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EO A Reo] ||as Two
Recreatio] f! Centers
The West Summerville and
Holland recreation centers in
Chattooga County have re
opened with additional play
equipment and more person
nel hired to provide young
sters with the best activity
program possible.
Mrs. Ruth Gibson, EOA
program supervisor, is serv
ing temporarily as program
leader at the West Summer
ville center, which is located
in the West Summerville
Methodist Chapel, while Mrs.
Annie Ruth Housch is pro
gram leader at Holland, lo
cated in the former school
building.
Wallace Mosman, member
of the technical staff of the
Northwest Georgia Economic
Opportunity Authority, Inc.,
is serving as acting co-ordi
nator of Chattooga County’s
Community Action Program,
while Vicki Skinner, also of
the technical staff, is train
ing new personnel for their
duties at the centers.
Heat Installed
Julius Thomas, former
Holland school principal, as
sisted in the reopening of
the Holland center, which
had been closed due to lack
of heat, contributing mate
rials and labor for installa
tion of electric space heaters
purchased by EOA for the
auditorium, center of ac
tivities.
Mrs. Housch reports 50
children and teen-agers en
rolled the day after Christ
mas. A number of adults
were also present with the
entire group participating in
songs around the piano,
table tennis, games and
other activities.
At West Summerville, chil
dren began arriving as soon
as the doors were opened.
Christmas records were
played, puzzles put together
and a basketball goal put up
by some of the boys.
One hundred dollars worth
of food baskets, which had
been donated by the Sum
merville Jaycees, were dis
tributed through these two
Overfield to Head
New Trion Bank
The board of directors of
the new First National Bank
of Trion has announced the
appointment of Hugh E.
Overfield as president and
director.
Mr. Overfield, a native of
Henderson, Ky., comes to
Trion from Madisonville,
Tenn., where he held the po
sition as vice president of
Sweetwater Valley Bank and
manager of its Madison
ville branch for the past five
years.
Previously, he was an as
sistant bank examiner for
six years with the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion, working In the states of
Tennessee, Kentucky, and
Missouri.
Mr. Overfield is a 1956
graduate of University of
Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.,
with a bachelor degree in
business administration. He
served in the U. S. Army
during the Korean Conflict.
Mrs. Overfield Is the for
mer Jane Grey Brumley of
Gastonia, N. C. and a grad
uate of Women’s College,
University of North Carolina.
The Overfields have two
daughters, Lydia Grey, age
7; and Grace Lynne, age 5.
Other directors of First
The freezing rain or snow
that has been predicted for
the past several days may
finally arrive today or to
night.
A cold front moving in
over the Southern states is
expected to drop the tem
perature into the mid-teens
tonight.
The forecast calls for
colder temperatures with
rain or freezing rain late
this afternoon. A low of
16-18 is expected for the area
tonight.
Friday Is expected to see
clearing skies and rather
cold. High Friday is expected
to be around 30-32. The rain
should end sometime late
tonight or Friday.
(The ^utttnwniillr News
"centers as part of the holi
day program.
New schedules for the new
year are to be announced by
the centers.
1,328 Receive
Commodities
In Chattooga
A total of 1,328 persons in
Chattooga County received
aid under the ttr nPnnrt
ment of Agriculture’s com
modity food distribution
program during November,
according to latest figures
released by USDA’s Con
sumer and Marketing SeiY
ice.
The commodity distribu
tion program is adminis
tered by the State Depart
ment of Education in co
operation with the Consumer
and Marketing Service.
In Georgia. 148,854 persons
in 70 counties took part in
the food distribution pro
gram. Commodities distrib
uted to Georgia families
during November had an
estimated wholesale value of
$967,525, USDA reported.
Food Variety
Foods distributed included
dry beans, corn meal, flour,
grits, lard, shortening, mar
garine, butter, chopped meat,
dried milk, peanut butter,
dried split peas, raisins, rice,
cheese and rolled oats.
USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service also re
ported that 28,211 persons in
24 Georgia counties took
part in its food stamp pro
gram.
Low-income families par
ticipating in this program
during November swapped
$228,981 of their own money
for $408,411 worth of USDA
food coupons. This means
the families received $179,-
430 worth of free, bonus
coupons to boost their buy
ing power at local grocery
stores.
