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NEW TRION HIGH ADDITION— Two
Trion students look over the high school
addition going up at Trion. The four
classroom structure, financed with city
McConnell Succeeds
Powell As PWC Head
John Frank McConnell replaced Harry Powell as ward
en of the Chattooga County Public Works Camp in a
sudden change this week.
Powell said he was fired. County Commissioner John
Jones said Powell threatened to quit, as he had done on
prior occasions, and that he
simply took him up on his offer.
The incident took place Tues
day morning and McConnell
went to work Wednesday morn
ing.
Both Powell and Jones agreed
that the episode grew out of a
disagreement over whether
Powell should take a certain
prisoner then being held at the
county jail. The warden said
the prisoner had given him con
siderable trouble when he had
been at the camp previously and
that he refused to take him
again. Mr. Jones said “we can’t
pick our prisoners.”
Despite the incident, both men
were highly complimentary of
each other. Mr. Jones said
Powell “had done more for the
county” and that he could do
more different jobs — roads,
buildings, etc., than almost any
one he knew. Powell declared
that Jones had “been the best
boss I ever had” prior to the
Tuesday disagreement.
The commissioner said this
was not the first time Powell
“had blown up” and threatened
to quit. He said he had pre
viously talked him out of it, and
on one occasion got Powell’s
brother to talk him into staying.
Armuchee
Waterslietl
Group to Meet
A meeting of the Little Armu
chee Creek Watershed Associa
tion will be held at 7 p.m. today
(Thursday) at the Gore School.
All landowners in the Little
Armuchee Creek watershed are
urged to attend, officials said.
Election of officials, appoint
ment of directors and discussion
of new changes in the watershed
law will be on the agenda. Jim
Hunter is now president.
An official is expected to be
present to answer questions.
Detailed plans will be worked
out in the near future for con
struction of small dams and for
taking other measures to aid in
conservation in that watershed
The program, when worked
out. will be presented to the
landowners Involved for their
approval or disapproval.
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Courthouse Clock Back at
Work; Noir Run Electrically
The hands on the courthouse clock were busy at work
L again this week—for the first time in many years.
I And the now-electrical clock strikes just as it did before
it went out of order.
County Commissioner John Jones let the contract on
the project last Thursday and the firm. Columbus Tower
Clock Co., Columbus, went to work immediately. The job was
finished by Saturday and the price was $685.
The clock strikes on the hour.
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i The former warden agreed that
about three years ago he and
the commissioner had a dis
agreement and that Mr. Jones
asked his brother to talk to him
about staying. Powell said he
didn’t remember what the dis
agreement was about. He said
Jones hired McConnell at that
I time, but let him go when he
himself decided to return.
Rumors that Powell planned
to run for commissioner had
been rampant for sometime, but
he said Wednesday he would not
have run against Jones and that
he hadn’t planned to run any
way “prior to Tuesday.” He
noted that many persons had
asked him to run. Mr. Jones
hasn’t said whether or not he
will seek re-election.
Mr. Jones said he had asked
McConnell sometime back if he
would take the job should Powell
quit. The commissioner denied
there was any politics involved,
declaring that he understood
McConnell didn’t vote for him
when he ran for his present
term. McConnell was an un
successful candidate for sheriff
two years ago and there are ru
mors that he plans to run in
i 1964.
Powell issued a statement
Wednesday telling his side of
the episode.
He said he received a call at
7:30 a.m. from the commission
er asking him if he were going
to pick up the particular pris
oner at the Chattooga County
jail.
“In our conversation, I told
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Menlo
Community to
Meet On CD
A Menlo area meeting to talk
about civil defense will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Men-
I lo First Baptist Church.
The Menlo Town Council
Tuesday evening approved a
, resolution qstablishing a civil
defense organization. Details
i are to be discussed at the com
munity meeting.
Mayor J. P. Smith this week
urged all area citizens—not just
those within Menlo—to attend.
®hr Snmmmnllr ^rws
and state funds, is expected to be ready
for occupancy by December 1, Supt.
A. J. Strickland has announced.
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Kids Splash
Eggs On Porch
Os Mr. Cleckler
Halloween hecklers threw eggs
on O. L. Cleckler’s porch early
last Wednesday evening and the
board member himself was re
portedly splashed when he ap
peared on the porch during the
incident.
Teen-age boys were believed
responsible.
Menlo’s lone marshal doesn’t
go on duty until 10 p.m. and the
heckling incident occurred prior
to that time, Mayor J. P. Smith
said.
The mayor, after being noti
fied by Mr. Cleckler of the in
cident, called the Summerville
civil defense director, Luther
Smith, to see whether the aux
iliary police could be of help.
Mr. Smith in turn notified the
sheriff who reportedly checked
into the matter.
Mr. Cleckler is a long-time
member of the Chattooga Board
of Education.
