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fa The Summerville News, Thurs., Jan. 4, 1968
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Chelsea News|
By Wrs. Tom Garner
Phone 862-2427 $
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Mrs. Florence Ensley and
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ensley,
of Chattanooga, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Pursley last
week.
Caroline Quarrels and
Chris, of Chattanooga, vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Sid Wil
helm Tuesday. They also
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Pursley.
Mrs. Harrison Hammond
and Jim were Tuesday night
supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Hall and Judy
Pettiet.
Mrs. Ralph Sumner and
children and Mrs. Carl Sum
ner visited Mrs. Ernest
Shireman and Sharon Fri
day evening.
Jim Smith, of the Univer
sity of Georgia, spent the
Christmas and New Y r ar's
holidays with his mot. er,
Mrs. Harrison Hammond.
Mrs. Lola Wilhelm and
Mrs. Bertie Pursley were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Thacker in Rossville on
Wednesday.
We send get well wishes to
Firat in Quality I
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all who are sick Some are.
Howard Flnster, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Smith and Mrs.
Zora Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Pled
ger and Larry visited Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Sumner Sun
day afternoon.
Congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Smith who
celebrated their wedding
anniversary on December
24th.
Wednesday evening guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pursley
were Mr. and Mrs Jack Hall
and Miss Judy Pettiet.
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Thom
as were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Johnson and
Mary, Tuesday, December
26.
We send congratulations
to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson
who celebrated their 22nd
wedding anniversary, De
cember 30th.
New Year’s Day guests of
Tom and Edith Garner were
their children, Boyd. Jean,
Tina, and Sharon Garner,
Jim and Reba Gill.
Holland News|
By Mrs. Mark Strawn §
Phone 895-4431 %
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Mrs. Jimmie Watson, of
Atlanta, visited her mother,
Mrs. Bill Kellett, last week
and on Friday they visited
Mrs. Lois Barker.
Larry Ratliff left Monday
to resume study at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mrs. Mark Strawn and
Miss Miriam Holland visited
Mrs. Della Moon and Mrs.
Myrtle Sizemore in Summer
ville Saturday. They also vis
ited Mrs. Claude Ratliff Sat
urday and had supper in
Trion with Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Bandy and Jo.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Watt
Smith and boys, of Cleve
land, Tenn., were week-end
visitors of Miss Mamie
Smith. Wi'l and Theo Smith.
Bobby Bullard, of Pied
mont, Ala., was visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Bob House, last
week.
Nancy Green, of Atlanta,
was here last week visiting
her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kitch
ings were dinner guests on
Saturday of Misses Bertha
and Mary Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Strawn
and Mark Strawn attended
the funeral of Lee Mont
gomery Monday.
Misses Bertha and Mary
Holland were New Year’s
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Strawn and Miss
Miriam Holland. Miss Hol
land left Monday afternoon
for her home in Washington
Mrs. Sara Jackson and Mrs.
Mark Strawn accompanied
her to the Chattanooga air
port.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack West
brook, of Chattanooga, were
recent guests of Miss Mamie
Smith. Will and Theo.
Mrs. Bob Brlson and Julia,
Mrs. Mark Strawn and Re
gina attended Christmas
programs at the Lyerly
Methodist and Baptist
churches in Lyerly on Wed
nesday and Thursday nights
respectively.
Miss Mamie Smith and
Miss Betty Smith visited
Mrs. Ben Neal in Summer
ville last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brlson
had as Friday and Friday
night visitors Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Garner and girls and
Mrs R P Brison, of At
lanta, and had as Friday
night supper guests. Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Davis and chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Bud
dy Thacker, of Rome.
Rev. and Mrs. John Roper,
of Rome, were Sunday din
ner guests of Mrs. Lois Bar
ker and family. Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Strawn and Miss Mir
iam Holland visited them
Sunday night and R D.
Davison, of Summerville,
was a visitor on Monday.
