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S’VILLE LL ALL-STARS— Here are the
members of the Summerville Little
League All-Stars, the boys who will play
tomorrow night in the area tournament
here. LaFayette and Trion meet at 7:30
p.m. today and Summerville will face
the winner of this opener. The boys are
(left to right, front) Bobby Floyd, first
alternate; Don Barry, Jay Susman,
Terry Cannon, Marty Brown, Kenny
Area Little League Tourney
Opens in S'ville Tonight
Summerville will host the area Little League tourna
ment tonight and tomorrow night at the A. G. Dunson
Field. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Trion and LaFayette will face
each other this evening in the ,
first round of the series. The
winner of this one will be chal
lenged by Summerville on Fri
day night, and the winner at
that time will vie in the tourna
ment at Dalton July 25-28.
The Trion Little League All-
Stars are as follows: Pete Davis,
Randy Stephens; Larry Tucker,
Joe Hall, Terrell Baker, Hiram
Sizemore, Marty Brown, Bill
Powell, Wayne Woody, Bobby
A motorcade will leave Trion
Community Center at 6:30
p.m. today for Summerville
and the Little League Tourna
ment.
Everyone is urged to join
in the ’cade and game to show
their support of the Trion
All-Stars as they meet La-
Fayettc, Trion officials sad.
In addition to the Trion
motorcade, one is also ex
pected from LaFayette.
Matthews, Gary Weaver, Charles
Tucker, Don Durham and Gary
Lowery.
The Summerville All - Stars
are: Jay’ Susman, Bobby Byars
Jimmy Adams, Marty Brown,
Don Barry, Cookie Dempsey, Ter
ry Cannon, Ralph Barnes, Phil
Parham, Kenny Brown, David
Ransom. Mike Stillwell, Bobby
Floyd, Ricky Smith and Mike
Cassidy, the last three of whom
are alternates. Clayton Howell is
the Summerville LL all-star
manager and Ralph Brown is
his assistant.
Will Stephenson, president of
the Summerville Little League,
is tournament director. Members
of the protest board are:
James Adams. Summerville Lit
tle League vice president: Ross
Abney, LaFayette Little League
president: and Nubby Barrett.
Trion Little League president.
Each team will furnish one
umpire- .
In the event of rain tonight,
the first game in the series will
be played tomorrow night and
the Friday night schedule will be
pushed up to Saturday night.
Walnut Grove Opens
Revival Sunday Night
The Walnut Grove Presbyte
rian Church will begin a re
vival series with dinner on the
grounds at 7 pin. Sunday.
Bible School graduation and
worship services will be at 8
p m. Sunday and services Mqn-1
day through Friday will be at
8 The Rev. W. E. Hotchkiss,
pastor, will be the speaker.
Some 40 students are enrolled
in the Bible School which is
underway at the church this
week The Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss, I
who also pastors the Summer
ville Presbyterian Church, is di
rector of the Bible School.
MISSIONARY film
SET AT BERRYTON
‘ Black Gold." a T L. Osborne
missionary film, will be shown
nt 7:30 p m. today 'Thursday) at
the Berryton Faith Temple, it
has been announced.
Brown, David Ransom, Cookie Demp
sey; (back row, left to right) Clayton
Howell, manager; DeWayne Broome,
Tony Brown, Mike Stillwell, Jimmy
Adams, Bobby Byars, Ralph Barnes,
Phil Parham and Ralph Brown, assist
ant manager. The other alternates, not
shown, are Ricky Smith, second, and
Mike Cassidy, third.
Surveys Underway
In Northwest Ga.,
Planning Group Told
A survey of potential and
existing industrial sites iri
Northwest Georgia and work on
an area basic economic study
are underway, it was reported
Thursday at the second annual
; meeting of the Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Development
Commission.
The meeting, held in Rome,
drew some 200 Northwest Geor
gia leaders, including a number
of Chattooga Countians. John W.
King Jr. of Gore is vice chair
man of the group.
The combined staffs of the
Coosa Valley planning section
and the Georgia Tech field en
gineering and industrial office
in Rome are doing the survey
work, it was pointed out.
Here are some of the other
points brought out at the ses
sion:
A comprehensive tourist bro
chure on Northwest Georgia, in
cluding emphasis on Lake Weiss,
is being prepared for state and
national distribution.
State Highway Department of
ficials are cooperating in draft
ing a long-range highway pro
gram for Northwest Georgia.
I The roads to Fort Mountain
i and Cloudland Canyon are being
j paved.
Plans are moving along toward
the building of more dams on
the Coosa-Alabama river system,
the eventual aim being to make
Rome an inland port.
Plans are nearing completion
for a concerted agricultural pro
gram for Northwest Georgia,
part of an effort to provide an
overall program for economic
improvement of this area.
