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OLUME 78 — NUMBER 44
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MRS. MARKS
Christmas
Seals to Go
In Mail Soon
Christmas seals to fight tuber
culosis will go into the mails
within the next week, it has
been announced.
Mrs. Charles Marks is chair
man of the drive this year.
A group of students will work
Thursday and Friday aft e r
school preparing the letters will
be sent most Chattooga Coun
tians. Every recipient of the
seals is asked to send his re
mittance as early as possible so
that it won’t be overlooked in
the Christmas rush.
Proceeds of Christmas seal
sales help in the fight against
tuberculosis.
Snow Falls
In Flurries
Here Wed.
A few snow flurries fell in
Chattooga County Wednes
day afternoon.
A low of around 20 degrees
was anticipated in the county
for this morning.
The Weather Bureau at Rome
said a high of 54 could be ex
pected today, however.
Thanksgiving
Service Set
Downtown Summerville
churches are planning a joint
Thanksgiving service.
It will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 27, the evening
before Thanksgiving Day, at
the Summerville First Baptist
Church.
Yule Savings Near
Quarter of Million
Nearly a quarter of a million
dollars will be disbursed in
Christmas savings accounts next
week in Chattooga County.
Most of the funds—some
$233,000 —will be received by
Riegel Textile Corp, employes
who have saved the money
during the past year. They have
had savings clubs on a payroll
deductions basis, with the Farm
ers and Merchants Bank of Sum
merville handling the club ac
counts.
The plan is voluntary and no
interest is paid.
Some 1,350 Riegel employes
participated during the past
year as compared with 1,093 the
previous year. The savings were
up some SB,OOO.
In addition to the Christmas
savings accounts of Riegel em
ployes, various individuals in the
county also have savings ac
counts with the bank.
Freedom Secure Only Long As
People Are Informed-Herman
". . . freedom is secure only so long as the people are in
formed of the operations and actions of their government’’.
So says Sen. Herman Talmadge this week in his “Report
From Washington”.
"The duty and responsibility of keeping the people in
formed falls upon both the government and the news media
of our country,” he continued. “A free press Is guaranteed in
the first amendment to the constitution and explicit is the
people's right to know”.
Sen. Talmadge disourses on this subject in connection
with a Sigma Delta Chi report on freedom of information
this country. Sigma Delta Chi is the professional journalistic
society.
Turn to the editorial page of this edition to read more of
what the esteemed Georgia senator says on this subject.
Mrs. Young
Killed in
Thomasville
A former Chattooga County
woman, Mrs. Madeline Hogg
Young, was killed instantly
about 9 p.m. Tuesday in a traf
fic accident at Thomasville.
Mrs. Young’s car and a trailer
loaded with farm equipment had
had a relatively minor collision,
friends said, and Mrs. Young had
got out of her car to inspect the
damage. She was standing at the
rear of her vehicle when an
incoming vehicle struck her.
Friends said Mrs. Young was
knocked across her car onto a
disc on the trailer of equipment.
Surviving are her husband, a
Thomasville veterinarian; one
son, Lynn, a student in the
School of Veterinary Medicine at
•■he University of Georgia, father, ;
M. J. Hogg, of Summerville; step- ;
mother, Mrs. Hogg, of Summer-;
dlle; one brother, Hugh Hogg,
Chattanooga; three half broth
ers, Deforest (Bud), Washing
ton state; Morris, Atlanta, and
Tom, Summerville; and one half
■ister, Miss Brenda Hoga, of
Summerville and Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Young was a graduate of
Summerville High School.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete Wednesday.
FBI Arrests |
Starling in
Chattanooga
The FBI has arrested in Chat
tanooga a Chattooga County
Negro who is charged with
hooting a Rome Negro at Hol
land recently.
John Henry Starling was ar
rested Wednesday, Nov. 6, and
charged with unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution for the crime
of assult with intent to murder.
Starling is charged with
shooting Arthur Poole Septem
ber 29 while Poole sat in a car
in Holland.
Officers said Starling was
being held in the Hamilton
County jail in lieu of $5,000
bond.
Ruling Given
On Deer Bag
Limits for ’63
Georgia hunters who have al
ready bagged a deer during the
regular open season this year
will be allowed to go on the state
managed hunts.
Acting Game and Fish Director
Rosser Malone made the an
nouncement after a ruling from
the State attorney general’s of
fice on conflicting regulations
governing the deer bag limit.
