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II hy Industry? . . .
What exactly will a new or expanded
industry in my county mean to me?
As we now observe “Georgia Industry
Week”, it is well for Chattooga Countians
to consider this question. A steady ex
pansion of industry has been underway
or is anticipated here. During the early
1960’s several hundred new jobs are being
created by these new firms and by expan
sions of existing firms.
A recent study by the U. S. Govern
ment shows what 100 new factory workers
will do to an average community. It will
of course provide this many more jobs.
It will add a total of 296 more people to the
immediate area. These families will create
112 more households with 51 more school
children. Two more teachers and class
rooms will be required to accommodate the
new students. A total of 174 more workers
will find employment. There will be 107
more passenger cars in the community,
requiring automotive services. Four more
retail establishments will be needed to
serve the needs of the new workers.
New money will be circulated, Annual
personal income in the community will
jump more than $590,000. Bank deposits
will be increased some $270,000 and retail
sales will enjoy a gain in excess of $360,000.
Broken down, the government study
on a new industry with 100 workers shows
that the increased retail sales lor the first
year will benefit all areas of business.
Grocery stores will sell $70,000 more mer-
Our Loss, Newnan's Gain . . .
Summerville indeed, all of Chattooga
County will lose a valuable citizen when
the Rev. Rober McDonald leaves the Sum
merville First Baptist Church to assume
a ministry at Newnan.
The Poisonous Tide . . .
News that county and municipal of
ficials are informally discussing the build
ing of a sewage treatment plant in Chat
tooga County interests many countians.
Stream pollution has been the concern
of health and recreation minded people
here for many years. The Chattooga Wild
life Club last year led a fight to get some
thing done about the matter. At that
time. Dr. Hugh Goodwin, chairman of the
Chattooga Health Board, spoke of the
health menace created by the dumping of
raw sewage in the river. He also spoke of
the menace of having septic tanks and
Tales Out of School...
By BERNICE McCULLAR
Director of Information
State Department ot Education
YOU'RE INVITED The
State Board of Education in
vites you to show up and speak
your piece on February 19
when it considers whether to
extend the present 180-day
school year to probably 190
days iwith teachers required
to be there on the job for 200
days instead of the present 190
days*. They want to know
what you think about it. So
do I
THEY SAID NO The ques
tion came up about whether
to count the legislative
pages (children from Georgia
schools* present when they are
absent from school to come to
Atlanta to be messengers for
a day or two The State Board
of Education declined to take
any action on tills One mem
ber said. Many other worthy
groups would like to have us
allow school children to attend
and br* counted present, but
we cannot mark them present
when they are absent " (They
also wished to remind one and
all that tiie original plan was
to bring only children over 12:
in recent years the Capitol has
been full of pages, some of
whom are almost toddlers.*
NEW VICE-CHAIRMAN A
handsome, personable bachelor
named Robert Byrd Wright,
Jr. who lives in Moultrie, was
unanimously elected vice
chairman of the State Board
1 Education in January Next
meeting of the Boara *lll be
February 19 That will be the
Tuesday after the thiro Sun
day. the date set by theii new
rules On the Monday be: re,
they will have lunch at .the
•S juUi Georgia Trade School .u
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P. O. Box 310
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He has been a leader not only in the
religious life of the community, but also
in its civic life.
Chattooga’s loss will be Newnan’s gain.
wells located too closely and of having
improperly constructed outhouses.
So, actually, stream pollution has many
facets. All the pollution isn’t in the Chat
tooga river and all the pollution sn’t caus
ed by industry. In fact, a great deal of it is
caused by the cities of Summerville and
Trion dumping the raw sewage into the
river.
The construction of a sewage disposal
plant would be a gigantic step toward
eradication of this problem. We hope it
can be done.
Americus, and spend Monday
night at the Academy for the
Blind in Mat on.
APPOINTMENT Georgia's
state superintendent of schools,
Dr. Claude Purcell, has been
appointed to the powerful ad
visory committee of the Na
tional Educational Policies
Commission, for a term of
three years.
ITS PAINFUL STILL Long
ago. In ancient Greece. Aris
totle who was a pupil at Plato's
school for 20 years* pointed
out that real education is ac
companied by pain. So it is.
Not the superficialities that
too often pass for education
today, but genuine learning
that stirs the mind, opens the
eyes and quickens the spirit.
