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VOLUME 79—NUMBER 15
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MISS CHATTOOGA’ CROWNED— Miss Marsha Low
ry (right), is being crowned “Miss Chattooga” of 1964
by Joy Chandler Raines of Trion, “Miss Chattooga” of
1963. (See additional photo inside).
‘Miss Chattooga’
Crown Goes to
Marsha Lowry
Beautiful brunette Marsha Lowry of Summerville was
crowned “Miss Chattooga County” Friday night, winning
the honor by edging out some 75 other contestants.
Sylvia Bush was first runner-up and Vicki Williams was
second runner-up. Others among
the finalists were: Sherry Hur
ley, Glenda Jackson, Marcia
Boney, Cheryl Hudson, Karen
Wilson, Dianne Smith and Shar
on Priest.
When she became the new
“Miss Chattooga County,” Mar
sha was following in the foot
steps of her sister, Mrs. Harris
Caldwell of Tulsa, Okla., who
held the same title just 10 years
ego.
Marsha is the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
shall Lowry and is a sophomore
at Chattooga High School. She
wore a white strapless dress with
a bouffant skirt which had pink
roses for trim.
The new queen, a brown-eyed,
brown-haired miss, is president
of her class, co-captain of the
cheerleaders and sings in the
choir of the Summerville Meth
odist Church. She also is active
in the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, Teen Town (serving as a
board member) , Tri-Hi-Y,
French Club, “C” Club, Science
Club and Future Homemakers of
America.
As her sister did, she hopes to
attend Auburn College, Auburn,
Ala.
Barry Gilreath was master of
ceremonies for the beauty re
vue, sponsored by the CHS jun
ior class.
Joy Chandler Rains of Trion,
“Miss Chattooga” of 1963,
crowned Miss Lowry. Mrs. Elaine
Prince was organist and Steve
Parker was pianist. Entertain
ment was provided by other
groups during the evening.
Judges were from a Rome de
partment store.
PL, LL Open
Season Monday
It’s “ball time” in Chattooga County.
The Chattooga Pony League and the Summerville
Little League seasons will open Monday and the Menlo
PL and LL seasons will open Tuesday. Trion will start its
A parade at 4:30 p.m. Monday
In downtown Summerville will
launch the opening festivities
for the Summerville leagues.
Immediately afterwards, a hot
dog supper for players and man
agers of both leagues will be
held near the fields, compli
ments of the Summerville Lions
Club and the Summerville Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce.
Opening ceremonies will fol
low about 6 p.m. with a flag
raising, brief remarks and
throwing out of the first ball.
Menlo also plans a festive
opening on Tuesday afternoon,
Are You Registered to Vote? Deadline Is Saturday, May 2
Polio Make-up
Clinics Are
Scheduled
Make-up polio vaccine clinics
will be held today and Friday,
it has been announced.
One will be held from 1 to 3
p.m. Friday at Menlo (instead
of the usual Thursday).
Trion’s make-up clinic will
be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
today (Thursday).
Chattooga High’s make-up
clinic will be held from 12
noon until 5 p.m. today
(Thursday). This is for the
public.
Summerville Elementary and
Summerville Junior High
School students will have
make-up clinics this morning.
Dr. Lawrence
Cases Still
Pending
Two cases in Walker City
Court against Dr. Daniel Law
rence of Menlo are still pending.
The unlicensed physician, who
has served a term for narcotics
violations, was charged in Wal
ker with possessing “dangerous
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officials said. Three teams of
Pony Leaguers and three teams
of Little Leaguers are scheduled.
In the meantime, the Chat
tooga PL has released the names
of its managers and players.
They are as follows:
Cardinals, R. Mitchell, man
ager; Lee Lenderman, David
Owens, Phillip Ayers, Lann Cor
dle, Roy Lee Hunter, Roger Mc-
Conkey, Johnny Headrick, Larry
Baggett, Donnie McCary.
White Sox, L. Canada, man
ager: Stacy Ray, Clinton Agnew,
Teddy Browning, Johnny Lind
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Countian Is
A Suspect
In Murders
A Chattooga County man has
been mentioned as a possible
suspect in the murder of three
Gwinnett County policemen.
His name has not been re
leased.
However, it is understood that
he was taken to Lawrenceville
by Gwinnett officers Sunday for
questioning and that he was still
there Wednesday.
He had been arrested here
Saturday in connection with the
theft of a Fulton County auto
mobile on April 14, three days
before the policemen were shot.
It was reported Wednesday
that the Chattooga suspect had
agreed to take a he detector test
in connection with the murders.
Giles Named
New VFW
Commander
Ray Giles, a retired Navy vet
eran, was elected the new com
mander of Mason - McCauley
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
6688 Friday night.
He and the other new officers
will be installed in May and take
office in July. Giles will succeed
Donnie Espy.
The others elected were:
Charles Anderson, senior vice
commander; Hugh Don Hall,
junior vice commander; Dr. C. A.
