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DAVID T. ESPY
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SUBSCRIPTION RATE — IN COUNTY, $2.58 PER YEAR —OUTSIDE COUNTY, $3.61 YEAR
Fruition of Election
The fruition of this year’s election
will come Friday when those chosen as
sume their duties.
For some, it will merely be a con
tinuation of past duties and for others,
it will be a matter of stepping into a
new job.
Chattooga County is, in many
ways, one of the most fortunate coun
ties in Georgia.
She has fine churches, excellent
schools, many new homes and thriving
industry. Not only have we had several
industrial expansions in recent years
but we also have the potential of fur
ther expansion. Chattooga not only
can offer industry abundant water via
the Chattooga River, a variety of util
ities, rail service, available industrial
sites, good labor and proximity to re
sources and markets but she can now
also offer financing through the new
Thank You, Mr. Cleckler
We are glad to join the many
other Chattooga Countians who are
saying “Thank You" to O. L. Cleckler
of Menlo for his quarter century of
service on the Chattooga Board of Ed
ucation.
Mr. Cleckler will retire tomorrow.
Now a youthful 78, he had hopes to re
tire four years ago but was prevailed
upon by friends to serve one last term
which he did
Mr. Cleckler has not only served
the school children of this county long
An li-hitch h ikinLa iv?
Many persons have made it a
practice never to pick up a hitchhiker.
In view of the tragedies which
have resulted in our county recently
from motorists’ generosity in sharing
their autos with strangers, it now ap
pears that more persons will refuse to
pick up hitchhikers.
But the fact is, some people will
continue to pick them up. And in all
probability there will be repeat epi
sodes of t he type which have beset our
county.
One law officer has suggested that
Man Slashed
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home “Were going to the
mount ain and we’re going to
kill you and throw you off
the bluff,” they reportedly
told him Arthur said he
drove up the mountain as
they instructed but decided
he wasn't going to let them
get him without a struggle
He stopped the car and
grabbed the knife but then
was attacked by the other
man who also had a knife.
A severe struggle ensued and
the two attackers finally
ran away. Bleeding and
weak, Arthur started his car
and drove it to a house, said
to be the residence of the
Ray Lee Stricklands, where
he blew the horn until some
one came out.
As it turned out, Mrs.
Strickland was a nurse and
she ripped off Arthur's shirt
and formed a tourniquet
which officers said probably
saved his lift He was then
rushed by the Stricklands to
a Fort Payne hospital. On
Sunday, he was transferred
to Birmingham to be nearer
home
VS atchnight
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Methodist and Presbytertan
congregations
This is a communitv-wide
service and everyone is in
vited
Tile program will be led by
both pastors and will consist
of singing old-fashioned
hymns, praying and giving
testimonies ministers state
Man XI ho
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expectedly early Wednesday
following a heart attack
He was 35 years of age
Terry had suffered a heart
attack a year ago but had
been believed fully recov
ered
He had been scheduled to
become chief deputy Friday
and was serving a warrant
in southern Floyd Count y
when stricken Terry was
k dead on arrival at a hos-
I pita!
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New Officer*
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Judicial Circuit, a race which
he lost.
Along with the rest of the
Ixiokout Judicial Circuit—
Dade. Catoosa and Walker
Counties Chattooga will
have the services of a second
Superior Court judge for the
first time The Junior Judge
ship was created this year
and Robert Coker was elected
to serve. The senior judge is
Another change which
takes place in Chattooga to
morrow is the feeding of
county jail prisoners Their
meals no longer will be pre
pared at the sheriff's resi
dence hut instead will be
prepard along with those of
prisoners at the Public
Works Camp and wdll be
transported to the jail
Commissioner-elect Pow
ell has announced that he
has made arrangements for
the sheriff and other coun
ty officers to have the nec
essary equipment as of to
morrow However, he states,
he will advertise for bids
and purchase the needed
equipment at the earliest
possible moment after as
suming his duties
There had been some
question as to how this pur
chasing of equipment un
der the new salary plan
should be handled. Since it
is not effective until tomor
row. it was believed that
legally the county could not
purchase the equipment un
til that time And all coun
ty purchases over SSO must
be by bld after advertising
County officers, those al
ready in office as well as
the newly-elected ones, were
sworn in early this week by
Chattooga Ordinary Paul
Weems Rep James H
Floyd and Sen Joseph F
Loggins, both re-elected, will
be sworn in on the first day
of the Georgia General As
sembly. Jan 11
The tree planting season is
here, and it will continue
through February, say for
esters with the Cooperative
Extension Service
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Chattooga Industrial Development
Authority.
