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VOLUME 79 —NUMBER 42
New Youth Group to
Aid Needy Children
Gore to
Subligna
Road Set
A wider, straighter road lead
ing from Gore toward Subligna
for five miles will be built next
year.
The State Highway Depart
ment has told County Commis
sioner John Jones to proceed
with obtaining rights of way for
the federal aid secondary road.
The county will finance the
rights of way purchases and the
state and federal governments
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Trion School
Board Eyes
New Budget
The Trion Board of Education
began preliminary work Tuesday
night on its budget.
The budget will be presented
to the Trion City Council early
next year for action.
Routine matters were discussed
at the monthly meeting, includ
ing notice that the state had re
imbursed the system for water
pipe work done at Westside
School.
Armuchee Creek
Project Underway
The Armuchee Creek flood
control project got underway
Friday in Floyd and Chattooga
Counties.
Launching of the project in
volved a dynamite charge blast
ing dirt and wooden debris as
part of a formal dedication on
Hugh Johnson’s “J-Ranch” in
Floyd County, overlooking the
creek.
Rep. John W. Davis, of Sum
merville, was the keynote speak
er, and Sen. Richard B. Russell
was also on the program. An
other speaker was Maj. Gen.
A. C. Welling, division head of
the U. S. Corps of Engineers.
Some 150 persons attended the
YOUNG PARHAM
SUFFERS BROKEN
NECK IN ACCIDENT
A 17-year-old Summerville
boy, Frank Parham, is in a
Chattanooga hospital this
week, suffering from a
broken neck received in an
automobile accident.
He is expected to remain in
traction six to eight weeks and
may have to then be put in a
cast, said members of the family
Wednesday. Frank is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Parham, of
Summerville.
Also injured in the wreck, but
not seriously, was Frank’s first
cousin, Johnny Mack Tate, of
Cloudland. He was expected to
be released from the Fort Payne,
Ala. hospital at mid-week. Young
Parham was transferred from
the Alabama hospital to Erlanger
in Chattanooga Tuesday.
The accident occurred Satur
day night on Lookout Mountain
near Mentone, Ala. and no other
cars or persons were involved.
Tate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Tate, reportedly was driving
a 1965 model Mustang. He
said a car sideswiped him and
he lost control. The vehicle
rolled over numerous times down
the side of the road, finally
coming 19 rest upside down and
throwing both boys out. Parham
was thrown near a white fence
that surrouna* a summer camp
on the mountain- The car was
totally demolished/
Frank, a senior at Chattooga
High School, sulfereft a shat
tered fifth vertebrae and some
cuts on one hand. It was <3Ot be
lieved he suliered any other
broken bones.
Band Instruments
To Be Shown in Trion
Trion High Band Director
John Carruth has announced
that a showing of band instru
ments will take place at 7:30
p.m. Monday at the Band Room.
Interested parents may either
purchase or rent instruments, it
was staled.
A plan to provide clothing for needy school children.
A plan to insure that no Chattooga County school
child would fail to have a lunch because of lack of money.
These two immediate goals were set by the new Chat
tooga County Advisory Committee for Children and Youth
Thursday night in a meeting at
the Georgia Power Company of
fices.
Officials of the committee said
this week that work is already
underway to accomplish these
goals.
James Richie heads the newly
formed committee.
Speaker at the meeting last
week was Dr. E. C. Martin, super
intendent of the Cartersville
school system. His system is the
first to qualify for the new work
study program available under
the Economic Opportunity (anti
poverty > Act. Under this pro
gram, needy students may work
about the campus to earn funds
for remaining in school.
One of the long-range goals of
the Chattooga Committee will be
to apply for a similar program
here. County School Supt. James
Spence, who introduced Dr. Mar
tin, was named chairman of a
committee to draw up a plan and
present it to the committee and
the Chattooga Board of Educa
tion.
