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VOLUME 76—NO. 47
Summerville Election
Set Saturday; Ten Run
Candidates pulled into the home stretch in Summer
ville this week as the Saturday election neared.
There is a two-way mayoralty race and a contest for
three of the five Council seats.
The election will be held at
the City Hall, in the library,
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Mayor S. A. Dunson is seeking
re-election, opposed by J. E.
(Dick) Dowdy, insurance man
and poultry farmer.
In addition, all four members
of the present Council are
seeking re-election, two with
opposition, and there is a race
on for the newly-created Seat 5.
All voters will vote on all can
didates as s he Council, under
the new charter, is on an “at
large” basis.
Here are me candidates for
the various races:
Mayor—Dowdy, Dunson.
Seat I—Bobby. Ledford, Wil
liam P. Selman.
Seat 2—Charles Wright,
Roosevelt Young.
Seat 3—Will Stephenson.
Seat 4—Will Hair.
Seat s—Hubert Palmer, Win
ston McWhorter.
The incumbents, in addition
to Dunson, are Selman, Wright,
Stephenson and Hair.
Here is a brief biographical
sketch on each of the council
Candidates and workers for
candidates were reminded this
week of a new law which for
bids them to solicit votes in
any manner or to distribute
literature within 200 feet of
polling places.
Summerville Police Chief
Griffin Pledger said violators
will be liable to 10 days in jail
or a $25 fine. Georgia Law,
1961, Vol. 1, Code Section
34-9936 was quoted.
Voting will be at the City
Hall, in the library, with the
entrance at the front.
Chief Pledger also stressed
that no loitering or drunks
will be allowed in the vicinity
of the polling place.
candidates, such sketches hav
ing earlier been ghen on the
mayoralty candidates:
Will Hair, 4ge 29. Teacher,
Chattooga High School. Native
of Summerville. Educated at
Darlington School, the Univer-
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Trion Couple Dies
In Wreck; 2 Hurt
A Trion couple was killed at 7:10. a.m. Thursday and
two other persons were injured in a head-on collision on
the Hall’s Valley Road, four and one-half miles east of Trion.
Dead were Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Haygood. Injured
were Miss Kathy Lou Mitchell,
19, and her mother, Mrs. Lydia
Mitchell. All were of Trion
Route 1.
Miss Mitchell and her mother
both suffered lacerations of the
head and fractured legs and
were admitted to Riegel Hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Haygood were
killed instantly. Mr. Haygood
was the driver of his vehicle and
Miss Mitchell was the driver of
the other car.
Triangle to Give S2OO
Weekly; Light Tree Monday
A weekly S2OO jackpot will be given by the Triangle
Merchants Association between now and Christmas, it was
announced Monday.
You need not be present to win. The winner will be
Lyerly Votes
On January 8
The Lyerly municipal election
will be held on Monday, Jan. 8,
instead of January 4, it was an
nounced in last week’s News,
Mayor Bill Bishop said this week.
Qualifications open Saturday
and the deadline is Friday, Dec.
15.
Woman Suffers Broken
Leg in Fall From Stool
A woman reportedly suffered
a broken leg late Tuesday when
she fell from a stool.
She is Mrs. Ruth Nittka, op
erator of a refreshment stand
in Harriet and Henderson Mills,
Berryton. Mrs. Nktka reportedly
suffered the break when she fell
from the stool at the stand.
She is a patient at Chattooga
Hospital.
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Funeral services for the Hay
goods were held at 2 p.m. Satur
day at Riegel Memorial Method
ist Church, Trion. The Revs.
Shelton Adams and L. S. Baugh
officiated. Interment was in
West Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
nephews. Honorary pallbearers
were members of the Men’s
Bible Class and the Jenny Mad
dux Sunday School Class of the
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announced at 6 p.m. each Sat
urday and if the jackpot is not
claimed by 1 p.m. the following
Wednesday, it will be added to
the next week’s jackpot.
Other Christmas plans an
nounced by the Association were
these:
1. A non-commercial Christ
mas tree lighting program at 8
■ p.m. Monday, featuring choirs
I from various churches of the
county. Any church choir which
can participate should contact
Mrs. Joyce Hammond. The pro
gram of Christmas music will
! last about an hour, and Santa
' Claus will be on hand.
