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VOLUME 79—NUMBER 44
Bills Would Abolish City
Court, Merge Tax Offices
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PLANNING YOUTH CORPS PROJECT
—The proposed Neighborhood Youth
Corps plan for Chattooga County is
viewed here by (left to right) the Rev.
Solon Couch, Calhoun, area representa
tive of the Georgia Department of Fam-
Youth Corps Gets
Nod of School Board
Project Decision Now Up
To Federal Authorities
Application for a Neighborhood Youth Corps in Chat
tooga county is expected io be submitted to federal author
ities this month.
The Chattooga Board of Education on Tuesday after
noon and the newly-formed Chattooga County Advisory
Committee for Children and
Youth on Monday night gave
their approval to the proposed
plan. These were necessary pre
requisities.
The project, if approved by the
federal government, would pro
vide jobs on county school
campuses for youths so that
they could finish high school. It
would apply only to those age
16 and above.
The program is a part of the
Economic Opportunities Act,
better known as "the anti-pov
erty program”. It would be
largely financed with federal
funds.
Trion also may seek a Youth
Corps but it is not involved in
5 Quit at Hospital
Over New Rulings
Five employes of Chattooga
Hospital resigned recently be
cause they didn’t approve of
two new policies instituted at
the facility. Adm. Burry Collins
said this week.
The policies were: Hi That
only one meal per employee per
shift could be eaten at the hos
pital dining room; and <2> that
nurses aids and licensed practi-
Uncle Ned’s
Notes
It's heartenin' to see that
new youth committee workin’
to flit school lunches ter every
child in our county that can’t
afford ‘cm.
There ain't no reason any
school kid in our county should
go hungry at lunchtime.
Church and civic groups, or
enybody that wants to, is be
ing asked to give $5 a month to
provide free lunches. Sum free
lunches is given but lunch
rooms can't give but so many
and about 36 kids over the
county have been gettin left
° U Most adults, unless they're
sick, kin provide fer them
selves but kids can't and we
shore oute to look out fer em.
ily and Children’s Services; James
Spence, chairman of a citizens sub-com
mittee which drew up the plan; and
James Richie, chairman of the new
Chattooga County Advisory Committee
for Children and Youth.
the project now under considera
tion here. Trion School Supt.
A. J. Strickland, Trion High
Principal Sam McCain and Trion
Elementary School Principal
R. H. Miller were present at the
meeting of the county Commit
tee for Children and Youth Mon
day night.
James Spence, Chattooga
County school superintendent,
had been named by the Com
mittee as chairman of a sub
committee to draw up a plan and
he presented the proposal at the
Monday night session.
The 23-page outline gave de
tails about job assignments,
jchedules, wages, selection of en-
i cal nurses, instead of kitchen
■ employes, take food trays into
patients rooms. Collins said he
didn't feel it sanitary for kitchen
;. personnel to go into patients
rooms and then go back into the
kitchen and prepare or handle
• food for other patients.
The employes who tendered
their resignations and had them
accepted included one LPN, two
surgical technicians and two
nurses aids. The names were not
immediately available.
Mr. Collins said services to
patients have not been curtailed
"because of the wonderful co
operation of those who are stay
ing with us”. He had high praise
for the remaining group, noting
that some are working double
shifts seven days a week.
"We hope to replace those who
quit with all registered person
nel, either licensed practical
nurses or registered nurses," he
said.
Mr. Collins said one person
who quit was not involved in
the protest walkout because she
had given her notice prior to
that time.
In the meantime, Mr. Collins
said the patient load is “picking
'up some" but noted that pa
tient loads are usually low at
this time of year. Persons antic
ipating surgery or treatment us
ually put it off until after the
holidays if they can. when they
have more time and money, he
| noted.
Whr ^ummmrilk Nms
rollees, job placement, educa
tional services, staffing and
timing.
Here are some points brought
out:
The average wage would be 80c
per hour but it could range from
75c to sl.
Enrollees would work from 10
to 15 hours per week and would
be required to receive 20 hours
of schooling per week.
Those needing it would receive
remedial help with their studies.
The work would involve serv
ing as library aides eacher adies,
school furniture repair aides,
clerical aides, recreation aides,
laboratory assistants, lunchroom
aides, maintenance and traffic
control aides, and transportation
maintenance aides.
All work would be done on
county school campuses or at
the bus garage.
The program would be avail
able to drop-outs or those likely
to drop out.
Mr. Spence also presented a
financial outline which showed
the program would cost about
$110,300 for a six months period.
(The proposed plan would be in
operation from Jan. 1, 1965 until
June 30, 1965.)
