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Shown above are the large number of Christmas
packages collected by Trion Mayor J. C. Woods and
the Trion Lions Club for distribution to state hos
pitals at Milledgeville and Augusta as part of the
annual Mayors’ Motorcade. Left to right are: Mr.
Special Activities Set By Churches
A number of churches, in
Chattooga County have
scheduled special programs
this week in observance of
the Christmas season.
The music ministry of the
Summerville First Baptist
Church will present special
music programs this season.
The church choir has
worked for several months
on “Messiah” by George F.
Handel. The choir will sing
a portion of this oratorio at
7 p.m. Sunday.
Some of the numbers to
be sung are: “Comfort Ye
My People.” “Every Valley
Shall Be Exalted,” “And the
Glory of the Lord,” “O Thou
That Tellest Good Tidings to
Zion,” “Glory to God,” “Hal
lelujah Chorus” and others.
This most successful and
best-known oratorio by Han
del was composed in 24 days
during the 18th century.
Many churches, colleges,
universities and seminaries
give this particular music at
Christmas, Easter and oth
er special occasions.
Those who will sing Sun
day are: sopranos — Mes
dames Gary Black. Bill Cav
in, Howard Durham, Robert
L. Franklin, Edward Hicks,
James Meredith, R. C. Price,
Edward Surles, Irwin Thom
as, Misses Brenda Cordle,
Cheri Durham, Sandra
Glass, Louise McCollum and
Annie Pitts; altos — Mes
dames Paul Broome, Don
Groce, O. G. Morehead, Jr.,
Avanelle Poole, Stanley Sel
man, Misses Jackie Cordle,
Dianne Hudson and Sally
Manning; tenors —R. C.
Hardeman, Wilburn Hudson,
Paul Pullen, Bill Stephenson
and Herman Weaver; basses
—Gary Black, Paul Broome,
City to Host
Employees
This Friday
The city of Summerville
will be host at a Christmas
party at 4 p.m. tomorrow at
the Summerville Recreation
Center.
The event is given an
nually for all city em
ployees.
VFW, Legion to Treat Kids
Santa Claus will ar
rive early for a large
number of youngsters
at Chattooga County
Memorial Home Sunday
afternoon. This is one
of the most important
days of the year for
children from through
out the county.
The occasion will be
the annual Christmas
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GIFTS COLLECTED FOR STATE HOSPITALS
H. A. Carlton, James Mere
dith, O. G. Morehead, Jr., and
Earl Woods.
A percussion section, in
cluding Randy Durham and
Johnny Martin, will be used
on some of the numbers. The
pianist will be Mrs. Wilburn
i’ idsun and Miss Alma Zada
Eilenburg will be at the or
gan. The group will be di
rected by J. Fred Gunter, Jr.
The entire community is
invited to hear the presen
tation of this oratorio.
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The South Summerville
Baptist Church adult choir
will present “Born a King,”
a Christmas cantata by
John W. Peterson at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 17.
This deeply inspiring story
of Christ’s birth invites the
waiting world to rejoice: The
King of Kings is born!
The children’s Christmas
program, “On Earth
Peace,” under the direction
of Mrs. Jimmy Swinson and
Mrs. Jack Cash, will be pre
sented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 24.
The public is invited to
attend this 50-minute pro
gram.
Fluoride Recommendation
Goes Before City Council
The Chattooga County
Health Department has rec
ommended that fluoride be
added to the city’s water
system. The resolution was
submitted at a regular
meeting of the mayor and
council Monday night at
city hall.
The recommendation
stated that the addition of
0.9 per cent of fluoride salt
per million gallons of water
reduces the incidence of
tooth cavities by more than
50 per cent.
The report also stated
that the procedure is com
pletely safe and greatly im
proves the dental health of
the community.
A 1966 report by the Geor
gia Municipal Association
shows that of 43 cities —
five thousand or under in
population — participating
party, sponsored jointly
by Ma s o n-McCauley
Post 6688, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; and
American Legion Post
129. when youngsters of
the county are special
guests of the service or
ganizations.
Last year, more than
600 kids were treated
and an equal or larger
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1967
Woods, Mrs. Iris Plummer and Mrs. Joyce Mont
gomery, town of Trion office employees; and J. C.
Langston, town recorder. The gifts were delivered
yesterday.
The Pleasant Grove Bap
tist Church choir, directed
by Don Gordon, will present
a Christmas cantata, "Christ
is Born.” at 7:30 p.m. Sun
day. Dec. 17.
Church officials invite the
public to attend this pro
gram.
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The Summerville Church
of God will present a special
Christmas program at 7 p.m.
Sunday night. Dec. 17.
Included on the program
will be a welcome address by
Steve Dyer, a poem, "Merry
Two Additional
Candidates in
Trion Election
Two additional candidates
have entered the race for
the Trion town council.
Lewis Scarboro and J. R.
Pope qualified this week.
They join seven other can
didates already qualified for
the five council positions.
Incumbent Mayor J. C.
Woods and J. C. Langston,
town recorder, are still un
opposed in their bid for re
election.
in a survey, only 13 use
fluoride in their water sys
tems.
