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GIVE TO MARCH OF DIMES— Mrs.
W. D. Waters, campaign director for
the 1967 March of Dimes campaign in
Chattooga County, looks on as Chat-
March of Dimes Drive
Underway in Chattooga;
Mrs. Waters Director
Noted Pianist
Appears at
CHS Tonight
Mrs. Elizabeth Buday,
noted pianist and professor
of music at Shorter College,
will be presented in a Fine
Arts program tonight, Jan
uary 12. at the Chattooga
High School cafetorium.
Mrs. Buday will play
“Etude Opus 25, No. 7”, by
Chopin, and Rhapsody” by
Dahnanyi.
Steve Parker, a 1966 grad
uate of CHS and a student
of Mrs. Buday at Shorter,
will play “Sonata in F Maj
or”, by Mozart (Ist move
ment). and “Arabesque No.
2”, by Debussy.
Highlighting the student
faculty portion of the pro
gram will be an instrumental
duo with Jack Raines, band
director, playing trumpet;
and Mrs. O. G. Morehead at
the piano; the Glee Club
ensemble and Clifford
O’Neal, counselor, in a
choral number, and several
vocal solos.
Gorman Named Chairman
1967 Heart Fund Drive
J. Otis Gorman, of Summerville, has been named
Chattooga County Chairman of the 1967 Heart Fund
Drive by the Georgia Heart Association.
The month of February has been designated as
“Heart Month” in Georgia and Chattooga County.
The county has been assessed
a quota of $3,155 for this
drive. The state quota is
$700,000.
J. OTIS GORMAN
. . . Heart Fund Chairman
She §ummermlb News
tooga Commissioner Harry Powell
signs the proclamation designating
January as March of Dimes Month in
the county.
The 1967 March of Dimes campaign was
launched in Chattooga County this week. Commis
sioner Harry Powell issued a proclamation designat
ing January as March of Dimes Month in the county.
“The March of Dimes is fighting birth defects be-
cause each year these tragic
conditions rob more than a
q u a r t e r-million American
children of their birthright:
to enter the world healthy
and grow normally.”
Mrs. W. D. Waters, of Sum
merville, made this state
ment as she accepted the
appointment as campaign di
rector of the January 1967
Chattooga County March of
Dimes campaign.
“I think most of us would
consider it alarming if we
heard about an epidemic in
which a new case struck ev
ery other minute, which was
the greatest destroyer of life,
and which caused half of all
cases of mental retardation,”
declared Mrs. Waters.
“Yet,” she pointed out,
“birth defects are responsi
ble for all of this, and for
much more human damage.
Many defects are not appar
ent at birth. They appear la
ter in life, causing physical
or mental disability.
"The March of Dimes is
making important progress
in birth defects, but we need
increased public support to
continue and to expand these
The American Heart Asso
ciation (in Georgia, it is the
Georgia Heart Association)
is the only organization de
voting full time to the prob
lem of heart diseases and no
other.
Expenditure of all funds
raised by the Georgia Heart
Association is under the con
trol of a Board of Directors.
The effectiveness with which
these funds are spent is per
haps best measured by re
sults which have benefited
the entire country through
pioneering activities which
have been imitated in other
states.
Mr. Gorman said that Roy
J Thomas has been appoint
ed to serve as treasurer of
the Heart Fund drive. Any
one wishing to send in a do
nation may send it to either
the chairman or to Mr.
Thomas, care of Farmers and
Merchants Bank in Summer
ville.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967
programs.”
Mrs. Waters noted the
growing number of March of
Dimes - supported centers
where birth defect children
receive superior treatment
from teams of trained medi
cal professionals. There are
now 77 of these centers in
operation.
In research, scientists sup
ported by March of Dimes
grants, have developed ways
of detecting several defects
of body chemistry that can
cause mental retardation,
and are studying the heredi
tary and environmental fac
tors which affect a baby’s
development before birth.
“In addition,” said Mrs.
Waters, “the March of Dimes
is conducting a national ed
ucational program to inform
every expectant mother of
the importance of prenatal
care in minimizing risks to
the newborn child.”
A Mothers’ March will be
held later this month to cli
max the campaign. This
march offers women the op
portunity to take a personal
part in the fight against
birth defects.
Adult Program
Offers Course
The Adult Education Pro
gram will offer a course in
high school mathematics be
ginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 at
the Summerville Junior High
School on Rome Boulevard.
It will carry a unit of
credit leading to com
plete requirements and high
school graduation. A small
fee will be charged. The
class will be taught by Joe
Fay Denson.
School officials hope that
more people will take part
in the adult program as it
can be most beneficial and
enable those participating
to receive a high school di
ploma.
Further information may
be obtained from the office
of the County Superintend
ent's office.
Jaycees to View
Viet Nam Slider*
The Summerville Jaycees
will meet at 7:30 tonight at
Mi-Place Case.
A special guest will be
Hugh Don Hughes, recently
returned from Viet Nam,
who will show slides of the
war zone.
