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LYERLY CHORAL GROUP — Members
of the Lyerly Junior High Choral Group
are shown with their instructor, Mrs.
Bert Brogdon (right). The group has
just been formed and includes interested
students in grades five through eight.
Activities at Lyerly Jr.
Hi School Spark Pride
Lyerly School will be neat as a pin come Friday after
noon.
“School Appreciation Day” has been set for Friday at
the school and Principal Lamar Parker explains that to
show their appreciation of the
school, students will work to
ward sprucing it up.
They will wash windows and
walls and pull grass and trim
shrubbery and do anything else
to make their school attractive.
Already, many of the class
room walls have been painted as
a part of the Board of Educa
tion improvement project at the
school. Another project of the
school board is the installation
of new rest rooms in the two
story building and renovation of
the rest rooms in the one-story
structure.
Principal Parker and his two
teen-age sons, Billy and Charles,
painted and laid linoleum in the
school office. A pleasant san
dalwood is used on the walls
with a matching linoleum, while
the filing cabinets and curtains
are an attractive green. The
principal added some of his
mounted game—pheasant, duck,
raccoon, fish—to the walls and
the pleasing result shows what a
coat of paint and a little plan
ning can do. (Taxidermy is a
hobby of the principal and his
sons and they mounted the
game themselves.)
Although the school buildings
and grounds should look much
brighter come Friday afternoon,
there will still be plenty of work
to do at the school.
Mr. Parker plans to have the
School Site Discussions
Underway by Plan Group
Site possibilities for the proposed new Chattooga High
School will be discussed at a planning commission com
mittee meeting Monday night.
The committee, named by the Chattooga-Municipal
Planning Commission, has been. —
studying various sites, aided by
Sidney Thomas and Glenn Wood
ward, professional planners with
the Coosa Valley Planning and
Development Commission. Grady
Ramey heads the committee.
The planning commission was
asked by the Chattooga Board of
Education to provide its advice
in connection with the site mat
ter. The planning group is not
expected to recommend a par
ticular site but instead is ex
pected to arrive at and have
available for the school board
the advantages and disadvan
tages of the sites under consid
eration. It is understood that
some 15 sites have been investi
gated.
The school board will make
the final decision on the matter,
presumably on October 3, the
target date for selection of the
site.
Basic requirements of the
Chattooga Board for the site in
clude these: Some 25-35 acres in
a square or short rectangle; all
usable ground with no perma
nent easements; well-drained;
can be made level without too
much earth being moved; utili
ties available or easily made
available; on main tralfic artery
or closely connected thereto, and
not encumbered with encroach
ment by residential or commer
cial areas; near as possible to
center of school population; if
possible, water from source oth
er than wells.
Preliminary plans call for the
site to eventually have a main
building, auditorium, gymna-
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Officers are Phil Baker, president, (not
shown); Eleanor Kerce, vice president,
(left, back row); Nancy White, secre
tary, (second from left,'back row), and
Vicki Smallan, treasurer (third from
left, back row).
I area behind the one-story class
room building graded so that a
I softball field, badminton court
and volley ball court can be
■ added.
He already has a physical edu
cation program underway and
’ the students have been so en
thusiastic about the program
’ that all have ordered physical
education suits.
Several organizations have
■ been formed since school opened.
, including a 40-member choral
group. Mrs. Bert Brogdon is the
, instructor and the group meets
for 30 minutes at the conclusion
; of classes each day. The group
has much work to do, she notes,
, and the lack of books is one of
' the handicaps. However, she
.: hopes to have them proficient
I enough to sing at a Parent
. Teacher Association me e ting
later in the year.
I Other organizations include a
Junior Science Club, a Junior
French Club and a Junior Home
Making Club. A Beta Club will
; be formed later.
■ A science fair is among the
| things on the agenda for the
;, Lyerly School later this year,
i ; As one teacher put it:
, । “We’re keeping busy down
: here. There’s always something
I interesting going on and there’s
■ a lot of pride in the school now.”
JCC’s Stress
Aims; Plan
Aid for PL
Jaycees aren’t afraid to “roll
up their sleeves” and get the job
done.
So stressed area Junior Cham
ber of Commerce leaders who
visited the Summerville Cham
i ber Thursday night.
John Pelfry, Dalton, who has
held many state and district
Jaycee positoins, was the key-
I note speaker.
He said that Jaycees are dedi
■ cated to making a better com
• munity, a better state, a better
■ nation: they have energy and
■ ingenuity; they are the third
largest civic organization today:
■ they want to build something
• tangible to pass on to their chil
i dren and grandchildren.
