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VOLUME 79 — NUMBER 31
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NEW SCHOOL BUSES — W. H. Dean
supervisor of the Chattooga school bus
garage, stands by two of the new ve
hicles purchased this year for the Chat
tooga school system." Two other new
chassis have been purchased and old
bodies have been mounted on them. The
Students Getting
Back to Classrooms
Classes got underway Tuesday in the Chattooga school
system and they begin today in the Trion system.
Enrollment in the county system as of Wednesday was
3,ssß—about the same as last year.
Some 1,000 students are expected to enroll at Trion.
This is about the same as in
other recent years, states Trion
School Supt. A. J. Strickland.
Trion student hours will be the
same as in the past but teachers
will be required to put in eight
hours.
Trion teachers reported Mon
day for pre-planning work with
Sam McCain heading the high
school, R. H. Miller the elemen
tary school and Mrs. Virginia
Shropshire, Westside.
The Chattooga system will be
closed on Labor Day but the
Trion system will have classes
on that day.
ASC Balloting
Results Told
Some 700 of the 949 persons eligible to vote in the com
munity ASC elections cast ballots this month.
The balloting by mail has been completed and the re
sults announced by the ASC office in Summerville.
The county convention, to be attended by chairman of
the community committees serv
ing as delegates, will be held at
10 a.m. Friday.
Here are the results of the
elections with the chairman, vice
chairman, member, first alter
nate and second alternate listed
in that order:
Goldwater—Mark Strawn, Bob
Brison, George Hubler, P. B.
White and Paul Cook.
Dirttown—George Doster, W. C.
Packer, W. B. Morgan, Furman
Uncle Ned’s
Notes
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I been listenin’ to a lot ov
this political talk and I find
that folks is resentin’ some
ov these big shots tellin’ em
who to vote fer. Most folks feel
like I do, like they got enough
sense to make up their oivn
minds. It plain insults me fer
a feller to say “Now WE ivant
so-and-so elected.” HE may
but I may not.
They say there’s gona be a
lot of vote buyin’, toith hand
out of money or liquer. But
I can’t believe there’s very
meny candidates that will do
thet—jest a few maybe. And I
hope there ain’t many folks
that will sell their vote.
Too, folks is wunderin’ why
most commissioner candidates
is reluckant to tell who their
attorney will be. It mite hurt
some ov ’em if folks knew but
then it mite help sum of ’em.
Yep, we gona be hearin a
lot more political shenangins
tween now and Sept. 9 and
Sept. 23 when they hold the
runoffs. Myself, I'm not gona
pay a whole lot ov attention.
I’m jest gona vote fer the man
that I think best qualified.
Plan Now to Vote Both On Sept. 9 and Sept. 23 (in the Runoff)
completely new vehicles, above, both of
which are 60-passenger buses, go to
Lyerly and Subligna. The other two go
to Holland and Menlo. Chattooga School
Supt. James Spence points out that the
system has 22 school bus routes.
Wildlife Club
Announces
Two Events
The Chattooga Wildlife Club
has announced plans for two
events.
The first will be the monthly
meeting at 8 o’clock tonight
• Thursday) at the Recreation
Center.
The second will be a coon-on
the-log event at 2 p.m. Sunday
at the Wildlife Club lake.
Owens, James Lee.
Lyerly—John Fulton, A. W.
Vernon, Buddy Williams, Clar
ence Joyner, Grover Jackson Jr.
Summerville—Henry Woods,
John Shamblin, Leo Lanier,
M. J. Hogg, Tommy Fisher.
Teloga—L. B. Gilreath, Elgin
Keen, Paul Campbell, Bernard
Cordle, Henry Chappelear.
26 Miles In
Paving Grant
Slightly over 26 miles will be
paved or resurfaced under the
latest state grant for tar and
gravel.
Nearly 13 miles are in the
county at large and just over 13
are in the municipalities. The
$45,000 worth of paving will be
put down when final clearance
is given by the state. The county
will do the work.
In Summerville, sections of the
following streets will be paved
or resurfaced: Cemetery, Sel
man, Third, Fourth, Highland,
Seventh, Marvin, Hammond,
Ramey, Cleghorn, Scoggins, Bit-
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3 Hurt in
Lyerly Auto
Accident Fri.
