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MORGAN BEING HONORED— J. T. Morgan (right)
smilingly accepts a plaque from A. G. (Pete) Dunson
as the Chattooga Pony League Field was named the
“J. T. Morgan Pony League Field” last Thursday eve
ning. Mr. Morgan was a prime promoter of the Pony
League and served as its president this year, the first
year it has been in operation. He has also been active in
the Little League, Boy Scouts and other youth pro
grams and is now president of the Chattooga-Municipal
Planning Commission. The Little League Field in Sum
merville was recently named for Mr. Dunson, another
Summerville sports booster. (See story and other pic
tures on sports page.)
Trion Gets Another
US Army Contract
A government contract for nearly $2 million was
awarded this week to the Trion Division of Riegel Textile
Corporation.
Officials said it helps assure continued operations at
the plant on a full-time basis. No additional employes will
be needed.
The $1,901,100 contract,
awarded by the Army Clothing
and Textile Supply Agency,
Philadelphia, Pa., cal Is for
three million linear yards of
cotton sateen.
The “grey mill” (cotton plant)
at Trion can turn out about one
and one-half million yards of
fabric a week.
This was the second big order'
received by Trion from the gov
ernment in recent months. In
March, the division was awarded
a $1,600,000 contract for three
million yards of cotton sateen
for the Army Quartermaster
Corps. Trion officials said then
the contract would help assure
good operations at the division
during the usually slow summer
months.
Riegel’s Trion Division has
some 2,750 employes and a $lO
million annual payroll.
The division is currently
undertaking an expansion pro
gram of its cotton mill. Excava
tions are Underway in what was
the western end of The Plaza
for the erection of a basement
and two-story building. When
this structure is built and when ]
the Trion Department Store j
ceases operations, what is now
mid-town Trion will become
strictly a manufacturing center.
A big shopping center is being
erected in South Trion to serve
the community.
Both Congressman John Davis .
and Sen. Herman Talmadge no- '
tified The News of the contract |
this week. The congressman
noted that the Agency awarding i
the contract is a procurement
agency made possible through :
the recently passed Defense Ap- i
propriations Act.
CHURCH OF CHRIST :
PLANS MEETINGS
A gospel meeting is scheduled
for July 17-25 at the Church of
Christ, 402 South Commerce
Street, Summerville. W C Neal,
evangelist, has announced.
Tire speaker will be James W.
Watkins Jr., of Chattanooga, a
native of Summerville. Services
will be at 7:45 pm. daily.
Julius Sprayberry will direct ;
the congregational singing.
JAYCEES PLAN FOR
PL TOURNEY HERE
Plans for the forthcoming
Pony League/. sub-area tourna
ment were made Tuesday night
when the Summerville Junior
Chamber of Commerce met at
Selman's Cabin, Gore.
J. T. Morgan, president of the
Pony League, met with the
group.
The opening phase of the
tournament will be held here at
8 p.m. Monday with the next
game at 7 p.m. Tuesday in La-
Fayette.
Countians to Attend
Area Planning Meet
A delegation of Chattooga
Countians will be on hand today
for the second annual meeting
of the Coosa Valley Area Plan
ning and Development Commis
sion at Berry Schools in Rome.
John W. (Bill) King Jr. of
Gore is vice chairman of the
Commission. He and John Bank
son of Summerville are the two
directors from this county.
They and many other coun
tians are expected to attend to
day.
Speakers will include W.
Cameron Mitchell, president of
the State Chamber of Com
merce; Dr. George E. Manners,
dean of the School of Business
Administration at Georgia State
College of Business Administra
tion; Gen. H. A. Morris of the
Corps of Engineers; and Dr. E.
L. Wright, Rome, president of
Darlington School and a mem
ber of the University System
board of regents.
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ASSUMES POST AT
RIEGEL METHODIST
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The new Methodist pastor at
Trion, the Rev. L. S. Baugh, and
: his family arrived Friday from
Augusta where he served at St.
Luke's.
The Rev. and Mrs. Baugh have
one son, Robert, age 12. Mrs.
Baugh Is the former Miss Ruth
Farr, daughter of a North Geor
gia Conference Methodist min
ister. the late Rev. J. H. Farr.
The Rev. Mr. Baugh was a
school teacher in South Georgia
for 12 years before entering the
ministry in 1937. He attended
Mercer University, and the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Since becoming a minister, the
Rev. Mr. Baugh has served at
Mayfield. Lincolnton, Gray,
Lithonia. Adairsville, Palmetto
and St. Luke’s, having been at
i the latter a year.
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Tri-City Swim Meet Set
In Summerville Saturday
It was announced today by
Dick Dickens of the Summerville
Recreation Department that a
Tri-City Swim meet will be held
Saturday at the Recreation Cen
ter between swim teams from
Dalton, Calhoun and Summer
ville.
