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Tech IDD Branch Spurs
Industrial Development
u Four industrial prospects for the Coosa Valley area
"appear to be close to a decision favoring Coosa Valley
locations”.
So says James R. Wyatt, head of the Northwest Geor
gia branch of the Industrial Development Division of Geor
gia Tech at Rome. Mr. Wyatt
made the statement in an an
nual report to the Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Development
Commission this month.
"At the close of 1962.” Mr.
Wyatt said, “the Tech, IDD
staff was maintaining active
files for some forty prospects.
Four of these prospects appear
to be close to a decision favoring
Coosa Valley locations.” Mr.
Wyatt gave no further details.
Chattooga is one of the counties
in the Coosa Valley.
The Tech branch head said
that during 1962 emphasis was
placed on the further develop
ment of planned industrial sites
and on the further development
of local industrial development
organizations.
The Coosa Valley area never
theless obtained 25 new manu
facturers during 1962— about
two a month. Thirty plant ex-
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- pansions were recorded.
r i Gordon County led the Coosa
t Valley in new plants for 1962
i with a total of seven, almost one
third of all new plants located
) in the area, it was pointed out.
1 Polk obtained five, Floyd three,
and Bartow, Chattooga, Murray
i ! and Paulding two each. Catoosa
, and Douglas obtained one each.
, Records show that Gordon
and Haralson each had six
; plant expansions; Catoosa five;
and Chattooga, Floyd and Mur-
1 ray, four each.
5 However, the Chattooga ex
- pansion was the greatest in
> number of square feet—ls9,ooo.
; Much of this was apparently in
: the three-floor Riegel addition.
: The publication of handbooks
■ and booklets was another major
■ project of the Tech-station—in
;; 1962, the report showed.
Two major reports were pub-
lished—the Coosa Valley Indus
trial Site Handbook, a 284-page
.preference work describing 170
j industrial sites, districts and
potential sites, and the Coosa
I Valley Basic Data Handbook, a
250-page volume having indi
vidual sections on each county
and within each county section,
separate treatments on individ
ual communities.
These reports are in the hands
of allied industrial development
agencies, engineering firms,
architects, industrial consult
ants, factory locating firms,
railroad development represent
atives and industrial prospects
in ten states, Mr. Wyatt said.
‘Spartacus’
Comes Sunday
To Tooga
A film which won four acad
emy awards, “Spartacus,” will be
presented at The Tooga Theatre
in Summerville Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
The vibrant era of pagan Rome
in the last century before Christ
is recreated in all its turbulence,
I excitement and splendor in this
! movie. Kirk Douglas, Lawrence
Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles
Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John
Gavin and Tony Curtis star.
A romantic comedy starring
Audrey Hepburn, “Roman Holi
day,” will be shown for the last
I time tonight (Thursday). This
is the story of a hopeless love
; between royalty and a common
■ er and was filmed in its entirety
! in Rome.
| Bob Hope and Lucille Ball star
in “Fancy Pants,” which comes
Wednesday and Thursday to the
i Tooga.
Hope poses as an English but
ler who is hired by a social
climbing matron of the West to
1 give her family “class”. But he
is really an unemployed actor
I who finds himself very much out
'of place in the rough, tough
I cattle town of Big Squaw, New
Mexico.
Plunkett
Leaves Police
Bobby Plunkett, identifica
tions officer of The Summer
ville Police Department, has re
i signed to accept anotner joo.
Mr. Plunkett became manager
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PROPOSALS FOR SUMMERVILLE— GIenn Woodard
(left) and Sidney Thomas (right) of Rome, planners
for the Coosa Valley Planning and Development Com
mission, display a proposal for making downtown Sum
merville a “shopping center”. They were in Summer
ville Tuesday conferring on the matter.
Modern New Look May Be
Proposed for Summerville
Downtown Summerville blocked off in shopping center
fashion?
It’s a possibility.
In fact, it might be extremely practical in the opinion
of two planners for the Coosa Valley Planning and Develop
ment Commission, Sidney Thomas and Glenn Woodard.
Thomas and Woodard were in Summerville Tuesday to
study this and other possibilities for aiding the development
of the downtown area. They had earlier been asked by the
Summerville Retail Merchants Assn, and the Chattooga-Mu
nicipal Planning Commission to do such a study.
The planners could only make general recommendations.
Any action would have to come, finally, from the City of
Summerville.
But here are some of the thoughts Thomas and Woodard
ventured on the “shopping center” possibility:
Economy and Cox Streets, which parallel Commerce
Street on either side, would be widened to handle through
traffic and could become one way streets. The downtown
areas of Commerce, Washington and Georgia Streets could
be used as customer parking space, either metered or un
metered. The wideness of these streets makes such a plan
especially practical.
At the same time, store fronts could be modernized and
made more uniform, much in the shopping center tradition.
A small park might be developed in the mid-town area
to beautify the scene and to accomodate older shoppers and
children.
These are only possibilities. But the professional planners
think they might be worth considering. They may also have
other suggestions for aiding the downtown development, and
their entire plan will be presented at some future time.
of the Supreme Oil Co. station
on North Commerce Street last
week.
He had been with the Police
Department three years.
