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GLUME 79 —NUMBER 9
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STEEL UP ON CARTER GYM— This is
the way the A. C. Carter gymnasium
looked early this week as construction
moved ahead. The building is located
Second Polio Doses to
Be Given This Sunday
The second “Stop Polio Sunday” is coming up this Sun
day in Chattooga County.
The same locations as those on Feb. 9 — primarily
schools and churches — will be used and the hours will
Langston Dies
From Accident
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LANGSTON
A 23-year-old Trion sailor died
Saturday afternoon at Jackson
ville, Fla from injuries received
when crushed by a falling house
trailer.
Petty Officer Second Class
Ralph Edwin Langston died a
few hours after the accident
which occurred when a trailer
he and neighbors were mounting
on cement blocks fell. Two other
young men who were under the
trailer managed to scramble to
safety, it was reported.
Langston and his wife, the
former Betty Thomas, resided in
the Empire State Trailer Park
at Jacksonville. He had been in
the U. S. Navy five years and re
sided in Long Beach, Calif, be
fore transferring to JacKsonville
a year ago. Langston attended
Trion High School.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Betty Thomas Langston, Jack
sonville, Fla.; father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Langston,
147 Pine Street, Trion; four sis
ters, Mrs. Sybil Shields, Smyrna,
Mrs. Joyce Gilbert, Orlando, Fla.,
Mrs. Ruby Eller, Marietta, Mrs.
Nell Thomas, Trion; nine broth
ers, H. G. Langston, Kissimmee,
Fla., Charles and J. A. Langston,
Marietta, Joe L., Larry H., Steven
an David L. Langston, all of
Trion, George H. Langston, U. S.
Air Force, stationed in New
foundland, Ronald L. Langston,
U. S. Navy, stationed on Guan
tanamo Bay, Cuba; maternal
grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Gil
reath. Summerville.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the chapel of J. D.
Hill Funeral Home Wednesday
at 2 p.m. with the Rev. J. R.
Whitley officiating. Burial was
in the West Hill Cemetery,
Trion, with full military honors
at the graveside.
DELEGATES
TO ATTEND
ASSEMBLY
Chattooga High School will
send delegates to the State
Youth Assembly in Atlanta
March 26-28.
They include: Joelynn Ratley,
Vickie Williams, Marcia Boney
and Hilda Rich. Mrs. Joe Ratley
will accompany the group.
Some 900 Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y
Club members will attend. A
model General Assembly will be
held with some 40 or more bills
submitted for consideration.
Ronnie Ogletree is the 1964
youth governor. The legislative
session will start at 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 26.
north and to the rear of the present
structure. The contractor is Bishop and
Busbin of Lyerly.
again be 12 noon to 5 p.m.
If you failed to take the first
in the series, you are urged to
take the next two anyway. The
final in the series will be on
April 19.
The Chattooga Medical So
ciety and the Chattooga Parent-
Teacher Council are co-sponsors
of the project.
The Council asks that volun
teer workers who assisted before
and others wishing to help to
contact the principal of their
school for information.
Attention, parents of pre
schoolers:
The Chattooga Board of
Education now requires those
entering the first grade to
have polio immunizations.
But you can get credit under
the current polio immuniza
tion program only if you reg
ister.
Be sure to register your pre
schooler, regardless of his age,
so there will be a record on
hand at the time he starts to
school. Register at the place
where you take the vaccine.
Everyone age six weeks up is
urged to take the vaccine. There
is no charge but those who can
donate 25c are asked to do so.
However, it is stressed that you
should take the vaccine and see
that each member of your fam
ily gets it, regardless.
Thousands of persons turned
out for the first immunization.
No needle is used—the vaccine
is simply dropped on a sugar
cube which you let melt in your
mouth.
LYERLY
HAS COUNCIL
VACANCY
Lyerly is planning an election
to fill a council vacancy but the
date hasn’t yet been set.
Councilman Calvin Johnson
has resigned his post, Clerk
Gwen Williams has disclosed.
Candidates may now qualify
with Miss Williams and the
deadline is 12 noon Tuesday,
March 31. The qualification fee
is $2. Candidates must live in
Lyerly’s city limits.
