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GLUME 76—NO. 32
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Two more officials for the
Summerville Civil Defense pro
gram have been named.
Holland Martin has been
selected as chief of manpower,
Evans Scoggins, deputy director
of logistics, has announced.
The mission of the manpower
unit will be to administer a pro
gram which will provide for a
maximum utilization of all per
sonnel resources in the local
area in the event of an emer
gency. The manpower structure
is a part of the logistics division.
Miss Grace Weaver has been
named chief of attack warning.
L. A. Miller, deputy director of
intelligence, has announced.
The mission of this group will
be to establish an effective
warning system throughout the
Summerville civil defense area
of responsibility. It also will
have as its duty coordination
with other civil defense organ
izations so that neighboring
communities also receive the
attack warning.
J. B. White, deputy director of
operations, has urged all those
who have had a civil defense
rescue course to attend the re
fresher course being held on
Wednesday nights at the Sum
merville Recreation Center.
The Summerville Civil Defense
program swung into action re
cently with the appointment of
Dr. Marlin Payne as director
and Luther Smith as deputy di
rector.
A headquarters has been
established at the Summerville
Recreation Center and plans are
underway for training courses.
Mrs. Hames
Honored at
Writers Meet
Robbye Lee Hames, columnist
for The Summerville News, was
one of four writers receiving
honors at the Southern Writers
Workshop at the University of
Georgia in Athens.
She received the Constance
Burke Award for a work now in
progress for an Incomplete man
uscript entitled “Beyond Will’s
Valley”.
The three other writers
honored were: Mrs. Merle Tilley
Carroll of Ozark, Ala. for ju
venile literature: Miss Mary
Jane Hamilton of Dalton for
poetry; and Mrs. Shirley Slater
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Georgia Rug Outing Draws
1,000 Persons Saturday
Before a backdrop of blue skies, gentle breezes and
carousel music, some 1,000 persons turned out Saturday
afternoon at the Summerville Recreation Department for
the Georgia Rug Mill’s first annual family outing.
“A good time was had by all”
might well sum up the festive
afternoon.
The occasion was deemed a
success and Rug Mill officials
announced that it would become
an annual one.
The afternoon was planned ■
with every member of the family
in mind. Small children rode
ponies, the circus train or the :
carousel. Older youngsters and I
adults participated in sack races, 1
volley ball, ping pong, tug-o-war,
potato races, horseshoes, soft
ball and swimming. And many |
used the occasion to catch up on I
visiting old friends.
The afternoon was climaxed
with a big barbecue and the
awarding of prizes. Mrs. Vera
Nalley won the 9x12 rug which
was presented, while Coleman
Ledford and Kay Pledger won
the youth wrist watches. Many
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YOUNGSTERS ENJOY RUG MILL
OUTING — It was a day for the kiddies
and turn out they did Saturday at the
first annual Georgia Rug Mill outing.
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REGISTRATION UNDERWAY AT TRION — Several
11th graders at Trion High School are shown register
ing Wednesday morning. Miss Monica Pennington
(left) their home room teacher, confers with the stu
dents on their schedules before they fill out the regis
tration cards.
12-Year-Old Youth Leads in
Fallout Shelter Construction
“. . . And a little child shall lead them. . . ”
Marty Brown isn’t exactly a little child. He’s a hefty
12-year-old.
But this week he was leading his town in the construc
tion of fallout shelters. .
Marty, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Brown, 9 Allen Street, de
cided this week he would build
a shelter for his family and he
immediately set to work on the
project.
By noon Wednesday, he and
his friend, Marshall Lewis, 15,
had finished digging the foun
dation. He expects to get on
with the other work as soon as
possible.
“It was all a surprise to us,”
said Mrs. Brown. “We came
home from work Monday and
there was all this civil defense
literature about the house.
Marty had gone down to the
Recreation Center and got, it so
other door prizes were presented.
Among the winners of the
events were: R. C. Hardeman,
men’s single horseshoes; Tommy
Dillard and Billy Pearson, men's
double horseshoes; Mrs. Nalley,
। women’s single horseshoes; Ray
Casey, boys’ single horseshoes;
Mrs. Brown, potato race: main-
I tenance department, tug-o-war.
