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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
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COUNTIAN VISITS DAVIS— W. C. Roberts Summerville
Route 2 sits at Congressman John Davis’ desk in Wash
ington as the Summerville congressman stands nearby.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts recently visited the legislator while
on a tour of the East. They visited Canada, r~CLL_:d and
many states, leaving on June 19 and returning June 29.
Poor Stand and Now Weevil
Hamper Local Cotton Crop
The Chattooga County cotton
crop—already beset by a poor
stand—may now face a heavy
infestation of the boll weevil.
County Agent M. H. Purcell
said this week that although he
hasn’t made a thorough check
of the county fields, he has seen
indications that the 1961 crop
will have more than its share of
boll weevils.
Heavy spring and summer
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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
rains, of course, are behind both
the poor stand and boll weevil
problems, Mr. Purcell said. Con
tinual dampness fostered vari
ous diseases which brought
about poor stands. And the lush
undergrowth and fields pro
duced by the rains are con
ducive to the weevil.
The county has about 4,500
acres in cotton, a little more
than last year.
Mayor Lists the Problems,
Plans of City of Summerville
The financial situation of the
City of Summerville and plans
for the future were explained at
a general meeting of city em
ployes recently.
Mayor S. A. Dunson, using a
chart, explained the situation
in detail.
He listed the plans as follows:
Codification of ordinances.
Erection of 75 units of low
rent public housing.
Paving of s*/ 2 miles of streets.
A civil defense program.
A landfill method of garbage
disposal.
Tax revaluation.
A park by the schoolhouse.
Long range plans, Mayor Dun
son said, include: Getting the
city in sound financial condi
tion; attracting new industry;
and providing services to the
people.
Mayor Dunson noted that the
city has three major “funds”—
Farm Safety Emphasis is
On Vehicles, Machinery
“Safety is a Family Affair” is
the theme for Farm Safety
Week, proclaimed by Governor
Ernest Vandiver the week of
July 23-29.
In his proclamation, Governor
Vandiver urged all citizens of
Georgia to support and partici
pate in this special effort to
help reduce the number of farm
accidents.
The two critical areas of rural
highway and farm machinery
safety will be stressed during
this year’s Farm Safety Week,
according to Willis E. Huston,
agricultural engineer for the
University of Georgia Coopera
tive Extension Service.
Mr. Huston said the Extension
Service will work with the Geor
gia Farm and Home Safety
Council and all other groups and
agencies concerned with farm
safety to help rural families be
come aware of the dangers in
these and other areas. Four-H
Clubs, home demonstration clubs
and other grups will help em
phasize the week in their com
munities, he said.
The areas of rural highways
and farm machinery were se
lected because of the large num
ber of fatal and crippling in-
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gas, water and general.
The gas and water funds do
not yet bring in any revenue for
use in the general operations of
the city because they are still in
the process of building up the
required reserves. For instance,
the mayor said, the gas sinking
fund reserve must total $237,000
but it now totals only $127,000.
And the water reserve must be
maintained at SIO,OOO.
In the general fund, he said
net income from taxes (after
retirement) was $61,905 and in
come from other sources was
$56,113, totaling $llB,OlB. Ex
penses came to $111,589, leaving
$6,429. After an adjustment for
uncollectible taxes, the net came
to $7,749. And this amount was
applied to the $37,992 deficit,
lowering it to $30,243.
The city has collected $9,452
of the SIB,OOO due in back taxes,
Mayor Dunson noted.
WALNUT GROVE
PLANS VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL
The Walnut Grove Presbyte
rian Church’s Vacation Bible
School will open at 9 a.m. Mon
day.
The Rev. W. E. Hotchkiss,
pastor, will direct the school.
A basket dinner will be spread
at 7 p.m. Monday, July 24, and
the closing program will be at
8 p.m.
The refreshment committee
includes Mrs. Jewel Jones and
Mrs. Maxine Ragland.
The teaching staff will in
clude:
Mrs. Doyle Gayler and Miss
Leone Bus bin, kindergarten;
Mrs. Ralph Cook and Mrs. Grady
Rawlls, primary; Miss Ruth
Thomas, Miss Mary McCrickard
and Mrs. Earl Gayler, junior;
the Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss, Miss Fay
Busbin and Mrs. Franklin Ward,
teen-age.
Fertilizer hoppers should be
coated with a thin coat of oil
between uses, says W. E. Huston,
Extension agricultural engineer,
juries for which they are re
sponsible, Mr. Huston continued.
He pointed out that motor ve
hicle accidents claimed the lives
of 5,300 farm residents in 1959.
Some 4,700 of these were non
work accidents.
MAN FILES SUIT
AFTER FALL THRU
FLOOR OF TRUCK
A Chattooga County man has
filed a suit for damages against
a truck line and a motor express
firm, claiming he fell through
the floor of a truck.
Obie Willard Clark, an em
ployee of Georgia Rug Mill, is
seeking $39,750 in a petition filed
in Chattooga Superior Court.
The defendants are RCA Truck
Lines, Inc. and Hoover Motor
Express Co.
Clark says that when he drove
a small hyster truck into an
RCA truck, while helping unload
at Georgia Rug, the floor of the
trailer truck gave way and he
suffered severe injuries.
BUYING INTENTIONS
IS THEME OF CENSUS
The Census Bureau, acting as
collecting agent for the Federal
Reserve Board, will conduct a
special “Survey of Buying In
tentions” as part of the July
Current Population Survey, it
was announced today by Direc
tor Thomas W. McWhirter of
the Bureau’s regional field of
fice at Atlanta, Ga.
A number of'families in the
Current Population Survey sam
ple panel will be asked special
questions on consumer plans to
purchase air conditioners, auto
mobiles, clothes dryers, dish
washers, hi-fi equipment,
houses, refrigerators, and tele
vision sets. This information is
collected quarterly for the Fed
eral Reserve Board for use in
studies of consumer buying
trends.
The Current Population Sur
vey will be conducted locally and
in 332 other sample areas of the
country during the week of July
17. Information will be collected
here by Mrs. Lettie Esserman.
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NEW ROTARY OFFICERS-- Here are two
of the new officers of the Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club and the retiring pres
ident, Jack Welborn (right). Paul Weems
Chattooga sth Largest
County in District
Chattooga County is the fifth
largest county in the Seventh
Congressional District.
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The final 1960 census figures,
just released, show Chattooga
has 19,954 persons. Larger coun
ties in the district are Floyd,
69,130; Bartow, 28,267; Polk,
28,015: and Catoosa, 21,101
Sizes of the other counties in
the district are as follows: Dade,
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(Sadd) Dalton (left) is the new vice pres
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8,666; Douglas, 16,741; Gordon
19,228; Haralson, 14,543; Murray,
10,447; Paulding, 13,101.
Chattooga was one of four
counties in the district which
lost population between 1950 and
190, the others being Haralson,
Murray and Polk.
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