(See photo inside)
Three persons were listed by
the State Patrol as injured in an
automobile collision just south
of Lyerly last Friday.
They were Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Raymond Estes, 1017
Rosedale Ave., Montgomery, Ala.
and Randy Jermone Touchstone,
25, Lyerly Route 1. Estes and
Touchstone were drivers of the
autos involved.
The Patrol said the Touch
stone car, going south on High
way 114, turned left into the
Holland Road in front of the
Estes car which was going north.
Mrs. Estes was listed as suf
fering a broken jaw and possible
back injuries. Mr. Estes, a minis
ter, and Touchstone both suf
fered lacerations. Mrs. Estes was
reportedly transferred from the
Trion Hospital to Erlanger, Chat
tanooga, where she underwent
surgery.
Although there were some re
ports of injuries to the Estes
children, the State Patrol said
it did not list them as injured.
tings, Kelly, Orchard Road, No
Name Circle, W. Washington,
Roberts, Lyerly, Union, Hill, Cox,
Kirby, Edmondson, Dunson and
Woods.
In Trion, sections of the fol
lowing streets will get treat
ment: Moore, Gray, Green
Meadow, Pine, S. Conway,
Eleventh, Tenth, Fifth, Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, Second, Geor
gia, Alabama, Shady Lane, Sun
set Lane, Riegel Drive, Sucker
Road, Elm, W. Pennville Road
and Conway.
In Menlo, sections of the fol
lowing will receive paving or re
surfacing: Eleventh, Bell, Edi
son, Sixth, Fifth, Wheatstone,
Sixth, Franklin, Morse, Church.
In Lyerly, sections of these
will receive treatment: Craw
ford, Railroad, Georgia, East
Cemetery Road and Cemetery
Drive.
In the county at large, sec
tions of the following roads will
receive treatment: Mountain
View, Plum, Dickeyville, Kellett,
Hames, Hamp Brewer, Bethel
Cemetery, North Sand Moun
tain, Johnson Cemetery and
Old Holland.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSD AY AUGUSI ’7, 1964
Jones Cuts Tax Rate
From 42 to 19% Mills
Get Absentee
Ballot Now
Get that absentee bal
lot now!
You’ll need it if you’re
(1) going to be away from
the county on Sept. 9 or
(2) if the doctor says
you’re not able to go to the
polls.
You’ll have to file in
writing with the Chat
tooga Board of Registrars
your request. Mrs. John
Echols is chief registrar
and you may call her for
details or check the Aug.
20 edition of The News.
The ballots must be
mailed back in time to be
counted on Sept. 9. Those
received after that date
will be destroyed, un
opened.
COUNTY FB PICNIC
SET FOR TONIGHT
The Chattooga Farm Bureau
will hold a family outing and
picnic this evening at the Chat
tooga Memorial Home.
The event will be at 6 p.m.,
states Stanley Selman, president.
Some 200 persons are ex
pected, he said
Chattooga Teachers
Hear Miss Monroe
The thing that distinguishes man from other animals
is his ability to think, to learn, to imagine, to remember.
But how will he spend his leisure time? On learning
or liquor? On Bach and Brahms or The Beatles and the
Beverly Hillbillies? — -
So questioned a Rome edu
cator, Miss Eleanor Monroe,
Monday when she spoke to
Chattooga County teachers as
sembled at Riegeldale Tavern,
Trion, for a Chattooga Educa
tion Assn, meeting.
“Why are we here today?” she
questioned.
She then pointed to man’s
distinction from other animals
and this nation’s development of
a public education system to
help him think.
“Man’s mind has made him
wondrous,” she said. “, . . but he
must remember that pleasure is
different from happiness.”
Miss Monroe, who is director
of guidance and public relations
for the Rome school system,
lashed out at what she called
regimentation in thinking in
this country.
“Why is regimentation wrong
in Germany and Russia and
right here?” she said.
It was necessary for the Amer-
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AT TEACHERS’ MEET — Miss Eleanor
Monroe of Rome, guest speaker at the
Chattooga Education Assn, meeting
Monday, is shown with Rex Cassidy
(left) president of the CEA and James
Chattooga Commissioner John Jones has set the 1964
tax levy at 19*4 mills. In 1963, it was more than twice
that — 42 mills.
