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GOV. MADDOX SPEAKS AT ROTARY CLUB—Gov. Les
ter Maddox spoke to an overflow crowd at Riegeldale
Overflow Audience Hears
Gov. Maddox Wednesday
Gov. Lester Maddox spoke
to a capacity audience at
the weekly meeting of the
Summerville-Trion R o t a ry
Club yesterday at Riegeldale
Tavern.
The largest crowd ever to
be served at Riegeldale „was
on hand as the governor re
lated his plans for Georgia
during his administration
Local Boys to Attend
Annual Patrol Meet
A group of Chattooga
County youths will leave
from the county courthouse
at 8 a.m. Sunday for a week
long stay at the Schoolboy
Patrol Camp at Lake Black
shear between Cordele and
Americus.
The camp is sponsored by
the VFW in cooperation
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IRWIN THOMAS
. . . plant manager
Thomas Gets
Promotion at
Montgomery
J. R. Burgess has an
nounced the appointment of
Irwin G. Thomas as plant
manager at Montgomery
Knitting Company in Sum
merville. Mr. Thomas has
served the company in a
managerial capacity for the
past several years.
Mr. Burgess will remain as
vice president of the com
pany and will serve in an
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Floyd Reelected
By VFW Group
Several members of the
local post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars attended the
VFW state convention In
Macon last week.
James "Sloppy” Floyd was
reelected as state adjutant
quartermaster. He has held
this position since March
1955. The office of the ad
jutant-quartermaster is lo
cated In Summerville.
Ray Giles, of Trion, took
the oath of office as Seventh
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Mr. Maddox said that he
was not interested in just
certain sections of the state,
but his interests concerned
“all the state.” He reempha
sized the fact that he was
going to serve all people to
the best of his ability.
The governor received a
standing ovation from the
more than 100 persons gath-
with the State of Georgia.
It is under the supervision
of the Safety Education Di
vision of the Georgia State
Patrol. It is open every sum
mer for 12 weeks. The camp
occupies 17*/ 2 acres and is
part of the 1,000-acre Vet
erans State Park of Crisp
County.
Cost per boy is $12.50 for
the week. This amount is
paid by the local sponsor,
VFW Mason-McCauley Post
6688.
Any boy in Chattooga
County — up to 14 years of
age — who is interested in
making the trip is asked to
contact “Flash” Parker at
853-3729.
Bible School
Monday at
First Baptist
Vacation Bible School be
gins Monday, July 17, at
8:30 a.m. at the First Bap
tist Church in Summerville.
J. Fred Gunter, Jr., minister
of Music-Education of the
church, will serve as princi
pal. Mrs. Duke Espy will be
school pianist.
Classes will be held for
boys and girls from 3 to 12
years of age with the follow
ing people serving as super
intendents of the various
departments: 3 Year Nurs
ery, Mrs. Bill Stephenson;
Beginner (ages 4-5), Mrs
Paul Pullen, Jr.; Primary I
(6 years I, Mrs. James Mere
dith; Primary II (7 year),
Mrs. Stanley Selman; Pri
mary 111 (8 year), Mrs.
Clyde Davis; Junior I (9-10
year), Mrs. Claude Bagley,
Jr.; Junior II (11-12 year),
Mrs. Robert Floyd.
The Bible School will be
for two weeks, ending Fri
day, July 28. Boys and girls
3-12 are invited to attend.
District commander along
with other district officers.
Ed Hitt, of Waycross, was
elected state commander for
the new year.
Among those from Chat
tooga County attending be
sides Mr. Floyd and Mr.
Giles included: Hugh Don
Hall, Harry Farrow, Don
Espy, "Flash” Parker, Mere
dith Tutton, Charles Ander
son, Walt Rich, Lavon
Bishop and Herb Wesson.
Tavern Wednesday. Approximately 135 Rotarians and
guests were on hand to welcome the governor.
ered on this occasion for
what was to most of them
the first glimpse of their
chief executive.