The Jews put a drop of honey
on the page when a child be
gins to learn to read. A lovely
custom But learning is still
painful, and lonesome learn
ing the kind you do all by
yourself hurts most of all.
knowledge drives you out of
Eden and brings you closer to
God
PERFECT RECORD Sidney-
Jenkins. our area man in the
West of Georgia, tells me that
the Gough Junior High School
at Gough. Georgia. (J E
Briggs. Jr Principal* set a
new record for attendance, by
having 100'. attendance for 3
consecutive days reee n 11 y
Their enrollment for the 3
days for 501, 500. and 499.
These are elementary and
Junior high school students.
SCHOOL CHILD, WAKING
UP AT MAMMA S CALL Just
let me finish this little bitty
dream "
WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT
Georgia has 8 women super
intendents of school. They
are Mrs D. S. (Mable) Moody,
Brantley county, Miss Mary
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chandise than was sold previously. Anoth
er $30,000 will be spent in eating and
drinking establishments. The department
stores, dry goods and variety houses will
realize a’ $45,000 gain in income. The
town’s automobile dealers will show a
$50,000 increase in sales and gasoline serv
ice stations will do about $20,000 more
business than during the previous year.
Lumber yards and building material deal
ers will show an increase of some $15,000
and clothing and wholesale stores’ sales
will go up an estimated $25,000.
The economic well being fostered by
new or expanded industry is, of course,
of major importance. It is not, however,
the only reason.
The arrival of new people to a com
munity and the ability to retain a great
many of t he community’s young people as
they finish school are other factors, and
highly important factors. Chattooga, for
instance, had, in the past decade, lost
many of her best-educated younger people.
There simply weren’t enough jobs here
for them.
These young people, and the new people
who come with industry, bring with them
new ideas and new energies which can be
channeled into useful paths of service for
the benefit of all.
This makes for a better, more pros
perous and progressive community —a
goal well worth working toward.
Lee Clark. Camden county:
Mrs. Mary Alice Lee, Clinch
county; Mrs G D Castleberry,
Dawson county; Mrs. Ernest
Hallford. Habersham county;
Mrs Jordye M Bacon. Liberty
county; Mrs Evelyn C. Tharpe,
Telfair county; Miss Lizzie J.
Deariso, Worth county. One of
the most able and golden
hearted of all the women su
perintendents our state has
ever had was Ruth Williams,
of Catoosa county, who retired
from schoolwork because of
illness, now lives at 5862 Day
ton Boulevard, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
YOU CAN LOOK FOR a
stronger push toward length
ening the school year . . .
eioser co-operation between
the Regents and the State
Board of Education (by invi
tation. Chairman Jim Dunlap
an d Vice-Chairman Morris
Bryan of the R. gents now at
tend State Board of Educa
tion meetings, and vice-versa
Chairman Jim Peters and
Vice-Chairman Robert Wright
of the Board of Education* . . .
more and more junior colleges
in Georgia, where children can
save half of the cost of college
by eating and sleeping at
home Brunswick's junior col
lege is moving from dream to
reality swiftly . . public pres
sure for the top money to go
to the top teachers, and a
clearing out of the deadwood,
the mediocrities, and the un
skilled that now clutter up
some classrooms and stand be
tween the kids and genuine
knowledge ... a general push
to consolidate the pin-point
small high schools that have
fewer than 99 students and
cannot offer the children
enough courses to compete
with other students when they
gel to college or to work.
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The Summerville News, Thursday, February 14,1963
THE POISONOUS TIDE
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—The Georgia
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A LEGISLETTER fgW
By Glenn McCullough
ATLANTA—The General As
sembly returned to Atlanta
Monday for the second part of
its split session with a moun
tain of legislative work still to
be accomplished during the re
maining 33 days.
House Speaker George T.
Smith of Grady County and
Senator Charles A. Pannell of
Chatsworth, floor leader in the
upper chamber, said the first
order of business would be to
attempt passage of the rest of
Gov. Sanders' legislative pro
gram. Only minor bills were on
the House calendar Monday,
but Speaker Smith said the
major committees would meet
that day and have some of the
administration program ready
for floor debate this week.
During the recess the House
Appropriations Committee, with
members of the corresponding
Senate committee sitting in,
have been calling in officials
of the executive departments
to justify their budget re
quests. These, after trimming
by the Governor, were $464.-
1)46,092 for fiscal 1963-64 and
$488,979,252 for fiscal 1964-65.
The committee finished its
open hearings at noon Thurs
day, but abandoned earlier
plans to have the appropria
tions bill ready for the House
the following Monday. Instead,
both House and Senate com
mittees named subcommittees
to go over various parts of
the bill in afternoon sessions
this week with the hope of
trimming out some “fat.” In
formed opinion around the
Capitol expect no great
amount of surgery on the bill.
