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VOLUME 79 —NUMBER 23
Campaigns
Poised; Coker,
Farrar Run
The 1964 political season is expected to get underway
with a bang in Chattooga County Saturday when practi
cally all the candidates converge on Menlo for the gigantic
July 4 celebration.
Only Rep. John W. Davis, of
Summerville, who has no oppo
sition, is on the program, but it
is understood that most other
candidates will take advantage
of the opportunity to hand out
cards and greet voters. Close to
2,000 persons are expected.
The event is expected to un
officially launch the campaign
season here. Qualifications end
ed in early May but political ac
tivity has been slow to date,
most candidates apparently be
ing anxious to keep the cam
paign period as short as possible.
In the meantime, two candi
dates appeared on the horizon
during the past week.
Robert Coker, of LaFayette,
has qualified as a candidate for
junior judge of the Lookout Ju
dicial Circuit. T. J. Espy and Ce
cil Palmour, both of Summer
ville, had qualified earlier for
the newly-created post.
And Arch Farrar, a former
state senator, is the only candi
date seeking the post of Chat
tooga City Court Solicitor.
Qualifications for this office
closed at noon Wednesday, hav
ing been especially opened last
Thursday by the Chattooga
Democratic Executive Commit
tee. The qualifications were
opened after the only candidate
for the post, Mr. Palmour, with
drew to enter the judge’s race.
Political activity is expected to
be intense between now and the
Sept. 9 Democratic primary.
Some 19 offices are at stake, 11
of which have opposition.
Here are the candidates in the
various races:
Sheriff — John Frank McCon
nell, Fred Stewart and Paul
(Budgie) White.
Commissioner — Claude Baker,
Carl Hammond, John Jones, Le
roy Massey, Harry Powell and
Will Stephenson.
Judge — Robert Coker, T. J.
Espy, Cecil Palmour
Coroner —Ed Hunter, Erwin
Millard, Clifford Norton, Roose
velt Young.
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Voter Registration Re-Opened;
County Office Open Tuesdays
The voter registration period has been re-opened for a
brief period.
You now have until Monday, July 20, to register for voting
in the Democratic primary of Sept. 9.
And you have until Monday, Sept. 14, to register for voting
in the general election of Nov. 3.
The Chattooga Board of Registrars office, located on the
second floor of the courthouse, will be open each Tuesday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and also during the same hours on the
last day, July 20.
Persons who will have reached their 18th birthday by the
Sept. 9 primary may vote in it if they are registered and they
may register between now and July 20. And those who will
have reached their 18th birthday by Nov. 3 may vote in the
general election if they register by Sept. 14.
Also, persons who will have lived in Georgia a year and
Chattooga County six months by these dates also may regis
ter by the deadlines.
The new Georgia election code re-opened the registration
periods.
Your vote counts just as much as anyone else’s—so be sure
you are registered!
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NEW CHATTOOGA HIGH SCHOOL WELL UNDER-
WAY — Here is a view made this week of the new Chat
tooga High School building under construction on the
Lyerly Road. The main entrance will be at the site of
the white columns to the left. The dining room and
kitchen are to the left of the columns with the kitchen
on the corner. The high section at the rear is the band
room and shop building. In the foreground, (left to
Remember to Display the ILS. Flag On Independence Day
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ARCH FARRAR
Shropshire
Bound Over
To Grand Jury
Tommy Lee Shropshire has
been bound over to the Chat
tooga grand jury on charges of
kidnapping and larceny of an
automobile.
Bail has been set at $5,000 on
the kidnapping charge and
SI,OOO on the other charge. He
had not posted bond at mid
week, and was in a Rome jail.
No reason for his transfer on
Monday was given.
A preliminary hearing was
held Friday in Summerville for
the 21-year-old Summerville
Negro who was arrested in con
nection with the abduction of a
17-year-old white high school
girl 10 days ago. She escaped
unharmed a short time after the
abduction.