Although the local system is
expected to furnish about 10 per
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Party For
Needy Tots
Set Dee. 20
The annual American Legion-
Veterans of Foreign Wars Christ
mas party for needy children has
been set for Sunday, Dec. 20, of
ficials announced this week.
The party will be held at 1
p. m. at the Chattooga County
Memorial Home. Buses will run
and the schedule will be an
nounced later.
This year, only children ages
10 and down will be eligible to
attend.
Several hundred children us
ually turn out for this annual
occasion. They are given fruit,
nuts, candy and toys with the
compliments of the VFW and
Legion.
Send Santa
Letters Now!
Hurry, kiddies, and send in
those Santa Claus letters.
The old gent from the North
Pole will soon be making his
annual visit and it's time to let
him know what you want.
Write your letter now and
send it to Santa Claus in care
of The Summerville News.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1964
Rep. Floyd to Submit
Plans in January
Legislation which would (1) abolish the Chattooga City
Court and (2) combine the offices of the tax collector and
tax receiver will be introduced by Chattooga Rep. James H.
Floyd in January.
Floyd announced plans for the bills this week.
Abolition of the city court
would take place in two years,
while combining the two tax
offices would take place in four
years, he said.
Whether the bills pass depends
on State Sen. Joseph E. (Bo)
Loggins who said Wednesday he
doesn’t know yet what action he
will take.
Floyd said the two measures
will save the county $16,000 a
year.
He noted that by abolishing
the city court, the $4,800 a year
city court judge’s salary and the
$4,200 a year solicitor’s salary
would be saved. And by combin
ing the tax offices, a $7,000 a year
salary would be saved.
The legislator said he proposed
to abolish the Chattooga City
Court, which handles misde
meanor cases, for two reasons:
(1) The Lookout Judicial Cir
cuit, beginning Jan. 1, will have
two $16,000-a-year Superior
Court judges instead of one.
And <2> Relatively few days of
court are required in Chattooga
County. Only 17 days of Superior
Court were held in this county
in 1963 and only eight have been
held this year. Only eight days
of City Court were held in this
county in 1963. he said, and only
eight have been held so far this
year although another term
starts Monday.
Floyd said he felt that since
the proposal on City Court would
not start for two years, this
would give the two Superior
Court judges time to catch up
on the reported heavy court work
in Walker and Catoosa Counties.
The Lookout Circuit covers Chat
tooga, Dade, Walker and Catoosa
Counties.
Under Floyd’s proposal, the
Superior Court judge would not
handle all the misdemeanor
cases. Persons desiring to enter
guilty pleas, on traffic and other
cases, would do so before the
ordinary. The ordinary would re
ceive no extra pay and no addi
tional help under this plan.
Those not desiring to enter
guilty pleas would simply be
bound over to the next grand
jury at which time they would
either be indicted or cleared.
Those indicted would go from
there to trial.
A number of counties, includ
ing Catoosa, do not have City
Courts, pointed out Rep. Floyd.
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City Court
Opens Monday
Jurors have been drawn for
the December term of Chattooga
City Court which opens at 9 a. m.
Monday in Summerville.
Judge Bobby Lee Cook is the
presiding judge for this court.
Drawn to serve as jurors are:
R. A. Payton, O. B. Millican,
Maehue Black. J C. Boyd. Benny
Bullard, Albert Dodd, O. W.
Woods, D. F. Colbert, Lawson
Bailey, Guy Rinehart, Ray L.
Perkins, Sr., Felt Selman, Stuart
Mark.,. Russell Crouch, W. T.
Millican, Roy Glass, Thomas C.
Scott, Alfred 8. Baker, Mary
John Fowler, E. B. Smedley, Sid
ney Norton, S. E. Allen, Jr., Mrs.
Myrtle Adair, Millard Ruther
ford, Tom Rich, Roy Bishop, Na
than T. Brown, Walter C. Bag
gett, Jesse R. Aaron, J A. Scog
gins, O. L. Dunaway, James L
Bynum. John K. Young. Albert
M Sprayberry, Joe Gaffney,
Clyde C. Cobb, Roy J. Parker,
G. W. Murdock. J. A. Plernmons,
Raymond Orr, Joe A. Ragland,
Burley F. Mincey, John L. Evans,
Melvin Plunkett, Larry Smith,
W. G. Lawson.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
ON DECEMBER 18
Christmas holidays in the
Chattooga and Trion school sys
tems will begin on Friday, Dec.
18
Schools will be closed for two
weeks—from Friday, Dec. 18 un
til Monday, Jan. 4.