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HEADING RED CROSS EFFORT— Here
are key workers in the current Red
Cross drive which is sponsored here by
the Summerville Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club. The women are
(left to right) Mrs. Alvis Copeland, Mrs.
^umm^rutlh Nms
Jury Acquits
Ray Greene
Ray Greene, Summerville
policeman, was acquitted by a
Chattooga City Court jury last
Thursday on charges of assault
and battery in connection with
the arrest of a Lyerly man.
The term was adjourned be
fore Robert Troxtell, another
Summerville policeman charged
in connection with the incident,
came to trial.
A rule nisi was issued in con
nection with the non-appear
ance of Freddie McDonald,
Lyerly policeman involved in the
same incident.
Judge Bobby Lee Cook pre
sided.
The assault and battery
charges were brought against
the three officers by Albert
Rutledge who had been arrested
by the three. McDonald tried
unsuccessfully to arrest the man
in Lyerly and he then came on
to Summerville where he was
taken into custody by the two
Summerville officers and Mc-
Donald. testimony at a Summer
ville Council hearing showed.
The two Summerville officers
were suspended and then re
instated after the Council hear
ing.
Rutledge was later cleared by
Judge Cook in a non-jury
hearing.
Emerson Branch was given
one year on probation and a
SIOO fine last week on charges
of possessing liquor and carry
ing a concealed weapon.
Yearly Retail
Sales Increases
Chattooga retail sales were up
slightly both for the final quar
ter last year and for the entire
year.
The same held true in nearby
Walker, Floyd and Gordon Coun
ties.
Total 1963 sales were $21,035,-
913 as compared with $20,550,722
for 1962 in Chattooga.
The fourth quarter sales were
$5,785,181, against $5,521,134 in
1962.
Floyd County sales for the year
climbed from $102,900,000 to
$108,600,000.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964
Time Incorrect,
Says Floyd
Chattooga Rep. James H. Floyd
says an inference in Time maga
zine that he was opposed to the
Georgia redistricting bill was in
correct.
“I supported the bill,” he said,
“although I have some doubts
about whether it will hold up.”
Time had stated Floyd was
“on the losing side”.
Referring in its Feb. 28 issue to
the tumultuous final moments
of the General Assembly, Time
said:
“. . . proponents were rushing
the (redistricting) bill to com
pletion, and by 12:11 a.m., it
had passed. ‘Mistuh Speakuh!’
cried Chattooga County’s James
Floyd in desperation, I think
the tactics used here are uncon
stitutional, Communist, and
everything else—and I don’t like
it worth ad _ .! But he was on
the losing side.”
Floyd said the bill had al
ready been passed when the no
torious incident concerning the
clock being torn down and his
own remarks were made.
“I objected because we were
sitting there as a law-making
body,” he said, “but passing a
law in violation of the law.”
Floyd said he was referring to
the fact that the clock had been
stopped before midnight so pas
sage of the bill could be complet
ed before adjournment, which
was by law to have been at mid
night. He said the bill was ac
tually passed after midnight.
The Time magazine article was
accompanied by a picture of Rep.
Denmark Groover in a grotesque
position, hanging by one knee
and elbow over a bannister
reaching for the clock, which
had earlier been stopped.
Buy Tags
Now to
Avoid Line
Want to avoid waiting
: in line?
Better get your auto
tag right away, then.
Tax Collector Emmett
Clarkson says only
about one third of the
tags have been bought
so far and the deadline
is April 1.
You also are urged to
; file your tax return at
the same time because
that deadline is also
April 1.
Walker sales for the year went
from $44,800,000 to $45,800,000.
Gordon sales for the year went
from $23,600,000 to $25,600,000.
The figures represent monthly
deposits of the Georgia State
Sales and Use tax collections and
are furnished through the co
operation of the Georgia Dept,
of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax
Unit and the Georgia Dept, of
Labor.
Retail sales for the state topped
the six billion mark for the first
time, it was reported.
J. R. Burgess, Mrs. F. H. Boney, Mrs.
Sanford Allen, Mrs. Lambert Jones, Mrs.
Ed Surles and Miss Omie Wiley. Mrs.
Allen is chairman. Not shown is the
publicity chairman, Mrs. W. D. Waters.
