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VOLUME 77—NUMBER 37
Mrs. Lindsey Named
FACS Dept. Director
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MRS. SHERMAN LINDSEY
Strickland
Elected
GASB Prexy
A. J. Strickland, Trion school
superintendent, was elected pres
ident of the Georgia Assn, of
School Administrators Saturday
in Athens.
The election took place at a
joint meeting of the GASB and
the Georgia School Boards Assn.
Attending the latter group
meeting was John Hartline, a
member of the Trion Board of
Education.
Mr. Strickland was the Sev
enth District director of the
Georgia Education Assn, for four
years. Superintendent of the
Trion system for 15 years, Mr.
Strickland is listed in Who’s
Who in the South and South
west and Who’s Who in Ameri
can Education.
Mr. Strickland attended Young
Harris College and graduated
from Wofford College, Spartan
burg, S. C., where he received
the AB degree. He later attended
the University of Georgia on a
graduate fellowship and received
the master of science in educa
tion and master of education
degrees.
Mr. Strickland taught math at
Ocilla for four years, taught at
Newnan and was principal of
the Celanese School in Floyd
County before coming to Trion.
He is a member of the profes
sional organizations, the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club and
the official board of the Riegel
Memorial Methodist Church.
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INDISTINCT PRINT
rev. McDonald
Series Slated
By Trion
Baptists
The Rev. John McDonald,
pastor of the Robinson Street i
Baptist Church. Jackson, M\'s„
will lead a revival at the Trion I
First Baptist Church next week.
Services will be held at 10:30
a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, the Rev.
Darty F. Stowe, pastor, states.
Norman McClellan will have
charge of the music.
In preparation for the revival,
a “revival visitation period” will
be observed at 7 p.m. today.
(Thursday). Members of the
church are urged to meet at the
church library at that time for
the purpose of going to visit in
various homes of the commu
nity, the Rev. Mr. Stowe states.
Also, cottage prayer meetings
are beng planned in a number
of homes in the community for
7 p.m. Saturday,
Mrs. Sherman Lindsey of
Chattanooga, formerly o f
Summerville, has been
named the new director of
the Chattooga Department
of Family and Children’s Serv
ices i formerly Welfare Depart
ment).
She will assume her duties
November 1.
Mrs. Lindsey, the former Miss
Anne Allen, has been associated
with the Tennessee Department
of Public Welfare for six years.
Prior to that, she was an ele
mentary school teacher for six
years. She graduated in 1946
from Young Harris Academy
and attended West Georgia Col
lege, the University of Georgia
and the University of Chatta
nooga, receiving a BS degree
from the latter.
Mrs. Lindsey is the daughter
of the former director of the
FACS Department, Mrs. M. M.
Allen Jr., and Mr. Allen. Her
husband is principal of Americus
High School. They have two
children, Richard 14 and Re
becca 10. The Lindseys will re
side at 108 Union Street, Sum
merville.
Mrs. Lindsey was elected Mon
day afternoon by the Chattooga
FACS board.
One other person was con
sidered for the post and there
was a tie vote until Chairman
Orrin Blessing broke it by voting
in favor of Mrs. Lindsey. Also
voting for Mrs. Lindsey were
Henry Floyd and W. S. Walters.
Voting for Mrs. George Doster,
of Gore, the other applicant,
were John Shamblin and J. L.
Alexander.
Mr. Blessing said he voted in
favor of Mrs. Lindsey because
only she was eligible to become
director immediately, having had
the required experience. The
other applicant would have had
to work two years in the depart
ment before she could become
the director and would have had
to serve in the meantime as
acting director, Mr. Blessing
said.
Mrs. James Abney, who is em
ployed in the FACS office, has
served as acting director since
Mrs. Allen retired July 1 from
the post.
Davis Says Military Should
Not Be Used for Social Reform
Seventh District Rep. John W. Davis of Summerville
said Satui day the United States military should concern
itself with the defense of the country and not be made an
instrument of social reform.”
He was referring to a recent Defense Department di-
rective for segregated civilian
areas and businesses to be de
clared “off limits” to military
personnel. Davis labeled the di
rective “outrageous.”
He pointed out that almost 60
cents out of every tax dollar is
spent on national defense and
asserted that military interven
tion in domestic affairs could
seriously hamper its primary role
of national security.
Rep. Davis pledged full sup
port to a measure introduced in
the House last week by Georgia’s
Rep. Carl Vinson, chairman of
the House Armed Services Com
mittee. The Vinson bill is de
signed to block implementation
of the directive.