The lower rate is made possible through the property
revaluation program just completed.
Neighbors
Involved in
Shooting Fri.
A Summerville man Is in an
Atlanta hospital in critical con
dition and another, his neighbor,
has been arrested in connection
with a shooting episode last
Friday afternoon on North Com
merce Street.
John Haygood was shot by
Clarence E. Watson during an
argument over their children
playing together, reports Police
Chief Griffin Pledger. Watson
was charged with assault with
intent to murder.
Haygood was shot three times
with a .38 caliber pistol, being
hit in the chest, side and hip,
said Chief Pledger. He was re
moved Saturday to a VA Hos
pital in Atlanta. There was a re
port that he had had a knife at
some point during the argu
ment. Only a driveway separates
the homes of the two men, it was
stated.
In the meantime, Chief Pledger
said he had been told by a mem
ber of the Henry Miller family
that a murder warrant had been
taken for Grady Jackson Brady
Jr., 21, who was involved in the
auto accident that caused Mr.
I Miller’s death.
ican public school system to
accept the challenge to educate
in order for self-government to
work, said the speaker.
Miss Monroe was Introduced
by Miss Frances Johnston, cur
riculum director for the Chat
tooga public school system. Rex
Cassidy, president of the CEA,
presided.
Chattooga School Supt. James
Spence, during brief remarks,
noted that the system will be
emphasizing reading in grades
seven through 12 this year, as
well as in the lower grades.
He said that each school is ex
pected to send a representative
to three reading clinics slated in
Calhoun and that the represent
ative will report back to the
other teachers. Spence termed
the reading emphasis “very
worthwhile”.
He pointed out that the
schools will be closed Labor
Day; that Gov. Sanders has
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Spence (right) Chattooga school super
intendent. Miss Monroe is director of
guidance and public relations for the
Rome school system.
The levy is expected to bring
in $318,448.38 which is about
$18,200 less than the 1963 budget.
Earlier, the Chattooga Board
of Education had set a 14-mill
rate and the state levy was
placed at one-fourth of a mill,
which means the total rate will
be 33(4 mills this year. Last year,
it was 64 mills.
Commissioner Jones’ levy in
cludes one-fourth of a mill to
retire hospital bonds. The other
is for the expenses of court,
county roads, public health, ad
ministration, public buildings
and bridges, county agricultural
and home demonstration agents,
old age assistance, needy blind,
dependent children and other
welfare aid, forest fire protec
tion, the regional library pro
gram and charity hospital pa
tients.
Mr. Jones’ budget calls for
total expenses this year to be as
follows:
Library, $4,190.
Hospital charity patients,
$16,760.
Forest fire protection, $4,190.
Old age assistance, needy
blind, dependent children and
other FACS (welfare) expendi
tures, $25,140.
County agricultural and home
demonstration agents, $4,190,
Paupers, $4,190.
Public health, $20,950.
County roads, $33,520.
Expenses of court, $20,950.
To build and repair public
buildings and bridges, $150,843.
To pay the principal and In
terest on hospital bonds, $5,995.
To pay the expenses of admin
istration of county government,
$33,520.
The net (after homestead ex
emptions) tax digest this year
was slightly more than double
what it was last year, going up
from some $8 million to over sl6
million. It went up primarily be
cause property was re-appraised
at 100 per cent of value and
property which had not pre
viously been on the books was
added. Although property is
valued at 100 per cent, taxes are
levied against only 40 per cent
of the total minus homestead
exemptions.
GOP to Enter Man
In Senator’s Race
A former Chattooga Countian,
Clayton W. Peacock Jr., of La-
Fayette, has announced he will
be a Republican candidate for
state senator of the 53rd District
in November.
S. A. (Bubba) Dunson, a for
mer mayor of Summerville, and
Joseph E. (Bo» Loggins, now
state senator, are both seeking
the Democratic nomination and
this will be decided Sept. 9.
The 53rd Senatorial District
Tour /96 / County Taxes
How to Figure Your Own
(first of a series)
Want to know how much your county tax will be
this year?