In a feature event of the
! afternoon, the Rug Mill softball
team “edged” the supervisors
, 22-2,
Many community leaders
I turned out at the invitation of
j the Rug Mill. Among them were:
John Jones, County Commis
sioner; J. P. Smith, Menlo
mayor; William P. Selman,
chairman of the Chattooga
Board of Education and a mem
ber of the Summerville City
Council; Judge and Mrs. F. H.
(Thr Sitnniwrmlh
he could decide which type fall
out shelter to build.”
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Boney; Mrs. J. R. Burgess, of the
Summerville Parks and Recrea
tion Board and Mr. Burgess;
County School Supt. James
Spence; Everett Lunsford of the
Chattooga-Municipal Planning
Commission and the Summer
ville Parks and Recreation
Board; John Bankson, a direc
tor of the Coosa Valley Area
Planning and Development
Commission; Chattooga High
School Principal A. L. Clark: O.
G. Morehead Sr., member of the
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Here, a group is lined up, waiting to ride
the ponies, while a circus train, in the
background, roams about, filled to the
hilt with youngsters.
NEW BUSES AWAIT MONDAY— W. H.
Dean, head of the Chattooga School Bus
Garage, stands beside the fleet of six
new school buses which will go into
service Monday morning. Each bus is a
60-passenger vehicle. The Board of Edu
cation borrowed $30,000 for the pur
chase, planning to pay it back over the
next few years with money which the
state grants for transportation pur-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDA Y, AUGUST 24, 1961
Trion System Opens Friday,
County Schools on Monday
The trek back to school starts in Trion Friday and in
the county system Monday.
Enrollments in both systems are expected to be about
the same as last year—l,ooo in Trion, 3,800 in Chattooga.
Registration of high school
students at Trion began Tues
day and will end today, with
classes for all Trion students to
start tomorrow. Supt. A. J.
Strickland has announced that
Friday will be a full day of
school and that the lunchrooms
will be open.
Chattooga High School bus
students will register Monday
morning and remain at school
throughout the day. Non-bus
students, however, will register
from 1 to 3:30 u.m. Monday and
need not report Monday morn
ing, School Principal A. L. Clark
has announced.
Lunchrooms in all Chattooga
County schools will be open
Monday and a full day of classes
will be held in the elementary
schools, Supt. James Spence has
announced.
Teachers in the county began
pre-planning week Monday,
while those in the Trion system
started on Tuesday.
The Trion system had filled
all vacancies on the eve of
school opening. However, Chat
tooga High Principal Clark was
still looking for one high school
English teacher Wednesday.
A band director for Chattooga
has been hired and two other
vacancies also have been filled
within the last week, Mr. Clark
Tax Men Learn Details
Os Appraisals From Expert
How a professional firm would go about appraising
property in Chattooga County was discussed at a meeting
of Chattooga tax assesors and county and municipal lead
ers Tuesday.
Alec Johnson, of Cole-Laycr-Trumble Company, De-
catur, an engineering firm, was
the guest speaker.
Meetings with representatives
of other firms also are planned,
county officials said The tax
assessors called for the sessions
' some weeks ago after a public
| meeting endorsed tax equallza-
I tion.
Mr. Johnson stressed that his
firm does appraisals but that it
doesn’t do assessments. He said
the assessing is done by the
Board of Tax Assessors.
An engineering firm, he said,
merely determines the fair mar
ket value of the property In the
county. The assessors then de
cich' on what percentage the
taxes will be levied. This per- [
centage, in counties, usually
runs from 25 to 50 per cent ol
market value. The tax rate Is
then set by the commissioner.
Here are some of the other
things Mr. Johnson said:
Before you can appraise prop
erty you have to locate It, map
it, and get details on it.
Consultations are made with
bankers, real estate men and
others until a complete picture
of the values of property here Is 1
Motorists and school stu
dents should exercise extreme
caution, Summerville Police
Chief Griffin Pledger said this
week.
Noting that school opens
Monday in Summerville, he
urged every motorist to ob
serve the speed limits care
fully and to watch our for
children. At the same time, he
urged parents to caution their
children to watch closely be
fore crossing streets.
