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VOLUME 76—NO. 33
Quiet Labor Day
Anticipated Here
Labor Day will be observed in Chattooga County with
out fanfare Monday, but there’ll likely be plenty of swim
ming, picnicking and boating if the current heat wave con
tinues.
Most stores and offices in Summerville are expected to
close, but stores in other mu
nicipalities may remain open.
The Georgia Rug Mill and
Montgomery Knitting Company
have both announced plans to
shut down Monday.
Other industrial firms, how
ever, are expected to remain in
operation although some parts
of the Riegel finishing plant
may be closed for the day. Best
Mfg. Co. at Menlo, Summerville
Mfg. Co. at Summerville and
Harriett and Henderson Mills at
Berryton have all announced
they will operate as usual.
Schools in both the Trion and
Chattooga systems will be open
Monday.
R. Browning
Escapes Prison
In Meriwether
Robert Browning, 32-year-old
Summerville man serving a sen
tence for armed robbery, has
escaped from the Meriwether
County Prison branch at Warm
Springs.
He escaped on August 23, ac
cording to information received
by Floyd County Sheriff Joe
Adams.
Browning pled guilty and was
sentenced in June to serve 3 to
8 years for the robbery of a
Rome service station operator,
George Padgett.
Three other men were impli
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Tax Assessors Visit
Stephens County
On Equalization
The Chattooga Tax Assessors
and County Attorney F. H.
Boney Tuesday visited Stephens
County, which completed tax
equalization five years ago.
They learned that the commu
nity appears to be pleased with
the results. Only five persons
submitted cases for arbitration
the first year and only two the
second year.
Stephens County has a popu
lation similar to that of Chat
tooga and is similarly indus
trialized. The County has 18,000
persons compared to over 19,000
in Chattooga.
In the meantime, the Asses
sors plan to hear from another
professional re-appraisal firm
on Friday. They have been con
ferring with representatives of
re-appraisal firms in an effort
to determine just how such a
project would be carried out.
The assessors are Claude Rat
liff, chairman, Herman White,
Frank Dawson, O. C. Mahan Sr.
and Jess Graham.
Aircraft Purchased By Aero
Club; to Be Used for Classes
And Community Emergencies
An airplane has recently been purchased by the Chat
tooga Aero Club.
The craft will be multi-purpose, H. F. Ponder, presi
dent of the Club, pointed out.
It will be available to the community for emergencies
and will be used for flying in
struction purposes, he said.
Mr. Ponder noted that the
plane would come in handy in
the event there is a need for
blood to be flown in, in case of
natural or man-made disaster
and in various other emergen
cies.
In addition, he said, it will be
used for instruction. Arrange
ments are being made with an
instructor to come here and
teach those interested in learn
ing to fly.
The club president said the
membership feels purchase of
the craft will stimulate interest
in flying in this area. The plane
is located on a field at Pennville.
In the meantime, Mr. Ponder
told of plans for organization of
a club of youths who are inter
ested in flying. He said the Aero
Club will show education films
on the subject, take the mem
bers of the young Club up and
take other steps to whet their
appetite for flying.
B hen Does Your
Club Meet? Let
Us Announce It
Are you publicity chairman
or president of some club or
church circle?
If so, let us announce for
you when the meetings will be
held.
The calendar of events,
usually found on the social
page, will be resumed if
enough clubs and circles co
operate. Simply telephone
857-1861 by noon Wednesday.
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Streets Being
Improved in
Summerville
Re-surfacing of nearly six
miles of streets in the City of
Summerville has begun.
Sections of about 20 streets
will receive the improvements.
Among the streets to get ex
tensive re-surfacing are Walnut,
South Congress, Roseway Circle,
West Washington, Ramey Ave
nue, South Allen Street, First
Street and Vine Street
Baptist Assn.
Sets Sessions
Wed., Thurs.
The 70th annual session of the
Chattooga Baptist Association
will be held Wednesday and
Thursday, September 6-7.
The first day will be at the
Spring Creek Baptist Church
the second day with Mountain
View Baptist Church. Both day’s
sessions will open at 10 a.m.
Reports on the denomina
tional and associational work
will be given during the session.
