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VOLUME 82 — NUMBER 45
Health inds
To Aid &ea
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On November 28, the Ap
palachian Regional Commis
sion designated Chattooga
County and Northwest Geor
gia as a demonstration
health area and earmarked
funds for the project—s2oo,-
000 for planning and admin
istration and $2 million for
component projects. North
west Georgia was one of
seven such areas designated
and this action by the com
mission clears the way for
development of the various
health services planned for
the region. The Georgia ap
plication was sponsored and
supported by the governor’s
Post Office
To Observe
Extra Hours
The ovation given the
1966 special Christmas
stamp was so overwhelming
that the Post Office Depart
ment has issued essentially
the same stamp this year as
an encore, Postmaster John
Stubbs reported today.
The 1967 version will be
bigger than last year’s and
will include more of the
“Madonna and Child with
Angels”, painted in the 15th
century by the Flemish art
ist, Hans Memling. The mas
terpiece hangs in the Na
tional Gallery of Art in
Washington, D. C.
The stamps are now on
sale at post offices.
Postmaster Stubbs noted
that use of the special five
cent stamp or any other five
cent stamp on Christmas
cards affords first class
treatment. That means the
cards will be forwarded If
the recipient has moved, or
returned if there is no for
warding address. Third class
postage, four cents on cards,
does not provide that service.
The postmaster urged all
residents to shop and mail
early and use ZIP Code in
all addresses so that the
avalanche of Christmas mail
will be moved with the
greatest efficiency.
“Early mailing assures an
even flow of mail, not a sud
den surge which could log
jam the postal system,” the
postmaster said. “According
to Postmaster General Law
rence F. O’Brien’s predic
tions, there will be over nine
billion pieces of mail deliv
ered during the Christmas
rush. If all that mail were to
hit at one time there would
not be enough workers or
space to handle the mail and
Christmas mail would be de
layed. The truth is simply,
“Mail early and the mall
that will be delivered on
time will be yours.”
The Summerville post of
fice will be open all day on
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
on December 9 and 16 as an
added convenience and
service to local patrons. All
postal services, Including
money orders, will be avail
able on these two Saturdays.
The voters of the city
of Summerville will elect
three
Saturday x
dates have qualified for
four-year
which begin in January.
The balloting will be
held in the city hall in -Xi
the space formerly oc- ■
cupied by the Chattooga
County Public Library. jqMMF
Polls will be open from w *" 1
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Approx- j < f X^
imately 2,000 persons
are registered to vote in
Three candidates are MRHH|
competing for Seat No. 3. W/-L -
This position is being W--..?:
vacated by Councilman ■■■ WHH
Virgil Hawkins, who did CASEY
not seek re-election.
Candidates for this seat ployee of Georgia Rug
are Mrs Thelma Casey, Mill for 19 of those
W R Coker and Jess years. She is the wife of
Mitchell Everett Casey and a
Thelma Casey is the member of the Ameri-
first woman to enter the can Legion Auxiliary
field for a position on and the First Baptist
the city council. She has Church. The Caseys
lived here for 22 years have one son. Ray Ca-
and has been an em- sey, and one grandchild
She ^unttnrrtttlle Nrtua
rep ££ ve to the Ap
pal: egional Commis-
sion, n. ^over Welch, direc
tor of Georgia’s state plan
ning bureau.
In October, an application
had been prepared on proj
ects which could get under
way in the current fiscal
year—the period from Jan
uary to June, 1968. Now,
however, it will be possible to
apply for projects to begin
during the next 12 months,
so the list of projects can be
expanded. The projects ap
proved by the executive com
mittee of the regional coun
cil which were scheduled for
a January starting date
were:
1. A full-time admini
strative staff to work with
all component projects and
to arrange for outside con
sultation when necessary.
The study of hospital bed
needs included on a plan
ning activity. The regional
solid-waste disposal pro
gram, which will provide
personnel and equipment in
all parts of the region.
2. A staff to develop the
computerized Health Infor
mation System. The first
step in this project is to pro
vide direct services to hos
pitals and health facilities.
3. Other service compon
ents planned for the first six
months included expansion
of a nursing home in Cher
okee County; development
of home health services in
several counties; establish
ment of a community alco
holism program in Gilmer
County and a community
mental health program in
Gordon County.
