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The Summerville News. Thursday, May 9, 1963
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DAVID T. ESPY
HERMAN BUFFINGTON
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Rome Junior College Needed
It was with a great deal of pleasure that
we learned last week Rome lias a good
chance of obtaining a state junior college.
Earlier, we had had hopes that perhaps
such a college could be built here. How
ever. that was ruled out. by several things,
including the lack of enough high school
graduates here to meet the Board of
Regents requirements.
The next best thing, it seems to us,
would be to have the college in an ad join
ing county that is easily accessible such
as Floyd is.
This college would be primarily for boys
and girls who live within a 30 mile radius
of Rome or wherever it is located. They
Student Staffs Io Re Commended
The work being done by students on
school publications is often thankless.
But it is important, both for the stu
dents and for the school as a whole. The
students who do the work learn a great
deal, not only about putting a story to
gether, but also about their school. The
other students arc drawn closer togeth
er by these publications or pages. And,
for many parents, the page is their main
Herman's Colton Rill
The tide may be turning for U. S Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge in his long strug
gle to get a fair break for farmers of
Georgia and the nation. At any rate, a
Senate agriculture committee has sched
uled hearings, beginning May 20. on pro
posed cotton legislation, including a bill
introduced by the Georgia junior sena
tor
This will be the first time since the
former Georgia governor went to the
Senate in 1957 that hearings have been
scheduled on any aspect of the Tal
madge Farm Plan.
Sen Talmadge introduced his general
farm plan for the fourth time earlier in
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from the outside Items that are
cheeked inside a house are con
struction of floors and walls,
basement number of rooms, type
of heating, amount of plumbing,
amount of built-ins, workman
ship of construction and other
extra refinements that will af
fect Hie market value of the
house
“Many questions have been
asked about people not being
home when appraisers visit prop
erty." Farthing said Appraisers
will make a diligent effort to see
every property. Three visits will
be made to each property After
three visits, a conservative esti
mate will be made as to what
the interior is like, based on
similar houses in the neighbor
hood.''
Mr. Farthing explained that
most home owners permit the
appraisers to enter the home
without question If the owner
refuses to let appraisers meas
ur> list interior, or walk farm
land, an arbitrary figure will be
used he said All appraisers
carry credentials signed by
County Assessor Chairman Rat
-1111 Homeowners should ask to
see these credentials. Farthing
said
The theory Unit a revaluation
of property values will increase
everyone's taxes is not true, it
was explained
The total dollars paid by the
citizens In taxes will remain the
same if the tax rate is adjusted
to obtain the same amount of
dollars but this change in tux
rate is up to your taxing offi
cial.'- not the appraisers, said
Farthing
When there are unequal as
sessments one citizen may very
well be paying a portion of his
neighbor's taxes None of us
like taxes but even worse than
paying them is the tact that we
are paying a portion ot another
citizen's taxes This very thing
is the reason lot the reappraisal
(HVITOOGA IODGE NO 704
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Meets regularly on the first and
third Monday nights of each
month at 8:00 pm at Masonic
Hall in Summerville All quali-
n fled Masons invited to
s attend.
/^\ Herbert Head. W M
v ’ Earl Nix, Secretary
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CEKTII l( ATES TO BE
BIX EA TOP ANGLERS
Georgia anglers will get some
encouragement to try harder for
the "big ones.” through offi
cial recognition of their prize
catches. Game and Fish Direc
tor Fulton Lovell ha s an
nounced
Certificates will be issued to
anglers who furnish proof of
game fish catches from the
Game and Fish Commissions
Public Information Office
A "Georgia Master Angler"
Award certificate will be pre
sented for bass, crappie, bream,
trout and walleye caught in
Georgia waters and weighing
over a certain amount.
To be eligible, a Georgia
angler must submit an affidavit
proving the weight of a catch
according to the following re
quirements:
CLASS MIN WT.
Largemouth bass 8 lbs.
White bass 3 lbs
Smallmouth bass 6 lbs.
