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CHS ATHLETIC CLUB GIVES FLAGS—
A United States flag and the first Chat
tooga High School flag in history were
formally presented to CHS Thursday
afternoon by the CHS Citizens Athletic
Club. Mrs. Dave Houston (right) wife
State Delay Postpones
Paving Until Spring
Civil Court
Opens Before
Fariss Monday
A term of Chattooga Superior
civil court will open at 9 a.m.
Monday with Judge S. W. Fariss,
of LaFayette, presiding.
No criminal court will be held
at this term, Judge Fariss has
announced.
The jurors are as follows:
Ray L. Perkins, Jr., Marvin
Ashworth, Ross Wooten, Hall
Baker, James H. Burdett, Wil
liam B. Jones, Eugene Brown,
Joe Caheely, Archie Bennett,
John A. Salley, J. C. Grimes, Jr.,
Harlon Swift, James Marks, R.
R. Kellett and J. R. Baxter.
Paul Crouch, Edward Barrett.
R. N. Crawford, G. W. Woods,
W. M. McWhorter, J. H. Willing
ham, Jr., J. E. Parker, John F.
Bennett, N. B. Carpenter' Corbin
H. Whitfield, Billy J. Head,
Howard Parsons. Roy J. Bowman
and John C. Cavin, Jr.
Sam Richardson, Joe Rape,
Albert C. Estes, J. C. Bramlett,
Bobby Joe Maxey, Joshua Tuck
er, Robert Moore, Jeff Hender
son, Cicero Fowler, Mrs. Charles
Marks, Danny Moseley, G. D.
Yarbrough. F. W. Rowlls, W. A.
Woodall and Duane Gaylor.
THS Band
Wins Rating
At SE Event
The Trion High School March
ing Band for the second straight
year has received a top rating at
the Southeastern Band Festival
in Bristol, Va.
It was one of 12 bands in its
class which received a “Division
1” rating last week-end. There
were 22 entries in that field. The
bands do not compete with each
other but compete against a
standard.
The band will enter another
event Saturday, going to Chat
tanooga lor the Tri-State Band
Festival at 1:30 p.m. at Brainerd
Stadium.
Darry Pilkington is director of
the band, which competed in
Class C at the Bristol event.
There are 56 members.
The group was judged on in
spection and discipline, required
movements, playing, cadence,
alignment, carriage, precision
and general effect.
Davis Opposes JFK Proposal
On Joint Moon Shot With USSR
President Kennedy’s proposal for a joint man shot ven
ture with the Russians has drawn the objections of Rep. John
W. Davis, of Summerville, a member of the House “space com
mittee.”
"This proposal caught me completely by surprise and so
far as I have been able to ascertain it did the same to the of
ficials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,”
he said.
Davis said the proposal did not seem to be called for “in
the context of current world affairs” and said he could see no
apparent profit in it for the United States.
Furthermore, he continued, he didn't think it workable.
“In addition to the language barrier, there is the near insur
mountable obstacle posed by the fact that we use the British
system of measurement while Russia uses the metric system,”
he said.
Rep. Davis also noted that there is now much exchange of
information between our space and military programs but that
this would have to stop if the Russians were to be involved
with us on a joint moon shot.
of the president of the Club, designed the
CHS flag. Her husband is in the center,
shaking hands with CHS Principal A. L.
Clark, while CHS Band Director Jack
Raines (left) and Larry Holbrook and
Leroy Kellett, students, ‘look on.
Apparently, none of the state-county paving projects
okayed this year for Chattooga County can be done before
next spring, County Commissioner John Jones said this
week.
He noted that he had to receive a work order from the
state before he could proceed,-
and he didn’t receive until last j
Friday the work order for the
first of the two projects. And
this, he noted, is past the state’s
October 1 deadline for putting'
down paving.
“Sometimes, the state will
give a special permit for paving
to be done after the deadline,”
he said. “But this year the state
would not permit any paving in
this section after the deadline.
“I think this is a good idea as
we have experienced late paving
and it was not too successful oh
account of the weather being too
cool for the paving to set up
properly,” continued Mr. Jones.
The first project was a $12,000
grant from the state and the
roads Mr. Jones had selected to
receive this tar and gravel were:
Galloway Road at Cloudland,
Child Among
Five Injured
In Accidents
Five persons were injured in
a trio of traffic mishaps in
Chattooga County during the
past week.
