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AT TUESDAY NIGHT TRION RECITAL
Among those taking part in the Spring Recital at
Trion Elementary School Tuesday night were,
front row, left to right, John Bankson and Billy
Hotchkiss; second row, left to right, Cheri Allen,
Patti Myers, Carolyn Grimes, Regina Rampley,
Mary Gordon, Ellen Jane Cavin and Tom Stubbs;
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. . . bar president
Westbrook
To Head Bar
Association
The annual meeting of
the Lookout Mountain Bar
Association was held last
Saturday night at the cabin
of Judge Robert E. Coker in
Walker County.
Jerry Westbrook of Sum
merville, judge of the City
Court of Chattooga County,
was elected president of the
association for the 1967-68
year.
Other officers installed at
the meeting were:
Donald Bennett, Rossville,
vice president; Lamar Chris
tian, Rossville, secretary;
and George Adams, Rossville,
treasurer.
The association is com
posed of lawyers in Chat
tooga, Catoosa, Walker and
Dade Counties.
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Recreation Area
Possibility Here
Chattooga County has a
wonderful opportunity to
have a public recreation
area — except for one little
item: about 150 acres — or
so —of land are needed.
It is very possible the
Georgia Game and Fish De
partment would build a com
plete public fishing area —
plus picnic and campsite
areas here in our county —
if the necessary acreage
could be made available.
The department is spon
soring a group of these areas
in various sections of Geor
gia. They are designed to of
fer good fishing for the en
tire family. The areas have
approximately 100 acres of
easily accessible, heavily
stocked and well fertilized
lakes.
Most of the ponds already
open to fishermen are
stocked with bluegill bream,
largemouth bass and chan
nel catfish. The ponds are
closely managed In order to
produce the best possible
fishing at all times.
The fishing areas are open
daily from 30 minutes before
sunrise until 30 minutes aft
er sunset. Camping facilities
are provided In an area ad
jacent to the public fishing
The weather outlook for
the Chattooga County area
calls for partly cloudy and
mild through Friday with
widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers.
Daytime highs about 85,
overnight lows near 60.
Congratulations to Our 1967 Graduating Classes
Chattooga High School Graduates
(See list inside)
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1967
back row, left to right, W. E. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Hoyt
Vines, Alma Lewis, Jeannie Espy, Randi Hotch
kiss, Mae Hotchkiss, Irene Moody, Mrs. Audrey
Brock (member Rome Symphony Orchestra), and
Helen Dean Rhodes, who presented the recital.
lakes. Fishermen may use
their own boats on the lake,
but only with electric mo
tors.
These public recreation
areas are operated and
maintained by the Georgia
Game and Fish Department.
To help defray some of the
operating expenses, an ad
mission of one dollar per
day for each fisherman over
12 is charged.
A facility of this type
could be a tremendous asset
to our county. A minimum
of 100 acres (under water) is
needed.
If there is a public-spir
ited citizen who owns prop
erty in Chattooga County—
and would be Interested In
making a site available for
a facility of this kind—he Is
asked to contact Rep. James
(Sloppy) Floyd, either at his
office In Summerville or at
his home in Trion.
The property would have
to be deeded to the Georgia
Game and Fish Department
or leased to them for 100
years.
House Damaged
By Fire Tuesday
A house on Martin Street
in Summerville, occupied by
John Tapp, was damaged
by fire Tuesday afternoon.
The Summerville Fire De
partment was called to the
scene about 5:15 p.m.
Considerable damage was
done to one room of the
one-story residence. The
contents were also damaged
from fire, smoke and water.
Cause of the fire has not
been determined.
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RAT GILES
. . . district commander
Giles Elected
District VFW
Commander
Ray Giles of local VFW
Post 6688 was elected Sev
enth District commander.
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
last Sunday at a meeting at
Chattooga Memorial Home.
Charles Anderson, also of
the local post, was named
district quartermaster.
Rep. James (Sloppy)
Floyd, state quartermaster,
was principal speaker at the
morning session. H. E.
(Babe) Meeks, VFWnational
extension director from na
tional headquarters In Kan
sas City, was speaker at the
afternoon session.
Other district officers
elected were:
James A. Rogers, Post 3679,
Fort Oglethorpe, senior vice
commander; J. W. Gray,
Post 7402, Bremen, junior
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Industrial Leaders
Invited to Seminar
Pilot Project,
Says Davis
A group of industrial lead
ers of Chattooga County are
among the 400 Seventh Dis
trict industries to attend the
first in a series of nation
wide technical conferences
planned by the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration. The confer
ence will be held June 9 on
the campus of Berry College
in Rome.
The conference is a pi’ot
project — the first of its
kind ever held — NASA
hopes to use it as a model
for similar conferences
across the nation. Davis said
the meeting has aroused
keen interest among his col
leagues on the House space
committee.
Industries in the local
area which have been in
vited to attend the seminar
are: Riegel Textile Corp..