Maddox New Governor;
Floyd ‘Takes Walk’
Over Seating of Bond
Solons Vote Along
Strict Party Lines
Lester G. Maddox, a man who closed his restau
rant rather than comply with the 1964 Civil Rights
Act, was overwhelmingly elected governor by the
General Assembly Tuesday night.
The voting went as had been anticipated—along
party lines. The Assembly is
made up largely of Demo
crats, so the three to one
vote was not unexpected.
Both of the men repre
senting Chattooga County in
the General Assembly, Rep.
James (Sloppy) Floyd and
Sen. Billy Shaw Abney, of
LaFayette, voted fpr the
Democratic nominee. The
count was 182 for Maddox
and 66 for Howard (Bo)
Callaway, the first serious
Republican contender in
more than a hundred years.
The decision Tuesday night
climaxed a long, drawn-out
fight for the governorship,
which was fought through
the Georgia courts and all
the way to the U. S. Su
preme Court. A lot of people
had despaired of the di
lemma ever being resolved.
Neither candidate received
a majority in the November
General Election on Novem
ber 8. The Georgia Consti
tution provides for election
by the General Assembly in
the event of this unusual oc
currence.
The impasse was occa
sioned by the fact that for
mer Gov. Ellis Arnall re
ceived some 60,000 write-in
votes which made it impos
sible for either regular can
didate to receive the re
quired majority. Mr. Calla
way received some 3,000
more votes than Mr. Mad-
Floyd Named Chairman
Appropriations Committee
Chattooga County’s rep
resentative to the Georgia
General Assembly has been
appointed to the chairman
ship of one of the most im
portant House committees.
Contacted at his Atlanta
office Wednesday, Rep.
Floyd confirmed his ap
pointment as chairman of
the Appropriations Commit
tee by House Speaker George
L. Smith.
“I certainly feel that It is
an honor to me as well as
to Chattooga County,” Mr.
Floyd said. The people of
Chattooga County made it
possible for me to have this
position. If it were not for
them, I would not be here.”
The Chattooga County
representative was informed
about five weeks ago that he
was in line for this impor
tant position. He has been
spending two or three days
a week in Atlanta during
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DEATH VEHICLE— Shown above is
the 1962 Pontiac in which A. B. Alley
was killed last Saturday on Highway
dox, but did not have a clear
majority.
Most Georgians—includ
ing the members of the Gen
eral Assembly—would have
preferred the choice to have
gone back to the voters. In
deed, a resolution was in
troduced before the Assem
bly to allow a special elec
tion.
But Lt.-Gov. Peter Zack
Geer, who presided over the
joint session, ruled the mo
tion out of order, which pre
vented a vote on this issue.
Maddox was sworn in
minutes after the votes were
tabulated and addressed the
joint meeting of the Assem
bly. It was stated the rea
son for the hasty action in
taking the oath of office was
to forestall further legal
maneuvers.
The new governor was In
augurated in ceremonies at
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Mostly Fair, Warmer
Thursday’s weather for
the Chattooga County area
is expected to be mostly fair,
with a slowly warming
trend. The predicted high
will be about 50.
Friday will become partly
cloudy and warm. High on
Friday will be 58.
The general prediction is
for rain to begin sometime
Saturday.
this time studying the dif
ferent departments and
agencies in preparation for
this appointment.
Rep. Floyd is beginning
his 15th year of continuous
seniority. He is number eight
in House seniority out of a
total of 205.
On January 20, the Gen
eral Assembly will adjourn
for a period of three weeks.
During this time, Rep. Floyd
and the other 56 members of
the Appropriations Commit
tee will remain in Atlanta to
hold public meetings and
question department heads
in regard to appropriation
matters.
Although this is his first
time to serve as chairman,
this marks the fifth con
secutive time that Rep.
Floyd has been named to
the Appropriations Commit
tee.
27, north of Summerville, after collid
ing with a pickup truck.
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1 Killed, 3 Hurt
In Auto Wreck
One person was killed and
three more injured in a two
vehicle accident on Highway
27, just north of Summer
ville, last Saturday after
noon.
A. B. Alley, 43, was pro
nounced dead on arrival at
Chattooga County Hospital
after the car In which he
was riding collided with a
pickup truck driven by Ricky
Croy, 18, of Summerville.
The car in which Mr. Alley
was killed, a 1962 Pontiac,
was driven by Sherwood
Perkins, about 40, of Route
3, Summerville. He is in
Floyd County Hospital,
Rome, where his condition is
listed as “fair.” He suffered
head and chest injuries.
Croy, who was admitted to
Trion Community Hospital,
suffered a broken leg and
head injuries. Kenneth
Hughes, 14, of Lyerly, a pas
senger in the truck, was re
ported in “critical” condi
tion.
Investigating the accident
were Chattooga County
Sheriff John Frank McCon
nell, Chief Deputy Bert
Tucker, Deputy Gary Mc-
Connell and Georgia State
Trooper Bill Carter.
In another accident in
volving Chattooga County
residents, three persons
were injured in a one-car
accident about 8 p.m. in
Rome Friday.