The recommendation was
deferred until a later date.
In other action, the coun
cil voted to permanently
hire seven temporary em
ployees of the Water. Street
and Sanitation Department.
They are: John L. Burke,
Dennis Barnes, Austin May
nard, Gene Hines, Paul Ma
ton, Arnold Holloway and
Jimmy Fay Pierce.
Present for Monday
night’s meeting were Mayor
J. R. Dowdy, Councilmen
O. H. Perry, O. G. Morehead,
Jr., Hubert Palmer, Jack
Ledford and Virgil Hawkins.
Mr. Hawkins was attend
ing his last regular session
of the council. He did not
seek reelection to Seat No. 3.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
number is expected to
be in attendance this
year as the party gets
underway at 2 p.m.
Toys, fruit, nuts and
candy will be distribu
ted to the delighted
youngsters.
The VFW and Legion
auxiliaries will present a
special program for the
benefit of the youthful
Christmas.” by Tim Grogan
and Christmas songs by the
girls' trio. The program will
feature a two-act character
play entitled “A New Christ
mas Angel.” The play is de
signed to show the real
meaning of Christmas and
will be directed by Mrs, El
len Bowling and Mrs. Lula
McGraw.
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The adult choir of Penn
ville Baptist Church will
present "Night of Miracles”
at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17.
Written by John W. Peter
son, this cantata is a stir
ring account of a night when
a centuries-old prophecy
miraculously came true; a
night when shepherds were
awe-stricken by a gloriously
brilliant heavenly host that
told of the birth of the
Prince of Peace; a night
when God sent his only be
gotten Son to be bom of a
virgin for the redemption of
the world of sinners. This
last fact was the most mi
raculous of all!
Here, too, then was a story
of love, but not love as nat
ural man knows it. This love
knows no bounds. It is limit
less and absolute and it was
first manifested on that
night so long ago ... a
“Night of Miracles.”
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
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The Trion Church of God
of Prophecy will present its
Christmas program at 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17. Christ
mas treats and presents will
also be given out at this
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guests.
Transportation will
be provided for those
attending the Party.
Bus No. 1 will leave
Cook’s Store at Chat
toogaville at 1 p.m. It
will make a stop at
Jackson’s Store in Lyer
ly at 1:15 and at the
store in Berry ton at
1:30.
Board Discusses Merger
Again at Monday Meeting
New Proposal Would
Abolish School System
The controversial subject
of the consolidation of the
county and Trion school sys
tems came up for discussion
again at a meeting of the
Chattooga County Board of
Education Monday after
noon.
This subject has been
brought up for discussion
several times this year with
out a plan of mutual agree
ment being reached.
At a recent meeting of of
ficials of the two systems,
the plan was advanced by
the Trion group for a merger
of the systems by a consti
tutional amendment, the
creation of a seven-man
board and the appointment
of the county school super
intendent by the newly
created board instead of by
popular vote as at present.
The amendment method
would entail going before
the Legislature, finally abol
ishing both school systems
and creating an entirely new
school board. The amend
ment would require approval
by the voters on a county
wide basis.
The newly-created board
would retain the five posi
tions as presently consti
tuted and would add two at
large members.
Some time ago, officials of
the two systems agreed on a
feasibility study by the Uni
versity of Georgia and asked
for a set of complete recom
mendations in regard to the
merger.
After the matter was dis
‘cussed by the board mem
bers, Chairman W. P. Sel-
Floyd Urges
Officials to
Tighten Belts
Chattooga Rep. James H.
“Sloppy” Floyd, House Ap
propriations Committee
chairman, said this week
that “we need to tighten our
belts and live within our In
come.”
The chairman revealed
that the State Treasury De
partment is in the process of
withdrawing another sl6
million in bank time deposits
to meet state expenses. This
is another indication of the
need for holding down next
year’s budget, he added.
Floyd said the state’s fi
nancial picture is worse than
it seems because state dis
bursements actually have
exceeded income by nearly
SIOO million so far this year,
though only S4O million has
been withdrawn.
“This is another proof that
we need to tighten our belts
and live within our income,"
the legislator declared.
"This is the first time In
15 years that the state treas
urer has had to withdraw
funds,” Mr. Floyd continued.
“I call on all state officials
to pull together and live
within our means.”
Floyd again expressed his
views on proposed teacher
pay increases. “It’s not only
school teachers,” he said.
“We’ve got 25,000 state em
ployees and employees at
Milledgeville and Gracewood,
where the children are.
We’ve got all those to think
about."
Referring to Gov. Lester
Maddox, the committee
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Bus No. 2 will leave
Hall’s Service Station at
Menlo at 1 p.m. with
stops scheduled at
Cash and Carry Grocery
in West Summerville at
1:15 and at the Chat
tooga County Court
house at 1:30.
Invitations to the par
ty were issued through
the county schools.
man recommended that the
proposal be tabled until a re
port on the feasibility study
is received.
