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You Can't Stand Still
It’s often been said that, when it comes
to retailing, the customer is king.
That is more than just a phrase. There’s
a world of truth in it, in this, our highly
competitive free market economy.
For instance, the nation’s major variety
chains are aiming at a S3OO million sales
increase during this year. These chains
plan to open about 500 new stores by year
end, and live-year estimates are pegged at
2,200. According to one authority, variety
stores will be the biggest general merchan
dise outlets in 90 per cent of all the new
shopping centers that are springing up
around the country.
The stores have elaborate plans to expand
their business and, also, to make their op-
The Helen Norton Case
What has happened in the Helen Rickett
Norton case?
One year ago this week, Mrs. Norton was
found dead at the home of Bishop Koonce
on the Back Berryton Road. An autopsy
was performed. A month later, the autopsy
report was made by the State Crime Lab
oratory in which it was stated that the
woman died of a blow or blows of some kind
to the head. The coroner’s Jury declared on
the same day that she died of “massive
cerebral hemorrhage” and they recom-
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Doc Map Says
(HMHU <.
That frolicsome feline in your
house may make you sick All
unbeknownst to him, he may be
a spreader of cat scratch fever
He doesn’t even have to be sick
himself to do this.
Cat scratch fever has been
to exist for some 30 years. It
Used to be thought of as a medi
cal curiosity but it’s being recog
nized a lot mure often nowadays.
The disease’s name stems from
the fact that it is usually spread
through the scratch of a cat It
may be spread, however, by mere
contact with a cat if the person
has open cuts or scratches. As
long as a month may pass be
tween the exposure and the ap
perance of symptoms of the di
sease
The affected person develops
a swollen gland It’s usually in
the groin, armpit or neck The
gland keeps swelling until it is
very large An abcess may form.
Sometimes it opens without
treatment On the other hand, it I
may have to be lanced Near the
swollen gland there usually is a
red, swollen, angry looking spot
where the virus causing the in
fection entered the body.
The victim generally runs a
fever of several degreees above
normal for several days. These
acute symptoms usually last only
a few days but. the swollen gland
may not disappear for one to
three months.
Does the cat who transmits
the disease have to go? No. doc
tors are pretty generally agreed
that there's really no need fur
this. The eat that transmits cat
scratch fever is not sick himself
It is thought that he is a sort of
Innocent agent carrying the vi
rus on his body at a particular
time It is thought that la CM
be left in the home without fear
that he’ll spread the disease a
galn
Unusual cases of cat scratch
fever have been reported in
which the virus entered byway
of the lung probably when the
person inhaled the germ and
through the eye following injury
to the eye Somet I m e s cat
scratch fever is complicated by
rashes, inflammation of the cov
ering of the brain or encephalitis,
or Injury to the bones But these
complications are ran 1 When
they do occur, they are self-lim
ited and do not cause permanent
damage
Doc Mag says:
1. If you notice swelling in the
glands of the groin, armpit or
neck, consider the possibility of
cat scrahct fever
2. If you or somebody in your
family does come down with cat
scratch fever, don't throw out
flte oat Chances are he won’t
spread the disease again -even
if he keeps on scratching you
To play it safe, though, it's best
»ot to encourage his scratching.
The Summerville News
Is The Official Organ
Os Chattooga County
Address All Mail to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310
Summerville, Georgia
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YOUNG PEOPLE ASKED TO
CONSIDER CAREER IN
FJELD OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Chattooga County young
J people are being urged to con
sider a career in public health.
Physumii.s, nu r• c• . suni
i tarians, engineers, social work
| era, therapists, laboratory tech
nicians, psychologists and other
medical and heal'Ji personnel
are needed, states Dr. M. K
Cureton of LaFayette, district
director of tile Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health.
A booklet, “A Look to the Fu
ture.” may be obtained by
writing the Georgia Department
at 47 Trinity Avenue, S.W., At-
11/ \ Cravfling
11 C c ) through
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By CHARLES E. HOOPER
New Echota was the name of
a town in North Georgia that
existed for some twenty odd
years It was located two miles
east of Calhoun. Georgia on to
day's state highway 225. It was
in this town that a social and
cultural revolution took place It
was in this town in 1838 that
the residents were forced to
a band o n their homes. New
Echota was the last capital city
of the Cherokee Nation east of
the Mississippi.