And 2. Santa Claus will be at
the Triangle each week-end dur
ing the following hours: Thurs
days, 3-5 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.-
! 12 noon and 3-5 p.m.: Saturdays,
!10 a.m.-12 noon and 3-6 p.m.
The plans were made at a
meeting of the Association Mon
day afternoon at Riegeldale Tav
ern.
C. W. (Tip) McCollum, presi
j dent, presided. Others attending
were: Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Les
; sie Floyd, Mrs. Allen Horton,
Glenn Hendrix, Tom Pickell,
Fay and Tollie Hurley, Bill Mor
| gan and Homer McWhorter.
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Legion-VFW
Christmas
Party Set
The annual American Le
gion - Veterans of Foreign
Wars Christmas party for
boys and girls will be held
from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Decem
ber 24.
As usual, it will be at the
Chattooga County Memorial
Home and Santa Claus will be
on hand.
Some S4OO worth of toys, as
well as fruit, nuts and candy will
be distributed. A program will
be presented by the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Invitations will be sent out
through the Chattooga and
Trion school systems, the Trion
invitations going out December
14 and the Summerville invita
tions going out December 18.
The bus schedules will be an
nounced next week, Legion of
ficials announced.
Some 350 youngsters are ex
pected to attend.
Davis Present
For Voting
Most of Time
Congressman John Davis’ rec
ord in being present for roll call
this year was better than that
of any other Georgia member of
the House of Representatives.
The Summerville legislator
was present 96 per cent of the
time.
Sen. Herman Talmadge
matched the record in the Sen
ate, also being present 96 per
cent of the time.
The House had 116 roll calls
and the Senate had 204.
Sen. Richard B. Russell was
listed as voting 89 per cent of
the time.
The records of the other nine
House members are as follows:
Reps. E. L. (Tic) Forrester, 94
per cent; Elliott Hagan, 93 per
cent; Robert Stephens, 92 per
cent; James C. Davis, 82 per
cent; John Flynt Jr., 77 per
cent; Phil Landrum, 70 per
cent; Mrs. Iris Blitch, 65 per
cent; Carl Vinson, 59 per cent;
and J. L. Pilcher, 53 per cent.
Trion Drugs
To Be Open
Next Week
The opening next week of
Trion Drugs, a new pharmacy
just south of Trion, is an
nounced by R. L. (Bob) and
Scott McWilliams.
The formal opening of the
new firm will be held in early
or mid-January.
R. L. McWilliams, who will
manage the store, was for Sbme
10 years a pharmacist with
Trion Department Store. He is
a native of West Armuchee. His
brother will not be active in the
business, being engaged in an
occupation in Rome.
The store will be located in a
new brick structure on Central
Avenue just south of the inter
sections of the old and new U.S.
27 routes. It contains 2,380
square feet. Hours will be from
7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. week-days
and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Working with Mr. McWilliams
will be Mrs. Mary Hix, Addis
West and Miss Doris Harding.
A complete soda fountain will
be one feature of the store.
American Legion to
Meet Friday Night
American Legion Post 129 will
meet Friday night 7:30 at Me
morial Home. All members are
urged to attend.
Simmons Seeks
Re-Election at Trion
The political scene in Trion was beginning to generate
interest this week, although the election is almost a month
away.
Mayor W. B. Simmons, whoi
has held the post for several
years and has usually run with-I
out opposition, said he had
qualified this week as a candi- ;
date for re-election.
Earlier, John Gilreath, prin- :
cipal of Welmyer School north
of Trion, qualified as a candi
date for mayor.
The qualification deadline is
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
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REELECTED AT MENLO
. . . Mayor J. P. Smith
Mayor Smith
Re-Elected;
Record Vote
In what may have been a
record vote for Menlo, citi
zens Saturday re - elected
their mayor but put in a coun
cil that will have only one in
cumbent.
One hundred and fifty-three
persons cast ballots but three
votes were thrown out. Officials
said they believed it was the
largest vote in Menlo history.
Mayor J. P. Smith narrowly
edged William H. Gentry, win
ning 79 votes to Gentry’s 71.
Only two Council incumbents,
Hill Hall and J. P. Thornberry,
were seeking re-election and
Hall was re-elected with 81
votes.