Only one, Doyle D. Mitchell, of
Trion, was a Chattooga Coun
tian.
He suffered back injuries
about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in a
wreck six miles north of Sum
merville on the Spring Creek
Road. Mr. Mitchell was the
driver of one car and Billy Bob
Kilgore, also of Trion, was the
driver of the other. The vehicles
hit almost head-on, according to
the State Patrol.
Two persons were hurt in a
collison atop Taylor’s Ridge
about 6:40 p.m. Sunday—Gordon
Lee Green, 38, Rome, driver of
one car, and John H. Moore,
Cedartown, age 8, a passenger in
the other car.
Green suffered multiple lac
erations of the scalp, bruises and
abrasions and the child had
cuts of the forehead and suf
fered from shock, said the State
Patrol.
Peggy Thornton Moore, of
Cedartown, was listed as the
driver of the other car in
volved.
About an hour earlier on the
same day, Paul Helton, of
Gadsden, Ala., was hurt when I
his car went out of control some |
50 feet north of the Trion city ■
limits on the Mountain View
Road. He suffered lacerations of
the right arm.
Heltons car hit an intersec
tion marker and then a bank, j
it was stated.
Four-Mile Church Road, Thom
as AME Methodist Church circle
road, Alpine-Ami Road, Dry Val
ley Baptist Church Road, Dry
Creek Road and Haywood Val
ley Road.
The second project, for which
no work order has yet been re
ceived, was for $35,000 worth of
paving, some of which is going
into the municipalities.
“The roads that were to be
paved with the $12,000 will be
paved next year,” Mr. Jones
said, “as the money has already
been set up and this paving can
be done without further red tape
procedure.”
He said he had not received
“any information whatever”
concerning the $35,000 project.
MRS. JOHNSTON
TO LEAD TROOP
OF BROWNIES
Mrs. T. L. Johnston has
accepted the leadership of
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 5, it
has been announced.
The group will meet at 3:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at
the Summerville Presbyterian
Church.
Additional leaders are still
needed, Girl Scout officials have
pointed out.
Miss Henderson
Continues ‘Serious’
Miss Alice Henderson con
tinued in serious condition at
Floyd Hospital this week.
Although she rallied over the
week-end, friends said she suf
fered an attack Monday and
was in extremely critical condi
tion afterwards.
Miss Henderson shot herself
October 1 at her home in Sum
merville, according to a state
ment she gave Policeman David
Starkey. However, she became
unconscious shortly afterwards
and further details of the inci
dent were not available.
Fair Offers 4 Some thing for Everyone’
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GRAND CHAMP BULL— J. D. Johnson, owner, shows
his grand champion Angus bull which has a right to
stand proudly—he has held this honor for the last four
years. The bull weighs 1,820 pound.®.
The Summerville News
VOLUME 77 —i\UMBEK 4a
Athletic
Club Gives
Flags to CHS
A handsome red, black and
white Chattooga High School
flag—the first in the school’s
history—was presented to the
school Thursday afternoon in
formal ceremonies.
Also presented was a new
United States flag.
Both were gifts of the Chat
tooga High Citizens Athletic
Club, headed by Dave Houston.
The school flag was designed
by Mrs. Houston, who has also
designed Scout flags and various
displays here.
It contains two red and black
triangle panels with a red In
dian head silhouette on a white
oval background in the center.
The words “Chattooga County
High School Indians” appear in
white and the flag has white
fringe.
Mr. Houston presented the
flags to CHS Principal A. L.
Clark who in turn presented
them to Band Director Jack
Raines.
Summerville Stores
Now Open All
Day Wednesdays
Most Summerville stores are
now open all day on Wednes
days.
The practice is expected to
continue at least through the
Christmas season.
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ARRANGEMENT WI N
NER — This impressive
black and white arrange
ment in the fair flower
show won the t ri-color rib
bon. It was done by Mrs.
James Adams.
Mrs. Majors Wins Summerville
News SSO Cash Prize al Fair
A Menlo woman, Mrs. J. S. Majors, won the SSO
cash prize given by The Summerville News at the Chat
tooga County Fair Saturday night.
The $lO cash winners' were: Jess Mitchell and
Charles Fowler, both of Summerville; Emma Sue Wil
lingham, Menlo, and John Groover Summerville Rt. 3.