Crappie 2 lbs
Bream I 1 jibs.
Mountain trout 18 In length
Walleye 8 lbs
Also, a "Georgia You t h
Angler" Award will be presented
for youngsters under 16 years of
age who catch a minimum
weight of largemouth bass 5
lbs, white bass 2 lbs, small
mouth bass 4 lbs. crappie 1
lb. bream 1 lb, trout 15 inch
• length and walleye 5 lbs
Lovell said the certificates are
being issued to encourage sport
fishing and to give anglers who
land the big ones recognition of
their catch
Rules and applications will be
available from bait dealers and
sporting good stores or at any
Game and Fish office around
the state
program It is to make sure that
the basis for levying taxes is as
equal as possible
"The reappraisal program is
nothing more than the attempt
to establish a fair and just value
of each property so that when a
tax is levied it will reflect the
actual proportion that each
property ha- in its responsibility
। to the support of the local gov
ernment."
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would be commuting students as the
school would have no boarding facilities.
Both day and evening classes could be of
fered. The cost would be light, perhaps
only SSO or S6O a quarter. That means
many boys and girls who feel now that
they cannot afford college could consider
it.
We believe that location of the college
in the Rome area would be an added in
centive for our own boys and girls to con
tinue their education after high school.
We therefore lend our full support to the
project and urge all other Chattooga
Countians and all Chattooga organiza
tions to do ail they can to help
source outside their child, of what is go
ing on in the school.
In this connection, we would like espe
cially to commend the staffs of the Bull
dog Barker and the Indian Lore. The
Barker, which lias just won a certificate
of distinction on its work, appears week
ly in The Trion Facts. And the Indian
Lore is a “page” which appears weekly
in The Summerville News.
the current session. He subsequently of
fered the cotton bill which incorporates
the same principle as the general meas
ure.
Talmadge’s plan proposes to shift the
federal government's cotton program to
a system of payments direct to farmers
with quantity instead of acreage pro
duction controls.
His bill is designed primarily to (1)
eliminate acreage controls on the plant
ing of cotton and (2) do away with the
two-price system that requires domestic
cotton mills to pay 8' 2 cents more per
pound for American cotton than foreign
mills pay.
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and Mrs Samuel H. Orr. and
Larry Tucker, son of Mr. and
Mrs E Marshall Tucker, were
the kings.
Each grade presented a rou
tine for the entertainment
phase The second grade gave
a minuet: the third, a Belgian
folk dance: fourth, the Spanish
Circle; fifth, a lively Scottish
jig: the sixth, the Virginia Reel,
and seventh, the May Pole
Dance
GOKE SCHOOL
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360 bid of Jackson Chevrolet:
and $2,977 for the 66-passenger
bus. ns compared with $3,265
bld by Chevrolet.
Planned roof improvement
work at Summerville Elemen
tary. Holland. Pennville. Menlo
and Chattooga High cafeteria,
to be financed by the state.
Planned heating improve
ments at SES. also to be financed
by the state
Members of the board attend
ing were W P Selman, chair
man. Glee Bryant. Johnny Bry
ant, Robert Hendrix and O. L.
Cleckler
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of Christ Wednesday at 3 pin
with Brothers Hershell Bass.
Farris Baird and O C Thomp
‘ son officiating Burial was in
the West Hill Cemetery
Active pallbearers were Ray
Westbrook. Robert Westbrook.
James Wesley Hollis. Harold
Hollis Billy Ray Shamblin. Rob
. ert Shamblin. Jack Shamblin.
Honorary pallbearers were
. member- of the Riegel Quartet-
Century Club of which he was
■ a member
। J D Hill Funeral Home was
• in charge.
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A new era in Christian re
lationships in America is for
seen.
