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VOLUME 79 —NUMBER 3
Separate CD Units
Are Being Organized
Separate civil defense units will function in Summer
ville and Chattooga County—at least for the time being.
Trion already has a separate unit.
That was the decision of Summerville Mayor J. R.
Dowdy and Chattooga Commis
sioner John Jones at their latest
conference, held Friday.
Hinton Logan has since been
named by Mayor Dowdy to head
the Summerville CD unit. The
first meeting under Mr. Logan
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day at the city utilities building.
And the county unit held its
first organizational meeting
Thursday night at the court
house. W. E. Worsham had
earlier been named county di
rector.
Boyd Coker was named dep
uty director Thursday night and
Bill Coker was named auxiliary
police chief. Charles Marks was
named assistant police chief.
David Elliott was appointed res
cue chief and Fred Green was
named assistant in rescue.
Mr. Worsham announced that
county rescue and auxiliary po
lice classes will begin at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in the courtroom
of the courthouse.
In addition, he said, a Lyerly
community meeting will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Friday at which
time he and Mr. Coker will dis
cuss civil defense. Everyone is
Contract For
New School
Now Signed
The contract for construction
of the new Chattooga High
School was signed by the Chat
tooga Board of Education and
Bishop and Busbin, contractors,
Friday.
The contract is for $611,898.
It was actually awarded to the
Chattooga County contracting
firm in December but the actual
signing was delayed awaiting the
architect’s completion of change
orders.
Grading began the next day
after the contract was let, how
ever, and has continued when
weather permitted.
Actual construction will begin
as soon as the grading is finished
and the weather is suitable, Har
old Bishop of the contracting
firm states.
The other partner in the firm
is James (Buddy) Busbin.
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LIBRARY STRESSED AT MENLO— Much emphasis is
put on the library program at the Menlo School and
efforts are constantly being made to improve it, states
Edwin Thompson, principal. In the above photo, four
students are shown in the library, which features some
1,700 books, several sets of encyclopedias and a number
of magazines. The students shown are (left to right)
Elaine Blalock, Ray Tucker, Marilyn Clowdis and Her
shel Pruitt.
More money from the state
level and more money from the
local level.
That’s what school leaders in
Chattooga County generally be
lieve the new education legisla
tion will mean financially to the
Trion and Chattooga systems.
But details on how much more
aren’t yet available. The State
Department of Education is still
working on this.
Chattooga County taxpayers
last year put right at §IOO,OOO
into schools and received an-
. invited, he said. A similiar meet
ing will be held in Menlo in the
near future, it was stated.
1 Mr. Worsham announced that
1 the county’s master plan had
: been completed and said that
1 classes of all types will soon be
available. The state has prom
• ised expert instructors to aid in
> the county program, Mr. Wor
! sham said.
Mr. Logan succeeds Luther
1 Smith as the Summerville CD
director. He had served for two
years as assistant chief of aux
iliary police.
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NEW CITY CD HEAD
. . . Hinton Logan
New Trion ‘City Fathers’
To Assume Duties Monday
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Mayor-elect J. C. Woods and
the other new “city fathers” of
Trion will assume their duties at
a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at
Riegeldale Tavern.
Mr. Woods will succeed W. B.
Simmons who has served as
mayor since 1947. Harry Harde
man, recorder and mayor pro
tern, had served as acting mayor
since Mr. Simmons’ illness over
a year ago.
Mr. Simmons was born in
Cedar Grove Oct. 2, 1900, son of
Laura Pursley and Thomas D.
Simmons. He grew up in Sum
merville and graduated from
Taylor Institute here. Mr. Sim
mons worked at the old Cleg-
More School Money From State, Local Expected
other $748,288 from the state.
Trion taxpayers this year will
put $125,000 into the schools and
receive approximately $131,365
from the state.
Os the SIOO,OOO put by the
county into schools, only $59,733
was the required local effort—
in other words, that’s the figure
the state required the county to
put in.
And of the $125,000 put in by
Trion taxpayers, only $56,889 is
the required figure.
However, more money than
Summer utllr Nms
Mothers March
On Polio Tonight
Chattooga County mothers will canvass the county
tonight for the March of Dimes.
