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VOLUME 77 — NUMBER 46
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AFTER COTTON BOWL— Two Trion Midgets (left)
Richard Chamblee and Bill Floyd, congratulate two
Calhoun Midgets after the 13-0 Calhoun win at the
Little Cotton Bowl in Trion Saturday afternoon. The
Calhoun tallies were made in the first and final per
iods. Ann Dunn was crowned queen of the Bowl. A
seventh grader, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Dunn of Trion and was chosen by the mem
bers of the All-Star Midget squad.
Menlo Man Fails in
Bond Intervention
Bad Weather
Holds Up
THS Addition
Occupation of the new four
classroom addition at Trion
High will not take place this
week-end as originally planned.
► Inclement weather has inter
fered with the completion of
the project and it will now be
after Christmas before the
building can be occupied. School
Supt. A. J. Strickland said.
Roofing of the structure was
underway Wednesday, but had
to be suspended at mid-day be
cause of rain. About one-third
of the roof had been applied.
Housing Units
Expected Soon
A work order clearing the way
for construction to begin on a
$738,750 low-rent housing proj
ect in Summerville is expected
within a week.
Harry Lee McGinnis, chairman
of the Summerville Housing Au
thority, said housing officials
from Rome told him Tuesday
that the work order should be
here within a week. Construc
tion could then begin.
The Lake McDonald Company
of Vidalia was low bidder and
got the contract. It was award
ed some four hours ahead of
President Kennedy’s executive
order against discrimination in
federally-aided housing.
Bobby Toles of Rome is the
architect for the 75-unit project.
It will have 57 units for whites
and 18 for Negroes and will be
located in various areas of the
city. Most units will be duplexes.
Some 26 will be for the elderly.
Uncle Ned’s
I Notes J
Looks to me like we gona be
mighty proud ov our county
when it comes to Christmas
decorations this year. I went
to S’ville and Trion this week
and I liked what I saw.
The folks at The Triangle
Shopping Center got purtied
up the first o’ the week and
they sure look nice. In S’ville
they've been working mighty
hard gittin’ the lights and
decorations up in time for the
parade tomorrow afternoon. I 1
hear the parade will be one of I
the best. And from the way
things look, the town will be
dressed purtier than it has
been tn a long time.
The merchants have got the
purtiest things out in their
windows. My wife ain’t never
had any fancy things much
but I thought I'd just git her
one o’ them purty furry robes
and house shoes this year.
She’ll be rite surprised I guess.
But think she’ll be rite happy
too. Like all wimen, she likes
purty things.
Judge Fariss Orders
School Bonds Validated
A Menlo man’s intervention in the validation of $450.-
000 worth of school bonds failed Friday night when Judge
S. W. Farris ordered that the validation proceed.
The judge’s action followed a four-hour hearing which
had been continued from the previous Monday, when a two-
hour hearing was held.
Erwin Stolz, an attorney for
the intervenor, Norman Garvin,
said there may be an appeal to
the Georgia Supreme Court. He
has 30 days in which to file.
Uniquely, the racial integra
tion question was injected into
the validation proceedings by
the intervenor, a white land
owner. He contended that the
Summerville polls were not in
tegrated and that the bond
election votes in that box should
therefore be thrown out. How
ever, a white woman, Mrs. Joe
Stewart, testified that she voted
in a booth that was beside one
in which a Negro man voted at
the same time.
• King Jones, a Negro, was put
on the stand by the intervenor.
He said at first that he voted
at the rear of the courtroom
during the bond election and
that “the white folks” voted at
the front. However, he recalled
under cross examination that
the voting wasn’t in the court
room at all but instead was in
the courthouse corridors be
cause court was in session
upstairs. Jones also admitted
that voting booths were “all up
and down the hall”, that he
voted in the one he chose and I
that no one told him where to i
vote or how to vote.
Another witness, Miss Mae
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SCENE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT BREAK-IN
. . . burglars tore in John Paul Jones office
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962
Banquet of Riegel
Quarter Century
Club Set for Mon.
The Annual Riegel Quarter
Century Club Banquet will be
held at 6 o’clock Monday eve
ning, December 3 at the Gram
mar School Cafetorium in Trion.
There are 282 members of the
club of whom 230 are active and
52 are inactive.
Program for the event follows:
Invocation, Jack McAmis.
Dinner menu: tomato cocktail,
roast young turkey and dress
ing, yams, garden peas, fruit
salad, relish bowl, hot rolls and
butter, coffee, fruit cake.
