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Boys Have Interesting Hobby
Tired of doing the
same old thing? Are you
looking for a new
hobby? If so, you might
follow the lead of two
Summerville boys and
start a collection of live
snakes.
At least, there wouldn’t
be a crowded field.
Joey Stewart stopped
by Monday and showed
us two of his “pets”—a
coachwhip and a rat
snake. Joey and his
brother, Skipper, are
avid collectors of all
kinds of snakes. In fact,
they now have no less
than eight pets they
have caught this sum
mer. Among their col
lection are a rattler and
two copperheads.
Snakes or serpents, of
which nearly 3,000 spe
cies are known, form
one of the principal
groups of living reptiles.
Records suggest they
were derived from liz
ard-like creatures ap
proximately 100 billion
years ago.
Joey said he has been
interested in finding
and catching live snakes
for about five years. The
thirteen-year -old 1a d
began following his
older brother—who is
now 20—and It wasn’t
long before he, too, was
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NOTICE
City ordinance requires that all dogs three
months of age and older running at large
within the City of Summerville be regis
tered each year.
In order to be registered, all dogs three
months old or older must first be inoculated
against rabies in accordance with Georgia
State Department of Public Health.
FEE FOR REGISTRATION:
Male Dogs $ .50
Female Dogs 1.00
Dogs must be inoculated by a veterinarian
or rabies inspector.
All dogs three months of age and older
running at large that are not registered and
wearing registration tag by July 15, 1967,
will be picked up by city authorities and dis
posed of by law. Further, any person own
ing or harboring a dog is solely responsible
for the provisions of this ordinance.
Rabies is present throughout the year. Ra
bies in human beings is 100 per cent fatal.
Dogs can be registered at the City Hall or
by Dr. Eugene Hamner, Veterinarian.
RATES:
3c PER
WORD
75c Minimum Charge
handling the snakes . . .
all except the rattlers
and copperheads. His
mother thinks he is a
“little too young” to
handle the poisonous
ones . . . yet.
In most cases there is
little reason to fear
snakes . . . About 2400-
3000 kinds of snakes are
known, but only about
eight out of 100 are dan
gerous to man. Some
snakes are helpful. They
kill rats, mice and other
rodents that destroy
crops.
Joey freely handled
the two snakes, but the
crowd that gathered
around didn’t seem too
interested in his pets . .
that is, except from a
safe “viewing” dis
tance.
Poisonous snakes are
easily recognizable in
the United States. Here,
every poisonous snake is
either a pit viper or a
coral snake. Pit vipers
have a deep hollow, or
pit, in front of each eye
and below it, on the side
of the head. Rattle
snakes are pit vipers
and are easily known by
their rattles. The only
other pit vipers are the
water moccasin and the
copperhead.
Coral snakes have
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bright bands of red, yel
low and black. They live
in tropical South Amer
ica and in some of the
warm regions of the
United States and Mex
ico.
The boys tramp the
fields and woods about
their rural home in
search of new additions
to their collection. They
use a forked stick or a
mop or broom handle—
with a loop of rope on
one end—to “lasso” the
snakes, much as a cow
boy might lasso a steer.
The popular belief
that a snake can sting
with its tongue is un
true. A snake’s tongue is
long, slender and
forked. Actually, the
tongue is harmless. It
keeps flicking out its
tongue while moving
along on the ground be
cause it is the snake’s
organ of touch. The
reptile also uses its
tongue to pick up par
ticles and put them into
two tiny cavities in the
roof of its mouth.
When things get
“dull” around his neck
of the woods, Skipper
takes off to where the
“live ones” are. He once
went on a rattlesnake
roundup in South Geor
gia. A six-and-one-half-
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JOHN D. EDMONDS
John D. Edmonds, 31, resi
dent of 12 Scoggins Street,
Summerville, died at 8:45
p.m. Sunday.
He was born in Bibb
County, Blockston, Ala., De
cember 11, 1935, the son of
the late Robert Edmonds
and Mrs. Ellie C. Eller.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Bonnie Zirkle Edmonds,
Topeka, Kan.; one daughter,
Dorothy Jean Edmonds; t^p
sons, William John and
Samuel Eugenia Edmonds,
all of Summerville; mother,
Mrs. Ellie C. Eller, 12 Scog
gins Street, Summerville;
one brother, Joseph Ed
monds, Summerville.
He was a member of Bel
mont Baptist Church.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the North Sum
merville Baptist Church
at 2 p.m. Wednesday with
Rev. E. H. Carson and Rev.
A A. Tanner officiating.
Burial was in Summerville
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were:
Jimmy Strickland, Rudy
Pollard, Carlton Clemons,
Clauda Hines, Charles Ben-
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foot rattler was his big
gest catch on this trip.