Construction Starts
On Ga. Glove Plant
The contract was let
Thursday and construction
has started on the modern
new Georgia Glove Company
building at Lyerly.
Work on the $155,000 project
is scheduled to be completed in
130 calendar days. Bishop and
Busbin of Lyerly are the con
tractors.
The factory will be one of the
most modern glove plants in the
nation, state officials. It will be
air-conditioned and will have
electric heat.
Employment is expected to
climb from the present 175 to
some 300.
The new factory will be lo
cated on a nine-acre tract just
outside Lyerly on the Summer
ville Road. It will be a one-story
structure of 32,000 square feet.
Completion of the new build
ing will permit expansion of the
lines of gloves produced by
Georgia Glove, states Otis Tan
ner, general manager. The firm
presently makes gloves, hot mill
gloves, double palms, jerseys and
lisle inspection gloves. Plans
call for adding leather, plastic
and plastic dot types.
Georgia Glove opened opera
tions two years ago in a ware
house building in Lyerly with
20 persons. It grew rapidly and
plans for the new building were
announced last spring. Comple
tion of the plans were delayed
awaiting action on a Small Busi
ness Administration loan and
other details.
Sam Bronstein, of Newark,
N. J., is president and Sidney
Bronstein, also of Newark, is
vice president.
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STEER,
BARROW
SHOW SET
Downtown Summerville will be
the scene at 2 p.m. Saturday of
a 4-H and FFA steer and barrow
show.
The event will be on the va
cant lot at the corner of East
Washington and Commerce
Streets.
Some 25 barrows and about 15
steers are expected to be shown
by the young men. Cash prizes,
provided by various clubs and
individuals, will be presented
the winners.
Two classes of steers, Angus
and Hereford, will be offered
with S2O, sls and $lO prizes
given in each. In addition, each
participant will receive $5. The
grand champion will receive a
ton of feed and the reserve will
receive a half ton.
There will be only one class of
barrows, with prizes of sls, $lO
and $5. A $3 prize will be given
each participant. The grand
champ barrow owner will re
ceive 500 pounds of feed and the
reserve 200 pounds.
B&PW Hears Newspaperman;
Red Cross Reports Given
Bernard Street, state news
editor of The Rome News-
Tribune, was guest speaker
Tuesday night at the Summer
ville Business and Professional
Women’s Club meeting, held at
Riegeldale Tavern.
“The role of woman today is
more important in more fields
than ever before in history,” Mr.
Street declared. “And it be
hooves her to find the role
where she can be of the best
service not only to her family
but also to humanity.”
Noting that a woman is run
ning for president this year, he
said he saw “nothing wrong”
with a woman serving in that
capacity. But he suggested that
each woman present think about
what her own role should be. He
added that the people who
achieve are those who are
“willing to take a stand” and he
urged getting away from the
“sheep complex” in this country.
The newspaperman also sopke
briefly on public relations,
pointing out that everyone
practices public relations in one
way or another all his life. In
conclusion, Mr. Street gave some
suggestions for club public re
lations.
During the business session,
club reports showed that the
Red Cross drive currently being
sponsored by the organization is
in full swing. Several hundred
dollars have been collected, it
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BREAKING GROUND— Two officials of
Georgia Glove Company break ground
for the modern new building at Lyerly
while another official and a contractor
look on. Wielding the shovel are Sam
Bronstein (left) Newark, N. J., presi-
April 4 Date For
Summerville Voting
Wright Vacates Council Post;
Qualifications Open Today
An election has been called in Summerville for April 4
to fill the unexpired term of former councilman Charles
Wright.
Qualifications began today at city hall and continue
through noon Saturday, March 21. The entry fee is $25.
The election was called by
Mayor J. R. Dowdy and the
Council Monday night after re
ceipt of Wright’s resignation.
The former councilman has
moved to lowa. His term ex
pires Dec. 31, 1965.
Preliminary forms of land use
maps being prepared by the
Coosa Valley Area Planning and
Development Commission office
were shown at the meeting.
Sidney Thomas, Rome, executive
director of the Commission, was
present to explain the maps.
With him were J. T. Morgan and
Jim Layton.
The maps indicate the antici
pated changes in growth here
during the next two decades.