Some of the most important
events of Indian history took
place at New Echota. The Cher
okee Phoenix, the first Indian
language newspaper, was edited
and published Here the Cher
okee Indians had their national
government with a legislative
body, a supreme court, and a
constitution patterned after the
United States Here in New
Echota the Cherokee Nation
relinquished all rights to land
in Georgia and began their final
move to Oklahoma
Last Saturday. New Echota
Day was celebrated The Geor
gia Historical Commission is in
the process of restoring this vil
lage Governor Vandiver. Secre
tary of State Ben Fortson, and
Roy McGinty, editor emeritus of
the Calhoun Times, were the
principal speakers at the dedi
cation services.
The Cherokee House, the
printing office, the home of
Samuel Worcester, a store build
ing and the cemetery have been
restored and additional build
ings and furnishings are being
completed The building and the
beautiful park area are open to
the public and attendants are
present to help explain the his
torical meaning of the site.
In Roy McGinty's written ac
. count of New Echota he liad this
A Prize-Winning
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
erations more efficient. Various cost re
duction practices arc being aggressively fol
lowed—practices which make it possible to
offer better value. At the same time, major
effort will be; given to improving the attrac
tiveness of the stores in every particular.
The president of one of the biggest of
these chains put it this way: “We are ex
panding to meet the customer’s more so
phisticated wants. The all-purpose one
stop variety family store is becoming a
reality . .
What is true in the variety field is true,
one way or another, in other retail fields.
It’s a business in which no one can afford
to stand still. You go forward—or you go
back.
mended that the case be turned over to the
investigating officers.
There were rumors that the case was dis
cussed at a grand jury but there was neith
er a true bill nor a no bill on the matter.
Did an extensive investigation follow
the coroner’s jury recommendation? Has
the matter been closed? Or is the investi
gation still continuing? Actually, have the
officials ever decided whether or not it was
murder?
। lanta 3, Ga., Dr. Cureton said.
Furthermore, personnel at the
headquarters in LaFayette will
be happy to discuss the matter
with interested persons or
groups. The district covers
Chattooga, Catoosa, Dade and
Walker Counties.
Public health needs for the
next five years are listed in the
booklet as increasing services in
the areas of water pollution,
(lousing rehabilitation, mental
illness, rehabilitation of alco-1
holies, more and better nursing
homes and expansion of local
health services.
to say. in part, concerning last
Saturday’s dedication: "The vil
lage which will be formally
dedicated when Georgia ‘white
men' and Oklahoma ‘red men'
will assemble in peace and mu- I
tual respect to dedicate a shrine
and a memorial to a people with
a tragic history, marked here I
and there with flashes of great- i
ness and glory a people who
deserved a better chance to suc
ceed in a courageous experiment
at social and cultural revolution ;
in a land which has been theirs
for time immemorial.''
Ask your local service station i
operator to give you the best j
and most direct route to New
Echota. You'll always remember i
your visit to one of the nation’s
most historic sites.
Credit I nions to Receive
Rotter Service From
State Dept, of Rankins!
ATLANTA — (GPS) Georgia’s
160-plus credit unions will re
ceive more and better service
from the State Department of
Banking in future through a
newly created department posi
tion known as supervisor of
credit union examinations T G
Arnold, of McDonough, has been
appointed to the new post.
“We intend to provide a con
tinuously improved service to
credit unions." said State
Banking Supt W D. Trippe in
making the announcement
"There are more than 160 of
these fine organizations in the
state and we want to serve them
with maximum efficiency."
Arnold's business experience
includes construction cost work
for DuPont Co.: cost and prod
uct accounting for Carnegie Illi
nois Steel Corp ; treasurer of
Johnny Stuart Co. Charleston.
W. Va . and an auditor for the
State Revenue Department He
already has assumed his new
j duties
When a friend asks, there is
no tomorrow.
—George Herbert
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
HIGH AND DRY!
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lyfounting water needs have be remedied through the mutual
outgrown the capacity of co-operation of water officials and
many of our water supplies. Each alert citizen groups. It requires a
year over 1,000 communities complete analysis of present and
throughout the United States are future needs and a concentrated
faced with rationing, in some de- effort to obtain the funds to see
gree, according to the National that these needs are met.