A group of area and state
leaders spoke at the all-day
meeting, including State Cham
ber President W. Cameron
Mitchell.
lions Urged Io Allend
Tax Assessors Meet
Members of the Summerville
Lions Club Tuesday night were
urged to attend the Board of
Tax Assessors meeting Monday
in connection with possible tax
equalization.
The Club is among the groups
which have proposed tax equali
zation.
Plans for handling traffic at
the Little League tournament
here tonight and tomorrow night
were also made by the Club
which met at Riegeldale Tavern.
In other action, new commit
tees were announced and dis
cussed; Bill Stephenson was
greeted as a visitor; the club
voted to swap make-up meetings
with the Trion Club: the Little
League financial report was not
complete but the incomplete re
port showed 5350 in the black;
and Glee Bryant was initiated
as a new member by T. J. Espy
Jr.
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MENLO HEARING
SET FOR FRIDAY
Another step in Menlo’s effort
to prevent consolidation of its
high school will come Friday.
Judge S. W. Fariss of Chat
tooga Superior Court will hear
at 10 a.m. a patrons’ request
for an injunction to halt the
merger.
Although the hearing has
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Summerville Teen-Agers
Sponsor Day Camp Here
As Community Aid Project
A group of Summerville teen
agers is proving that teens can
contribute to a community as
well as receive from it.
The Christian Youth League—
comprised of young people from
Summerville churches—is spon
soring a two-week day camp
at the Summerville Recreation
Center.
Forty-five youngsters have
registered so far and the enroll
ment is increasing daily, Olney
Meadows Jr., camp director,
announces.
He noted that next week
should see a real spurt in en
rollment because one Summer
ville church is having Bible
School this week.
The camp is for youngsters
ages 6-12 and is held from 10
a.m. to 12 noon Monday through
Friday.
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TEENS TEACH YOUNGSTERS —Three members of
the Christian Youth League, Olney Meadows Jr., Sylvia
Bush and Marcia Boney, show youngsters at the CYL
day camp how to make Indian headdresses. The camp
i will continue the rest of this week and all next week.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1961
SHOP AT HOME'
AD OFFERS FINE
VALUES; PAGE 14
Shopping at home is profit
able.
And to prove it. Chattooga
County merchants offer “spe
cial specials” in their “Shop
At Home” page ad this week.
Turn to Page 14 and look at
the really good buys you can
get under this inducement
program.
Read every ad. And then go
buy. You'll be glad you did.
LARGE GROUP OF
LEGIONNAIRES
TO ATTEND MEET
A delegation of some 30 Chat
tooga County Legionnaires will
attend the annual state conven
tion in Columbus this week-end.
Speakers for the occasion will
include: Gov. Vandiver, Lt. Gen.
Paul D. Adams, commander of
the Third Army; Lt. Gov. Gar
land Byrd, former Gov. Marvin
Griffin and several high-rank
ing Legion officials.
Those going from Chattooga
County include:
O. R. Fletcher, James A. (Doc)
Giles, Dan Tapp, Ira T. Hawkins,
C. P. Thomason, Mike Grogan,
Julian Henderson, Jim Leath,
Bill Floyd, Charles Floyd, Buddy
Byars, Carl Baker, Charles Col
bert A. P. Neal.
Drue Simmons, Jack Nelson,
Leroy McCarthur, Tommy John
ston, Jim Tedder, O. J. Nelson,
Reno Gardner, Troy Wesson,
Robert Gilmer, Lawrence Robin
son, Ernest Tucker, Sewell Cash,
Carl Anderson, Jesse Harris,
Charles Riley.
Five members of the Chat
tooga American Legion Auxiliary
plan to attend the Auxiliary
convention, held simultaneously
with the Legion meeting in Co
lumbus.
They include: Miss Mae Earle
Strange, president; Mrs. Edith
McGraw, Miss Grace Weaver,
Mrs. Robert Gamble, Mrs. J. D.
1 Twomey and Mrs. E. B. Casey.
The teen-agers are providing
handicrafts, athletics, refresh
ments and transportation for
the children.
Here is a listing of the camp
staff members: Sylvia Bush,
Marcia Boney and David Mas
sey, handicrafts-songs for the
6-8-year-old group; James
Keith, Mary York and Jimmy
Burgess, 9-12-year-old group;
William Barrett, Norman Praet,
Skipper Stewart, Mike Woodard,
Ronnie Lane, athletics; Jimmy
Burgess, Hunt Turner, transpor
tation; and Carol Johnson and
Vicki Day, refreshments.
Mrs. Henry Duke is advisor for
the CYL, which was organized
some months ago. Its purposes
include service to the commu
nity and recreation for its mem
bers.
