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VOLUME 76—NO. 25
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Chattooga County was beginning to take on a new look this week
as hundreds of persons painted, mowed, remodeled and cleaned-up their
premises in connection with “Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up Month.” John
Lester (top left) an employe of the City of Summerville clears along the
bank of the town creek as the city launched a special-up effort. Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Grogan and son, Sammy, B-57 Seventh St., Trion (right)
work on their yard. Paint, hardware and lumber stores did a thriving
Hearing Set for July 31
On Menlo School Petition
A hearing has seen set for 10 a.m. Monday, July 31, by
Judge S. W. Fariss on a petition to halt the consolidation
of Menlo High School.
This is another in a series of maneuvers by a group of
Menlo patrons to keep their
high school from becoming a
part of the Chattooga High
School this fall.
The Menlo patrons note they
are not opposed to consolidation
per se, but that “the best inter
ests of the pupils in the schools
of Chattooga County and of i
Menlo are not best served by ef
fectuating consolidation at the
September term.”
Attorneys for the Menlo group,
noting they have exhausted
their rights of appeal to the lo
cal and state boards of educa
tion, said the board action is
contrary to law because (1) it
was taken “without any opinion
having previously entertained
that the consolidation and
transfer would be in the best in
terests of the schools and pu
pils” and (2) it was a violation
of the contract (made earlier)
between the Chattooga Board of
Education and the trustees, pa
trons and citizens of the Menlo
School, whereby those patrons,
citizens and trustees expended
large sums of money and had
improved the plant and other
facilities of Menlo, relying upon
this agreement . . . that Menlo
would retain its high school.”
The petition also contends
that the consolidation plans i
were made by board members ।
who had made no investigation
and had no testimony or other
evidence that it would be to the
best interest of the students:
that the Menlo High School 1
rates higher than the Summer
ville High School on “plants,
needs, buildings, maintenance
and instruction”; that the sur
vey committee of the State |
Board of Education did not
recommend that Menlo be con- |
solidated with Summerville but
that it recommended that the j
consolidation take place in a
new facility to be known as I
Chattooga County High School; |
that the board of education has!
made no plans whatsoever for
the construction of a facility
for the proposed Chattooga
County High School; that the |
Menlo trustees were not notified J
prior to the board action; that j
the board took action without
reference to the agreement of
Government Okays Loan
For New Low-Rent Housing
The construction of 75 new low-rent housing units in
Summerville moved a step closer last week.
The Public Housing Administration approved a loan
of 5i,086.705 for the project. I
Twenty-six of the proposed'
projects will be built especially}
for the aged.
A spokesman for the Sum- ■
merville Housing Authority said
this week the actual construe-1
tion may still be a year or so
away because of various steps
which must be taken before the
work can begin.
Drawings are now being de
veloped. it was stated, by Archi
tect Bobby Toles of Rome. Once
the drawings are ready, further
steps can be taken.
Approval also w'as made last
week for several other loans on
similar projects over the state.
Clean-Up Time in Chattooga
the prior board of education
that Menlo would not be con
solidated if it raised its stan
dards which it did; that Menlo
is a growing community; that
the people of the county as a
I whole are opposed to the con
solidation of such schools as
shown by the fact that a bond
issue a few years ago, voted on
in connection with consolida
tion, was defeated.
The petition was filed on be
half of Norman W. Garvin, Ed
win C. Thompson, W. B. Young,
Tom Dodd and Norman Tucker.
Adams Leaves Trion; Other
Methodist Ministers Return
One Methodist minister in
Chattooga County — the Rev.
Shelton Adams, of Trion—re
ceived a transfer last week, but
the others are returning.
The Rev. Mr. Adams, who goes
to Burns Memorial Methodist
Church in Augusta, will be suc
ceeded at Riegel Memorial Meth
odist Church by the Rev. L. S.
Baugh. The Rev. Mr. Baugh
comes to Trion from St. Luke’s
in Augusta.
The Rev. Mr. Adams had been
at Trion four years, coming here
from Blue Ridge. He also is well
known in the lower part of the
county, having served at Lyerly
from 1946 to 1948. The Adams
have two daughters, Karen, 18,
a student at Jacksonville State
College, Jacksonville, Ala., and
Kathie, 13.