It is expected to be ready for
floor debate next week. It is,
of course, the most important
bill to be considered this ses
sion.
When the Assembly recessed
only two bills had been passed
by the House and Senate and
signed into law by the Gover
nor. These were bills providing
for reorganization of the State
Highway Board, increasing its
membership from three to 11,
and another setting up the
governor's military staff.
However, some of the other
administration measures are
well on their way through the
Notes From
20 Years Ago
Laws of vital interest to this
county are being passed at this
session of the legislature. Our
representative. Ross Thomas,
has been the author of the fol
lowing constructive legislation.
. Co-author of a bill re
quiring all hogs brought into
Georgia from other states for
re-sale purposes to have a cer
tificate showing that said hogs
have been inoculated for chol
era before being sold in this
state.
Author of a bill creating a
juvenile court in Chattooga
county, naming the city court
judge of Summerville as Judge
of said court.
Author of a bill requiring that
women serve equally with men
on juries.
A stream-lined course in the
production, conservation and
processing of food for farm
families will be offered to resi
dents of Menlo under the gene
ral direction of Kathryn H.
Wyatt, county school superin
tendent, and R R Harris,
teacher of agriculture.
Conservation News, by John
K Thomas Jr Mr. C. P. Ham
ilton. Subligna, Ga . who has
followed a conservation plan
since 1939. reports that his corn
yields have doubled since that
tune.
legislative machinery. Both
House and Senate have acted
favorably on a measure to
grant exemptions on the tax
on machinery used by new in
dustry or for the expansion of
existing plants.
The House has finished work
on a bill requiring large cor
porations to set up a with
holding tax on profits, a bill
authorizing loans to counties
for tax revaluation and an
other reducing from two
thirds to one-half the vote re
quired for two counties to con
solidate.
One of the most important
bills from the administration’s
viewpoint is that setting up a
Department of Youth. It is
now pending in the State of
the Republic Committee.
The Senate, on its side, has
completed passage of bills
offering state assistance to
counties who merge, au
thorizing the Governor to
merge departments and state
agencies and setting up the
North Georgia Mountain Au
thority.
During the recess, a joint
committee of three House and
three Senate members, acting
on the Governor’s request, met
to study creating a Constitu
tional Revision Committee as
urged by Governor Sanders in
his State of the State message.
Senator J. Taylor Phillips of
the 27th district and Rep.
George Busbee were co-chair
men.
In a report to the Gover
nor last week the members
strongly urged that the 1945
Constitution be revised. Gov.
Sanders said he would ask the
Legislature to set up a com
mission for this purpose.
The committee report
pointed out that the Geor
gia Constitution has been
amended 381 times, including
54 amendments of a general
nature. It called this “amazing
and certainly not in keeping
with sound theories of con
stitutional government.” The
committee suggested that the
Commission complete its work
by Dec. 1. 1965 so that the
Legislature can present the
new constitution to the people
for approval at the general
election of 1966.
Funeral services for Hubert
Allen Pegg, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs H. G Pegg, were held
at the graveside in Berryton
Saturday afternoon, conducted
by the Rev. S W Latimer.
The Summerville P.-T.A. will
meet Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 3
o’clock in the high school audi
torium with Mrs. Frank Prince
residing. All members and
friends of the school are urged
to be present.
Founders day will be observ
ed with Mrs. Harry Marks
chairman.
Mr and Mrs. R. D. Chamblee
and boys, Ralph and David, vis
ited the Bert Brogdens at
Lyerly Sunday.
Mrs N S Rich is visiting in
LaFayette this week.
Mr. and Mrs Tom Clemmons
of Rome were guests Sunday of
Mrs. D. P. Henley and Mrs.
Knox Wyatt
Miss Imogene Saylors spent
Sunday in Dalton.
Pork roast, 32c lb. Trion
Market.
Jimmy McCullough, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H McCullough,
is recovering from a severe at
tack of chicken pox.
(Due to the death of his
father, Seventh District Con
gressman John Davis was
unable to make his weekly
report. Congressman George
Huddleston, Jr., (D-Ala.), a
member of the House Armed
Services Committee, is guest
columnist this week.)
By CONGRESSMAN GEORGE
HUDDLESTON, JR.
At Large, Alabama
CUBA IS VERY much in the
news again and probably will
continue to be for some time.
There is a marked differ
ence, however, between the
crisis that developed over
that small communist-infested
country in October and the
discussions at present. A sim
ilarity between them is their
unpleasantness.
