. GREENWOOD
The Trion High Bulldogs and the LaFayette Ramblers
split two games at Trion last Friday as the LaFayette Las
sies won 65-16 and the Trion boys took the nightcan 55-42.
Anita Hartline's 10 points was i
high for the Trion lassies while |
R E Huston with 21 points led [
the boys’ attack.
The Coosa Eagles won two
from the Bulldogs on Saturday
; night at Coosa as the Coosa girls
| won 55-21 and the Coosa boys
took the last one 54-42.
Joyce Suits led the girls’ attack
with 11 points while R. E. Hus
. ton again led the boys with 17
points.
This Friday at 7 p.m. the Bull
dogs will play the Ringgold
teams at the Trion gym in the ■
I only action scheduled for this
week. There will also be two "B”
team games and they will start
at 5 p.m.
GIRLS
TRION (16) LAFAYETTE (65)
Hartline (10) (21) Griffin 1
Suits (3) (15> Roberson !
Ramey (2) HO) Hughey
Gray H) (7) Hix
Trion and S'ville
Midget Cagers to
Be in Tournament
By J. W. Greenwood
The Seventh District Midget I
Basketball tournament will get
under way Saturday morning at
Cartersville as the Summerville
Midgets tangle with the Calhoun
Midgets at 9 a m.
The Trion Midgets drew a bye
and will play the winner of the
Marietta and Rossville game at
12 noon.
This will be a one-day tourna
ment and the winner will prob
ably play three games.
Representing the Trion Midgets
will be the following boys: Rich
ard Westbrooks, George Lamb,
Randy Martin, Tony Weaver,
Skipper Bryan, Troy Griffitt,
Whitey Tucker and Gary Sham
blin.
The Summerville starting line
up will probably include Steve
Tho ma s and Bill Mann as
guards. Frank Parham as center
and Robert (Lefty) Norton and
Wallace Clark as forwards. Oth
ers planning to go: Bobby Lee
Cook Jr., Jay Susman, Jimmy
Adams. Jimmy Sims, Johnny
| Payne, Mike Cassidy, Gwinnl
i Hankips and Wayne Broome.
The Trion Midgets, both boys
i and girls, will play the Summer
l vile Midgets a practice game I
some time this week in prepara- I
tion for the tournament games.!
More Than SSOO Given
(Continued From Page 1)
headed by Mrs. Bob Brison.
One of the most touching
contributions was from a group
of youngsters who wanted to
| help youngsters less fortunate
than themselves. The primary
Sunday School class of the Mid
way Baptist Church gave $2 last
। Sunday for the effort.
Here is a partial list of the
women who marched:
Mrs. Billy Allen. Mrs. Hill Bo
hanan, Mrs Marlin Payne. Mrs
| J D. Hill. Mrs. Truman Woods.
, Mrs. Robert Floyd. Mrs. George
Hubler, Mrs. Willard Jackson,
Mrs T A Wallace. Mrs. Earnest
: Alexander. Mrs James Alexan
-1 der. Mrs Bob Brison. Mrs. Boling
Ratliff
Mrs. J D Weesner Jr.. Mrs
John Gordon Espy. Mrs. Johnny
Copeland. Mrs. Hobart Stallings.
Mrs, Ruby Demonia. Mrs. Nellie
Marks. Mrs. Mary Marks. Mrs
Annette Agnew. Mrs Jean Sal
mon. Mrs Harold Bishop.
Mrs Vernon Tidmore. Mrs
Margaret Floyd. Mrs Otis Shiver.
Mrs W D Waters Jr.. Mrs. Rus
sell Gilreath. Mrs. D W Cope
land. Mrs James Jackson. Mrs
Rowland Ransom. Mrs Martin
Palmer. Mrs Holland Martin,
Mrs Jimmie Vaughn, Mrs Ruth
Starr. Mrs R T Johnson. Mrs
Geneva Henley. Mrs. Mildred
Pledger. Mrs. Kelly Bulman.
Mrs Joe Pullen. Mrs B L Coker.
Mrs Chris McSherry. Mrs
Riley Parham. Mrs. John Ech
ols. Mrs Lattie Thornton. Mrs
Joyce McKenzie. Mrs Kathleen
I Cavin. Mrs Smith Floyd. Mrs
C W Moore. Mrs Ray Busbee
Mrs Dorothy Chappelear. Mrs
Charles Cochran. Mrs. L R Mc-
Conkey
JAPANESE MUSIC
THEME OF STUDY
Japanese music was featured
Wednesday afternoon at the
Summerville Music Study Club
meeting at the home ot Mrs H
D Brown on Rome Boulevard.
Mrs J R Burgess, program
leader, gave a history of Japa
nese music, discussed their types
of instruments and played re
cordings to illustrate.