The girl, Glenda Martin, said
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188 YEAR^AGO
The place was Philadelphia, Pa. madeg^U^ary^mver independent of, and
The year was 1776. supeAL^^f^Ae cit^ power . . . protected
Representatives of the 13 British colonies these mock trial, from pun
in America had assembled early in tlu»^lf'KfT r ‘^%iijnent they commit
Although divided at first, a decism^uggSK^^^^^.. ■ ■ cuto^UtOK/i^^l^hall parts of
nally made to break with the wdiJf&r coun- tfi& ta^rld .. . imp^ffL/fx/^^Bus without
try. A committee was appoin&&gj^\ls : sO ^xU^onsent .., cases of
draiv up the declaration of i^^epdfiiiAtice.^nd benefits of trial K/TMnj&f: wansported
it was adopted, aft e r beyond the seas toywr^^got pretended
changes, on July 4. ~ ’^^^AKK^^H/giAffcnses . . abolishe^Uu^^ee^ystem of
The declaration sai# in effbdtt ; English laws in a neigh bonh^moWice. mak-
When it bec<^ft^^^BlU^K^^frou^of\ing it an example and HtJktrurMHggf in
people to brepfaheir political ti&^itlJK^ igroducing the same ahese
other a rohn and“&Hfdl polonies .. . taken away . ।. sus-
tion” in th/ ih^y o^2ll sniii tpuidcd our bwn legislates . 'a^^tred us
sons for tfi& sepaftßiom' £ ' "Brwter °f his protection . . yaged ^^(fgfiinst
We hol^ these ffigK to. oe ■ • • plundered our seA. . .eSAgMour
That . . burnt
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with certain rights wmch they no^ne to bear arms againstAßK^^Ky, to
denied . . . that amongjtUßeßbi^^HKAi^gJome thd executioners and
and the right to seek ^KgßKrethren, or to fall thems^^^ . to
That to assure theima uoSßtoring on the inhabitants the
. And ’hesc govern- Inan large arins of
went-, should obtain heir from fore. the v
those whom they aovefn, SWlft- ffisQtKfronJtK j
That whenever a^^vewnfnt ^^^^Pn^'CgKus/U/relief fre^/UKtfi jus
tain its power ursuch fastiioni dfai&ercd only b^;r^®Fd in-
have the rightwtßidter it or abolish ft and dry •■ %
establish a neg pMh-nmMA j* ^r-We, ^KRggKHStK/Kntatives of the
Certainly^Jgoveiitments^^ufh lyayA b^(n ^Rwnitjfi■ . do in the name
long estabgtled n/ftbeftn&n^d jar ^andfoy SfPuuihority' of the good people of
light causes, It’s fttilA thgi tfiuji is nie fy- \ih/S»<f^ixiies, solemnly declare that these
dined to'^mur^yiri ih/itJd htM them by ' UiSite^PUonies are, and of right ought to
changing things \ wtfwK He is hdcdjsfbhiciii frte’gid independent states; that they
But when there'is n tbts train of >re dfisolih’d from all allegiance to the Brit-
and it mpears thA ^ire fa^awapet T fl and that all political connection
under absolute desiipl^iiti^ft ul.their right. 4 befn'e^n ile?« and the State of Great Britain
is theirUuty to thr^iS off such gm ernmnit. and
This Ais been situation rntft
onies. ■ to levy war, ccAlude peace.
The Aig ^W^at Britain ha# tyuMm r#j-.^*j^iwusr alliances, establish c^nmerce, and
peated^njff^^fuiviti^ Us fits' direct obj^t .loj^ull other acts and things which inde
the absolute wjvide^it States may do.
over a f^And for the support of this declaration,
He fLq^/^jFfts&lilnQ. mail/ new ufpces , with a firm reliance on the protection of Di
and Jg/fj/r harass our 1 vine Providence, we mutually pledge to each
people • times of peace i other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
standing armie»-tß)ititß^ bur consent . . .■ honor ... ’> -
Wrecks Hurt
Six in County
(See Photo Inside)
Six persons have been injured
in automobile accidents in Chat
tooga County during the past
week.
Four—Henry F. Crowe, Beulah
Crowe, Betty Morris and Bertie
Morris—were hurt Sunday when
a car driven by Crowe plowed
into one driven by J. G. Morris
at Pennville.
Dorothy Campbell was hos
pitalized after the car she was
driving dashed across Commerce
Street in Summerville early
Sunday morning, jumped the
bank in front of the Post Office
and came to rest near the front
entrance of the office. Mrs.
Campbell lost control of the
vehicle as she drove south on
Commerce Street, officers said.
She said she went to sleep. The
car hit an unoccupied one
parked in front of the Post Of
fice. It belonged to Maxwell
Meadows. In the car with Mrs.
