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VOLUME 76—NO. 30
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SUMMERVILLE SWIM TEAM — Here
are the members of the Summerville
Recreation Center swim team which
placed third Wednesday in the 7th Dis
trict meet here. They are (left to right,
front) Cris Cook, Laurel Praet, Jan Par
ham, Nancy Marks, Joy Praet, Agnew
Myers, David Praet, Jimmy Bagley, Buz-
Rome Wins District Swim
Meet; Summerville Is 3rd
Rome placed first in the Seventh District Swim Meet
held Wednesday in Summerville. Dalton was second and
Summerville third.
The team from the city of seven hills amassed 144
points to win by a wire margin.
Dalton was next with 64 while
Summerville came in third with
44.
Calhoun and Marietta tied for
fourth place with 42 points each
and Cartersville was last with
24.
Summerville’s first place win
ners were Agnew Myers, Jimmy
Adams. Buzzy Cook and Guinn
Hankins, who won two first
places. Myers was first in age
10 boys freestyle; Adams was
first in 11-12-year-olds free
style; Cook was first in 10 boys
breaststroke; and Hankins was
first in 11-12 butterfly and back
stroke.
Placing second were the fol
lowing Summerville youths: Da
vid Pesterfield, 10 boys butter
fly; Agnew Myers, 10 boys back
stroke; Jimmy Adams, 11-12
boys breaststroke; Don Johnson,
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Georgia Rug Plans Outing
For Employes, Families
The Georgia Rug Mill, a division of Bigelow-Sanford,
Inc., will entertain all its employes and their families with
an outing and barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Sum-
merville Recreation Center.
Dick Brusco, plant manager,
said all employes, their wives or
husbands and children are in
vited and urged to attend.
Elaborate plans are being
made for entertainment and
recreation, with a steering com
mittee in charge.
The festivities will begin at 2
p.m. A barbecue dinner will be
held at 5:30 p.m. with awards to j
event winners and door prizes
following.
The program will include:
horseshoes, potato races for the
ladies, tug-o-war and sack races
for boys and girls, softball, ping i
pong, volley ball, free swimming,
carousel, ponies and a circus I
train ride.
A special feature of the day
will be exhibits of old carpets i
made by Bigelow 75 to 100 years :
ago, Bigelow's new miracle fiber i
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PLANNING GEORGIA RUG OUTING—
Here are the members of the Georgia
Rug Mill committee which is making
plans for a festive family outing and
barbecue August 19. They are (left to
right, seated) Jim Mosley, O G. More
head, Jr., Bill Dodd, (left to right, stand-
zy Cook; (left to right, second row) Boll
ing Farmer, Marianne Clarkson, Kay
Baker, Honey Echols, Bob Agnew, Steve
Thomas, Agnew Myers, David Pester
field; (left to right, third row) Don
Johnson, Jimmy Adams, Guinn Han
kins.
Davis Speaks
At District
Leg. Meet
Congressman John W. Davis,
of Summerville, was the princi
pal speaker Friday night at the
Seventh District Legislative As
sociation meeting held at Lake
shore Lodge on Lake Chicka
mauga.
Davis said he found the work
of a congressman “fascinating
and interesting.” He noted that
Southern members of the House
still wield a great deal of influ
ence and tnat the administra
tion has been dependent on
Dixie congressmen for support
in practically every key roll call
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“Zantrel,” manufactured at the
Hartford, Conn., plant, and
Crestliner boats.
The door prizes will include a
9x12 rug, two 4’6”x6’ rugs, four
27"x54” rugs, copper electric per
colator, electric fry pan, ice
chest, stainless steel cowls,
stainless steel flatware, wrist
watches for boys and girls, plane
carrier, patrol boat, rescue boat
assembly kits, charm bracelet,
knitting set, flower assembly set
and scrapbook.
Members of the steering com
mittee are: Fred Peters, Dur
i ward Petitt, Dick Dickens, Ralph
Brown, Bob Jones, Jim Abney,
Malcolm Gayler, Ruby Walker,
I Sid Brooks, Bob Gayler, Jim
Mosley, Bill Dodd, Hubert John
i son, O. G. Morehead, Jr., Joanne
I McMinn, S. A. Dunson and Glee
। Bryant.
ing) Fred Peters, Dick Dickens, James
Abney, Sid Brooks, Glee Bryant, Bob
Jones, Hubert Johnson, Durward Pettit
and S. A. Dunson. Not shown are the
following members: Ralph Brown, Mal
colm Gayler, Ruby Walter, Bob Gayler
and Joanne McMinn.