Twenty-one rattlers in
all were caught.
Snakes, like all other
reptiles, lack any inter
nal mechanism for the
maintenance of a con
stant body temperature.
They are able to remain
active only when the
body can be maintained
between approximate
limits of 60 and 104 de
grees, Fahrenheit.
Joey says that the
best time to catch the
snakes is in the early
morning or late after
noon. The legless crea
tures have an aversion
to the hot sun (smart
creatures). It seems that
the humidity has some
thing to do with their
presence, too.
The fangs of a rattle
snake or copperhead are
like hollow hypodermic
needles, which inject
poison into the victim’s
body. The bite of a
poisonous snake can be
recognized by one or
more punctures caused
by the fangs. The poison
quickly causes severe
stinging. Soon, the area
around the bite begins
to swell and turn purple.
The victim may then
become pale, weak and
sick at the stomach. His
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nett and Byron Hines.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
MRS. C. T. WEBB
Mrs. C. T. Webb, 66, a resi
dent of Cloudland, died at
10:30 p.m. Monday.
Her parents were the late
Andrew and Amanda Wood
all Hunter. She was a mem
ber of the Summerville First
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her
husband, C. T. Webb, Cloud
land; three daughters, Mrs.
John Nabors, Mobile, Ala.;
Mrs. Glenn Kennedy, Ports
mouth, Va.; Mrs. J. B. John
son, Summerville; two sons,
Jack Webb, U. S. Navy, sta
tioned in Charleston, S C.;
James Webb, Mentone. Ala.;
four sisters, Mrs. Vora Lee
Johnosn, Mrs. Bob Broome,
both of Summerville; Mrs.
Agnes Green, Rome, and
Mrs. Raymond Ivey, Ross
ville; three brothers, Marvin
Hunter and Harold Hunter,
both of Summerville, and
Richard Hunter, Pensacola,
Fla. Sixteen grandchildren,
two great - grandchildren
and a number of nieces and
pulse becomes weak and
rapid.
Joey said that his
brother had been bitten
once by a copperhead,
but that is the only seri
ous mishap they have
had.
The pets are well-fed
and well - cared -for.
Their diet consists
mostly of frogs. Scien
tists believe that most
snakes live for a period
of from 20 to 30 years.
The collectors hope to
find a place for their
pets to hibernate this
winter.
Asked what his moth
er thinks of his pets,
Joey replied, “She don’t
like them. She makes us
keep them away from
the house.”
Many places are en
tirely free of poisonous
snakes. New Zealand,
the Azores and Ireland
have no snakes at all,
and there are few on re
mote islands.
The two boys are the
sons of Dr. and Mrs. Joe
A. Stewart.
Joey dries the skins of
the snakes to make belts
and other items. So, if
you have any old snakes,
dead or otherwise, lying
around that you have no
use for, he will be happy
to have them.
nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be
held at 1:30 p.m. today from
the chapel of Erwin Funeral
Home with Rev. James
Swinson officiating. Burial
will be in Summerville
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Benny
Nabors, Dewayne Broome,
Denis Boyette, Ken, Dale
and Leon Hunter. They are
requested to meet at the fu
neral home at 1:15 p.m.
Erwin Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
WILLIAM H KEITH
William H. Keith, 97, a
resident of 305 Rossville
Boulevard, died at 2:45 a.m.
Saturday.
He was born in DeKalb
County, Alabama December
27, 1869, moving to Chat
tooga County in August,
1949. He had been a mem
ber of the New Home Bap
tist Church since early
youth. He was a retired
farmer and textile worker.
Surviving are a son, Oscar
Keith, Ft. Payne; three
daughters, Mrs. James
Crook, Trion, with whom he
resided, Mrs. Frank Ward,
Summerville, and Mrs. Paul
Williams, Ft. Oglethorpe.
Ten grandchildren, 14 great
grandchildren and a num
ber of nieces and nephews
Summer Season Opens
For Area’s Boy Scouts
It was back to the moun
tains for the 100 Boy Scouts
who reported Sunday after
noon at Boy Scout Camp
Sidney Dew for the opening
of the 1967 summer camping
season.
The Scout camp is filled
to capacity for the next
three weeks, according to
J. T. Morgan of Summerville,
chairman of the camping
committee of the North-
West Georgia Council, Boy
Scouts of America. The 460
acre camp is located between
Horn and Johns Mountain in
northern Floyd County, on
Johns Creek, adjacent to
Calbeck Mountain.