When the final forms are fin
ished, copies will be supplied the
various officials, it was stated.
One more meeting will be nec-
Range of
Red Cross
Services Told
Red Cross services range from
aiding servicemen and their
families to teaching safe water
practices, pointed out Mrs. San
ford Allen, Chattooga chairman,
this week.
Families of Georgia service
men called on their chapters
for assistance when a change in
military regulations concerning
the distribution of family allot
ments brought about temporary
financial and related problems,
it was noted. This type of assist
ance was increased by 24 per
cent during the year in the
Southeast. In addition, the Red
Cross assisted in getting service
men home when there was a
death in the family.
During 1963, 1,336 Georgia vol
unteers were qualified as Red
Cross water safety instructors
and a total of 26,376 men,
women and children received
certificates for completing
courses in water safety, Mrs.
Allen said.
Red Cross also taught first
aid; provided services where
there were disasters; taught
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School of Journalism X
Univ of Georgia
dent, and Sidney I. Babbitt, also of
Newark, vice president. Otis Tanner
(center) is general manager of the firm.
At the right is Harold Bishop of Bishop
and Busbin, contractors.
essary before the budget can be
adopted, it was stated.
In other action, the Council:
Agreed to furnish materials
for construction of a rest room
storage building at the Little
League-Pony League Fields.
Approved stop signs on Mont
gomery and Penn Streets near
Summerville Mfg. Co.
Adopted a plan to use water
proof parking tickets and to
raise the fee for parking near a
fire plug from $1 to $5.
Davis to
Appear in
Atlanta Meet
Five members of Georgia’s
Washington delegation will ap
pear at a Congressional Issues
Luncheon in Atlanta on March
30, according to Opie L. Shelton,
Executive Vice President of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
The five Congressmen are
Fifth District Representative
Charles Weltner, Fourth District
Congressman John Flynt, Sev
enth District Congressman John
W. Davis, Ninth District Repre
sentative Phil Landrum, and
Congressman Robert Stephens
Jr. of the Tenth District.
The luncheon is designed to
brief businessmen on national
legislation, and to answer their
questions on congressional issues
pending in Washington. More
than a thousand businessmen
are expected to attend from the
five congressional districts rep
resented on the panel.
2 County u Leap Year Babies’
Arrive at Rome Hospital
Although only one infant was born in Chattooga
County on “Leap Year Day”, Feb. 29, two Chattooga
tots arrived at Floyd Hospital in Rome on that date.
Mr. and Mrs. James Max Hollis, Trion Route 1,
became the parents of a daughter, Simone Michelle,
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil William Watkins, Summer
vil'e Route 2, became the parents of a daughter whom
they named Cassandra White.
The Rev. and Mrs. Jimmy Bailey of Trion became
the parents of a son, Jefferey Ray, at Chattooga Hos
pital.
All three of these tots will have birthdays only
every four years.
A Prize-Winnln<
Newspaper
I 1963
Better Newspaper
Contests
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I Unde Ned’s
I Notes
Well, as they say, it's gona
be a long hot summer in Chat
tooga County, liiks like, whut
with the county primary not
cornin’ til Sept. 9.
The candidates doii’t know
yet, and won’t til the state
committee meets, but looks like
they’ll have to pitch their hats
in by about June.
Thet will make jer a long
campaign but maybe thet law
kin be changed next yer so
they won’t have to run so long
in the counties.
Then there shouldn’t be no
complaint from nobody about
having all the primary votin’
at one time.
No April
Court Here
Chattooga Superior Court for
April has been suspended, it was
announced this week.
Judge S. W. Fariss was in
Chattooga Monday for a “mo
tion day” and it was decided at
that time to suspend the April
term. This means the next term
will be in July.
Judge Fariss said he expects
to be tied up on court on Walker
County next month.
Don’t Forget
Deadlines!
Don’t forget The News dead
lines!
Advertising deadline: Noom
Tuesdays.
News deadline: 5 p.m. Tues
days.
It’ll help both you and us
out if you’ll keep these dead
lines in mind. Tahnks a lot!
NO CERAMICS TUES.
No ceramics classes will be
held Tuesday night, it has been
announced.
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