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VOLUME 82 —NUMB.'
Rec. Center
Burglarized
Tues. Night I
The Summerville Po 5
Department reports that ine
Recreation Center on Boll
ing Road was burglarized
Tuesday night. The Coke,
cracker and candy machines
were broken open.
The person or persons in
volved are believed to have
been hiding inside the build
ing when it was closed for
the night. Fingerprints were
found at the scene which
may identify the burglars.
The incident was investi
gated by Officer Logan. GBI
Agent Jack Knott and the
Chattooga County Sheriff’s
Department were later
called into the case.
Students See
Indian Relics
At Etowah
Last week a group of
Summerville Junior High
School students and faculty
visited the Cartersville area
as the second of three field
trips planned for the Sum
mer Reading Program at
the school.
The group first stopped at
the Gordy Pottery Company,
where they were treated to
a demonstration of this
rapidly dying art by Mr.
Gordy. They next visited the
Etowah Indian Mounds,
where they inspected vari
ous Creek relics uncovered
in that area, and were
shown how archeologists de
termine the age at death
and the sex of long-buried
skeletal remains.
After visits to the State
Park Marina and Redtop
Mountain State Park, the
group spent some two hours
touring the power plant at
Allatoona Dam.
Those making the trip in
cluded: George Adams, Jim
my Brooks, Gary Daniels,
Jerry Edwards, Frank Favor,
Davey London, Marcella
London, Gregg Ludy, Mar
cella McMicheals, Vanessa
Mosely, David Patterson,
Spencer Shropshire and
Freddy Ufford.
The trip was conducted
by Jeanne Johnson, Fran
Mullins, Walter Phillips,
Josh and Juanita Scoggins
and Frank Ward.
The next trip, scheduled
for July 31, will include
visits to several attractions
in the Atlanta area.
Library Will
Close for
Two Weeks
The Chattooga Public Li
brary will close for a period
of two weeks, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs.
Jean Pless, librarian.
The library, which for the
past several years has been
housed in the Summerville
City Hall building, will close
on July 31 to begin the task
of moving to a new location
on N. Commerce Street,
next to the Tooga Theater.
Mrs. Pless urges everyone
to check out all the books
that will be needed by Sat
urday, July 29—especially
children who are members
of the Vacation Reading
Club.
The move was necessitated
by the need of the City of
Summerville for the space
occupied by the library in
the city hall.
Traffic Accident
Claims 2 Lives
Two persons are dead as
a result of a traffic accident
near the north city limits of
Summerville Saturday.
Emmett Little, 31, Route
3, Summerville, was killed
when the car he was driving
skidded across the road into
the path of an oncoming
car, according to State High
way Patrol records.
The driver of the other
vehicle, Hoyt Lee Burrage,
20, Route 1, Trion, sustained
injuries in the accident.
Others listed as being in the
accident were: Hoyt Rich
ard Craig, 19, Route 1, Sum
merville; Homer Simpson.
32, 622 Grant Street, NE,
Atlanta; Tommy Burrage.
51, Route 1. Trion, and Billy
Burrage, 15, Route 1, Trion.
Tommy Burrage died in a
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Junior All-Stars Capture
7th District Championship
The Summerville Junior
All-Stars nailed down the
Seventh District Junior
Baseball championship in
Cartersville last Friday. The
local team beat Trion and
Cartersville to capture the
Walker Co.
Chosen for
Head Start
The Walker County Board
of Education has been chos
en as one of four districts in
the Southeast to participate
in a nationwide follow
through program to carry
the benefits of the War on
Poverty’s Head Start into
the regular school system
this fall.
The program is described
as a new and important
step to extend and strength
en the educational and de
velopmental gains provided
by Head Start to pre-school
children now entering their
first year of school.
Follow-through is an out
growth of Head Start, estab
lished two years ago to pro
vide children with pre
school experiences designed
to help them adapt to reg
ular school programs. By
the end of this summer, ap
proximately two million
youngsters will have partic
ipated in Head Start pro
grams.
Trion Woman
Injured In
Rome Accident
According to a report by
Rome city police, Cordia
Tapp, 62, Trion, Route 1, was
injured in a two-car acci
dent Tuesday at the inter
section of North Broad
Street and Turner McCall
Boulevard in Rome.
It was reported the acci
dent occurred at approxi
mately 10 a.m. when a car
driven by Bob E. Fuqua, 30,
of Emerson, attempted a left
turn off McCall Boulevard
into Broad Street colliding
with the Tapp vehicle.
Mrs. Tapp received a pos
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Chattanooga hospital Tues
day. He was a lifetime resi
dent of Chattooga County.
This brings to five the total
number of traffic fatalities
in Chattooga County this
year.
Funeral services for Mr.
Little were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday from the chapel of
Erwin Funeral Home with
Minister Dale McCaleb and
the Rev. A. A. Tanner offi
ciating. Interment was in
Summerville Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mr.
Burrage will be held at 3
p m. today from the General
Assembly Church of God in
West Summerville with the
Revs. Harvey Caldwell and
David Cleghorn officiating.