The starting gun is expected
to get the competition underway
at 10 a.m. with some 34 events
on the roster.
Each skill, such as the free
style, back stroke, butterfly, and
breast stroke, has been broken
into age groups so that each
person will be swimming on his
or her skill level. It is also
planned for each team to have
two swimmers in each event
which will automatically double
their chances of winning. Scor
ing will be on a team point basis
with 5 points for first place; 3
points for second place; and 1
point for third place.
No admission will be charged
and the public is invited to at
tend.
TRION HEIGHTS
RESIDENTS ENTER
PROTEST ON TAX
Protests by several Trion
Heights residents on their as
sessments dominated the Trion
City Council meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
After hearing some half dozen
protestants, the council and
mayor announced a decision
would be made later and the
residents would be notified by
mail.
Trion Heights has only re
cently been annexed by the
Town of Trion and the assess
ments were made by a Green
ville, S. C. firm. The protestants
noted that what they principally
objected to was the evaluations
in relation to the assessments in
the older part of Trion. The
older area was assessed in 1952,
it was noted by the protestants,
while Trion Heights is being
evaluated on a 1961 basis.
Most of the protestants said
they would not object to paying
on the assessments which were
made provided the older part of
Trion were re-assessed on a 1961
basis.
A proposal by Mayor W. B.
Simmons that the group pass a
resolution requesting Southern
Bell Telephone to purchase the
Trion telephone system was
tabled after discussion and fail
ure to get a motion.
Action on the erection of a
traffic light at the corner near
the Post Office and Trion De
partment Store was tabled until
the current mill construction is
completed.
Day Camp Opens
Here Monday
A day camp for Summerville
area youngsters ages 6-12 will be
held during the next two weeks,
sponsored by the Christian
Youth League.
The camp will be held two
hours daily. Mondays through
Fridays, but the exact hours
haven’t yet been determined,
CYL officials said Wednesday.
Recreation, handicrafts, sports,
games and refreshments are
planned.
Olney Meadows Jr. is making
arrangements for the event, as
sisted by several other young
people. Mrs. Henry Duke is ad
visor for the youth group.
Summerville Lions Present
Tax Resolution to Ratliff
The Summerville Lions Club
has presented a copy of its res
olution calling for tax equaliza
tion to Claude Ratliff, chairman
of the Chattooga Board of Tax
Assessors.
The 60-odd members of the
Club noted that one important
step necessary to attract new
industry “and to provide neces
sary funds for schools, roads,
health, welfare and other serv
ices required of a progressive
community is a fair and equi
table tax structure”.
In asking for tax equalization,
the Lions suggested that the
county take advantage of a law
passed by the 1961 General As
sembly which would permit the
county to borrow funds from the
state for such a program. The
loan could be repaid without in
terest after the tax evaluation
program has been put into op-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
City of Summerville
Borrows $5,000.00
Plans to borrow $5,000 were
made by the Summerville City
Council Monday afternoon at its
July meeting.
The sum will be used toward
current obligations, it was noted.
Accounts payable, including
some large, old accounts, total
some $23,000, it was noted.
In other action, the Council:
Passed a resolution requesting
Southern Bell Telephone Co. to
purchase the Summerville Tele
phone Company.
Discussed re-roofing the old
pump house near the ice plant
and using it for storage pur
poses.
Authorized the mayor to sign
the three-city contract on gas
purchases, the other municipali
ties being Trion and LaFayette.
Planned the sale of a storage
tank.
Authorized Bruce-Terminex to
exterminate the office of the
maintenance building, but de
ferred action on a problem at
the Recreation Center.
Attending the 45 - minute
meeting were Mayor S. A. Dun
son, Councilmen Will Stephen
son and Charles Wright and
Clerk Sam Sitton.
DATE (HANGED
FOR HEARING ON
MENLO SCHOOL
The date has been changed on
a hearing in connection with
Menlo High School patrons’ ef
forts to stop consolidation.
Judge S. W. Fariss of Chat
tooga Superior Court has set
the hearing for 10 a.m. Friday,
July 21, instead of July 31.
However, this new date is
contingent on the ending of Su
perior Court by that time. In
the event court is still in session
on July 21, the hearing will
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July
22, it was stated.
The petitioners are seeking an
injunction to prevent the Chat
tooga Board of Education from
merging Menlo High School with
Lyerly and Summerville this fall
to form a Chattooga County
High School.
Earlier, both the Chattooga
Board and the State Board of
Education upheld plans for the
consolidation.
21 INDICTED BY
JULY GRAND JURY
Twenty-one true bills and six
no bills were returned by the
July Chattooga Grand Jury be
fore it adjourned Tuesday after
noon.
