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MUNICIPAL
GROUP TO
MEET WED.
City officials in the Seventh
District will gather in LaFayette
Wednesday for the annual fall
district meeting of the Georgia
Municipal Association.
A panel discussion featuring
representatives of three’ levels of
government will discuss local
leadership responsibility. In ad
dition, a team from the Univer
sity of Georgia will present a
visual demonstration of the
effects of leadership on the
growth and development of a
community and the problems of
“fringe areas.”
Principal speaker will be Judge
Charles A. Pannell, recently ap
pointed to the Georgia Court of
Appeals.
During the morning session,
delegates will discuss programs
of GMA relating to the upcoming
session of the Georgia General
Assembly, including municipal
home rule, desired authority for
contracts between municipalities
and the State Highway Depart
ment, state sharing of highway
user taxes, counties’ request for
municipal-type powers, proposed
boundary adjustment legisla
tion, and general city-state re
lations.
TIMMERMAN HOUSE
BURNS THURSDAY
A house on Roberts Street
owned by Wright Timmerman
was destroyed by fire Thursday,
the Summerville Fire Depart
ment announces.
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FENCE ERECTED WHERE SCHOOL LAND DONATED
—James Spence (left) county school superintendent,
Paul Hosmer, (center) Chattooga High vocational ag
riculture teacher, and W. P. (Bill) Selman (right)
chairman of the Chattooga Board of Education, look
at a plat showing the 11 acres which was given by
the Selman estate as a part of the site for the new Chat
tooga High School. Mr. Hosmer and an adult class in
fence construction have just erected a border fence
(background) separating the school property from the
remainder of the Selman property. Architect M. G.
Turner of Rome is completing final drawings of the
revised plans for the new school and a report on his
progress is expected to be made when the school board
meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Revaluation
Questions and Answers
How can revaluation help
make Chattooga County attrac
tive to new industry?
Under the old tax system, a
prospective industry never knew
simply from the “tax. rate”
what its taxes might be. Its
property might be valued at
one - third, one - half, three
fourths or even 100 per cent of
what it was worth. In other
words, the prospect didn’t know
what to count on, tax-wise. But,
under the new system, he knows
his property will be valued at
100 per cent and that the as
sessment will be on between 30
and 40 per cent of the total.
When will the revaluation
program go into effect?
The assessing part of the pro-
Taxes to Be Levied
On 10 of Appraisal
Taxes will be levied against 40 per cent of the ap
praised market value of property when the revaluation
program is adopted in Chattooga County next year.
The Chattooga Board of Tax Assessors set the figure
Tuesday afternoon. —— 1—-
This means that if a house is
appraised at SIO,OOO, taxes would
be levied against only 40- per
cent of this, or $4,000. Further
more, if the owner is entitled to
the $2,000 homestead exemption,
the 'figure against which taxes
would be levied would drop down
to $2,000.
The Board of Tax Assessors,
headed by Claude Ratliff, met
Tuesday morning with County
Commissioner John Jones and
County Attorney F. H. Boney.
Inasmuchas the Chattooga
Board of Education determines
what the school levy will be, the
assessors called this group in
Tuesday afternoon to confer
about the overall program. On
hand from the school board were
Chairman W. P. Selman, Robert
Hendrix, Johnny Bryant and
School Supt. James Spence.
The school representatives
said their policy after revalua
tion would be to reduce the
millage “within the reasonable
requirements of operating the
school system for the purpose
of maintenance and operation
and only enough bond levy to
retire the bonds”.
Both the school board and
Commissioner Jones said they
could not possibly give any esti
mate of what the 1964 tax levies
will be until they know what the
digest will be under the new
program. This is expected to be
known in January. However,
Jones said he did not propose to
increase the county budget.
After conferring with the
school board, Mr. Jones and Mr.
Boney Tuesday afternoon, the
iram is now underway but taxes
will not be collected under the
new system until next fall. Your
1963 taxes (payable by Decem
ber 20) will not be affected by
the revaluation.
