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CHRISTMAS MEAL AT MENLO— This was the
scene on December 23 as employes of Best Mfg.
Corporation at Menlo assembled for a Christmas
TRION SOCIALS
By Mrs. Jewie Reynolds
Several from here attended
the 50th wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
White in Menlo Sunday.
Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Baker
and Miss Ruby O’Rear.
Mrs. Mamie Styles was a
happy mother during the
holidays as most of her chil
dren were home for Christ
mas. They were: Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Noble, John and
Melody, of Memphis, Tenn.:
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moseley
and son, of Savannah; Rev.
and Mrs. Edgar Farrell and
children, of Roanoke, Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Styles,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark King, of
Marietta; Mr. and Mrs. O. G.
Morehead and children, of
Summerville; Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Pettett and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Styles
and son.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
George Day over the week
end were: Mrs. Mamie Cox,
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Cox, of At
lanta; Johnny Christol and
son, of Rome.
Our sympathy goes to the
family of Joe Miscal who
passed away-last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Woods
had as their guests over the
holidays Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Ledbetter, Ronny Woods, of
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holt
were guests of relatives in
Dalton during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Emmett
Nunn leave the first of the
week for Miami, Fla., where
they will be attending the
Orange Bowl football game.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs George Day who cele
brated their 49th wedding
anniversary Saturday, Dec.
26. They had all their chil
dren home for the event and
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East Washington Street Summerville
for the holidays. Those pres
ent were: Mr. and Mrs.
George Day Jr., of Decatur;
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Googe, of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Young, Ricky and David, of
Oak Ridge; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Higgins and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Hall and
boys, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy
Day and children, of Sum
merville. Sunday night sup
per guests of the Days were:
Mrs. Clara Haygood and
Grace, Jim Woods and T.
Emmett Nunn.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Grimes and children, of Fort
Oglethorpe, were Christmas
dinner guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Webb,
Donald and Ronald.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Allen J. Holt Sr., of Sum
merville, Thursday were: Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Holt and
Anita, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Reynolds, Sgt. and Mrs.
Allen Holt Jr., Albany; Roy
Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Casey,
of Calhoun.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lacey,
of Alexander City, Ala.; Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Wilson and
boys, of Crossville, Tenn.,
were Christmas guests of
Kelly Young, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Whitley and other
relatives here and in Sum
merville.
Visiting the Will Reynolds
Friday were: S/Sgt. and Mrs.
Allen J. Holt, of Albany, and
Mrs. Henry Hickman. Week
end guests were: Misses
Wanda and Betty Lacey, Mr.
and Mrs. Oran Lacey, of At
lanta; Mr. and Mrs. George
Green and Rachel, of
Guntersville, Ala.; Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Wilson, of
Crossville, Tenn., and Ralph
Holt.
Mrs. Jessie Trammel, of
covered dish luncheon. The occasion was a high
light of the season for employes of the glove-mak
ing concern.
Bills Would ‘Die’
If Not Passed in
1965, Says Solon
Chattooga Rep. James H.
Floyd said this week he
hopes State Sen. Joseph E.
Loggins will approve this
year his local bills.
"If any bill fails to pass
this session,” he pointed out,
“it will automatically die
and will not hang over.” The
Senator must approve any
local bill before it can be
come law.
Floyd said he also would
like to point out that there
is a possibility Chattooga
County will not have a seat
in the House after the re-
LaFayette, was dinner guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Logan
Parker, Mrs. Sam Carroll
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewight
Mauney and David were
Christmas dinner guests of
Miss Mattie Martin.
Spending Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Tucker, of
Sand Mountain, were Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. King and
Jeff.
Saturday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewight Mauney and
David were: Mrs. Earl Wood,
Misses Lillie B. and Mozell
Martin, of Atlanta.