Others elected to the Council
and their votes were: B. L.
Bankson 96, Leroy (Bud) Tucker
88, Herman Adams 85, and Gene
Ballard 83.
Max White was elected record
er without opposition.
The other candidates and the
votes received were: Thornber
ry 72, A. B. Day 70, R. A. Can
ada 60, R. W. King 59, Clyde
Baker 53 and Joe Thomas 25.
Yule Concert
Set Dec. 14
By Glee Club
the Chattooga County High
School Glee Club will present its
annual Christmas concert on
Thursday night, Dec. 14 at 7:30.
This will be a concert of sacred
music and will include a short
dramatization.
It promises to be thoroughly
interesting, with a good deal of
group singing as well as some
solos.
This is the club’s Christmas
present to the community and
the public is cordially invited to
attend, leaders announce.
Equalization
Loan Delayed
Chattooga County’s tax equalization program appar
ently will be delayed.
It may be delayed only a few weeks or it could be as
much as a year.
Gov. Vandiver has announced Chattooga County will
City Court
Continues
Chattooga City Court con
tinued in session late Wednes
day.
The December term opened
Monday and jurors reported for
duty on Tuesday.
Judge F. H. Boney is pre
siding over the court hearings,
which include misdemeanor
cases throughout the county.
5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, and the
election will be held Jan. 4.
There were no new Council
candidates this week, although
it is understood most of the
present council will probably
seek re-election.
Only Gaines Bowers and
Austin Plummer, neither of
whom is an incumbent, have
qualified for Council posts.
Merger of Chattooga,
T rion Schools T alked
Behind the scenes discussions between the Trion and
Chattooga Boards of Education on the possible merger of
the two school systems have been underway, it was dis-
closed at the Chattooga Board
meeting Tuesday.
The Chattooga Board stressed
that it is not advocating such a
merger.
A meeting of the two boards to
discuss the matter has been un
der discussion for some time, it
was stated. However, no date
has yet been set.
Although the Chattooga Board
does not advocate a merger, it
said it would like to know Trion’s
plans before floating a bond is
sue to build a new county high
school.
Under the present law, it was
noted, Trion could decide at any
time after such an issue is
floated to merge with the coun
ty and yet that community
would not be liable for helping
pay off the bonded indebted
ness. ।
Board Chairman William P.
Selman said he felt the Chat- i
tooga school board had an obli
gation to the taxpayers of the
TO PROTECT CHILDREN
School Board Asks
For County CD Plan
The Chattooga Board of Education Tuesday passed a
resolution requesting that the Chattooga Commissioner
and the mayors of the four municipalities organize a coun-
Trion Zoning
Hearing Set
For 5 Today
A public hearing on the Trion
Planning Commission’s proposals
for zoning in Trion is set for 5
p.m. today (Thursday) in the
west wing of the Trion Gram
mar School.
J. C. Woods, chairman of the
Commission, announced plans
for the hearing last week.
The Commission has no power
to set up zoning, but merely
makes recommendations to the
City Council, which in turn
makes the decision.
The proposed zoning would set
up specific residential, business
and industrial areas within
Trion.
not receive a loan this year for
the project, but that it will re
ceive a loan in 1962. Just when
in the next year has not been
announced.
This is the information re
ceived this week from Chattooga
County Commissioner John
Jones and County Attorney F. H.
Boney.
They noted there had been
earlier hopes that Chattooga
would “get under the wire” in
1961.
Shortly after the Chattooga
Board of Tax Assessors asked
that Commissioner Jones initiate
an equalization program, an ap
plication was filed with the
state for a loan for this purpose.
Under 1961 legislation, the state
will lend, free of interest, funds
to counties desiring equalization.
However, the appropriation must
be made by the governor and he
allotted only $1 million this year
• —not enough to go around.
Chattooga and Washington
Counties, it has been announced
by the governor, have been ap
proved, however, and will get the
grant next year.
Commissioner Jones and At
torney Boney said it is hoped the
loan will be made available early
in the year so that work on
equalization can proceed.
Action by the Tax Assessors
here followed broad community
support for such action. Many
civic groups and public officials
called for equalization.
county to see that such did not
occur.