“This is a matter of concern
for every one of us,” Chief
Pledger said, “and we must see
to it that none of our children
arc hurt.”
said.
The new band director, George
Kayton, will arrive about Aug.
30. He taught last year at Coch
ran High School and for 15 years
taught band in Florida.
The other most recent addi
tions to the Chattooga High
staff are James King Dunn, Jr.,
formerly of Etowah, Tenn., and
a graduate of Vanderbilt Col
lege, and Mrs. Charlton Tucker,
who taught at Lyerly last year.
An enrollment of some 785
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chases. In addition to buying the six
new buses, the Board of Education has
completely renovated the 16 old buses
which will be used and State Trooper
Jack Knott recently declared that the
fleet is the best the county has had in
10 years and is indeed one of the best
in this area. Each of the old buses has
been repainted and sterilized. (For a
picture of the old buses turn to page 10).
[obtained. “We investigate much
1 as a prospective buyer would.”
Farm land is not classed alike,
but broken down into the till
able, pasture, woodland, waste-
I land and homesite parcels.
If a depression should occur,
evaluations of property would
be lowered by the assessors. For
instance, if an industrial plant
[ should go into part-time opera
tions or farm property prices
I should skid, these things should
be taken into consideration by
the assessors. The market value
is the thing to consider and if
the market value declines, ad
justments should be made.
Any property owner would
have the right to appeal (as he
now has) any appraisal which
he considered unfair. The pro
; fessional firm sits in on the
appeals and It it appears a mis
take has been made, an adjust
ment is made.
When buildings are erected
after the survey Is completed,
this can be kept up with easily
if the county has a building per-1
mit system. If it doesn’t, the tax
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FB OFFICERS, WIVES AT OUTING—
Here are the Chattoga Farm Bureau of
ficers and their wives, shown at the an
nual family outing held Tuesday after
noon at Memorial Home. They are (left
to right, front) Mrs. Dee Millican, Mrs.
G. W. Mitchell, Mrs. G. E. Doster, G. E.
Gunfire
Exchanged
In Lyerly
An exchange of gunfire
occurred in downtown Ly
erly Monday night between
a frustrated burglar and the
town policeman. No one was
hurt.
The burglar got away and
hadn't been apprehended by
late Wednesday.
Policeman Bill Jones was
making his regular rounds about
2 a.m. Tuesday when he noticed
someone attempting to enter
the rear door of Crawford’s
Hardware, according to Mayor
Bill Bishop.
When Jones yelled at the man,
he was greeted by a pistol shot.
As the officer returned the fire,
the would-be burglar fled on
foot. Mayor Bishop said. The
officer saw no car in the area.
Officer Jones had been on his
new job just one week and one
day when the gunfire incident
occurred.
Several months ago, a Lyerly
officer, Homer Mitchell, was tied
up; and held prisoner while two
Lyerly stores were burglarized.
Six County Men io Be
Inducted in September
Six Chattooga County men will be drafted for induc
tion into military service September 11, Miss Linda Bankey,
clerk of the Chattooga Selective Service Board, announced
this week. r
They will soon receive their
notices, she said, but the names
can’t yet be released.
In addition to the induction
call, Miss Bankey will send
eight men next Wednesday for
physical examinations. Those
who pass are likely to be called
rather quickly, she said, al
though a time lapse of at least
21 days must occur.
Miss Bankey pointed out that
she hasn’t yet received orders on
the September physical exam
ination call but expects to mo
, mentarily.
“I think it will be rather
I large, considering the fact that
I wc arc to induct .six during next
i month,” she said.
Miss Bankey explained that
I the men who will be inducted
j September 11 will not come out
lof the Wednesday physical ex
i amination call. She has eight
j men on hand who have already
passed physicals and six of these
will be sent on September 11.
However, this will leave only
two men on hand for the Sep
tember induction call and the
remainder will come out of the
Wednesday physical examina
tion, Miss Bankey said.
The call for six men to be in
ducted in one month is a great
increase, Miss Bankey pointed
out. Only two men had been in
ducted so far this entire year.
Gore Man Suffers
Severe Foot Cut
A Gor<' man was in "fair" con
dition at Chattooga Hospital
Wednesday after receiving a
severe cut to his foot Tuesday, j
Henry Hendrix sustained the
cut using a cut-off saw to saw j
some boards.
