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It The Summerville News. Thursday. October 31. 1963
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Election Time Approaches . . .
Elections will soon begin in Chattooga
County and th<y'll be with us off and on
through most of 1964.
This means each voter will have many
important decisions to make during the
next 12 months.
On what basis should we make these
decisions?
Should we vote for Candidate Joe Blow
simply because we like him? Does the
fact that he has a charming personality
mean he will make a good public official?
Should we vote for him because some
body has told us he’s “the man for the
job”? Or should we think for ourselves?
Most of us. after taking a hard look at
the situation, will agree that we should
make our voting decisions on the basis of
one thing—qualifications.
This covers ability, honesty and fair
ness. The candidate who comes nearest
to possessing all these traits is obviously
the best man for the job. We must remem
ber that in electing a public official, we
are hiring an “employe.” And we want to
work for us a man who is qualified.
Unless a candidate can handle the
duties of the office and handle them well,
l\ol Just H eat her . . .
Irrespective of the ethics or wisdom of
doing business with Russia, recent news
accounts which tell of U. S. grain mer
chants meeting with Soviet officials to
work out a possible deal to ship urgently
wanted American grain to Russ^. carry a
moral It is the same moral thatawbrs to
China's starving millions Oppression and
want go hand in hand in the communist
World. All property and people are under
the ruthless control of government. The
farmer is a slave who does as he is told.
The ruling class are politicians.
Selling wheat to Russia or even China
Georgia
Exposition
Scheduled
Everything from “soup to
nuts" will be on display at the
first annual Georgia Exposition
<>t Commerce Industry. No
vember 22- December 1 at the
ibout ( hatloofta lliith
PE lor All (IIS Students
Recommended B\ Committee
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T’os is another in a series of articles on the findings of a
committee of experts which evaluated Chattooga High School
last spring. The suggestions would provide an ideal school
situation and efforts to attain the goals proposed are being
made. School Supt. James Spence states.
Physical education for all students was recommended by
the committee which evaluated Chattooga High School earlier
this year
It was suggested that health instruction be taught in con
junction with physical education by the PE teachers
"A different health unit could be taught every year for four
years thereby eliminating any repetition by the students during
their high school career." it was stated
The committee pointed out that the personnel of the PE
department was "doing an outstanding job under the circum
stances' It was apparently referring to the lack of a suitable
PE plant
Ihe committee noted that the PE instructors were con
sulted about the new PE plant at the proposed new high school
Valid physical fitness tests are given to the students and
both instructors are working on their master degrees, it was
pointed out
Here are some of the recommendations:
That boys and girls classes be segregated except for certain
co-ed activities
That a woman PF teacher teach the girls and a male PF
teacher teach the boys
That the class s be graded as nearly as possible with the
yeuncer students together and the older students together
That a half unit credit be riven per year for health and PF
so that a student may receive two full units toward graduation.
That the PE program be adequately financed through the
regular school budget
That e irrectiv< and adapted activities be provided for stu
dents with special needs, when recommended by qualified spe
cialists.
Fhat a health or first aid classroom be set up and possibly
s P< t" ed by \ miner mothers who would take the Red Cross
first aid course
i hut proper outdoor facilities be developed
t mmt< rial w ik m the gym be taken care of by janitor.
’ ' ' th’’ > ■ ach< -of jus ri sponsibility and enabling them
K( r< uiid master kt-v <■ 'mbinntior locks be added to
11 pn ■,t dressing room facilities when funds are available
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The Summerville News
Is the Official Organ
Os Chattooga County
Address All Mail to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310
Summerville, Georgia
Atlanta Merchandise Mart under
the sponsorship of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
over 250 top Georgia firms
will have glittering displays that
will be open to the public.
Among the exhibitors will be
the nations industrial giants
with Georgia plants plus, of
course, the State's own leading
industrial and commercial
firms.
Weekly Newspaper
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
he should not be considered. He may be
fair, he may be honest, he may have a
good personality, but if he can’t do the
job properly, he is not the man for the
task.