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GEORGIA HERIPAGE — One of the most interesting early In
dian historical sites in Georgia is the Etowah Indian Mound
group near Cartersville. The mound village area was occupied
for some seven centuries between about 800 A.D. and 1550 A.D.,
serving as headquarters for political and religious activity in the
Etowah River valley. Protection from marauders was obtained
by the river on one side and ad joining C-shaped wooden stock
ade and moat. Possibly several thousand lived in the fortified
town during its height. Village houses were made of clay-plast
ered walls over post-frameworks, with thatch or cane-mat roofs.
Ihe site has been maintained since 1953 by the Georgia His
torical Commission, which supervises excavations and museum
exhibitions there. On display are artifacts found in the mounds,
arranged to show crafts, clothing, religious rites, warfare cus
toms, etc. Os particular interest are two grotesquely carved
white marble male and female figures which still bear portions
of their original paint.
Minister Speaks . . .
By REV EARLW. HALL
Pastor, Trion Presbyterian
Church
The Rich Young Ruler had
everything: Moral character,
youth, prestige and money.
Most people would consider
him lacking in nothing. But
Jesus said to him: “You lack
one thing.”
What is the one thing that
Jesus holds to be essential for
his followers? The Rich Young
Ruler had come to him asking,
“What must I do to inherit
eternal life?”
Many well-meaning people
think they can work them
selves into heaven by doing
good deeds. They think they
can assure themselves a place
in the Kingdom by “deserving”
eternal life, or by performing
some penance for their sins.
God’s saving grace is shed
on us not because we deserve it
The Wrong Companion
“Ah," sighed the sentimental
girl. “I could sit and gaze at
the moon for hours.”
“Would I were the man in
it!" said the youth who wasn’t
the one.
"I agree with that.” she re
plied wearily: “then you would
be several hundred thousand
miles away.”
Kept a Bee
Pat was one day employed by
an old lady in the country. At
dinner she placed a very small
portion of honey on his plate.
“Begorrah ma’am.” said Pat,
I see you keep a bee."
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ALL OF US would like to see
the Alliance for Progress bring
social and economic development
to the countries of Latin Amer
ica.
Aside from the humanitarian
hopes that the Alliance will pro
vide a decent standaid of living
for millions
upon millions
of people now
suffering in
squalor, suc
cess of the
program is im
portant for an- i
other reason. j
The Commu- I
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nists already have a foothold in
Cuba, and the other I.atin
American nations are considered
prime targets in the Soviet drive
for world domination. Conse
quently, the security of the en
tire Western Hemisphere is en
dangered.
Principal sources of Commu
nist appeal to many Latin Amer
icans are hunger, extreme pov
erty and misery, and political in
stability. Unfortunately, the Al
liance for Progress has made
little headway toward allevia
tion of these problems.
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THE ALLIANCE was created
on the premise that the nations
would institute self-help pro
grams of social and economic
reform iq keeping with commit
ments made in the Charter of
Punta del Este.
As pointed out recently by a
study group which toured sev
eral I.atin American countries,
unless they are w illing to under
take fundamental reforms to
help themselves, outside finan
cial assistance is futile.
Millions have been spent to
prop up sagging economies, to
try to balance budgets and com
bat widespread inflation. Politi
cal leadership in some nations
but because God loves us in
spite of what we have been.
We all have fallen short of the
mark.
Jesus tested the rich, young
ruler. He wanted to know if he
was willing to give up every
thing for eternal life. The
complete surrender of one’s
life is the one thing lacking.
Possessions have away of
gaining mastery over their
owners, so that the possessors
are themselves possessed. This
is the hidden danger in having
many possessions; they tend to
crowd everything else out of
our lives, until there is no
room for the higher values—
the things of the spirit.
The young ruler “went away
sorrowful, for he had great
possessions.” Insofar as we fail
to surrender everything to
Christ, even our possessions,
we fail to meet the greatest
demand: “Come, follow me!”
Blind Eye to the Telescope
Conductor — “Can’t you see
the sign ‘No Smoking’?”
Sailor — “Sure, mate, that’s
plain enough. But there are so
many display signs here. Looka
there, one says, ‘Wear Nemo
Corsets.’ So I ain’t paying at
tention to any of them.”
