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VOLUME 82 —NUMBER 23
Mrs. Cox
Auxiliary
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1967-68 of Unit 129, Am
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elected at the unit’s mon 2
meeting on Tuesday, . ~
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Mrs. Don Cox was re
elected as president of the
group for the coming year.
Mrs. Cox was also elected
first vice president of the
Seventh District group at a
meeting held in Calhoun on
June 5.
Other officers elected
Tuesday were: Mrs. Ollie
Harlow, first vice president;
Grace Weaver, second vice
president; Mrs. T. J. Espy,
secretary-treasurer; Jane
Peters, historian; Margaret
Osgood and Louise Suttles,
sergeants-at-arms.
Reporting on the district
meeting in Calhoun, Mrs.
Cox revealed that the Lin
'dale unit won the “Zana K.
Harlow” trophy for the best
scrapbook, and the Rome
unit was awarded the “Ma^
Earle Strange” trophy for
the year 1966.
The department conven
tion, which will be held in
Macon July 14-15-16, was
discussed and local delegates
were chosen to attend.
The auxiliary president
encouraged an immediate
membership drive and ap
pointed Grace Weaver, Lou
ise Suttles and Vivian Car
gle as a membership com
mittee.
A joint installation of of
ficers with the American
Legion post was approved by
the unit.
Jean Bryant, Lois West
brook and Alice Tucker were
welcomed by the unit as
new members.
Several Hundred
At Menlo Rally
Some 400-500 persons were
on hand at Menlo Tuesday
for the annual Fourth of
July celebration. Activities
included a parade, ball
games, speaking and an old
fashioned barbecue supper.
A parade through the
streets of downtown Menlo
began the festivities shortly
after the noon hour. This
was followed in the early
afternoon by a Dixie Youth
League baseball game.
The platform program got
underway at 4 p.m. with the
Rev. Fred Buchanan, pas
tor of the Menlo Baptist
Church, giving the welcom
ing remarks.
Gail Sumner was crowned
as Menlo Dixie League
Queen. Runner-up was Rita
Stowe. »
The main speaker of the
day was Rep. Mac Barber, of
Commerce. Mr. Barber re
viewed the history of Amer
ican independence and re
minded the youth of tomor
row of their destiny in
America’s future.
The Jackson County legis-
The Jackson County leg
isla t o r is widely-known
throughout the state for his
many contributions in the
field of education. He served
in 1964 and 1965 as chair
man of the Governor’s Con
ference on Education.
The speaker was intro
duced by State Senator Billy
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DAVIS GETS HOUSE CHAIRMANSHIP
Congressman John Davis, of Sum
merville, a member of the Committee
on House Administration, takes over
the chairmanship of the Police Sub-
Davis Named Chairman
Os Police Subcommittee
Congressman John Davis,
of Summerville, has been
appointed chairman of the
Police Subcommittee, a unit
that functions under the
Committee on House Admin
istration.
Davis was appointed to
the post by Rep. Omar
Burleson (D-Tex.), who is
chairman of the House Ad
ministration Committee.
The Police Subcommittee
oversees the operation of the
Shaw Abney, of LaFayette.
More than 400 persons ate
barbecued chicken as a cli
max to the day’s activities.
The annual celebration is
sponsored jointly by the
Menlo PTA and the Dixie
Youth Baseball League. A
PTA official said their part
of the money would be used
to purchase playground
equipment.
Coosa Tech
Offers Class
In Servicing
Coosa Valley Tech has
openings for persons wishing
to learn electrical appliance
servicing. This skilled trade
includes residential blue
print reading, basic electric
ity, house wiring, and the
operations, installations and
repair of all types of major
and minor household elec
trical appliances.
The school furnishes new
and used refrigerators,
freezers, dishwashers, stoves,
washers, and dryers for stu
dent practice.
Electrical appliance serv
icemen are in great demand
by the general public and
those trained in this skill
are assured a good future.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1967
committee. Davis also serves as a
member of the House Committee on
Science and Astronautics.
capitol police force. Chair
man Burleson has directed
Davis’s group to look into
the entire police system on
Capitol Hill, with an eye
toward recommending im
provements.
“I feel especially honored
to be chosen for this par
ticular assignment,” Davis
said. “The capitol police
force is entrusted with the
security of the capitol build
ing itself and the House and
Senate office buildings. It
also guards some of the
most treasured reminders of
our nation’s history, as well
as protecting the life and
property of everyone who
visits the capitol. No police
force in the country has a
heavier responsibility, and I
intend to do my utmost to
see that the force has every
thing it needs to uphold this
trust.”
Davis said that in addi
tion to hearing from repre
sentatives of the capitol
force, he intends to invite
law enforcement experts
from outside the force to
testify before his subcom
mittee.
One of the key problems
facing Davis’s group is the
makeup of the capitol police.
A certain percentage of the
hiring is now done under
the patronage system, and
there is a move on Capitol
Hill to phase out patronage
Increasing cloudiness and
slightly warmer weather is
in store for the Chattooga
County area for the next
couple of days.