1 Charles Austin, Cartersville,
Seventh District Jaycee Presi
dent. introduced Pelfry.
> Bob Fair, chairman of orienta
tion for the district, discussed
the new SPOKE program of the
' Junior Chamber.
I Other Jaycee-leader guests
• were Harvey Paskel, Rockmart,
■ a national director; and Clar
j ence Harris, Calhoun, district
f vice president, north.
The Summerville Jaycees —
sponsor of the Pony League—
• made plans to borrow S9OO to get
i the League out of debt. They
■ will sell calendars to pay off the
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VFW Group to
Attend Meet
In Atlanta
A delegation of Chattooga
County members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will attend a
state-wide meeting in Atlanta
Saturday and Sunday.
Lambert Jones, commander of
the Mason-McCauley Post, will
head the group. Others going
are: Holland Taylor, Harry Far
row, Lester (Flash) Parker, Tom
Lewis Johnston, Charles Riley
and James (Sloppy) Floyd, who
is state quartermaster and ad
jutant.
The meeting will be a progress
review and a kickoff of the
membership drive.
Hurley’s at
Triangle to
Open Oct. 9-12
Hurley’s Food Center at the
Triangle Shopping Center ex
pects to open between October 9
and 12, Tollie Hurley, owner, an
nounced this week.
The store will have its formal
opening at some later date.
Fay Hqrley, Mr. Hurley’s son,
will manage the big store.
It will be located almost in the
center of the shopping facility
and will be larger than the store
in Summerville. The Triangle
store will have some 9,350 square
feet—l.soo more than the Sum
merville store.
The Hurley Store at the Trian
gle will be air-conditioned and
will be open from 7 to 7 Mon
days through Wednesdays, from
7 to 8 on Thursdays and from 7
to 9 Fridays and Saturdays.
ROOF REPAIRS
SEI FOR TRION
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Plans for repairs to the new
buildings in the Trion school
system have been completed,
according to Supt. A. J. Strick
land.
He said the State School
Building Authority will finance
the project. The Authority
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MENLO GROUP DURING BOYCOTT
. . . two parents watch as students huddle
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1961
Patriotic Half-Time
Show Set Friday Night
A special patriotic half-time
program will be presented by
the Chattooga High School
Band at the football game
here Friday night.
The American Legion, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and
Boy Scouts have been invited
to participate, according to
George Kayton, band director.
A selection of patriotic num
bers, a chaplain’s prayer by a
local minister, the pledge to
the flag, the sounding of taps
and a rifle volley escort will be
featured.
Mr. Kayton said the purpose
of the special presentation is
to strengthen the appreciation
of the ideals of democracy.
Chattooga High hosts West
Side at S p.m. at Sturdivant
Field.
17 Draftees
Go Tuesday
For Exams
Seventeen Chattooga County
men will be drafted Tuesday for
physical examinations in con
nection with potential military
service.
The call was stepped up a
week ago from 12 to 17.
Two men have been called for
induction on October 4, but their
names can’t yet be released, Miss
Linda Bankey, clerk of the Chat
tooga Selective Service Board,
said this week.
The draft has been consider
ably stepped up in Chattooga
County and throughout the na
tion since the Berlin situation
reached a critical stage.
LYERLY CHURCH
HOLDS REVIVAL
A revival is underway this
week at the Congregational
Holiness Church, one mile south
of Lyerly.
The Rev. Alvin Crews, pastor,
announces that services are
being held at 7:30 p.m. daily and
he invites the public. The Rev.
Mr. Crews especially invites all
singers.
Menlo Student
Boycott Ends
A boycott of Chattooga High School by a group of
Menlo area students last Thursday and Friday has ended.
Chattooga High Principal A. L. Clark said Wednesday
the absentees were back to normal. He said he understood,
however, that about six of the
Menlo students had enrolled in
Alabama high schools.
O. L. Cleckler, of Menlo, mem
ber of the Chattooga Board of
Education, talked with the group
Friday afternoon and advised
them to return to school. He said
if they returned at once they
would receive no demerits and
he promised to see what he could
do about their grievances.
About a third of the Menlo
area students enrolled at Chat
tooga staged the boycott last
Thursday and Friday, protesting
the Menlo High consolidation
and certain conditions which
they said existed at Chattooga
High.
They converged on the Menlo
Junior High campus Thursday
and refused to attend classes at
Chattooga. On Friday, they
again .assembled —this time
joined by 10 or 12 parents—but
were told they tould not remain
on the campus. They assembled
in an area in front of the gym
nasium, however, and milled
about there throughout the
schoolday.
First CD Class Starts
In Summerville Tues.