Campbell was Hazel Cromer,
owner of the vehicle. She was
not reported injured.
Officers Ray Green and L. D.
McCary investigated.
In a one-car accident on
Lookout Mountain on the State
Line Road about 10 p.m. Sun
day, James Junior Blevins, of
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right) are the administrative offices, library (high
section) and home economics department. Classrooms
are largely in the center of the structure. The build
ing is of brick. Bishop and Busbin, Lyerly, are the con
tractors and occupancy is expected sometime during
the forthcoming school term. The school will house
grades nine through 12.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964
Juries Drawn
For July Term
A Chattooga grand jury will convene at 9 a. m. Mon
day, July 13, meeting simultaneously with the July term of
Chattooga Superior Court. Judge S. W. Fariss of LaFayette
will preside.
One panel of traverse jurors has been asked to report
on the same day as the grand
jury and another panel has been
asked to report on July 20. Both
criminal and civil sessions of
court are planned, with the civil
session being held the first week.
Here is a list of the grand
jurors drawn:
H. C. Gass, E. E. Keen, Ralph
M. Brown, W. H. Barron, Willie
M. Christopher, Robert L. Gar
mony, H. C. Sprayberry, E. A.
Freeman, R. L. Bowman Jr.,
Russell Crouch, R. N. Crawford,
Elmer Smith, J. B. White, W. C.
Coulter, Lawson Bailey, Charles
Fowler Jr., Hoyt Martin Sr.,
Vance M. Story, William R.
Dempsey, Thurman H. Day, Rob
ert Dell Trimble, James Busbin,
John R. Cox, Dennis Cox, Brice
Evans, Edwin Lowry, E. L. Mc-
Camey and J. S. Gammons.
Petit jurors drawn to report
July 13 are:
Gordon H. Reynolds, Mrs. John
Fuller, Elane T. Martin, B. D.
McCauley Sr., Harold Dempsey,
S. E. Allen Jr., Jack Ragland,
Ralph Bishop, Felton Pinion,
James Rice, John H. Bullard,
Billy M. Bass, Dewey Morgan,
Arvil McLeod, John J. Kellett
and Marcus L. Lenderman.
Robert Massey, Otis Brown,
Everett Nix, L. R. Henderson,
Roy Teague, David Starkey,
Charles M. Jones, W. J. White,
Stanley Suits, H. A, Lenderman,
Dewey Allen Plunkett, Frank
Cochran, Alonzo Martin, W. F.
Bishop, Grace Haygood, Irvine
Hill, E. C. Galloway and S. W.
Sizemore.
Charles F. Shipman, J. W.
Dooley, A. N. White, Thomas K.
Smith, Lesley Tucker, Charles A.
Knight, Carl E. Ragland, Arnest
L. Bryson, James V. Mosley Sr.,
Hill Hammonds, Babe Willing
ham, Logan M. Parker, H. P.
Whitley, J. T. Vines and Roy J.
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I Notes J
It’s a fact that several things
will be issues in the county com
missioner’s race.
And one ov them is shore gema
be who each man plans to have
fer county atturny. This is a very
importunt post because a law
yer’s advice can determine a lot
of things.
Folks is shore gona be asking
these candidates about this and,
I understand alredy are.
In fact, it looks like each can
didate ought to announce pub
lickly who his attorney would be
if he wuz elected.
Menlo Readies
For Big July 4
Barbecue Sat.
A patriotic program at Menlo Saturday afternoon will
highlight the July 4 week-end in Chattooga County.
The town will be dressed in patriotic attire for the occa
sion, with red, white and blue banners along the streets
and in the mid-town park where
the Independence Day festivities
will take place.
Here is the schedule of ac
tivities :
Parade, 1:30 p.m. Decorated
bikes invited.
Little League baseball game, 2
p.m.
Address by Congressman John
W. Davis, patriotic music, a
live “Statue of Liberty,” crown
ing of Little League and Pony
League queens, 4 p.m.
Barbecue, 5 p.m.
Persons selling tickets to the
July 4 barbecue at Menlo are
urged to turn in their money
and tickets no later than Fri
day.
They should be handed to
either Fred Martin or Mrs.
Emory Alexander.
Pony League game, 6:15 p.m.
