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VOLUME 79—NUMBER 16
Free Merchandise Waiting On
4 Lucky Chattooga Countians
* If you’re like most folks, you can always use an ex-
And you could get just that, free, this week. Turn
to the “Shop at Home” page ad in this issue and read
it closely. If your name is found on the page, you will
receive $5 worth of merchandise free at the store in
whose ad your name appears.
Look now. You could be lucky. Four people will
be this week.
School Board
Eyes School
Bus Purchases
The Chattooga Board of Education Tuesday decided to
obtain bids for the purchase of two new 54-passenger school
buses and one 48-passenger chassis. The cost is expected to
be about $12,000, part of which would be paid by the state.
SRMA Enrolls
75 Members
Seventy-five members have
been obtained this year for the
Summerville Retail Merchants
Assn., it was reported Wednes
day at the board of directors
meeting.
Plans were made to send out
notices to delinquent members.
The possibility of inducing in
dustries to issue pay checks on
a staggered basis during the
week was discussed and a com
mittee was named to discuss the
matter with officials. Named to
the committee were James
Richie and W. B. Farrar.
SRMA officials said they felt
more money could be kept at
home if some weekly paychecks
were issued earlier in the week.
The group made plans to have
signs printed, warning shoplHt
ers of the hazards involved.
Donnie Espy, president, pre
sided.
Others attending were: Ed
Bryant, Jimmy Woodard, Hen
derson Ponder, J. L. Salmon,
Harvey McCollum and Mr. Far
rar.
Fun, Scholarship
Themes at May Day
Five outstanding Trion seventh graders were accorded
honors Tuesday afternoon at the colorful May Day cere
monies of Trion Elementary School.
All had average grades above 95. They were: Neal
Florence, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Florence; Margaret Free
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernie Freeman; Myra Joan Stall
ings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart Stallings, Jr.; Bobby
Baxter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Baxter; and Jerry Clarke,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Clarke.
As the five moved to the seats
of honor at the festivities, the
room representatives for grades
four through seven were recog
nized.
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HONORED AT TRION MAY DAY—
These five scholarly seventh graders
were honored at the annual May Day
festival held by Trion Elementary
School Tuesday. ‘The majority of their
grades have been above 95. The stu
dents are (left to right) Margaret Free-
The board acted after both
Maintenance Supervisor W. H
Dean and School Supt. James
Spence said three buses needed
to be replaced. Repairing them
would cost some $2,500, Mr. Dean
said, and it would still be more
expensive to operate these old
buses than to operate new buses.
He said a few new buses should
be bought each year, rather than
waiting until the situation was
so bad several had to be bought
in a given year.
Supt. Spence painted out that
the state is putting more and
more of the burden of the trans
portation system for schools on
local systems. The state cut the
allotment to the Chattooga sys
tem $4,513 during the current
fiscal year, he said. Mr. Dean
pointed out that the school sys
tem is having to haul more stu
dents but is getting less and less
money from the state.
Board members said they felt
this was part of the state’s over
all plan to have more local fi
nancing for the schools.
In other action, the board:
Agreed to up the pay for sub
stitute teachers from $7 to $lO
per day and to up the pay for
substitute bus drivers from $5 to
$7.
Hired Miss Mary Holland and
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The Maypole was wound by
the seventh grades, as Miss Ethel
Simmons, principal, explained
that winding the Maypole is a
favorite tradition of England and
was brought to America by the
English people.
Preceding the Maypole dance
were renditions of the wagon
wheel dance, the Schottische, the
minuet, the polka, and other folk
numbers, done by various grades
in costume.
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man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Freeman; Jerry Clarke, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Clarke; Neal Florence, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Florence; Bobby
Baxter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bax
ter; and Myra Joan Stallings, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Stallings, Jr.
The Summerville News
Loggins Opposed By Dunson;
Logan Runs Against Rep. Floyd
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GLEE BRYANT
. . . school board
ED HUNTER
. . . coroner
A. C. Carter Crowns
May Day Queen
Alma Joyce Powell was crowned
"Miss May Day” at the A. C.
Carter May Day festivities
Wednesday.
The outdoor phase of the May
Day was postponed from Satur
day until Wednesday because of
the rain Saturday. However, the
indoor activities were held as
scheduled.
School Supt. James Spence was
the guest speaker at the indoor
event, dealing with “The Cardi
nal Principles of Education.”
“The educated person has an
appetite for learning,” he said.
“The educated person can solve
his problems. He protects his
health and the health of his or
her dependents . . . He works
to improve the health of the
community ... he appreciates
beauty and gives directions to
his life ... he puts human rela
tionships first ... he can work
with others ... he appreciates
the family as a social institu
tion.”