M Night’
Slated For
Mon. At Trion
Chattooga Baptists will ob
serve their annual Training Un
ion “M Night” at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day, it has been announced. “M
Night” stands for “Mobilization
Night”.
The location will be the Trion
First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Peter McCleod, pas
tor of the Oglethorpe First Bap
tist Church, will be the speaker.
Awards will be presented to
the church with the highest at
tendance and the church with
the highest percentage in attend
ance. Total attendance goal is
700.
The Associational Choir will
present music under the direc
tion of Wayne Groce.
Riegel to
Hold Banquet
Tues. Evening
Over 400 persons will assemble
at the Trion Elementary School
at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the annual
Riegel Quarter Century Club
banquet.
W. E. Reid, of New York, presi
dent of Riegel Textile Corp, and
a former Trion Division employe,
will be present and will be among
the new members.
P. H. David, Trion Division
general manager, and J. C.
Cavin, superintendent of dyeing
and finishing, also will be among
the 21 becoming new members
of the Club.
Mrs. Ollie Dalton, who is 94
years of age, is the president by
virtue of her age and Otho
Homer Hawkins, by the same
standard, is vice president. He is
82.
A musical program on the
theme, “Chapel of Love” has
been planned. Folk singing, in
cluding local talent, will be in
cluded. Mr. David will be mas
ter of ceremonies.
In addition to Mr. Reid, other
out of town guests will Include
Mrs. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. G.H.H.
Emory, W. P. Robertson and Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Cooper.
Man Finishing
Task Begun
40 Years Ago
Gordon Strickland is
finishing a task he began
40 years ago.
But not in quite the
manner he had anticipated.
The Cloudland man was
16 years of age when he
helped pour concrete and
do other work on the big
hotel at Lake LaHoosage.
The work was interrupted
by the depression and the
hotel was never finished.
Now, however, Strick
land is supervising the es
tablishment of the modern
campground being built by
Jack Jones at the hotel
site.
Mr. Strickland has been
associated with Mr. Jones
in construction projects at
his two existing summer
camps for several years.
But none of them has
contained for him quite
the fascination that this
project at the hotel site
has. He’s glad to be a part
of developing this scenic
site.
RANDY ROBERTS
Roberts Named
Chief Deputy
Chattooga County Sheriff-elect John Frank McConnell
this week announced the appointment of his deputies.
Randy Roberts, 44, now employed by Riegel Textile
Corp, as a pipefitter, has been named chief deputy. Serving
with him will be Elbert Tucker and McConnell’s son, Gary.
Mr. Roberts resides on the
Back Penn Road and his wife is
the former Miss Beatrice Hemp
hill. They have no children. The
new appointee has been with
Riegel four years prior to which
time he was engaged in con
struction and iron work. He is a
veteran of both World War II
and the Korean War and is a
member of the Trion Masons,
Trion Royal Arch Masons, Rome
Commandry, Yaarab Shrine
Temple, Baptist Church. Veter
ans of Foreign Wars and Inter
national Assn, of Bridge, Struc
tural and Ornamental Iron
workers.
Mr. Tucker has been with the
Chattooga Public Works Camp
for four years as a guard and
prior to that was with the Sum
merville Police Department.
Mr. McConnell has disclosed
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Summerville
Readying lor
Give-Away
Shoppers in many Summerville
stores are receiving tickets, one
of which could win them SIOO
or a color television.
The SIOO cash give-aways will
start Saturday, Dec. 12, and be
held on Saturday, Dec. 19, Mon
day, Dec. 21, and Tuesday, Dec.
22. The television set will be
given on Wednesday, Dec. 23.
The hour of each give-away is
3 p.m. You must be present to
win.
The promotion is sponsored by
the Summerville Retail Mer
chants Assn.
PLAN GROUP
MEETS TONIGHT
The Chattooga - Municipal
Planning Commission will hold
Its December meeting at 7:30
p.m. today (Thursday) at the
Georgia Power Company building
in Summerville.
‘Old Hotel’ Site Being
Made Into Campground
Grounds about “the old hotel” at Cloudland
are being turned into a modern family camp
ground area.
Jack Jones, owner-developer, said this week
Cloudland Park, as it is called, should be open by
January 1 Located on Lake LaHoosage, it will be
a year-round camp, offering both tent and trailer
sites.
What remained of the old hotel itself is being
left virtually intact, Jones said. The columns have
been removed to form a gate for the entrance, he
said, but there are no plans to tear away the
structure.
The 40-acre triangle formed by the junction
of two rivers has been fenced and Charles Ed
wards, manager, lives on the site. The lakeside
campground is already open.