In other action, the board
this week began advertising
for blds on the addition of
twelve new classrooms at
Chattooga High School. A
contract is expected to be let
in approximately four to six
weeks to begin construction
on this project. Johns and
Associates of Atlanta is
architect for the new con
struction.
Present at Monday’s meet
ing were Mr. Selman, board
members Robert Hendrix,
W. M. Jackson, Johnny Bry
ant and Jimmy Strickland
and James Spence, county
school superintendent.
Partly cloudy and warmer
is the prediction for the
weather in the Chattooga
County area for today and
tomorrow.
High today should be
66-68 with a slight chance of
showers late today or tomor
row.
A cold front is moving
into the area very slowly,
due to a high pressure area.
Col. Burson
To Speak
Here Tonight
The director of the Geor
gia Department of Public
Safety will be the guest
speaker at the annual
Christmas party given for
bus drivers of the county
school system.
Col. R. H. Burson will ad
dress the group at 7 p.m. at
Chattooga High School.
Special Council Election
Scheduled December 23
A special election will be
held Saturday, Dec. 23, to
determine the winner of
Seat No. 3 on the Summer
ville City Council. The run
off became necessary when
none of the three candidates
for this position received a
majority of the votes cast in
last Saturday’s balloting.
Mrs Thelma Casey re
cei»ed 148 votes; W. R. Coker
polled 179 and Jess Mitchell
received 275 votes in the
contest for this position.
Forty-four votes were incor
rectly marked.
The runoff will be be-
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Left to right: Mrs. Julia Loop, Mrs.
Lizzie Cannon and Mrs. Emma Pickle
inspect some of the many items on
sale at the bazaar last week held by
the home economics clubs from
Free Parking
All Next Week
Christmas shoppe r s
here will be afforded
free parking all next
week, according to an
announcement by the
mayor and council.
No parking fees will
be necessary for the pe
riod Dec. 18 through
Dec. 23.
Mayor J. R. Dowdy
said this was being done
in order to stimulate
Christmas shopping in
the local area.
70 Packages
Delivered to
Institutions
Trion Mayor J. C. Woods
reports that 70 Christmas
packages were collected In
Trion for delivery to pa
tients in state hospitals at
Milledgeville and Augusta.
The collection is part of the
annual project sponsored by
the Georgia Municipal Asso
ciation when a statewide
Mayors’ Motorcade delivers
the gifts to patients at the
state Institutions.
The collection In Chattooga
County this year was spon
sored by the town of Trion
and the Trion Lions Club.
Mr. Woods said that 19 more
packages were collected this
year than were donated In
1966.
The mayor expressed his
thanks on behalf of the two
sponsoring organizations to
the people for their gener
ous donations. The gifts
came from Trion, Summer
ville and Menlo.
Mr. Woods and Mr. Lang
ston made the trip to Mil
ledgeville yesterday for de
livery of the packages.
tween the two top candi
dates, Coker and Mitchell.
In a close race for Seat
No. 4, O. G. Morehead, Jr.,
the incumbent, defeated
Lamar Head by a total of 33
votes. Mr. Morehead re
ceived 322 votes as against
289 for his opponent. Incor
rect marking voided 36 votes.
Hubert Palmer received
421 votes in his uncontested
race for Seat No. 5. Two
hundred and twenty-six bal
lots were incorrectly marked
in this race.
Only 648 voters, out of a
INSPECT WARES AT BAZAAR
Postmaster
Urges Early
Yule Mailing
Postmaster John Stubbs
said today the “peak” mail
ing period before Christmas
is just “around the corner”
and faster mailing is neces
sary to avoid a last-minute
logjam of undelivered
Christmas cards and pack
ages.
The mailing problem is
complicated this year be
cause Christmas is on Mon
day and holiday mail sched
ules will prevail on Christ
mas Eve, which is on a Sun
day this year.
“This means that all regu
lar mall must arrive at the
post offire of destination
early Saturday morning two
days before Christmas to
be delivered in time for
Christmas,” Mr. Stubbs said.
The postmaster pointed
out that after Saturday, Dec.
23, only perishable items and
special delivery mail will be
delivered on Christmas Eve
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Chief Pledger
To Attend
Safety Meet
Chief of Police Griffin
Pledger will be in Atlanta
tomorrow attending a meet
ing on traffic safety.
The first annual Gover
nor’s Conference on Traffic
Safety will be held from 9
a.m. to 4 pm at the Bilt
more Hotel.
Among the scheduled
speakers for the conference
will be Gov. Lester Made lx.
Rep. J. Mac Barber, Comp
troller General James L.
Bentley, Col. R. H. Burson,
director, Department of
Public Safety, and Jack P
Nix, state superintendent of
schools.
total registration of more
than 1,800, turned out for
the election.
The runoff election will
again be held at the city hall
between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 7 p.m.
Mrs. Casey was the first
woman ever to enter the
race for the city council.
Officials are hoping that
a larger number of voters
will turn out for the special
election. Only about one
third of the registered voters
cast ballots in last Satur
day’s election.
throughout the county. On display
were such items as handicraft, art
work, food items and a large array of
other goods.
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