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Two of the first graduates of the Chattooga
County Adult Education program were awarded
high school diplomas Tuesday in official cere
monies at the office of James Spence, superinten
dent of schools. The program was started in
March. Spence, seated at right, is pictured signing
First Graduates Receive
Adult Education Diplomas
Two Summerville resi
dents have become the first
graduates of the Chattooga
County Adult Education pro
gram.
Receiving their diplomas
in official ceremonies at Su
perintendent of Schools
James Spence’s office Tues-
Vandiver to Address
Rotarians Wednesday
Former Georgia governor
S. Ernest Vandiver will be
the featured speaker at the
Dec. 1, meeting of the Sum
merville Rotary Club.
Vandiver, a candidate for
governor again this year,
will address the Rotarians
at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday.
“We are very fortunate in
getting Mr. Vandiver for our
speaker,” Fred Aldred of the
Rotary Club said in an
nouncing the selection of
the speaker. “He made a
deep impression on most of
us when he was here during
his other campaign.”
Vandiver was nominated
for governor of the state in
September of 1958 when he
carried 156 of 159 counties.
He served from January,
1959 until January of 1963.
During his tenure as gover
nor he was elected vice
chairman of the South
ern Governor’s Conference.
Since leaving office, he has
been practicing law in At
lanta as a member of the
firm of Wilson, Branch, Bar
wick & Vandiver.
Vandiver was born at
Canon, Ga., on July 3, 1918,
the only son of the late
Samuel E. and Vanna
Bowers Vandiver. His father
served as a member of the
State Highway Department
Board in 1940-41.
After graduation from La
vonia High School, Vandiver
attended the Darlington
School at Rome, where he
was graduated in 1936. He
entered the University of
Georgia and was graduated
with an A.B. degree in 1940
and an L.L. B. degree in
1942.
During World War II he
was a bomber pilot in the
Army Air Force.
He was elected mayor of
Lavonia In 1945. He was ad
mitted to the Georgia Bar in
1946 and began practice of
She SumwmiUr News
First Graduates Receive Diplomas
day were Michael Morehead
and Mrs. Ruth Cook.
Morehead will enter Berry
College at Rome next term.
“We are pleased and hon
ored to issue these diplomas
to Michael and Mrs. Cook,”
Spence said. “It shows what
hard work and determina-
law in Winder in 1947. In
1947 he married Miss Sybil
Elizabeth Russell, niece of
U. S. Senator Richard B.
Russell.
In 1954 he resigned as
adjutant general of the state
and entered the race for
lieutenant governor. In this
campaign he carried 121
counties against four op
ponents, and polled 160,000
more votes than his nearest
S. ERNEST VANDIVER
Davis Links Chapin to John Birch Societyl
Seventh District Congress
man John W. Davis, of Sum
merville, has charged that
Ed Chapin, of Lookout
Mountain, his Republican
opponent in the 1964 elec
tion, is a member of the
John Birch Society.
The congressman said he
learned of Chapin’s affilia
tion with the Birch Society
from a confidential investi
gation conducted at his re
quest.
“I became suspicious some
time ago that Mr. Chapin
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 25, 1965
the diplomas. Seated at left is instructor George
Brooks. Standing are O. G. Morehead, personnel
manager of the Georgia Rug Mill, W. P. Selman,
chairman of the Board of Education, Michael
Morehead, a graduate of the program and Mrs.
Ruth Cook, a graduate of the program.
tion will do.”
The two were the first of
a class of 36 which started
their courses in March.
“The program is set up
on two levels,” Spence ex
plained. “We have the high
school level, which features
courses in general mathe-
opponent.
His 1958 victory in the
governor’s race at the age of
40 was by an overwhelming
majority with 499,477 popu
lar votes, the largest margin
ever accorded a candidate
for this office.
Vandiver has been a mem
ber of the Civil Defense Ad
visory Council—a post to
which he was appointed by
the late President Ken
nedy.
As governor, he was chair
man of the National Gover
nors’ Conference Committee
on the National Guard.
He was also a member of
the National Governors’
Conference Civil Defense
Committee.
He is a member of the
Executive Council of the
National Guard Association
of the United States, con
sidered the highest policy
making body in that organ
ization.
In 1951, he was federally
recognized as a Major Gen
eral in the Air National
Guard, the youngest indi
vidual ever to receive this
recognition.
shared the Birch Society
philosophy," Davis said,
"and I am satisfied beyond
question from the informa
tion I received that he is
now or was until recently a
mmeber of the John Birch
Society."