REV. BRANDEIS
Trion Baptists Set
Late August Revival
And Homecoming
The Trion First Baptist
Church has announced plans for
a revival in late August and the
observance of the annual Home
coming Day.
The revival will open on
Homecoming Day, August 27,
and continue for eight days.
The Rev. Don Brandeis, youth
ful evangelist, will be the speak
er for the series. He has con
ducted numerous evangelistic
crusades since being licensed by
the Lawtey, Fla. First Baptist
Church in 1956. He is vice presi
dent of the Southern Baptist
Convention’s Cons e r en c e of
Evangelism for the current
year.
The revival plans were made
more than a year ago by the late
Rev. Roy Huston, pastor of the
Trion church until his recent
death.
Two Accidents
Reported in County
Two minor accidents—involv
ing no injuries—were reported
by the Georgia State Patrol in
Chattooga County during the
past week.
One occurred Saturday some
three miles south of Summer
ville on U.S. 27 between two out
of-town cars. One was driven by
Billy Ray Fraser of College Park
and the other by John Riley
Haldeman, Texarkana, Tex.
The other accident, which oc
curred two and one-half miles
north of Summerville on U.S. 27
on July 12, involved vehicles
driven by Emory Martin of Sum
merville and James David Allen
of Chattanooga.
Trion Schools
To Open August 25
The Trion school calendar for
1961-62 has been announced by
School Supt. A. J. Strickland.
Classes will start August 25
and teachers will report August
22-24 for pre-planning.
School will end May 25 and
the post-planning period will
end on June 1.
Classes will be suspended on
October 13 for the Seventh Dis
trict session of the Georgia
Education Assn. In addition,
Thanksgiving holidays, Nov.
23-24, Christmas holidays, Dec.
18-Jan. 2, and spring holidays,
March 30-April 3, will be ob
served, Mr. Strickland said.
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.MAKING SOCK PUPPETS—CaroI Johnson of tne
Christian Youth League teaches a group of Summer
ville youngsters how to make sock puppets during the
handicraft period at the day camp now underway
through the sponsorship of the CYL.
Tax Equalization
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Meeting Set Mon.
A public meeting on tax equalization in Chattooga
County has been set for 10 a.m. Monday at the courthouse.
Everyone is invited to attend and express his opinions
on the subject, Claude Ratliff, chairman of the Board of
Tax Assessors, said Wednesday.
Members of the assessors’
board, mayors and councils of
all the municipalities, and Coun
ty Commissioner John Jones are
among those expected to attend.
One of the major topics for
discussion will be the manner of
distribution among the munic
ipalities and the county for the
financing of an equalization
program.
Various groups in the county
have recently called on the
Board of Tax Assessors to in
stitute a program of equaliz
ation and to seek a loan from
the state for such a project. One
of the most recent groups to
recommend equalization was the
July Grand Jury which devoted
THOMASON NAMED
LEGION COMMANDER
New officers of the Chattooga
American Legion Post will be
installed at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
July 28, at Memorial Home.
Perry Purcell, junior vice com
mander of the state American
Legion, will conduct the instal
lation service.
C. P. Thomason will be the
new commander, succeeding O.
R. Fletcher.
Other new officers are: Dan
Tapp, senior vice commander;
Carl Anderson, junior vice
commander; Dwight Mauney,
chaplain; Ira Hawkins, service
officer; Loray Byars, sergeant at
arms; James Giles, adjutant
and finance officer; and Donnie
Espy, publicity officer.
Mr. Purcell is from Marietta
and has served as commander of
his post and been active'ln civil
defense work.
Five Youths to
Attend State
Rec. Conference
Five Summerville delegates
will attend the Georgia State
Recreation Youth Conference
next week at Georgia Southern
College in Statesboro.
Delegates representing the
Summerville Recreation Depart
ment will be Carroll Johnson,
Sue Weems, Mike Baker, Kelley
Hudson and Director Dick
Dickens.
Youth leaders from all over
the state will be present for the
full schedule of events. Ssessions
on youth fitness, postermaking
and party decorations, party
planning promoting club activi
ties, and careers in recreation
are a few of the subjects which
will be covered.
The delegates will also have
an opportunity to hear Dr. Eddie
Neely Anderson, famed Youth
counselor, speak on many phases
of youth activities. In addition,
there will be a western party,
talent show and fun finale as
well as other recreation periods.
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most of its presentments to the
subject last week.
The Chattooga Board of Ed
ucation, the Summerville Lions
Club and the Summerville In
dustrial and Development Cor
poration are among the other
groups which have asked for
equalization.
Mr. Ratliff stressed that all
persons who wish to express
opinions on the subject of tax
equalization are invited to be
present Monday and to explain
why they feel as they do.