Other potential assets are the pro
posed airport, for which federal and
state funds are already available, the
proposed country club and the new
high school now under construction.
Good government is, of course, al
ways an asset, indeed a must, to a com
munity, not only for industrial advan
tages but also for the simple matter of
having a good place in which to live
and rear one’s children.
We wish to extend all best wishes
to those who will serve Chattooga
County in public office for the next
four years, confident that they recog
nize their opportunities and responsi
bilities and will work harmoniously
toward making this county an even
better one.
but he has also served them ably. Much
progress has been made in the school
system during his 26 years of service.
In addition. Mr. Cleckler’s exper
ience and wise counsel have been of
inestimable value to newer members
of the school board over the years.
The operation of schools is one of
the most tedious—and important—
phases of government. Chattooga
County is indeed fortunate in having
had a man of Mr, Cleckler’s caliber so
long associated with her schools.
there should be a law passed in the
forthcoming Georgia General Assem
bly making it a crime to thumb a ride.
He points out that this is forbidden in
some states, and, by ordinance, in
many cities.
The possibility of passing such a
law should certainly be seriously con
sidered. There are few instances in this
modern age when a responsible person
needs to hitch a ride so such a law
should work very little if any, hard
ship And it could save lives.
Ann lichee
To Get
New PO
A contract for the con
struction of a new post of
fice at Armuchee has been
awarded to David E McCol
lum, of Armuchee, Congress
man John Davis has an
nounced
The building, to be located
at the. intersection of U. S
27 and Floyd Springs Road,
will have 900 square feet of
interior space Mr. McCol
lum will retain ownership of
the SIO,OOO building and
lease it to the Post Office
Department.
Completion is slated for
May
Hitchhikers
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He had disappeared a week
earlier while on a trip from
his home in LaFayette to
Rome to pick up his eldest
son. a student at Berry
Schools.
Chatterton and Whisman
were arrested in Savannah
on Friday, Dec. 18—three
days after Copeland dis
appeared — in connection
with the robbery of a Sa
vannah woman They also
are wanted for questioning
in other cases
Mrs. Copeland has stated
that her husband had a
habit of picking up hitch
hikers because someone once
gave him a much-needed lift
from Miami, Fla. to his home
in Grantville. He was a re
spected LaFayette church
and civic leader.
Tag* Go
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They will be on sale, as
usual, at the tax collector's
office and the office will ob
serve regular hours on New-
Year's Day
The tags this year are
white on blue and still retain
the number “41" showing
Chattooga is the 41st largest
i county in Georgia
Floyd Takes
Steps On
Local Bills
The first step was taken
this week by Chattooga Rep.
James H. (Sloppy) Floyd for
introducing five pieces of lo
cal legislation in the 1965
Georgia General Assembly.
He began advertising in
this newspaper, as required
by law, notices of Intention
to introduce the bills. These
notices must run for three
consecutive weeks before the
bills can be introduced.
In the meantime, State
Sen. Joseph E. (Bo) Loggins
of Trion, who holds the key
to the fate of the legislation,
has disclosed he will make a
statement next week con
cerning his plans.
Floyd’s five proposed bills
would:
1. Merge in 1969 the offices
of tax collector and tax re
ceiver.
2. Abolish in 1967 the
Chattooga City Court.
3. Require the tax collec
tor of Chattooga County to
act as tag agent without
fees.
4. Provide that the clerk
of Chattooga Superior Court
receive no compensation for
his services as ex-officio
County Carries
Over $28,000
Chattooga County should get off to a good start
financially in 1965.