Ministers at Lyerly, Menlo and
Summerville were all re-ap
pointed. The Rev. C. H. Wheelis
serves at Lyerly; the Rev. J. F.
Rollins at Summerville; and the
Rev. Roger Stone, Jr., at Menlo.
The Rev. Henry G. Walker, a
former pastor of the Summer
ville Methodist Church, has been
named the new pastor of the
LaFayette First Methodist
Church. He had been at Sparta
four years.
The Rev. Mr. Walker's older
daughter is Mrs. Ralph Cham
blee, her husband being a na
tive of Menlo. Mrs. Chamblee is
FINAL WEEK OF
BEGINNERS' SWIM
LESSONS PLANNED
Dick Dickens, director of the
Summerville Recreation Depart
ment, announced this week that
beginners’ swim lessons will draw
to a close next week in order
that more advanced classes can
be offered.
Some 25 youngsters between
the ages of 6 and 12 have al
ready completed the course and
it is anticipated that at least 18
more will graduate the final
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GRAND JURY TO
CONVENE MONDAY
A grand jury will convene at 9
a.m. Monday simultaneously
with the opening of the July
term of Chattooga Superior
Court.
Those drawn to serve on this
jury are:
Joe D. Eleam, Jr., Leric Reyn
olds, Ray Hood, Hubert W. John
son, Leonard Cooper, Paul J.
Easter, J. C. Hutchins, Wallace
Henderson, Virgil Hawkins,
j Leonard Scoggins, Troy W. Scog
gins, J. C. Witt, M. A. J. Housch,
A. W. Justice, Harold Vernon
and Claude Gregory.
J. P. Whitehead, R. C. Harde
man, Raymond Van Pelt, John
P. Allmon, Paul Crouch, E. E.
Keen, John W. Cox, Eugene F.
Wilbanks, E. A. Owens, J. T.
Morgan, Jr., Carl Dooley. Mel
vin Williams, Earl Nix, Thomas
C. Day. Millard Lewis and W. W.
Whitley.
his daughter by his first wife,
who was killed in an automobile
accident some years ago. He and
his second wife have a two
months old daughter.
No One Hurt
During July 4
Week-End
The July 4 week-end was a
safe one in Chattooga County.
No one was injured in auto
mobile accidents here, the Geor
gia State Patrol reported, and
no drownings or other accidental
deaths have been reported.
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WELCOME HOME— Mrs. G. R. Pritch
ett, of Summerville (left) wipes a tear
from her eye as she and her daughter
are re-united with her mother at the
Sydney, Australia airport after arriving
by QANTAS jet from the United States.
The daughter, Sandra (right) won the
trip for herself and her Australian-born
mother in a letter-writing contest. For
Mrs. Pritchett, it was a reunion after 15
years. For grandmother, Mrs. M. Hen
derson, of Newcastle, and Sandra, it
was their first meeting and the occasion
was completely overwhelming. Before
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961
business over the week-end, an indication that instead of hitting the
highways during this holiday week many citizens may be slapping paint
and otherwise beautifying their homes or businesses. The Chattooga-
Municipal Planning Commission is sponsoring the clean-up campaign.
In addition, Chattooga is participating in a statewide campaign to rid
roadsides of ugly, abandoned shacks and similar eyesores. This effort is
called “Roadside Rubbish Roundup.”
Superior Court Opens
Monday With Civil Cases
Civil cases will be tried next week as the July term of
Chattooga Superior Court opens. Criminal cases will be
heard the following week.
Judge S. W. Fariss of La-
Fayette will preside.
The grand jury and a panel of
traverse jurors will report at 9
a.m. Monday. Another panel of
traverse jurors will report at 9
a.m. Monday, July 10.
A heavy criminal docket is
anticipated. Seven rape cases,
several burglar cases and at
least one involuntary man
slaughter among those are
scheduled.
Traverse jurors drawn to re
port at 9 a.m. Monday are:
George Reece Sr., McKinley
Jones, W. H. Floyd Sr., John H.
Knowles, Robert Broome, Homer
King, Grace M. Haygood, Lester
White, Herbert Dodd, L. C.
Blackwell, Lawson Bailey, James
Adams, Paul Youngblood, S, P.
Railey, Archie Bennett.
