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VOLUME 79 — NUMBER 7
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RECEIVE SCOUTING HONORS— Here
are some of the people honored Thurs
day night at the annual Chattooga Dis
trict Boy Scout honors court. They and
the honors accorded are (left to right)
Evans Scoggins, leader of the “Troop of
the Year”, Troop 7; Jon Payne, “Boy
Scout of the Year”; Mrs. Henry Duke,
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TRIONITES GET EAGLES— Shown are
two members of Trion’s Troop 101 who
received eagle scout awards Thursday
night. At the left is Mike Hawkins, with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hawkins,
and at the right is Perry Hegwood and
Boy Scout
Honors
Awarded
Annual Chattooga Boy Scout
honors were presented Thursday
night to six leaders and two
groups.
Jon Payne of Troop 7 was
named “Boy Scout of the Year”
and Steve Jones and Joey Stew
art, both of Pack 73, were named
“Cub Scoui of the Year.”
Claude Bagley was named
“Scouter of the Year”.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Henry Duke
came in for honors—Mr. Duke
being named “Unit Leader of
the Year” and Mrs. Duke being
named “Den Mother of the
Year”.
In addition, Mr. Duke’s pack,
Pack 73, was named “Pack of
the Year". Evans Scoggins Troop
7 was named “Troop of the
Year”.
Two Trion Scouts, Mike Haw
kins and Perry Hegwood, re
ceived Scouting’s highest award,
the eagle. Both are members of
Troop 101.
Dave Houston presided at the
court of honor, held at the Trion
Presbyterian Church. A number
of merit badges were awarded.
Preston David, general man
ager of the Trion Division,
Riegel Textile Corp., was the
guest speaker for the occasion.
Some 200 persons attended.
Floyd Thinks Redistricting
Bill “Unconstitutional”
Chattooga Rep. James H. Floyd
said this week that while he
voted for the redistricting bill
adopted he doesn’t believe it
constitutional.
Floyd said that not only was
the bill voted on while the clock
was stopped but that it also had
a 28 per cent “tolerance” be
tween the largest and smallest
districts. The Court had said, he
noted, that only a 15 to 20 per
cent difference would be toler
ated.
Floyd, whose effort to speak
was a part of the chaotic final
moments of the 1964 General
Den Mother of the Year”; Joey Stewart,
who with Steve Thomas (not present),
shared “Cub of the Year” honors; Henry
Duke, “Unit Leader of the Year”; and
Dave Houston, who presided. Claude
Bagley was named “Scouter of the
Year”.
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Heg
wood. In the center is Preston David,
general manager of the Trion Division
of Riegel and guest speaker for the oc
casion.
STAR Students,
Teachers Told
Juanelle Ramey andT. Eugene
Dalrymple, Jr., have been an
nounced the STAR students for
the Trion and Chattooga sys
tems, respectively.
George S. Brooks has been
named the STAR teacher for the
Chattooga system and Sam R.
McCain has been named the
STAR teacher for the Trion sys
tem.
Announcement of the honors
was made Wednesday by Ed
Surles, president of the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club,
sponsors of the event.
The four honorees will be
guests of honor at the Rotary
meeting at 12 noon Wednesday
at Riegeldale Tavern. They
later will be among those
honored at a state-wide dinner
in Atlanta.
The STAR students are se
lected on the basis of their scho
lastic standing and the student
then selects as the STAR teach
er the teacher he or she feels
has contributed most to his
scholastic standing.
Miss Ramey is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Fay
Ramey, of Simmons Street,
Trion.
Mr. Dalrymple is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dalrymple, of
Summerville Route 1.
Assembly, said the man blamed
for the clock episode didn’t
mean for the clock to fall.
“In fact, he tried to hold it
up there,” said Floyd.
Rep. Denmark Groover left the
floor and went to the House
gallery, where he unplugged the
clock and it fell to the floor 15
feet below. It had earlier been
stopped. Groover had stated just
before leaving the floor that his
watch read 12:14 a.m.