The first Summerville civil defense training class will
be held Tuesday.
It will be in rescue and will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Sum
merville Recreation Center, Dr. Marlin Payne, director, and
Luther Smith, deputy director,
have announced.
Classes in fire and police train
ing will be announced in the
near future, they said.
Any person interested in
learning rescue measures is in
vited to attend the class Tues
day night, Dr. Payne and Mr.
Smith said. They urged a large
turnout.
In the meantime, some 50 per
sons were on hand last Tuesday
evening when fire, police, rescue
and radiological units were
started. A nucleus for each of
the groups was formed, it was
stated, but more participants
will be needed for each of the
units.
Training is an important part
of civil defense, the directors
said, and they urged every citi
zen to do his part toward being
prepared to protect himself, his
family aiid his community.
The class Tuesday night will
be the first regular class since
the Summerville unit was re
organized recently. However, a
refresher course for rescue in
structors was held some time
ago.
Chattooga County has selected
Gore as the site for the emer
gency hospital which it hopes to
receive early in 1962 under the
civil defense program, Tom Hogg,
director, said this week. Al
though the county doesn’t have
an active civil defense program,
it did qualify for the hospital
and is making plans to obtain it.
James (Buddy) Lindsey, direc
tor of the Trion civil defense
unit, said this week he expects
to have some details soon on
further plans for his organiza
tion. He said some booklets on
fallout shelters and family pre
paredness are available at the
Riegel personnel office.
Several persons in the county
are constructing fallout shelters,
including the Lewis Scarboros,
Harley Bandys, Ralph Browns,
Bobby Lee Cooks and others.
They selected Larry Boyd, one
of only two seniors “striking,”
as their leader.
Boyd, 18, said the students
। were boycotting Chattooga in
I protest over the consolidation,
I with the hope that they could
■ get “an election” on the matter
I and get their school back. He
i said Chattooga High provided
insufficient food, unsafe wiring
। in the building, overcrowding,
not enough books and other un
. healthy conditions “such as
, having to breathe the air some
i one else has already breathed”.
He and some of the other stu
. dents said they didn’t like the
demerit system at CHS, “be
> cause it is unfair”.
' Boyd and several other boys
, who had played football at
■ Menlo High were especially bit
• ter over what they said were
, “too high” standards for the
i football team at Chattooga.
I They said they quit playing be
cause of this.
I School officials have admitted
: the school is crowded and they
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ONE-WAY
STREETS IN
TRION SET
The Trion City Council has
announced plans for one-way
streets in the town.
The new system will be effec
tive today and will be as follows:
1. Beginning at the intersec
tion of Allgood Street and Park
Avenue at the signal light, Park
Avenue will be one way north to
the intersection at the south end
of the riverbridge.
2. Beginning at the intersec
tion of Park Avenue and Pine
Street, Pine Street will be one
way west to the intersection of
Marsh Avenue.
3. The street at the back of the
apartments, named Moon Street,
will be one way south.
Signs have been erected to this
effect, it was stated.
Lyerly P. O.
Site Chosen
A site has been selected for the
new Lyerly Post Office and the
plans for the building have been
completed.
Lyerly Postmaster Leonard
Smith said this week the new
structure will be located on the
vacant lot across from Craw
ford’s Hardware.
Although the drawings have
been completed, Mr. Smith said,
no date has yet been set for let
ting the contract.
The structure will be built ac
cording to government specifica
tions but the government will
only lease the building.
Special Week
Set al Bethel
A week of “spiritual enrich
ment” is planned at the Bethel
Presbyterian Church, it has been
announced.
The Rev. Gerald H. Kirby,
associate pastor of the Rome
First Presbyterian Church, will
lead the week.
Services will be held at 7:30
p.m. Sunday through Friday,
Sept. 29.
The Rev. Leroy P. Gwaltney,
pastor, invites the public to at
tend.
Bethel Church is located in
the Gore community, just west
of the Gore School.
S’ville Elementary Makes
Progress, PT A Told Tuesday
The principal of the Summer
ville Elementary School said
Tuesday she feels the school is
making progress.
Mrs. F. H. Boney, speaking at
the Parent-Teacher Association,
said the school has a library that
is above average; that the school
has more audio-visual equip
ment than the majority of
similar schools; that the teach
ers are exceptionally well-quali
fied; and that the lunchroom is
able to serve good meals.
Mrs. Boney also explained
something of the operation of
the school system. She said that
the state allots funds to the
school systems on the basis of
average dally attendance, not
enrollment. She pointed out that
all of the money paid the teach
ers comes from the state level.