Unless a candidate is honest and fair,
he should be eliminated from considera
tion. He may have ability, he may have
charm, but if he isn’t also honest, he is
not the man for the job.
This brings us around to another as
pect:
The political arena should draw per
sons who possess all these traits. Persons
of integrity should not shrink from the
arena. Good government can ensue only
when good people offer themselves for
service. The voters cannot choose persons
of strong moral fiber and ability if per
sons with these traits do not run.
We turst many well-qualified persons
will seek office in Chattooga County dur
ing the next 12 months.
And we trust that wo voters will have
the good common sense to elect those
among them who best exemplify ability,
honesty and fairness.
may be the humane, and politic thing to
do, but we should never be so gullible as
to believe that, the weather is the root of
all troubles with farm crops in dictator
ridden countries. We live on the same
earth as the Russians and the Chinese.
Our farmers have weather problems too,
but they are producers and behind them
are pro cessing and distribution industries
the like of which the world has never be
fore seen. No nation, where the property
and lives of its citizens are at the mercy
of government, can ever enjoy the Ameri
can standard of living.
Book Review
With “The Age of Napoleon,"
L Christopher Herold stakes out
a further claim to be considered
among the foremost American
biographers His latest work is
perhaps even more remarkable
than "Mistress to an Age," his
book about Madame de Stael
which appeared in 1958 and won
for him a National Book Award.
The meteoric career of Na
poleon has fascinated readers
for more than 150 years, and
there have been scores of books
about the man and his work Mr
Herold’s biography makes no
pretense to original research in a
field that has been researched
almost to death It stands out
because of its brilliant insights
and interpretations and because
of its clear, elegant, witty style
Notable also is its skeptical
modern viewpoint. Conceding
nothing to the debunking school,
Mr Herold coolly refuses to
accept the conventional Na
poleonic legend, so much the
t eat ion of Napoleon himself.
Whatever else the little Cor
-ican was demigod, villain, de
mon. master strategist he was,
Mr Herold points out, a kind
of genius And though Mr
Herold does not admire Napoleon
the man, he makes clear what
this genius consisted of.
There is nothing the dictators
'f the 20th century could have
’aught him.' Mr Herold de
clares The man who emerges
from these lively pages is basi
cally a power-hungrv oppor
tunist
(’ill) Kmuhls
Given Monday
A group of awards was given
Monday night when Cub Pack
73 held a Halloween-themed
meeting at the Cub Scout hut in
Summerville
Nell Nelson and Joey Stewart
received the coveted lion award,
while Tommy Neal received the
bear Joey also received the
golden arrow
Other awards were as follows
I amber! Jones Butch Lanier.
David Hotchkiss and Frank
Jones, golden arrows; Winston
McWhorter. David Hotchkiss
and Frank Jones '2), silver ar
rows Frank Jones, wolf: and
Bill Elrod. Brad Teague. William
A Prize-Winning
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GEORGIA’S SCHOOL AGE POPULATION
Projected at 2,865,902 in 1975 — an increase
of 48 per cent from 1,928,091 in 1960
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GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
Source: U.S. Census and J. C. Belcher in Georgia County Data Book.
Municipal Gas Firms to
Oppose AGL ‘lnvasion’
The Summerville, Trion and.
LaFayette natural gas com
panies, unexpectedly threatened
by competition from the Atlanta
Gas I.ight Company, are pre
paring to fight the Atlanta
firm’s proposed “invasion” of
Chattooga and Walker counties.
A hearing has been set before
the Georgia Public Service Com
mission November 13.
At that time, attorneys for the
three municipalities are ex
pected to tell why they think
the Commission should deny At
lanta Gas Light certification in
the two counties.
Under the proposed certifica
tion, Atlanta Gas Light could
not sell gas within the munici
palities but it could sell in the
county areas outside the mu
nicipalities. These areas are now
ervnd bv the municipal gas
companies. And since Atlanta
Gas I.ight, buying in larger
quantities at cheaper rates,
could sell gas cheaper, a real
competitive threat would be
posed, say municipal officials.