All were treated at Floyd
County Hospital and re
leased. They included Peggy
Mitchell, 25, of Summerville
Route 1, who received head
and hip injuries; Linda
Hammett, 18, of Summer
ville, injuries to the right
knee; and Dennis Stansell,
15, of Trion, who received an
injury to the right arm.
Rome police said the
Mitchell car apparently
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went out of control and
crashed into the Georgia
Vocational - Rehabilitation
facilities at 1102 Avenue C,
causing extensive damage.
Area Students
To Get Degrees
Two students from Chat
tooga County will be among
seven ROTC cadets to grad
uate from an Alabama uni
versity later this month.
Buddy Lee Parker and
Donald Ray Henderson will
receive their degree and
commissions as second lieu
tenants on Friday, January
20, from Jacksonville State
University at Jacksonville,
Ala
Henderson, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. S. Henderson,
337 Elm Street, Trion, will
receive a Bachelor of Arts
degree with a major in his
tory and minors in eco
nomics and English. He has
the rank of cadet captain in
the ROTC.
Parker, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Parker, Route 1, Summer
ville, will receive the Bach
elor ?f Science degree with
a major in history and a
minor in political science.
He will graduate as a Dis
tinguished Military Student,
having attained the rank of
cadet lieutenant-colonel in
the ROTC. He is a member
of Scabbard and Blade, Cir
cle K, Ushers Club, and was
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Council Approves Salary;
Hawkins to Retain Seat
The Summerville City Council voted Monday
night to approve the payment of several months back
salary to Councilman Virgil Hawkins.
Mayor J. R. Dowdy has refused to sign the coun
cilman’s salary checks for several months due to a
technicality as to whether or
not Mr. Hawkins has "re
moved himself” as a resident
of the city.
Hawkins’ eligibility to re
tain his seat was questioned
by the mayor for the second
time at Monday night’s ses
sion.
The city charter states
that if a mayor or member
of the council moves his res
idence from the confines of
the city limits, his seat auto
matically becomes vacant.
Mayor Dowdy, at an earlier
meeting, first raised the
question of Hawkins’ right
to remain on the council. Mr.
Hawkins, at that time, evad
ed a direct answer to the
question, saying that he still
had some “things" in his city
residence.
In bringing up the issue
again at the latest meeting,
the mayor said that under
his interpretation of the city
charter, he could not consci
entiously continue to ap
prove salary payments to
Councilman Hawkins.
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Refuses to
Be Present
Julian Bond was finally
seated in the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly in Atlanta
Monday, but at least one rep
resentative is unhappy about
the event.
Rep. James (Sloppy i Floyd
"took a walk" while the con
troversial Bond was being
sworn in as a member of the
present House of Representa
tives.
Floyd, leaving his place on
the floor when it became evi
dent that the Negro repre
sentative-elect would not be
challenged to a seat at this
session, said later that he
preferred to take his oath at
another time.
Rep. Floyd stressed that
the race issue is not involved
in his stand on the matter.
He said that "it does not
matter what color a man’s
skin is—white, black, yellow,
red or what have you—any
man who does not know in
a split-second whether he
can commit treason against
his country or not, is not fit
to sit in the Legislature.”
To make this point clear,
Mr. Floyd pointed out that
other members of the Negro
race were seated in the Gen
eral Assembly without pro
test.
Bond had twice been re
fused a seat in the General
Assembly because of state
ments made in regard to the
war in Viet Nam. The for
mer SNCC official said that
he admired the courage of
those who burned their draft
cards.
The U. S. Supreme Court
declared on December 5 that
the Georgia House of Repre
sentatives violated Bo n d’s
freedom of speech when it
refused to seat him last Jan
uary.
Commenting on the high
court’s decision, Rep. Floyd
said, “I would not defy the
Supreme Court, but at the
same time, as an American
citizen, I have the right to
disagree that the legislature
made an error in not seating
Bond.”
The Chattooga County leg
islator, who was one of those
who led the fight last Janu
ary to keep Bond from tak
ing his seat, said Monday in
Atlanta, “I don’t want to be
associated with any individ
ual like him. He is a liabil
ity to everything he touches
M
Floyd remained oft the
House floor until after the
swearing in of Bond and took
his oath at a later time.
Mayor Dowdy pointed out
that the issue has no "per
sonal or political motives,”
that Mr. Hawkins has served
well as a member of the
council, but in his opinion, he
believes Hawkins’ continued
presence on the council is in
conflict with the city’s char
ter.
The mayor left the deci
sion of salary payments up
to the council members, say
ing he would sign no more
salary checks until “instruct
ed to do so by the council.”
On a motion by O. H. Perry,
seconded by Jack Ledford,
the council voted to pay Mr.
Hawkins’ back salary up to
the present date.
At first avoiding a direct
answer to the question of
whether or not he has moved
from the city, Mr. Hawkins
later said “if I decide to sell
my home (in the city), I will
let you know.”
The council agreed to post
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