Construction of a three-floor A-frame main
building at the site is nearing completion. It will
house an office, Mr. Edwards’ apartment, a bait
shop and a trading post.
A 17,000 gallon water tower, buildings for
rest rooms and showers, picnic tables and a boat
dock also are being constructed.
There will be 50 tent sites and 16 trailer sites,
with alternate tent sites having electricity as well
as water. All trailer sites will have water, electric
ity and sewer connections and the largest trailer
acceptable will be a 28-foot size.
Security lights have been erected and some
one is at the camp at all times. Playground equip
ment will be provided but there will be no or-
ELBERT TUCKER
New Press
To Arrive
Here Today
The big new offset press
ordered by The Summerville
News for its switch to offset
is scheduled to arrive here
this morning.
Officials of The News were
informed Wednesday that
the big press had arrived in
Marietta from Chicago, 111,,
its shipping point, and that
it would be in Summerville
early today.
An installation expert also
will arrive today to install
the machine.
The News is not expected
to be printed under the new
method before Dec. 17, Edi
tor-Publisher D. T. Espy said.
Much of the equipment
needed in connection with
the switch-over has arrived.
Among the major items still
awaited are a special camera,
a printer and a waxer.
The News will sell its pres
ent press and one of its four
linotypes but will for the
f iresent retain the other
hree linotypes.
Offset is the most modern
printing method in use and
is being adopted by more
and more newspapers across
the country.
The News’ commercial
printing department ob
tained an offset j o b press
two years ago but also re
tained some of its letterpress
equipment in this depart
ment.
ganlzed activities.
Mr. Jones said the campground already has
been booked for its opening day, Jan. 1. Thirty
families of the National Campers and Hikers
Assn, of Gadsden, Ala. have booked it, he said.
Mr. Jones said he understands that many
persons enjoy camping in the winter and that
the camp will definitely be open the year-round.
Construction of the hotel began in 1925 and
it was nearing completion when financial disas
ter struck the investors. The nation-wide depres
sion of 1929 followed and the hotel was never
finished. All removable fixtures and materials
were carted away by visitors and finally the
three-story building was struck by fire some
years ago. All that remains are its gaunt masonry
walls.
Mr. Jones, who spends part of each year in
Coral Gables, Fla., owns some 4,000 acres on Look
out Mountain, including two camps, Valley View
Ranch and Camp Cloudmont.
He first went to Cloudmont as a camper at
the age of eight and finally bought the camp 18
years ago. He bought Valley View 12 years ago.
The Joneses have eight children, including
three who are students at the University of
Florida. The eldest child, a married son who has
two children, has bought a motel on the west
brow of the mountain, Mr. Jones said.
The entire family adores living on Lookout
Mountain, said the developer, and they are
spending more and more months of every year
there.
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1964
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Contests
gary McConnell
Menlo Has
3 Seeking
Council Posts
Menlo will have a town election
Saturday to name three council
men.
But there are only three can
didates for the three posts—
J. C. Boyd, Dyke Canada and
Robert Williaw King.
Mayor Lonnie Ward urged cit
izens to vote, however, noting
that they should exercise this
privilege although there is no
race underway. Hours will be 7
a. m. to 6 p. m.
The qualification deadline was
Wednesday, Nov. 25, and Coun
cilman King was the last to
qualify.
His term and that of Councill
man Hill Hall and J. P. Thorn
berry end Dec. 31.
2 Countians
Die in Auto
Accidents
Two Chattooga Coun
tians have been killed in traf
fic accidents during the past
week.
Mrs. Madge McNew'
Estes, 72, of Menlo, died Satur
day afternoon of injuries re
ceived in a crash in Chicka
mauga National Park a short
time earlier. Albert Estes, her
husband, was critically injured
and remains a patient at Er
langer Hospital in Chattanooga.
Sam Starr, 35-year-old Sum
merville Negro, was killed in
stantly Wednesday night, Nov.
25, in an accident north of
Trion. Roy Lee Fowler, Summer
ville Route 3, driver of the ve
hicle in which Starr was riding,
suffered a re-broken jaw, the
State Patrol stated. He had
earlier suffered a similar injury
in another accident.
Two other persons, Paul
Knowles, 16, and William Gro
gins, 18, both of Chickamauga
Route 1, were injured in the
wreck that killed Mrs. Estes and
injured her husband. They re
portedly suffered head injuries,
The head-on collision occurred
about 3:15 p.m. Saturday on U. S.
Highway 27 when the south
bound car driven by Mr. Estes
and the northbound one driven
by Knowles collided.
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