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County Dumps Would Help . . .
Improper disposal of trash and garbage
is a problem that concerns all Chattooga
Countians.
The grand jury made a good suggestion
about clearing up this situation when it
recommended that county authorities look
into the possibility of establishing dumps
in conveniently - located sections of the
county.
Trash and garbage have long been
dumped on roadsides and in streams of the
Defying the Court . . .
The recent Supreme Court ruling on
prayer in public schools has brought about
a sharp reaction, especially from some re
ligious denominations. So outraged have
some citizens and priests become that open
defiance of the court ruling is shouted in
the face of the bench.
The present Supreme Court finds few
defenders, it is certainly true. It has in
recent years fallen to a low in public esteem.
This is because of so many decisions which
seem to completely reverse earlier ones,
and even the laymen sees through the in
consistencies in such a turn of events
A few years back, when the Supreme
Court reversed itself on the separate-but
equal school facilities doctrine, for the races,
many in the South voiced alarm at what
they considered to be the political tone of
the court and the crumbling of states’
Servant Or Master? . . .
The Saturday Evening Post recently
carried an editorial that was printed at
a fortuitous time—just before Memorial
Day. And it contains fundamental state
ments which every American should re
member, with pride and gratitude.
In part it says: “America is not a per
fect society, and its people are not required
to pretend that it is. Our newspapers, maga
zines, pundits and commentators constantly
criticize the Government. The President of
the United States reads an astonishing
amount of this criticism. Sometimes he gets
mad. and sometimes he accepts the advice
of his critics. But although this country is
by no means perfect, it is constantly chang
ing for the better. The change is sometimes
slow, but it happens without bringing up
the tanks or purging our political leaders.
“All things considered, we believe that
our system of government has enabled its
Hoover and Our Children .
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, recently made two
controversial pronoucements. And on both,
we think he was. generally speaking, correct
in his viewpoint.
First, the FBI director said he thought
we should fingerprint the teachers in our
schools. He acknowledged that there were
those who opposed this and who argued
that it was a reflection on the integrity of
the teachers.
Hoover cited a case in the national capi
tal wherein a teacher had been arrested as
a molester of children When the ease was
investigated it was found that the molester
Cost of Living in Foreign Countries . . .
One reason that many economists fear
our entry into a common market with
tariff reductions is that our standard of
living is higher than in most foreign coun
tries Especially is our labor paid a great
deal more than most of the countries com
peting with us.
We have usually fared pretty well with
competing goods because of our mass pro
duction and technological advantages over
other nations. These factors still exist, al
though they have diminished some in the
in last ten years.
There are encouraging reports now that
the cost of living in many of the countries
with which we compete are rising at a much
faster rate than the cost of living in the
United States. Their wage earners are being
paid at a higher scale, relative to the past.
Since 1961. the cost of living in the
United States has increased approximately
thirteen per cent. A breakdown of tins
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county. This is not only an eyesore but also
is unhealthy as well. Rats, flies and other
disease-carriers often frequent these un
planned dumps.
Stream pollution, which is coming more
and more in the spotlight, is also worsened
when streams are used as dumps.
The grand jury is to be commended for
making a suggestion which may start the
ball rolling on the way to a cleaner and
healthier Chattooga County.
rights. Some voiced defiant statements.
Now the very people who criticized these
statements in many instances, are outraged
by the later court decision. And some are
voicing brazen determination to defy the
court.
The country was so whipped up over
Southern defiance of the integration deci
sion that President Dwight Eisenhower
called out the U. S. Army to force inter
gration in a school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
One might ask if the military will be used
against those who pray in the schools? Os
course, it will not, and should not be used.