Floyd declared that the action
in stopping the clock to pass the
bill was “not the American way
of life”. He called it “unconsti
tutional and communist . .
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Fair Association
Elects Three Directors
Three directors were elected by
the Chattooga Fair Assn. Satur
day at its annual meeting.
They were Charles Lowry,
Charles Sumner and Bob Brison.
The financial report showed
that the Association was in bet
ter condition than in any recent
year, having about $2,600 cash
on hand.
Gala Trion Follies Anticipated
Trion Follies time is here again!
The curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. today on the spright
ly show and the second rendition will be at 7:30 p m Friday
“Down Memory Lane” is the theme this year.
Six acts are planned, including a July 4 picnic, war
memories, a trip to the Grand
Ole Opry, the Beverly Hillbillies,
“Days of Yorn” and “Dear Old
Golden Rule Days.”
Featured will be a bathing suit
parade, high hatters dance,
jazz, tap dancing, first grade
rhythm band numbers, a “Boogie
Woogie” tap and selections by
Trion’s Dixieland Seven.
The Trion High Band, Glee
Club and majorettes will be on
the program, as will some 150
other persons.
Turn to Editorial Page
For ‘The Poor Soul’ Column
Have you read “The Poor Soul”?
This anonymously-written new column in your
Summerville News may be found on the editorial page.
The addition of this column is part of The News’
continuing efforts to bring you a top-notch home
town newspaper.
For tart comment on current events and a bit of
food for thought, turn each week to “The Poor Soul”,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
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Demo Group
To Meet
Next Wed.
The date for the Chattooga
Democratic Primary will likely
be determined next Wednesday.
The Chattooga Democratic
Executive Committee will meet
at 2:30 p.m. on that date at the
courthouse.
Earl B. Self is chairman of the
committee.
The group will decide whether
to hold a separate county pri
mary or whether to make it joint
with the state primary in Sep
tember.
Several other matters also will
be discussed at the session, in
cluding fees and replacement of
two deceased members, Tom
Brooks and Clyde Stephenson.
Members of the committee in
addition to Mr. Self are: W. H.
Smith, G. W. Woods, Henry
Woods, J. C. Lee, J. F. McCon
nell, A. B. Day, Douglas Baker
and Doyle Gayler.
LIONS TO HEAR
ARCH FARRAR
The Summerville Lions Club
will hear Arch Farrar, Summer
ville attorney and juvenile ref
eree, next week.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Riegeldale
Tavern.
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It may be only rumor but I
hear that we gona have a sep
arate county primary and that
it’ll be in April. The Demo
cratic committee meets March
4 so guess we’ll know for
shore after that.
But it jest makes good sense
to me to have the county pri
mary in September along with
the state primary. I ain’t
never figured out no reason to
have it separate. Havin’ the
state and county votin’ to
gether would save the folks
runnin’ high qualification fees,
it’d save the voters from havin’
to vote agin and it’d mean a
bigger vote.
But I guess the politishuns
wantin’ it separate have sum
ax to grind and it’s probably
fer their own good.
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Miss Ethel Simmons is direc
tor of the event and the wel
come will be given by J. C.
Cavin.
Announcement of the junior
mascot winner will be made at
the Friday night presentation.
There are nine candidates—Ed
die Miller, who had 2,699 votes
at the last counting; Mary Mas
sey. 2,480; Annette Bethune,
1,048; and Robin Bishop, Benjie
Perry, Terri Kisor, Candy Jones,
Robin Thomas and Guy Brock.
Fulmer Fire Death
Being Investigated
An investigation is underway
this week in connection with the
death of a Summerville man in
a house fire about 4:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
Joseph Lewis Fulmer, 41, Sum
merville Route 1, perished in the
fire which destroyed the Bolling
Road house occupied by Curtis
Dean.