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' CHS ATHLETIC
CLUB INVITES
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NEW MEMBERS
, The Chattooga High Citizens
. Athletic Club is inviting every
1 person who is interested in ath
■ letics at the school to join.
Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m.
each second and fourth Tues-
, day at the Georgia Power Com
pany office.
Methodist Men to
Meet Monday Night
> The Summerville Methodist
■ Men’s Club will meet at 7 p.m.
: Monday at the church.
All men of the church are in
vited.
The Summerville News
Cotton and Turkey
Bowls Awaited Here
“Little” bowls are on tap in Chattooga County during
the coming week.
The annual Turkey Bowl will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sat
urday in Summerville and the annual “Little Cotton Bowl”
will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Trion.
Midget teams will be featured
in both bowls.
In addition, bowl queens will
be crowned.
Patti Bailey has been chosen
as the “Little Cotton Bowl"
queen.
Candidates for the Turkey
Bowl crown are Debbie McCurdy,
Terrie Eilenburg, Mary Peace and
Becky Wilson. Each one is seek
ing votes at one cent each.
The Summerville bowl will
feature the Summerville Midgets
versus the East Rome Midgets.
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MIDGET MAJORETTES— These young
ladies are the majorettes for the Sum
merville Midgets, who will host the an
nual Turkey Bowl Saturday. Game time
is 2:30 and it will be at Sturdivant Field
with a Rome team as guest. The little
Social Security for
City Employes Eyed
Employes of the City of Sum
merville have indicated in a sur
vey that they would like to be
on social security, it was re
ported at the Council meeting
Monday night.
The next step will be to ar
range for a conference with a
SS representative to get further
details, it was stated.
Officials for the city election
on December 14 were named.
Arch Warren was appointed
manager with Jim Tedder and
John Salley as assistants.
Marshall Lowry and J. L. Sal
mon, of the Summerville Retail
Merchants Assn., appeared at
the meeting, requesting financial
assistance for the Christmas
lighting program in Summer
ville. The city agreed to donate
S4OO and to provide workmen for
welding brackets on poles in
connection with the project.
A tentative agreement has
been reached with the Atlanta
Gas Light Company in connec
tion with its petition for certifi
cation in Floyd County, it was
reported. The agreement, sub
ject yesterday to approval by the
Georgia Public Service Commis
sion in Atlanta, would give At
lanta Gas Light a pipeline cer
tificate only. The City of Sum
merville gas department serves
an extensive area in northern
Floyd County and was concerned
about Atlanta Gas Light’s earlier
plan to serve customers along its
recently-purchased pipeline in
that area. Going yesterday for
the ASC hearing were City Clerk
Sam Sitton and City Attorney
T. J. Espy Jr.
Negotiations are continuing on
the Chattooga County part of
the Atlanta Gas Light firm’s
certification plans. A hearing on
that phase is scheduled before
the PSC in Atlanta December 11.
City officials said they hope to
work out an agreement similar
to that worked out on the Floyd
County certification.
The Council and mayor
adopted a suggestion by auditors
that in addition to the three de
partment audit reports, a con
solidated report be made at the
end of each year. The city has
recently gone on a new fiscal
year basis—from Nov. 1 to Oct.
31 each year.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963
The Trion bowl will feature the
Trion Midgets versus the Alto
Park Midgets of Floyd County.
Patti will be crowned in pre
game festivities starting at 6:30
p.m. Miss Ethel Simmons, prin
cipal of the Trion Elementary
School, will crown the queen.
A day of festivities is planned
Saturday in Summerville in con
nection with the second annual
Turkey Bowl. The Mites will
host the Northside Elementary
Midgets of Rome at 10 a.m. at
the J. T. Morgan Field. A parade
will be held at 1:30 p.m. in down
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BIBLE GIVEN
IN MEMORY OF
M. M. ALLEN, SR.
A Bible was presented to the
Vanguard Bible Class of the
Summerville Presbyterian
Church Sunday in memory of
the late M. M. Allen, Sr.
The presentation was from Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Martin, Waycross,
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peterson
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peterson,
all of Vidalia.
The Bible was presented by
Jim Daniel, Sunday School su
perintendent, to Jack Ragland,
president of the class.
Pre-Legislative Forum to
Draw Chattoogans to Rome
Gardner Wins Case
Te defendant, instead of the
plaintiff, was favored by a re
cent Chattooga Superior Court
jury.