Mrs. Majors is a long-time subscriber of The News,
having taken it ever since she and her late husband
were married in 1912. Before that, she says, her parents
took The News, so she has been a reader of the publica
tion since she was old enough to read.
Mrs. Majors is the mother of four children and the
grandmother of six.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
Revaluation Notices
To Go Out Shortly
Assessment and Tax Rate
Announcements May Follow
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The comprehensive property revaluation program in
Chattooga County is nearing an end.
Within weeks, taxpayers will receive notices telling the
appraised value ol their property. And a few weeks later,
County Commissioner John Jones and the Chattooga
Board of Education are expected '
to estimate what the tax rate'
will be for next year.
A taxpayer will thus be able
to determine about what his 1964
taxes will be.
The county property revalua
tion program, begun last De
cember, has been hailed by its
proponents as one of the most
progressive—if not the most
progressive—step ever taken by
the county government.
In order to keep you fully
informed about the current
property revaluation program
in Chattooga County, The
Summerville News will begin
next week a question and an
swer column on the program.
You may submit questions, if
you like, and if we don’t have
the answer we will attempt to
get it for you.
They point out that it will
assure each taxpayer of paying
no more than his fair share of
the tax burden and it will show
prospective industry that this
county will tax fairly and not
levy on a lon-sided basis.
Many other counties in this
area and over the state are sim
ilarly streamlining their prop
erty evaluation systems, and the
state is encouraging the step by
lending money, interest-free, to
counties for this purpose. Chat
tooga has such a loan.
The Chattooga program is
expected to be finished by De
cember 15, says Glenn Farthing,
of Doane Agricultural Services,
Inc., the professional firm which
has been hired by the county to
do the appraisals.
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SERIOUS BUSINESS— This adorable (but unidenti
fied) lass finds driving a jeep at the Chattooga County
Fair serious business. But we’ll bet she hated to stop.
Hhere is the sequence of steps
that is expected to take place
during the next few weeks in
connection with the project:
1. Doane will finish deter
mining the "fair market value”
of each piece of property.
2. The firm will then send out
notices to each taxpayer, telling
at what figure his property is
appraised.
3. The firm will hold informal
hearings at which time any tax
payer who is not satisfied with
his appraisal may appear to
protest and tell why he thinks
the figure is unfair. At this
time, he will be given an oppor
tunity to see what the evalua
tions are on other pieces of
property in the county.
4. Doane technicians will fol
low up with corrections where it
is deemed necessary.
5. The appraisal data will then
be turned over to the Chattooga
Board of Tax Assessors, which is
headed by Claude Ratliff.
6. The assessors will determine
whether to assess at 30 or 40 per
cent (or in between) of the mar
ket value. The county’s con
tract with the state in borrowing
funds for the project specifies
that the assessments cannot be
less than 30 nor more than 40
per cent.
7. Chattooga County Commis
sioner Jones will, after obtain
ing from the Chattooga Board
of Education its tax rate, deter
mine the approximate number
of mills to be levied and an
nounce it. Usually, this is done
in July or August, but Commis
sioner Jones has announced he
will estimate the new levy as
soon as possible so that tax
payers will know about how
much their taxes will be. (How
ever, the taxes will still not be
payable until December 20,
1964).
Doane began its project here
last December.
Its first step was to find, for
tax purposes, every piece of
property in the county. It is
generally conceded that there
was some property here which
was not on the tax books, pri
marily because the Board of
Tax Assessors, diligent though it
may be, simply has not had
the time to go into this much
detail.
After locating all property,
largely through a mapping pro
gram, the appraisers had to then
determine all boundaries and
the ownership of each property.
Next came the business of
listing all buildings on the prop-,
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Meet Set to Discuss Celebration
Os S’ville’s 125th Birthday
A big celebration next year of the 125th anniversary of
Summerville is being discussed.
In this connection, a meeting of all persons who would be
interested has been called for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at
the Georgia Power Company.
J. T. Morgan is making arrangements for this preliminary
meeting. On hand will be a representative of the Rogers Com
pany, a professional firm which helps conduct historical anni
versary celebrations.
A representative of the firm met Friday afternoon with
Summerville Mayor J. R. Dowdy, Mr. Morgan, Marshall Lowry,
president of the Summerville Retail Merchants Association, and
E. C. Pesterfield, a member of the SRMA board. At that time,
plans for the general meeting of the community were made. ’
It was pointed out that such a celebration would be a tre
mendous undertaking and would require the support of a large
segment of the community.
