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The Summerville News, Thursday, August 6, 19f>4
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DAVID T. ESPY
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By Elbert Forester
LINCOLN-KENNEDY Since
this is “Presidential Year”, the
following might be interesting
No doubt, many of our
readers have already "clipped"
the item, but am passing along,
nevertheless:
Both of our Presidents, Lin
coln and Kennedy were con
cerned with the issue of Civil
Rights.
Lincoln was elected in 1860
. . Kennedy in 1960.
Both were slain on Friday
and in the presence of their
wives.
Their successors, both named
Johnson, were Southerners,
Democratic and had previously
served in the U. S Senate.
Andrew Johnson was born
1808, L B Johnson, 1908.
John Wilkes Booth was born
in 1839, Lee Harvey Oswald in
1939
Both Booth and Oswald mur
dered before trials could be ar
ranged
Booth and Oswald were
Southerners favoring unpopu
lar ideas.
Both Presidents’ wives lost
children through death while
residing in the White House.
Lincoln's secretary who s <•
name was Kennedy, advised
him not to go to the theater,
and President Kennedy's sec
retary, whose name was Lin
coln, advised him not to go to
Dallas. (Something to think
about right?)
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up the following lines, and for I
the love of me, don't know who
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310
Summerville, Georgia
press a "dead right” truth, in
my thinking:
“You have no enemies, you
say? Alas' my friend, the boast
is poor—He who has mingled
in the fray of duty, that the
brave endure, must have made
foes! If you have non, small is
the work that you have done;
you’ve hit no traitor on the
hip; you’ve dashed no cup from
perjured lip; you’ve never:
turned the wrong to right—
You’ve been a coward in the
fight!”
MY NEIGHBOR SAYS- It is
always an inspiration to meet
a millionaire who has money.
(Agree i As a matter of fact, it
is always a good idea to count
your "assets”. If you have a
clear conscience and a good
liver If you have three good
friends and a happy home and
your heart has kept its youth
and your soul its honesty with
your fellowmen, speak openly
and not behind a man’s back
... If you can do this, then
you “might nigh” can be
counted as one of life’s million
aires.
•TIS TRUE Life itself can’t,
give you joy. unless you really
will it. Life just gives you time
and space and it's up to you
to fill it.
AFTERTHOUGHT Said the
Parson "I am sorry to hear
that your matrimonial troubles
have begun so early: but you
must remember that you took
your bride for better or for
worse." "Yes, parson, but she’s
worse than I took her for,”
came the reply.
LEO AIKMAN, (Atlanta Con-
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NATION A I EDITORIAL
’ I I As^bc<kATl/lN
stitution)—The minister faced
the Sunday morning congrega
tion and said, "My friends, in
my haste to leave home this
morning, I forgot to bring my
sermon notes. I shall have to
depend upon the Lord for
guidance. At the evening serv
ice, I promise to be better pre
pared.”
PESSIMIST NO 1 Old Bill
Jones was an incurable grum
bler. Nothing pleased him But
last autumn, his neighbor saw
that excellent apple crop on
the place and figured at last
he had found one thing Jones
could not complain about.
“Well, Bill," he said friendly
like to Jones one morning, “I
know you must be happy about
your apple crop. Every one of
the apples looks perfect!”
Jones glared at him as he
replied, “Oh. I guess they’ll do
—but where’s the rotten'uns
to feed to the pigs?” (So it
goes just like the one who
grumbled most about the serv
ice on a train trip—he was
riding on a free pass.)
AFTERTHOUGHT — The fa
ther asked his daughter if the
young man calling on her was
serious. “He must be,” was the
girl’s reply, “He asked how ;
much I make, what kind of
meals we have, and if you and
Mother are hard to live with."
'TIS TRUE All things come
to him who crosses the street
without looking both ways.
(You can say that again.)
SUMMERVILLE There used
to be a song, “Everybody works
but father, and he sits around
all day." Well, not so in Sum
merville Friday a.m. . . . Every
body, including father, the
baby, and everybody busy as
switch engines So much hap
pening already well reported
in the 16 pages of The News
just won’t mention. New job
shop ।air conditioned,) added,
machine:; running . . Big and
little jobs being turned out at
a rapid gate ... So rapid that
this Scribe "moved on" as
quickly as possible, lest I get
in the way By the way, I
learned th a t Joan refused
flatly to allow her name placed
on any ballot as a “write-in.”