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964
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L. W. BULMAN
. . . tax collector
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HINTON LOGAN
. . . representative
E. F. Knox was in charge of
the ceremony.
Carter and Cedar Bluff pupils
had a spelling contest. Readings
and poems also were presented.
In softball games Wednesday,
the 10th grade girls defeated the
12th grade girls 10-3 and the
12th grade boys defeated the
10th grade boys 8-2.
The Parent-Teacher Assn, for
the school will meet at 7:30 p.m.
today (Thursday).
The fifth, sixth and seventh
grades will hold their closing
exercises Tuesday, it has been
announced.
Awards Given
Top Lyerly
Eighth Graders
Five outstanding Lyerly eighth
graders were honored Friday
night at the annual banquet.
John Weems won the science
award; Clark Dotson, both the
social studies and the English
awards; Billy Drake, math
award; Teresa Taylor, home ec
onomics award; and Diane Mur
phy, citizenship award.
Principal Lamar Parker made
the presentations.
The seventh grade entertained
the departing eighth grade at
the fete, held in the school gym
nasium. Parents of eighth grad
ers were invited. Theme of the
banquet was Hawaii.
Students presented the pro
gram and spoke.
Ensemble
To Perform
At Menlo Fri.
An ensemble from the Sum
merville Music Study Club will
perform at the Menlo School at
9:30 a.m. in connection with
“National Music Week”.
Parents and friends of the
school are invited to join pupils
in enjoying the event, state
leaders.
Members of the ensemble are:
Mrs. H. D. Brown, Mrs. C. A.
Wyatt, Miss June Wyatt, Mrs.
O. L. Cleckler and Mrs. Robert
Franklin.
“Make Music Your Keynote
for Living” is the theme of the
“Week”.
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S. A. DUNSON
. . . senator
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MILTON NUCKOLLS
. . . clerk of court
Uncle Ned’s
Notes J
Well, the qualifying is over
and now the candedets know
who they’re runnin’ aginst.
A lot ov speculashun is go
ing on over who is backin’ who
and why so and so got in such
an such a race.
Course ain’t nobody gona
turn down a vote but there’s
sum folks that won’t take help
if there’s strings attached.
That’s the key, to my way ov
thinkin'.
The feller that ain’t got ob
ligations and no strings and
kin stand on his own two feet
and think fer himself is likely
to make the best official.
I think we’ve got a few like
that runnin’.
May 14 Date
For Knitting,
Ceramics Show
Final plans are being made for
the ceramics and knitting show
May 14.
All items must be entered by
11 a.m. on the date of the show,
said Grady McCalmon, director
of the Summerville Recreation
Center, sponsor.
The hours will be 1 to 6 p.m.
and admission will be free.
There will be door prizes.
In the meantime, the knitting
classes will end Monday. The
hours of instruction are 3 to 5
p.m. and Mrs. Sue Spivey is the
instructor.
PLAN GROUP
MEETS TONIGHT
Members of the Chattooga-
Municipal Planning Commission
will meet tonight.
The session is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. at the Georgia Power
Company building.
J. T. Morgan is chairman,
WEEKEND REVIVAL
AT PENNVILLE
A weekend revival is planned
at the Pennville Gospel Taber
nacle May 8-9-10, Friday, Satur
day and Sunday.
Rev. Frank Bruce of Bob
Jones University will be guest
speaker.
Everyone la invited.
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CARL HAMMOND
. . . commissioner
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GEORGE SITTON
. . . school hoard
Blevins Gets Chair
In Murder Case
FFA Forestry
ream Places
3rd In State
The Chattooga High Future
Farmers of America forestry
team won third place in state
competition at Covington Friday.
Earlier, the team had taken
first honors for this area.
Perry High won first place in
the state and Greenville won
second. Charlie Lowry was first
in pulpwood scaling; Henry Bar
row, third in land measurement;
Rocky Tate, third in ocular esti
mation; and Rocky and Britt
Tate, fourth in sawing.
Paul Hosmer is advisor for the
Chattooga FFA and other fores
try team members are: Bruce
Tate, Paul Ward, Jerry Ward,
Ronnie Winters, Bill Browning,
Dennis Tucker and Roger Daw
son.
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EXPLODING DRUM INJURES MEN—Clifford Wood
all, Louis Woodall and Harold Ragland, of Lyerly,
examine the drum which exploded Friday when a blow
torch was applied and injured two men, Hoyt Hurley
and Ben Ragland. Mr. Hurley had a severe leg injury
and Mr. Ragland Buffered burns.