Interment will be in Ami
Cemetery near Menlo.
coveted title.
Summerville beat Trion by
a score of 8 to 3 in the first
game. Cleo Goodgame went
the distance for the local
team.
In the second game, the
Summerville team won, 7-1,
behind the fine pitching of
Kenny Howell.
The Summerville team
made a fine showing in the
district tournament and de
serve a lot of credit for win
ning the title.
The local champions will
play the winners of the
Fourth District for the area
championship on Saturday
in a best-two-out-of-three
series. Two games are sched
uled for Saturday — the
first one to begin at 5 p.m.
and the second game set for
7:30. If a tie-breaking game
is necessary, it will be played
on Monday, July 31.
The Summerville Recrea
tion Center is host for these
games which are to be
played in Summerville.
The winner of the area
play-off will participate in
the state tournament at
Warner Robbins AFB. These
games will begin on Wednes
day, August 2.
Terry Money and Jack
Cash are managers of the
Bids Sought
For County
Road Project
Advertisements were placed
by the State Highway De
partment this week for bids
on a road project in Chat
tooga County.
Plans call for the resur
facing of 12.7 miles of high
way on State Route 48, be
ginning at the Alabama line,
northwest of Menlo, and ex
tending easterly to State
Route 114 in Summerville.
Bids will be accepted until
11 am. on August 11. Esti
mated cost of the project is
$127,600.00.
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LITTLE CAR—A Summerville man,
Emmett Little, was killed in the car
above in an accident that occurred
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1967
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junior team. (See picture in
side)
Cartersville defeated Dal
ton, 6-5, to win the senior
Legion-Auxiliary
Joint Installation
American Legion Post 129
and American Legion Auxil
iary Unit 129 will ho 1 d a
joint installation of officers
tomorrow night.
Larry Coggins of Newnan,
Ga., past Department of
Georgia commander, will
install the newly elected
and appointed officers for
Post 129.
Those to be installed are:
Robert J. Green, command
er; Charles C. Floyd, senior
Dexter Poss
Resigns As
CHS Coach
Dexter Poss has resigned
as head coach at Chattooga
High School, It was an
nounced by school officials
this week.
The resignation came as a
surprise to most persons.
The reason given was that
the former coach was re
turning to another profes
sion.
Poss, a native of Thomson,
Ga., came to Chattooga High
School In January of this
year. At that time he was
appointed assistant princi
pal along with his duties as
head coach.
Because of the nearness
of the new school term, it is
expected a new coach will
be selected from among the
coaching staff already em
ployed. The new coach could
possibly be selected today
when the Chattooga County
Board of Education meets in
special session.
Two Persons Dead As a Result of This Accident
baseball championship. The
local team in the senior com
petition lost its first game
to Dalton, 6-2.
vice commander; Lawrence
F. Robinson, junior vice
commander; E. D. Stephens,
junior vice commander; Carl
S. Anderson, sergeant-at
arms; James A. Giles, adju
tant; Dwight W. Mauney,
chaplain; T. J. Espy, judge
a^ 'ocate; Ira T. Hawkins,
service officer; Carl P.
Thomason, historian; and
Donald J. Cox and Troy
Wesson, trustees.
The installation ceremon
ies will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
the Chattooga County Me
morial Home.
Mrs. Lillian Bailey of Ma
rietta, Seventh District Aux
iliary president, will have
charge of the installation of
the newly elected and ap
pointed officers for Unit
129.
These include: Mrs. Joan
Cox, president; Mrs. Ollie
Harlow, first vice president;
Grace Weaver, second vice
president; Mrs. T. J. Espy,
secretary-trea surer; Mrs.
Jane Peters, historian; Mar
garet Osgood and Louise
Suttles, sergeants-at-arms.
The weather for the Chat
tooga County area is ex
pected to be pretty much the
same as we have been hav
ing for the past week or so.
The days will probably
continue to be warm and
humid, with rather cool
nights.
Scattered thundershowers
may be expected during the
afternoon or early evening.
near the north Summerville city lim
its Saturday afternoon. Several per
sons were injured in the other car.
Burglars Active in
Trion, Menlo Area
Burglars have struck at
least three places in two
towns in Chattooga County
during the past week.
On the night of July 19,
Hurley’s Food Center in Tri
angle Shopping Center was
burglarized of an undeter
mined amount of cash.
Two Menlo business estab
lishments, Menlo Drug Co>
and King Hardware Co.,
were entered Tuesday night.
Entry to the Hurley store
was gained through a hole
in the roof. Actually, two
holes were made by the per
sons who entered the store.
It is believed the first one
was abandoned after it was
found to be a direct drop to
the floor of the store. An
other hole was cut over a
walk-in cooler and is prob
ably the point of entry.
Fay Hurley announced
yesterday that the owners
of Hurley’s Food Center
in Triangle Shopping
Center are offering a
SIOOO reward for informa
tion leading to the arrest
and conviction of the
person or persons who
burglarized the store on
July 19.