A dramatic pageant would be one phase, it was noted.
The Rogers Company contends that such a celebration
would: Create a new civic awareness among all citizens, stimu
late the local economy, honor the community’s heritage, un
cover new civic leaders and focus attention on tomorrow.
Mr. Morgan, who says he is only making arrangements for
the Oct. 28 meeting in order to find out what the community
thinks of the idea, urges every citizen to mark that date on his
calendar now and to attend
Trion to
Have Kiddie
Matinee Sat.
A kiddie matinee at the Trion
High School auditorium at 2:30
p.m. each Saturday has been
announced.
It will be sponsored by the
Trion High junior class and
benefits will be used for the
junior-senior banquet. Admis
sion will be 15c for those
through the seventh grade and
25c for those in higher grades.
Four parents and one junior
sponsor will be present to super
vise.
The schedule this week calls
for "Black Magic,” "Western
Cherokee Uprising,” and “The
Secret of Treasure Island” and
a cartoon. The third film listed
is a serial.
Uptown Hut
Now for Cub
Scouts Only
The Scout hut on Washington
Street has been officially desig
nated the Cub Scout Hut, it has
been announced.
Dens 2 and 3 of Pack 73 will
meet at 3:30 p.m. each Wednes
day. Mrs. Henry Duke is the den I
mother for Den 2 and Mrs. Por
ter Toles is the den mother for
Den 3.
Dens 1 and 4 will meet there ।
at 3:30 p.m. each Thursday, Mrs.
Joe Stewart is Den 4 den mother ।
and Mrs. Sidney Lanier is the
Den 1 den mother. ।
SRMA General Meet
Set for Mon. Night
Chattooga
To Be “In
Movies” Soon
Chattooga County will soon
be “in the movies”.
A movie-making outfit was
here this week making scenes
which will be included in a film
on Northwest Georgia.
Among the local places to
appear In the film are Riegel
Textile Corp., Farmers and Mer
chants Bank, Commerce Street
in Summerville, and possibly
Best Mfg Co. and buildings done
by Harold Bishop Const. Co.
Each firm shown in the film
must be a co-sponsor, or finan
cial contributor to the project,
which is being done under the
auspices of the Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Development
Commission.
The film, in color, is to be re
leased in November. Although it
may be shown anywhere in the
nation, its distribution will be
concentrated in the midwest and
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10c PER COPY
Schools
To Be Closed
On October 18
Trion and Chattooga school
students will get a holiday Fri
day, Oct. 18.
Schools in both systems will
be closed for the annual Sev
enth District meeting of the
Georgia Education Assn. in
Rome. Most teachers in the two
systems are expected to attend.
J. F. Murdock, of Rome, is the
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Uncle Ned’s
Notes
There's a lot in the wind these
days about taxes. Uncle Sani’s
thinking about cuttin’ taxes.
Mister Carl and sum thinking
about raising ’em, the city ov
Summerville lettin’ its people
know that Oct. 20 is the deadline
for payin', and the county send
in’ out notices on how much is
due and sayin’ its due by Dec. 20.
Most ov us jest don't like that
I word "taxes". It ain’t a purty
word, is it? Sorta granding-like.
I’ve thought sumtimes if the
makers ov our language had
come up with sum soft-soundin’
word like ‘ ‘lavonia” or “nan
dina” instead of the harsh
word "taxes,” we mite ov not
dreaded ’em so much.
A general meeting of the
Summerville Retail Merchants
Assn, membership has been
called for 7:30 p.m. Monday
at the Summerville Recreation
Center.
The topic: A Christmas pro
motion.
The board of the SRMA
planned the general meeting
Wednesday when it held the
October session at the Geor
gia Power Company, Marshall
Lowry, president, presided.
The group okayed plans to
purchase four SRMA emblem
signs which will be erected on
the "Welcome to Chattooga”
signs which have been placed at
four entrances to the county by
the Chattooga-Municipal Plan
ning Commission.
Grady Ramey, a member of
the Commission who is in charge
of the sign project, appeared be
fore the group and explained
details. The welcome signs will
contain the emblems of eight
Chattooga civic groups, he said.
Attending the meeting were:
Mr. Lowry, Mr. Ramey, John
Bankson, Mrs. Billy Allen,
Jimmy Woodard, O. G. More
head, Malcolm Thomas, Donnie
Espy and J. T. Morgan.