To expand to a 12-month
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Rotary Club Is
STAR Sponsor
The Summerville - Trion
Rotary Club, with F. R.
Vickers, chairman, will be
the official sponsor of the
Student Teacher Achieve
ment Recognition (STAR)
program in the Chattooga
County and Trion City
school systems, J. E. Stahl,
seventh district chairman
for STAR, announced this
week.
STAR, a program origi
nated by the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce, rec
ognizes and promotes aca
demic achievement, honors
the teaching profession and
explains the merits of the
free enterprise system.
The awards and honors to
be given to the 1968 STAR
Students and STAR Teach
ers were outlined by State
Chamber Education Depart
ment chairman, William O.
Riley, vice president, Indus
trial Relations, Atlantic Steel
Co., Atlanta.
The 1968 state STAR Stu
dent will win a Pan-Ameri-
Three Councilmen to Be Elected Here Saturday
fed
CASEY
ployee of Georgia Rug
Mill for 19 of those
years. She is the wife of
Everett Casey and a
member of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary
and the First Baptist
Church. The Caseys
have one son, Ray Ca
sey, and one grandchild
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967
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High School Industrial Arts Club
members, who are repairing dam
aged toys to be distributed to needy
children for Christmas. The boys will
accept any donations and see that
County Farmers Eligible
For Crop Damage Loan
Farmers in Chattooga
County are eligible for emer
gency loans for damage to
crops, Rep. John W. Davis
has announced.
The Department of Agri
culture has authorized these
loans to farmers who suf
fered heavy financial losses
because of damage to this
year’s cotton crop, the con
gressman said.
can Airlines trip to Europe,
SSOO cash from the Atlanta
Gas Light Company and the
STAR Statuette—presented
by the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce. The state
STAR Teacher will receive a
SSOO Sears Foundation Gra
uate Study Scholarship and
the State Chamber “ALF”
Statuette. In addition, the
state winners will enjoy a
one week educational sight
seeing STAR Tour of Geor
gia accompanied by other
top students and teachers.
Two important new schol
arship awards have been
added to the competition
this year. The first runner
up to the state STAR Stu
dent (from among district
STAR Students) will be
awarded a SSOO scholarship
by the Atlantic Steel Foun
dation, and the first runner
up to the state STAR Teach
er will receive the SSOO L. G.
Balfour Company Scholar
ship.
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A
COKER
W. R. Coker has been
in the plumbing and
heating business here
for 18 years. He has also
served with the police
department and the
she ri f f’s department
and is a member of the
South Summervl 11 e
Baptist Church. Mr. and
CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR CHILDREN
Other seventh district
counties covered by the
authorization are: Gordon,
Floyd, Bartow, Harralson,
Murray, Pope and Whitfield.
George Weaver, county
supervisor, Farmers Home
Administration, said yester
day that funds may be ad
vanced for such items as
seed, fertilizer, fuel, herbi
cides, insecticides, labor, ma
chinery, repair, other custo
mary farm expenses, family
living expenses, farm ma
chinery for replacement oi
similar items which are worn
out and must be replaced
and for other purposes to
enable an applicant to con
tinue his operation.
The loans will be made
through local offices of the
Farmers Home Administra
tion in 20 Georgia counties.
The emergency loans are
available at 3 per cent in
terest to eligible farmers in
Chattooga County because of
severe crop losses, Mr. Weav
er said. Loans are secured by
a lien on crops, machinery,
cattle or real estate, when
necessary. The loans are de
signed for farmers who are
not able to obtain the nec
essary credit from other
sources to continue normal
operations.
Applications may be made
to the FHA office at 30 S.
Commerce St. To be eligible.
Planning Group
Meets Tonight
The Chattooga County Mu
nicipal Planning Commission
will meet at 7:30 tonight at.
the Georgia Power Co. build
ing, it was announced yester
day by H. Grady Ramey,
commission chairman.
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HEAD
Mrs. Coker have two
sons. Boyd Coker is in
business with his father
and Danny Coker is
serving with the U. S
Navy.