Attending Camp Sidney
Dew from Rome this week
are the following: Troop 28,
West Rome Methodist Men’s
Club, with Joe Gittings as
Scoutmaster; Troop 34, First
Presbyterian Church, with
Bobby Owens as Scoutmas
ter; and Troop 55, Men’s
Club of the Transfiguration
Episcopal Church, with
George Joyner as Scoutmas
ter.
Attending from Polk Dis
trict are: Troop 16, Cedar
town Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber Co., with John D. Jolly as
Scoutmaster and Troop 23,
Rockmart Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co., with Pat McKel
vey as Scoutmaster. Attend
ing camp the first week also,
from Cartersville is Troop
24, Cartersville Rotary Club,
with James F. Long as
Scoutmaster.
The camp staff has been
busy for the past 10 days
preparing Boy Scout Camp,
Sidney Dew for the opening
Sunday afternoon. Troop 18,
Cartersville Lions Club, has
built a new rifle range at
the camp under the direc
tion of Scoutmaster A. Eu
gene Atkins, an officer in
the National Rifle Associa
tion. The second and first
class Scout skill areas have
been placed in new locations
as have the pioneering area,
the rope yard, the axe yard,
and the archery range.
These areas utilize the prop
erty purchased by the
North-West Georgia Council
from the Strain Poultry
Farms, Inc., two years ago.
Camp director for the
opening week of summer
camp is William O. Cheat
wood Jr., district scout ex
ecutive, Cedartown, who has
12 years of camping experi
ence with the Boy Scouts of
America. Assistant camp di
rector and the program di
rector is Paul Terrell of
Rome who has been a mem
ber of the Boy Scout Camp
Sidney Dew staff for the
past 5 years. Terrell is a
graduate of the National
Camping School, Boy Scouts
of America. He is employed
by the Floyd County Board
of Education as a teacher.
Bryant Lambert, also an as
sistant camp director, and is
the camp ranger is also a
gradate of National Camp
ing School. Van McKelvey
of Cedartown, assistant pro
gram director is an Eagle
Scout, recipient of the God
and Country Award, and is a
student at Berry College.
District Scout Executive
William W. Young, Rome Is
in charge of supplies. Mrs.
Gertrude Prior of Cedar
town, a member of the Geor
gia School for the Deaf
cooking staff, is the camp
cook. Alton McClarty of
Cedartown is in charge of
the rifle range. Scout Ex
ecutive Harry Wheeler,
Rome, will coordinate coun
cil and camp activities, he Is
assisted by A. Knox Phillips,
Jr., District Scout Executive,
Dalton.
also survive.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Pine
Grove Methodist Church
with the Rev. Howard
Crowe, Rev. Douglas Bran
don and Rev. Ralph Brown
officiating. Interment was
in the churchyard cemetery.
Grandsons were pall
bearers.
Erwin Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrange
ments.
MOSS IN LAWNS
Moss will develop in lawns
in areas where conditions
are unfavorable for the
growth of grass, according
to Gerald E. Smith, Exten
sion horticulturist at the
University of Georgia. Moss
often develops on poorly
drained soils or| soils that
are he av I l|y compacted.
Lawn grasses will crowd out
moss under proper growing
conditions for grass.
The Summerville News, Thurs., June 22, 1967
Junior staff members are:
Doug Smith, Calhoun; John
Jackson and Donny Lewis,
Cartersville; Tim McKelvey,
Danny West, Clarence Prior,
Derwood and Gregg Wilker
son, Cedartown. Forrest Se
cord. Kenny and Mike Hack
ney, Dalton; Keith Odom,
Rockmart. Jerry Arnold,
Ronnie Housch, Norman
McKinney, Randy Touch
stone and Jim F. Dobbs,
Rome.
Pre-camp inspection was
held Thursday afternoon,
June 15, by Dr. C. J. Wyatt,
Rome, council health and
safety chairman; J. T. Mor
gan, chairman of the camp
ing committee; and E. c.
Pesterfield, Summerville, a
member of the county ex
ecutive board. The camp will
operate through July 22.
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Pursuant to an Act of Legislature House
Bill No. 414. Sealed bids will be received by
the Commissioner of Roads and Revenue,
Chattooga County, on June 29, 1967, said
bids must be sealed with the words "Sealed
Bid" written across the outside of the en
velope and received in the office of the Com
missioner of Roads and Revenue on or be
fore 10 o'clock A. M., June 29, 1967, at
which time and place bids will be opened.
Chattooga County is in desperate
need of garbage dumping areas in
different sections of the county.
Please quote best price on not less
than five (5) acre tracts within two
and one-half miles of each town
ship in county.
Or will lease on short term lease.
Any interested parties please con
tact Commissioner's office for fur
ther details.
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...or adding a.porch,
patio, or room; but
all of our home
IMPROVEMENT LOANS
are really low-cost,
convenient to repay!
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