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ROBERT HENDRIX
. . . school hoard
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PAUL WHITE
. . . sheriff
James Melvin Blevins was
convicted this week and sen
tenced to the electric chair for
the rape-murder of a teen-age
Walker County girl.
Blevins’ statement when asked
by Judge S. W. Fariss if he had
anything to say, was: “Only
that I am as innocent as you
are, sir.”
The .jury found him guilty
without any recommendation
for mercy and this automatically
means the electric chair. May 23
was set as the execution date
but Blevins’ lawyer, Frank
Gleason, of Rossville, filed a
motion for a new trial.
The 12-man jury deliberated
for nine hours, interrupting
one time to ask the meaning of
“life imprisonment”.
Blevins was tried in connec
tion with the death of Carolyn
Newell, 16, whose body and that
of her fiance, Pete Steel, 19, was
found on Lookout Mountain on
April 14, 1963.
Blevins said in an unsworn
statement this week that he
went to Lookout Mountain to
spy on lovers parked there. He
said he saw the couple but
denied any part in their slaying.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
fpSSPS 1963
Better Newspaper
^gjnnt^ Contests
A flurry of last minute
qualifiers Saturday gave
both Chattooga Rep. James
H. Floyd and State Sen.
Joseph E. Loggins opposi
tion.
S. A. (Bubba) Dunson
qualified to oppose Loggins
and Hinton Logan qualified
to oppose Floyd.
Tax Collector Emmett
Clarkson, Clerk of Court Sam
Cordle and Board of Education
Member Johnny Bryant also
found themselves with opposi
tion as the qualification dead
line neared.
L. W. (Red) Bulman qualified
to oppose Clarkson; Milton
Nuckolls and Arch Warren
qualified to oppose Cordle; and
George Sitton qualified against
Bryant.
Paul (Budgie) White entered
the sheriff’s race, joining John
Frank McConnell and Fred
Stewart in a bid for the post now
held by Stewart.
Ed Hunter qualified as a can
didate for coroner, running
against Incumbent Roosevelt
Young and Erwin Millard.
Congressman John W. Davis,
Over 200 persons registered
Saturday, the final date of
registration in order to vote on;
Sept. 9 and Nov. 3.
Mrs. John Echols, chief reg
istrar, said Wednesday she ex
pected to have a total on the
number registered next week.
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of Summerville, and Sol. Gen.
Earl B. Self, of Summerville, who
serves the Lookout Judicial Cir
cuit, have no Democratic opposi
tion.
Dunson, former mayor of Sum
merville, qualified in Atlanta as
a senatorial candidate just
minutes before the Saturday
deadline. Logan, Summerville
grocer and head of the Summer
ville civil defense, qualified Sat
urday to oppose Floyd, a veteran
legislator.
Few posts were left with a lone
candidate. Tax Receiver Ray
Van Pelt, City Court Solicitor
Cecil Palmour, Ordinary Paul
Weems, Congressman Davis, Sol.
Self, and Board of Education
members W. P. Selman and Rob
ert Hendrix have no opposition.
Only one man, W. M. Jackson, is
seeking the Menlo post on the
Board of Education. O. L. Cleck
ler, the incumbent, is not seek
ing re-election.
Six men are running for the
powerful one-man commissioner
post.
Here is a list of the county and
area candidates to be voted on
Sept. 9:
Commissioner—Claude Baker,
Carl Hammond, John Jones, Le
roy Massey, Harry Powell and
Will Stephenson.
Sheriff—John Frank McCon
nell, Fred Stewart, Paul (Budgie)
White.
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Said Improving
Two Hurt
In Lyerly
Explosion
Two men injured Friday in an
explosion at Lyerly were re
portedly improved this week.
Hoyt Hurley remained at Floyd
Hospital in Rome, however, and
is not expected to return home
until next week. He suffered a
broken leg, a head gash and
bruises. His leg is in a cast up
to his hips.
Ben Ragland, who suffered
second degree burns on his right
hand, was not hospitalized. He
was able to be at his service
station, where the accident oc
curred, this week but was un
able to perform any duties. Mr.
Ragland said he expects his
hand will remain bandaged at
least another week.
The accident occurred when
Mr. Ragland, wielding a blow
torch, attempted to cut into an
oil drum. It exploded and Mr.
Hurley, who was looking on, was
knocked down. Mr. Ragland’s
clothing caught fire but the
blaze was immediately extin
guished by onlookers.
Both men were taken to Chat
tooga Hospital but Mr. Hurley
was transferred to Floyd. At the
beginning, there was some ques
tion as to whether his leg would
have to be amputated.
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