"Don’t have time to fool with a
public office," she said. A tre
mendous "Publishing Plant", I
say. 'Bout to forget Editor
Helen was at home finishing
up the late turnip patch. A
warm welcome in the Parham
home Jeanette and the girls;
and of course Riley. Phil was
running the business down
town.
SUMMING UP Just every
thing in NW Ga humming-
Spirits high and wheels of
progress rolling and growing
like a Georgia pine.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEAK
Too many people are sitting
on their premises instead of
standing on their promises.
Right? Kight!
MENLO. TH ION
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Summerville doesn't enter. Trion
and Menlo will play Tuesday
night, using the same hours as
tonight
I
J. W. Kings
In Science
Institute
Two Summerville school teach
ers are enrolled in Alabama Col
lege’s 1964 Summer Science In
stitute for high school science
and mathematics instructors.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. King
Jr., both faculty members at
Chattooga County High School,
were selected to participate in
this year’s program and are cur
rently completing the second of
two summer terms at AC.
The ten-week program of ad
vanced studies, carried out
under a National Science Foun
dation grant, is in its eighth
summer of operation at the lib
eral arts college in Montevallo.
Directing the 1964 group is Dr.
David J Cotter, associate pro
fessor of biology.
The husband-wife team from
Summerville in this year’s pro
gram are leading figures in
school and community activities.
Mr. King is a graduate of
Presbyterian College at Clinton,
S. C., where he received his BS
degree, and he did further
studies at Shorter College in
Rome.
Mrs. King is also a graduate
of Presbyterian, having attended
Converse College at Spartan
burg, S. C., earlier. Both are
attending their third NSF-spon
sored institute at Alabama Col
lege, and Mrs. King is a candi
date for the Master of Arts in
teaching degree this year.
Both are mathematics teach
ers at Chattooga County High.
The King family includes daugh
ters Betsy, are 15; Mary Elliott,
age 13; and Lucy, 9.
Efficiency of
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through with $17,900.
In 1961, the situation was even
worse. The original loss was
$33,400 and the county’s grant
was only $5,900 which reduced it
to $27,400,
Although the hospital had
more income and the highest
occupancy in its history in 1960,
it still lost $8,485. There was no
county grant that year, although
the county did pay for insur
ance and gas and oil and, of
course, paid toward the care of
charity patients.
THE HOSPITAL must be sur
veyed regularly for licensing
and/or accreditation purposes.
The Georgia Department of
Public Health “licenses” hospi
tals and the Georgia Hospital-
Med ic a 1 Council “accredits"
them.
The Council, which met July
26 this year, voted to approve
the Chattooga hospital for a
three- year accreditation. Milton
D. Krueger, secretary, said in a
letter to Mr. Gilkeson dated
Aug. 3.
The Department of Public
Health has licensed the Chat
tooga Hospital and in its Dec.
17. 1963 report noted:
It was “gratified” to learn of
by-laws being adopted by the
medical staff; that an approved
type enclosure for the storage of
flammable gas should be built;
that floors in the surgery area
should be recovered; that
"much-needed minor mainte
nance work” was being accom
plished and that it should be
continued until the hospital is
brought “into a state of good re
pair”; that much progress has
been made toward bringing
housekeeping standards up to
standard “Continued concen
trated efforts should be put
forth in this area so as to
achieve and maintain desirable
hospital standards.”
RUMORS THAT D O C TORS
here have been dissatisfied with
some phases of the hospital pro
gram are verified by minutes of
the Hospital Authority meetings.
At a Jan. 30. 1962 meeting, a
physician speaking for the medi
cal group said, according to the
minutes, that doctors here "felt
that unless patient care was im
proved they could not admit i
their patients to Chattooga
County Hospital” It has been
felt by some observers that one
reason for the low patient load
has been the doctors' reluctance
to admit patients.
The doctor made these spe
cific criticisms at that time:
1. Lack of a sufficient number
of qualified personnel.
2. Lack of overall supervision
of training of nursing personnel.
3. Assignment of unqualified
nursing personnel to care for
seriously ill patients.
It was emphasized that the
complaint of the doctors "was
not to be construed as a blanket
indictment ot all nursing per
sonnel because the hospital has
some very good ones on its;
staff." stated the minutes.
The doctor said that nurses
were “switched around without
knowing where equipment and
supplies were kept for immedi
ate access and were not always
briefed on their responsibilities "
He added that the hospital had
a very good laboratory and
X ray department, that the ।
Indians Begin Practice
Mon, Under New Coaches
By RONALD TAYLOR
Coach Edward Hicks will begin
his reign as Chattooga High’s
new head coach when the In
dians begin their series of all
day, camp-style practice sessions
Monday.