Water Institute. These restric- If your town is left "high and
tions vary from outright limita- dry” this summer, the situation
tions on household use to may be remedied at the cost of
scheduled time periods for water- only a few cents a day per family,
ing the lawn or washing the car. This is a small price to pay to in-
In most cases the situation can sure an adequate water supply.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR...gj
Dear Mr. Espy:
Why must the high school
graduates of our county con
tinue to be shortchanged in the
quality of their high school edu
cation?
I am a student at the Univer
> sity of Georgia, and can see the
weakness of my high school edu
cation as it compares with other
students from across our state.
The failure of last week’s bond
election seems to indicate the
apathy which exists in our
county.
When will our people wake up
and provide their children with
educational facilities equal to
those found in the rest of our
state?
Sincerely,
STEVE EDWARDS
Dear Sir:
I have just read the letter to
the editor by Kelly Hudson. I
think he’s just a little mixed, up |
about his facts. It’s not the ]
people of Chattooga County that |
chose to deprive the children of
the right to receive an adequate
education. That was done last
year when the school superin- ■
tendent, Mr. Spence, and the ]
Summerville school board mem- ]
bers decided to consolidate Menlo
High School with Summerville.
Why didn’t they think what
they was doing to the Menlo stu
dents? Then they are the cause
of several students quitting
school and there will be more
this year that will quit because
there’s no high school at Menlo.
Why weren’t the people of Men
lo asked if they wanted to con- |
solidate their high school and
put it to a vote last year? I don’t ]
guess you'll print this letter.
Respectfully,
Mrs. C. M. Calaway
Dear Sir:
I am Mrs. Arthur L. Liles. I ■
am a daughter of John Wesley 1
Dawson, and he was a son of i
Joseph Wesley Dawson.
I am working on the Dawson
family tree. My great grand
father had two sons by his first
wife. Their names were Lee‘
Mitchell Dawson and James M
Dawson. Then he had three
more sons and two daughters by i
his second wife, namely. John j
N Dawson. Isaac Larkin Daw-1
son, Elizabeth (who married Lee
Erwin), Mary (who married An
drew Love) and Joseph Wesley
Dawson, who was my grand
father.
In my search for all the de
scendants of all these branches
of the Dawson family. I spent
a few days in Chattanooga a
few weeks ago. I phoned every
Dawson I could find in the
phone book There is a Mrs. Lois
O'Dell Dawson, who was the wife
of an Alvin Dawson, that I have
not found yet She had a son
Bethal Dawson of somewhere
near Summerville. Ga I have
not had the opportunity yet to
find them. Alvin was a son of
Irving Carson Dawson, and Car
son was a son of Alverine Daw
son. who was a son of James M.
Dawson.
There was also a George
Irving Dawson and an Austin
Dawson, who I heard went to
High Point. N C.
The lady I talked with in
Chattanooga, said she had lived
near Chelsea, not far from
Menlo, and had known Pink
Baker and his daughter. Lena
Baker, of Menlo. Now. Pink
| Baker is a .half brother to my
mother. Now, starting with my
branch of the family. Joseph
Wesley had a large family.
There were Ben, James, John,
my father, then Martha (who
married James M. Miller) then
William, Walter, Frank, Lee,
Henry, Luther, George and
Joseph.
I found out from one of the
cousins in Chattanooga that
Roy Dawson, a son of Uncle
Will, had been married twice
and had a child by this first
marriage, was divorced and
married again and had other
children. Since I was born in
Jeferson County, Alabama, and
have lived here all my life I did
not know about this first mar
riage of Roy Dawson. Uncle Will
Dawson lived near Macedonia
Church, not far from Harris
burg. His children were Ida,
Dewey, Foy, Roy and Ezra. Uncle
Walter liver over in Dry Valley,
1 near Trion and Aunt Martha
Miller lived on up the road be
] yond Macedonia Church, toward
Centerpost. She and her hus
band had a large family. There
were Ben, Marinda, Georgia,
Lossie, Sallie, Mamie, Joe. Mary
Emma, Wesley, Henry and
David. Several of these live in
and near Summerville, now.