Thursday’s high is ex
pected to be around 86 with
a 20 per cent chance of
scattered afternoon thunder
showers.
On Friday, the weather
picture is expected to be
much the same with chances
of scattered showers in
creasing to 30 per cent.
The general outlook is for
continued mild days and
rather cool nights.
I WELCOME
The Welcome sign was
out at Menlo Tuesday as
approximately 400 per
sons attended the Inde
pendence Day rally.
At left are the candi
dates for Dixie Youth
League Queen.
At right is part of the
parade on the downtown
streets of Menlo.
officers and replace them
with professionals. At pres
ent, roughly half of the
entire force is made up of
patronage employees.
The force now consists of
273 officers on the House
side and 155 on the Senate
side. The force is entrusted
with the security of every
thing that lies within the
boundaries of the Capitol
grounds, which amounts to
155 acres.
Serving under Davis on
the Police Subcommittee are
Democrats Sam Gibbons,
of Florida, and Kenneth
Gray, of Illinois, and Re
publicans Sam Devine, of
Ohio, and William Dirkin
son, of Alabama.
Sheriff “Happy”
Over Quiet 4th
Sheriff John Frank Mc-
Connell said Wednesday
that this Fourth of July
holiday period was one of
the quietest on record.
The sheriff said he would
like to express his apprecia
tion to the people of the
county for their cooperation
in making this a safe Fourth
of July holiday.
He related that everyone
had been "very nice” during
this busy week-end.
LL All-Stars to
Compete July 21
The Little League All-
Stars will compete for the
district championship in
Cartersville on July 21. The
local team drew a bye for
their first game and will
play the winner of the Car
tersville-Rockmart game.
Those chosen for the All-
Star team are:
Joel Cordle, Mike Morri
son, Greg Espy, Steve Me-
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Gov. Maddox to Address
Rotarians Here July 12
First Appearance
As Chief Executive
Gov. Lester Maddox will
be the guest speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club
at Riegeldale Tavern on
Wednesday, July 12.
This will be the first pub
lic appearance for the gov
ernor since becoming chief
executive. The last time Mr.
Maddox was in the county
was one year ago when he
addressed the Independence
Day crow d at the annual
celebration in Menlo.
Mr. Maddox is an accom
plished speaker and has
made quite a number of
speeches over the state since
the first of the year. He will
go directly to Riegeldale
Tavern after his arrival in
the county.
Fred Aldred, Summerville
business man, is program
chairman for the week and
will introduce Gov. Maddox.
County Has
Fatality-Free
Holiday
City and county officials
report one of the quietest—
and safest — Fourth of July
holiday periods on record in
Chattooga County.
No traffic fatalities have
been reported in the county
area and not even a serious
accident has marred the
holiday scene.
This is in marked contrast
to the national traffic pic
ture which will probably
show a record number of
fatal traffic accidents.
The National Safety Coun
cil had predicted a holiday
traffic toll of more than 700.
As the holiday period came
into the final 24 hours, six
motorists were being killed
an hour in traffic accidents.
The largest traffic toll ever
recorded in the United States
was 720 deaths over the
three-day Christmas week
end of 1965. The highest toll
ever recorded for an Inde
pendence Day week-end was
577 during the 1966 three
day holiday.
Early Wednesday, latest
figures Indicated that this
year’s toll would surpass last
year’s fatalities for the 102-
hour holiday period.
Graw, Keith Brown, Nick
Tomlin, “Smoky” Howell,
Roger Reynolds, Mike Chan
dler, Butch Lanier, Greg
Ledford. Donnie Simpson,
Charles Mitchell, Byron
Brooks; first alternate,
Jimmy Dillard; second al
ternate, Chester Hunt.
Bob Ledford is manager of
this year’s team of champs.
It is largely through his
efforts that the chief execu
tive will be here on next
Wednesday.
The governor will meet
many friends during his
visit here, having carried
the county by a large ma
jority in the run-off elec
tion.
He will truly be in “Maddox
Country” while he is in
Chattooga Country.
Local Scout
To Attend
World Meet
Bob Farrar, of Summer
ville, and Eric C. Barton, of
Cartersville, will represent
the Northwest Georgia
Council, Boy Scouts of
America, at the 12th World
Jamboree, August 1-9, at the
Farragut State Park in
Idaho.
The event will celebrate
the 60th anniversary of
Baden-Powell’s experimen
tal Boy Scout Camp on
Brownsea Island, off thg
coast of England.
More than 10,000 Scouts
and Scouters from some 90
countries are expected to at
tend the international en
campment.
Participants from the
United States must be 14
years of age and must be
Life Scouters in rank or
higher. Bob is an Eagle
Scout and Eric qualified for
the rank of Eagle at Camp
Sidney Dew last week.
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DEBBIE DENSON
. . . cheerleader mascot
Cheerleaders
Announce
CHS Mascot
Little Debbie Denson has
been announced as the win
ner of the football cheer
leader’s mascot contest. The
three-year-old winner is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Denson, of Route 3,
Summerville.
