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VOLUME 76— NO. 37
Plan Group Suggests
5 School Plant Sites
For Consideration
A planning commission committee is understood to
nave suggested that the Chattooga Board of Education
select from one of five sites the location of the new high
school. °
Some 15 sites were originally under consideration.
The school board will make.
the final decision, presumably j
next Tuesday, and it has the
privilege of selecting from the
five recommended by the plan
ning group or of selecting some
other site. The five recom
mended were not disclosed.
The school board had asked
for recommendations from the
Chattooga-Municipal Planning
Commission and its technical
aides, Sidney Thomas and Glenn
Woodward, professional planners
from Rome.
The entire planning commis
sion met Monday night in spe
cial session to hear the recom
mendations of the school site
committee which President J. T.
Morgan had appointed. Grady
Ramey heads the committee,
and the members are O. L.
Cleckler, Grover Jackson, Mark
Strawn. O. G. Morehead Sr., Bill
Mitchell and Leroy Massey.
Also on hand for the meeting
were Architect M. G. Turner of
Rome, who has been hired by
the school board to plan the
building; Mr. Thomas; and
School Supt. James Spence.
Mr. Thomas had drawn up
and mimeographed the good and
bad points of several sites for
the committee and commission,
following an on-the-spot inves
tigation by himself. Mr. Wood
ward and the planning commis
sion committee.
The school board has an
nounced plans to erect a new
Chattooga High School plant at
some site outside Summerville.
Construction of the new school
is contingent on passage of a
bond issue. The vote is set for
sometime next spring.
In the meantime, preliminary
plans are being made and an
option will be taken on the
selected site.
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Rev. Jones
New Pastor
At Menlo
The Rev. Billy L. Jones, a for
mer pastor ot tne Subngna Bap
tist Church, has accepted the
pastorate of the Menlo Baptist
Church.
The Rev. Mr. Jones comes to
Menlo from Rossville, his home
town. He attended the Univer
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OLD SCENE OF TRION STORE, WHICH CLOSES SATURDAY—
This is an 1888 scene of The Trion Department Store, which closes
its doors Saturday. The photo was provided by Roy Clark, Sr. As
sembled in front'of the store beneath the mulberry trees are cot
ton mill employes. The store, managed by Roy Bruce, has already
closed many departments, but the final closing will come on Sat
urday and the building will later be used by Riegel Textile Corpora-
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Oct. Term to
Include Some
Crime Cases
Several criminal cases will be
heard during the October term
of Chattooga Superior Court,
Judge S. W. Fariss said late last
week.
Earlier, plans had called only
for civil cases.
However, Judge Fariss, in
Summerville Thurs day, an
nounced the changing plans. He
drew nine more names for jury
duty, specifying that the newly
drawn jurors report at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 11. Those drawn
earlier are to report on October
9.
The newly-drawn names in
clude: Carlton D. Cordle, Lionel
Pope, James H. Leath, H. A. Len
derman, J. W. Shields, Wilburn
Willingham, H. C. McWhorter, J.
A. Scoggins and William C. Aber
nathy.
The civil calendar for October
includes 29 cases.
Lyerly P. O.
Bids to Be
Opened Oct. 30
The contract for construction
of the new Lyerly Post Office is
expected to be let on October 30.
The bids will be opened on
that date for the 2,015-square
foot building. It will be located
across from Crawford Hardware
on Alpine Street.
The building will be on 10-year
lease with two five-year renewal
options by the government.
Interested parties should con
tact Real Estate Officer William
H. Allen, Post Office Box 4786,
Atlanta.
News of the bid opening date
was relayed to The Summerville
News'by Senators Herman Tal
madge and Richard Russell.
DISTRICT LEGION AND
AUX. TO MEET HERE SUN.
A Seventh District-wide meeting of the American Le
gion and American Legion Auxiliary will be held Sunday
at Chattooga Memorial Home.
Jim Leath, of Trion, Seventh District Legion com-
mander, will preside.
Mrs. Bernice Giles of Trion,
district chaplain of the Aux
iliary, and Jack Holsomback,
Lindale, district chaplain of the
Legion, will have charge of a re
ligious service at 10 a.m. The
CLOTHING NEEDED FOK CHILDREN HERE
Help some chilti.
Contribute your school-age
clothing which you aren’t
using to the Summerville Ele
mentary School clothes closet.
That is the plea of the
School Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation this week. Shoes and
clothing of all types for chil
dren through the fifth grade
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Riegel Awarded 3rd
And Largest Contract
Os Year From Govt.
The Trion Division of Riegel Textile Corporation has,
received its third large government contract of the year—|
and the largest so far.