The Rev. J. B. Cantrell, pas
tor of the Unity Baptist Church,
will bring the introductory mes
sage at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Truman Woods, pas
tor of the South Summerville
Baptist Church, will bring the
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Mr. Ponder said plans are pro
, ceeding for completion of the
’; landing strip at the Chattooga
. Fair Grounds. Adjacent area
owned by the county has been
. j cleared of trees, but removal of
.; stumps and grading remain to
; be done.
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ASCS COMMITTEE STUDIES RE
TURNS—Members of the Chattooga
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service Committee
(seated) look over returns Monday aft
er learning all three had been re-elected.
They are (left to right) W. M. Storey,
ASCS Committee Re-Elected;
Blackwell, Cavin Alternates
The three members of the Chattooga County ASCS
Committee have been re-elected, but new alternates were
named.
Harris Edwards was re-elected chairman; W. M. Storey,
vice chairman; and G. W.
Mitchell, regular member.
John Blackwell was elected
first alternate member and
Hobson Cavin second alternate
member. They replace Mark
Strawn and Henry Chappelear,
neither of whom were running.
The vote was counted Monday
at the ASCS office in Summer
ville after some 600 farmers cast
ballots by mail. Approximately
1,000 farmers were eligible to
vote.
Mr. Edwards, with 524 votes,
received the highest number and
thus became chairman again.
Mr. Storey was next with 519 and
thus became vice chairman
while Mr. Mitchell followed with
479 to become the committee’s
regular member.
Blackwell had 337 votes and
Cavin 315.
Others on the ballot and the
number of votes they received
were: B. D. Bohannan, 77; Ralph
Cook, 163; John Denson, 145;
Carl Giles, 102; Austin E. Hurley,
168; W. A. Hutchins, 136; Henry
McWhorter, 206.
Sing Set Sun.
At Courthouse;
Concert Sat.
The Chattooga County Sing
ing Convention will have a sing
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the court
house and will sponsor a concert
at 8 p.m. Saturday at the court
house.
The Brownetts, of Cedartown,
and the Harkins Trio, of Cleve
land, Tenn., will be the guest
singers.
The County and the Fair Asso
ciation have cooperated with the
Club in arranging for the strip.
It has been noted that the strip
will be available for use by the
public in general.
Many industries, including
some in Chattooga County, have
their own aircraft, Mr. Ponder
pointed out. A landing strip
therefore will be of service to
the existing industry and citi
zens and will also be an induce
ment to prospective industry.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1961
Jurors Drawn
After Revision
Report Tues.
Jurors for the September term
of Chattooga City Court—open
ing Tuesday—were drawn from
the revised list.
They will report at 9 a.m.
Tuesday. Judge F. H. Boney will
preside over the session.
The jury revisers met last
week and early this week to
revise the list.
Those drawn to serve in the
forthcoming term were:
Harold E. Pickle, C. E.
Rampley, N. H. Rider, George P.
Yates, Henry R. Smith, Charles
B. Maxwell, W. B. Young, Roy L.
Wilson, Raymond Clowdis,
James C. Lee, Lloyd Williams,
William Mullins, J. J. Gilreath.
Luther E. Lecroy, J. H. Gra
ham, Johnny Bryant, J. B. Wil
lingham, Oliver M. Wooten, Wil
liam T. Fletcher, Fred Bryson,
Dave Houston, Robert L. Woods,
Roy J. Hardeman, Luther Powell,
Homer Crabtree.
Winfield Martin, C. C. Fink.
Woodrow Green, Harris Ed
wards, R. A. Hemphill, Grady
Brown, Raymond Cooper, James
A. Wilson Jr., Roy Flemmings,
Wylene Perry, Lester Daw.->on,
Furman Owens, Leburn Alex
der.
W. T. Kellett, Olin Brown, E. C.
Pesterfield, John C. Groover, Al
fred S. Baker, J. C. Langston.
Emmett E. Day, Gordon Crye,
O. G. Woods, Rice Morgan, C. P.
Plunkett, Harper Adams.
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Pony, Wagon Rides to Be
Offered in Downtown Area
The place of attraction in Summerville during the
next few week-ends will be the corner lot of Washington
and Union Streets.
Here, youngsters may ride ponies and covered wagons,
fulfilling their dreams of riding
western and cowboy style atoj
the pony of their choice. The
thrill of the covered wagon days
viewed on television can come
to life for the children as they
ride the wagons.
The Chattooga Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary is
sponsoring the rides, with Albert.
Franklin, who owns the ponies
and wagons, in charge.