It will have $28,000 carried over from this year.
A check with the county commissioner’s office
revealed Wednesday that $305,998 has been collected
on 1964 taxes (exclusive of
school taxes). This, plus the
$28,000 carry-over, will make
a total of close to $334,000
for use in 1965. Not included
in the figure are delinquent
taxes to be collected.
In setting a 19’4 mill levy
this year, the retiring com
missioner had estimated an
income of some $318,000.
A check on the hospital
bond account, handled sep
arately from the other ac
count, showed that it now
total some s36,lo7—includ
ing $5,445 collected this year.
This money has been in
vested in various institu
tions in order to draw inter
est until the bonds due dates
arrive or the bond holders
can be found. However, the
commissioner's office dis
closed that the money will
all be returned to a bond ac
count at the Farmers and
J. D. HILL
FUNERAL HOME
SUMMERVILLE
MKS. LONNIE L REYNOLDS
Funeral services for Mrs. Lonnie
L Reynolds, 61. Summerville Rt. 1.
who died at 6.15 p.m. Friday, were
held at 2 p m. Sunday at the Four
Mile Baptist Church The Revs
R W Patterson and John Kellett
officiated Interment was in John
son Cemetery. Chattoogaville
J. D HILL FUNERAL HOME
JAMES W. WATKINS
Funeral services for James W
Watkins. Sr.. 75. Summerville, who
died in a Rome hospital at 12 03
a m Saturday, were held at 330
p m Sunday at the chapel of J D
Hill Funeral Home Ministers Darty
Crisp and James Hall officiated In
terment was in the Summerville
Cemetery.
J D HILL FUNERAL HOME
DEWITT HAMMOND
Funeral services for Dewitt
Hammond, 55. who died unexpect
edly at I p.m. Tuesday at his
home. 13 Third St . Trion, will be
held at 2 p m today (Thursday) at
the Riegel Memorial Methodist
Church The Revs. L S Baugh and
A A Tanner officiated Inter
ment was in West Hili Cemetery.
Trion
J. D HILL FUNERAL HOME
SUMMERVILLE
Mr
JOE MISCAL
Funeral services for Joe Miscal.
60. 377 Church Street. Trion, who
died at his home at 11 15 am
Wednesday, were held at 2 pm.
Sunday at the Trion First Baptist
Church The Revs Darty Stowe
and A A Tanner officiated In
terment services were held at 12 30
p m Monday in Trion Cemetery
ERWIN FUNERAL HOME
clerk of the Chattooga City
Court.
5. Provide that the sheriff
of Chattooga County receive
no fees for his services as ex
officio sheriff of the Chat
tooga City Court.
Floyd had earlier an
nounced his plans to seek
the consolidation of the tax
offices and the abolition of
the Chattooga City Court.
The two bills concerning the
services of the sheriff and
clerk of court at city court
are apparently additional
insurance that these two of
ficials receive no fees. Laws
were passed this year put
ting the officials on a salary
basis but City Court services
were not mentioned.
Floyd says merging the
tax offices will save the
county $7,000 a year and
abolition of the City Court
will save $9,000 a year. He
says that with an additional
Superior Court judge there
is no need for a City Court.
The ordinary would handle,
at no extra salary, the traf
fic case pleas and other
misdemeanors would be
handled by the Superior
Court, under Floyd’s plan.
Merchants Bank in Summer
ville to be invested in what
ever manner the incoming
commissioner desires. The
bond money cannot be used
for general operations pur
poses but can be invested at
the discretion of the com
missioner.
The county commissioner
sets the tax rate for a given
year at mid-year, the taxes
are payable by Dec. 20 of
that year and none of that
। money can be spent until
the following year. This
i means that 1964 tax monies
' are used to finance 1965
county business, and so on.
The county will have to
begin in 1965 paying off a
state loan which financed
I the property revaluation
program and it also re
mains to be seen just what
financial position the
switch from the fee to the
salary system will put the
county in.
Some observers believe the
county will save several
thousand dollars a year
I under the salary system be
cause the office holders will,
as a rule, have less income
than they had under fees
and the difference will go
into the county treasury.