The City of Summerville, for
example, is depending heavily
on profits from gas sales during ।
the next few years to help null I
it out of the indebtedness under ;
which it has labored so long. |
Only now is the city beginning
to get enough money in its re- .
serve and extension funds to be
able to have money for trans- )
ferring into the general fund
The three municipalities were .
surprised, officials said, when |
Atlanta Gas Light applied for
certification within their coun-1
tics They had earlier been as
•ured that such would not be)
the case, it was stated.
Atlanta Gas Light recently
bought the pipelines of South
eastern Pipeline Company, which
traverse both Chattooga and
Walker, and told them of plans )
to seek to serve the Chicka
mauga area.
Summerville, Trion and La- !
Fayette are certified to serve
within their municipalities but )
were told they would not need I
certification to serve in the areas
outside the cities. Summerville
not only serves areas in Chat-’j
tooga County but also some
Floyd County areas, the latter
being certified.
A Summerville spokesman said .
the city of Summerville went I
into the gas business some years)
ago when Atlanta Gas declined
to come into this section.
Letter to
The Editor...
Dear Sir:
Recently I had occasion to
visit part of the old high school
system What I saw was incred
ible.
I low does the County Board of
Education expect children to
have respect for their school
when you open a door and the I
entire jamb will pull out of the)
wall I believe it is less expens
ive to keep such as this repaired )
rather than wait for a complete
replacement
Why does not the county board \
hire a carpenter to make such )
repairs as needed to its build- .
ings ’ It s a shame for the build
ings to get into such a condition
when most of the trouble such i
as this could be corrected.
A school is very much like a '
factory except a factory manu
factures parts, whereas a school
helps to build or improve minds
A manufacturer would not let his
factory run down in such away
Give back the children their
pride and respect for their chooß
and do some JUST PLAIN REG
ULAR MAINTENANCE WORK
Charles Marks
Crouch. Charles Marks. Ronnie
Mason. Jackie Payton. Neal
Johnston. Odus Hotchkiss. Ken
neth Duke and Danny Blackwell,
bobcats.
Jack-o-lanterns and corn
stalks decorated the hut and
a carnival type program was
elven Den 2 presented a house
of horrors. Dens 1 and 4 had
apple bobbin'. Den 3 had target
and bean guessing games and
Den 2 served refreshments.
FHA Chapters
Go to Canton
Saturday, the junior and sen
ior chapters of Future Home
makers of America of Chattooga
High School traveled to Canton
for a district meeting. Some 72
members attended. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Harry Mc-
Ginnis and Mrs. Orble Allen.
Sharon White and Brenda
Owens answered roll call for the
Chattooga High Chapters.
The main speaker for the
meeting was Dr. Aleene Cross
who is the home economics head
for the University of Georgia. Dr.
Cross left four thoughts for the
group in concluding her speech:
Ideals, goals, choice-making and
morals.
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Looking Ahead ...
By DR GEORGE S. BENSON
President—National
Education Program
Searcy, Arkansas
MODERN GOLD RUSH
It’s no wonder that we have
almost ceased to hear jokes
about what lies buried at Fort
i Knox. The quips were common
in 1949. when a peak of more
) than §24.5 billion in gold was
: secured there. But the gold is
rushing cutward to the rest of
the world which has claims be
i cause of a more favorable bal
■ ance of payments at a present
■ rate of more than $3 billion
per year. This is no longer a
laughing matter with the U. S.
Treasury Department, whose of
) ficials recently hailed increased
interest rates from the Federal
Reserve Banks and restrictions
on foreign investments as meas
ures that may help keep our dol
lars at home.
President Kennedy was warmly
greeted by thousands in the
streets of Europe, but it is re
liably reported that he got a
more sober message from Euro
pean bankers. The essence of it :
Europe cannot be expected for
ever to prop up the dollar while
the U. S. itself Pursues policies
that undermine it continually.
The cry of “myth” from the
White House academic economic
staff (Keynesian) will not suf
fice to pull these chestnuts from
1 the fire. It is going to take some
i real courage and real work to
i get the country moving again
; toward a sound dollar.