The congressman was in Rome
to welcome the 125,000th visitor
to the Coosa Valley Fair. She
was Joan Eaves, of Rome. He
also spoke at the centennial
observance of the Battle of
Chickamauga Friday.
Rep Davis predicted that a
tax bill will be passed this year
by Congress. He said the tax bill
Boy Scout
Scheduled
Fun and tests of skill will be on tap Saturday and Sun
day when the fall camporee of the Chattooga Boy Scout
District is held near the Trion B&PW Park.
Each patrol will have an opportunity to try for dis-
ferent citations as well as rib
bons during this camporee.
The citations to be offered this
time are as follows:
No. I—Participation citation;
No. 2—Safety and health cita
tion; No. 3—Cooking citation;
No. 4—Camp-making citation;
No. s—Pioneering citation.
A campfire ceremony will
start at 7 p.m. Saturday and all
friends of Scouting are invited.
There will be songs, skits and
games.
Simtmt'milh' News
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963
High School
PTA to
Hear Panel
A panel of educators, parents
and students will discuss “Stu
dent Behavior” when the newly
organized Chattooga High Par
ent-Teacher Assn, meets at 7:30
pm. today (Thursday) at the
school cafeteria.
Those on the panel will be:
Paul Kennedy, of the West Rome
High School faculty, a member
of the revaluation committee
which visited Chattooga High
School last spring; W. P. Sel
man, chairman of the Chattooga
Board of Education; A. L. Clark,
principal of Chattooga High
School; Mrs. Joe Stewart, rep
resenting parents; and two stu
dents.
Officers for the PTA will be
elected at this meeting.
Members of the senior Future
Homemakers of America chap
ter will serve refreshments.
The organization is for the
patrons of all students in grades
6 through 12 at Chattooga High
and all are invited, leaders
state.
Menlo PTA
Membership
Drive Started
The annual membership drive
officially began at the Menlo
Parent-Teacher Assn, meeting
Monday night, with Mrs. D. C.
Mitchell, membership chairman,
introducing the team captains.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Pickle
head the gold side and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Busbin leading the
Blue Side.
The team which has obtained
most members by October 28, the
next regular meeting, will be
declared winner and recipient of
the traditional covered dish sup
per at the November meeting.
Mrs. H. E. Wyatt, gave the in
spiration entitled “Where Are
You Going?” Mrs. John Stubbs,
magazine chairman, presented
the current issue of the PTA
Magazine and asked members to
subscribe.
Mrs. G. K. McVane’s first
grade had most representatives
present and won the attendance
banner.
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agreed upon by the House Ways
and Means Committee differs
greatly from the administration
proposal, but that the volumnous
report has just been filed and
he has not yet had an oppor
tunity to make an intensive
study of it.
The congressman indicated
he will support a tax cut, but
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PRELIMINARY HEARING
FRIDAY IN MURDER CASE
A preliminary hearing on a murder charge against
Ei nestinc Driver, 22-year-old Summerville Negro, has been
set for 2 p.m. Friday.
She is charged in connection with the stab death Sept.
8 of Juanita London, 31, also of
Summerville.
In the meantime, the investi
gation into the cause of the
death of another Summerville
Negro woman, Mary Lee Jones,
Sunday School will be con
ducted at 9 a.m. by the Rev.
R E. Snow, pastor of the Trion
; Heights Baptist Church. The
final grading and noon meal will
end the camporee with dismissal
about 1 p.m.
James Simmons, camping and
activities chairman, urges all
scouts to attend. The Chattooga
troops are Nos. 7, 38, 101 and
( 102.
Registration will be from 9 to
■ 10 a.m. Saturday.
Construction Continues
To Climb in Chattooga
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POLICE
CAPTURE
ESCAPEE
Summerville police captured
an escaped Canton public works
camp prisoner Saturday night at
a drive-in restaurant here.
He was Roy Grady Leonard,
who had left the camp a few
hours earlier. Leonard was un
armed and offered no resistance.
Officers making the capture,
which was at Troy’s Drive-In,
were David Starkey and Ray
Green.
In the meantime, the search
for a Chattooga Public Works
Camp escapee, Chester Breeden,
age 30, continues. He is not con
sidered dangerous.
Snatched
Pm•se Found
A purse which was snatched
from a Summerville woman,
Mrs. Leon Mitchell, at the Chat
tooga High-Trion football game
Friday night was recovered
Tuesday at the coal pile near
Chattooga High, Summerville
police state.