Coach Hicks, who will handle
most of the defense for the In
dians, will be backed up by Jim
Mullins, who will be mainly re
snonsible for the offense, Jack
Shamblin, who will probably
handle the ends and backfield,
A. E. Scoggins, who will have
charge of the junior varsity, and
Bill Moore, who will lead the
junior high team. Os his staff,
Coach Hicks said: “I am ex
tremely well pleased with the
coaching staff and their poten
tial.”
Assitant Coach Mullins de
scribed the proposed all-day ses
sions as follows: “At 8 a.m. the
boys are to report to the gym
and begin dressing. By 8:15 they
are to be on the field ready to
‘go get it’. The actual morning
workout, which will be devotedi
THS Fieldhouse Underway;
1964 Schedule Announced
Work has begun on the dress
ing rooms building for the Trion
High football field.
The project is sponsored by
the 50-Yard Club which has re
ceived community-wide support.
However, more financing is
needed and contributions should
be sent to Referee Roy Bryan.
The season will open in La-
Fayette August 28. Players will
meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at
the gym.
Gordon Jones is head coach
technician in charge had saved
the hospital money and had
spent possibly S4OO of her own
money buying laboratory equip- |
ment.”
ON AT LEAST two other occa
sions, the medical staff (doc
tors) has made suggestions to ■
the Hospital' Authority for im- i
provements.
One of these was on Jan. 17.
1961. At that time, the doctors
suggested:
1. That an impartial investi
gation be made of hospital op
erations.
2. That a medical doctor be i
added to the Authority Board, as
an ex officio member, not nec
essarily as a voting member.
“Inadequate laboratory serv
ice. a general lack of organiza
tion, and inadequately trained
personnel" on one shift were also
discussed by the physicians.
Another Hospital Authority
meeting at which doctors asked
for improvements was on March
15, 1955. At that time some 10
suggestions were made. One in
cluded getting a full-time dieti
cian. which was later done. An
other suggested a heated serving
wagon to keep the food warm
until it is delivered to the pa
tient.
The Hospital Authority each
time discussed the various!
recommendations. Some were
adopted. Some were not.
Although the doctors haven’t
expressed themselves publicly on
the situation recently, it is
understood they may issue a
statement on the matter in the
near future.
RECORDS SHOW that the
Chattooga Hospital Authority
board frequently lacks a quorum
and thus cannot conduct busi
ness. Make-up meetings are not
normally held.
In 1962, no quorum was pres
ent in March, May, July, October
or December.
In 1963, no quorum was pres
ent in January, July, August.
October or December,
So far in 1964. no quorum was
present in February or May.
Meetings are scheduled for
7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesdays
of each month at the Hospital;
library. Members serve without
compensation and are on a self- ■
perpetuating basis. A new law ’
would have permitted them to be
chosen from a list submitted by
the governing authority (com
missioner) but the board passed!
a resolution to continue on a self
perpetuating basis. In addition ■
to the vacancy created when Mr
Dalton resigned last month, the
board also has another vacancy;
created when George Kling re
signed last year.
ALTHOUGH NO ONE’S hon
esty has been questioned, there
have been questions about the
efficiency of the administration
which includes both the admin- I
istrator and the hospital board
The grand jury is among those
who have done so.
An investigation of the min-i
utes shows no copies of a budget
for any year although there are ;
monthly financial reports, giving
some financial information.
When questioned about
budgets, hospital officials ap
peared vague. One referred to a
request submitted to the County
Commissioner in the form of a
letter as a “budget".
A member of the board said
the “budgets" are submitted by
the administrator directly to the
county commissioner, instead of
to the Hospital Board as would
be expected. When asked if they
; to shorts and T-shirts the first
week, will last for an hour and
forty-five minutes. After the
workout, the boys will return to
I the gym where they will be di
i vided into groups for board talks.
I Each group will concentrate bn
one particular phase of football.
The groups will alternate every
30 minutes in order to give each
group an overall picture of the
proposed offensive and defen
sive set-up.
“The board talks will end at
11:30 and the boys will at this
time shower and prepare for
lunch, which will be served in
the cafeteria from 12 to 1 p.m.
“The boys return to the gym
at 1 p.m. where one of the
coaches will show films of future
opponents and films from col
leges who use an attack similar
to the one the coaches are hop
ing to introduce at Chattooga.