The jury favored giving the
defendant, Ben Gardner, SI,OOO
plus costs. Mrs. Doyce Haggard
brought the charges in connec
tion with a Jan. 19, 1962 acci
dent and Gardner had filled an
answer and cross suit.
It was erroneously reported
last week that the plaintiff won
the case.
What should I do if I think j
my property is valued too high
by the appraisers when I re
ceive my notice?
You should appear during the I
scheduled time and point out to ]
the appraisers (Doane Agricul
tural Services, Inc.) why you;
think a mistake has been made:
and if a mistake has been made
it will be corrected.
majorettes are (left to right) Sandy
Johnston, Debbie Wilson, Gina Cooper,
Rhonda Petitt, Paula Easter, Becky Wil
son, Celia Thomas, Linda Woods and
Mildred Jackson. With them is Miss
Linda Wheeler (left, rear) instructor.
Revaluation
Questions and Answers
PATTI BAILEY
Unde Ned’s
Notes
I shore agree with The Sum
merville Netas editorial of
about two weeks ago that more
folks who are cZ^an - livin’
should run fer office. A good
educatshun don’t hurt none
either being goverment is so
complicated now. Politics ain’t
"dirty” tho’ sum ov the folks
who sumtimes git into politics
may be. Government is gona
be only as good as the folks
that run it—don’t fergit that.
So I’m hoping that more
high type people will run fer
office. And, like The News
said, I hope we voters will have
enough sense to elect the folks
who is best qualified both by
clean-livin’ and education.
Chattooga County is expected
to be represented at the pre
legislative forum in Rome to
night.
The dinner meeting will start
at 7:30 p.m. at the General For
rest Motor Hotel. Peter Zack
Geer, lieutenant governor, and
George T. Smith, House speaker,
will be on the program.
The dinner is one of several
sponsored over the state by the
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce,
Chattooga Rep. James H. Floyd
and Sen. Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins
are expected to be among the
other legislators in attendance.
When I return my property
in 1964 for taxes, should I use
the full value or some per cent '
of the value I hear the tax 1
assessors are going to use?
Return your property at its ■
full fair market value. The tax |
assessors by law must “equalize” |
the taxes and they will assess •
everyone’s property at the same;
percentage. |
Willingham
Death Ruled
Accidental
The shotgun death of John B.
Willingham, 62, of Menlo, late
Sunday was accidental, a coro
ner’s jury ruled this week.
Coroner Roosevelt Young said
Willingham, found some dis
tance at the rear of his home,
had been shot at close range in
the head with a shotgun. He
noted that members of the fam
ily said Mr. Willingham had
been looking for a large bird,
believed to be a pheasant, which
had been in the area. Mr. Young
said Mr. Willingham had appar
ently been sitting on an old lard
can when the accident occurred.
He was found after failing to
return to the house when ex
pected.
Members of the coroner’s jury
were: John D. Weesner, Charles
B. Maxwell, Robert Gamble and
Ross Wooten.
Mr. Willingham was an em
ploye of Riegel Textile Corpora
tion's Trion Division, Bleaching
Department.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Stella Parker Willingham;
two daughters, Mrs. Lucile
Thornberry and Mrs. Jackie
Smith, both of Menlo; three
sons, Jimmy B. Willingham,
Menlo; John Ed Willingham of
Summerville and Herbert Wil
lingham of Douglasville; two
sisters, Mrs. Alma Quails and
Mrs. Mary Lou Cordell, both of
Rock Springs; half sister, Mrs.
Maude Cash, Mentone, Ala.;
three, brothers. Bill Willingham,
Menlo; Amos Willingham, Sum
merville, and Henry Willingham,
Ringgold; half brother, Bert
Willingham, Cloudland; three
granddaughters and four grand
sons.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from
the Menlo Baptist Church, where
he was a member, with the Rev.
Floyd Higgins, the Rev. Billy
Jones and the Rev. Howard Fin
ister officating. Interment was
in Greenhill Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers were: Baker
Willingham, Babe Lee Willing
ham, Billy Willingham, Tony
Willingham, Hoke Willingham
Jr. and Richard Cordell.
Honorary pallbearers were:
James Simmons, C. H. McCul
lough, J. D. Fountain, Norman
Wade, Lester (Flash) Parker,
Ralph Chamlee, Bill Mosley,
Robert William King, Lee Roy
Massey, Hugh Don Hall, George
Kling and Harold White.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home was
in charge.