The S4O which the purse con
tained was missing, it was
stated, but everything else was
intact.
Mrs. Mitchell reportedly had
her bag between her feet and
someone from the rear snatched
it away.
No arrest has been made.
57, is held in abeyance awaiting
an autopsy report from the
State Crime laboratory. The
Jones woman was found Sept. 9
near the railroad tracks in north
Summerville.
Camporee
Sat., Sun.
News May Be
A bout to Expire
Don’t miss a single issue of
your Summerville News.
Look now at the name stamp
and see if the numbers “9-83”
are there. If so, this will be
your final issue—unless you
renew.
Come in or send your money
order or check. The cost is so
tiny—only $2.06 if you live
within a 25 mile radius of
Summerville and only $3.09 for
all other areas.
LOW RENT HOUSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
. . . this unit near Carter School
S’ville Elects
3 Councilmen
December 14
Summerville voters will go to the polls Decemljex- J 4 to
elect three councilmen. Each post will be voted on city wide.
The terms of Will Hair, Hubert Palmour and Will
Stephensoh will expire at the
end of this year.
The terms of Major J. R.
Dowdy and Councilmen Charles
Wright and W. P. (Bill» Selman
will not expire until the end of
1965.
All the city officials will here
after serve four years each but
in order to institute the stag
gered term system, the initial
terms for Seats 3, 4 and 5 on
the Council were set at two
years each. The staggered sys
tem was begun with the new
charter which went into effect
in 1962. Stephenson holds Seat
3, Hair Seat 4 and Palmour Seat
5.
The qualification period for
candidates for the three council
posts will be Nov. 9 to noon Nov.
23.
Persons desiring to register to
vote may do so at the city hall
any time between now and noon,
Nov. 23. They must have been
residents of the city for three
months and must be qualified
under Georgia law to vote for
members of the General Assem
bly.
Boy Scout
Drive to
Start Soon
The annual Chattooga Boy
Scout drive will be held Oct.
1-12, Claude Bagley Jr., finance
chairman for the Chattooga
District, announces.
The goal is $3,300.
Mr. Bagley Is now lining up
his corps of workers and they
will solicit funds in Summerville,
Menlo and Trion, he said.
The goal is the quota given
this district by the Northwest
Georgia Council of Boy Scouts.
Names of Letter Writers
In Contest to Be Withheld
Do you have some ideas on how Summerville merchants
can better serve their customers?
A contest for letters on this subject is now underway. It
closes at midnight Saturday, Oct. 5.
Simply finish this sentence in 100 words or less: “Sum
merville merchants can better serve their customers by . . .”
Mail it to: The Summerville News, P. O. Box 310, Summer
ville, Ga.
The five best letters will be selected and the writers will
receive a free one-year’s subscription to The News.
The Summerville Retail Merchants Assn., eo-sponsor with
The News of this contest, is anxious for your suggestions.
However, in order to encourage you to write freely, the names
of the letter writers will be withheld by The News and the
winners will be notified privately.
So, if you have a suggestion—-or a gripe—send it on. Your
name will not be revealed.
10c PER COPY
DR. CARRUTH
Methodists
Set Prayer
Mission
A prayer mission and retreats
are planned next week by the
Summerville Methodist Church.
Dr. Thomas A. Carruth, na
tionally-known prayer and re
treat leader, will be in charge,
the Rev. Mack Driver, pastor,
has announced.
The prayer mission will in
clude services at 7 a m. and 7:30
p.m. Monday through Friday.
The morning service will include
a devotion and school of prayer
and the evening service will
feature a sermon-
A retreat for men will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednes
day at the Marshall Lowry home
on Lookout Mountain and a re
treat for women will be held
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Construction continues at a steady pace in Chattooga
County, with several new business firms just erected, low
rent housing units springing up and the prospect of at
least three more big projects just
ahead.
Nearing completion on North
Commerce Street in Summerville
is a second Harold’s Outlet Store.
Also on North Commerce is the
recently completed new Marks
Auto Sales building.
Western Auto Store has just
occupied its new building on
West Washington Street and
Fuller Jewelry is getting ready
to move into the former U. S. 5
and 10 building which is now be
ing remodeled for that purpose.
A new Texaco Service Station
on North Commerce has recently
opened and also opened within
recent weeks were two other new
service stations, both located on
Rome Boulevard. One Is a Gulf
station and the other is a Stand
ard Oil station, the latter is op
erated by Charles Fowler, Jr.