Davis said the Birch
Society is an organization
which believes that almost
everyone in the national
government is engaged in a
conspiracy to turn America
over to the Communists.
He said: "The John Birch-
matics and English, and we
have the first through
eighth grade level. We feel
there is an outstanding need
for such programs in Chat
tooga County, and we are
pleased with the results so
far.”
The high school program
is on a tuition basis, with
the average cost eight dol
lars per course. Each coruse
is set up on a 9-week sched
ule, with classes from 7:15
p.m. until 9:15 p.m. each
Tuesday and Thursday.
The elementary school
level holds classes from 7
p.m. until 10 p.m. each Tues
day and Thursday. The
basic courses started in Sep
tember.
“We had 40 students in
the basic courses, and we
have room for 60,” Spence
said . “Anyone desiring to
further his education should
contact us before we become
overcrowded.”
Present at the graduation
ceremonies were George
Brooks, who Instructed the
students, Board of Educa
tion Chairman, O. G. More
head, personnel manager of
Georgia Rug Mill and uncle
of the graduating Michael,
Mrs. Cook and Michael.
“We must give a lot of
credit to Mr. Brooks for the
success of 'this program,”
Spence said. "He has been
the one to make It go
through tireless effort and
enthusiasm.”
f Inside Index |
Society 3-A
Editorials 4-A
Crosswords 7-B
Want Ads 7-B
Second Front 1-B
Sports 1-C
Area News Briefs 1-B
ers have been correctly de
scribed as being a collection
of kooks, nuts and little old
women in tennis shoes. They
never concern themselves
with fighting the real Com
munist enemies which are
Russia and Red China They
are obsessed with the Idea
that their neighbor is the
one who must be watched,
that the local PTA and the
local church must be infil
trated and that children
must be indoctrinated with
Birch philosophy before
Pursley Bound Over
On Federal Charge
Prince
In Race
For Seat
Jerry Prince, of 503 Vine
St., has qualified for City
Council seat No. 1 in the
Dec. 11 election.
Thomas Scott, D. P. Hen
ley and O. H. Perry had pre
viously qualified in the race
for Council Seat 2.
Candidates for two coun
cil seats (1 and 2) and the
mayor’s office have until
noon Saturday to qualify.
The polls will open at 7
a.in. Dec. 11, and close at 7
p.m.
Qualifying fee for the
council race is $25.00 and the
fee for the mayor’s race is
$50.00.
STAR Tests
Slated For
Next Week
High school seniors in
terested in participating in
the Student Teacher
Achievement Recognition
(STAR) Program for 1965-66
should take the College
Board Scholastic Aptitude
Test on Dec. 4, a prerequisite
for the program.
Bob Watson, chairman of
the education department of
the Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce, said, "The
student’s grades for each
part of the aptitude test
must be at least the latest
available national average
(National average: verbal—
-374, math.—4l2).’’ Candi
dates for the STAR program
must be unmarried, regular
ly enrolled seniors in accred
ited public or private high
schools in Georgia and must
have a scholastic average for
the first semister of the sen
ior year in the upper 10 per
cent of their class.
The student in each high
school receiving the highest
score on the aptitude test
and who meets the qualifi
cations will be named the
school’s STAR student.
School system, school dis
trict, and the state-wide
STAR student will be named
from the high school win
ners, solely on the basis of
the highest aptitude scores.
Awards for the winning
state STAR student will be
an air lines trip to Europe, a
SSOO cash award and a gold
plaque.
Good Deed
For Holidays
Any of you with surplus
clothing suitable for ele
mentary age school children
can do a good deed during
the holiday season.
Just contact any teacher
or principal at any of the
county’s schools and your
donations will be accepted.
The school faculty will pick
them up if necessary.
Call today.
their minds mature.”
"I don’t question their sin
cerity,” he said, "and I
admit the Birchers have a
right to believe as they may
wish. I do question the cor
rectness of their views and
feel that a member of the
John Birch Society is
neither emotionally mature
nor fully in tune with re
ality.”
Davis said that if he se
cures the Democratic nomi
nation again next year, as
he hopes to do, and Chapin
yr
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Yule Decorations Go Up
Christmas decorations were put up on Com
merce Street, in downtown Summerville Wednes
day by employes of General Telephone Co. Here,
hanging the first wreath, are Winston Martin,
left, and his brother Bill. The dressing up of
Summerville for the Christmas season is a proj
ect of the Retail Merchants Association.