It will be the annual Mother’s March and several score
women will participate. Mrs. W. D. Waters is chairman.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary is sponsoring the
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drive.
Citizens are urged to turn on
their lights, indicating they wish
to contribute.
Practically every community in
the county will be visited, Mrs.
Waters said.
The mothers will turn their
funds in at the Summerville
Recreation Center after the can
vass and will be treated to hot
coffee.
Paul Hosmer heads the March
of Dimes which has been under
way throughout the month of
January and will be climaxed by
tonight’s effort.
Solicitations in the business
areas were held yesterday and
will continue today. This, too, is
being done by the mothers.
The funds will be used to fight
birth defects and arthritis. This
is done through research, schol
arships, treatment centers and
education programs.
horn Store before going to Trion
in 1924 as a clerk in the payroll
department. By 1927, he was
paymaster. In 1946, Mr. Sim
mons was named business man
ager of Riegel Community Hos
pital, a position he held until
his retirement last October.
Mr. Simmons is a charter
member and elder of the Trion
Presbyterian Church. For years,
he was active in the Parent-
Teacher Association and the
Band Boosters Club. He also has
been active in the Northwest
Georgia Council of Boy Scouts.
Mr. Simmons and his sister,
Miss Ethel Simmons, who will
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Senator May Amend
Floyd Audit Bill
State Sen. Joseph E. Loggins
said Saturday he doesn’t antici
pate killing Rep. James H.
Floyd’s audit bill but said he may
amend it.
The state senator told The
News that for one thing he
doesn’t plan to make the audit
ing retroactive to include 1963
and 1964 as provided in Floyd’s
legislation.
This apparently means that
the auditing of each county of
fice would become effective in
1965 simultaneously with the
salary system if it is passed.
Floyd had indicated that he
thought the offices ought to be
audited under the fee system in
order that the public would
know the income of these of
fices.
The fate of the salary bills re-
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIaTtHURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964
Band Members
Try For
All-State
Two seniors, Barry Gilreath
and Henry Barrow; one junior,
James Prince, and one sopho
more, Lebron Smith, tried out
January 18 at East Rome High
School for all-state band. The
purpose of this band is to com
bine the best musicians from
high schools all over the state.
Six names were also submitted
for try-outs in the 7th District
Red and Blue Band. This, too,
honors students of this district
who are interested in music.
These competitions will be held
during February in Cartersville.
Some students will be chosen for
both bands, according to size
and classifications of schools.
Results of try-outs for these
two bands will be received within
a month.
It will be a great honor if any
of these students are chosen for
an all-state position. They are'a
composite group of the better
high school musicians in the
state and 7th District.
SMIkPO
To Receive
Improvements
The Summerville Post Office
should be air conditioned and
well-lighted by summer, Seventh
District Congressman John Davis
has announced.
Mr. Davis said the General
Services Administration has
awarded a contract to W. Hugh
Bache, an Avondale Estates con
sulting engineer, for design of air
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mains up in the air.
Here is what has happened on
them to date: Rep. Floyd intro
duced and passed them through
the House last year. Sen. Log
gins failed to pass them in the
Senate. The senator announced
recently he would amend them,
increasing the salaries and mak
ing a few other changes, pass
them in the Senate and send
them back to the House for
Floyd’s consideration. Floyd said
last week Loggins had not yet
done this and that since he had
not seen Loggins’ amendments
he would defer comment until
he had.
Under present law, the clerk
of court, tax collector, tax re
ceiver and sheriff of Chattooga
County are under the fee sys
tem. Os these, only the tax col
lector’s office is audited.
the required or "chargeback”
must be put into schools because
it and the state allotment simply
won t cover expenses, point out
school leaders.
For example, SSOO per teacher
is set up for maintenance and
operation but this simply won’t
cover the maintenance and op
eration costs.
And the Trion system pays its
teachers a supplement to the
state pay they receive (ranging
from S2OO to SSOO a year, based
Four Enter
Contest
Four tots have been entered
thus far in the Trion Band
junior mascot contest, an ad
junct to the Trion Follies of Feb.
27-28.