Chief Griffin Pledger said
no replacement for Mr. Plunkett
: has been made.
Ex-Countian Came Close
To Becoming Astronaut
Except for the objections of a devoted wife, a native of
Chattooga County could well have become an astronaut.
The man who had such a potential, Col. Lawrence
Doster of Chattanooga, Tenn., was the guest speaker
Wednesday at the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club. He
discussed space, a subject in
which he is expert.
The news that the now-re- ’
tired Air Force colonel was con
sidered for an astronaut came
out in his Introduction, made
by Etheridge Lawrence, also of
Chattanooga and also a native
of Chattooga County. Mr. Law- 1
rence noted that Col. Doster,
who is his nephew, was of the |
right age and size and had the
experience, but that his wife
declined to sign the necessary
papers. A wife’s okay is neces
sary before a man can become
an astronaut. The 42-year-old
colonel and his wife have a
daughter.
Col. Doster was born at Lyerly,
the son of Marie Lawrence Dos
ter, native of Menlo and Lon Ed
Doster. While he was at an early
age, his family moved to Chat
tanooga. During World War 11,
the colonel flew 409 combat
missions in the South Pacific
and has logged 6,000 hours. Col.
Doster retired last June and is
now associated with his uncle
as a partner in Citizens Motors,
a Dodge agency in Chattanooga.
His uncle is a son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, of
Menlo.
Illustrating his talk with a
flannel graph, Col. Doster dis
cussed the same situation in
general and the launching of a
manned satellite.
He said the Russians land
their astronauts on the earth
while we land ours in the sea. '
U. S. Intelligence sources esti- |
mate that the Russians have
lost about six men in their space
attempts, three of whom are
still out in space floating about.
The Russians may be ahead of
the United States in thrust, but
the U. S. seems to have an edge
in knowledge of space matters,
said the colonel.
Since the beginning of time,
man has been interested in the
exploration of space. The first
successful venture was in 1903
when the Wright brothers had
the first successful heavicr
than-air flight.
Knowledge in the world
doubled what it had been be
tween 1900 and 1950. It doubled
again between 1950 and 1960.
And there were estimates that
it would double again between
1 1960 and 1962, said Col. Doster.
He pointed out that 90 per
The Summerville News, Thursday, January 31, 1963
, cent of all the scientists who
| have ever lived are living today.
Explaining some of the tech-
I nical aspects of space flight,
Col. Doster said the attitude of
the rocket is the key factor,
determining whether it goes on
1 out into space or whether it is
pulled back down to earth.
| Estimates on when the United
States will explore the moon
range from 1965 to 1970, said
Col. Doster. There is no problem
about getting a man there—the
problem is in getting him back,
he noted.
Cavin Freed
On Assault
Charges
Robert Cavin was acquitted
of assault with intent to murder
charges last week in Chattooga
Superior Court.
A jury rendered the verdict
early Tuesday afternoon in the
case. Cavin had been accused in
connection with an incident in
volving Homer Mitchell. He was
one of four men charged in the
matter, but the others did not
come to trial during this term.
In the meantime, trial of Ro
land Wooten, colored, charged
with burglary, got underway
j Wednesday morning. The aban
: donment case was tried Tuesday
afternoon.
Some 18 additional jurors
were summoned Tuesday after
noon in order to have a suf
ficient number.
Judge S. W. Fariss, of La-
Fayette, is presiding.
Freezing Rain Posen
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lines, vehicles and buildings
early Wednesday. Heavier rains
around noon and in the after
noon, however, washed off much
of the ice.
Traffic across Taylor’s Ridge
. and on Lookout Mountain was
; reportedly hazardous early
i Wednesday, but vehicles were
. moving across the ridge by
• mid-morning.
Fans for School
Okayed By
Menlo P-TA
I
The Menlo Parent-Teacher
Association Monday night voted
to place an order for 10 electric
fans to be used in each school
room at Menlo. '
This project, along with
painting the wood trim on the
gymnasium and main school
building, are the major service
projects that the group chose
last October. The fathers in the
PTA, headed by Warner Wilson,
will do the actual painting when
warmer weather prevails.
Robert Shigley, principal, told
the group of the Science Fair
‘scheduled for Chattooga County
school children February SUand
asked that the Menlo PTA spon-
I sor a science exhibit at the
February meeting and award
medals and prizes for the best
group and individual exhibits.
This project was also okayed by
the group in attendance.
Cub scouting was the topic of
I the program presented by Frank
Agnew, of Summerville. He also
j showed an authentic film, “The
Boy From Hickory Street”,
which told the story of cub
scouting and what it can mean
to a young boy.
On February 14, all Menlo
area parents of boys ages 8-10
and the boys are invited to a
meeting at the school case
, torlum for actually organizing
a Menio pack. Mrs. Paul Hosmer,
Mrs. George Thornberry and
.Mrs. D. C. Mitchell were ap
-1 pointed to head the group and
to find Den Mothers for the
pack.
After the meeting was ad
journed, refreshments and music
were enjoyed by the group.
Trion CD
Course in
Policing Set
Trionites interested in taking
a civil defense course In aux
’ iliary police are invited to apply
with Chief C. D. Cooper.
Such a class is expected to
start soon, it was stated this
week.
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