While the films are being shown,
the other coaches will work with
the junior varsity, which will
attend the 1 to 3 p.m. portion of
the practice sessions only.
and he will be assisted by Billy
Hays.
Here is the schedule:
LaFayette. Aug. 28, there.
Bremen, Sept. 4, here.
North Whitfield, Sept. 11, there.
Summerville, Sept. 18, here.
Armuchee, Sept. 25, there.
Coosa, Oct. 2, here.
Dade County, Oct. 9, here.
Chattanooga Valley, Oct. 16,
there.
Model, Oct. 23, here.
Gordon Lee, Oct. 30, there.
Mrs. Pinkie
McKeehan’s
Funeral Held
Mrs. Pinkie Bowman McKee
han, age 72, resident of Route
1, Menlo, died at 6 p.m. Wednes
day. She was preceded in death
by her husband, the late Charley
McKeehan, on September 3. 1960.
Survivors include: One daugh
ter, Miss Edna McKeehan,
Menlo; three sons, Troy Lee and
Fred McKeehan. both of Menlo
and Eugene McKeehan, La-
Fayette; two grandsons. Derrell
and Stanley McKeehan, both of
LaFayette; three sisters, Mrs.
Dave Deering, Cloudland; Mrs.
Will Hester, Menlo, and Mrs.
C. A. Burgess. Wilmington, Ala.;
three brothers, Gus Woodson
and John Bowman, both of
Jamestown, Ala., and Anderson
Bowman, Menlo.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 11 a.m. from Menlo
Methodist Church, where Mrs.
McKeehan was a member, with
Rev. F. Eugene Gilreath offi
ciating. Burial followed in the
Ami Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were the
following nephews: Buddy Hes
ter. Johnny Hester. Bill Deering,
Bobby Deering, Carlton Magnu
son and L. D. Chaplear.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS TO PASS
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time.
Davis is the only person
named from Chattooga County.
Dean Covington, of Floyd Coun
ty. and Mrs. M. Neil Andrews, of
LaFayette, have been named
and Dr. Charles T. Williams, of
Rome, has been named as alter
nate.
EX-PROS TO
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Lookouts and Broome was in the
Southern League.
Tickets at $1 each are avail
able from Brown. The event will
be at Engel Stadium.
are not first approved by the
hospital board, he replied he
didn't think so. However, so far
as can be determined by this
newspaper, no formal budgets
have ever been presented either
to the board or to the commis
sioner. And these requests ap
parently are usually handled by
the administrator without any
action by the hospital board,
unless it was blanket authority
given at some time in the past.
For instance, at the July meeting
no mention was made of asking
for a county grant. But last
week, the administrator went to
the commissioner and sought
one.
THE QUESTION remains:
What is the real story at the
Chattooga Hospital?
Perhaps there is no one an
swer. But a statement by a
member of the Hospital Board
itself paints a picture of the
situation.
"... I wouldn't go to this hos
pital,” he said.
It never occurs to some people
that other people have sense
enough to manage their own
affairs.
i “At 3. the boys will begin dres
sing once again. Board talks
will be on tap once more from
3 to 4 p.m. At 4. the boys will re
; turn to the field for another
workout. From 5:45 until 6. the
Indians will work on the kicking
phase of the game. The day’s
practice will end at 6.
Coach Hicks is devoting much
of his efforts to building team
spirit and pride. A number of
things are being done to further
this desire for spirit and pride.
One example is the marking of
helmets according to whether a
person plays offense, defense, or
goes both ways. The offensive
specialists will wear helmets
with red stripes, the defensive
specialists will wear helmets
with black stripes, and the boys
who go both ways will wear hel
mets having both red and black
stripes.
If the efforts of Coach Hicks
and his staff work out, the peo
ple of Chattooga County can be
I assured of a fine team and a
1 fine season.
Hurley’s Falls
In Tourney
Hurley’s lost 8-3 in the open
slow pitch men’s softball tourna
ment in Cartersville.
They were defeated by the
Rome group.
This event concludes the 1964
season.
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Here Saturday
The famous Black Monsters
will be in town Saturday night
to meet the all-conquering team
of Jackie and Don Fargo.
This battle of TV stars will
headline the card at the Chat
tooga High football field, but if
it rains, matches will switch to
the CHS gym to be an explosive
affair.
Sponsored by the Citizens
Athletic Association, with Nick
Gulas, Roy Welch and Harry
Thornton as matchmakers, the
card will start at 8:15 p.m.
Scheduled to clash in the
opener are Gene Dundee and
Steve Kovac.
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