He Didn't Understand
“What are the alumni chip
ping for now?”
“It’s the football team, old
man. We want to get them a
sound coach.”
“Hadn’t we better get a motor
bus?”
Herman Talmadge
Reports From
Washington
seem to regard the Alliance as
just another U. S. giveaway,
with nothing expected in return.
In some instances, the study
group reported, our aid prac
tically amounts to a reward for
fiscal mismanagement.
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SOME COUNTRIES persist
in ducking their responsibilities
under the Charter and postpone
self-help programs, relying time
and again for money from the
U. S. to bail them out of their
troubles.
Meanwhile, little is done to
get to the causes of their finan.
rial difficulties. The rural land-,
owning pattern, where an esti
mated 1.5 per cent of the peo
ple own 50 per cent of the land,
serves to impede rational culti
vation and industrialization.
Many large land-owners, with
plenty of cheap labor on hand,
make no effort to modernise ag
riculture techniques which would
increase production and reduce
costs.
Tax systems, generally, are
chaotic and extremely regress
ive. The wage earner is hit hard
while the big landowners get
by almost untouched.
Brazil, the richest nation in
South America, is n case in
point. This country is plagued
by 50 per cent inflation, which
has been caused chiefly by deficit
spending. There are reports of
corruption and mismanagement
in nationalized services and in
dustries.
If the Alliance for Progress
is to work, it is time for Latin
American countries to live up to
their commitments. And before
we continue to shovel out mil
lions, it is time we get more
than promises.
EVERY NOW AND then the
temptation to philosophize
grows too strong for me to
resist, and this is one of those
times.
Today, as one surveys the
international scene and sees
which nations are aligned
against our country, he finds
that every one of them has
carried the socialistic system
to its extreme.
Perhaps this explains why
that segment of American
public opinion which repre
sents the far right end of the
spectrum—typified by such
persons as the Rev. Billy James
Hargis, General Edwin Walker
and Robert Welch, all of whom
are just as sincere as they can
be—subconsciously feel that
they are more patriotic and
more pro-American than their
equally sincere liberal com
patriots.
Contrast this, if you will,
with the international picture
in 1940. I can recall seeing
huge pictures of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill
and a smiling “Uncle Joe”
Stalin together on billboards.
These three figures repre
sented the allies who were
banded together against the
common enemies of the time.
These enemies, in case you’ve
forgotten, were Japanese Gen
eral Tojo, Hitler and Mussolini.
All were heads of a fascistic
type of government, a govern
ment that is marked by in
tense patriotism on the part of
Notes From 20 Years Ago...
Commencement exercises of
the Summerville school begins
Friday evening, May 14, at 8
o’clock.
There are 33 seniors gradu
ating this year . . .
Lyerly schoo 1 commence
ment exercises will begin
Thursday evening. May 13, and
continue through Monday eve
ning, May 17. The exercises are
to be held in the school audi
torium.
There are twenty-two seniors
to graduate . . .
The graduating exercises of
Gore High School begin Sun
day, May 16, 1943, at 10 o’clock,
C.W.T. in the high school au
ditorium . . .
Fourteen seniors will gradu
ate this year, numbering seven
girls and seven boys. Mary
Ann King and Charlotte Bal
lenger both share valedictory
honors, while Helen Owings
carries the salutatory honors ..
President Ingram, of West
Georgia college cited Betty
Jim Owings and Tom Johnston
of Summerville, as well as
Hughie Majors of Menlo, for
outstanding achievement dur
ing the past year . . .
WANTED — Baby stroller.
R. L. Reynolds, Berryton. Ga.
One of a series of reports by this newspaper and the Print Advertising Association on the advantages of print media
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Don’t you read before you buy?
Most people do.
They count on advertising in print to give
them the information they want on products
that interest them—information on features
. . . designs . . . and prices, for example.