Clarence J. Colbert, Thomas
H. Brewer Jr., Frank Stanfield,
Lewis Scarboro, Robert S. Speer,
W. C. Bennett, J. S. McWhorter,
Elbert Leon King, Mrs. John
Chandler, W. C. Bryant, J. D.
Yarbrough, L. W. Bulman, R. L.
Sparks, Bun Kinsey.
Frank Clemons, Wesley
Grimes, Brice Evans, H. P. Whit
ley, C. W. Hutchins, C. M. Led
ford, F. J. Dawson, Sam H.
Gardner, R. L. Guffin Jr., A. D.
Inman, H. F. Walker.
Wilburn Hughes, Dave Jr.
Parham, Dewey Williams, Clay
Humphrey, E. L. McCamey, Fur
man Owen, Roy J. Bowman,
John F. Bennett, L, C. Scoggins
Sr., R. C. Floyd, Roosevelt
Young, Robert Duckett.
Jurors drawn for criminal
court, to report at 9 a.m. Mon-
day, July 17, are:
Frank L. Hendrix, Cecil Her
rod, Eric Mosley, Thad Adams,
Willie Dawson, J. C. Pinion, Carl
Plunkett, Billy C. Henderson,
A. G. Dean Sr., J. R. Childers,
Duke Espy, J. B. Hood, James W.
Evans. Paul Morrison, Cliff
Stephenson.
J. C. Boyd, D. F. Hale, Wil
liam C. Abernathy, W. M. Thom
as, Huston Cargle, J. J. Under
wood, C. B. Padgett, Roy Z.
Hawkins, C. P. Plunkett, James
Burdett, Wallace Campbell, Wil
liam M. Barrett, T. W. Snow,
Emory Martin, Dexter Brewster,
Lamar Gladney, J. D. Scoggins,
Robert Hogg.
Lesley Tucker, D. A. Hamby.
Hugh T. Henderson, Herman
Simmons, Alene McConkey, J.
W. Chitwood, J. B. Butler, Rob
ert Hurley, D. F. Howell, Paul
Whavers, John W. Holt, Jess
Bean, Green Penn, Montic Mad
dux, C. H. Jackson, William B.
Chandler.
Lee C. Lively, H. F. Jennings,
John R. Bryan, Paul Hunter,
Ralph Henry, Charlotte Ann
Woods, T. W. Kilgore, J. B.
White, J. H. Graham, John S. |
Knox Jr., Wesley Smith, A. L.
Hill, L. C. Westbrook, Johnnie
Weems, Frank Cochran, Robert
Bullard, Wilburn Willingham.
Eugene McCorsley, Jack Poole,
Byron T. Hairston, Dewey Mor
gan, W. H. Barron, R. L. Hardin,
James D. Collette, Carl Kellett,
John Paul Jones, C. L Tucker,
Elmer Sumner, Gene Hail,,
James A. Thomas, J. W. Collette
Jr.
leaving for Newcastle, the Pritchetts
and Mrs. Henderson toured Sydney’s
tourist attractions, met government and
civic dignitaries and visited a Sydney
girls’ school. “I want to see everything,”
said Sandra to a host of newspaper, ra
dio and television interviewers who were
at the airport to greet them. All Sydney
daily newspapers and the two commer
cial TV stations carried the news of her
arrival. Note the women wearing heavy
coats—the seasons are just opposite ours
and it is hence in mid-winter “down un
der.”
School Board Ups Taxes,
Plans for New High School
In an apologetic tone, the Chattooga Board of Educa
tion Monday raised school taxes from 15 to 20 mills.
Another highlight of the meeting was the making of
plans for the new Chattooga High School building.
Noting that “the real solu
tion” to the school financial
problems is tax equalization, the
debt-ridden board took ad
vantage of a new law which per
mits the maximum tax levy to be
20 mills instead of 15. An addi
tional two mills is levied for bond
retirement.
Just how much money the
new levy will bring in hasn't yet
been determined because of a
question on the newly-annexed
Trion areas. An opinion is be
ing sought from Atty.-Gen.
Eugene Cook on whether Trion
Heights, annexed a few months
ago, will be considered in or out
of Trion for tax purposes. Be
cause Trion has its own school
system, areas within that mu
nicipality are not taxed for
Chattooga school purposes.