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CHATTOOGA ROAD
TO BE INCLUDED
IN SEPT. LETTING
Assurance has been received
in Chattooga County that im
provement of the road from Hol
land to Chattoogaville will be in
the September 1 State Highway
Department letting.
Reps. James H. Floyd and
Joseph E. Loggins and County
Commissioner John Jones this
week said state officials have
assured them this road will be
among those on which contracts
will be let.
The state let contracts July 27
on improvement of the road be
tween Summerville and the Ala
bama line via Lyerly and the
one between Cloudland and the
Walker County line.
In the meantime, work is pro
' ceeding on pavement of the ro&d
from Alpine to Ed Harrison’s
home.
RIEGEL LL TRIP
POSTPONED UNTIL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
Riegel Little Leaguers will not
attend the basebal game in
Chattanooga as originally plan
ned, it was announced Wednes
day.
Instead, they will go on Fri
day, Aug. 18, J. W. Greenwood,
Trion Community Center ath
letic director, said.
Farmers Begin Balloting On
ASCS Committeemen Tues.
Chattooga County farmers will begin balloting Tues
day on the ASCS committeemen for the coming year.
Ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters on or before
that date and they must be returned by Aug. 25. Each
farmer will vote for five persons
from the list of nominees who
were selected by farmer petition
and by the present community
committees.
The person having the most
votes will be named chairman of
the community committee and
will also be delegate to the coun
ty convention. The one receiv
ing the second highest number
of votes will be both vice chair
man of the community commit
tee and alternate delegate to the
county convention. The regular
member and the first and sec-
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1961
Deadline On
LL, PL Pictures
Is Saturday
Better hurry!
The deadline for orders on
the Summerville Little League
and Pong League pictures is
just around the corner—Sat
urday.
The Summerville News is
offering the pictures at $1
each. No telephone orders will
be taken. You may come by or
mail in your order.
2 Re-Elected
To Trion
School Board
Two members of the Trion
Board of Education were re
elected by the Trion City Coun
cil Tuesday.
They are C. B. Bricker, who
was filling the unexpired term
of James (Buddy) Hammond
and Archie Brown. Both men
will serve three-year terms.
Other members of the Trion
school board are Jack Welborn,
chairman, Seab Baker and Jim
Simmons.
Re-election of the two mem
bers was the highlight of the
August meeting of the Council,
presided over by Mayor W. B.
Simmons.
No action was taken on a July
tax protest by a group of Trion
Heights citizens. The Trion
Heights group contended their
property should not be evaluated
on 1961 values while the remain
der of Trion is evaluated on 1952
values. Trion Heights recently
became a part of the town of
Trion through annexation and
the property was evaluated at
that time.
No Futher Data
On Draft Available
No further details on the pro
posed increase in draft calls
have been received here, Miss
Linda Bankey, clerk of the
Chattooga Selective Service
Board, said Wednesday.
Although clerks of the Seventh
District attended a meeting
Tuesday, no details were forth
coming at that time, she said.
State headquarters hasn’t yet
had specific information from
Washington, it was noted.
Miss Bankey has already an
nounced plans to call eight
Chattooga men Aug. 30 for phy
sical examinations. Most will be
about 22>/ 2 years of age. Their
notices will go in the mail Aug.
16.
CALDWELL GIVEN
5 YEARS PROBATION
ON ROME ROBBERY
A 38-year-old Chattooga Coun
ty man pled guilty last week in
Rome to participating last March
in the robbery of a Rome serv
ice station operator.
Frank Caldwell was sentenced
to serve five years on probation,
j Two companions in the rob
bery, Robert Lee Bramlett, 31,
1 and Robert Browning, 32, also of
। Chattooga County, told Floyd
Superior Court Judge Mack G.
Hicks when they were sentenced
in June that Caldwell did not
know of their plan to rob George
I Padgett, 5 Whiteway Circle, un
। til after he had accompanied
I them to Rome.
Bramlett and Browning also
had plead guilty to the robbery
[ and were given 3-8 years in
prison at the time.
I A fourth man charged in the
robbery, Grady Grigsby, 32,
Rome, went to trial and was
found guilty by a jury but has
appealed the conviction.