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National Bank of Trion are:
F. H. Boney, H. N. Florence,
T. R. Hurley, Dr. William U.
Hyden, A. J. Strickland,
James W. Ware II and Jerry
L. Wilhelm.
Directors for
1968 Named
By SRMA
Eight new directors were
named by the Summerville
Retail Merchants Associa
tion at a meeting of the di
rectors Tuesday morning in
the meeting room of the
Georgia Power Co. building
on S. Commerce Street.
Those named were: Mrs.
Bert Seif, J. T. Morgan, Ray
Davis, James King, John
Salley, Bob Smithson, Har
old Jackson and Hoyt
Ramey.
Jerry Prince, Mrs. Leath
Miller, Gordon Little and
John Bankson will remain
on the board as holdover di
rectors.
A nominating committee,
consisting of John Bankson,
chairman; Jerry Prince and
Mrs. Leath Miller, was
named by outgoing Presi
dent Max Jones to submit a
slate of officers for the new
year at a meeting scheduled
for 10 a m. Tuesday.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1968
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LONG VIGIL PAYS OFF
Don Money (above) and his brother, Jerry Money,
were rewarded for their long hours of waiting for
the tax collector’s office to open Tuesday morning.
After waiting at the courthouse since 9.30 p.m.
Monday, the boys received the first tags issued.
1968 Tag Sales Off
To Fast Start Here
The sale of 1968 automo
bile tags got off to a fast
start here Tuesday with ap
proximately 300 sales made
the first day the new tags
were made available.
Mrs. Catherine Clarkson
said yesterday that this Is
somewhat higher than is
normal for the first day’s
sales. More than 9,000 tags
are expected to be sold be
fore the deadline date of
April 1.
Two brothers, Don and
Jerry Money, were first in
line to purchase tags when
the doors of the tax collec
tor’s office opened at 8 a.m.
Tuesday. They had been
waiting at the courthouse
since 9:30 p.m. Monday. The
boys were rewarded for their
all-night vigil by being pre
sented tags 41-J-l, 41-R-l
and 41-D-l.
This is the sixth year out
of seven that the boys have
been first in line to purchase
Mrs. Waters
Again Heads
Dimes Drive
Mrs. W. D. Waters will
head the March of Dimes
30th Anniversary drive in
Chattooga County for the
second straight year.
“The birthright of every
American child is to enter
this world in perfect health,
but every year this right is
denied to more than 250,000
of our children because they
are born with defects,’’ said
the newly-appointed chair
man.
“We wish every child could
have ‘a sound mind In a
sound body’ but unfortu
nately, this is not yet pos
sible. We can, however, try
to make available to birth
defect children the finest
medical treatment in the
land,” declared Mrs. Waters.
Children with serious birth
defects frequently require
the skills of a number of dif
ferent medical specialists
working together. This team
approach is practiced In
each of nearly 100 March of
Dimes-supported birth de
fect centers, where the total
care of a child is coordi
nated under the direction of
a single physician.
Treatment Costly
Treating a birth defect
can be costly to the commu
nity. Today, an estimated
1,375,000 American children
under the age of six are
birth-defect victims. Most
of these children require
specialized medical, educa
tional or custodial care, ac-
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tags. They missed last year
because of the cold weather,
one of them said.
Twelve to 15 persons were
waiting when the tags went
on sale at 8 a.m.
This year’s plates have
white numerals on a green
background.
County Roads
Damaged By
Heavy Rains
Roads in Chattooga Coun
ty have been considerably
damaged by the recent
heavy rains, according to
Commissioner Harry Powell.
The commissioner said
yesterday the heaviest dam
age is in the Teloga district,
where washouts have oc
curred. The abnormal
amount of rain in recent
weeks has also done some
damage to blacktop roads
throughout the county area.
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New officers were installed at a public installation
service last Thursday night by Chattooga Lodge
No. 704, F&AM. Left to right, front row: Lamar
Head, Senior Deacon; Wayne Hall, Senior Warden;
Virgil Chastain, Worshipful Master; and Duward
Tomlin, Junior Warden. Left to right, back row:
Rep. John Davis Touring
European Space Centers
Heads Delegation
Os Congressmen
Congressman John W.
Davis of Summerville is
heading a group of congress
men on a tour of key space
centers in Europe for a two
week period.