People not only read about products and
services, they show ads to their family and
friends; they clip cou|>ons for information
and samples: they tear out ads to take along
when they go shopping.
ahr B’iunitirruUle Nnus
John Davis
Reports From
Congress
its citizens, coupled with a
rigid suppression of opposition.
Such governments precede the
occurrence of a war with the
regularity that a thunder
cloud comes ahead of a sum
mer shower.
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LET US SUPPOSE for a
mqment that we were to follow
the advice of the liberals on
every issue that should face
this nation for the next dec
ade. In my judgment this
country would have traveled so
far down the road to socialism
that it would be indistinguish
able from a communist state.
On the other hand it we
move too far to the right, if
we abandon ourselves to flag
waving and isolationism, then
we most certainly set the stage
for war.
All right, let’s suppose that
war comes, and that Russia
surrenders either before we
wipe out half her population
or afterwards, it matters not
which. The net result is that
the “One World” state of
affairs would have arrived,
and we would find ourselves
saddled with the responsibility
of occupying and feeding Rus
sia and probably also Red
China.
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THIS BRINGS ME to the bit
of philosophy which is in my
mind today. The paths of both
extremes—that of the ultra
liberal and that of the ultra
conservative—lead to the same
Frank Parker, M.P. from a
camp in Louisiana, is visiting
relatives about here and Trion.
All persons selling butter
must collect eight points for
each pound sold, regardless of
the amount of sales. This is a
government order and must be
strictly adhered to.
War Price and Rationing
Board
Mrs. C. H. McCullough and
children spent the week-end in
Atlanta.
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Mrs. M. C. Chanibers Is on'
an extended visit with her sis
ter in Stephenville, Tex.
The People Want To Know-
leaders and a majority of the people
and the employees of government are informed, intelligent,
honorable, and courageous people who understand the
meaning, the value, and the obligations of freedom and
are determined to be free.
final result: a world domi
nated by one nation which in
turn must be responsible f or
the welfare of the rest of the
population of this plane:
Frankly, this prospect does
not appeal to me at all. I think
the best way we can preserve
our form of government, with
the rights and privileges which
it bestows upon us all, is to
meet our domestic problems
with responsibility and such
common sense as we can com
mand, to the end that no
dangerous and explosive pres
sures are allowed to build up
within our own walls.
In dealing with other na
tions. we should exercise such
restraint as befits the might
iest military striking power
that has ever been possessed
by any nation in history.
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WE WERE PRIVILEGED to
have a number of visitors to
the office from the District in
recent days. They included
Harold Clotfelter, Harley Har
per, Carl Collins, Ellis Hale,
Frank Barron, Bob Sherer, Mn
and Mrs. Ed Yeargan, A. w.
Ledbetter, Jr., and Dayton
Hardwick, all of Rome; John
Bond and Truett Lomax, of
Dalton; Joe H. Nix of La-
Fayette, John Dent of Carters
ville; Leon Gilbert, Fred Bent
ley, Sr., Dr. Glenn Reed and
Dr. Davis W. Dreesen, all of
Marietta, and Mr. and Mrs.
E Y. Chapin 111, of Lookout
Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher
had as their guests Mother’s
day Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lee of
Newnan, Ga., Mrs. Alverson
Fisher of Trion and Mr. and
Mrs. Clovis Fisher and Son,
Tommie.
Mr. Elmer Enlow filled his
regular appointment at the
(Menlo) Presbyterian church
Sunday morning and evening.
The Chattooga County Gar
den Club held their April
meeting in the home of Mrs.
; J. L. McGinnis with Mrs. W. H.
Tallent as joint hostess . , . __
No. 2 can green limas, 18c.
ujJtete daeA
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Democratic government and the basic
human rights of democratic freedom
‘ are suitable only for and can succeed
only in a country where the national
When you add it all up, print advertising—
the kind you read in the pages of this news
paper—makes sense.
And because it measures up to the buying
habits of most consumers, print makes sales.
Most people read—and then buy. Don’t you?
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