When the Russian build-up
in Cuba was noted in October,
followed by the firm stand
taken by President Kennedy,
partisan politics were put
aside and a united front was
established. Khrushchev and
Company recognized this una
nimity, recrated their missiles
and returned them to Russia.
Our quarantine in the Carib
bean was lifted, and, grad
ually, other national and in-
Looking Ahead ...
By DR GEORGE S. BENSON
President—National
Education Program
Searcy, Arkansas
HOW TO HELP A TEENAGER
The U. S. has accomplished
enough in fewer than 200 years
of national existence to fill
many a volume of heroic
biography and glorious his
tory. This has brought us to
the role of leader of the free
world. We are justifiably
proud, justifiably optimistic.
America can be as great as her
people want her to be—or as
great as the sum of the worth
of all individual Americans.
This measure is true because
the essential strength of our
country lies in the spiritual
and physical stamina of all
her citizens. Free America is
what her people are.
And yet there is cause for
concern. Our moral barometer
at times does not read high
enough. The nation will not
disintegrate suddenly, because
of weaknesses of its citizens.
But when some 11 million
Americans have lost control
over their power of decision in
the consumption of alcohol, it
is obvious that here is a great
challenge. When users of ciga
rettes have a death rate 30
times that of non-smokers,
one is tempted to ask whether
we have the moral stamina to
adjust personal habits in order
to achieve survival. These two
scourges will keep many of us
weak, and yet we are doing
very little to meet the chal
lenge.
A Valiant Effort
All of us talk hopefully of
a scientific break-through in
cancer research. Yet science
already has established a re
lationship between the smoker
and lung canecr. We look for
ward to conserving national
resources, but we continue
making new alcoholics at the
rate of 1,200 per day. The
liquor industry spends more
than half a billion dollars a
year in advertising, a practice
which promises to increase
that rate. The tobacco in
dustry spends even more than
that, and not a line or a jingle
has ever been known to dis
courage anyone from smoking.
Statistics indicate that 70
per cent of all alcoholics start
drinking while in high school.
This is also the impressionable
period when our youth is
reaching out for adulthood
and when smoking seems just
the thing to do. What are we
doing for our children, in this
period when training should
be provided in the home, the
church, and the school? Very
little, on the whole, but one
valiant effort I know about
comes from a concerned and
energetic high school principal
in Tennessee.
The NS-ND Club
Bob Neil, principal of East
Nashville High School, has
organized the “World-Wide
No Smoke-No Drink Club," for
teenagers, whose motto is
“Each One Enroll One." In 30
months. Bob's organization has
enrolled 36.000 youngsters in
all the 50 states of the U S.
and in 20 other countries. Each
member simply carries a cer
tified card having a member
ship number and a simple,
signed pledge: “This is to cer
tify that I have purposed,
with God's help, neither to
drink nor smoke."
The attractive membership
card carries also a scripture
quotation: “Your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit,
which is in you. which you
have from God ... glorify God
John Davis
Reports From
Congress
ternational topics took the
headlines.
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NOW CUBA AGAIN has the
limelight, but we cannot again
boast of a united stand. I am
afraid politics has over
shadowed statesmanship.
Our intricate system of in
telligence has kept constant
watch on activities in Cuba. It
reveals a substantial build-up
of military power on the
island. . ...
The substance of this mili
tary strength provides the
basis of our disunity. The
Administration, while ad
mitting the presence of mod
ern Russian weapons in Cuba,
reports they remain in the
“defensive” category.
President Kennedy, at his
news conference Thursday,
supported a statement made
by Secretary of Defense Robert
S. McNamara that the Rus
sians have actually reduced
the size of their forces and the
amount of their equipment
since the pull-out of missiles
and bombers last fall. The
President assured the Nation
that the Soviet Union’s forces
and weapons in Cuba are not
a military threat to the United
States.
Mr. Kennedy did not predict
therefore in your body” (I
Cor. 6:19, 20). Also, it lists ten
facts each about smoking and
drinking that are expected to
become ammunition for the
youngsters who go about the
task of enlisting their friends.
We have already mentioned
some of these facts, and here
are others:
A Suggestion To Parents
“Judges estimate that 75
per cent of court problems are
related to alcohol, and about
60 per cent of all fatal auto
accidents are alcohol related.”
Even one can of beer may
slow up one’s reflexes enough
to cause a fatal accident.”
“The smoke from three ciga
rettes in a closed automobile
leaves enough "j^qrigx-r •
ide to distort vision .iimi" «n-‘
pair safety.” “Scientific evi
dence backs up opinions of
leading athletes that smoking
reduces endurance.” “The ma
jority of adults do not drink—
-75 per cent are total abstain
ers.” “Coronary heart disease
is a more frequent cause of
death in cigarette smokers
than in non-smokers.”