Action of the school board in
raising taxes was unanimous and
had been expected.
In getting down to business on
the matter of a new high school,
the board made plans to hire an
architect at the August 1 meet
ing. The prospective architects
were narrowed down to two
Monday and these two will be
invited to the August meeting.
After hearing from both, the
board will make its decision.
Hiring an architect is one of
the first steps necessary in plan
ning for a new school, it was
noted. The site will be selected
with his recommendations in
' mind and he will in the mean
time be drawing up sketches
and plans.
In other action, the board:
Planned the selling by bid of
seven old school buses,
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A juvenile boy has admitted
taking a billfold containing $305
and belonging to Mrs. Henry
Everett, Summerville police re
ported this week. The billfold
was taken from a back room in
the Southern 5 and 10.
A pinball machine in a coin
laundry on Lyerly Road was
broken into last week and Sum
merville Chief Griffin Pledger
and Officer Charlie Worsham
investigated.
Homer Woodall was returned
by his bondsman last week after
being booked and freed on bond
| earlier on charges of driving
under the influence end pos
sessing non-taxpaid wh is key.
Officers Bobby Plunkett and
David Starkey investigated.
Walter Hennon of Lovingood
Motel was booked for reckless
driving last week after an acci
dent, Chief Griffin Pledger and
Officer Charlie Worsham re
ported.
DeForest Ayers, Summerville
Route 2, was booked for driving
under the influence and pos
sessing non-taxpaid whiskey
June 26, according to Summer
ville Officers David Starkey and
Charles Gaylor.
A Menlo man, Houston F.
Palmer, was booked by Summer
ville police on June 27 for driv
ing a tractor in the city while
under the influence of alcohol,
Officers Charles Gaylor and
David Starkey reported.
Speeding charges have been
placed against Alton G. Chum
bier, Gaylesville, Ala. Route 1,
Howard Price, Lyerly Route 2,
James H. Deering, and Linda
Rebecca Wooten.
Driving under the influence
charges were placed against
James Weeks, sth Street, Sum
merville, on July 4, Summerville
police report.
Sitton Service Station and
Grocery, located on Rome Boule
vard, was burglarized Tuesday
night, Summerville officers re
port.
A few wrenches wert reported
missing.
Possessing non-taxpaid whis
key and driving under the In
fluence charges were placed
against Billy Bynum, 4th Street,
Summerville, by Summerville
Os Heers Charles Gaylor and
David Starkey Monday.
The home of Mrs. G. C. Hart
line, West Washington Street, 1
was burglarized and a suitcase,;
hat and handbag were reported
missing, according to Chi ef j
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
Scheduled the remodeling of
buildings at Lyerly, including
the building of two new rest
rooms in the east and west halls
of the grammar school building.
Planned to spend $5,000 which
will be matched by the federal
government, for science and
mathematics equipment under
the National Defense Education
Act.
Planned to sell some old
benches stored under the Wel
myer School and some old equip
ment stored upstairs at Lyerly
grammar school.
Accepted the low bid for gaso
line and motor oil, buying it
from Pure Oil where gasoline
will be .2182 cents per gallon and
motor oil 59 cents a gallon.
Decided to retain its policy of
recommending that principals
buy milk from any distributor
which purchases from a Chat
tooga County milk producer.
Adopted the following calen
dar for the new school year:
Pre-planning, Aug. 23-^5; first
full day of school, Aug. 28;
Thanksgiving holidays, Nov. 23-
24; Christmas holidays, Dec. 21-
Jan 1; spring holidays, March
30-April 2; school ends, May 23;
post-planning. May 24-30.
The board met on Monday in
stead of Tuesday because of the
July 4 holiday on Tuesday.
Chairman W. P. Selman pre
sided and members O. L. Cleck
ler, Johnny Bryant, Robert Hen
drix and Glee Bryant attended.
Pony League Field to Be
Named for J. T. Morgan
| J. T. Morgan—long a sports booster in Chattooga
County—will be honored tonight for his part in launching
the Chattooga Pony League program. _______
The Pony League field will be
formally designated “The J. T.
Morgan Pony League Field.”
Mr. Morgan is serving as the
first president ol the Chattooga
Pony League.