The Committee proposes to aid
children and youth of the com
munity by working with such
groups as the Family and Chil
dren’s Services, municipalities,
recreation boards, boards of edu
cation, courts, civic organiza
tions, juvenile officers, etc.
dedication.
Davis praised the inter-county
and city-county cooperation in
volved in the project. Aim of the
Hood control work will be to pre
vent flooding of farmlands along
the Creek in both counties.
The $76,000 project will be
handled by the Appalachian
Contracting Co. of Robbinsville,
N. C.
A barbecue sponsored by the
North Floyd Ruritan Club and
the Waterways Committee of the
Rome-Floyd County Chamber of
Commerce followed the dedica
tion.
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THE SPARK THAT LED TO VICTORY?
—Trion Midgets Co-Captains Gary
Witt (left) and Dennis Campbell each
plant a kiss on the checks of pretty Nan
Florence, who was crowned Little Cotton
Bowl queen Thursday night in pre-game
New Station
Beinu Erected
By Ga. Power
A new sub-station is under
construction by Georgia Power
Company on the Bolling Road, a
short distance from the Lyerly
Road intersection.
It will serve that area, includ
ing the new Chattooga High
School and will provide more
voltage.
Construction is being handled
by a Georgia Power Co. crew
from Atlanta.
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Autopsy
Performed
On Child
An autopsy has been per
formed in connection with the
death of an eight-months-old
Chattooga County child, Edna
Louise Ledford.
Coroner Roosevelt Young said
the autopsy was performed by
Dr. C. A. Clements, county medi
cal examiner, Saturday after
noon. No report has yet been re
ceived from the State Crime
Laboratory, he said. No inquest
can be held until after this re
port is received.
The child died at her home at
12:30 p.m. Saturday. She is the
daughter of Lelia Ruth Ledford,
Summerville Route 3, and the
grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Hamby and Lester Ledford, all
of Summerville. There are no
other survivors.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Monday at the Chelsea
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Robert Patterson officiating. In
terment was in Garrett Ceme
tery. Pallbearers were Mack
Blackman and Clarence White.
Erwin Funeral Home was in
charge.
Two Flee Scene
Os Accidents
Two auto accidents occurred in
Chattooga County during the
past week in which one of the
parties involved left the scene.
One happened at 12:05 a.m.
Friday nearly two miles north of
Trion on U. S. 27 and the party
leaving the scene afoot was driv
ing a 1956 Ford. The other party
involved here was Charlie Swan
son, 22, Ashville, Tenn., and the
only person injured was Patsy
Swanson, age 23, a passenger in
the Swanson car. She suffered a
laceration over the right eye. The
State Patrol said the party which
left the scene was apparently
trying to make a left turn in
front of the other vehicle.
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Groups Invited to Enter Floats
In Festive Christinas Parade
Would your church or club group like to enter a float in
the Christmas parade in Summerville November 28?
If so, contact Mrs. Emory Alexander, 857-7671. Prizes
of $25, sls and $lO will be given.
In the meantime, Mrs. Alexander reports that plans lor
the gala parade are moving along well.
The Summerville Retail Merchants Association, which is
sponsoring the parade, also is sponsoring a give-away during
December.
A color television and several SIOO cash prizes will be giv
en. The give-aways will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.
12, and Saturday, Dec. 19, and at 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, Dec. 21-23. All will be at the courthouse.
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1964
Old Trion Store
Damaged By
Fire Sunday
A second floor section of the
old Trion Department Store was
damaged by fire Sunday after
noon.
A lighting system above the
office of C. C. Cobb, assistant
general manager and Grey Mill
superintendent, was believed to
have caused the blaze.
The Trion Fire Department
worked about one and one-half
hours on the fire. Most of the
damage was caused by smoke
and water and only the section
at Mr. Cobb’s offices had this
damage.
The blaze was discovered when
smoke poured from the building.
The structure houses the Grey
Mill offices and the Methods
and Standards Department. The
store was closed when The Tri
angle Shopping Center was
opened three years ago.