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GETTING TB SKIN TEST—Mrs. Marvin
Whaley (left) a nurse at the Chattooga
Health Department, is shown at work
during the tuberculin skin testing at
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1962
john f McConnell
Davis Sweeps District
In Landslide Victory
SI,OOO in
Prizes to Be
Given in Svilk 1
Five S2OO prizes will be giv
en away in Summerville dur
ing the Christmas shopping
season.
The Summerville Merchants
Association has announced it
will give away a S2OO prize on
each of the five shopping days
preceding Christmas.
The first number will be
posted on the windows of par
ticipating stores on the Wed
nesday preceding Christmas.
If the cash award is not
claimed by 6 p.m. that day, it
will accumulate to S4OO for
Thursday and a new number
will be posted Thursday. The
event will continue in this
manner—accumulating unless
claimed by 6 p.m. each day. It
is therefore possible for one
person to win the entire sl,-
000.
Distribution of tickets for
the give-away will begin some
time next week.
Plans for this promotion and
for decorating the streets of
Summerville were discussed
when the board of directors
met Wednesday at the Georgia
Power Company office. Mar
shall Lowry, president, pre
sided.
A Christmas parade also is
planned, but the date hasn’t
yet been set.
Hogg, County CD Head,
Quits; Jones to Name
New Man in Near Future
Tom Hogg, county civil defense director, has resigned.
No reason was given in his brief letter of resignation.
County Commissioner John Jones said this week he
is hoping to replace Hogg as early as possible.
In another development, Mr. Jones said he believes the
director should receive some
compensation for his services.
The county commissioner said
some legal aspects of the county
CD program were being checked
into.
In the meantime, County At
torney F. H. Boney and possibly
Mr. Jones plan to attend a civil
defense meeting in Atlanta Nov.
16, sponsored by the civil de
fense committee of the County
Commissioners of Georgia Asso
ciation. Further information on
county CD units is expected to
be obtained at that time, it was
stated.
Summerville Elementary School this
week. The youngsters are Pam McGuire
and Mike Allison, first graders. The
Summerville PTA sponsored the project.
Gets 16,000 Voles
To Ivey’s 6,000
Summerville’s John Davis, Seventh District Democratic
Congressman, overwhelmingly defeated Republican Ralph
Ivey of Rome Tuesday.
The district-wide vote was 15,816 for Davis and 6,075
for Ivey, according to still-incomplete returns late Wednes-
day.
In Chattooga, Davis received
2,475 votes and Ivey 216.
Confressman Davis, finishing
his first two-year term, flew to
Washington Wednesday to spend
a week with his family. Mrs.
Davis and their three children
have remained in the capitol city
this fall because the children are
enrolled in school there.
The vote in Chattooga on gen
eral election day was extremely
light. Only some 2,800 ballots
were cast out of a possible 10,200.
Purging of the voting books
began this week following the
final election of this year. Those
who did not vote during the past
two years will have their names
removed and will have to re
register. A six-months waiting
period will be necessary.
Results of the vote on con
stitutional amen dments re
mained inconclusive late
Wednesday. But it appeared that
a majority of the amendments
would go over. Those having
early leads included these:
Requiring the General As
sembly to set an .appropriation
each two years; paving the way
for developing a rapid transit
system in Atlanta; preventing
forced integration of Georgia
schools; reapportioning the Sen
ate; authorizing the state to
make financial grants to coun-
POST OFFICE TO
BE CLOSED MONDAY
The Summerville Post Office
will be closed Monday in observ
ance of Veterans Day, John
Stubbs, postmaster, has an
nounced.
There will be no deliveries and
no window service, he said.
JOHN W. DAVIS
ties in which the state owns at
least 20,000 acres of land from
which the county receives no
taxes; replacing the Dept, of
Commerce with a Dept, of In
dustry and Trade; allowing
counties to borrow money for
tax revaluation; permitting stu
dents receiving medical loans or
scholarships to repay them with
service at prison camps or farms;
authorizing state funds for
school lunch program; allowing
Assembly to initiate action to
override the governor’s veto.
90 at Trion
To Receive CD
Certificates
Some 90 persons in the Trion
area will receive certificates this
evening after completing a 12-
hour course in personal survival
in disaster.
A highlight will be a briefing
on plans of the City of Trion
and Riegel Textile Corporation
for survival In the event of at
tack. Mayor Pro-tem Harry
Hardeman and CD Radiological
and Warning Chief Harold Dunn
will speak.
Plans for additional classes
will also be made at that time.
Each class must have as many
as 20 persons.
CD officials have urged that
at least one member of each
family take the course. Instruc
tion covers fallout shelters, how
to stock them, effects of radia
tion, etc.
The Instructors were trained
by the State Department of Edu
cation.
Group Names
Trionite VP
A. J. Strickland, superin
tendent of Trion schools, was
elected vice president of the
Georgia Association of School
Administrators last week-end in
Athens.
Mr. Strickland was formerly a
member of that group’s board of
directors.
The educator also Is Seventh
District Director of the Georgia
Education Association.