Mr. Davis was selected by
the chairman of the House
Committee on Science and
Astronautics, George P. Mil
ler, to lead a group of con
gressmen on a tour of key
tracking and scientific space
installations in Western Eu
rope, Jan. 2-15.
The congressman will re
view the participation of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in in
ternational space programs.
The delegation will visit
such facilities as the Jodrell
Radio Telescope Installation
and the Anglo-French Con
corde SST Program in Great
Britain. In Paris, France,
they will be briefed on an
air-cushion train; at the
Hague, Netherlands, they
will visit the National Aero
space Lab and the European
Space Research Organiza
tion. In Rome, Italy, they
will visit the U. S. Italian
San Marco Project at the
University of Rome, and in
Robleo, Spain, they will in
spect a key NASA tracking
facility. After a visit to the
Coastal Engineering Labora
tory in Lisbon, Portugal, the
group will return to Wash
ington.
The House Science and
Astronautics Committee has
conducted a panel on science
and technology with dis
tinguished scientific advisors
from foreign countries every
January for the past seven
years and Mr. Davis has at
tended all of these. Repre
sentatives from all countries
on the tour with the excep
tion of Portugal have been
Included.
To Assist Committee
Another such panel will be
conducted on Jan. 23-25,
1968, after the congressmen
return. Chairman Miller said
that he had Invited the dele
gation to visit these instal
lations “to assist the com
mittee In our deliberations
on the international aspects
of our space effort prior to
the beginning of authoriza
tion hearings for the fiscal
year 1969 which will begin
in January 1968.
"I feel that their efforts
will be of material assistance
in this regard’’ he said.
Other members of the
delegation are Congressmen
Lester Wolff, N. Y., Robert
NEW OFFICERS OF CHATTOOGA LODGE NO. 704, F&AM
Tiernan, R. 1., and Guy Vln
der Jagt, Mich.
All members will be ac
companied by their wives,
but they will not travel at
public expense.
This is Congressman Davis’s
second trip abroad since he
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Trion Elects
City Officials
In Vote Today
Voters of the Town of
Trion will elect a mayor, re
corder and five councilmen
today.
Unopposed in his bid for
reelection is Mayor J. C.
Woods. J. C. Langston is also
unopposed for the posts of
recorder and mayor pro tern.
Vying for five seats on the
town council are W. T. ‘Dub’
Bflown, J gls o n Broome,
James H. McKenzie, J. R.
Pope, Carl Ragland, Lewis
Scarboro, James D. Simmons
and Carl Williams.
Polls will be open from 7
a.m. to fl p.m. In the lobby
of the town hall.
First Holiday Death
Recorded in County
The first Georgia traffic
fatality of the New Year’s
holiday period was recorded
here Saturday when a 46-
year-old Decatur salesman
was pronounced dead on ar
rival at Floyd Hospital in
Rome following an accident
near Lyerly.
The victim was Identified
as A. S. Joiner. He was first
taken to Chattooga County
Hospital and died en route
to Rome by ambulance.
Another occupant of the
car, Nelson L. Thomas, 29, of
Doraville, was admitted to
the local hospital for treat
ment of severe lacerations.
One-Car Accident
Officials said the one-ve
hicle accident occurred
about 11:50 a.m. Saturday on
Georgia Highway 114 about
three miles south of Lyerly.
The station wagon reported
ly left the road, struck a
culvert and overturned.
The accident was Investi
gated by the Chattooga
County Sheriff’s Department
and the Georgia State Pa-
Jess Mitchell, Tyler; Billy Joe Simpson, Junior
Deacon; Ray Davis, Secretary; Earl Nix, Senior
Steward; and Lamar Allmon, Junior Steward. Oth
er officers not present for picture were Leslie Tur
pin, Chaplain; and Gordon Little, Treasurer.
f Photo By Earl McConnell)
JOHN W. DAVIS
. . . tours space centers
Planning Group
Meets Tonight
At 7 O’clock
The monthly meeting of
the Chattooga County Mu
nicipal Planning Commis
sionwill be held at 7:30 p.m.
tonight in the Georgia Pow
er Co. building on S. Com
merce St.
H Grady Ramey, commis
sion chairman, says routine
business will be discussed.
trol.