At one point in his speech.
Maddox firmly declared that
he “will not become a puppet
of Washington.”
In addition to the mem
bers of the Rotary Club, in
vited guests included most of
the county’s government
leaders, mayors of the vari
ous cities, business and pro
fessional leaders, as well as
a good representation of the
General Assembly.
Fred Aldred. Summerville
businessman, who was pro
gram chairman for the week,
Local
Baptists
At Meet
A group from the Sum
merville First Baptist Church
attended the first Training
Union Week at Ridgecrest,
(N. C.) for 1967 this week.
Those making the trip in
cluded: Fred Gunter, Mr. and
Mrs. James Meredith, Jim
and Paul; Mr. and Mrs. O.
G. Morehead and Rosemary;
Mrs. Avanelle Poole, Claudia
Bagley, Jerry Floyd, Eliza
beth Hines, Marilyn Mere
dith, Celia Thomas, Kenny
Thompson and Johnny
Weaver.
Kenny will remain there
for the second Training
Union Week and participate
in the Southern Baptist
Demonstration Drill on Sat
urday, July 15.
City Council
In Regular
Meeting Mon.
The Summerville City
Council met in regular ses
sion Monday night at City
Hall. The council took up
several routine matters dur
ing the meeting.
One item under discussion
was the purchase of a new
garbage truck. The matter
was postponed until a later
meeting.
Present for the meeting
were Mayor J. R. Dowdy,
Councilmen Hubert Palmer,
Jack Ledford, Oscar Perry
and Virgil Hawkins. Coun
cilman O. G. Morehead was
out of the city.
Football Meeting
Set Friday Night
At High School
All football players at
Chattooga High School, who
plan to play this fall, are
requested to meet at the
CHS field house at 7 p.m.
Friday, July 14.
Anyone who plans to play,
but cannot attend the meet
ing, is asked to contact
Coach Dexter Poss at his
home after 6 p.m. Phone
857-8081.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1967
introduced the governor.
Also on hand was Chat
tooga County Representative
James “Sloppy” Floyd.
The governor outlined his
program for the state dur
ing the next several years
and cited his determination
to carry out these plans.
The overflow crowd filled
the main dining room, the
several private meeting
rooms and the large,
screened porch across the
back of the main room for
the governor’s address.
This was the first official
appearance of Gov. Maddox
in Chattooga County since
he was elected by the Gen
eral Assembly early this
year.
The governor arrived in
Rome by plane and was met
by an official delegation
from Chattooga County.
After the meeting ad
journed, Mr. Maddox shook
hands with all those present
as they left the building.
The chief executive was to
leave immediately following
the meeting for the return
trip to Atlanta.
Low-Rent Homes
Approved Here
A loan for 70 low-rent
homes in Summerville was
approved this week by the
Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, Con
gressman John W. Davis
has announced.
The loan of $1,011,291 will
be used to build these low
rent facilities, 30 of which
will be designed for elderly
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GOV. LESTER MADDOX WELCOMED—
Fred Aldred, Summerville businessman,
welcomes Gov. Lester Maddox to Chat
tooga County Wednesday. The governor
Special Election to
Name New Sheriff
Date Expected to
Be Set Today
A special election will be
called within the next few
days to fill the unexpired
term of Sheriff John Frank
McConnell, who died last
Saturday.
Ordinary Paul Weems said
Wednesday that the date of
the election will probably be
set at 10 a.m. this morning.
Gary McConnell, son of
the late Sheriff, was sworn
in by Mr. Weems Saturday
night as acting sheriff until
a special election can be
held to fill out the unex
pired term, which expires
December 31, 1968.
Georgia law requires that
a special election be called
within 10 days if the unex
pired term is for more than
six months. The election will
be held within 30 to 45 days,
according to the ordinary.
Mr. McConnell was serving
his first term as sheriff
when he was stricken about
6 p.m. Saturday. He was
rushed to Chattooga County
Hospital where he was pro
nounced dead on arrival.