The Georgia Bureau of Inves
tigation and an arson expert
from the state comptroller gen
eral’s office have already begun
the investigation.
No inquest has been set,
pending the findings of the
State Crime Laboratory. Cause
of the blaze was listed as un
known.
Officials said they are not
ready to make any charges but
are merely checking into the
matter.
Fulmer’s body was found by,
Trion to Use
Doane Figures
The Town of Trion has decided
to use the Doane Appraisal
Service tax digest figures as the
basis for its 1964 taxes.
This levy, not yet set, will be
made against 40 per cent of the
total evaluation, it was stated
following the Council meeting
Thursday. Doane did a revalua
tion of property in Chattooga
County last year.
Clifford Allmon was named
chairman of the Trion Planning
and Zoning Committee, succeed
ing J. C. Woods who resigned
after being elected mayor. Ap
pointed to serve with Mr. Allmon
on the Committee were: Mrs.
Sam Orr, Mrs. Harold Florence,
Eugene Wilbanks, Billy J. Hays
and John Neal. Mrs. Mildred All
mon was named secretary.
Trion Civil Defense Director
J. C. Langston appeared before
the mayor and council, noting
the need for certain items of
equipment in order to meet state
standards. The items include
such things as stretchers and a
two-way radio for the CD truck.
Mr. Langston was asked to sub
mit a list and costs at the March
19 meeting of the council.
The new Explorer Scout troop
will meet in the renovated Trion
Inn, it was announced, and the
Boy Scouts will meet in the old
Girl Scout building on Pine
Street.
Renovation of the Inn con
tinues, and city officials hope to
occupy the structure in about
a month.
The kitchen at the old Inn is
being renovated for use as a
service center by the vending
machine outfit serving Riegel
Textile. The kitchen must meet
certain State Health Dept, regu
lations, it was stated. Cost of
the kitchen remodelling will be
about S6OO, it was stated.
B
AT FOLLIES REHEARSAL—Two of the participants in
the gala Trion Follies are shown awaiting their turn
during dress rehearsal Tuesday night. In the fore
ground is none other than, of course, Grandma Clam
pett of the Beverly Hillbillies. Mrs. Jeanette Hawkins
has this role. Standing by her is James McKenzie who
will be in the swim suit act. The Follies will be at 7:30
p.m. today and Friday at the Trion High School audi
torium. (See photos of mascot candidates inside.)
firemen in the home. Dean said
when he discovered the fire he
woke Fulmer and thought he
was leaving the house too. Billy
Pursley reported the fire.
A veteran of World War 11,
Fulmer was preceded in death
by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Wright
Fulmer, Sept. 25, 1963.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Beverly Fulmer, Chickamauga;
one son, Mike Fulmer, Summer
ville; parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O.
Fulmer, Summerville; four sis
ters, Mrs. Mary Bailey and Mrs.
Reba Furgerson, both of Sum
merville, Mrs. Betty Dye, Chicka
mauga, and Mrs. Shirley Osby,
Attalla, Ala.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the South
Commerce St. Church of Christ
with Darty Crisp and W. N. Neal
officiating. Interment was in a
Bankhead (Ala.) Cemetery.
In the meantime, the town is
awaiting a study by the State
Highway Department experts on
(1) changing from parallel to
diagonal parking on Dalton St.
and (2) marking entrance and
exits at The Triangle.
Bill Espy
House Burns
Thursday
The home of William T. (Bill)
Espy on East Washington Street
in Summerville burned Thurs
day night.
Although the brick walls are
standing, the structure was
gutted and listed as a total loss.
Cause of the fire was not
determined.
Mr. and Mrs. Espy were at the
nearby home of Mr. Espy’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Espy,
when the fire was discovered by
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Donnie
Espy, who lives next-door.
A fiest dog owned by the
Espys, Prissy, died in the blaze.