Meanwhile, 15 persons died
In Georgia automobile acci
dents during the long New
Year’s holiday week-end
which began at 6 p.m. Fri
day and continued through
midnight Monday.
The traffic toll in the
state, however, was six few
er than the 21 highway
deaths predicted by the
Georgia State Patrol.
Toll Reduced
During both the New
Year’s and Christmas holi
day week-ends, a lower
than-antlclpated number of
traffic fatalities helped to
hold the state’s traffic
deaths for the year to 1,583,
as compared to 1,605 in 1966.
For the first time In more
than a decade, Georgia re
duced Its traffic deaths from
the number recorded the
previous year, patrol offic
ials reported.
Saturday’s wreck victim
was the ninth person to die
in traffic accidents In Chat
tooga County during 1967.
PRICE 10c
Jurors Told
For January
Court Term
The January Term of the
Superior Court of Chattooga
County will convene at 9
a.m. Monday in the Chat
tooga County Courthouse.
Grand jurors and traverse
jurors for Civil Week will
meet at the opening session
Monday.
Chosen for jury duty are:
GRAND JURY
W. Arnold Hughes, Har
mon E. Tucker, Ewart Q.
Wilson, Dallas A. Lacy,
James H. Marks, Robert E.
Bennett, Andrew M. Wil
liams, Leon Hall, Avery W.
Bryan,
Mose Harper Adams, Jr.,
Thomas S. Ray. Corban
Whitfield, Houston C. Car
gle, Dannie F. Mosley, Drue
L. Simmons, R. A. Hemphill.
George L. Thornberry, Hu
bert K. Tucker, Marlon J.
Owens, Dwight W. Mauney,
Benjamin F. Gardner. Jos
eph H. Hix, Graves T. My
ers, Ronald Duane Gayler,
Ralph W. Shropshire, Ever
ett P. Lunsford, Bobby G.
Ledford, Herman Lee Adams
and Homer D. McWhorter.
TRAVERSE JURY
(Civil Week)
Willie M. Christopher,
Walter R. King, Roy J. Par
ker, Billy H. Pearson, A. B.
Day, Edwin C. Galloway, Ben
A. Covington, Hershel L.
Griffith, Billie W. Dean, Col
lis T. Styles,
Marlon M. Wingfield, Den
nis Cox, Jr., Joe Thomas
Copeland, Preston H. David,
Roy L. Williams, Sr., Bryce
R. Yarbrough, Billy Brooks,
L. V. Dawson, Charles Wig
gins, Marvin F. McCary,
Glee Thomas Bryant. Edna
J. Griffith, Thomas L.
Staples, Deforrest Warren,
Thomas H. Brewer, Frank
Macon Baxter, Lonnie H.
Ward, Everett F. Nix, May
lon H. Purcell, Thomas H.
Vernon,
Grace M. Haygood, Billy
M. Bass, Frank H. Watts,
Betty Sue Brooks, John D.
Cannon, Ralph A. Hall, Ver
lin C. Powell. Roberta Langs
ton, Harold E. Pickle, Gor
don H. Price,
Roy Lee Parker, Mamon
Price, Kenneth L. Rackley.
James H. Langston. A. B
Rush, T. Emmett Nunn.
Grady Landers, Cecil W.
Parker, Frances Housch and
Ray L. Perkins, Jr.
Trion to Get
Better Phone
Facilities
Expansion of local tele
phone service capacity at
the Trion telephone office
has been announced by Gen
eral Telephone Company of
the Southeast.
F R Vickers, district
manager tor the telephone
company, said that work be
gan recently on a major
addition to facilities at the
Trion central office. Vickers
explained that central office
equipment is the nerve cen
ter of the communications
network serving over 1,430
telephones in the Trion ex
change. The multitude of
external cables are the ar
teries of the telephone sys
tem, conveying calls to the
central office where the sig
nals are interpreted and
sped to their destination.
Service Upgraded
The current expansion of
intricate equipment at the
Trion central office will cost
more than $62,700 and will
provide for growth and up
graded service by making
more private, two- and four
party lines available for as
signment, Vickers said.
District Manager Vickers
said that since the full scale
renovation of Trion’s central
office facilities in 1960, the
growth rate of the exchange
has been good. Periodic en
largements of equipment,
such as the one now under
way will keep service ca
pacity equal to demand.
Plans have already been
formulated for a subsequent
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