Time of Crisis
The facts are that our treas
ure of gold has reached its
| lowest point since 1939. It has
l been drained from its peak of
$24,691,000,000 (September 1949)
i to a low of $15,733,000,000 at the
end of June. Against this reserve
are billions of short term debts
owed to foreign accounts which
some experts will guess as high
as §35 billion. Our dwindling
gold stock must back up both
our own currency and that
owned by our Allies in Europe,
who more and more seem to pre
fer our gold to our dollars. The
i fiscal situation gets more pre
) carious day by day.
At this writing there are
; rumors of secret crisis meetings
of monetary experts in Washing
ton as well as in the capitals of
Europe. The half-way measures
already announced are hardly
expected to reduce the balance
of payments by more than
§t/ 2 billion or so. This is only a
drop in the bucket when the
flow of the whole stream needs
reversing.
Speeches Not Enough
The President has promised
the nation a speech on this
problem soon. After much hoopla
about it last year, the measures
taken succeeded only in holding
the balance of payments deficit
to some §2,200.000.000 and re
sulted in a prediction that 1963
would bring a balance. Well, this
problem is still going to require
a great deal more than speeches.
The outflow rate for the first
three months of the year was
well over $3 billion. There are
predictions that rate may be up
to §3.5 billion in the quarter just
ended.
It is to the credit of Treasury
Officials that they have avoided
suggesting various “painless”
schemes that might be brought
up. There are no painless reme
dies for honest debts. The Treas
ury wants to show the interna
tional bankers that this country
is going to exercise the discipline
required of an honest debtor and
not claim bankruptcy. But it will
be required that Congress and
the rest of the nation’s leader
ship realize that our gold out
flow is not an isolated, unrelated
phenomenon, but that its real
solution awaits the proper an
swer to several related problems.
The Problem Brought Home
Such as expanding and en
larging our foreign trade. Our
trade itself has been showing a
balance of exports over imports,
but we could do better. We shall
probably not do better, however,
unless we can meet the competi
tion of foreign countries in the
market places of the world. This
complicated question reaches
right down to the need for ma
chine tools that help make our
factories efficient. It comes right
down to the costs of materials,
of labor, of overhead. It asks
whether our unions are demand
ing more than their share of the
income from increased produc
tivity.
There is general agreement
that a tax cut would make a
more prosperous, active America
with stronger dollars, if—and
only if—we can bring our gov
ernment spending into line with
government income. Many of our
national leaders have not yet
understood what some of Eu
rope’s bankers know: that we
have been too free and easy with
inflating and printing currency.
Foreign bankers understand well
enough that when a nation has
too many liquid assets, some of
it is bound to spill over. They
see us monetizing our increasing
debt, a people unwilling to live
within our budget or cut back
our spending. That is why they
want gold, not dollars.
Sinclair
Sentenced to
Year and Dav
Ernest S. Sinclair has been
sentenced to one year and one
lay on federal mail fraud
charges, an official of the U. S.
District Court in Rome said this
week
Mr. Sinclair, formerly of Chat
tooga County, reportedly entered
i nolo contendre pica in Atlanta
and was sentenced by a federal
lodge there. He is now in prison
n Montgomery. Ala., it was
stated.
Sinclair was arrested by the
FBI in Brooklyn. N. Y. in May
and charged with using the
mails to defraud. Since that time,
he had been held in the Fulton
County jail in Atlanta.
Sinclair same to Chattooga
seme years ago as a teacher at
Menlo but was fired shortly aft
rwards. He then attempted to
form a “New Hope University"
a “Chattooga County Chamber
of Commerce,” as well as other
i groups.
TRION CHAPTER NO. 19,
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
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Trion Chapter
No. 19, Royal
Arch Masons,
meets the third
Saturday of
each month at
7:30 p.m., Kling
Hall. Summerville
xxcm, gjUnimex vine.
All qualified Royal Arch Ma
sons are invited to attend.
George T. Kling, H. P.
Joe Hammond, Sec.