But it is a little amusing to see so many
of the souls who condemned defiance of the
high court on the integration tact now de
fying the court on the question of religion
in the schools. It all depends, once again, bn
whose toes are being stepped on.
people to achieve a better life than any
other system on earth. This may sound like
an immodest claim, but what other great
nation lias combined such a high standard
of living with such a high degree of indi
vidual freedom? Communism? The Com
munists have murdered freedom in the
streets Budapest and East Berlin. They
have promised a workers’ paradise on earth,
and they are unable to provide their people
with enough to eat.
“We believe that government is not an
end in itself. It exists solely to provide a
climate in which the people may make the
most of their abilities and live their own
lives in security and peace. This means that
government must be vigilant, and it must
be active in many areas, but it must be the
servant of the people and not their mas
ter.”
had a previous record. Fingerprint checks
would have enabled the employing school
to have rejected the teacher
On another controversial subject, in
volving the film, "Operation Abolition,”
Hoover commented that insofar as the film
"shows how demonstrators can be induced
by the Communist to go beyond the limits
of the law.” he thought it served an educa
tional purpose.
This film, even if controversial, should
be a must on every college campus. The
exaggerations, if they exist, will do the na
tion little if any harm.
rising cost shows that durable goods, such
as automobiles, automatic washers, etc. are
almost unchanged from a decade ago. The
non-durable goods. such as food, fuel oil,
etc., have risen about eight per cent over the
same period. It is interesting to note at the
same time that spendable per capita per
sonal income (after taxes) has risen ap
proximately thirty per cent.
By contrast, the same cost of living has
risen approximately forty-two per cent in
France, thirty-nine per cent in Britain,
twenty-eight per cent in Japan, and is con
siderably higher percentagewise in Italy and
Germany than the thirteen per cent rise in
the United States cost.
It is a good sign that other countries in
the free world, such as France, Germany.
Italy. Japan and Britain, are rising closer
to our cost of living per capita income. This
will help their citizens enjoy a higher stan
dard ol living.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
A MODERN VIEW (AFTER REMBRANDT)
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The News, School, Share
Congratulations From Ga.
Public Health Officials
“I would like to give you people a pat on the back,” the
distinguished looking gentleman said when he walked into
The News office Monday.
Then our visitor, Dr. Murphy K. Cureton, District
Director of Public Health, displayed a letter which showed
why he was congratulating The
Summerville News.
The letter to Dr. Cureton was
from Virginia McNamara, M.D.,
Director of the school health
service, Georgia Department of
Public Health.
Dr. McNamara wrote Dr.
Cureton to tell “with what great
pleasure I read an article in The
Summerville News . . . entitled
‘Health Policies at Summerville
Elementary School’.”
The article, written by the
faculty of the Summerville Ele
mentary School, told of the close
working relationship between
the school and the department
of public health.
“I would like to commend The
Summerville News and the Sum
merville School” Dr. McNamara
wrote, “and point out the im
portance of such excellent ar
ticles as this in giving to the
parents of the elementary school
children an understanding of
the logical concern and sense of
responsibility that this faculty
is making known through the
paper.”
Dr. Cureton smiled widely and
added his own praise of the
article to Dr. McNamara’s. “This
is just the sort of thing we
need,” Dr. Cureton said.
Dr. McNamara had written:
“If all our school faculties and
press media could be as en
lightened as the Summerville
community, and the relationship
with the health department,
PTA, and others be of sucn high
caliber as evidenced in this
article, the school health pro
gram would certainly progress.
“I have a feeling that our
public health relations and our
relatioship with the press is of
great importance in the educa
tion of our parents as regards
understanding of the goals and
objectives of our systems of edu
cation, health and welfare. Ar
ticles of such excellence as this
one will do a great deal to fur
ther the understanding of the
parents as to the school’s re
sponsibility in protecting and
indeed improving the health of
the children whom they have
the privilege of teaching."
A portion of the school fac
ulty article which appeared in
The News May 10 is as follows:
The Department of Public
Health works with us in tending
the health of our children.
In the first place they pro
vide free of charge the im
munizations required by the
board.
They furnish the machine for
testing the hearing of the chil
dren and do the final testing.