A. G. (Petei Dunson, another
sports booster of the county, will
make the dedicatory remarks
and present an appropriate
plaque to Mr. Morgan. Earlier
this year, the Summerville Lit
tle League Field was named the
“A. G. Dunson Field” in honor
of Mr. Dunson.
Dedication of the field and
naming it for Mr. Morgan will
climax the first season of Pony
League in Summerville. Simple
ceremonies are planned, officials
said. One highlight will be the
announcement of the members
of the Pony League All-Stars.
The Cardinals, sponsored by
Salmon Butane Gas Co., emerged
as champions of the League.
Ralph Stanley is manager. The
team has won every game with
the exception of one.
Other teams are the White
Sox, Orioles and Pirates.
The Pony League program was
launched by the Summerville
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Morgan is manager of the
Summerville District of Georgia
Power Company which covers
Chattooga and Dade Counties
and Chickamauga. He has been
in Summerville 20 years. A na
tive of Atlanta, he was reared
and educated in Dallas. He was
employed with Georgia Power
in Rockmart, Tallapoosa and
Adairsville before coming to
Summerville.
Mr. Morgan is president of the |
Chattooga-Municipal Planning;
Commission; a former president
of the Summerville Lions Club;
a former chairman of the Chat
tooga Boy Scout District; a mem-1
Summerville Telephone Co.
To Be Sold in September
The Summerville Telephone Company, which serves
all of Chattooga County, will go up for sale in September,
officials have announced.
The company is a part of the
Kirk Telephone System, all of
which will be offered for sale.
General Manager Carl Kirk
said Monday.
Bids will be opened in Atlanta ;
Sept. 5 and the firm will make
its decision on the sale on Sept.
15, Kirk said.
The system, founded by Kirk's
father shortly after the turn of I
the century, serves some 72,000 i
customers in Alabama and ■
Georgia.
Owners of the system, along
S'ville Places
4th in District
Swim Meeting
The Summerville Recreation
Departments swim team, com
posed of some 18 youngsters,
placed fourth in the Seventh
Recreational District Swim Meet
last Wednesday in Dalton.
Six teams entered, including
Rome, Dalton, Marietta, Cal
houn, Summerville and Carters-*
ville.
Rome placed first with a total
ci 131 points; Dalton was sec
ond with 56 points; Marietta
third with 46 points; Summer
ville, fourth with 28 points; Cal
houn fifth place with 25, and
Cartersville sixth with a total of
19 points.
Guinn Hankins, of Summer
ville, took top honors jn both 11
and 12 year old free style and
backstroke. Summerville also
took three second places and
seven third places among the 34
events.
Swimmers from Summerville
were: Agnew Meyers, Peg Bag
ley, Guinn Hankins, Joy Praet,
Laurel Praet, David Praet, Bob
Agnew, Marsha Lowry, Raymond
Tripp, Mike Turner Jimmy
Adams, Nancy Marks, Steve
Thomas, Marianne Clarkson,
Jimmy Bagley and Pat Bagley.
Summerville will host a
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J. T. MORGAN
ber of the Summerville First
Baptist Church, the Masons and
the Shrine Club; and has been
active in the Little League pro
gram here.
He and Mrs. Morgan, who is
cashier-bookkeeper of Chattooga
Hospital, reside on Highland
Avenue in Summerville. Their!
daughter, JoAnn, is a public
health nurse in DeKalb County.
DINNER-DANCE
SET FOR VFW Z
LEGION MEMBERS
A free dinner and dance for
in embers of the Chattooga
American Legion and Veterans
of Foreign Wars posts and their
guests is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Saturday at Memorial Home.
The fete will be for all paid
up members only and their wife
| or date.
with Kirk, are his sister, Mrs.
Marie K. Ferguson of Columbus,
Ohio, and two brothers, S. E.
Kirk of Douglas and J. E. Kirk
of Dalton.
The system serves, in addi
. tion to Chattooga County, Dal
ton, Douglas, Chatsworth, Moul
trie, Scottsboro, Ala., and several
| southeast Alabama towns.
The Summerville company re-
I cently sought rate increases in
a hearing before the Georgia
Public Service Commissi >n but
, no decision on the matter has
yet been announced.