Clements, surgeon; Hinton Lo
gan, judge advocate; Lambert
Jones, chaplain; and Bill Aber
nathy, three-year trustee.
Mr. Giles, who retired from
the U.S. Navy after 20 years
service, is a representative of
Hamilton Funds and is also a
substitute rural mail carrier for
Trion.
In the meantime, a delegation
of seven Mason-McCauley mem
bers is planning to attend the
annual spring VFW round-up In
Macon Saturday and Sunday.
They include D. P. Henley,
Espy, Harry Farrow, Ralph Tom
lin, Lester Parker, Bob Bullard
and Willard Jackson.
Mrs. Farrar
Re-Elected
Library Chm.
Mrs. Baker Farrar of Summer
ville was re-elected chairman of
the Cherokee Regional Library
Board Thursday night at the
spring meeting, held at The
Surrey, LaFayette.
Others elected were: Mrs. H. D.
Brown, Summerville, first vice
chairman; Mrs. Douglas Morri
son, Trenton, second vice chair
man; Mrs. W. A. Enloe, LaFay
ette, secretary; Mrs. Julian
Rhyne, LaFayette, treasurer.
Plans for a new library build
ing in LaFayette, the headquar
ters of the region, were discussed.
However, further details must
await governmental appropria
tion.
The by-laws and constitution
were revised and plans were
made for the fall meeting to be
held at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
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Miss Simmons
Heads County
PTA Council
Miss Ethel Simmons, of Trion,
has been elected president of the
Chattooga Parent-Teacher Assn.
Council, succeeding Mrs. Henry
Duke, of Summerville.
Others elected were: Mrs.
Winston McWhorter, Summer
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Uncle Ned’s I
Noles
Well, it looks like the bums
will relly have a field day this
election year.
There’ll not only be a long
campayne with plenty of time
to badger the candidates for
money an drinks and things
but there’ll be a real flock ov
candidates too.
Yep, the bums are alredy at
work. I’m jest sorry there’s so )
many folks like thet in our '
county, folks that ain’t got no ■
pride at all.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1064
Jones, Massey, Stephenson
In Race for Commissioner
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Hames Awarded
Merit Scholorship
A Chattooga High School student has become the sec
ond Chattooga Countian ever to win a National Merit
Scholarship.
He is James Hames, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hames
of Menlo. —
The only other countian to
win this coveted scholarship was
Edna Brown Dismukes, a Chat
tooga High student who later
enrolled at Tallulah Falls School
and is now at the University of
Georgia.
Young Hames plans to attend
Florida Presbyterian College and
major in social studies. He plans
a career as a teacher.
The recipient of this honor
received recognition earlier this
year for having a perfect score
in the Georgia state spelling
contest. He also won second
place in the district boys’ decla
mation and was on the debate
team. He is or has been a mem
ber of the Future Teachers of
America, Senior Library, Span
ish, 4-H and Future Farmers of
America Clubs.
The National Merit Scholar
ships are four-year undergradu
ate awards and the stipends are
based on need. The average sti
pend is SBOO a year.
The National Merit Scholars
are chosen by a selection com
mittee which is a panel of edu
cators skilled in academic selec
tion.
NMSC is an independent, non
profit corporation founded in
1955 with grants from the Ford
Foundation and the Carnegie
Corp. Its chief purpose is to dis
cover and recognize exception
ally talented young people and
to encourage and assist them to
obtain a college education.
NMSC also provides services
to corporations and other spon
sors who wish to underwrite
their own merit scholarships
(such as those given by Riegel
Textile).
Trion to Get
Outdoor Pool
An outdoor swimming pool will soon be built near the
Trion Community Center, it was announced this week.
Trion presently has onlv an indoor pool.
The announcement was made
by P. H. David, general man
ager of the Trion Division of
Riegel Textile Corp. He said the
pool will be made possible
through a gift of the family of
the late Benjamin D. Riegel and
by Riegel Textile Corporation.
The pool will be T-shaped and
will be located west of the Com
munity Center building. It will
be 120 feet long and 40 feet wide.
The deep water area will be
equipped with an Olympic diving
tower with low and high diving
boards.
The marbelized concrete pool
will have ceramic tile splash
drains.
A separate wading pool, 15
feet in diameter, also is planned.
A cyclone fence will enclose
the area and the pool area will’
be lighted at night.
The contract has been given
to Riveria Pools, Inc., of Mari- ’
JAMES HAMES
County Commissioner John Jones announced this week
he would seek re-election and both Will Stephenson and
Leroy Massey qualified as candidates for the post.
This makes a total of six persons running for the
powerful $9,000-a-year job. Earlier, Claude Baker, Carl
Hammond and Harry Powell had entered the race.
In the meantime, State Sen.
Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins and Sol.
Gen. Earl B. Self qualified as
candidates to succeed them
selves. They have no opposition
to date.