There is a regularly-scheduled
I visit from our health nurse
i twice a month The teachers
. may send pupils to her for help
or when a home visit is indi
cated.
Our nurse does a dental
screening each year and the
! parents are advised when chil
dren need extractions or fillings
Dental care for the indigent is
> provided at the health center by
the local dentists.
The health department pro
vided a complete physical ex
amination for members of our
special class when indicated by
the psychologist from the State
relationship with the press is of
We are not trained to diagnose
so we have to use our best
judgment based on our experi
ence and the thermometer read
ing in making decisions con
cerning disposition of children
who are sick We send or take
children home <D when they
appear too ill to function at
school and we feel they need to
be in bed or t2i when we suspect
something of a contagious na
ture and feel the health of the
other children is jeopardized.
We do not doctor children—that
would involve diagnosing—some
children are allergic to certain
medicines and other than ap
plying a little first aid such as
band aids, merthiolate an an
tiseptic cream—we do not pre
tend to “doctor” the children.
Accidents do occur—with 800
children together. Here again,
we have to rely on our best
judgment as to the seriousness
of any injury. We do make mis
takes but we sincerely try to
look after the children—contact
parents when necessary and in
an emergency we go directly to
the child’s doctor if the parents
cannot be contacted.
If your child has any unusual
health problem, it is wise to let
the teacher know about it. For
instance some children are
super-sensitive to insect bites—
some few are free bleeders—
: some subject to seizures. If the
school is apprised of these we
can take better care of your
child. We will be alert for symp
toms and act with more normal
care.
In summary:
1. Be sure your child has the
proper and required immuniza
tions.
2. Advise your child’s teacher
of any physical problems of your
child.
3. Keep your child home when
, he has a fever or is otherwise
sick, helping us to keep epi
demics at a minimum.
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kept the Dalton sluggers off
. balance. Troy fanned It Dalton
; Stars, walked four and hit two
I batters and one man got one on
. error. Monday night Norton
fanned 14 LaFayette batters,
, walked two, and two men
reached first on errors.
- In counting six hits, nine runs
. against Dalton. Steve Kirby had
[ a double and single. Norton had
r two singles. Busby’s home run
. set him one for two as a walk
in the first went for a run. Jerry
. Sims’ double was good for two
i runs in the first and Summer
ville piled up the big five that
• lasted throughout. One run in
; the second, two in the fifth and
one in the sixth meant a big
. night, a big win and a big step
. toward this area Championship.
. Dalton had single runs in the
first, third and fifth all un-
• earned.
. j Surmising that Summerville
comes through on Thursday
l night, they will advance to Dis
• trict Pony play at Smyrna be
; ginning Monday, August 6.
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Floyd Man Killed
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driven by Mrs. Etta Mae Evans,
; Trion.
No charges have been brought
against Mrs Evans, who was
confined in Trion Hospital over
the week-end suffering from
■ shock.
Holmes was born Dec. 1. 1907,
J son of the late Jim and Mary
Davis Holmes and had resided in
Floyd County the greater part of
his life He was a painter
Funeral services were held at
2 p m Tuesday at the chapel of
Jennings Funeral Home. Rome,
with the Rev. Glen Boatner,
pastor of the East Rome Bap
tist Church, officiating. Inter
ment was in Lindale Cemetery
Survivors include the widow,
the former Miss Daisy Rawden.
to whom he was married June 1.
1900. and one sister, Mrs Mae
Knowles, at Trion.
Cleghorn House
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held Summerville’s first water
system. Water was pumped to
the tank from the spring. The
tank, long since out of use, was
almost the last thing Mrs.
Cleghorn heard falling Tuesday
morning.
The house, which was con
verted into five apartments with
as many baths, also had the
first bathroom in the county.
Mrs. Cleghorn recalls the family ,
telling of streams of curious
people who called to see the
bathroom soon after it was built, i
The stairway and many of the
door and window frames were
hand carved.