Debbie, who collected 21,-
577 votes, will help the CHS
cheerleaders at all Indian
football games this season.
Tina McGuire was a close
second in the contest with
20,577 votes. All those who
were contestants will receive
a megaphone charm for
their participation in the
contest.
The Chattooga High
School cheerleaders wish to
express their appreciation to
all who participated in, and
donated to, the contest. The
proceeds from the contest
will help finance the trip to
a cheerleader’s camp.
City Adopts
Retirement Plan
For Employees
The Summerville City
Council has adopted a re
tirement plan for all city
employees.
The plan was approved at
a special meeting of the
mayor and council last Fri
day.
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Pettyjohn Resigns;
Joins City Police
The warden at the Chat
tooga County Work Camp
has resigned from his posi
tion at the camp, it was
learned Wednesday.
J. W. Pettyjohn confirmed
yesterday that he has given
up his position as warden
of the camp as of Saturday,
July 1.
Pettyjohn was appointed
to the job as warden at the
work camp by Commissioner
Harry Powell in December
1964.
When contacted Wednes
day, Mr. Pettyjohn said he
had “no comment” at this
time in regard to his resig
nation.
The office of Commis
sioner Harry Powell in the
Chattooga County Court
house was closed Wednesday
and he could not be reached
for comment. It is not
known, at this time, if a re
placement has been secured
to replace the warden.
Police Chief Griffin
Pledger said Wednesday
Suzi Baker to
Appear in Hamlet
Suzi Baker Mee, daughter
of Mrs. Addie Baker, of
Pennville, stars in the fe
male lead in the Shake
spearian play, "Hamlet,”
which opens in Washington
tomorrow night, July 7, and
plays through August 2Q.
The performances are held
nightly except Mondays at
8:30 p.m., at an outside
theatre near the Washing
ton monument. Last year
the Shakespearian features
drew audiences of some 1,000
people per night. The play
lasts 2>/ 2 hours.
Suzi’s role is that of
Ophelia.
Harold Scott, who did
Macbeth in Atlanta, plays
Claudius the king. He went
to Harvard with Suzi’s hus
band, Charles Mee.
Playing the role of Ham
let is Robert Drivas, who has
done six or seven Broadway
shows, as well as television
shows and was guest on
"FBI” not long ago.
Phillip Burton, foster-fa
ther of Richard Burton, is
the director. He is an Eng
lish director and this is the
first play he has done in this
country. Suzi said that he is
their landlord, and she has
taken some acting lessons
from him. She has played in
several of the 'tour thing”
for which he is the sponsor
ing agent, "The Battle of
the Sexes,” which Is a hu
morous two-hour program
for colleges and similar
scenes from "The Taming of
the Shrew," “The Fathers,”
"Romeo and Juliet,” etc.
Ophelia is a very difficult
part, Suzi said, especially
the "mad" scene where she
goes completely insane. Also,
she sings four Elizabethlan
songs in the play. At one
point, her body is on the
stage and buried in a grave
over which Hamlet and his
brother do this “fencing
thing."
She has a nice voice and
no difficulty in learning her
lines; she is just worried
about the mad scene.
This Is the first proses-
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8-Hour Shifts
Set for
Police Dept.
Summerville city police
will begin working an eight
hour shift on July 15.
At a called meeting Fri
day, the Summerville City
Council voted to change the
working hours of the de
partment from the present
12-hour shifts.
Specific details have not
been worked out, but are
expected to be announced
next week.
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J. W. PETTYJOHN
. . . resigns
that Pettyjohn joined the
Summerville Police Depart
ment Monday and is now a
member of his force.
sional Shakespearian play
in which Suzi has played.
She was in “Midsummer
Night’s Dream” at the Uni
versity of Georgia. The last
show she was in was “X-Mas
in Las Vegas” on Broadway,
as an understudy. She
laughingly recalls that the
show lasted only four days.
She has also appeared in
college plays at the Univer
sity of Georgia and at Yale.
She studies under Lee Stras
burg, head of the Actors
Studio.
Suzi’s husband has writ
ten a number of plays in
which Suzi has appeared.
Playwriting is a hobby with
him. He Is managing editor
of Horizon Magazine, a pub
lication of the American
Heritage Publishing Com
pany.
During the two months
that Suzi is away from
home, he will be studying
Italian in all his spare time.
He is writing a biography of
Lorenzo di Medici and they
will fly to Florence, Italy,
for the month of September,
where he will do research
for the book.
They have one daughter,
Erin, 3, who has been with
Mrs. Baker for several weeks.
The two will fly to Washing
ton the first of next week.
Incidentally, Suzi’s stage
name Is "Ann Baker." She
would have gone under the
name "Suzi Baker,” but an
other actor beat her to it.
She hopes that many of her
friends traveling this sum
mer will drop by and see
Hamlet. The play Is free.
Education Board
To Meet Monday
The Chattooga County
Board of Education will
meet Monday, July 10, for
Its regular monthly meeting.
The board will take up
routine matters pertaining
to the county school system.