The rides will be held from 3
to 10 p.m. each Thursday, Friday
and Saturday beginning today,
vice chairman; G. M. Mitchell, commit
tee member; and Harris Edwards, chair
man. Standing is Dee Millican, man
ager of the ASCS office here. Elected as
alternates were John Blackwell and
Hobson Cavin.
Carter Has
Four New
Teachers
The A. C. Carter Consolidated
School has four new faculty
members this year, including a
new principal, E. L. Lawson.
Other new teachers are Mrs.
L. B. Lawson, English and li
prarian; Mrs. E. Heard, home
economics; and Mrs. E. Knox,
second grade, who comes from
Holland Elementary School.
The school had an enrollment
i of 378 students in the elemen
tary and high school at mid
week.
1 Several state consultants met
with the Carter faculty during
. pre-planning week. A traveling
i science teacher discussed the re-
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Hospital Authority Studies
Ways to Improve Operation
Meeting Held to Get Data On
How Other Hospitals Function
Ways in which the Chattooga Hospital may be operated
more efficiently and economically are being explored by
the Hospital Authority.
In addition, the county is looking into its obligations
to the hospital.
A group of Chattoogans met
recently with officials of the
Georgia Medical Hospital Coun
cil—a coordinating group be
tween hospitals and physicians.
Attending the session, held in
Atlanta, were these Chattooga
Countians: H. L. Abrams, chair
man of the Chattooga Hospital
Authority; Herbert Gilkeson, ad
ministrator of the Hospital; F.
H. Boney, attorney for Chat
tooga County; Ed Surles, attor
ney for the Hospital Authority;
and Dr. H. A. Goodwin and Dr.
J. J. Allen, both of the Chat
tooga Medical Society.
The Authority is expected to
discuss the matter at its Sep
tember 19 meeting.
The Atlanta discussions were
held in an effort to determine
how this hospital rates along
side others of its size in services,
expenses, rates and other mat
ters.
One thing the Chattoogans
learned is that the Chattooga
Hospital operates with less
money than many other hos
pitals and that its room rates
are lower than average.
Another matter discussed was
that concerning the care of
chari t y patients. Chattooga
County Commissioner John Jones
has been paying the hospital $8
per day on charity patients plus
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and continuing for the next few
weeks. Admission for all rides
will be 25 cents each or five for
sl.
Mr. Franklin has promised
complete safety for the children,
two years of age and up, plus
fun and thrills for all ages.
A concession stand will be op
erated by the Legion Auxiliary
on the back of the lot. Proceeds
will be used by the Auxiliary to
finance Its programs of civic
; welfare.
School of Journalism X
Univ of Georgia
Schools Open in
Midst of Sultry
Heat Wave Mon.
Things were beginning to settle down to normal in the
Trion and Chattooga schools at mid-week, but there was
still no let-up from the heat wave which broke over the
area just as school opened.
Registration in both systems was about the same as
last year — the population loss
not yet having affected the
school enrollments.
Trion had 1,022 students—6ol
in the grammar school, 337 in
the high school, and 54 at West
side School.
The Chattooga system has en
rolled 3,590 students. This is
17 more than at this time last
year.
In the meantime, all county
high school students moved to
the Summerville campus and
the first year of the Chattooga
High School was begun. Con
solidation of the Summerville,
Lyerly and Menlo High Schools
was planned last winter.
Some 634 students have en
rolled In the grades 9 through
12 at the high school. Another
500 are on the campus in grades
6,7 and 8.
The high school curriculum
this year for the first time will
include a Diversified Coopera
tive Training program, mech
anical drawing and Spanish
classes.
DCT Coordinator Alvis Cope
land said he was “snowed” Mon
day by students wanting to take
DCT, a program that allows
students to attend school and
train on the job at the same
time.
“I probably had 100 boys
wanting to take it,” he said.
However, the coordinator noted,
he doesn’t have enough jobs
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MRS: CHARLES MORGAN
Mrs. Morgan Is
New President
Leg. Auxiliary
Mrs. Charles Morgan, newly
elected president of the Ameri
can Legion Auiliary of Summer
ville, presided over the unit
meeting held at the Auxiliary
home on Washington Street last
Tuesday evening.
In addition to Mrs. Morgan
other officers of the Unit have
been elected as follows:
Miss Mae Earle Strange, first
vice president; Mrs. Robert Gam
ble, second vice president; Mrs.