They are: Gregory Lavon
Brock, age 4, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Alvin L. Brock; Benjie Perry,
age 3; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Benny Perry; Tereas Jill Kisor,
age 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kisor; and Robin Marie
Thomas, age 4, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Thomas.
Votes are one cent each and
proceeds will go to the Band
Boosters Club. The entering
deadline is noon Tuesday, Feb.
11. The winner will be an
nounced after the intermission
at the Feb. 28 Follies.
Those interested in entering a
child in the contest should call
the school or some member of
the Boosters Club.
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■I Notes I
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Sumtimes I tvonder whut tvCd
learn if the small governments,
city and county, were covered,
and uncovered, like sum ov the
big ones is.
I guess occasionally sum small
communty officials get peeved
at the little bit ov coverin’ and
uncoverin' that most small news
papers is able to do. Course they
don’t need to, and all ov ’em
don’t, ’cause things they do
ought to be open and above
board. They work fer you and me.
But agin, I jest tvonder tvhut
it’d be like if local governments
were covered in detail like state,
national and enter nation al
events is.
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Grand Jury Reports
On Hospitals, Schools
The Chattooga Hospital, county schools, Public Works
Camp, county home, courthouse and jail were inspected by
the January grand jury. Sanford E. Allen, Jr., was fore-
man and George W. Sitton was
clerk.
The group also urged legisla
tion prohibiting persons from al
lowing abandoned refrigerators
with doors to be out where chil
dren might get inside.
In connection with the hospi
tal, the grand jury said:
“Found to be clean and in
good order. The entire building
is now in the process of being
painted. However, there is need
for outside lights in the front
and rear parking areas.”
Each school in the county was
visited and emphasis was placed
on the repairs needed.
Here are some of the sugges
tions made about the schools:
Menlo School gymnasium and
main school need new roof. ,
The heating system at A. C.
Carter needs repair, the bath
room needs repair and an addi
tional bathroom and an addi- i
tional drinking fountain are
needed.
New blinds are needed in one
on experience) and this costs
extra.
The Chattooga system pays no
supplements, except those to
principals and coaches. How
ever, that is one goal of the sys
tem. Unless supplements are
paid, there is little inducement
for a teacher to leave a system
that does pay extra and come to
one that doesn’t, state county
officials.
Aside from supplements, the
Trion system has to pay for
about four extra teachers—
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ENDORSE ‘STOP POLIO’ DRIVE—
These members of Girl Scout Troop 1076
Tuesday endorsed the “Stop Polio” cam
paign which gets underway in Chat
tooga County Sunday, Feb. 9. They are
shown looking on as Mrs. Henry Woods,
nurse, shows Paula Crouch a sugar cube
on which will be dropped the Sabin polio
vaccine. Persons taking the vaccine will
Sites for
‘Stop Polio’
Clinics Told
The location of clinics for the
“Stop Polio” campaign Feb. 9
was announced this week by
the Chattooga Parent-Teacher
Council and the Chattooga Med
ical Society, co-sponsors.
The clinics for whites will be
in the following places:
Menlo School, Cloudland, Te
loga, Lyerly School, Claude
Ratliff’s Store, Chattoogaville,
Pennville School, Welmyer
School, Mountain View, Chat
tooga High School, Gore School,
Subligna, Berryton, Ebenezer
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Pennville School room and the
lighting system is insufficient.
Water gets in the basement at
Welmyer and the lighting is in
sufficient.
The bathrooms at Summer
ville Elementary were found to
be “in poor condition”—doors
torn off inside, lavatories stop
ped up, faucets which do not
completely cut the water off,
commode lids missing. Doors
and lights in the auditorium
need repair and a walkway is
needed at the rear of school.
The Junior High was found to
be "as clean and in good order as
the old dilapidated building
would permit.”
However, at Senior High, some
of the hall heaters were being
used for trash cans, a switchbox
was found without any cover, all
plumbing was in need of repair
and the bathrooms were de
scribed as "filthy and smelly.”
It was recommended that the
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teachers whose entire salaries
come from the local level.
The Chattooga system does
not currently have to hire any
extra teachers. One aim of the
consolidations of the past few
years has been to cut out the
necessity and expense of hiring
extra teachers.