Those indicted were: Rudy
Pollard, burglary of Gordon
Service Station and “larceny
from house” in theft of boat mo
tor from Hill Hammond; Hillard
Tillman, burglary of Gordon
Service Station and “larceny
from house” in theft of boat
motor from Mr. Hammond; Wil
liam T. Stallings, burglary of
Tidings Country Store; Marvin
B. Beavers Jr., larceny from
house of R. D. Davison; Wesley
Bryant, shooting at another
(John B. Smith); Colon C. Car
roll, abandonment; Curtis Floyd,
abandonment; Horld Floyd,for
gery: Harold Floyd, burglary of
R. L. Yarbrough home; Lebron
Yarbrough, burglary of R. L.
Yarbrough home; Billy W. Hur
ley, obscene language; Claude
Francis Majors, obscene lan
guage; Edward McGuire, driving
auto without consent; George
Baggett Jr., larceny of automo-
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eration, it was noted.
The resolution was passed, it
was stated, “after a thorough
and time-consuming study” and
panel discussion of the local tax
structure.
Tax Assessors to request the aid
of the commissioner of roads
and revenue to provide for a
comprehensive program for tax
equalization "that will provide
for including all property on the
tax digest and will provide for
impartial and realistic establish
ment of fair market valuation,
that will provide for effective
records and procedures for
maintaining accurate up to date
information on all property in
the county which will enable our
county to provide for better
schools, better services and dis
tribute the tax burden in such
a manner that all taxpayers will
pay no more than a fair share
of the taxload.”
Grand Jury Calls for
Tax Equalization Here
A Chattooga Grand Jury Tuesday called for tax equal
ization.
The recommendation comprised the major portion of
the presentments.
Allen W. Justice was foreman
of the group and Harold Vernon
was clerk.
The jurors stressed that they
felt the tax assessors and other
officials were “in no wise re
sponsible” for the present in
equality and tax structure.
They asked that the county
take advantage of a 1961 law
passed by the General Assembly
in which the state will lend
money to counties, interest-free,
for tax equalization programs.
“. . . we do not have a satisfac
tory comprehensive tax struc
ture for real and personal prop
erty in Chattooga County, in
that there is much property,
both real and personal, that is
not returned and there exists
inequality between taxpayers
through no fault of the indi
viduals . . . and through no fault
of the tax assessors . . .” the
presentments state.
The grand jurors said they
were interested in the continued
growth, development and prog
ress of Chattooga County.
“It is generally recognized that
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Menlo Plans
Revaluation
Os Property
A tax equalization program
will soon be undertaken in the
town of Menlo.
Plans for the project were
made Tuesday night when the
...^Mo Council met.
Property owners will be asked
to turn their property in at 50
per cent of value, and a com
mittee of assessors will either be
appointed or the council will act
as assessors to make any nec
essary adjustments. The new
tax rate will be set at that time.
The matter had been under
discussion in Menlo for some
weeks and was brought up at a
recent town meeting. Mayor
J. P. Smith said following the
meeting the people seemed to
favor the idea of turning prop
erty in at 50 per cent.
Although earlier plans had
called for getting a professional
firm to do the revaluations, it
was learned the price for such
a small project would be exorbi
tant.
Mayor Smith said that in the
event the county decides to do
a tax equalization program,
Menlo will participate.
The Council also agreed on
Tuesday night to join with other
county municipalities in re
questing Southern Bell Tele
phone Co. to purchase the Sum
merville Telephone Co.
Attending the meeting were: I
John Thomas, Max White, J. P.
Thornberry and Mayor Smith.
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COOK BUILDING ABLAZE— Firemen are shown bat
tling a blaze which destroyed a Summerville office
building owned by Bobby Lee Cook early last Thurs-
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one important step necessary to
attract new industry and to pro
vide necessary funds for schools,
roads, health, welfare and other
services ... is a fair and equi
table tax structure,” it was
stated.
The jurors urged the Board of
Tax Assessors to request the aid
of the commissioner of Roads
and Revenue to provide for a
comprehensive program for tax
equalization “that will provide
for including all property on the
tax digest and will provide for
impartial and realistic estab
lishment of fair market valua
tion, that will provide for effec
tive records and procedures for
maintaining accurate up to date
information on all property in
the county which will enable our
county to provide for better
schools, better services and dis
tribute the tax burden in such
a manner that all taxpayers will
pay no more than a fair share
of the taxload.”
MANY YOUNGSTERS
’DIVING INTO BOOKS'
“Dive Into Books”.
That’s the theme of the sum
mer reading club sponsored by
the Summerville branch of the
Cherokee Regional Library.