It was reported Tuesday
that five or six candidates
are expected to announce
for the unexpired term.
Gary McConnell said
Wednesday that he would
"'falter
The weather picture for
the Chattooga County area
is expected to be continued
hot and humid.
Scattered thundershowers
can be expected today and
possibly tomorrow.
The general outlook is for
more of the same weather as
we have experienced during
the past few days.
persons.
The average cost to build
and equip these homes is
$9,923. All contracts will be
awarded by the Summerville
Housing Authority.
The loan will be repaid
from proceeds of the local
authority’s long-term bonds
to private Investors.
spoke at the meeting of the Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club. In background is Earl
Self and Dr. Marlin Payne.
like to thank the people of
Chattooga County for the
courtesy shown him and his
family during his father’s
death. He said that the poli
cies that he (his father) has
set forth in the two and
one-half years he was in
the sheriff’s office will be
fulfilled "to the best of my
ability.’’
He urged the people of the
county to “feel free to call
on me at any time — day or
night.”
Local Scout
Troops at
Sidney Dew
Three Boy Scout Troops
from Chattooga County
joined the third summer
program week which began
Sunday at Camp Sidney
Dew as 91 Scouts and Ex
plorers registered at the 460-
acre reservation located in
the mountains of northern
Floyd County.
The camp, which is owned
and operated by the North
west Georgia Council, is en
joying one of its best seasons
in recent years.
Local troops participating
this week are: Troop 7, spon
sored by Geneva Mills, Inc.,
Summerville Division, Evans
Scoggins, Scoutmaster;
Troop 38, sponsored by the
Trion Lions Club, Barry
Watson, scoutmaster; and
Troop 101, sponsored by the
Summerville - Trion Rotary
Club, Dwight D. Arden,
scoutmaster.
A total of 17 merit badges
have been offered as part of
the camping program so far
this summer. Included are
archery, basketry, camping,
canoeing, cooking, first aid,
forestry, handicraft, Indian
lore, leatherwork, life sav
ing, pioneering, nature, row
ing, soil and water conser
vation, swimming and wood
work.
In addition, there are first
and second class skill areas,
physical fitness, general
hiking in the mountains
which surround the camp,
general handicraft and rifle
marksmanship on the new
range built by Troop 18,
Cartersville Lions Club, un
der the direction of Scout
master Eugene Atkins, an
officer in the National Rifle
Association.
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. funeral held Monday
Principal
At Lyerly
Elected
The Chattooga County
Board of Education met In
regular session Monday aft
ernoon in the conference
room of the Education
Building.
The board elected Jim
White, of Rosedale, a former
principal at Armuchee High
School, as principal to fill
the vacancy at Lyerly
School.
Other action taken by the
board:
... voted to buy two new
school buses.
... completed plans for two
classroom additions at
Lyerly.
... voted to employ Steve
Groce as an assistant
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Jury List Announced
In July Court Term
The following persons
have been chosen as jurors
for the July term of Chat
tooga Superior Court. They
are to report to the court
house at 9 a.m. July 17.
Billy H. Henderson, Mrs.
Jewel Echols, Mark Hannah
Barclay, Otis M. Espy, James
L. Spears, Emma J. Scoggins,
Robert W. King, Anne Allen
Lindsay, James Hubert Pal
mer, Archie H. Warren,
Gather E. Powell, Homer D.
McWhorter, Charlie E. Smith,
Paul M. Tucker, Robert O.
Spear, T. H. Brewer, Sr„
J. F. Henderson, Lloyd T.
Gilreath, Don D. Gordon,
Jeff Franklin Covington;
Avery Winson Bryan, Gor
don Lee Bartlett, Tom Key,
James H. Kisor, Anne Ogles
by Bennett, Walter C. Bag
gett, Roy E. Whaley, Jr.,
William F. Scoggins, Ernest
L. Hurley, Alene Smith Bak
er, Bessie Mae Hill, Roy W.