Putting his foot up to brace
himself, he accidentally put It
on the saw instead of wood,
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Doster, secretary-treasurer, and Mark
Strawn, a director; (left to right, rear)
Dee Millican and G. W. Mitchell, both
directors, Henry Chappclear, president,
and Mrs. Chappelear. Close to 200 per
sons were on hand for the cook-out.
Forfeiture of New
Hope Charter Is
Sought in Petition
A petition has been filed declaring that the charter for
New Hope University was obtained fraudulently and ask
ing that it be forfeited.
A hearing on the matter has been set for Sept. 11 in
VA OFFICER TO
SPEAK AT LEGION
MEETING FRIDAY
W. E. Jackson, manager of
the Rome office of the Veterans
Administration, will be the
speaker at the American Legibn
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The meeting, to be held at
Memorial Home, will feature a
discussion by Mr. Jackson on
services available to veterans.
He will also answer questions
from the group.
DRIVING IN CITY
UNDER AGE 16 MUST
STOP, SAYS CHIEF
A crackdown on youths below
age who drive was announced by
Summerville Police Chief Griffin
Pledger Wednesday.
He said that boys and girls
who are not yet 16 must not
drive in the city under any cir
cumstances. However, those age
15 with learner’s license may
drive outside the city.
Chief Pledger said it has been
brought to his attention that
many boys and girls with only
learner's licenses are driving in
Summerville.
"We are going to crackdown
on this violation,” he said.
Leak in Main Line Causes
Water Shortage at Lyerly
A nearly-hidden leak in the main line—and not trouble
at the wells—caused Lyerly to be threatened with a water
shortage last week.
The leak was dUcoverec
cording to Mayor Bill Bishop,
and the town now has an ample
supply of water.
The leak was located in the
main line near the Pure Oil
Service Station but was not dis
covered earlier because the
water had been going into a
nearby sewer, Mayor Bishop
said.
Cliff Woodall noticed clear
water near the site early Mon
day and, since there hadn’t been
a recent rain, became suspicious.
A check showed that the pack
ing had blown out of a joint in
the main line.
Losing this water over a period
Summerville before Judge S. W.
Fariss of Chattooga Superior
Court.
The charter was obtained June
6 by E. S. Sinclair of Summer
ville, who listed as applicants
himself, his wife and 11 out-of
town men.
The petition for forfeiture,
filed by Sol. Gen. Earl B. Self,
said it is suspected that the
names of the 11 men, many of
whom were educators, were used
without the consent of the per
sons and that they were not in
fact applicants for the charter
for New Hope University.
Furthermore, Self said in his
petition, Sinclair did not pre
sent the addresses of the appli
cants as required by law and he
did not have a State Board of
Education certificate which
would be necessary for the
establishment of any institution
that plans to confer degrees.
Sinclair and his wife have
both been served copies of the
petition and will be asked to
show cause on Sept. 11 why the
charter should not be forfeited.
Sinclair was fired as a Menlo
High School teacher last fall a
few weeks after he was hired.
He announced plans for the pro
posed University, which he said
i would probably be located in
Chattooga County, late this
I spring. Recently, the ex-school-
I teacher had announced he
would conduct a fund-raising
program with the idea of pur
chasing the Castle in the Clouds
near Chattanooga for the pro
i posed University.
In the meantime, the Sum
merville City Council last week
denied him a permit to solicit
funds in Summerville for a pro
posed Chamber of Commerce.
The Council acted after a peti
■ tion was received from 60 Sum
' merville merchants stating they
had no connection with the pro
| posed Chamber and asking that
Sinclair be denied the right to
solicit funds for it. Sinclair had
not obtained a charter for the
proposed Chamber.
d early Monday morning, ac
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e of time had caused the wells to
become low, Mayor Bishop ex-
e■ plained.
11 The trouble began about two
- weeks ago when town officials
r I discovered the water level in the
t reservoir was dropping although
) a new well had been put into
’ operation only recently.
i When the drop continued,
Mayor Bishop called on the
i Georgia civil defense organiza
tion and a National Guard port
able water filtering unit was im
i mediately dispatched.
i The unit filtered water from
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