Edith McGraw, secretary; Mrs.
Joseph Twomey, treasurer; Miss
Grace Weaver, historian; Mrs.
Bernice Giles, chaplain; Mrs.
Frank Ledford and Mrs. James
Hawkins, sergeants at arms;
Mrs. E. D. Casey, corresponding
secretary.
Visiting with Unit 129 Tues-;
day evening were Mrs. T. H
Smith, of Calhoun, the Seventh |
District President of the Amerl-;
can Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs. I
Jack Mathis, President of the
Lindale Unit. Mrs. Smith spoke |
to the Chattooga Unit pertain
ing to the state and district ob- j
ligations and requested contin- i
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
available for all of them.
Principal A. L. Clark com
pleted the Chattooga High fac
ulty at the last moment, adding
Mrs. Dorothy Morrison, formerly
of Black Mountain, N. C., to the
English faculty.
The new Chattooga high band
director, George Kayton, arrived
Tuesday and said Wednesday he
is re-organizing the band. Mr.
Kayton is a native of Florida
and has taught there for many
years.
School Supt. Spence said ad
justments are still being made
on the new bus schedule which
went into effect this year. An
official from the State Depart
ment of Education came to the
county a few months ago and
re-routed the buses so they could
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REGISTERING AT CHS
. . . scene on Monday
Stale CD Officials
To Be Here Friday
State Civil Defense officials will meet with the Sum- .
merville CD unit at 7 p.m. Friday to inform them of their
duties.
The session will be at the CD headquarters at the Sum-
merville Recreation Center.
In the rfieantime, a call for the
first volunteers has been issued
by Dr. Marlin Payne, director,
and Luther Smith, deputy direc
tor.
They are seeking volunteers
for rescue classes which will be
gin in two weeks. Those inter
ested are invited to attend the
refresher course at 7:30 p.m.
next Wednesday and observe the
training procedures now under
way for the instructors. Or, they
may simply contact Mr. Smith
or J. B. White for further infor
mation.
The appointments of several
more CD leaders were an
nounced this week.
O. O. Morehead, Jr., has been
named chief coordinator of in
dustry and institution, according
to L. A. Miller, deputy director of
intelligence. Mr. Morehead's
mission will be to prepare a plan
for the most efficient utilization
7 Draftees Go for Exams;
Sept. Call Will Be for 12
Seven Chattooga Coun t y
draftees went to Atlanta yes
terday for physical examina
tions.
They were: Billy L. Almond,
Harry J Gass, Dewey L. Hunter,
James D. Lewis, Hugh M
Mitchell, James L, Pledger and
Cecil W. Watkins.
In the meantime, the Chat
tooga Selective Service Board
has received word that it is to.
send 12 men on Sept. 26 for ’
physical examinations.
Six men will go Sept. 11 for
Induction but they will not be
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Two Sections
County Road
Among Those
In Friday Let
A contract will be let tomor
row in Atlanta on paving of the
Holland-Chattoogaville Road.
The State Highway Depart
ment has announced the road
will be among those on which
contracts will be let, the total to
be around $7,800,000.
The route is some five miles
and in addition to grading and
paving the road, a bridge will be
built.
In the meantime, resurfacing
of the road from Menlo to
Cloudland and thence to the
Walker County line began this
week.
Resurfacing of the road from
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! of all existing industry.
1 Herman Buffington and
’ Charles Farrar have been named
co-chiefs of the emergency in-
. formation section, Mr. White,
deputy director of operations,
has announced. Their mission
will be to provide emergency in
formation to all persons in the
area of responsibility whether
an enemy attack or natural dis-
. aster occurs.
James and Edward Bush have
been named co-chiefs of trans
portation. Their mission is to
determine the transportation
available to be used for the
evacuation of Summerville
should the need arise.
Mrs. M. M. Allen has been
named chief of welfare. The mis
sion will be to provide the ne
cessities of life to evacuees and
to handle other welfare respon
sibilities.
’ from among the group which
went yesterday for examina
tions. A period of at least 21
days must elapse between the
time of the physicals and the
time of induction, Miss Linda
Bankey, clerk of the local board,
points out.
The draft calls here, as else
where throughout the nation,
have been considerably In
creased in view of .the Berlin
situation. Whereas one or two
men a month have been going
for physicals, eight were called
in August (yesterday) and 12 for
September.