Trion Man Charged With
Having 'Dangerous Drugs'
A Trion man was charged taut
Friday with possessing “danger
ous drugs” and driving under
the influence.
i James Bailey, Box 123, Trion,
| was arrested by Summerville
Policemen Bobby Plunkett and
Charles Gayler after 46 "yellow
jackets” were found in his pos
session.
| Acting cn a tip, the officers
Civil Defense Program
Shifts Into High Gear
The Summerville civil defense program has shifted
into high gear following the appointment last week of Dr.
Marlin Payne as director.
Three assistant deputies were named and plans for
civil defense classes and for
an office here were announced.
The assistant deputies named
by Dr. Payne and Deputy Direc
tor Luther Smith are: J. B.
White, assistant deputy opera
tions; L. A. Miller, assistant dep
uty intelligence; and Sam Sit
ton, assistant deputy adminis
tration.
Several more appointments
are to be made, Dr. Payne and
Mr. Smith noted.
Classes in rescue, shelter plan
ning, communications, etc., will
begin as soon as the appoint
ments are completed, it was
stated.
Literature on civil defense has
been ordered and as soon as it
arrives a local office of civil de
fense will be set up, the direc
tors said.
Dr. Payne said he is pleased
with the way interest is mount
ing in the program.
‘Many people have expressed
their wishes to help in the or
ganization and it is believed the
majority of the people of Sum
merville realize the wisdom of
making an adequate civil de-
Trion Shows Improvement
During 'Clean-Up' Month
COUNTY SCHOOL
SYSTEM EARNS
125 TEACHERS
; The Chattooga school system
will have only one unearned
teacher this year, as compared
with six last year.
The system earned 125 state
paid instructors and will need
126. Last year, it earned only 122
but hired 128.
Under this year’s arrange
ment, the county will have to
shoulder the salary of only one
person.
Here is the number of teachers
scheduled for each school: Gore
4; Lyerly 9; Menlo 12; Pennville
8; Summerville Elementary 29;
Chattooga High 40; Welmyer 6;
Carter 13; Holland 5.
The system earned three more
teachers this year because of
good average daily attendance
of students during the past
school term.
Beaten Storekeeper
Returned to Home
A 78-year-old Crystal Springs
storekeeper who was brutally
beaten in July at his store has
been released from the hospital.
Will Pledger, who lives just
across the Floyd County line in
Chattooga County, is still not In
condition however for ques
tioning concerning the attack,
officials said.
Mr. Pledger has been near
near death In a semi-conscious
state since he was beaten.
Neighbors of the storekeeper
have posted a SIOO reward for
information leading to the cap
ture and conviction of the
assailants.
In the meantime, Floyd Coun
ty officers and the Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation continue
to investigate the matter.
Mr. Pledger was found in his
store by a truck driver for a
Rome packing company. Offi
cers have theorized that robbery
may have been a motive, inas
much as the man’s billfold was
missing.
Trion Summer Program
End Set for August 18
The Trion Recreation Center's
summer program will end on
Friday, Aug. 18, it has been an
nounced by Director J. W.
Greenwood.
t trailed Bailey in his car in down
-. town Summerville and then
r pulled him over. They said the
I man admitted the capsules
, found in the vehicle belonged
; to him.
1 Two Negroes in the car were
/ released after they denied any
• i knowledge of the capsules and
i Bailey cleared them of any con
s! nection.
sense program a reality,” he
added.
The director said he hopes all
who accept appointments of
leadership in the organization
will have a sincere realization of
the need for such a movement
and will therefore be willing to
make it effective.
In the meantime, Governor
Ernest Vandiver has proclaimed
the week of August 20-26 as
“Georgia Civil Defense Week.”
Special activities designed to
make civil defense materials and
information available to all
Georgians will begin at 2 p.m.,
Sunday afternoon. August 20, at
Ponce de Leon Baseball Park in
Atlanta. The Georgia Civil De
fense Association, an organiza
tion of directors from all over
the State, will be represented.
Models of fallout shelters will be
displayed, along with actual res
cue trucks, a mass feeding unit,
and other items necessary to
civil defense. Free informa
tional materials will be available
to everyone there.
A baseball game will be held at
2:30 between Atlanta and Macon.