Henry Miller runs the State
Restaurant now in Summerville.
Lee Mitchell Dawson, a half
brother to my grandfather, had
a son, Marion Dawson, and
Marion had a daughter who
married Fletcher Mote. Their
son. Marion Frank Mote, mar
ried Georgia Lee Dodd. She told
me her mother was Leona Daw
son, and her grandfather was
Tom Dawson. I have no record
of this Tom Dawson and his
daughter, Leona Dawson Dodd.
Frank Mote lives at a small
place called Bomar, about six
miles east of Centre. Ala.
If any of your readers could
help me with any of these I
would be very thankful.
Sincerely,
MRS. ARTHUR L. LILES
(Ethel Dawson)
Dear Mr. Editor:
In regard to the school bond
I election of Tuesday, May 22, let
me begin by stating that I am
i not a student but the mother of
1 a first grader. And I am in favor
]of the school bonds. Ignorance
and malice may have caused us
to lose our children’s future edu
cation.
Webster defines the word
ignorance as: "Showing lack of
knowledge or being uneducated."
I think if people clearly under
stood how to think in terms of
our youth, and not of us older
people, who in a few years will
not be capable of carrying on
our county affairs, that they
would also be in favor of school
bonds. Our forefathers laid
clearly the foundation for better
living. We are not a primitive
generation, but a rapidly grow
ing generation.
May I ask: “What good will
taxes do our boys and girls if
we choose to hold to the money
only for ourselves?"
It surely would be sad and
embarrassing in later years to
hear a fine young man or fine
young lady say. “We did not
have an adequate high school:
therefore, our industries and our
businesses cannot go forward,
because we are not qualified for
the business world.”
Our youth will be the men and
‘women of tomorrow. They will
Tro-Fe
Introduces
New Carton
Tro-Fe Meadow Gold Dairy,
distributors of dairy products in
Northeastern Alabama, has in
troduced a new milk carton.
This is a flat-top, plastic-coated
carton that is heat sterilized,
formed and filled at the Tro-Fe
Dairy Plant in Gadsden, Ala.
For some weeks, Tro-Fe Dairy
has been installing new ma
chinery to accommodate the
processing of all fluid milk prod
ucts in this new kind of carton.
Tro-Fe is announcing its new
carton in an extensive promo
tion campaign. The new carton
will be used for Homogenized
Milk, Chocolate Milk, Skim Milk,
Buttermilk, Half and Half,
Whipping Cream and Orange
Drink.
POLLUTION LAB
FOR SOUTHEAST
SET FOR ATHENS
Senator Richard B. Russell
announced today that a s2y z
million water pollution labora
tory and research facility to
serve the Southeast will be
established at the University of
Georgia in Athens.
Senator Russell, a leading ad
vocate of water conservation
and the sponsor of the South
eastern River Basin Study Com
mission which has been gather
ing information concerning the
problems of water pollution and
utilization of water resources,
said the new laboratory will em
ploy approximately 150 scien
tists, engineers and research
personnel.
Senator Russell said that serv
ice performed by the laboratory
will include: (1) technical serv
ices to state, interstate and local
also be taxpayers, and their
children will surely need to be
qualified for the business world
in their day. The word tax is
defined as: “Charge levied upon
persons or property by a govern
ment to meet its needs, or duty.”
Therefore a true to heart tax
payer is a person who realizes
the needs of their town or
county and takes action, as duty
calls, to make such needs pos
sible. Webster also defines the
word malice as: “The state of
mind shown by an intent to
commit an unlawful act.” Note
the first four words of the above
definition, “The state of mind,”
meaning if there is enmity of
heart of ill-will, it certainly will
not educate our future men
and women. As far back as
Adam and Eve, life has pre
sented its problems. But our
children, who did not come into
our world by choice surely need
our best “state of mind”, when
we are responsible for their fu
ture welfare. We certainly do not
have adequate facilities for our
rapidly growing population,
therefore ignorance in their day,
would surely make our fore
fathers efforts in vain.
For various reasons I wish my
name to be withheld from the
public.
Respectfully,
A MOTHER
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1 JOHN DAVIS .