The Welsh hymn. " Guide Me
Oh Thou Great Jehovah." was
the hymn study. It was pre
sented by Mrs R C Pooley Jr
The hostesses. Mrs Brown
Miss Annie Pitts and Mrs R W
Ransom Jr. served salad plates
which held miniature Japanese
umbrellas for favors.
Mrs F H Boney, vice presi
dent. presided.
(11) Abney
(1) Griffin
[TRION (21) COOSA (55)
Suits (11» (25) Cantrell
Ramey (7) (7) Hall
Gray <3) (191 Stanley
(4) Lemmings
BOYS
TRION (55) LAFAYETTE (42)
Huston (21) (6) Pierce
McKenzie (1) (15) Clements
Hill (2) (9) Martin
Bethune (lit (7, Pursley
Campbell (7) (1) Drennon
Hogue (4> i 4) Abney
Huston 19)
TRION (42) COOSA (52)
-Huston (17) (14) Ruckor
! Bethune (6> <Bi Gresham
[Campbell (6» (6) Ayers
Huston (2) (10) Mcßay
Thomas (11) (5 > Hall
(9) Goss
Menlo-Summerville
Game Called Due
To Icy Roads Friday
The Menlo-Summerville bas
ketball game scheduled for last
! Friday night was called off be
cause of the icy road conditions.
Plans are being made for the
game to be held later but no
definite date has been set.
COMING GAMES
SUMMERVILLE
Lakeview at Summerville Fri
day.
MENLO
Friday open.
Tuesday open.
(Postponed Red Bud game to
be held Saturday, Feb. 11).
LYERLY
Red Bud there Friday.
Berry there Tuesday.
Mike Baker Carries Indians
To Victory Over LaFayette
Substitute Mike Baker carried the Summerville Indians
to victory over the LaFayette Ramblers Tuesday night at
LaFayette in a thrilling double overtime game.
Emmett Nunn Named
(Continued From Page 1I
again urged the group to be sure
and emphasize the points of co
operation and assistance with
our county elected officials.
The listed objectives as set by
the CBA are as follows:
1. To give law enforcement of
ficers a signed expression of
desire for strong enforce
ment of existing laws.
2. To obtain photographs and
a file of places selling liquor
and beer.
3. Attend court and become
acquainted with judicial
procedures.
4. To make recommendations
to the Grand Jtiry.
5. Make a thorough study of
existing laws.
6. Examine the way in which
existing conditions can be
effectively and sensibly
dealt with.
This week steps will be taken
to obtain a charter for the asso
ciation so they will be a recog
nized and legal group to do busi
ness as expressed.
Mr. Nunn, the president of the
Citizens Betterment group, is a
sports writer and photographer,
now being affiliated with The
Trion Facts and also conducting
his own photography business.
He is active in the Trion First
Baptist Church, teaching a high
school boys Sunday School class,
serving as a trustee and as a
church clerk Mr Nunn also was
a founder of the Trion 50-Yard
Club, which encourages athletes
in the school.
A native ot Trion, the sports
writer is married to the former
Miss Gertrude Barrett and they
reside at 385 Park Avenue. Trion.
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Baptists Win 2,
Trion, Rug Mill
One Each in Week
The South Summerville Bap
tist team won two games during
the past week in the City Men’s
Basketball League, defeating
Clemons Brothers and Trion
Recreation Center.
The Baptists defeated Clemons
38-24 Friday night in the second
game of the evening, while Trion
Recreation defeated Georgia Rug
40-35 in the first game.
The Rug Mill quintet defeated
Clemons 52-39 in the opener
Tuesday night, while the Bap
tists outdid Trion 54-35.
Coming up Friday night are
games between Georgia Rug and
the Baptists and between Trion
and Clemons, in that order. The
Tuesday night schedule calls
for a meeting between Trion
and Georgia Rug and between
Clemons and the Baptists.
Trion Rebels Still
Undefeated; Game
For All-Stars Set
By J. W. Greenwood
The Rebels in the Trion
Midget basketball league still are
undefeated as they made it five
in a row last week.
The Yankees and 49’ers tied
for second place while the Hawks
won their first game last week.
The Rebels on Tuesday downed
the Yankees 14-12 in a low scor
ing affair and then on Friday
whipped the Hawks 23-14. The
Hawks won their first game thus
far as they edged the Hawks
27-24 in a thriller. In another
real close one, the 49’ers
handed the Yankees their sec
ond straight loss 19-18.
Troy Griffitt scored 18 points
in the two victories for the
Rebels and now they have a
three-game lead. Randy Martin
had 14 points for the Yankees in
two games while Benny Baker
had 18 in two games to lead the
49’ers. Richard Westbrooks of
the Hawks had the highest total
however as he swished the nets
for 32 points during the week.