And that's just what some 175
young people are doing this
summer.
Miss Alene Allen, librarian at
Summerville, .says this is the
largest group she has had in
the reading club in some years.
The reading period, which be
gan in early June, will end
August 19. Those reading 10
books from a selected list will
receive a plain certificate and
those reading 25 from the se
lected list will receive a gold
star certificate. One third of the
books read must be non-fiction.
SRMA MEET CALLED
OFF FOR LACK OF
QUORUM WEDNESDAY
A meeting of the directors of
the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Assn. Wednesday did not
materialize because of a lack of
a quorum.
Mrs. Olio Tutton, vice presi
dent, called off the session after
only five members appeared.
Seven constitute a quorum. Mrs.
Tutton presided in the absence
of President Don Stultz.
The major item for discussion
was the SI,OOO give-away at
Christmas, it was pointed out,
and this matter can be taken up
either at a called meeting or at
the August session.
Attending were Mrs. Frank
I Prince, Mrs. Tutton, John Bank
son, Jim Richie and Robert
Floyd.
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Criminal Court Session
Opens in Summerville Mon.
Either an involuntary manslaughter case or a rape
case will be first on the docket at 9 a.m. Monday when the
criminal week of Chattooga Superior Court opens.
One of the first cases is ex
pected to be that of John Ray
mond Williams Jr., charged
with involuntary manslaughter
in connection with the traffic
death last year of Mrs. Scott
Clecker near Menlo.
Seven rape cases, involving a
group of Pennville youths, also
are docketed for hearing this
term.
In the meantime, two young
men indicted for burglary of
Homer Gordon Service Station
and “larceny from house” in the
theft of a boat motor from Hill
Hammond, entered pleas late
Wednesday and were sentenced.
In another burglary case, a man
was sentenced Monday.
Rudy Pollard was given 18
months on the service station
and boat motor cases, three
months of which may be served
on probation. In a companion
case, Hillard Tillman was given
18 months, one year of which
may be served on probation if
Cook Building Goes Up
In Blaze Last Thursday
A two-story office building in downtown Summerville
was destroyed by an early morning blaze last Thursday.
The building, located on the corner of North Com
merce and First Streets, was owned by Bobby Lee Cook,
Summerville attorney. Mr. Cook
and his law partner, Cecil
Palmour, as well as Attorney
Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins and the
Liberty National Life Insurance
Company, had offices in the
structure.
The fire broke out about 3:20
a.m. and was battled by Sum
merville volunteer firemen until
7 a.m. Cause of the fire was not
immediately determined and no
estimate of the loss was made
this week.
Although most of Mr. Cook’s
law books, said to be one of the
best collections in town, were
damaged, some volumes can be
rebound, a member of the fam
ily said this week.
Despite the loss of the office
structure, firemen were success
ful in saving an adjacent medi
cal clinic occupied by Dr. B.
Lovingood, dentist, and Dr. H. A.
Goodwin, physician.
The Cook building was a re
modelled two-story home and
the second floor was not in use.
The front of the lower floor had
been bricked.
The fire caused postponement
Monday of a hearing on an Ala-
day. Cause of the blaze was not immediately deter
mined and the building was a total loss. (See photo in
side for view of building following fire.
the youth makes restitution.
Tillman was charged with bur
glary of the" Gordon Service Sta-»
toin and theft of the motor.
William Buddy White, charged
with the burglary of Mrs. Kate
Watson’s home, was given two
years Monday after entering a
plea before Judge S. W. Fariss.
The pleas were accepted by the
judge at times when civil court
was not proceeding.
Opening of the criminal week
Monday will follow a full week
of civil cases. Land condemna
tion cases brought by the State
Highway Department have com
prised most of the action this
week.
The civil session is definitely
expected to continue into Friday
as Judge S. W. Fariss late
Wednesday dismissed a group of
jurors until Friday morning.
A new panel of jurors has
been supoeaned for appearance
Monday for the criminal week.
bama request for extradition
of a Rome pulpwood worker
charged with taking part in the
May 14 “Freedom Rider” rioting
at Birmingham. The man is
Herschel W. Acker and Cook is
his attorney. Cook asked for a
continuance after the fire.
In the meantime, Cook and
Palmour have opened offices in
a house across from the Sum
merville Post Office; Liberty
National hopes to locate in the
Tooga Building; and Mr. Loggins
Is located in an office at the
rear of Jackson Drug Co.
COLBERT HOME
BURNS SATURDAY
The home of Seabo Colbert at
Dickeyville was destroyed by fire
Saturday.
The blaze was out of control
when the Summerville Fire De
partment arrived on the scene,
it was reported, but a house
located only 15 feet from the
Colbert residence was saved.