Spence and
Strickland
Attend Confab
Chattooga School Supt. James
Spence and Trion School Supt.
A. J. Strickland were among the
1,200 officials attending the sec
ond annual Governor’s Confer
ence on Education last week in
Atlanta.
Mr. Strickland, one of three
representing the school admin
istrators’ organization on' a
study committee, attended a
meeting of that 21-member com
mittee Thursday evening.
The governor challenged the
group to plan ahead in educa
tion.
“I ask you today, on behalf of
the people of Georgia and gen
erations of future students, to
look at what we have done, and
then to discover what we should
do next.”
‘‘Two years ago,” Sanders told
the conference, “I pledged to
make the Georgia child the star
of the Sanders administration.
To the best of my ability, he hut
been given the starring role.
“I pledge to you now that I
will do everything within my
power as Governor, and as a
father, to continue to make the
future of our star a bright one.
“I warn you that we must be
prepared to make sacrifices and
hard decisions if our commitment
to qualify education is to be ful
filled ... I will do my best, but
I need your help.”
Gov. Sanders said Georgia now
has the best new school legisla
tion in the Southeast but still
needs more school funds.
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ceremonies. The boys then went on to
lead their teams to a 21-20 victory over
Alto Park. Some observers have been
wondering if the above treat provided
the spark that led to the Trion win!
/See additional photo and story on sports page/.
Shopping Center
Planned in S’ville
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WILLOW SPRINGS BEING COVERED
—This was the scene Wednesday as
workmen built a concrete slab over Wil
low (Cleghorn) Springs in Summerville.
1,500 COUNTIANS TO BE
‘RICHER’ THIS FRIDAY
Some 1,500 Chattooga Countians will be richer
come Friday of this week.
Christmas savings accounts will be paid at that
time and the average saver will get $162. The total to
be paid is $256,609, a record figure. The total surpasses
last year’s savings by nearly $22,000.
Many observers consider this a good gauge of busi
ness conditions in the county.
A majority of the accounts were handled through
the Riegel Textile Corp.’s Trion Division which deducts
the savings from the payroll at the employe’s discre
tion.
Hospital Finances
Aired at Board Meet
Finances were aired and committees established Tues
day night when the new Chattooga Hospital administrator,
Barry Collins, met with the Chattooga Hospital Authority
in its monthly meeting.
Nearly $45,000 is owed by the hospital, Mr. Collins re-
ported, noting that he had just
completed a study of the matter.
The exact total, he said, is $44,-
829.05.
Mr. Collins said he is compiling
figures to show exactly how
much is owed to the hospital by
former patients but said this
study isn’t yet complete. It has
been estimated at $60,000.
In the meantime, plans were
made for the doctors to push
efforts to get through pending
insurance claims so the hospital
can get in that money.
Another plan was for the new
finance committee to meet
with County Commissioner John
Jones as soon as an appointment
could be arranged. Members of
this committee are J. P. Smith,
Mark Strawn and George Doster.
Other committees named were:
Executive committee, Chairman
Harry Lee McGinnis and Vice
Chairman. Doster; building and
maintenance committee, Dewey
Hammond and Glenn Hendrix;
and Joint conference committee,
Mr. Smith and Dr. H. E. Spivey.
Collins reported the hospital
continues to have a low occu
pancy but noted that this is
usually true Just before a holi
day because people contem
plating surgery usually put it off
until after holidays if possible.
Prim Brotherhood
To Meet Saturday
The Pennville Baptist Brother
hood will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sat
urday at Mi-Place Case.
The Rev. Robert Smith, pastor
of the South Summerville Bap
tist Church, will be the speaker.
Members and their wives and
women of the Women's Mission
ary Union and their husbands
are invited. Reservations should
be made with Shorty Hawkins no
later than Friday evening.
The step was taken in preparation for
development of a shopping center at
the site. The water will be piped into the
creek through a tile.