Dinner music will be by Mrs.
Lenora Buice.
Introduction of guests by Pres
ton H. David, General Manager.
Message by G. H. H. Emory,
Chairman of the Board.
Presentation o f certificates
and watches by Mr. David.
Guest speaker, Leo Aikman.
Business session conducted by
C. C. Cobb, Assistant General
Manager.
All sing, “Auld Lang Syne.”
Twenty-six new members have
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1 Earle Strange, who conducted
the election in the Summerville
box, said all the ballots and
cards were “exactly alike” and
that no special place was desig
nated for the Negroes to vote.
Even if there had been segre
gation of the polls, according to
T. J. Espy, attorney for the
Chattooga Board of Education,
the intervenor would have had
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Action Awaited On Co.
CD, Shelter Stocking
Activation of a Chattooga County civil defense pro
gram is expected to speed up following receipt of a written
opinion from the attorney general’s office this week.
In the meantime, it has been learned that two loca
tions in the county—Blowing Springs Cave and the base-
ment of the new Riegel Textile
Corp, building—have been ap
proved by the Corps of Engi
neers for marking and stocking
as community fallout shelters.
Together, they would house
some 1,800 persons.
Further action on getting the
two sites marked and stocked
7 Attend
Conference On
6 Drop-Outs’
Seven persons from the Chat
tooga and Trion school systems
attended a Seventh District
meeting of the Georgia Com
mittee on Children and Youth
Tuesday in Rome.
The “drop-out” problem was
discussed.
Those going included: Chat
tooga School Supt. James
Spence, Trion School Supt. A. J.
Strickland, Trion Visiting
Teacher Tom Hogg, Chattooga
Visiting Teacher Clarence Gil
ley, Mrs. Joe Pitts, counselor at
Chattooga High, Mrs. Orble
Allen, home economics teacher
at Chattooga High, and Marsha
Walker, a student at CHS.
Among those on the program
were: Milton S. McDonald, su
perintendent of Rome city
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Schools to
Close Dec. 19
For Holidays
The Christmas-New Year holi
day period in Trion and Chat
tooga schools was announced
this week by School Supts. A. J.
Strickland and James Spence.
All schools in both systems
will close down at the end of
classes on Wednesday, Dec. 19,
and will resume on Wednesday,
Jan. 2.
Rep. Davis to
Address JC’s
Congressman John Davis, of
Summerville, will address the
Summerville Junior Chamber of
Commerce tonight.
The group will meet at 7:30
p.m. at the M and M Cafeteria.
Jerry Smith is program chair
man.
apparently will have to wait
until a county CD director is
named. Summerville CD Direc
tor Luther Smith said that as
Summerville director he did not
have the authority to proceed
with arrangements for shel
tering those outside the city.
License agreements would have
to be obtained from the owners
before stocking and marking
could take place.
County Commissioner Jones is
expected to name a county CD
director soon, in the wake of
the letter from the attorney
general’s office. Mr. Jones had
said earlier he would not name
any one until the unofficial
opinion was received. Although
he was not available for com
ment after the receipt of the
Two Suspects Being
Quizzed On Breakin
JOHN PAUL JONES OFFICE
BURGLARIZED TUESDAY NIGHT
Two suspects were being questioned by Summerville
police late Wednesday in connection with the Tuesday
night burglary of Realtor John Paul Jones office.
Some $1,200 worth of office machines and about $65
in cash were taken. None had been recovered late Wednes-
day. Acting Chief Griffin 1
Pledger said Working with
Pledger on the case was Identi-|
fication Officer Bobby Plunkett. 1
Most of the cash was taken
from Jones desk but a small I
amount was taken from the of- j
fice safe which apparently was
broken open with a chisel and
sledge hammer, Plunkett said
The equipment taken included
a Victor adding and calculating‘
machine, an Olivetti calculator
Don’t Miss
Out On News
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want to forget during this
busy season—to renew your
Summerville News if it is
about to expire.
Look now at the number
near your name if you are a
subscriber. If it has the num
bers 11-62, this will be your
final issue before expiration.
If you live in Chattooga
County, the cost is only $2.06
per year and if you live out
side the county, the cost is
only $3.09. Send a check or
money order now, or come by.
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Final City
Court of Year
Opens Monday
Misdemeanor cases of Chat
tooga County will go on trial in
Chattooga City Court at 9 a.m.
Monday before Judge F. H.