The $700,000 low-rent housing
project underway in Summerville
is expected to be completed by
mid-December, providing an ad
ditional 75 units.
Twenty-six of these are espe
cially designed for the aged.
Fifty-seven units are for whites
and 18 are for Negroes.
The three big projects which
are expected to get underway in
the county within a few months
are the new Chattooga High
School, the new A. C. Carter High
School gymnasium and a new
Georgia Glove Company building.
Detailed announcements on
these projects are expected as
soon as details can be worked
out.
State Rejects Carter Gym
Proposal; School Board
Meets Today On Projects
~ s ^ at ®’ s failure to approve the latest alterations to
the A. C. Carter gymnasium drawings has dashed hopes of
getting that building underway immediately.
The Chattooga Board of Edu
cation will meet at 4:30 p.m. to
day (Thursday) in an attempt
to arrive at solutions for both
the Carter and Chattooga High
School projects.
Architect M. G. Turner is ex
pected to present at that time
some new proposals on both. It
is hoped the proposals will en
able the board to make some
definite decisions, School Supt.
James Spence said Wednesday.
Faced in August with bids
which were well beyond the
money available, the school
board has been searching for
alterations that would put the
projects within the money avail
able.
State officials Monday told
County School Supt. James
Spence and Architect Turner
that they could not go along
with certain proposed revisions
in the Carter gym. The revisions
planned involved putting the
public rest rooms near the
dressing rooms, moving the loca
tion of the concession stand,
changing the type blackboards
used and changing to the type
brick used in the present Carter
building. The state objected pri- i
marily to the proposed place- ;
ment of the public rest rooms, it ’
was stated.
The Chattooga board had sug
gested the alterations with the '
hope that it could negotiate a bid 1
with Bishop and Busbin, con-
“Miss Chattooga” Is First
Runner-Up in Coosa Event
"Miss Chattooga County” was
the first runner-up in the “Miss
Coosa Valley” contest held last
week in Rome at the Coosa Val
ley Fair.
The honor was accorded to
Miss Joy Chandler, of Trion,
who was “Miss Trion” before
becoming “Miss Chattooga Coun
ty” last spring. She is a senior
at Trion High and is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chan
dler.
Miss Chandler Is a lovely
brunette.
SHOTGUN TOBE
GIVEN AT FAIR
A .16 automatic shotgun will
be given away at the Chattooga
County Fair by the Chattooga
High Citizens Athletic Club.
The new Harold’s store is ex
pected to open by November 1,
according to Harold Shavin,
owner. He said the present Har
old’s Store, located on East
Washington, will be retained.
The new building has 5,000
square feet in the main floor and
5,000 square feet in the base
ment. The basement will be used
for a stockroom and future de
velopment, said Shavin. In ad
dition, he pointed out, the site
includes an additional 110 feet
which may be developed later.
Marks Auto Sales, owned and
operated by James Marks, has
occupied a new 3,000 square foot
building at its old location. The
new structure permits the addi
tion of a line of body repair
panels and a paint line, says Mr.
Marks. He has been in business
there since 1950.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Maxwell of
Fuller Jewelry announce that
the building they will occupy in
some five or six weeks will al
most double the size of the store.
A wider assortment of merchan
dise is planned, it was stated.
Fuller’s has been located on
Commerce Street near the old
Summerville Hotel site for five
years.
The new Western Auto Store,
owned and operated by Frank
Prince, has 8,520 square feet of
floor space. It has a free park
ing area and a two-bay service
center. Mr. Prince had operated
the store at its old Commerce
Street location, near The Tooga
Theatre, since 1941.
Uncle Ned’s
Notes
It’s funny about people.
Some folks kin disagree with
one another and keep it
friendly. But then sum other
folks can’t disagree without
gettiri mad and sum even go
so fer as not to even speak to
them that they disagree with.
One feller said it’s a matter
of educatshun—the more edu
cated kin disagree and git
along and the less educated
can’t.
But I sorta disagree with
him there (and I ain’t mad at
him), l jest think it’s a mat
ter of being a gentleman or
lady and you kin be a gen
tleman without having a lot
uv educatshun. You kin also
be a crude sort even tho you
got a lot of educatshun.
tractors, for the budgeted $75,000
and proceed with construction.
However, the board’s plans must
all receive state approval. ■ r
In the meantime, Architect
Turner has been checking closely
into the mechanical (heating,
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