The fire was reported about
8:10 p.m. and firemen reported
the windows were blowing out
when they arrived on the scene.
The brick home was relatively
new, having been completed
only last year.
Espy is employed at The Sum
merville News and is the son of
the publisher.
The West Summerville home
of James Vaughn also was lost
to fire during the past week.
Cause of this blaze, occurring
at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, also was
listed as unknown. The house
was a total loss.
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Walker Jury Gets
Jeffrey Case Wed.
FORMER CHATTOOGAN CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF GRANDMOTHER
A jury in the Roy Allen Jeffrey murder case began
deliberations about mid-afternoon Wednesday in LaFa
yette.
Jeffrey is jointly charged with murder and robbery
Judge Cook
Clears Rutledge
Not guilty verdicts were re
turned by Judge Bobby Lee Cook
Saturday in three cases against
Albert L. Rutledge.
Rutledge figured in the recent
suspension of two Summerville
policemen, Ray Green and Rob
ert Troxtell. Both were rein
stated three days later, however,
by the Summerville mayor and
council at a hearing.
Judge Cook found Rutledge
not guilty of driving under the
influence and not guilty of the
two charges of assault and bat
tery brought against him.
In the meantime, assault and
battery charges taken by Rut
ledge against Green, Troxtell
and Freddie McDonald, Lyerly
policemen, are still pending. It
was in connection with these
charges that the Summerville
officers were suspended. Rut
ledge failed to show up at the
Council hearing although he
had been subpoenaed.
Witnesses at the Council hear
ing told of the Lyerly officer’s
unsuccessful attempt to arrest
Rutledge as he drove through
Lyerly "all over the road.” Mc-
Donald said he then called Sum
merville officers as Rutledge
headed toward Summerville. Of
ficers said they finally arrested
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Steel On A. C. Carter
Gym to Go Up Today
Erection of steel lor the A. C.
Carter gymnasium was expected
to begin today.
Harold Bishop, of Bishop
and Busbin, contractors, said
Wednesday the steel has arrived
and he expected to start erecting
it today.
The foundation has been
poured and the bricks have
arrived for the structure, Mr.
Bishop said.
In the meantime, staking for
the foundation of the new Chat
tooga High School has been dis
rupted by rain. However, this
will proceed as soon as the
weather permits, Mr. Bishop
said.
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BEA TLE’ AT FOLLIES—Larry Hall is a musician but—
not of the genre his wig imitates. Larry is a member
of the Trion High Band which will play at The Trion
Follies tonight and tomorrow night. Larry was photo
graphed during the Trion Follies dress rehearsal Tues
day night. However, his wig had nothing to do with
the rehearsal, he had simply bought it in Atlanta for
fun.
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in connection with the Jan. 25
death of Mrs. Rose Gribble, 61, a
Rossville grandmother.
The defendant is a former
resident of Chattooga County.
Jeffrey is charged with chok
ing the store operator and then
putting her body in a bathtub
of water. The state asked for
the electric chair.
Mrs. Gribble operated a store
in Rossville where Jeffrey re
portedly traded and she had an
apartment in the building.
MENLO TO
GET POWER
SUBSTATION
A major new substation with
connection transmission and
distribution lines will be built
this year at Menlo, the Georgia
Power Company has announced.
Further details will be an
nounced.
This is part of a big construc
tion budget set for the year by
Georgia Power. The 1964 con
struction budget is mpre than
$39 million greater than the
total capital investment of all
the new industries which located
on the company’s lines last year,
it was stated.
Another major new substation
to be built in this area will be
at Armuchee.
Ga. Power Pays
City $7,855
A check for $7,855.05 was de
livered February 25 to the City
of Summerville by J. T. Morgan
Jr., district manager, Georgia
Power Company.
This tax payment represents
three per cent of the gross re
ceipts in 1963 from the sale of
electric power, under the Mu
nicipal Partnership Plan, to
commercial and residential cus-
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