Montgomery Knitting Co.,
Summerville Manufacturing
Co., Harriett and Henderson
Cotton Mills, Inc., Best Man
ufacturing Co., Georgia Rug
Mill and Georgia Glove Co.
In drawing up NASA’s
charter, Congress foresaw
that space research wou'd
produce down-to-earth ben
efits for private manufac
turers and wrote in a provi
sion that all new discoveries
must be passed along to pri
vate industry. NASA’s De
partment of Technoogy
Utilization has the respon
sibility for seeing that this
provision is carried out.
Congressman Davis has a
special interest in the DTU
oecause he serves on the
subcommittee that oversees
its operation.
Davis said he is overjoyed
that NASA agreed to hold
its pilot conference In the
Seventh District: “I can’t
express how delighted I am
that our industries will be
the first in the nat’on to
receive a fu’l-scale briefing
on NASA’s technology-shar
ing program. As things stand
now. only a relative handful
of industries are taking ad
vantage of this program, but
the program has proved it-
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THREE CARS
STOLEN AT
TRION SUNDAY
Three automobiles were
reported stolen from a park
ing lot at Trion after mid
night Saturday. The cars
were listed as 1961, 1962 and
1963 Impala Chevro:ets.
Sheriff John Frank Mc-
Connell said that the cars
were taken from the lot
sometime between Saturday
midnight and 8 a m. Sunday.
The cars were later found
near the picnic area at the
Narrows. They had all been
stripped of valuable parts,
according to Sheriff McCon
nell.
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TOP HONOR GRADUATES— Shown abov? are the
two top honor graduates at Chattooga High School.
Mary Mitchell (L) was valedictorian of the 1967
class and Carolyn Pledger was salutatorian.
Rev. Hotchkiss
To Get Degree
The Rev. William E.
Hotchkiss 111 will receive his
Master of Theology degree
in Greek New Testament at
graduation exercises June 4
and 5 at Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary, Decatur, Ga.
Mr. Hotchkiss received his
A.B. degree from Florida
Southern College, Lakeland,
and his B.D. degree from
Columbia Seminary, De
catur. He was one of the
first recipients of a scholar
ship in the program of con
tinuing education at the
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REV. HOTCHKISS
Trion High School Graduates
(See list inside)
seminary. This program is
designed to assist ministers
In the pastorate In keeping
abreast of current develop
ments in theology, pastoral
counseling, and Bible study.
He is the son of the late
Rev. David Stuart Hotchkiss
and Mrs. Charles H. Dingee,
the former Mrs. D. S. Hotch
kiss, of Dunedin, Fla. He is
pastor of the Summerville
Presbyterian Church and
Walnut Grove Presbyterian
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137 Chattooga High Seniors
Receive Diplomas Monday
One hundred and thirty
seven seniors were awarded
diplomas at Chattooga
County High School Monday
night in an impressive cere
mony.
The graduating exercises,
scheduled for Chattooga
Stadium, were interrupted
by a rainstorm about twenty
minutes after the program
had started. The somewhat
wet crowd adjourned to the
school cafetorium, where the
program was resumed.
The words of welcome
were given by Robbie White,
senior class president. Pam
Hubler, student body presi
dent, gave a talk on "This I
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New Store
Opens Here
Today
The Dixie Dime Store is
beginning its Grand Open
ing today on South Com
merce Street. The new store
Is located next door to
Shop-Rite Super Market.
It Is one of five stores op
erated by Dixie Dime Store,
Inc. John R. Howard, of La-
Fayette, is president of the
company. The firm began
operations in Fort Ogle
thorpe 11 years ago.
A general line of mer
chandise will be offered.
Emphasis will be placed on
a better line of dry goods.
Mrs. Billie Dean, of Sum
merville, will be local man
ager of the store.
Valuable door prizes are
being offered during the
opening sale.
Headstart to
Be Underway
On June 15
Final word on the ap
proval of the Headstart pro
gram has not been received.
However, we are assured
that it will be funded within
the next few days.
Classes will be held at
Summerville Elem enta ry,
Menlo, Lyerly and Pennville
schools.
Classes will begin at 8
am. on Thursday, June 15,
and be in session until 12
noon. Breakfast and lunch
will be provided without
charge.
Transportation will be
provided for those normally
eligible for county transpor
tation (those living outside
the city limits.)
Plans are to contact each
one who has applied for
Headstart by mall when
final word is received. Pub
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Believe.”
The salutatory and vale
dictory addresses were de
livered by Carolyn Pledger
and Mary Mitchell, respec
tively.
Seated on the platform for
the awarding of diplomas
were: Dr. J. J. Allen, chair
man, Board of Trustees;
W. P. Selman, chairman.
Chattooga County Board of
Education; W. M. Jackson,
member, Board of Educa
tion; James Spence, super
intendent of schools; and
E. L. Kelley, CHS principal.
The main speaker of the
evening was Dr. Edwin D.
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