The matter was brought to a
head by two recent opinions ren
dered by Attorney General
Eugene Cook. He ruled (1) that
an independent system could
merge with a county system
whenever it chose, without hav
ing to assume any of the bonded
indebtedness already incurred by
the county; and (2) that the in
dependent and county systems
could not legally enter into a
contract stating that there
would be no merger for a cer
tain period of time.
The Chattooga Board said it
feels that the only way the coun
ty can stand clear in the matter
is in one of two ways:
(1) Seek next year a constitu
tional amendment which would
change the law so that when an
independent system pours its
students into a county system,
the independent community will
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wide civil defense organization.
The board stressed that suph
an organization is necessary for
the protection of the school
children in the event of attack
dr natural disaster.
The action followed reading of
a letter from Dr. Marlin Payne,
director of the Summerville Civil
Defense in which he asked that
consideration be given in plan
ning the new high school for
fallout shelter.
School Supt. James Spence
noted that on Dec. 19 he has
a meeting scheduled of bus
drivers and Dr. Payne in which
plans will be laid for an emer
gency evacuation program in
the county schools.
Two Women
Hurt in
Sat. Wreck
Two women were hurt in an
accident at 6:45 a.m. Saturday
on the Lyerly Road near Sum
merville.
They were Mrs. Zack Taylor
(Martha) Warren, of Summer
ville, and Mrs. Paltina Caroline
Brown, 86, Trion. Mrs. Warren
suffered jaw injuries, broken
teeth and lacerations to the
mouth. Mrs. Brown suffered a
broken right leg, abrasions, rib
injuries and head injuries. Both
were admitted to Chattooga Hos
pital.
The accident occurred when
cars driven by Mr. Warren, 40,
husband of the injured woman,
and Mrs. Lessie Lucille Venable,
Summerville, daughter of Mrs.
Brown, collided head-on, accord
ing to the State Patrol.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
TO BE TURNED ON
BY THIS WEEK-END
The Christmas lights in down
town Summerville are expected
to be turned on sometime this
week-end.
The City of Summerville,
Georgia Power Company and
four private electricians com
bined forces this week to get the
lights on, Mrs. Olio Tutton, pres
ident of the Summerville Retail
Merchants Assn., said.
Although the SRMA had hired
a Birmingham firm to erect the
decorations and lights, the
lights were not connected to the
power poles and various work
had to be done before they could
be turned on, Mrs. Tutton said.
Some welding and stringing of
additional wire were necessary.
The private electricians do
nating their time were John
Echols, Charles Long, Fred!
Money Jr. and Bob Warren.
Summerville Council lo
Meet Monday Night
The Summerville City Council
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
the City Hall.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
County Retail
Sales Increase
Chattooga County —in contrast to the surrounding
counties—had increased retail sales for the third quarter
of this year.
Actually, sales were up here more than half a million
dollars, according to a Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce re
lease.
However, Floyd, Walker and
Gordon counties, all which bor
der on Chattooga, registered
losses.
Chattooga gained from $4,134,-
659 to $4,755,696—a gain of $621,-
037.
Floyd dropped from $25,413,-
772 to $23,316,622; Walker slipped
from $11,226,102 to $11,157,618,
and Gordon fell from $5,387,097
to $5,271,740.
Other nearby counties which
also registered losses were Dade,
Catoosa and Polk.
Georgia as a whole had a
slight increase — from $281,000,-
000 to $1,294,000,000. The gain
was about one per cent.
The figures are based on the
actual bank deposits of the Geor
gia State Sales and Use Tax col
lections and are furnished
through the cooperation of the
Georgia Department of Revenue,
Sales and Use Tax Unit, the
Georgia Department of Labor
and the Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce.
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
CO. TEACHERS PROPOSED
Social security for the teach
ers of Chattooga County was
proposed to the county school
board Tuesday by a delegation
from the Chattooga Education
Assn.
Pete Mattis and Mrs. Vera
Williams represented the CEA.
Mr. Mattis noted that the
teachers understand fully the
reasons—financial—for the fact
that they do not have social se
curity.
However, he said, they would
like to request the board to look
into the possibilities again and
to sec whether it might be
feasible sometime in the fore
seeable future. He noted that
some of the teachers do not care
to enter the program and this
would therefore cut the cost to
the county down.
On the other hand, he said,
there are many teachers who
definitely need the insurance
and whose families would need
It in the event of their death.