Many improvements were
made in Trion during “Clean-Up
Month,” July, and winners in
various contests were announced
this week.
The winner for the Yard of
the Month for the white section
was John Ridley, 16 sth Street.
The winner for the Yard of the
Month in the colored section
was Allen Benson Sr., 278 All
good Street.
The winner for the most im
proved premises in the white
section for July was the home of
James A. Woods, 374 Oak Street.
The colored section winner was
the home of Mrs. Mattie Sue All
good, 281 Allgood Street.
The second place winner for
the most improved premises
went to Fletcher Cleghorn, 345
Walnut Street, and third place
winner was the home of Alfred
Mount, 15 Gray Street.
To further recognize the win
ners, the town of Trion issued
an award to first place winners.
The Zoning and Planning
Committee found many im
provements throughout the town
since their inspection the first
of July, it was noted. There have
been so many improvements
that it was a difficult task to
determine the winners. Much
enthusiasm was shown during
the Clean-Up, Paint-Up and
Fix-Up Campaign and those re
ceiving awards were very
pleased.
The Yard of the Month con
test will run two more months.
August and September, and an
inspection will be made by the
committee. The members are
J. C. Woods, chairman; Mildred
Allmon, secretary; Betty Hyden,
“Jug” Hayes, John Neal and
Eugene Wilbanks.
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YARD OF THE MONTH AT TRION—
Mr. and Mrs. John Ridley (center) were
recognized by Mayor W. B. Simmons
(right) and Councilman J. C. Woods
(left), chairman of the zoning and plan-
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Rural Areas to Get Civil
Defense Data From Agents
People in rural areas of Chattooga County may obtain
civil defense information from County Agent M. H. Pur
cell or Home Demonstration Agent Miss Omie Wiley.
The Extension Service has as
sumed responsibility for a rural
defense information program to
help farm people and others in
rural areas prepare for and pro
tect themselves, crops and live
stock in case of enemy attack.
Extension Director W. A. Sut
ton made the announcement this
week, following an agreement
with the Office of Civil Defense
Mobilization and the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
“The country’s food supply and
continued production ability
would be vital to survival of our
nation is ever attacked,” Direc
tor Sutton pointed out. “Farm
ers have a responsibility both to
themselves and to the nation to
be informed about how an at
tack would endanger their live
stock, crops and continued pro
duction as well as their families.
They need to know so they can
take all practical preparedness
steps now and be ready for fast
emergency action if needed.”
County agricultural and home
demonstration agents, as a part
of their educational work, will
make additional effort to bring
together the facts and help rural
groups and individuals under
stand the implications and prac
tical preparedness steps, he said.
They will have the latest De
partment of Agriculture and
Civil Defense bulletins on radio
active fallout on the farm, bi
ological warfare against live
stock and crops, food stockpiles
and other problems.
They will carry out the rurual
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YARD OF MONTH — Randy Benson (center) son of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Benson, Sr., 278 Allgood Street,
Trion, accepts the check in recognition of the attrac
tive yard al his home. Mayor W. B. Simmons (left)
presents the check, while Councilman J. C. Woods looks
on.
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Two Sections
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
FOUR INJURED IN
OUTBREAK OF
ACCIDENTS HERE
Four persons—including a 7-
months-old child—were injured
in an outbreak of automobile ac
cidents in Chattooga County
during the past week.
They were: Tena Brown, age
7 months, broken leg; Robert
Franklin Slayton, 29, Trion
Route 1, lacerations of the head
and face and abrasions of the
right arm and shoulder; Mrs.
Mellie Pennington Lyday, 37,
Cincinnati, Ohio, lacerations of
the knee; and Mrs. Edna B.
Crowe, Mentone, Ala., lacerations
of the head.
The Brown child was injured
last Friday when the car in
which she rode crashed head-on
into a 1951 truck on the Shin
bone Valley Road. Driver of the
car was Barbara Ann Brown and
driver of the truck was Allen
Louis Hudgins, Summerville
Route 2, according to the Geor
gia State Patrol. Trooper J. B.
Knott, who investigated, said
the collision occurred at a curve.
The other three injuries oc
curred in a pickup truck-car col
lision on the Menlo-Summerville
Road Monday. The State Patrol
said the truck driven by Slayton
slid on wet pavement at the
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ning committee, in connection with their
attractive yard during July. Their yard
was selected above all other white en
tries.