Lad Gets
Unexpected
Yule ‘Gift’
Eight - year -old Terry
Adams, of Summerville, got
an unexpected Christmas
"present”.
He learned just before
Christmas that he had won
a portable phonograph in a
Stokely-Van Camp coloring
contest. He had almost for
gotten about entering.
The phonograph hasn't yet
arrived but Terry, son of Mr
and Mrs. Herman E Adams,
618 South Union Street,
Summerville, is anxiously
waiting for It.
Countians
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accident at Pennville.
She is scheduled to under
go surgery today at Newell
Hospital in connection with
a fractured jaw and dam
aged sinuses.
Mrs Tyree’s two-year-old
grandson. David Daniel, son
of Mr and Mrs Jim Daniel,
suffered a severe cut on the
chin and the loss of some
teeth in the accident He was
not hospitalized Mrs Jim
Daniel, driver of the car in
which they were riding, was
shaken up
Although full details were
not Immediately available,
It was reported that Stanley
Green was the driver of the
other car involved and that
be suffered a leg injury
Cla*se* Resume
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around the corner for
county students, however A
second "Record Day" will be
observed by teachers in the
county system on Monday.
January 18. it has been an
nounced. The first "Record
Day” was held in October
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CLYDE DAVIS
Davis Named
Recreation
Supt.
Clyde W. Davis of
Claxton has been named
superintendent of the
Summerville Recreation
Dept., succeeding Grady
McCalmon who resigned re
cently to accept a position in
Griffin.
Mr. Davis will assume his
duties tomorrow. He expects
to move his family here in
the near future. The family
includes his wife, the former
Miss Judith Meeks of Nich
olls, and twin daughters.
Jenny and Penny, age two
Mr. Davis has seven years
experience in the recreation
profession. He was director
of the Parker Recreation
Center in Claxton before ac
cepting the Summerville
post and prior to that he was
superintendent of recreation
for the Alma-Bacon County
Recreation Department. For
four years, he was play
ground and athletic director
for the Douglas Recreation
Department.
Mr. Davis attended South
Georgia College, Douglas,
and the Georgia Southern
College in Statesboro.
Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. James Marks
had as their guests for
Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert M. Major and daughter,
Elizabeth, of Suva Fiji; Mrs.
Ed Pitman, of Topeka,Kans.;
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Still and
children, of Lawrenceville;
Mrs. Ruth M. Caheeley, Per
rine, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Marks, Phyllis and
Chuck Marks, Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart Marks and son, Will,
James Jr., Nancy, Paul and
John Marks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Scott,
Oliver Scott, Misses Janie
and Mary Sue Scott were
guests Christmas Day of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Richardson
in Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Young
had as their dinner guests
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Lacey, Alexander City,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Wilson and son, Tommy, of
Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and
Kelly Young of Trion.
Mrs. Julia Loop and Miss
Aline Allen spent the Christ
mas Holidays with Cicero
Broom, Sr., and Mr. and
Rhody Broom, in Atlanta.
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Clean Flameless Electric Heat
They like it. I hey boast about the electric heating sys
tems in their homes. And there are no secrets between
a lady and her hairdresser.
They agree that electric heat is clean, for there are
no by-products of combustion. Economical, for a special
low rate is available to total-electric residential customers.
And with budget billing, the electric bill is the same
amount every month.
Listen closely to the praises of electric home heating.
As it is said, the truth comes out in the wash (and set).
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
Elections, Progress
Highlight 1964
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July 23 Bidding to start soon on Armuchee Creek proj
ect. Tommy Lee Shropshire given eight years In kidnapping
case
j u ly 30— Chattooga Baptist official urges that the coun
ty be “cleaned up”. Army helicopter lands in Summerville
after running out of fuel.
Aug 6—Summerville expands natural gas system to
Berryton. Hospital controversy brews.
Aug. 13—Summerville Attorney Ed Surles, back from
trip to Russia, describes it as a place of drabness and sol
emnity. „ ..