Fay Hurley, one of the
owners of the food store,
said it is not known defi
nitely at what time the
building was entered. The
store was closed at the usual
hour of 9 p.m. Trion police
found the back door of the
establishment unlocked at
5:30 a.m. Thursday and
called the owner.
Sheriff Gary McConnell
said Wednesday that the
loss in the Menlo burglaries
amounted to approximately
ssoo—most of it in mer
chandise. An investigation
Is underway by the Sheriff’s
Department, GBI Agent
Jack Knott and the Menlo
police.
Mr. Hurley said that the
persons who entered his
store were apparently In no
hurry. Evidence was found
Board Sits
Today in
Special Meet
The Chattooga County
Board of Education meets
today in a special meeting
called for 5:30 p.m. in the
conference room of the Edu
cation Bldg.
Several important deci
sions in regard to our
schools may be decided at
this meeting.
Among the topics that
could be discussed at today’s
meeting include the hiring
of a new principal at Chat
tooga High School and a
new head coach to replace
Dexter Poss at CHS.
It Is also expected that a
report will be made on the
progress of negotiations with
the Trion school system on
the matter of a merger be
tween the school systems.
This report is eagerly
awaited by a great number
of residents of the county.
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BURRAGE CAR — The car shown
above was involved in an accident in
which one person was killed Saturday
that the burglars helped
themselves to refreshments
while in the store. A box of
cereal, several cans of
Vienna sausages and a num
ber of soft drinks were
found to have been opened.
To complete the feast, a
package of napkins lay
opened alongside the re
mains of the food.
The burglars then began
the task of dislodging the
store safe—which was em
bedded in the cement floor
of the building. After suc
cessfully completing this
job, the 100-pound safe was
carted off intact. It con
tained mostly cash.
Davis to Support
Fire Safety Bill
A bill to provide a compre
hensive national fire safety
program was reported out of
the Science and Astronau
tics Committee Thursday,
Congressman John Davis
announced Monday.
Although the legislation
was in the mill months be
fore the Rossville fire, that
fire served as a severe re
minder of the need for such
a program, Congressman
Davis said.
The Georgia congressman
is seventh ranking member
of the Committee and in
troduced a companion bill
to the one reported. (Intro
ducing a companion bill is
equivalent to co-sponsoring
a bill.)
The bill will include basic
research on fires, which is
long overdue, the congress
man said. It also provides
for the establishment of
educational programs for
the general public, for fire
men and for college-level
fire safety engineers. A data
reference system will be set
up, and grants will be given
to state and local govern
ments and other public and
non-profit institutions to
ward better fire prevention
and control.
The two agencies through
which these functions will
be carried out are the pres
ently existing National Bu
reau of Standards, whose
powers would be greatly ex
tended in the field, and a
newly created National
Commission on Fire Preven
tion and Control, which
would primarily be a re
search and analysis body.
“Not Guilty”
Verdict In
Goodson Case
Superior Court Judge Rob
ert Coker directed a verdict
of ‘‘not guilty’’ in the mur
der trial of Betty Jeanette
Goodson upon a motion
made by the defendant’s at
torney.
Mrs. Goodson had been
charged In connection with
the death of her husband.
afternoon. Tommy Burrage, a passen
ger in the car, died Tuesday morning
in a Chattanooga Hospital.
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Mr. Hurley announced
that a nightwatchman will
be permanently placed in
the store.
Meanwhile, the Chattooga
County Sheriff’s Depart
ment said that Raymond
Davis was found guilty in
Chattooga Superior Court
Tuesday and given a 12
months sentence in connec
tion with the burglarizing
of Tri-Sum Food Store sev
eral months ago.
Ronnie Waddington en
tered a plea of guilty to the
same charge and was sen
tenced by Judge Robert
Coker to a one-year sen
tence.
The Science and Astro
nautics bill represents a
coming together of the ad
ministration’s fire bill which
was introduced through the
Commerce Committee and
another fire bill which origi
nated in the Banking and
Currency Committee, the
congressman said.
He stated that his com
mittee Is especially hopeful
that the new program will
take advantage of scientific
breakthroughs that cur
rently stem from the na
tional space program and
other scientific programs.
Meanwhile, similar legls
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Trion Council
Adopts Fiscal
1968 Budget
The Trion Town Council
has adopted Its fiscal budget
for the year 1967-68. A
breakdown of allocations for
the various departments
shows:
Administrative $ 24,161
Water Works 24,789
Police Dept. _. _ 35,706
Sanitation Dept. — 13,351
Public Works 37,329
Trion City Schools 147,865
Structure & Improve-
ments 5,425
Fire Dept. 3,235
Cemeteries 3,732
Civil Defense 450
TOTAL $296,043
This is an increase of
$30,000 over last year’s
budget. The largest Item of
Increase was for Trion City
Schools, which amounted to
$17,000.
The police department
budget also showed an in
crease over figures for the
previous year. It was ex
plained that this increase
was due to the fact that one
additional employee was
added as a result of chang
ing to 8-hour shifts.
The council has initiated
a retirement plan for town
employees.
The millage rate will re
main at the present 20 mills.