Would the tax basis per dollar
value be figured in the same
way as for a textile mill with a
$200,000 inventory, a retail store
with $20,000 inventory or a live
stock farmer with $20,000 worth
of cattle on inventory?
None of these will be appraised
but the owners by law are now
required, and will continue to be
required, to make a return on
them. The properties will then
be taxed, as will other prop
erties, at 40 per cent of the
valuation.
©he ^umwrutUe
assessors met in executive ses
sion and determined the 40 per
cent assessment rate.
In addition to Mr. Ratliff,
other jnembers are Herman
White, O. C. Mahan, Jess Gra
ham and F. J. Dawsoh. *
It was noted that for some
years automobiles have been
taxed on the basis of a standard
assessment ^uch as that now to
be used on all property.
It was also pointed out at the
meeting that the law requires
the county commissioner to levy
for school purposes whatever
figure is proposed by the school
board.
The school levy is about one
third of the total county tax
levy. This year, the total levy is
64 mills with 22 mills going for
schools.
The assessors could set the
assessment figure at less than 30
and no more than 40 per cent.
6 Wagon Train’
Outing Set
A “wagon train” will hit the
road at 9 a.m. Saturday at the
old West Armuchee School and
all interested persons are invited
to join.
Bob Maxey will be wagon mas
ter.
The group will go to the Sam
Anderson place some 17 miles to
the south to camp overnight. A
square dance with music by
Ronnie Underwood’s band will be
held during the evening.
The return trip will start short
ly after a religious service Sun
day morning and the group is
expected to return to the school
by mid-afternoon Sunday.
Step Taken On 125th
Birthday Celebration
A first step was taken Monday toward holding a week
long celebration next year of the 125th birthday of Sum
merville and Chattooga County.
Whether the project will develop further apparently
depends on the interest shown within the next few weeks.
Summerville Mayor J. R. Dowdy
signed an agreement with The
Rogers Company, Fostoria, Ohio,
for the initiation of steps which
could lead to the extensive cele
bration. However, it is not bind
ing and the project could be
dropped at a later date if it is
not found feasible, the Rogers
spokesman said.
A gigantic four-night dramatic
pageant on the history of the
city and county would be a high
light of the celebration. It would
have a local cast of 250 and
would be staged on the football
field.
Other features of the week-
Ipng celebration proposed were
these:
Three parades, including an
opening parade on Monday, a
kiddie parade with tricycles, etc.,
and an elaborate “Salute to the
Future” parade on Saturday.
A religious service at the foot
ball field.
Open house in all stores and
factories.
“Then and Now” displays in
windows.
“Pioneers and Homecoming
Day” with a homecoming picnic,
talent show, and band concert.
“Ladies Day” with an old
fashioned cooking school, a style
show, “Celebration Belles” and a
“Belle Luncheon”.
"Brothers of the Brush” con
test for those who grow beards.
Concessions and kiddie rides.
Crowning of a queen.
And burying of a time capsule.
The Rogers representative said
the firm would write and direct
the pageant provide all costumes
and grease paint, provide its
plan of action, send a business
manager to be on hand for five
weeks at the time of the cele
bration, provide news and radio
releases and send a representa
tive to confer for a two-day pe
riod well in advance of the cele
bration.
He said the 60-year-old firm
had done 4,000 such celebrations,
including those in Huntsville,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1?)(>3
Halloween Vandalism Won’t
Be Tolerated—Chief Pledger
No Halloween vandalism of any kind will be tolerated
in Summerville tonight, Police Chief Griffin Pledger said
this week.
The civil defense policemen will augment the regular
police force to be on the lookout for mischief, he said.
“We enjoy seeing children have clean fun such as ‘trick
or treat’ visiting,” said the chief. “But we will not tolerate
vandalism just because it’s Halloween. We are asking the
good people of this town who have youngsters to cooperate
with us and we know you will.”