Aug. 20—Herbert Gilkeson to retire as Chattooga Hos
pital administrator, effective when new administrator can
be located. School board sets 14 mills—expected to produce
about $140,000. Net tax digest doubles to $16,700,000 after
revaluation.
Aug. 27 Commissioner John Jones cuts tax rate from 42
to 19*4 mills, setting county budget (exclusive of schools) at
$318,448.
Sept. 3—Countians eye Sept. 9 primary. Summerville
News poll indicates close races.
Sept. 10—Runoffs necessary in races for commissioner,
sheriff, clerk of court and junior superior court judge. School
Supt. James Spence, Rep. James H. Floyd, Sen. Joseph E.
Loggins, Coroner Roosevelt Young and Tax Collector Em
mett Clarkson re-elected. Jimmy Strickland defeats Glee
Bryant and Johnny Bryant defeats George Sitton for Chat
tooga Board of Education.
Sept. 24—Run-off results name Harry Powell commis
sioner, John Frank McConnell sheriff, Robert Coker judge
and Sam Cordle clerk of court. John Davis, Seventh District
representative, eyes race with Republican Ed Chapin.
October I—Liquor raids, trials underway in county. Ga.
Glove dedicates plant. $2 million contract goes to Riegel.
Chattooga Fair planned.
October B—Gore School building to be converted into
molded glove factory, a division of Best Mfg. Corp, of
Menlo.
Oct. 15 —Ordinary folk to blame for political machines,
former Summerville mayor charges.
Oct. 22—Federal funds for airport granted.
Oct. 29—Five thousand expected to vote in county for
general election. Plans for re-surfacing several county roads
next year announced by Rep. James H. Floyd.
Nov. s—John Davis re-elected to congress, President
Lyndon Johnson carries county. Summerville News an
nounces plans to convert from letterpress to offset method of
printing. LaGrange man assumes duties as Chattooga Hos
pital administrator.
Nov. 12—Quarter million to be paid in Christmas sav
ings. Wrecks at Highway 27 slides on Taylor’s Ridge kill two.
Chattooga expected to get another $104,000 from state for
classroom construction.
Nov. 19—Shopping center planned in Summerville. Ar
muchee Creek project underway. New Chattooga County Ad
visory Committee for Children and Youth sets goals. Plans
eyed for Neighborhood Youth Corps, a federal project.
Nov. 26—Library group stresses need for more library
space. Bed-ridden Trion youth keeps up with school by tele
phone. Furniture for new Chattooga High School ordered.
Occupancy date of school still in question.
Dec. 3—Rep. James H. Floyd announces plans to intro
duce legislation (1) abolishing the Chattooga City Court and
(2) merging the offices of tax collector and tax receiver in
four years. Randy Roberts named chief deputy to serve un
der Sheriff-elect John Frank McConnell. Chattooga Board
of Education and Chattooga Advisory Committee on Chil
dren and Youth okay application for federally-financed
Neighborhood Youth Corps, a new program aimed at keep
ing boys and girls age 16 and up in school by giving them
work to do on campus and paying them.
Dec. 10—Question posed on whether the deputy tax col
lector should also, under the new salary system, be tag
agent and collect fees for selling tags. Question also posed
as to whether the present commissioner or incoming com
missioner should, legally, equip the sheriff and other officers
as the switch to salary system takes place. O. L. Cleckler
honored.
Dec. 17—Commissioner-elect Harry Powell names Ed
Surles county attorney and J. W. Pettyjohn warden. Fund
drive for new Chattooga High stadium launched. Godwin’s
corner buildings being torn down. Last edition of Summer
ville News under letterpress.
Dec. 24—Body of LaFayette man found in vacant farm
house in Chattooga’s Haywood Valley. Two Huntington, W.
Va. men allegedly admit hitching ride with the man, Bill
Copeland, beating him and leaving him at house where he
apparently died within an hour after beating. A Chattooga
County Industrial Development Authority formed by Com
missioner John Jones and expected to be great inducement
to potential industry, especially larger industries. Lyerly
soldier, Harold L. Bishop, home for Christmas from war.
Summerville News publishes first offset edition.