Mrs. Cleghorn, who retained,
an apartment in the house after I
it was sold about 18 months ago, I
has not yet evaluated her loss, j
The house was recently moved
to the rear of the lot by the
present owners. Max Barker, La-
Fayette. and George R. Baker,
Calhoun. Many of Mrs. Cleg
horn’s priceless antiques were
stored in the little room which
was separated from the house,
and which did not burn. She
will have to see just what was
left, she said, before she can
tell just what is gone.
“I cannot tell you what I have
lost in dollars and cents," she
said. “Old china and silverplate
—my husband's beloved books,
furniture that had been in the
family for generations — such
things cannot be priced.”
The only other occupant of
the building was Mrs. Margaret
Moody. Both Mrs. Moody and
Mrs. Cleghorn had moved out
temporarily while awaiting re
pairs on the house that were to
begin this week.
According to Mrs. Cleghorn,
the workmen said the old house
was sound, “there was only one
rotted timber in it, and it was
at the door.” But the house was
shaken up after moving and
some work was to be done on it.
Mrs. Cleghorn had been anxious
to move back into the place that
had been home to her for so
many years. “It would have been
a showplace,” she said wistfully,
“When everything was finished.”
After Baker and Barker pur
chased the property, negotia
tions were underway with an oil
company for construction of a
service station. Plans called for
the eventual construction of a
motel, also.
300 Attend CYL
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For the ceremony, Johnny
Agnew served as medicine man
and Bill Whisnant was chief.
Other teens having special parts
on the program were Diane
Smith, Merle Edwards, Marcia
Boney, John Allen, John Turner
and Carol Johnson.
Some 156 youngsters age 4
12 enrolled in the two-week day
camp, which was held at the
Recreation Center. The CYL is
an inter-denominational group
of teen-agers. Mrs. Henry Duke
is their advisor.
In addition to those already
mentioned, other counselors were
as follows: Vicki Williams, Vicki
Day, Jane Elder, Sylvia Bush,
Mary York, Beverly James, Ann
Cavin, Wanda Lewis. Hilda Rich,
Kathy Davis, Montine Carroll,
Robert Norton, Frank Parham,
Jerry Mahan, Guinn Hankins,
Ricky Kellett, Jerry Money, Bob
Agnew, Barry Bohanan, Marshall
Lewis, Danny Hammond, David
Massey, Micheal Driver, Mike
Cassidy, Van Pullen, Wilburn
Jarrett, Mike Woodard, Jimmy
Burgess, Phil Hix and Terry
Money.
A party for those teens work
ing at the camp has been set
for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Look
out Mountain cabin of the Henry
Dukes.
Chattanooga C of C
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our future growth is tied up
with our ability to offer our i
services to the fine cities that [
lie within our trade area. So we i
are here to say thanks from our [
Chattanooga wholesalers.”
Warren J. Hardy, member of
the Industrial Committee of 100 ;
of the Chattanooga Chamber of:
Commerce and president of
Chattanooga Belting and Supply
Co., encouraged closer working
relationships in obtaining new'
industry for the area. Hardy an
nounced an Area Industrial De
velopment workshop to be con
ducted in Chattanooga. Wednes
day, September 26. and invited
those of our city who were in- j
terested to attend. "Chattanooga
i is as anxious to see Summerville'
1 receive new industry as the
people of Chattanooga. New in
dustrial growth in Summerville
‘ strengthens our entire area,” I
Hardy stated.
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County Tax Rate
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and home demonstration agents,
$7,714.
To provide for payments of
old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, the needy blind
dependent children and for
other welfare benefits. $30,858.
To provide for medical care
and hospitalization of the in
digent sick. $9,643.
To maintain the public li
braries, $1328.
ACCORDING TO THE Treas-;
ury Department, 34 states of the
union and the District of Co-1
lumbla receive more money from
the federal government than
they pay in taxes, while 16 states
received less in 1961. When the
Treasury Department uses the
word “state” it means the state
government, the local units of
government and individual citi
zens of the state.
