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VOLUME 79 —NUMBER 5
Summerville Ponders Whether
To Attempt 125 th Celebration
Should or should not Summerville plan a big 125th
anniversary celebration this year?
That was the question posed this week to the Sum
merville Retail Merchants Association.
SRMA President Donnie Espy was surveying direc
tors of the organization this week to get their thinking
on the matter.
Summerville Mayor J. R. Dowdy told Espy Monday
night at the Council meeting that he had recently re
ceived a call from The Rogers Company, the professional
firm which had earlier made proposals about handling
the project here.
Mayor Dowdy said the firm wanted to know by this
Saturday whether Summerville wanted to continue with
plans.
The mayor signed an agreement last October with
the firm to proceed with the initial steps, but this was not
binding.
The project would involve a week-long festival, in
cluding a four-night pageant with a cast of some 250
local persons at the football field, three parades, a re
ligious service, open house in all firms, a homecoming
picnic, talent and fashion shows, concessions, kiddie
rides and many other events.
The professional firm would direct activities and re
ceive a fee. The Rogers spokesman said most of these
celebrations more than pay for themselves.
MR. McCAIN
McCain to Head THS;
Miller Moves to TES
Sam McCain, athletic director
at Trion High School, has been
named principal of the high
school. He will succeed R. H.
Miller who will become principal
of the Trion Elementary School.
Both appointments will be
come effective next September.
Mr. Miller will succeed Miss
Ethel Simmons who will retire
at the end of this school year.
The new Trion High principal
has been with the school 14
Lyerly Plans
New City Hall
A city hall is being planned in
Lyerly.
It will be located on an 80x200
lot one block west of the traffic
light. The old Scout hut is on
the site. The lot was recently
purchased by the town from
Mrs. T. S. Weems.
The concrete block hall will
house the fire truck and offices.
Further details about the
building will be worked out at
a called meeting of the mayor
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NEW LYERLY CITY FATHERS’— Here
are the new mayor and council of the
Town of Lyerly. They are (left to right)
Calvin Johnson, Ernest Colbert, council
men, Mayor Roy Gaylor, James Fuller,
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MR. MILLER
years, coming here from San
dersville. He was head coach at
Trion for 12 years and was
named athletic director two
years ago. Mr. McCain is a
member of the Riegel Memorial
Methodist Church and Trion
Lions Club.
He and Mrs. McCain reside at
29 Sunset Lane, Trion, and have
three children, Susan, Ann and
John, all students.
Mr. Miller has been with the
i \ and council at 8 p.m. Friday.
I Financing of the project is ex
)' pected to largely be through do
nations of labor and materials.
' । The hall will be used not only
1 as a meeting place for the mayor
< I and council, but also as a meet
l ing place for the 18-man volun
teer fire department and for
I civil defense classes.
W. H. Smith Jr. has been
: named fire chief and Frank
: Cranmore has been named as
■ sistant chief.
councilman and mayor pro tem, and
Robert Wood, councilman. Not pictured
are City Clerk Gwen Williams and Fire
Chief W. H. Smith Jr.
She ^umwnnlk Nms
Airport Effort Receives
Support of Commissioner
Efforts to get a small airport in Chattooga County took
a step forward last week when County Commissioner John
Jones pledged his support.
The commissioner assured a committee from the Chat-
tooga-Municipal Planning Com
mission Friday that he would
cooperate in the project. Calling
on Mr. Jones and County Attor
ney F. H. Boney about the
matter were Grady Ramey, Ross
Thomas and M. H. Purcell. They
had been named Thursday night
at the planning commission
meeting to discuss the project
with the commissioner.
The next steps apparently will
be hiring an engineering firm
and locating a suitable site.
The planning commission
hopes to get federal aid on a
50-50 basis for the airport. It is
expected to be authorized in the
near future to file its applica
tion with the Federal Aviation
Agency, officials said.
Assisting the planning com
mission with its airport project
News Announces
Expansion of Plant
An expansion is underway at The Summerville News
which will increase floor space by about one-third and per
mit the handling of more office supplies, Publisher-Editor
D. T. Espy announced this week.
The addition is a 1,350-square foot building located at
Trion system 11 years, having
previously been Floyd County
school superintendent. He is a
member of Riegel Memorial
Methodist Church and the
Trion Lions Club. The Millers
reside at 31 Park Avenue, Trion,
and have two children, Mrs.
Harvey Bradley, of Alexandria,
Va., and Charlie Miller, a stu
dent at the University of Geor
gia.
School Supt. A. J. Strickland
announced the elections of Mr.
Miller and Mr. McCain to their
new posts this week. He said the
action was taken by the Trion
Board of Education February 4.
It had earlier been announced
that Miss Simmons would retire
and that Mr. Miller had been
offered her post and Mr. McCain
offered the high school position.