Miss Ruby O’Rear and her
family enjoyed Christmas
with a get-together at the
home of a sister, Mrs. Paul
Whitehead, and James at
Mentone, Ala. Present were:
Mrs. Ethel Devenport and
Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
White, of Mentone; Mr. and
Mrs. Mason White, of New
Orleans, and Miss Ruby
O’Rear.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Snow through the
week-end were: Mrs. Dallas
York and children, Herman
York and children, of Har
risburg; Mr. and Mrs. Harver
Carver and Mike, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Maples and fam
ily, Mrs. Vera Smith and
girls, Mr. and Mrs. Havery
Cooper, of LaFayette; Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Snow and son,
and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Moore, of Riverside, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mas
sey, of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. Terry Massey and
Jennifer, of Sumpter, S. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Massey,
of Gainesville; Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Ruthford, Miss Eunice
Ruthford were Christmas
Day dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Burt Massey.
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apportionment and would
therefore not have a direct
representative as it now has.
The representative said he
is extremely hopeful the
county will continue to have
a seat of its own, but said he
had to face the possibility
that it might not. For this
reason, he said, he felt the
local bills should be passed
now, although two of them
wouldn’t become effective
until later.
Floyd said he would im
mediately furnish the sena
tor with copies of the bills
so that he would have suf
ficient time to study them.
"I intend to pass them
through the House during
the first two weeks,” said
Floyd. “This year the leg
islature will convene for two
weeks and then recess for
two weeks so this will give
Senator Loggins four weeks
to study these local bills.”
On Tax Work
Powell
Halts
Ratliff
Commissioner-elect Harry
Powell has told the Chat
tooga Board of Tax Assessors
it probably will not need to
meet again before its ex
piration on April 30, 1965.
And he has apparently
dropped, at least for the
time being, Assessors Chair
man Claude Ratliff from his
full-time job of the past few
months in appraising new
contructlon.
Mr. Powell was not avail
able for comment on the
matter Wednesday and it
was not known whether he
plans to hire someone to re
place Ratliff as appraiser.
Board of Tax Assessors
Chairman Ratliff had a let
ter from the commissioner
elect stating:
“After checking the tax
books and also checking with
my attorney I feel that there
is no need of a meeting of
the present tax board before
the retirement of their term
in office. But should the
need arise before the new
board is effective, I will no
tify you. So please have your
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‘WEDDING’ AT GA. GLOVE— This was the cast at
the “Wedding” held as a Christmas entertainment
highlight at Georgia Glove Co., Lyerly. The event
was held on December 23 in conjunction with a
covered dish Christmas meal enjoyed by the em
ployes. The “bride” was George Thornberry and
the “groom” was Ross Sosbee. Peggy Gilbreath was
the “minister” and Rachel Knox was the “bride’s
Tag Agent
Bill Set
By Floyd
A bill requiring the
Chattooga tax collector
to act as tag agent, with
out fees, will be intro
duced by Chattooga Rep.
James H. Floyd in January.
The bill is an outgrowth of
a controversy concerning the
naming of the tax collector's
wife, who also is his deputy
tax collector, tag agent.
Floyd, who introduced bills
putting this office and other
county offices on salaries,
says it was the Intent of the
law that the tax collector
serve as tag agent without
drawing fees.
Since he refused to serve
this year and his wife in
stead was named, she plans
to collect these fees, as well
as the salary as deputy tax
collector. Floyd has ques
tioned the legality of this
but in the meantime has
planned the legislation.
He said:
“If I had thought the pres
ent tax collector would have
refused to sell the tags I can
assure you his salary ($9,000)
would have been lowered and
we would have let him keep
the fees for the sales of tags.
“The present tax collector,
in my opinion, has run his
office in a very efficient
manner but, at the same
time, I think that he will
agree the people of this
county have been good to
him.”
The present tax collector,
Emmett Clarkson, had served
as tag agent for the past
eight years, collecting fees
for this work as well as the
fees for being tax collector.
However, the salary bills pre
vent his collecting any fees.
The tag agent fees now run
over $3,000 a year and they
have been gradually increas
ing each year.
books in order Dec. 31, 1964.”