Triangle Merchants to Start
Giving Out Tickets Monday
Triangle Shopping Center merchants Monday will begin
giving tickets on their S4OO Christmas-time give-away.
The prizes will be given at 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays, Nov.
28, Dec. 5, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. A SIOO cash prize will be of
fered on each date but if you aren’t present the prize will drop
to only $25 and the remainder will go into a final, larger
award to be given on Dec. 19.
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WHO'LL GET THE STOCKING?—That’s what Fay
Hurley (left; and Bill Morgan (right) of the Triangle
Merchants Assn, are wondering as they drop in one of
the cash prizes to be given away in December at the
Center. A total of S4OO will be given.
McCalmon
Resigns for
Griffin Job
Grady McCalmon, superin
tendent of the Summerville Rec
reation Dept., has resigned to
accept a position as superintend
ent of the Griffin Recreation
Department.
The resignation is effective
Nov. 30.
Mr. McCalmon has served the
Summerville Center for three
years.
In his new position, he will
head the Griffin program and
will have 12 full-time staff mem
bers working under him. The
City of Griffin has a 42-acre rec
reation development, including
an 18-hole golf course.
Hubert Johnson, chairman of
the Summerville Recreation
Board, said this week no replace
ment for McCalmon has been
made. The resignation was sub
mitted at a meeting of the board
Wednesday night. Other mem
bers are Lambert Jones, Everett
Lunsford, Hugh Shamblin and
Bob Little.
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Negotiations are under
way for establishment of a
shopping center in Sum
merville at the old Cleghorn
place.
A super market has already
signed to be a part of the center
and at least three other stores
will be built, George Baker, the
developer, said Wednesday. The
site has nearly two acres.
Mr. Baker said he also is
negotiating for an adjacent piece
of property belonging to the Sel
man Estate but that this hasn’t
yet been worked out. If this
should develop, he said, the cen
ter would have seven or eight
stores.
Workmen were busy Wednes
day building a concrete slab over
historic Willow Springs, located
on the property. It feeds into the
"Town Creek”.
The Cleghorn home burned
some two years ago after the
property was sold by Mrs. John
S. Cleghorn. Later, a service sta
tion was built in one corner
facing Commerce Street. It will
remain.
Thanksgiving
Awaited Amidst
Balmy Weather
Amidst spring-like weather,
Chattooga Countians are looking
forward to Thanksgiving which
occurs a week from today.
It appeared likely, however,
that the balmly weather would
be a thing of the past by the
time Thanksgiving arrives.
Showers, which had threatened
several times in recent days, be
gan in earnest Wednesday after
noon and there was a forecast
of colder weather.
Both Menlo and Summerville
have announced plans for
Thanksgiving church services.
The Menlo community service
will be on Wednesday night at
the Methodist Church with a fel
lowship supper at 7 p.m. and a
message at 8 p.m. The Rev. Don
ald Hyde, pastor of the Menlo
Presbyterian Church, will be the
speaker. Willard Brown will
have charge of the music.
The Summerville community
service will be at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Summerville
Methodist Church. The Rev.
William Hotchkiss, pastor of
the Summerville Presbyterian
Church, will speak.
Schools, government offices,
the bank, post offices and many
stores will be closed for the day.
Schools also will be closed on Fri
day, Nov. 27.
The Summerville Midget all
star football team will partici
pate in the “Chick Bowl” at Dal
ton on Thanksgiving Day. The
events will get underway in the
morning and be concluded with
a banquet Thursday night.
In the meantime, traffic offi
cials are warning motorists to
drive with extreme caution over
the long holiday week-end. The
State Patrol is predicting 20 will
be killed and 320 injured in some
550 accidents in Georgia.
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grandchild’s picture!
Trion Boy Scouts
Invite New Members
Trion boys age 11 and older
who are interested in joinin<
the Boy Scouts are invited to
a special meeting.
it will be held at 7 p.m.
Tuesday at the Girl Scout
House on Pine Street.
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