Chief Pledger suggests that parents keep at home their
children if they may be bent on some type of vandalism.
Glove Mill Building
May Start in Weeks
The new home of Georgia
Glove Company at Lyerly may
get under construction shortly.
Financial arrangements for
the $154,500 project are being
completed this week, a spokes
man for the Summerville In
dustrial Development Corpora
tion said following a meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
The structure will be a 33,000
square foot, air-conditioned
building located on the Sum
merville Road between the homes
of Harold Bishop and Grover
Jackson. The nine-acre plot.
being purchased from Mr. BiS
hop.
The financing involves raising
some local funds through deben
tures and obtaining a Small
Business Administration loan.
Construction will start as soon
Ala., Anniston, Ala., and Eto
wah, Tenn.
The Roberts representative
said the project should be en
tirely self-supporting and, al
though it isn’t designed as a
money - making affair, 90 per
cent do make money. Income is
derived through the sale of tick
ets to the pageant, sale of pro
grams, kiddie rides, etc.
He estimated that the celebra
tion here should bring in from
SIO,OOO to $15,000 and said the
Rogers fee would be $5,200.
Some 25 persons, mostly from
Summerville, attended the Mon
day meeting. J. T. Morgan pre
sided. Earlier, the Rogers man
had met with Mayor Dowdy and
Mr. Morgan and discussed the
matter. At that time, it was
agreed that the proposal should
be made to a larger group to see
what the reaction would be.
Under the Rogers proposal, a
corporation of at least seven per
sons would be formed locally to
handle the project and would
solicit the work and cooperation
of hundreds of other persons.
CHATTOOGA LODGE
TO CONFER DEGREE
MONDAY, NOV. 4
Chattooga Lodge No. 704,
F. & A.M., will confer the En
tered Apprentice Degree at the 1
next regular meeting, Monday,
Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., at Kling Hall,
in Summerville.
All qualified Masons are in
vited to attend.
Pennville Jr. Beta
Club Names Officers
Wayne Henderson was elected
president of the Junior Beta
Club of Pennville.
The other officers are: Linda
Henderson, vice president; Beth
Davis, secretary; and Michael!
Sanderson, treasurer.
Mrs. Faries Walker is faculty i
I sponsor.
as the SBA loan is approved.
This is expected in less than one
month.
Some $23,175 is being sought
locally through the debentures
and this project is being handled
by the SIDC which has worked
closely with Georgia Glove of
ficials and the SBA on the pro
ject. Century Glove Co., Newark,
N. J., parent firm of Georgia
Glove, is allowed by SBA to put
up only $7,725. The SBA loan will
be for some $123,600 and will be
repaid out of the profits of Geor
gia Glove, it was stated.
Georgia Glove was founded
only one and one-half years ago
and is located in an old hosiery
mill building at Lyerly. The
firm has grown to 150 employes
already. Otis Tanner is the gene
ral manager.
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Sumtimes I git worried about
the way things are gain’ in
our land.
Hard work hardly ever hurts
anybody but so many of us
wants to git all we kan and do
as little as we kan. We want
to be babied and Uncle Sam
is babyin’ us more ’n more.
Folks that can’t do ought to
be provided fer, ov course. But
folks that can oughta do. It
ain’t to their good, or the coun
try’s, to make parasites out
ov so many.
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CHS HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES, FOOT
BALL PLAYERS— Here are the Chattooga High School
football players and their sponsors, each of the latter
being a candidate for homecoming queen. Chattooga
High will host the Lakeview Warriors at 8 p.m. Friday
for the annual homecoming game and the queen will be
announced and crowned at half-time. Not shown is
Football Player David (Pig) Mitchell whose sponsor is
Jan Packer (left). The others are (left to right) Way-
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HALLOWEEN PREVIEW— It’s “trick or
treat” time again and these little Sum
merville “spooks” give a preview of a
scene that will be repeated many times
over tonight as the nation observes Hal
loween. Shown in dress rehearsal for
Escapee Sought
By McConnell
Chattooga Warden John Frank
McConnell Wednesday an
nounced the escape of a non
armed prisoner on the Dover
Cut Road between Summerville
and Lyerly.