Patrol Predicts
16 to Be Killed
A grim prediction that 16 persons will be killed dur
ing the long Thanksgiving holiday week-end has been
made by the Georgia State Patrol.
In addition, the patrol predicts that 554 accidents
on Georgia highways will leave 224 injured.
The holiday traffic started at 6 p.m. Wednesday
and will cover 102 hours, ending at midnight Sunday.
Balmy Weather Predicted
For Area This Week-End
The Summerville area will
enjoy balmy weather this
holiday week-end, according
to the Weather Bureau at
Russell Field.
Temperatures are expec
ted to average from four to
eight degrees above normal
highs of 58 and lows of 35.
Light showers forecast for
this morning are expected
to move south in the after
noon, with sunny skies fore
cast for Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
The central portions of
the state are expected to
have high temperatures of
63 and lows of 41.
For the extreme south the
predicted average highs will
be 66 and the lows 45.
Less than four-tenths of
an inch of rain is predicted
for the northwestern part
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of the state through Sun
day.
Despite the encouraging
outlook weatherwise, the
Georgia Highway Patrol has
advised motorists to chauf
feur their vehicles with ex
treme caution. The Patrol
has predicted that 16 will
die on state highways and
roads during the holiday
period.
News to Print
Santa Letters
The Summerville News
will publish letters to Santa
Claus in editions from now
until Christmas.
If mailed, address the let
ters to The Summerville
News, Box 310, Summerville,
Ga.
is again the Republican can
didate, Chapin’s member
ship in the Birch Society
will be a major issue.
"Responsible Republicans
have waked up to the fact
that the Birchers are
enemies of the Republican
Party as well as the Demo
cratic Party. This is why
Senator Dirksen, minority
leader Oerald Ford and
finally Senator Goldwater
have repudiated the John
Birch Society,” Davis said.
Reader’s Tip
They buried J. Horse 18
years ago. Raymond Ed
munds tells of the hilarious
happenings, page 4.
PRICE 10c
Denies
Threat
To LBJ
Billy Ray Pursley, 30, of
Summerville has been bound
over to a federal grand jury
in North Carolina on charges
of threatening to kill Pres
ident Lyndon Johnson.
Pursley, released under
$7,500 bond, denied he had
threatened the President
and repuiated testimony by
a Charlotte discount store
employee.
Pursley, an elevator me
chanic, contended the store
empleyee, Vernon L. Drum,
had told him, “That’s the
same caliber gun that killed
President Kennedy,” as he
was making the purchase.
In a commitment hearing
before U. S. Commissioner
Frank Holden in Atlanta
Friday, Pursley said he re
plied, "I might get my name
in the paper, too," in a jok
ing manner. He said he at
no time used the name or
initials of the President or
mentioned “the President."
Drum said that on three
occasions during the sale, in
front of other witnesses part
of the time. Pursley said he
was going to' use the 6 5 cali
ber Beretta rifle to kill Pres
ident Johnson. He said he
became suspicious and asked
Pursley to write down his
name and address. He said
it did not check with the
registration made earlier by
Pursley to buy the gun.
At one point during the
Atlanta hearing, Drum took
the Fifth Amendment and
refused to answer attorney
Bobby Lee Cook’s question:
“He’d already told you he
was going to kill the Presi
dent so you let him have an
other box (of shells) to com
plete the job. Why did you
sell this 6.5 Beretta to Mr.
Pursley if you thought he
was going to kill the Presi
dnt with it?” Cook declared
“He's just as much a part of
it as Pursley.”
Drum was informed by
Commissioner Holden at
that point he did not have
to answer any question that
might tend to incriminate
him. Drum refused to an
swer, but later told Cook he
would answer any questions.
Cook and Holden exam
ined statements Drum had
given FBI and Secret Service
agents during a short recess.
“This is ridiculous," Cook
said, stating the only pur
pose for such a case was to
give the Justice Department
attorneys a little practice.
Drum testified he sold
Pursley the gun “because I
didn’t know I had the right
to refuse to sell It on that
basis.”
Pursley and Drum dis
agreed on the day of the
purchase. Pursley said it
was on Wednesday, Nov. 10,
Drum said it was on he next
day.
Jimmy Pursley, 35, the ac
cused man’s brother said
Secret Service agents ques
tioned him in his Atlanta
home about his brother’s
feelings toward the Johnson
administration and If Billy
Ray had voted for Johnson
in the last presidential elec
tion. The Atlanta resident
said agents informed him
there was nothing to worry
about.
Drum swore he did not tell
Pursley “this was the same
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