Futhermore, he said, Chat
tooga County is not able to lure
many out-of-the county teach
ers because it doesn’t offer this
service.
The board expressed its in
terest and suggested that the
teachers determine how many
would definitely want Social
Security and that a report then
be made to the governing body.
Mrs. Henry Duke, president of
the Summerville Elementary
Parent-Teacher Assn., also ap
peared before the board on be
half of social security for
teachers, noting that her group
had passed a resolution making
such a request. A copy of the
resolution was presented the i
board. 1
LARGE COURT OF HONOR
HELD AT TRION THURSDAY
One of the largest Courts of Honor held in Chattooga
County in two years was held Thursday night at the Trion
Presbyterian Church.
Seventy-eight people attended.
The Rev. Roy Gwaltney, who
last year received Scouting’s
highest award, the eagle, re
ceived a bronze eagle palm.
In addition, three boys be
came life scouts, including Terry
Cannon and Bud Jackson, both
of Troop 7, and Terry Hegwood,
Troop 101.
Star scout awards went to:
Mike Hawkins, Garry Shamblin,
Wayne Whaley, Troop 101; Den
nis Durham, Troop 38; and Levon
Padgett, Troop 7.
Becoming first class scouts
were: Arch Farrar, Jr., and
Randy James, Troop 7; David
Bailey, Frankie Harris, Terrill
Pettyjohn, Douglas Westbrook,
Phillip Westbrook, Troop 38; and
Bruce Colbert, Johnny Powell
and Phil Walker, Troop 101.
Re-Advertising
Set On Lyerly
Post Office
Re-advertisement of bids for
the construction of a new Post
Office in Lyerly has been sched
uled.
All bids submitted in an earlier
call were rejected.
The bids should be submitted
no later than Jan. 8 to William
H. Allen, Real Estate Officer,
Post Office Department, Room
M-103-A, Federal Annex, P. O.
Box 4786, Atlanta 2, Ga. Full de
tails may be obtained from Mr.
Allen.
Specifications call for the new
quarters to contain approximate
ly 2,015 square feet of floor space,
216 square feet of platform space
and 7,329 square feet of drive
way, parking and maneuvering
’ area.
It will be located across from
Crawford Hardware.
New Directors
SRMA Named
Four new directors for the
Summerville Retail Merchants
Association were elected Wed
nesday at the December direc
tors’ session, held at Georgia
Power Company.
They included: Mrs. Billy Al
len, O. G. Morehead, Jr., J. T.
Morgan and E. C. Pesterfield.
This quartet will replace four
outgoing directors — Sanford
(Bubba) Dunson, Robert Floyd,
Jim Richie and John Shamblin.
The election of new officers
will be held at the January
meeting. The nominating com
mittee was named as follows:
Malcolm Thomas, Marshall Low
ry and J. T. Morgan.
In the meantime, plans were
furthered for the giveaway on
Dec. 22 of SI,OOO in downtown
Summerville. John Bankson,
Grady Allen and Charles Farrar
were named to the give-away
committee. One SSOO award,
four SIOO cash prizes and two SSO
awards will be made.
Because the lights are across
the street this year instead of up
and down the sides as in the
past, it was reported, a great deal
of additional electrical work was
needed. The additional cost will
run “under $500,” SRMA leaders
said, and noted that they expect
to be able to cover it with the
funds now being collected. The
work had long been needed, it
was stated, in order to give Sum
merville a better appearance at
Christmas-time.
Second class awards went to:
Johnny Schroder, Troop 7, and
Ronald Camp, Garry Clark,
Butch Gray and Dennis Heg
wood, Troop 101.
Medal badges were awarded as
follows:
Troop No. 7, sponsored by Sum
merville Manufacturing Com
pany: Terry Cannon, animal in
dustry, dairying, dog care, first
aid, mechanical drawing, per
sonal fitness, public speaking,
world brotherhood; Arch Farrar,
Jr., cooking, swimming; Ronnie
Floyd, forestry, public speaking;
Davy Houston, athletics, home
repairs; Bud Jackson, dog care,
first aid.
I Randy James, citizenship in
, the home, cooking; Levon Pad
l gett, animal industry, camping,
I citizenship in the community,
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