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MR. HOSMER
Hosmer to
Head March
Os Dimes
Paul S. Hosmer, of Menlo, has
been named director of the 1964
March of Dimes in Chattooga
County.
He and other volunteers will
raise funds to finance the Na
tional Foundation’s battles
against birth defects, arthritis
and the continuing care and
treatment of polio patients.
Mr. Hosmer is vocational agri
culture instructor at Chattooga
High School.
A native of DeKalb County,
Ala., he attended Geraldine High
School, Howard College and the
University of Georgia. Mr. Hos
mer served for six years in the
U. S. Marine Corps during World
War 11.
After being in business in La-
Fayette as an auto parts jobber,
he became a veterans farm train
ing instructor in DeKalb Coun-
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HOMECOMING QUEEN — Miss Cheryl Hudson is
crowned 1963 Chattooga High homecoming queen by
Miss Sandra Worsham, the 1962 queen. The crowning
highlighted the homecoming game held Friday night
when CHS defeated Murray County 33-0 and concluded
the season.
Coker and Palmour
Qualify in S’ville
Pennville
School Sets
Openliouse
The Pennville Elementary
School will hold open house
from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday in con
nection with “American Educa
tion Week”.
Guests will be received by the
principal, Pete Mattis, and after
wards, they will be served re
freshments by the school’s Jun
ior Beta Club.
Mr. Mattis and the faculty in
vite all parents and interested
persons to come by and see the
students in the actual process of
learning.
PLANNING COMMISSION
HEARS PROJECT REPORTS
County
Grades Site
For New CHS
Grading of the site for the
new Chattooga High School got
underway this week.
It is being done by the county.
County School Supt. James
Spence said this week school of
ficials are appreciative of this
assistance from the county. It is
expected to save the school sys
tem a tidy sum of money and
Mr. Spence said Is one of the
reasons they are hopeful of
getting the project within the
money available and getting
construction underway In the
not too distant future.
County equipment began the
grading work Monday.
LOGGINS TO
ADDRESS LIONS
State Sen. Joseph E. (Bo) Log
gins of Trion will be the guest
speaker at the next Summerville
Lions Club meeting.
It will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday at Riegeldale Tavern.
Yule Parade, Home Lighting
Contest Set in Summerville
A Christmas parade and a home lighting contest
were announced this week by the Summerville Retail
Merchants Association.
The parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov.
30. Fred Aldred is in charge.
Christmas lights will be turned on either that day
or earlier, it was stated.
Prizes of $25, sls and $lO will be offered in the
home lighting contest and women’s clubs will be asked
to provide judges.
In addition, the SRMA announced that each mer
chant is asked to decorate for “An Old-Fashioned
Christmas.” Any prize giving will be done by the va
rious stores on an individual basis, it was decided.
The plans were made at a called meeting of the
SRMA board of directors.
®A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1963
Better Newspaper
Contest*
Two men had thrown their
hats in the ring this week as
Summerville prepared for a city
election December 14.
W. R (Bill) Coker qualified as
a candidate for Seat 4, the post
now held by Will Hair, and
Hubert Palmour qualified as a
candidate for Seat 5, the seat
he now holds. Mr. IJair has dis
closed he will not seek re-elec
tion.
Voters are to choose council
men for Seats 3, 4 and 5. Will
Stephenson, who presently holds
Seat 3, also has disclosed he will
not seek re-election.
The qualification deadline is
noon Saturday, Nov. 23.
In the meantime, persons de
siring to register to vote also
have until noon November 23 to
do so. They may register at the
city hall.
Reports on three major proj
ects highlighted the November
meeting of the Chattooga-Mu
nicipal Planning Commission
Thursday night.
The three projects are the
proposed airport, a roadside
park at Menlo and welcome
signs.
The county’s application for
inclusion on the National Air
port Plan is in the process of
being submitted, it was re
ported. If accepted, the county
will then seek federal funds
which are available on a 50-50
matching basis, it was reported.
The site at Menlo which is
being developed for a roadside
park has been cleared but con
struction of tables and other fa
cilities has not yet begun, it was
stated.
An intensive effort to get all
the club emblems on the wel
come signs which have been
erected will be made during the
next month, it was reported.
Sidney Thomas, of Rome, ex
ecutive director of the Coosa
Planning Commission, was pres
ent'.
C. W. (Tip) McCollum, of
Trion, was welcomed as a new
member of the Commission. He
succeeds Buddy Lindsey who has
been transferred from Trion.
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