SSi congress tfrU
ONE OF THE BEST newspaper
headlines to come out of Scott
Carpenter’s flight appeared in a
London newspaper. It consisted
of two words: “GREAT SCOTT.”
During the time Carpenter
was circling the earth, Carl
Albert (D-Okla.), who is the
Majority Leader, rose to his feet
and made the following speech
in the House of Representatives:
"Mr. Speaker, yesterday this
House unanimously passed a bill
authorizing appropriations of
more than $3.7 billion .for the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for fiscal year
1963.
“Early this morning Lt. Comdr.
Scott Carpenter was rocketed
into space as millions of Ameri
cans watched this dramatic
event on television.
“As we meet here now, Astro
naut Carpenter’s Aurora 7 cap
sule circles over Earth, a tri
umph of man in harmony with
the forces of nature. We pray to
God that our knowledge of na
ture will not fail us now but
will return this brave American
safely to earth. •
“Mr. Chairman, Astronaut Car
penter’s flight is not a defeat
of nature but an unleashing of
the forces which comprise na
ture. In our democratic society,
one of the forces of nature that
is speeding Astronaut Carpenter
over our heads is the consent of
of—the American people to in
vest their earnings, through
taxes, in this venture.
“Our unanimous vote yester
day of a record authorization
for appropriations for the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration represented the
unleashing of further forces of
nature, forces which will soon
speed teams of Americans
around our earth and eventually
land an American on the moon.
“We are in competition, Mr.
Chairman, with others who
would beat us in this race into
the spaces. But we shall win.
agencies; (2) short-term, in
service training for personnel
from public agencies, industries
and other organizations; (3)
collection of basic data on water
quality to measure over-all ef
fect of water pollution ■ pro
grams; (4) technical support of
enforcement actions on inters
state and navigable waters; (5)
applied research, field demon
strations, and pilot scale appli
cations of new research de
velopments; (6) coordination of
pollution control measures at
Federal installations; (7) com
prehensive river basin program
planning for maximum utiliza
tion of water resources.
DALTON PAPERS
(Continued From Page 1)
American newspapers. The pur
chaser owns London’s Sunday
Times, employer of Lord
Snowdon, who is the husband
THURSDAY, MAY 31, IM2
Our effort is mightier. We are
unlocking forces of our entire
people, and our competitor has
overlooked this force. Our entire
Nation is in competition with a
handful of scientists and bu
reaucrats, and their power could
never match that of our own.
“May God protect Astronaut
Carpenter and the spirit of the
American people.”
AS MR. ALBERT mentioned,
on the eve of Carpenter’s flight
the House passed without a dis
senting vote the huge space ap
propriation bill for fiscal year
1963.
I made a short speech in
favor of this bill, inasmuch as
I had done a great deal of work
in committee examining the
various things which are pro
vided for, especially in the fields
of weather satellites and com
munications satellites. An older
Congressman once told me that
he didn't feel a member of Con
gress ought to address the House
unless he knew a little more
about the subject than did the
average member of Congress. I
generally follow this policy with
respect to legislation.
In line with this concept, most
of the speaking on every piece
of legislation that comes before
the House is done by members
of the committee out of which
the bill emanates.
Most of the questioning by
non-committee members during
debate on the NASA bill was de
signed to satisfy doubts as to
whether our committee had
really taken a close look as to
how the money would be spent
and whether there were any
items which ought to be culled.
Thanks to the dedicated efforts
of the chairman and the sub
committee chairmen, we built
up 2298 pages of testimony
during the course of our hear
ings which, more than anything
else, put to rest any misgivings
our colleagues might have felt
about the space budget.
TRION SENIORS
ON TRIP TO N. Y.
AND WASHINGTON
The Trion High School seniors
departed Wednesday afternoon
for a two-week trip to Wash
ington, D. C. and New York.
They traveled by train, leav
ing Cedartown.
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erations to the forehead and
right knee and Suttle had a
fractured rib, according to the
State Patrol. Officers said the
Madden car hit from the rear
one driven by Charles Junior
Smith of Summerville Route 1.
of Princess Margaret.
The Dalton News was estab
lished in 1927 and was converted
into a daily on last April 2. The
Citizen, Georgia’s third oldest
weekly, was established in 1847.