Also attending the Athens
meeting from Trion was Seaborn
Baker, a member of the Trion
Board of Education. The Geor
gia School Boards Association
met simultaneously.
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News of 20 Years Ago
Included in Neiv Series
An interesting new feature is being added to your Sum
merville News this week.
It is entitled, “Notes From 20 Years Ago” and includes
brief quotes from Summerville News issues of 20 years ago.
World War II was in its midst at that time and The News
was devoted muchly to items on servicemen and the war
I effort.
Read this feature and travel down memory lane.
Postponed School
Evacuation Drill
To Be Held Friday
The practice drill on school evacuation, called off last
week, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, rain or shine, School
Supt. James Spence and Civil Defense Director Luther
Smith anhounced this week.
It was called off last week because of expected rain.
All schools in the county sys
tem will participate, Mr. Spence
said. Schools will close at 3 p.m.
as usual, he noted.
The Summerville CD police
will man posts in Summerville.
They will meet at 7:30 p.m. to
day (Thursday) to plan final de
tails.
At county schools outside
Summerville, children will be
grouped according to grade and
teacher for convenience of par
ents locating their children.
Those in walking distance will
be allowed to walk home. Bus
children must await their re
spective buses unless parents
pick them up at the school.
Here are details for the Sum
merville schools:
Carter—All children who are
in walking distance must walk. ’
Parents who are picking up chil- :
dren must enter Highland from <
First Street and proceed north 1
on Highland to school and pro
ceed then northward to U. 8. ।
27. One-way traffic only, going ।
north, on Highland will be al- :
lowed. ।
Chattooga High—No cars will :
be allowed on roads leading to ;
Chattooga High campus. All stu
dents at this school, grades six ।
through 12, must either ride the
bus, walk or meet their parents
at a pre-arranged location on 1
Commerce Street. Bus riders I
will be picked up at the campus.
Summerville Elementary —
Parents may pick up children If i
they wish. Both East Washing- ■
ton and Maple Drive will be one
way north and parents must
enter these streets from Rome ;
Boulevard. First and second
Two Killed in Auto
Accidents in County
Two persons were killed in separtc auto accidents in
Chattooga County during the past week and five persons
have been injured.
Mrs. Robert Bridges, age 52, 429 North Commerce
St., Summerville, and Fred Falls, 18, Rome Route 1, lost
their lives as a result of the ac
cidents.
Mrs. Bridges died at 5:10 am
Thursday In the Trion hospital
of Injuries received In an acci
dent near The Triangle Shop
ping Center at 3:10 p.m. Wed
nesday.
Young Falls died Saturday of
Injuries received the day before
in an accident on the Subligna-
Gore road.
The collision which cost Mrs.
Bridges her life occurred, ac
cording to the State Patrol, when
a vehicle driven by Sherold Far
ley Sparks, of LaFayette, made a
turn across In front of the car
In which Mrs. Bridges rode. Her
husband was the driver. Neither
Mr. Bridges nor Sparks was hurt.
The Sparks truck was reportedly
owned by Gene Junkin, LaFa
yette, Route 2. Sparks was go
ing north and the Bridges were
traveling south when Sparks
made a turn into a driveway of
graders to be picked up by par
ents will be at the front en
trance. Third, fourth and fifth
graders will be at the rear. All
children of the same family will
group with the oldest child of
the family in the same school.
All bus children will go to the
front entrance.
School Bond
Validation Set
November 19
Validation of the $450,000
worth of school bonds is set for
November 19, it was noted at the
Chattooga Board of Education
meeting Tuesday afternoon.
This is the next step toward
getting a $777,000 building pro
gram off the ground. The county
is to receive $327,000 in a state
grant, making the grand total
for building purposes. Voters
approved the bond issue on Oct.
17. Construction is expected to
start shortly after the first of
1963.
Only minor business matters
were taken up at the November
board meeting.
A request by Bill Young, of
the Chattooga High Athletic As
sociation, for financial aid with
the athletic fund at the school
was tabled for further study.
Several trustees will be ap
pointed at the December meet
ing, it was noted.
(See Photo On Paye 7)
The Triangle.
In the Subligna-Gore Road
wreck, only one car was in
volved, that driven by Falls. The
State Patrol said the wreck oc
curred at a deep curve as the car
went south and that the vehicle
rolled over several times, throw
ing Falls and some other occu
pants out. Injured In the acci
dent were: Gwendolyn Carter,
17, Armuchee Route 1; her
brother, Ronald Carter, 19; and
Troy Boyd. 17, Rome Route 1,
Falls was transferred from the
Chattooga Hospital to Floyd
Hospital where he died.
Two women were hurt in a
third wreck which occurred
1 about 12:30 am. Sunday near
. the Chattooga River bridge on
' U. 8. 27 south. They were listed
■ by the State Patrol as Reba
■ Yvonne Myrick, Summerville
! Route 2, owner of one of the
i cars, and Betty Knowles, driver
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