Jess Mitchell is a re
tired employee of Mont
gomery Knitting Co. He
has lived in Summerville
they are delivered to children in time
for Christmas. Left to right: Hugh
Durden, club sponsor; Chuck Hen
derson, Don Bethune, Glenn Mann,
Danny Black and Dennis Dyer.
an applicant must be a
farmer who is unable to ob
tain credit from other
sources. Emergency loans
may not be used to refinance
debts.
For further details, con
tact the local FHA county
supervisor.
Paul Hosmer
At Cleveland
Convention
Paul Hosmer, vocational
agricultural instructor at
Chattooga High School, is
among the more than 400
teachers of vocational agri
culture who are meeting in
Cleveland, Ohio, this week
for the 19th annual conven
tion of the National Voca
tional Teachers’ Association.
The NVATA has a mem
bership of over 10,000 teach
ers of vocational agriculture
with members from all 50
states plus Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands. Elvin
Walker, of Norman Park,
Ga., is president of the na
tional association.
Mr. Hosmer is an official
delegate from the Georgia
association which has a total
of 266 members. Travis Hen
dren, of Cleveland, N. C., is
vice president of Region V,
to which the Georgia asso
ciation belongs.
The convention theme this
year Is “Agricultural Educa
tion for the Seventies.” The
week-long meeting brings
together leaders from all
areas of vocational agricul
tural education for the pur
pose of discussing mutual
problems and developing
new innovations In agricul
tural education.
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MITCHELL
for 38 years. He is a
member of the West
Summerville Baptist
Church, a Mason, a
member of the Eastern
Star and Woodmen of
the World Mr. Mitchell
is married to the former
Mabel Norman, of La-
Fayette. They have one
Retail Sales Gain
18 Per Cent Here
10 Per Cent
Above State
Average
Third quarter retail sales
in Chattooga County showed
an 18.1 per cent Increase in
1967 over sales for the same
period last year, according
to a survey conducted by the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce. This Is some
eight per cent higher than
the average for the state.
Taxable sales In the coun
ty totaled $7,028,000 during
the third quarter as com
pared to $5,952,000 during
this period in 1966.
County estimates by cal
endar quarters of business
are based on Georgia De
partment of Revenue data
for adjusted gross sales tax
amounts. These figures ex
elude out-of-state pur
chases, which relate to use
tax amounts, and Indicate
place of sale rather than
consumer buying power by
place of residence.
In Georgia, third quarter
sales totaled $2,038,934,000
as compared to $1,846,477,000
during the same period last
year, an Increase of 10.4 per
cent.
Chattooga County’s in
crease was well ahead of the
figures for surrounding
counties.
Byway of comparison,
Walker County registered
sales of $13,246,000 for an
increase of 11.2 per cent.
Floyd County’s sales of $30,-
229,000 was a 5.3 per cent
increase over the same pe
riod last year. Dade County
registered a 7.5 per cent In
crease; taxable sales In
Whitfield County showed a
9.6 per cent Increase and
Catoosa County sales In
creased 6.7 per cent.
The report noted that
only two counties In Geor
gia — Dawson and Pickens
— recorded decreases as
against seven last quarter.
The weather outlook for
the Chattooga County area
is expected to remain mild
with occasional rain.
Today’s high should be
around 60 with a 50 per cent
chance of rain.
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MOREHEAD
son. Charles Mitchell.
Lamar Head and O. G.
Morehead, Jr., the in
cumbent, are running
for Seat No. 4.
Lamar Head is a local
automobile dealer. He Is
a U. 8 Army veteran, a
member of the Jaycees.
the Summerville Retail
TOMMY LUTHER
. . . new Menlo mayor
Nine Qualify
For Election
At Trion
A total of nine candidates
have qualified for the Jan. 4
election at Trion when a
mayor, recorder and five
councilmen will be elected.
Qualifying deadline for
candidates is 11:30 a.m. Dec.
16.
J. C. Woods is unopposed,
so far, in his bld for a third
term as mayor. At present,
J. C. Langston Is also the
only candidate to qualify for
town recorder.
Seven persons are running
for five positions on the
town council. They are:
James Simmons, Carl Wil
liams, James McKenzie, Fon
nie Earp, W. T. Brown, Jason
Broom and Charles Eichel
berger.