Mr. Ratliff said Mr. Powell
had discussed the matter
with him, indicating that he
expected him (Ratliff) to
end his work in appraising
new construction and adding
it to the tax records. He did
not indicate, said Mr. Ratliff,
whether there would be a
successor and the work be
continued.
Mr. Ratliff said that he
had, during full-time work
over the past few months,
added to the tax digest some
$742,249 in new construction
in the county. This would be
taxable in 1965.
During this time, the as
sessor has kept an office
open in the courthouse with
a full-time clerk assisting.
Both the assessor and the
clerk were paid $lO a day.
Mr. Ratliff said that un
der the terms of the contract
signed by the county and
Doane Agricultural Service,
the appraisal firm, one
member of the Board of Tax
Assessors was to be trained
in appraising and to work
with them on the project.
He did this and after Doane
ended its phase, he con
tinued to seek out new con
struction and put it on the
tax records.
At the time of revaluation,
it was announced that some
one would be needed to work
regularly and keep the tax
records current. Otherwise,
they would get back into the
same condition they were in
before revaluation.
Miss Lucile Higginbotham,
Extension Service health
specialist, offered these three
rules for good dental health:
eat a well-balanced diet ’ow
In sweets, brush after eating,
and have regular dental
checkups
Hammond
Dies; Rites
Set Today
Dewitt Hammond, age 55,
died unexpectedly at his
home, 13 Third Street, Trion,
at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
He was a member of
Riegel Memorial Methodist
Church and had served sev
eral years as a member of
the Board of Stewards. He
also was a member of the
Quarter Century Club, hav
ing been employed by Riegel
Textile Corp, in Trion for
the past 40 years.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Addie Dun
away, who he married on
November 17. 1928; his
father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Hammond, Sum
merville; four sisters, Mrs.
Emory Payne, Trion; Miss
Mary John Hammond,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. Bill
Adams, Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. L. R. Petrick, West
Hollywood, Fla.; several
nieces, nephews, aunts and
uncles.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Riegel Me
morial Methodist Church
today (Thursday) at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. L. S. Baugh
and the Rev. A. A. Tanner
officiating. Burial will be in
the West Hill Cemetery,
Trion.
Active pallbearers will be:
Mac Myers, James Brlmer,
M. L. Sprayberry, Charles
Evans, Earl Crowder, Earl
Barfield. Honorary pallbear
ers will be members of the
Quarter Century Club of
Riegel.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home is
in charge of the arrange
ments.
The name “Devil Dogs”
(teufel-hunden) was given
to the U. S. Marine Corps by
German soldiers during the
battle of Belleau Wood in
World War I.
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father”. Others and their roles were: Rayburn
Mitchell, best man; James Gardner, Jerry Tucker,
Glenn Dodd, Gary Dan Daniels, J. Wallen, atten
dants; Grace Rhinehart, mdther of the bride; Car
olyn Perry, mother of the groom; Carolyn Johns
ton, father of the groom; Glenda Laws, ringbearer;
Nina Baker, Dot Stallings, Mary Johnson, Deviah
Holloway, Nancy McGuire, wedding chorus.
County Officers Must Take
Oath Against Communism
All persons being sworn as public officials of
Chattooga County—or any other county in Geor
gia—must take a detailed loyalty oath.
They must swear not only to uphold the con
stitutions of the United States and Georgia, but
they must also swear that they will “refrain from
directly or indirectly subscribing to or teaching
any theory of government or economics or to
social relations which is inconsistent with the
fundamental principles of patriotism and high
ideals of Americanism”.
The oath continues:
“I do further solemnly swear that I am not a
member of the Communist Party and that I have
no sympathy for the doctrines of communism
and will not lend my aid, my support, my advice,
my counsel nor my influence to the Communist
Party or to the teachings of communism.”
Ministers
Change
Meet Date
The January meeting of
the Chattooga County Min
isterial Alliance, scheduled to
be held Friday, has been re
set for 12 noon Friday, Jan
uary 8, at Riegeldale Tavern,
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