The largest increase in receipt
of federal money was felt in the
form of payments to unem
ployed persons, and was at
tributable to payments under a
temporary extension of the un
employment program enacted
March 24, 1961.
This temporary extension
proved to be a blessing in the
Rossville, Georgia area where
the closing of the Peerless
Woolen Mills created a major
hardship.
Georgia is among those states
which received more in grants
than is paid in taxes, receiving
approximately $1.86 for each
SI.OO paid in.
The most favored state in this
respect was Alaska where the
ratio is approximately 4’/ 2 to 1
of receipts over tax payments.
Alaska has a total population
of 225,000 people, almost exactly
one-half of the population of
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia. Yet Alaska, since
she is a state, has two Senators
and one Representative in Con
gress, representing a population
about twice that of Cobb County.
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ONE OF THE very finest
things to come out of the
American space program is the
new communications satellite
Telstar, As I said in a speech to
the House of Representatives on
May 24th in asking the members
of the House to approve the
Grand Jury Asks
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That County Sanitarian Tom
Fox enforce all state and county
regulations regarding places
handling food” either as res
taurants or otherwise.” The
Grand Jury said also that it felt
restaurant employes, who are
required to have health cards,
should display them for the
public. • f
That county authorities be
commended for “the excellent
job” done in building the new
sheriff's home.
That the county welfare de
partment is handling 607 old age
cases, nine blind cases, 159 aid
to-dependent children cases,
and 131 aid-to-disabled cases.
These cases receive about
$49,000 per month.
That the county health de
partment is aiding 42 inactive
cases of tuberculosis which are
being treated at home and 30
active cases which are also being
treated at home. It was also re
ported that there are 15 cases
from Chattooga County at
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THURSDAY, JULY 28,
JOHN DAVIS
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| CONGRESS
communications satellite pro
gram:
“This year an experimental
television program is scheduled
to be broadcast across the At
lantic from Europe. It will ap
pear on American television
screens, tangible evidence of the
progress made in space in the
short four years since the first
satellite was launched into orbit
around the earth.
“This will be but the begin
ning. In a few more years,
worldwide television will be as
commonplace as a broadcast be
tween Washington and Boston,
or between New York and San
Francisco. And, not only tele
vision; but transoceanic tele
phonic communications as well
will be revolutionized by satel
lites which will whirl in space
high above the earth.
“The savings in dollars and
cents and the added conven
ience of this new mode of com
munications will be tremendous.
At present, all transoceanic
communications are by cable,
which is costly to install, or by
shortwave radio, which is easily
disrupted by solar storms. Tele
vision cannot be beamed more
than a few hundred miles be
cause the wave lengths required
to carry it will not bend around
the earth and will not bounce
off the region of the atmosphere
known as the ionosphere.
“To solve this knotty prob
lem, satellites will serve as
high-flying radio relay sta
tions. Several suitably-equipped
, and properly-spaced satellites
will be able to receive TV signals
from any point on the globe and
relay them directly to any other
point. Powered with solar bat
! teries, these relay stations in
। space should be able to keep
1 working for many years”.
Vets Urge Curb
Os High Court
Petitions are being circulated
in Rome and Floyd County
calling for a constitutional
amendment to curb the powers
of the U. S. Supreme Court. The
move was initiated by a group
of veterans who are studying at
night at the Rome Vocational
School.
The petitions, which call for
election of the Supreme Court
justices (they’re now appointed
by the President for life), will
be forwarded to U. S. Sens. Rich
ard B. Russell and Herman E.
Talmadge, according to Sanford
Payne, an instructor in the
school.
Battey State Hospital.
That air-conditioning be in
stalled in the grand jury room.
That various repairs or paint
ing be done in the courthouse,
county jail, hospital, and Chat
tooga County Home.
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