A total of 695 persons are
registered to vote in the elec
tion. Terms are for a two
year period.
Chattoogans
At Statewide
ASCS Meet
Three Chattooga Couqty
residents were among over
800 who attended a statewide
conference of the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Con
servation Service in Atlanta
last week Those attending
from here Included Harris L.
Edwards, chairman of the
Chattooga ASC County Com
mittee; Howard G. Baker,
District 1 fieldman, ASCS;
and James D. Millican, Chat
tooga ASCS county office
manager.
ASCS, a U. S. Department
of Agriculture agency, Is re
sponsible for such "action”
farm programs as ACP,
feed-grain, upland cotton,
conservation reserve, crop
land conversion, cropland
adjustment, acreage allot
ment and marketing quotas
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PALMER
Merchants Association,
Chattooga Lodge No. 704
and the Eastern Star.
He is married to the
former Sara Lawson, of
Trion. The Heads have
two children.
O. G. Morehead, Jr.,
is personnel manager at
Georgia Rug Mill. He is
PRICE 10c-
Menlo Elects
Luther As
New Mayor
Tommy Luther was elected
mayor by the voters of Men
lo in last Saturday’s ballot
ing. Also elected were a city
recorder and two council
men.
Mr. Luther received 102
votes out of a total of 105
cast. Three ballots were
voided by election managers.
A member of the present city
council, Mr. Luther resigned
that position to accept the
mayoralty.
Hester Hurtt also received
102 votes in his unopposed
race for city recorder.
Bill Crain and Lamar
Toles were named to the two
council posts after receiving
the highest numbers of votes
from among a field of five
candidates.
Mr. Crain received 56
votes; Mr. Toles, 49; A. B.
“Bud” Day was third w.th
47 votes; Bert Crain had
and Travis Money, 12.
Mr. Day has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy
on the city council created
by the resignation of Mr.
Luther.
Jurors for
December
City Court
The following jurors have
been drawn for the Decem
ber term of the City Court
of Chattooga County, which
convenes at 9 a m. Monday,
Dec. 11:
Rance Luther Vanpelt,
Ralph A. Hall, Terry C.
Money, James William Bar
ron, Faires D. Bramlett,
James R. Wilson, Joseph P.
Wiley, James H. Gardner,
Hurshel L. Griffith, John W.
McCrlckard, Hershel Flood,
Wright G. Wheeler,
Alexander M. Myers, Jr.,
William F. Locklear, John D.
Cannon, Ervin Jack Bryant,
William B Young, Carlton
Reynolds, Sr., Robert W.
Denson, Hubert T. Dover,
Howard L. Johnson, Robert
L. Guffln, Jr., Ralph W. Mc-
Graw, Billie W. Dean,
George W. Mitchell, An
drew J. Montgomery, Jr.,
William B. Hair, Charles W.
Lowry, Elgin K. Logan, Rob
ert O. Spear, Joe Edwards,
Charles E. Duke, J. W. Har
din, Robert L. Maples, Mrs.
William K. Woods, Berry W.
Hall,
Billy H. Henderson, John
G. Espy, J. Lambert Jones,
Emory L. Gilmer, James L.
Hogue, George W. Sitton,
Amos H. Mitchell, James L.
Spears, Collis T. Styles, Al
bert B. Dodd, R. P. Shrop
shire, Marlon E. Wingfield,
Emma J. Scoggins, Harvey
M. Hutchins and William G.
Hendrix.
a graduate of Summer
ville (now Chattooga)
High School and at
tended college in North
Carolina. He served with
the u. S. Navy during
the Korean War. Mr.
Morehead Is president
of the Lions Club and a
member of the First
Baptist Church. He Is
married to the former
Peggy Styles, of Trion.
The Moreheads have
two children, Melanie.
11; and Rosemary, 4.
Hubert Palmer is un
opposed for Seat No. 5.
He has been a resident
of the city for 31 years
and has served a total
of eight years on the
city council. He is a
member of the South
Summerville Baptist
Church. Mr. Palmer is
married to the former
Mildred Barkley. The
Palmers have three chil
dren, Mrs. Hugh Sham
blin, Mrs. L. D. Ragland
and Mrs. Winston Bur
dette. of Dalton.