The school board phase of the
Sept. 9 Democratic primary be
gan to gain interest this week
as two men, W. M. Jackson of
Menlo and Jimmy Strickland of
Pennville, qualified as candi
dates for the Board of Education
from their areas. O. L. Cleckler,
Menlo, and Glee Bryant, Penn
ville, are the present members
from those areas and neither
has yet qualified.
May 2 Last
Date For
Registering
Chattooga Countlans not reg
istered to vote are reminded of
the May 2 deadline.
The registrars office, located
on the second floor of the court
house, will be open on two days
before the deadline and here are
the hours:
Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 2,7 a.m. to
6 p.m.
If you are not regfstered by
6 p.m. May 2, you will not be
able to vote either on Sept. 9 or
on Nov. 3.
Persons who are in doubt
about whether they are regis
tered are urged to call the regis
trars office on the days and dur
ing the hours above. The tele
phone number is 857-7792.
Seventeen-year-olds who will
be 18 years old by Nov. 3 may
register now to vote in the gen
eral election.
Grocery Store
Is Burglarized
The Pay ’n Tote in Summer
ville was burglarized Sunday
night, Summerville police said
this week.
A sizable amount of change,
some $1 bills, some cigarettes
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etta, Mr. David said. Construc
tion is expected to begin shortly.
Thomas New
Councilman
For Lyerly
'• Monroe Thomas was elected a
member of the Lyerly Council
Saturday, filling a vacancy cre
ated when Calvin Johnson re
signed a few weeks ago.
Mr. Thomas was the only an
nounced candidate. Receiving
write-ins were Bert Brogdon and
Mrs. Louise B. Caldwell.
Other councilmen at Lyerly
are Ernest Colbert, James Fuller
and Robert Wood. Roy Gayler is
mayor.
Opposition also developed in
the coroner's race as Clifford
Norton qualified. Roosevelt
Young, the present coroner, had
qualified earlier.
The qualification deadline is
Saturday, May 2. Balloting will
take place Sept. 9.
Mr. Jones, the present com
missioner, lives at Gore. Mr.
Stephenson, who was a candi
date in 1960, lives in Summer
ville where he is in the television
and appliance business. Mr.
Massey, also a candidate or the
post in 1960, lives at Menlo
where he owns and operates a
general merchandise store and
farms.
Here is a list of the candidates
to date:
Commissioner—Claude Baker,
Carl Hammond, John Jones, Le
roy Massey, Harry Powell and
Will Stephenson.
Sheriff—John Frank McCon
nell, Fred Stewart.
Coroner—Clifford Norton and
Roosevelt Young.
School superintenden t—
Thomas Hogg, James Spence.
Clerk of Court—Sam Cordle.
Tax Collector—Emmett Clark
son.
Tax Receiver—Ray Van Pelt.
City Court Solicitor — Cecil
Palmour.
Chattooga representative —
James H. Floyd.
State senator—Joseph E. Log
gins.
Superior Court Solicitor—Earl
B. Self.
Ordinary—Paul Weems.
I Congressman—John W. Davis.
CHS Patrons
To Hear Group
Os Counselors
Parents of Chattooga High
students are invited to hear a
panel discussion on “Plans After
High School” at the CHS Par
ent-Teacher Assn, meeting at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30. The
meeting will be in the high
school cafeteria.
Three City of Rome school
guidance counselors and Mrs.
Joe Pitts, counselor for Chat
tooga High, will be on a panel
type program. The three visitors
are Miss Eleanor Monroe, Owen
Blanton and Jerry Deleski.
Members of the group will
speak and afterwards answer
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TO GET STATE FHA DEGREES— This
group of Chattooga High students may
be the largest group from any school in
the state to receive state Future Home
maker of America degrees Friday night
at the annual FHA convention in At
lanta. Each girl completed nine major
projects to qualify. Shown are (front,
left to right) Patsy Dobson, Nancy Mc-
Elduff, Judy Ledbetter, Paulette John
son, Gloria Pichardson, Dale Warren
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Better Newspaper
Contests
CLAUDE BAKER
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LEROY MASSEY
.. . commissioner
WILL STEPHENSON
. . . commissioner
questions from those attending.
They will discuss ways In which
the high school should prepare a
and Mrs. H. L. McGinnis, FHA advisor;
(second row, left to right) Mary Willing
ham, Phyllis Spain, Ruth Smith, Brenda
Shipman, Mary Alice Doster, Charlotte
Carnes and Anita Waters; (third row,
left to right) Brenda Brown, Diane Mc-
Whorter, Dee Jackson, Jeanne Lender
man, Mary Alice Groover, Jean Willing
ham and Elaine Stewart. Not shown
were other degree winners, Judy Pledger
and Brenda Underwood.
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SEN. LOGGINS
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SOL. E. B. SELF
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JIMMY STRICKLAND
. . . education board
student for the after-high school
years, including the academic,
social, moral and psychological.