Boney.
This will be Judge Boney’s
final formal term before his
tenure ends December 31. He will
then be succeeded by Summer
ville Attorney Bobby Lee Cook,
who defeated the judge in a
primary earlier this year.
The jurors drawn to serve
during next week’s court are:
Floyd H. Lowry, Fields Black
mon, Walter J. Mitchell, Elbert
Flood, Holland Martin, Grady C.
Chastain, J. W. Allen, Millard
Lewis, Harold Dempsey, Lionel
Pope, Georgia Dawson and Roy
Alexander.
J. L. Hix, W. R. Chappelear,
Otis Gorman, Joe R. Ozment,
B. P. Rowlls, James Harold
Duke, Fay Maxey, Roscoe Mc-
Clung, Cromer Stephens, Hoyt
Martin Sr., Mrs. Lydia Thomas,
Babe Lee Willingham and
Charlie E. Ford.
Edward Jackson, Ray Van
pelt, R. L. Bowman Sr., Nathan
Brown, Joe B. Young. Luke
Lqung, H. E. Gravely, Carl D.
Eve^t, Annette B, Agnew, A. G.
Dunson, Willie Cooper, Thad
Adams and Grady F. Ramey.
Ralph Elrod, R. Donald Wof
ford, Fred L. McKeehan, Ernest
C. Colbert, James McDonald,
Thomas R. Dover, Clyde
Stephenson, Howard Dawkins,
Dewey Brown, Robert Fowler,
Tom Mahaffey and John B.
Thomas.
letter, County Attorney F. H.
Boney, who had requested the
opinion, said he believed the
commissioner would now soon
make the appointment.
The opinion from the attor
ney general’s office notes that
city and county CD units should
not be “joint,” points out Mr.
Boney. However, it was noted
that the same person could
head both a city and a county
unit. He would thus act as a
coordinator, said Mr. Boney.
Tom Hogg, county CD direc
tor, resigned recently and no
successor has been named. Al
though the county has had
someone serving in the official
capacity as “County CD direc
tor” for several years, there has
never been an active program
in the county.
Summerville and Trion have
active CD units and Menlo is in
the process of organizing.
and an Underwood typewriter.
1 Mr. Jones has offered a SIOO
reward for recovery of all three
! pieces of equipment, Officer
I Plunkett said.
The burglars tore the screen
off a rear window, which was
not locked, and gained entry.
The burglary was discovered
i Wednesday morning when one
’of Jones’ employes reported at
the office for work.
Light Service,
Parade, Prizes
Lure Shoppers
A colorful Christmas parade, featuring Santa Claus.
A Yule concert and Santa visit. Gaily-decorated streets and
store fronts. Big prizes. Store windows full of Christmasy
merchandise. Holiday music in abundance.
All this was underway in Chattooga County this week
as citizens prepared for the
bright holiday season. In addi
tion, churches were beginning
to make Christmas plans.
A festive Christmas parade
will be held in Summerville at
5 p.m. Friday, featuring many
pretty floats and brightly-dec
orated vehicles. A Santa "sleigh”
float, bearing Santa Claus, will
be the highlight.
In addition, the Trion High ,
and Chattooga High Bands will
participate and there’ll be re
corded Christmas music in the ।
downtown area. J. L. Salmon
will be parade marshal.
Clubs, individuals or busi
nesses planning to present I
floats, animals or vehicles are:
Brimp Warren Ford Sales, Tri- ।
Hi-Y Club, “C” Club, Junior and
Senior Library Clubs, Future
Business Leaders of America ।
Club, French and Spanish
Clubs, Girl and Boy Scouts,
American Legion Auxiliary,
Cherokee Rose and Chattooga
Garden Clubs, Southern 5 and
10, Shamb 1 i n Hdwe., Fred
Aldred, Mike Salmon, Saul’s
Dept. Store, Tutton’s Auto
Parts, Jackson Chevrolet, Car
ter’s Consolidated School,
Lowry’s Dept. Store, Duff Flow
ers and Gifts, Salmon Butane
Gas Co., Miss Rosemary’s Kin
dergarten, basketball and foot
ball cheerleaders, CHS home
coming queen, “Miss Chattooga i
County” and Wilson Motor Co. ]
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TO CARRY SANTA FRIDAY— It wasn’t
finished when this photograph was
made, but this is the “sleigh*’ which
will carry Santa Claus in the big Sum
merville parade at 5 p.m. Friday. A. E.