FAIR ASSN. TO
ELECT OFFICERS
The election of officers and
three directors will be held at
the annual meeting of the Chat
tooga County Fair Assn.
The meeting will be held at
1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at
the Chattooga courthouse.
A financial report will be
given and all interested persons
are invited to attend, states Le
roy Massey, president of the
Fair Association.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA,^THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 1964
is the Georgia Dept, of Industry
and Trade. John H. Bennett,
aviation representative for the
Department, spoke here last fall
and recently notified the plan
ning group of the steps it should
take in the matter.
He pointed out that if this
community did not get in on the
program to be adopted for the
year beginning July 1, it would
have to wait a full year.
Mr. Bennett told the Summer
ville Lions Club last November
that federal aid is practically
assured for communities which
do their part.
Mr. Ramey, who heads the
aviation committee of the
Chattooga-Municipal Commis
sion, was optimistic this week
about the possibility if getting
the airport.
the rear of the present structure
on the northeast side. It will be
accessible only through the
present building and will house
the commercial printing depart
ment.
Completion is expected in
about two weeks, Mr. Espy said.
Harold Bishop, of Lyerly, is the
contractor for the project.
The entire commercial printing
department of The News will be
transferred into the new sec
tion. This department is now
located in cramped quarters in
the northwest corner of The
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N egotiations
Underway On
Salary Bills
Rep. James H. Floyd and
Sen. Joseph E. Loggins are
negotiating this week on the
salary and audit bills now
pending in the Georgia Senate,
The News learned Wednesday.
But there was no indication
on whether they are likely to
reach a compromise on all the
bills.
Both men told The News they
had been discussing the matter
but neither would predict suc
cess in getting together on pro
visions that would suit both.
Sen. Loggins did state that he
would definitely amend the bills
and pass them out of the Senate.
They would then go back to
Floyd for his decision.
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tree Parking in Summerville
lo Continue for Time Being
Free parking in Summerville on Saturday afternoons will
continue—at least for the time being.
The Summerville Council and Mayor J. R. Dowdy told a
committee from the Summerville Retail Merchants Assn. Mon
day night that the practice will be allowed to continue at least
until the new budget is worked out. If it is financially possible,
the city officials said, the practice may be continued indef
initely.
Last fall, the ciiy agreed, at the request of the SRMA, to
suspend parking meter fees on Saturday afternoons as a pre-
Christmas promotion. The practice was so popular that it was
continued after the holiday season.
In the meantime, the SRMA committee, comprised of
President Donnie Espy, J. L. Salmon and Mrs. Billy Allen, dis
cussed with the Council the problem of numerous solicitors
and magazine salespersons in the community. The problem
is determining which are legitimate and which are not.
It was decided that the city would continue to require
registration of all such solicitors and salespersons but that it
would now also require such persons to have a written permit
from the city clerk.
Merchants and others called upon to donate are urged to
ask to see this written permit, it was stated.
PLANNING GROUP OFFICERS— J. T. Morgan (right)
was re-elected president of the Chattooga-Municipal
Planning Commission Thursday night. Grady Ramey
(center) was re-elected vice president and M. H. Purcell
(left) was re-elected secretary-treasurer. (See addi
tional photo inside).
Plan Group
Re-Elects
J. T. Morgan
Officers of the Chattooga
Municipal Planning Commission
Were re-elected Thursday night.
J. T. Morgan, district super
intendent of Georgia Power,
was re-elected president. Grady
Ramey was re-elected vice presi
dent and M. H. Purcell was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
The election was a highlight
of the February meeting of the
group, held at the Power Com
pany offices in Summerville.
! 7th District
Would Lose
Douglas Co.
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. The Georgia Senate early
Wednesday afternoon approved
, a re-districting bill that would
• take Douglas County out of the
. Seventh Congressional District,
. State Sen. Joseph E. Loggins told
The News.
; He said the vote was 36-17
> and disclosed that he voted in
. favor of the measure.
i The bill went immediately to
the House of Representatives for
its decision.
j Unde Ned’s
I Notes
I keep hearin’ complaints that
people stayin’ at Chattooga Hos
pital slinitimes have to furnish
their on sheets and washcloths
and things.
Sum folks blame the adminis
tration, sum the nurses, sum the
hospital bord, sum the doctors.
I don’t know whose to blame
if things ain’t rite. But the grand
jury inspected the hospital not
long ago and didn’t report find
ing a thing wrong. So is there
sumthin’ wrong up there or ain’t
they?
Strickland
On Program
In New Jersey
Trion School Supt. A. J.
Strickland will appear on the
program at the annual conven
tion of the American Association
of School Administrators this
week-end in Atlantic City, N. J.