How is the local tax for schools
arrived at?
In Chattooga County, it is set
at the maximum by law, 20
mills. This brings in the ap
proximately SIOO,OOO. However.
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County Students
Get Holiday Friday
Chattooga County students will get a holiday Friday,
but teachers will be "studying” under a group of visiting
educators.
A "post-planning” day will be taken in the system,
School Supt. James Spence announced.
The teachers will assemble at
8 a.m. at the Summerville Ele
mentary School for a day of pro
fessional study. The session will
be under the direction of Miss
Frances Johnston, curriculum di
rector.
There will be group meetings
throughout the day, with out
standing educators from other
places leading the group discus
sions.
Here are the topics, the leaders
and the visiting speakers:
Ungraded Primary (Grades
1-s)—Mrs. Annie Mae Kimbell,
leader; A. L. Gurley, director of
curriculum and L. S. Cash, prin
cipal, River Bend School, both of
Hall County.
Skills in handwriting and
spelling (Grades 6-B)—Mrs. Vera
Williams, leader; Mrs. Jewell
Rudicil, director, Junior Service
League Reading Clinic, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
Adolescent Behavior Patterns
as Related to School Discipline
and the School Program—Will
Hair, leader; Mrs. Anna Belle
Says Su pt.
Lack of
Funds Cause
Poor Upkeep
Lack of sufficient funds for
proper maintenance of the school
’ buildings has long been a prob
-1 lem, County School Supt. James
Spence said this week.
1 Referring to the grand jury
presentments which take note of
1 the repairs needed, he said that
the schools have had to let re
pairs and upkeep go because
there was not enough money to
do this and the more necessary
things.
He pointed out that the in
terior and exterior of all build
ings, with the exception of the
new ones, had been painted in
side and outside, but added that
he realized more work is needed
at the schools.
under the revaluated property
system, the millage may be
lowered because the digest is ex
pected to go up.
In Trion, there is no special
levy for schools. The school
board simply makes out a
budget and presents the figure
to the City Council for action.
Georgia ranks seventh from
the bottom nationally in local
support for education, but the
new legislation is expected to
change this.
For Instance, instead of the
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simply eat the sugar cube. Standing
(left to right, first row) are Sonya Mar
butt, Mary King, Nancy Marks, Angela
Amos, Nancy Purcell and Jan Fox; (left
to right, last row) Virginia Woodard,
Kathy Sheppard, Marla Payne, Lynn
Franklin and Carol Gilley. Mrs. Richard
Brusco and Mrs. James Marks are the
leaders.
Tabor, curriculum director, Crisp
County Schools, Cordele.
Skills in Handwriting and
Spelling (Grades 1-s)—Mrs.
Kimbell, leader; Mrs. Rudicil.
Trends in Departmentalization
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Dunson Heads
’64 Chattooga
Pony League
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S. A. (Bubba) Dunson, of Sum
merville, has been appointed
Chattooga County Pony League
Chairman by Jaycee President
Norman McClellan.
Mr. Dunson is now in the
process of selecting sponsors,
managers and other officials of
the program. They will be an
nounced in the near future.
The Jaycees sponsor the Pony
League program, which provides
baseball for boys in their mid
teens.
Mr. Dunson is in the insurance
business, operating the S. A.
Dunson Insurance agency.
A native of LaGrange, he
came to Summerville in 1945. He
graduated from Duke University
and spent two years in the U. S.
Air Force. He was in the cotton
business in Memphis, Tenn, and
was with Georgia Rug Mill at
Summerville before going into
the insurance field in 1961. He
is a former Jaycee president, an
Episcopalian and a former mem
ber of the Summerville Retail
Merchants Assn. Board.
Mr. Dunson, his wife and three
young daughters live on Rome
Boulevard.
state average required local con
tribution being only 15 per cent
as now, it will gradually be
stepped up to an average of 20
per cent. This will vary from
system to system, based on the
system's ability to pay.
In addition, the state board
will establish minimum stand
ards for schools that will either
force some of them to consoli
date or to put up considerably
more local funds in order to
keep their schools.
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