The $2,057,650 contract award was announced Wednes
day by Congressman John Davis ——-—; —
of Washington. It calls for three received a $1,901,000 contract,
and one-half million square Both contracts called for about
yards of cotton sateen to be used three million square yards of
by the military. ,
Preston David, Trion Division cotton sateen.
manager, said Wednesday he did When the March contract was
not know about the latest con- awarded, Mr. David said it would
tract. However, he said, such a affect operations at Trion be
contract would probably assure tween June 30 and November 30,
“a fuller run schedule” He said assuming steadier employment
it would not mean additional during the normally slow sum
employes. mer months.
In March of this year, Riegel’s The Trion Division has some
Trion Division received a $1,625,- 2,750 employes and has a $lO
580 contract and on July 13 it million annual payroll.
Booths Are Still
Available for
‘Best Fair Yet’
A fair unsurpassed in Chattooga County history is be
ing planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5, 6
and 7.
Further plans for the event were made Tuesday night
when the Fair Association offi
cers met at County Agent M. H.
Purcell’s office. They said- it
would be “the best fair yet”.
It was announced that booths
for use by church, school or civic
groups are still available this
week and that commercial ex
hibits may still be accepted.
Those interested should contact
Leroy Massey, Fair manager, or
Charlie Brooks.
Some SI,OOO has been spent on
the exhibit building this year,
keynote address will follow.
After lunch, the Legion and
Auxiliary will hold separate
business meetings.
Some 150 men and women
from over the district are ex
pected.
are needed.
Simply leave what you have
at the school or call Mrs.
Claude Bagley, Jr., 857-5814,
or Mrs. Charles Marks, 857-
5863, and it will be picked up.
“Let’s not let children in
our community be in need,"
say Mrs. Bagley and Mrs.
Marks. “Give what you are
not using."
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1961
re-arranging the display area
. and almost doubling it, Associa-
tion directors said. An expert
from the State Extension Service
assisted the directors in re
arranging the area. Under the
new plan, the central part of the
building, as well as the areas
next to the walls, will be utilized.
The midway, to be furnished
by Cumberland Valley Shows,
also will be larger this year.
Another improvement will be
in the handling of entries. A
streamlined system of record
keeping will be instituted.
Those attending Tuesday
night’s meeting were: Mr. Mas
sey, Mr. Brooks, Howard Baker,
Tommy Johnston, John Groover,
Everett Lunsford, Charles Sum
ner, Jess Mitchell, Ralph Cook
and Grady Winters.
Coach McCain
‘lmproved’
After Attack
The condition of Trion Ath
letic Director Sam McCain was
“improved" Wednesday after-I
noon, Riegel Hospital officials
said.
Coach McCain suffered a heart
attack at school around noon
Monday and was immediately
hospitalized. He was kept under
an oxygen tent until Tuesday
night.
Although he had shown im-1
tion for manufacturing or storage purposes. The Triangle Shopping
Center in South Trion will open in early October, providing handy
shopping facilities for Trion area people. In the meantime, collec
tion of Trion store accounts will continue. The credit manager will
move her office to the cashier’s section of the main office for this
purpose.
Fire Almost Plays Havoc
With CD ‘Rescue’ Plan
The hoax was almost jinxed!
It all happened last Wednesday night.
Summerville civil defense leaders and Summerville
police arranged a rescue hoax in an effort to sharpen up
DRAFT CALL
DOUBLED
IN OCTOBER
The Chattooga draft call for
October has been doubled over
that of September.
Thirty-seven men will report
October 10 for physical examina
tions, Miss Linda Bankey, clerk
of the Chattooga Selective Serv
ice Board, said this week.
All of them have been notified,
she said. Most are about 22>/ z
years of age and some are single,
while others are married.
The number to be called for
induction in October hasn’t yet
been annqunced, Miss Bankey
said. However, one man is sched
uled to report for induction next
Wednesday.
In the meantime, 18 Chattooga
Countians went Tuesday for
physical examinations—the Sep
tember call.
They Were: Billy L. Almond,
Clayton G. Asbury, Jesse H.
Burts, Robert L. Cochran, David
R. Herod, Johnny F. Ingle, Ed
ward F. Jackson, Ronald M. Jay,
William H. Kendrick, Ray E. Lee,
Jerry L. McNeese, Alfred L.
Perkins, Deed E. Price, Edward
R. Smith, Eugene Smith, Robert
V. Tucker, William H. White and
Kenneth E. Williams.
Mrs. Duncan
Heads TEA
Mrs. Aileen Duncan is presi
dent of the Trion Education As
sociation, an affiliate of the
Georgia Education Assn, and the
National Education Assn.
Darry Pilkington is vice presi
dent; Miss Martha Haygood is
secretary; and Gordon Jones,
treasurer.
The TEA recently noted that
a majority of the Trion teachers
have four-year or better certifi
cates. Only four have less than
four years. Twenty-four have
four-year certificates; 11 have
five-year certificates; and one
has a six-year certificate.
The combined total years of
experience is 689 years an aver
age of nearly 17 years per
teacher.
provement by Wednesday, no
visitors were being allowed.
A friend said the coach had
had no prior heart trouble.
the recently-trained CD rescue
instructors, most of whom are
firemen.