Bob Neil himself serves as
president of the NS-ND Club,
as he calls it. But working
with him is an advisory com
mittee of prominent athletes,
including Raymond Berry of
the Baltimore Colts and Bill
Wade of the Chicago Bears,
educators, college presidents,
ministers, judges, and phy
sicians. This little organiza
tion is growing like wildfire
and can do a lot of good
among teenagers. Parents,
school officials or ministers
who would like to push this
great idea should write to
IT IS HIGH TIME that our
European allies shared more of
the high cost of keeping up our
defenses in Western Europe.
Up to now, the United States
—at great expense to the tax-
payer and
sacrifice by our
young men —
has borne a
disproportion
ate share of
the defense
burden in Eu
rope, in both
men and mon
ey.
Carrying the financial load
and seeing to the freedom and
■well-being of big nations abroad
should not be our responsibility
alone, especially now that West
ern Europe is experiencing a
booming prosperity.
Pressure is now being brought
to bear on the free nations of
Europe to look to their own tax
payers and youth to pick up
more of the defense tab.
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THE UNITED STATES con
tributed heavily to speed the re
covery of Western Europe from
the ravages of World War 11.
This is as it should have been.
Now that these nations, which
altogether have a third more
population than the United
States, are back on their feet
and growing economically as
never before, they are able to
spend more for their own de
fense and for the common de
fense of the free world.
They should spend more, and
more of their young men should
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that Russia would not again
ship nuclear missiles to the
island, but he emphasized that
the Soviet Union, Cuba and
the United States must all be
aware that such action would
produce the greatest crisis
which the world has faced in
history.
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ON THE OTHER HAND,
some Congressional critics of
the Administration contend
that indeed missiles with “of
fensive” capabilities remain 90
miles off our Southern coast.
I am sure that the position
of the people in the Seventh
District of Georgia is the same
as that of my constituents in
Alabama. If the Russians have
not honored their promise to
remove “offensive” weapons
from Cuba, and the Admin
istration is aware of this, then
prompt action is imperative. If
any member of Congress pos
sesses substantiated knowledge
of military activity in Cuba
that the Administration is not
aware of, this knowledge
should be passed on to the
President and those in mili
tary authority.
No one should cry “wolf”
while the sheep are safe, but
the sheep ought to know if
there is a “wolf” in the woods.
Bob Neil, 5120 Franklin Road,
Nashville, Tenn.
Apparently
Seaman Sam says: “Many
girls find life a ticklish propo
sition.”
—U.S.S. Cushing Clarion
A Failure
A new novel is described by
the critics as being sincere, re
freshing and clean. The author
is in despair.
—Punch (London)
Absent-Minded
Then there was the absent
minded yeoman who saluted
the typewriter and punched
the sHMifrAf 8
West Virginia 1
Mountaineeer
Bible Verse
To Study
“He brought him to Jesus.”
1. To whom does the “he” in;
the above statement re
fer?
2. Who did he bring to
Jesus?
3. What was his name
changed to?
4. Where may this verse be
found?
ANSWERS TO BIBLE VERSE
1. Andrew, one of Jesus’ dis
ciples.
2. Simon, his brother.
3. Cephas, meaning a stone.
4. John 1:42.
Herman Talmatlge
Reports From
Washington
be committed to NATO armed
forces. But, as pointed out by
U.S. News & World Report, they
are dragging their feet.
Even after taking into account
the difference in national in
comes, the United States, with
its whopping $52 billion defense
budget, is spending 11.3 per cent
of its national income for de
fense, while Western Europe
spends only 4.9 per cent.
This means that the average
American taxpayer is shelling
out $277 a year for the defense
of the West, but it costs the
average European only SSB.
It is costing the United States
about five times that spent for
<k sense by the 12 nations of the
NATO alliance. Efforts to dose
this gap are not only justified,
they are imperative,
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THE MANPOWER situation
Is just as inequitable. The United
States has 2.7 million men in
uniform, almost as many as all
of the NATO nations combined.
This puts 5.4 per cent of Ameri
can manpower in the armed
services, compared to only 2.5
per cent for Great Britain, 2.2
per cent for West Germany and
3.2 per cent for Denmark.
The defense of Western Eu
rope is, of course, necessary to
our own defense. But American
taxpayers rightfully feel that
the outlay of money and men
should be more equally divided
between this country and Europe.
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