Local teachers, she said, receive
no money from the local levetl
and they do not have social
security.
Standing committees were
named at the meeting. Chair
men were selected as follows:
Mrs. Ruby Salley, membership:
Mrs. Mary T. Marks and Mrs.
Helen Brusco, program; Mrs.
Rosemary McWhorter, hospi
tality; Mrs. Martha S. Jackson,
finance; Mrs. Nan Rich, pub
licity; Mrs. Toni Tutton and Mrs.
Willene Newsome, PTA maga
zine; Mrs. Helen Floyd, room
representative; Mrs. Jo Shavin
and Mrs. Mary R. Marks, health;
Mrs. Hazel McCollum. Congress
publications; Mrs. Mary Ann
Neal, music; Mrs. Pauline Ran
som, safety: Mrs. Frances Bag
ley, Mrs. Mary R. Marks, cloth
ing; Mrs. Martha Thomas, nurs
ery; A. A. Farrar, legislation;
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FALLOUT SHELTER NEARS COMPLETION— This is
a scene at the entrance to the Bobby Lee Cook fallout
shelter in Summerville. The shelter is being built in the
hillside at the rear of the Cook home on Roseway Circle.
Mr. Cook said he is concerned about the possibility of
nuclear war and wants to be prepared to save his fam
ily in the event such a war should come. He said the
shelter is a family project and that his children have
been quite interested in it. The shelter will be stocked
with supplies to carry the Cooks through “at least two
weeks,’’ says the young attorney.
Fair Exhibit Space
Now Nearly Doubled
More exhibit space than ever before will be provided
at the Chattooga County Fair this year. Dates of the fair
are Oct. 5, 6 and 7.
The main exhibit building has been re-done inside and
exhibit space will be nearly
doubled under the new arrange
ment.
Two aisles will be used with
exhibits against the walls and
back-to-back in the middle of
the big building. Previously, the
exhibits were merely around the
walls.
An Agricultural Extension
Service expert came up to as
sist with planning the re-ar
rangement.
Leroy Massey is fair manager.
In addition to re-arranging
the exhibits, Fair Association of
ficials are also re-arranging the
system of entries and awards. It
is believed, Mr. Massey said, that
there will be no confusion under j
the new arrangement.
The Cumberland Valley Shows I
will again present the midway at
the fair.
Mrs. A. A. Farrar, pre-school;
Clarence Gilley, juvenile protec
tion; Mrs. Joe Stewart, mental
health; Miss Katheryn Manning,
exceptional child; the Rev.
William Hotchkiss, audio-visual;
Mrs. Lambert Jones, inspiration;
and Robert Floyd, ways and
means.
The Cub Scouts presented the
devotional at the session.
The PTA has a balance of
$340 93, it was announced by the
treasurer.
Parties for Halloween, Christ
mas and Valentine’s Day were
approved by the room mothers’
committee.
Room counts were won by Mrs.
John Jones’ first grade, Mrs. R.
W. King's third grade and Mrs.
A. L. Clark’s fourth grade.
A civil defense program will be
presented at the next meeting,
to be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 10.
CIVIL DEFENSE FACTS
Wherever you are, in the event of nuclear attack, seek the
best available protection and stay there as long as you can or
until advised to come out.
The best protection is an underground shelter with at least
tttee jeet o/ earth or sand above it. Two feet of concrete will give
lh.c same protection.
If such a shelter lias an adequate door and an air filler, it
vrill give you almost comnlete protection.
An ordinary house tuithout basement probably would cut the
radiation in half, if you stay on the first floor near the center of
the house.
Staying in a house basement will reduce your exposure to
about one-tenth the outside exposure. If you can sandbag the
basement windows, there will be a further reduction.
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TO SPEAK AT CHURCH—The
Rev. James A. Cross, general
overseer of the Churches of
God of Georgia, will speak at
the Summerville Church of
God at 11 a.m. at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. He is the chief execu
tive of the Church of God In
ternational and has supervi
sion of the church throughout
the world. A native of Florida,
the Rev. Mr. Cross has pas
tored churches over the South,
served on the Lee College
Board of Directors and served
for nine years as a member of
the Supreme Council.
IRION TEACHERS
SET IN-SERVICE
SESSION SATURDAY
Trion system teachers will
have the first in their in-service
training sessions Saturday, Supt.
A. J. Strickland has announced.
It will be on mathematics and
will be led by Mrs. Gladys
Thompson, mathematics con
sultant with the State Depart
ment of Education.
Teachers will assemble at 9
am. and the session will con
tinue until noon or shortly
thereafter, Supt. Strickland said.