Mr. Strickland is president of
the Georgia Association of
School Administrators.
Theme for the four-day meet
ing is: “The Past is Prologue”.
Among the outstanding guests
will be Secretary Os State Dean
Rusk; Allen W. Dulles, former
head of the CIA; Secretary of
Agriculture Orville L. Freeman;
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey and
Sen. Earl E. Mundt; Francis
Keppel, U. S. Commissioner of
Education, and others.
A large number of other Geor
gians will attend, including
School Supt. Brooke Pierce, of
Chickamauga, formerly of Trion.
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GRADING AT NEW HIGH SCHOOL
SlTE— Here is a scene this week at the
site of the proposed new Chattooga High
School, as grading continues. The view
is looking east from the Lyerly Road on
Democratic
Committee
To Meet
A meeting of the Chattooga
Democratic Executive Commit
tee has been called for 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4, at the
courthouse, Chairman E. B. Self
announced this week.
The committee is expected at
that time to set the date for the
Chattooga primary.
It also is expected to set other
rules and the fees and to select
replacements for two deceased
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12,500 Take
Vaccine Sun.
Well over half of Chattooga County turned out Sunday
to take the first dose in the “Stop Polio” immunization
program.
Some 12,500 persons took the Sabin oral vaccine, lead-
ers said this week.
The response was well beyond
expectations, officials of the
Chattooga Parent-Teacher Assn.
Council admitted. The county
has some 20,000 citizens, so over
half have received the first dose
of vaccine.
The second dosage will be
given Sunday, March 15. The
third and final In the series will,
be in April.
Make-up clinics were held this
week in several schools with sev
eral hundred more persons tak
ing advantage of the opportunity
to start becoming immunized
against polio.
No mishaps of any kind were
reported in Sunday's mass ef
fort. Officials said they were
pleased not only with the re
sponse of the public but with the
large number of volunteers who
turned out to help. Among them
were parents, teachers, physi
cians, pharmacists, nurses, youth
groups, church groups, civil de
fense volunteers and others.
Most of the immunization
clinics were held in schools and
churches.
Mrs. Henry Duke, president of
the PTA Council, and Dr. W. U.
Hyden, president of the Medical
Society, this week issued a joint
statement thanking those who
assisted.
“We would like to thank
everyone who helped to make
‘Stop Polio Sunday' the success
that it was,” they said. “To the
pharmacists who closed their
stores to help, the doctors and
nurses who gave up their day
off, the PTA volunteers, the
school principals and teachers,
V.F.W. Auxiliary, church groups,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, FHA
and many others who have
helped, we would like to say,
‘Thank you.’ You have done your
community a great service and ■
future generations will benefit i
from your unselfish efforts.
“To the county civil defense, a :
special ‘Thank you’ for the
which the school will face. Grading has
been underway almost daily since the
$611,000 contract was let in late De
cember.
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i 1963
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Spence Leads
Easter Seal
Campaign
James H. Spence, Chattooga
County school superintendent,
has been named county chair
man for the 1964 Easter Seal
Campaign which will be held
during the month of March.
D. L. McWhorter, president of
the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, will serve as treasurer.
The county campaign leaders
were announced by state cam
paign chairman, Charles E.
Landreth.
Mr. Spence said: “The theme
of the 1964 appeal is, ‘The first
step is yours, your gift to Easter
Seals.’ With this theme, I know
all countians will do their part
in taking that first step for
crippled children and adults
with their gifts to Easter Seals.”
Last year, 2,803 crippled chil
dren and adults received Easter
Seal care and treatment, regard
less of the type of crippling dis
ability they have, or their ability
to pay for services received.
Easter Seal contributions to
taling $247,042 were invested in
service for crippled children and
adults.
splendid job you did in commu
nications and emergency supply
service. We could not have man
aged so well without you.
“Now, let us look forward to
March 15 when the second im
munization will be given. Let’s
not stop now. Let’s wipe out
polio.”
Radios,
Parachutes
Found Here
At least two parachutes
with radio transmitters at
tached have been found re
cently in Chattooga
County.
The latest was that
found Tuesday afternoon
by Ronnie Tallent, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Tal
lent, of near Pennville,
near his home.
Earlier, a similiar para
chute with radio was found
on the Robert William
King farm north of Menlo.
Notations on the para
phanaila, which had been
used to gather weather
data, stated that they need
not be returned.
Mr. Tallent said the one
found by his son was a high
altitude radio transmitter
of the U. S. Air Force to
which had been attached a
red parachute.
BODY SHOP BURNS
A body shop on the Menlo
Highway was described as a total
loss after being swept by fire at
9:35 am. Saturday, the Summer
ville Fire Department reports.
The shop was reportedly owned
by Dan Webster.
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