You won’t have to wait for that little notice from
the tax collector. Now that both the county commis
sioner and the Chattooga Board of Education have set
the tax rate, you can figure your own right now:
(1.) Get the last notice you received from the Board
of Tax Assessors, the paper which stated the “assessed”
value.
(2.) Figure the bonds. Your homestead exemption
doesn’t count here. So multiply the “assessed” value of
your property times the bonds — $2.25 per thousand
If your assessment is $3,000, you will pay $6.75 for the
bonds.
(3.) Deduct your $2,000 homestead exemption if
you live in your house. If your assessment is $3,000, you
have SI,OOO left on which to pay the remaining 31 mills
This would come to s3l, of course.
So yo ? would pay the s 3l P lus the bond amount,
$6.75—a total of $37.75.
Sept. 23 Runoff
Likely in County
Just two weeks after Chattoogans go to the polls for
the state-county Democratic primary, they are very likely
to traipse back for runoff votes. The runoff date will be
Sept. 23.
are seven races in which runoffs could develop:
Riegel
Announces
Wage Raise
A wage raise for Trion em
employes of Riegel Textile Corp,
has been announced by P. H. Da
vid, general manager.
The raise will be effective
Sept. 13, it was stated.
Rates for the various employes
will be announced by the super
visors, Mr. David noted.
covers Chattooga, Dade and
Walker Counties.
Peacock, 45, operates a La-
Fayette loan and brokerage busi
ness. He was formally nomi
nated Saturday by the Georgia
State Republican Central Com
mittee in Atlanta,
Bill Rhyne Jr., of LaFayette,
chairman of the Walker County
Republican Central Committee,
said petitions are now being
prepared and that signatures of
five per cent of the voters in the
three counties will be obtained
to place Peacock’s name on the
November ballot. Rhyne said the
Republicans decided to enter the
race because of the strong tide
of support for Presidential can
didate Barry Goldwater, the
campaign of Ed Chapin for Con
gress and because of the fact
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Welfare Checks Cannot*
Be Affected by Vote
Recipients of welfare aid in Chattooga County are
reminded that there can be no reprisals against them
because of the way they vote.
This is strictly forbidden, said a spokesman for the
Chattooga Department of Family and Children’s Serv
ices (formerly Chattooga Welfare Dept.) this week.
Those who receive welfare checks need have no fear
that their checks will be cut out or altered on the basis
of the way they vote in any election, it was stated.
Although the list of welfare recipients is open to
the public, any person looking at the list must sign a
sworn statement certifying that he or she has “no
thought or intent of using this information for political
or commercial purposes, nor will (I) use the names for
said purposes”.
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Commissioner, sheriff, circuit
junior Judge, coroner, clerk of
court, Summerville justice of the
peace and Trion constable.
With six men In the race for
commissioner, there is every
likelihood of a runoff there.
Under a new law, a man must
receive over half the votes to be
elected—he cannot simply re
ceive more than each of the
other candidates. Running for
commissioner are Claude Baker,
Carl Hammond, John Jones, Le
roy Massey, Harry Powell and
Will Stephenson.
There also is a possibility of
a runoff in the sheriff’s race.
John Frank McConnell, Fred
Stewart and Paul White are
vying for the sheriff’s post and
many spectators believe there
may be a runoff here.
Robert Coker, T. J. ESpy and
Cecil Palmour are running for
the new Junior judgship of the
Lookout Judicial Circuit (Chat
tooga. Catoosa, Dade and Walker
Counties) and some observers
predict a runoff in this race.
The coroner's race has four
candidates—Ed Hunter, Erwin
Millard, Clifford Norton and
Roosevelt Young.
The clerk of court campaign
features three candidates—Sam
Cordle, Milton Nuckolls and
Arch Warren.
The Summerville JP race has
nine candidates—Sanford (Pat)
Allen Jr., John Brock, James E.
Crouch, George E. Dean, William
Eilenburg, G. J. McGraw Jr.,
Levi F. McGraw, Pat McKeehan
and Joe Frank Thomason.
The Trion constable race
has four candidates—Robert H.
Akins, Howard (Snag) Barnette,
Herman Cook and Henry Hick
man.
But candidates in several other
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