Worsham, James Henry
Brimer, William L. Shrop
shire, Jr., James R. Wilson,
Joe C. Barkley, Max Marion
Barton, Wrathburn Kyle
Cash, Blanding B. Young;
James W. Walker, Joel C.
Thomas, »r, Earl H. Tinney,
James E. Adams, Grady E.
Winters, Ivron David Ben
nett, James H. Hudson, D. L.
Nichols, Ester C. Maples,
Pless Edwards, Ralph Bat
tles, Jesse Barnes Cantrell,
Jr., John W. Greenwood,
Milburn L. Sprayberry, Her
man Lee Cash, Clarence
Winters, Kenneth J. Lee,
Mose Harper Adams, Jr., Roy
Cook, William W. Bishop;
Troy L. Griffith, Sr., Cur
tis V. Hudgins, J. Homer
King, George W. Hubler,
Charles F. Eichelberger,
Christopher C. McSherry,
Terry C. Money, Raymond E.
Witt, Marvin Lee Tucker,
L P Shropshire, William D.
Ingle, Emma Jones, O. Clif
ford Junkins, William G.
Wood, Ben F. Collins, John
Howard Parsons, Walter La
mar Allmon, Grady A. Mc-
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McConnell
Services
Held Mon.
Sheriff John Frank Mc-
Connell, 54, died Saturday
of an apparent heart attack.
The sheriff was stricken in
his home about 6 p.m. and
was rushed to Chattooga
County Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Sheriff McConnell was
serving his first term in of
fice. He was elected to the
sheriff’s office for a term
beginning In January 1965.
Before being elected sheriff,
Mr. McConnell was warden
at Chattooga County Work
Camp for three years.
Mr. McConnell is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Marguerite
McConnell; one son, Gary
McConnell; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. McConnell, Route
3, Summerville.
He was a lifelong resident
of Chattooga County, a
member of the New Hope
North Baptist Church, where,
he served as chairman of
the board of deacons for 12
years and had been a dea
con for 28 years. He was a
member of the Peace Offi
cers Association and the
Georgia Sheriff's Associa
tion.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday from the
New Hope North Baptist
Church with the Revs. Rob
ert Franklin and Roy Cor
dell officiating. Interment
was In Macedonia Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were:
Fay Gilreath, J. A. Scoggins,
W. E. Moseley, Randy Rob
erts, Charles M. Ledford Jr.,
George Black, O. R. Fletcher
and Carl Dooley.
Erwin Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Leod, Deforest E. Millard.
James C. Stoker;
George Orr Crowe, Jr..
Robert J. Denson, Jack Bry
ant Allen, Eldred D. Barrett,
Charles W. Hawkins, Billy
Maz Reece, Thelma W. Alex
ander, James A Vinyard,
Wilburn H. Pickle, Homer C
Sprayberry, George W. Sit
ton, Thomas H. Luttrell.
John E. England, Walter Ar
nold Bagley. Hancel T. Baker,
Herman Lee Adams, James
T. McGraw, Alexander M.
Myers, Jr., Bonnie B. Hughes,
Frank Johnson, Jr., Mildred
H. Dalrymple.
LaFayette Gets
New-Type Phone
A special gold telephone
was installed by the Walker
County Telephone Co. as the
first Tel-Touch telephone in
LaFayette.
Tel-Touch is available for
all “638” subscribers as a
new, faster way to dial calls
by using a set of ten push
buttons rather than the fa
miliar rotary dial, according
to A. M. Bennett, telephone
company general manager.
It costs $1.50 more per line
for residences and $2 more
per line for businesses. The
phones are provided in a
new beige decorator color.
The Walker County Tele
phone Co. Is the first inde
pendent telephone company
in Georgia to offer modern
pushbutton service to its
customers. About one year of
planning and engineering
were required to prepare
the equplment for the new
service. The approximately
70-year-old locally owned
company also expects to
reach the 5,000 telephone
mark late this year.