Arrangements were made for
a fellow to "fall” from the top
of a cliff in South Summerville,
hit a ledge and become “in
jured”. At 8:15 p.m. sharp the
Summerville sirens were to go
off and the word was to be re
layed to the rescue instructors
holding their final class that
their help was needed in locating
the man and bringing him down.
The man had been instructed
not to answer any yells, thereby
making his location as difficult
as possible.
Everything was in readiness.
At five minutes to 8, the sirens
went off and the fire truck
ripped out—a fire had occurred
at a downtown beauty shop.
CD leaders saw at once this
would play havoc with their
hoax plan. So they sent John
Henry Dean to the cliff area to
tell the fellow there to be pa
tient—the whole thing would
have to come off a little later
than planned.
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SUMMERVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE OF-
FICERS— This quartet of Little League 1
leaders was re-elected Monday afternoon
to head the program in Summerville.
They and their titles are (left to right)
30 Enroll for
CD Rescue
Class Tuesday
Sime 30 persons turned out
Tuesday night for the opening
civil defense rescue class.
But several more are needed
to make an adequate team, J. B.
White, chief of civil defense op
erations, said Wednesday. Any
one interested may still be in
cluded if he will attend the next
meeting.
The classes will be held at
7:30 p.m. each Tuesday for seven
more weeks.
The civil defense, fire and
police auxiliary courses will be
gin in about two weeks, leaders
have announced. Anyone inter
ested should contact J. B. White
or Luther Smith.
Mr. White said he and other
CD leaders are “most encour
aged’’ by the cooperative spirit
which prevailed at the opening
clvii defense class Tuesday
night.
RECIPE COLUMN
STARTS IN AMI s
Ladies, a new feature is be
ing added to The News this
week—one we think you’ll not
only enjoy but find practical.
It is a “Recipe of the Week"
column and will feature fa
vorite recipes of women in
Chattooga County. It will also
tell the menu they like to serve
with the particular dish.
Turn to the women’s page
and read this week’s recipe.
And read it weekly hereafter.
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BOY! THEY’RE GOOD
. . . Little Leaguers consume hot dogs
Lions Entertain LL;
Pins, Certificates,
Plaques Awarded
The Summerville Lions Club entertained the Summer
ville Little League players and officials Tuesday night with
a hot dog supper on the lawn of Memorial Home.
The presentation of pens, certificates and plaques fol-
lowed inside the building.
The spotlight was on the
Dodgers, winning team of the
just-ended season. J. R. Burgess
of Montgomery Knitting Com
pany, sponsor of the Dodgers,
accepted a trophy on behalf of
his firm. Clayton Howell, man
ager of the Dodgers, received a
plaque for his work in leading
the championship team.
Pins were presented to mem
bers of the all-star team, with
Mr. Howell and Ralph (Country)
Brown, managers of that team,
making the presentations.
Certificates were presented LL
players by the various managers
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Effort to Educate
Countians About
Cancer Scheduled
Mrs. A. F. McCurdy has been named public education
chairman of the American Cancer Society’s Chattooga
County unit.
Public education chairman for the colored section of
the unit is Mrs. Mattie Allgood.
The Summerville Junior Wom
an’s Club is sponsor of the can- ।
cer unit. ।
Other leaders in the public
(.■ducation program include: Mrs. ।
Herbert Oilkeson, clubs; Mrs. ।
Will Hair, employes; Mrs. A. L. i
Clark, schools; Mrs. Paul Weems, ।
memorial; Miss Louise McCol- I
lum, professional education; and i
Mrs. Herman Buffington, mass 1
media.
During the next few months a 1
concerted effort will be made to <
reach all the citizens of Chat- j
tooga County with life-saving 1
educational facts about cancer, i
Mrs. McCurdy said. She said that '
films, medical speakers, litera- i
ture, posters, exhibits and the ;
mass communications media <
would be used in the campaign
to inform people how to guard (
their lives against the disease.
Leaflets will be distributed at
the Chattooga Fair, for example.
“Many of those who are now
dying of cancer could have been
cured,’’ said Mrs. McCurdy.
“They are dying simply because
they do not get the proper treat
ment in time. Our goal in this
educational campaign is to in-
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form everyone and alert them to
act on ways to guard against
cancer.”
She pointed out that “one-half
of all those whom cancer strikes
can now be saved with present
methods of treatment, while
only one cancer patient in three
is being saved because of delay
in getting to their doctors in
time.”
“Every citizen will be urged to
have a health checkup at least
once a year as the best overall
protection against cancer,” Mrs.
McCurdy said, “and we hope to
make everyone aware of the
warning symptoms that could
mean cancer, and which should
always be checked by a physi
cian to make sure.”
She listed the seven danger
signals as follows:
1. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. A sore that does not heal.
4. Change in bowel or bladder
habits.
5. Persistent hoarseness or
cough.
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