Jackson (left) who designed and built
the float, discusses it with his son,
Harold. Mr. Jackson will have it mount-
Lyerly School
Educational
TV Is Success
Lyerly Principal Lamar Parker
said this week he is well pleased
with the use of educational tele
vision in the school.
The practice was begun some
two months ago, with one set
used in each of the two class
room buildings.
Mr. Parker noted that science,
mathematics, French, speech
and reading are viewed via the
medium.
Dancing On Agenda
For Memorial Home
The Chattooga Memorial Home
will have a round and square
dance at 9 p.m. Saturday with
music by Ray Myers and his
band.
Admission will be $2 per couple
and the event Is sponsored by
American Legion Post 129.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 PER YEAR
Assn, is sponsoring the parade.
Prizes of $25 and sls will be
given the outstanding floats
and judges will be from out of
town.
The Triangle Shopping Cen
ter sponsored a lighting cere
mony, Trion High band concert
of Christmas music and Santa
visit Tuesday evening. The store
fronts had been beautifully dec
orated with garlands and bells
and the lights were turned on
to signal the start of the
Christmas shopping period. Sev
eral hundred persons were on
hand and Harold Hammond,
president of TMA, presided.
Santa arrived to the strains of
“Here Comes Santa Claus,” ren
dered by the THS band. A
“singalong” followed.
In the meantime, decoration
of the streets of Summerville
was underway this week with
plans for the work to be finished
by parade time. Marshall Lowry
heads SRMA.
Announcements of cash or
merchandise give-aways were
popping up all over the county.
Menlo, The Sonllb Trade Cen
ter, Summerville, The Triangle
and several merchants south of
Trion have all announced plans
to give away cash or merchan
dise prizes during the season.
Here is a break-down:
Tire Sonlib Trade Center near
Cloudland is giving away SSO,
partly in cash and partly in
merchandise, at 4 p.m. Satur-
ed on two pony carts and it will be pull
ed by ponies. Mrs. Leath Miller, chair
man of the parade, was in charge of dec
orating the float. Mr. Jackson bent and
welded metal rods together to form the
frame and then stretched cotton fabric
over it, attaching it with heavy brads.
Menlo Votes Sat.
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TO ELECT THREE COUNCILMEN,
DECIDE ON NEW FIRE TRUCK
Menlo voters visit the polls once again when they go
Saturday. It will be the eighth election this year for them.
The Menlo voting is two fold: (1) Election of three
Councilmen to replace members whose terms are expiring;
and (2) Deciding whether the town will buy a new fire
truck.
Six men are running for the
posts now held by Herman
Adams, Gene Ballard and Hill
Hall. Those running are: Hall,
R. A. Canada. Lamar Head,
R. W. King, Orren Smothers
and J. P. Thornberry. The top
three will win. Their terms will
be for two years and they will
take office on the first Tuesday
in January.
Voting hours are 7 am. to 7
p.m.
The proposed new fire truck
day, Dec. 22.
The merchants south of Trion
will give away a food freezer
and a television at 4 p.m.
Christmas Eve.
Menlo will give away SIOO and
16 $25 prizes at 3 p.m. Christmas
Eve.
Summerville will give away
five S2OO cash prizes, one on
each of the five shopping days
preceding Christmas Day.
The Triangle will give away
SSOO, SIOO and SSO on Christinas
Eve. The time will be an
nounced.
NW Ga. Girl
Scout Council
Discussed Here
Chattooga County’s role in
the proposed Northwest Georgia
Girl Scout Council was discussed
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting
in Summerville.
Miss Octavia Taylor, Atlanta,
a member of the national field
staff office of Girl Scouting,
met with Girl Scout officials at
the Presbyterian Church.
Plans call for the Council to
be formed next year and be in
operation by next fall.
Present for the meeting were:
Mrs. Frances Marbutt and Mrs.
James Lee, Brownie leaders;
Mrs. James Marks and Mrs.
John Salley, Scout leaders; Mrs.
Richard Brusco, assistant Girl
Scout leader; and the Rev. W. E.
Hotchkiss, pastor of the Presby
terian Church.
would cost some $7,450 and be
financed by a 40 per cent in
crease in the water rate for the
next three years. Thus, those
having the minimum water bill,
$2.50, would have an increase
to $3 50 for the three-year
period. At the end of that time,
the increase would be removed,
it was stated.
If the voters approve the fire
truck purchase, the increased
levy will begin immediately.
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