Baker added the two points I
| necessary to bring Summerville ,
| up to 38 as against LaFayette’s ,
। 36 points.
Earlier, Petey Dunson had'
| made 14 baskets; Steve Groce 6:
Jerry Taylor 6; Terry Taylor 7;
and Jimmy Smithson 3.
The Summerville “B" boys and
the Indian lassies weren’t as
fortunate as the varsity boys—
both lost. The Ramblers de
! seated the local Bees 40-36 and
j the girls from LaFayette won
50-28.
Summerville hosts Lakeview
Friday night.
I Menlo Captures
Meet With Lyerly
Menlo emerged victorious in a
: I double header with Lyerly at
। Menlo Tuesday night.
i The laddies had a 30-23 edge
> at the end of the game, while
r the boys had a 57-27 victory.
Anise Brown and Tommy Bal
i lard were the top scorers for
- , Menlo, with 22 points each.
i Donna Morrison with 16 bas
• kets and Tommy Ragland with
8 were Lyerly’s pacers.
>
1 Educators From
I Peru Visit in Trion
Two educators from Peru
t ' spent Tuesday visiting in the
i ; Trion school system.
They were Dr. Manzur and
i Dr. Vilca. both of whom are in
- the public education field in the
i South American country.
s The educators are in this
country studying American ed
s ucation and were accompanied
r on their visit to Trion by an of
v ficial of the State Department
of Education.
|™ E New, .
Ifuller;
i The Minister Speaks ... ।
By THE REV. .1. F. ROLLINS i
* Pastor, Summerville Methodist Church |
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The groundhog legend of being 1
able to predict the weather and 1
scurrying back into his hole if I
he sees his shadow is a pretty .
good illustration of the faith ।
and conduct of many of us who [.
call ourselves Christian. He does | j
plan to venture out again, but it
is after the hardship of winter ।
is gone.
I do not know whether the
Pony League
Planned By
Local EC's
A Pony League for Summer
ville was planned by the Sum
merville Junior Chamber of
Commerce Thursday night.
The Jaycees will seek the
Pony League franchise for this
area and will then seek spon
sors for the various teams.
Pony is a baseball league for
boys ages 13 and 14. Jaycee lead
ers said they think such a
league is definitely needed here
because of the fact that when
boys graduate from Little
League they are without a base
ball program.
The Jaycees acted on the Pony
League matter at the suggestion
of Member Robert Floyd, a lead
er in the Little League program
which is sponsored by the Sum
merville Lions Club.
Earlier plans for sponsoring
the annual rodeo were aban
doned by the Jaycees because
they decided the project was too
large for a club of its size.
Jaycee President W. P. Sel
man urged all members who
could do so to attend the Sev
enth District Jaycee meeting
February 4 at Ringgold.
The National Safety Council
says these are the crucial areas
of a car than can most easily be
come infected with “vehicle
virus' : brakes, headlights, rear
lights, turn signals, tires, wheels,
exhaust system and muffler,
horn, rear-view mirror, wind
shield wipers, and glass.
A. E. C. makes plea for under
ground testing.
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1961
legend holds true that Mr.
Groundhog always makes his
appearance on the 2nd day of
February; and if he sees his
shadow that he returns to his
den to sleep for six weeks more
But I am aware that such is a
pretty good description of what
many of us who profess to be
Christians do. If there are any
shadows about that might indi
cate that all may not run as
smoothly as we desire we will
just get off in some secluded spot
where we will not have to face
the uncomfort of opposition. We
believe that the shadows are bad
omens and we try to make sure
that we will never have to face
them.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
in his poem, “The Beleagured
City,” tells us how we may be
able to face these shadows with
courage, and even drive them
away until they will not disturb
us any more. He tells of the
legend of how in the night a
ghost army stood about the walls
of the city of Prague. In the
silence of the night, with only
the moonlight overhead, this
ghost army made a fearful
scene. These phantoms brought
no pleasant experience to those
who had the responsibility of
watching through the night.
But when the old cathedral bell
proclaimed the morning prayer
this ghost army fled away. In
the light of the morning, and
the experience of communion
with God through prayer, the
thing which caused so much fear
in the night was gone; “the
gashly army was dead.”
You recall that Longfellow
goes on to suggest in .the poem
that such courage, faith and as
surance can be experienced in
our personal lives. That there
may be times when many shapes
and shadows disturb our peace
of mind. But these experiences
do not have to be permanent
and drive us into some corner
where we refuse to stand for
what we know to be right. These
terrible shadows can be driven
from the mind and destroyed
through the experience of pray
er. Here we find courage and
strength to stand up and help to
drive the bleak powers of winter
away and bring in the beauty of
spring instead of scurrying away
to a hole like the groundhog.
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