One Freed, Two Convicted
On Rope As 'Misdemeanor'
A Chattooga jury Wednesday afternoon convicted two
of three youths charged with rape, and reduced the punish
ment to a misdemeanor—which could mean a sentence up
to 18 months.
Convicted on one count each
were Lamar Gregg, 18, and Gor
don Cochran, 18. Franklin Daw
son, 17, was exonerated by the
jury.
Sentencing of the two youths
is expected by Judge S. W.
Fariss, presiding judge.
Trial of the three began
Monday and the case went to
the jury shortly before noon
Wednesday. The boys were three
of seven indicated in connection
with the April 11 rape of two
young girls at the Pennville
School after hours. The other
four are juveniles and their
cases will be heard before Judge
Fariss in juvenile court.
In the meantime, a jury was
drawn just before adjournment
Wednesday afternoon in the
case of Oliver Perry, charged
with manufacturing liquor.
Parties involved in all other
jurors were dismissed until 1
p.m. today.
In the meantime, a jury in
the Harold Floyd burglary case
Chattooga Loses Pony
League Tourney On
Forfeiture After Brawl
A brawl in the middle of the
final Pony League Tournament
game In LaFayette Tuesday
night resulted in a forfeiture
and Walker County’s winning
the tournament title.
Chattooga’s Pony League had
won the first game 9-4 and
Walker the second, 3-0 in the
series.
Chattooga was ahead 2-1 in
the last game when a disagree
ment arose between the Sum
merville manager and an umpire
in the fourth inning. The man
ager, Ralph Stanley, reportedly
struck the umpire and the brawl
ensued. However, order was
quickly restored by LaFayette
police.
The first inning of the vital
last game had been scoreless but
Summerville’s Lefty Norton had
made it home In the bottom of
the second to give Chattooga a
lead. The local boys retained
their lead until the top of the
fourth when Walker’s snappy
Larry Johnson stole home and
tied up 'the game.
Chattooga broke the tie in the
bottom of the fourth. One man
was on second. And the local
score might have been upped
another notch but the game was
forfeited in Walker’s favor
shortly afterwards.
Here are some highlights of
the first two games:
First game, Monday evening
at Summerville:
Chattooga won 9-4. Chattooga
put up 3 points and Walker 2 in
the first innings and things
stayed that way until the third
when Chattooga added five more
and rather well assured itself of
victory. Each team put up one
In the sixth and Walker added
another in the seventh, to make
a final reading of 9-4.
Randy Hill was pitcher for the
Chattooga Pony outfit, walking
five, giving up two hits and
striking out 10. Getting the hits
for the local team were Rocky
Tate, Rodney Hardeman, Ray
Busby, Randy Hill and Norton.
Scoggins and Denton were the
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PRESBYTERIAN
BIBLE SCHOOL
GRADUATION SET
“Around the World With
Christ” is the theme this week
at the Summerville Presbyterian
Vacation Bible School.
Graduation ceremonies will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at
the church. The Rev. W. E.
Hotchkiss, pastor, will present
the certificates.
About 100 young people are
enrolled in the four groups.
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was still out Wednesday after
noon when the court was re
cessed. Floyd is charged with
burglarizing the R. L. Yarbrough
home.
An involuntary manslaughter
case against John Raymond
Williams Jr. was continued this
week because Williams was hos
pitalized at LaFayette, court of
ficials said. He was charged in
connection with the traffic
death early last year of Mrs.
Scott Cleckler near Menlo.
Disposal of other cases was as
follows:
Harold Day, abandonment,
found guilty, recommended case
be treafeem's Msdeiheanor and
defendant given one year; Byron
Childers alias Childress, two
cases of forgery, three years;
Lebron Yarbrough, burglary, 18
months, nine of which may be
served on probation; Dan Web
ster, escape, 12 months to run
consecutive to present sentence
with three months of the total
to be on probation.
REV. TALLEY TO
LEAD REVIVAL AT
LITTLE SAND MT.
A revival will begin at the
Little Sand Mountain Baptist
Church Sunday and continue
through Sunday, July 30, it has
been announced. Services will
be at 7:45 p.m. each evening.
The Rev. Bruce Talley, Tar
rant, Ala., will be the visiting
speaker.
Special music will be directed
by Ewell Price.
The Rev. Frank B. Lewis, pas
tor, Invites the public to attend.
BONEY TO HEAR
PLEAS ON MONDAYS
Pleas on Chattooga City Court
cases will be heard by Judge
F. H. Boney at 9 am. Monday
and each Monday thereafter,
it was announced this week.
Those interested in pleading
should be on hand at 9 a m. as
the hearing will be concluded as
soon as those present have been
sentenced, the announcement
said.