Some 2,000 persons are ex
pected during the afternoon and
about 750 barbecue plates are
expected to be sold, said offi
cials of the Menlo Parent-
Teacher Assn, and the Menlo
Little League Assn., co-sponsors.
Youngsters are invited to deco
rate their bikes for the parade
and meet at the Little League
field at 1 p.m.
Mrs. Darry Pilkington, of
Trion, will lead the singing of
patriotic songs. In addition to
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FARRELL BROWN
Brown Named
Probation
Officer
A LaFayette Route 2 man,
Farrell Brown, has been named
probation officer for the Look
out Judicial Circuit, succeeding
Paul (Curley) Kinsey who was
killed in an automobile accident
several weeks ago.
His appointment is effective
July 15. .
Mr. Brown, age 30, has been
head of the LaFayette Sub-
Office of the Retail Credit Com
pany for one and one-half years.
He is a native of Walker County
and a graduate of LaFayette
High School.
Mr. Brown served in the U. S.
Army from 1958 to 1958. He is a
member of the Baptist Church
and is married to the former
Ann Wells, of Chattooga County.
They have two sons, Dennis 6
and Carter 1.
The Browns will continue to
reside in Walker but the proba
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SCHOOL BOARD
MEET POSTPONED
The Chattooga Board of Edu
cation meeting scheduled for 4
p.m. Tuesday has been post
poned, Chairman W. P. Selman
has announced.
The session will be held at 4
p.m. Friday, July 10, Mr. Selman
said.
The chairman plans to be out
of tofn Tuesday.
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the chicken barbecue plate,
home-baked pastries also will be
on sale.
Business activities over the
county will come to a virtual
standstill Saturday as Chattooga
joins in celebrating the 188th
birthday of the nation.
Post Offices, the bank, offices
and most stores will be closed for
the day. Some service stations
and a few grocery stores are ex
pected to be the only places
open.
In the meantime, vacations
for most Chattooga industrial
workers are drawing to a close.
The vacation period began last
week-end and most plants will
resume operations Sunday night
or Monday. Georgia Rug Mill,
however, will be closed for an
other week.
Plants Give County
sl2 Million Payroll
New Column
Deals With
Candidates
For your election reading,
something new is being added
to The Summerville News.
Beginning this week, a col
umn entitled, “The Offices . . .
The Candidates . . will be
presented. It may be found in
side.
The column will give: (1) A
resume of the duties of each
office; and (2) a resume of the
backgrounds and platforms of
the candidates for that office.
We believe it is the duty of
every citizen to become as well
informed as possible before he
goes to the polls and we hope
this column will be helpful in
this connection.
Be sure you read it every
week. The topic this week is
the tax collector.
Worsham
To Leave
Police Dept.
Charlie Worsham, a member
of the Summerville Police Dept,
for six years, has resigned, ef
fective Saturday.
Mr. Worsham has accepted a
position in the Federal Peniten
tiary in Atlanta as supervisor of
the spinning department of the
institutions textile mill. He will
begin his duties there Monday.
Mr. Worsham was supervisor
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Summerville Housewife
Has Open Heart Surgery
A Summerville housewife, Mrs. Walt Vernon, was
scheduled to undergo open heart surgery in Atlanta
Wednesday.
Surgeons hoped to successfully replace a valve in
Mrs. Vernon’s heart with a plastic valve, said members
of the family.
The 34-year-old mother had suffered a heart con
dition since having rheumatic fever while a child. Her
condition had become worse and doctors recently told
her that the open heart surgery was her only hope.
Mrs. Vernon, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Gravely of Lyerly, has a 14-year-old daughter, Sandra,
a student at Chattooga High School.
Members of the family this week appealed for the
prayers of Chattooga Countians.
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REP. JOHN DAVIS
Chattooga County has some
20 manufacturing plants with an
annual payroll over $12,500,000.
So shows the new 1964-65 Di
rectory of Manufactures for
Chattanooga and the Tri-State
Area. It was compiled by the In-
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DR. PAYNE
Dr. Payne
New Rotary
President
Dr. Marlin Payne, optometrist,
has been elected and installed as
the new president of the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club.
He succeeds Ed Surles, attor
ney.
Dr. William U. Hyden is the
new vice president. Ralph Spray
berry will continue as secretary
and John Stubbs will continue as
treasurer.