The escapee, James Larry
West, of Chickamauga, is not
considered dangerous, says Mc-
Connell. He was serving a term
for burglary and escaped off a
grader crew about 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
West is white, age 24, 5 ft. 8
in., 115 pounds, blonde, hazel
eyes, and has tatoos on both
forearms. Anyone having any
helpful information is asked to
call Mr. McConnell.
In the meantime, the warden
announced that a man who
escaped last week was recap
tured within 45 minutes but
noted that Chester Breeden, an
other escapee, remains at large.
Rain Continues Elusive;
Frost Makes Debut Tuesday
Rain continues to elude Chat
tooga County but Jack Frost
made his first full-fledged visit
Tuesday night.
Showers threatened on one or
two occasions during the past
week, but none came and the
drought was fast becoming one
of the worst in recent years.
Strangely enough, however,
forest fires have been few and
far between here.
Pastures and small grain crops
are particularly hurt by the dry
spell, says County Agent M. H.
Purcell. Shrubbery also is suf
fering, he said, urging residents
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Riegel to Give
Wage Increase
A general wage increase of five per cent has been an
nounced by the Trion Division of Riegel Textile Corporation.
It will amount to about one-half million dollars a year.
In announcing the increase, Preston H. David, gene-
ral manager, noted it exceeds
the increases being given in in
dustry generally this year. They
are averaging about three per
cent, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Mr. David said.
“Naturally, I am very pleased
to see this wage increase come,”
he stated. “Riegel is one of the
first textile companies in Geor
gia to increase wages and has
once again demonstrated its
determination to be a leader in
wages and benefits in the tex
tile industry in our area.”
The increase will be effective
November 10.
to water their shrubs.
On the other hand, cotton,
corn and chrysanthemums seem
to be thriving under the dry
weather, he said.
Chattooga Forest Ranger J. B.
White Wednesday expressed his
appreciation to the public for
their care and urged that they
continue to be extremely cau
tious.
Less than four acres of forest
have been lost to fires since the
drought started, White said. The
most recent was a half acre
which blazed at “Little Egypt”
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man Wesson and Marilyn Bryant; Paul Ward and Jan
Wright; Ronald Taylor and Ann Woods; Rodney Har
deman and Leatha Miller; Jimmy Hosmer and Judy
Yarbrough; Jimmy Bruce and Elaine Stewart; Ricky
Kellett and Brenda Underwood; David Houston and Sue
Johnston; Jerry Sims and Brenda Mundy; Larry Hol
brooks and Diane Smith; Emmett Coleman and Cheryl
Hudson; Ronnie McGill and Aleta Allen.
the big night are (foreground, left to
right) Lee Ann Autry, Donna Chandler,
Margaret Autry, Michael Chandler and
Herman Fletcher Jr. On the steps are
David Fletcher and Sandra Chandler.
—Photo by Earl McConnell
Says Davis
Relief for Mills
May Come Soon
Some relief seems to be
in sight for American cot
ton textile mills, says Con
gressman John W. Davis of
Summerville in his report
from Congress this week.
A bill providing this re
lief is expected to reach the
floor in time for a vote, he
plans to support the legis
lation.
MRS. LINDSEY
TO ASSUME FACS
DUTIES FRIDAY
Mrs. Sherman Lindsey, new
director of the Chattooga De
partment of Family and Chil
dren’s Services (FACS), will as
sume her duties Friday.
She will succeed her mother,
Mrs. Mid M. Allen Jr., who re
tired July 1. Mrs. James Abney
had served as acting director in
the interim.
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