Mrs. Albert White. Miss
Mamie Smith. Misses Mary
and Bertha Holland were
dinner guests Wednesday of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Strawn
and Miss Miriam Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wor
sham, of Warrenton. Va.,
came for a Christmas visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wor
sham and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ben
nett had supper Saturday
night in Rome with the
James Stephenson family
and had Sunday dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch High.
Misses Bertha and Mary
Holland were Monday night
supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Kitchings In Ly
erly.
Mrs. Mark Strawn and
Miss Miriam Holland had
dinner Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Jackson.
They spent Tuesday in Rome
with Mrs. Alla Willis and
had Tuesday night supper in
Lyerly with Mr. and Mrs.
Buck White and Robby.
Mrs. Alf Strawn visited
Mrs. Clyde Bennett Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith
entertained Christmas Eve
with dinner for the J. H.
Smiths of Chattanooga,
Mack Westbrook and daugh
ter, Miss Mamie and Theo
Smith.
Dan, Charles and Miss
Mamie Smith were in Rome
Thursday.
Mrs. Harley Bandy and Jo,
Miss Miriam Holland, Mrs.
Willard Jackson, Mrs. George
Hubler and Mrs. Mark
Strawn had dinner Thurs
day in Centre. Ala., with
Mrs. Dorothy Adderhold and
Frank. Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Herndon, of Montgomery,
were also guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Clark left Thursday for Wis
consin for a visit with the
Max Clark’s family.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Strawn and children and
V. B. McCrickard enjoyed a
chitterling supper with Mr.
and Mrs. Alf Strawn Friday
night. Mr. and Mrs. Alf
Strawn were Christmas Day
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. James McCrickard in
Rome.
Miss Miriam Holland vis
ited Mrs. Horace Abrams
and the Pau’ Sannister fam
iy in Lyerly last Monday.
Miss Eva and Frank Wor
sham had dinner last Sun
day with Mrs. Mattie Wor
sham. They were dinner
guests Monday of Mrs. Ma
m'e Strange in Summerville.
Mrs. Claude Ratliff, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Strawn and Miss
Miriam Holland visited the
Worshams during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rat
liff. Mr. and Mrs. Bolling
Ratliff and family enjoyed
Christmas dinner with the
Randy Robinsons and other
members of the Tom Morri
son family.
Use of Electrical Power
Shows Increase for 1967
Customers of the Georgia
Power Company used 8.5 per
cent more electricity in 1967
than in 1966, Edwin I. Hatch,
president, announced this
week.
Total sales for 1967 passed
the 20.6 billion kilowatt-hour
mark. Industrial and com
mercial customers accounted
for the largest increase, 8.4
percent, and used 12 billion
kilowatt-hours. Residential
customers used 4.8 billion
kilowatt-hours, a 7.4 percent
increase over the previous
year.
Continuing to resist the
rising-cost trend of other
services and commodities,
the price of Georgia Power
residential electricity was
reduced from its 1966 mark,
an average kilowatt-hour
price of 1.7 cents, to 1.69
cents. The average kilowatt
hour price for residential
customers was 21.7 percent
below the national average.
The addition of 19,300 resi
dential and 4.000 commercial
and industrial customers
brought to almost 900,000
the number of customers the
company now serves.
Customers Added
An estimated 8,500 total
electric residential custom
ers were added to the power
company’s Unes during the
year The utility now’ serves
42,691 total-electric houses
and apartments. This is a 25
percent increase over last
year.
Mr Hatch reported that
Georgia continued to lead
the nation in the number of
electrically heated commer
cial buildings. At year's end.
there were 7.556 such instal
lations in the company's
service area. This is an in
crease of 1.161 over the 1966
total.
Georgia Power’s tax bill
for 1967 exceeded $47 mil
lion. It was. by far, the
largest item in the com
pany's operating expense.
The utility invested more l
than $125 million in new
construction during the year, i
Work began on a 500.000- >
kilowatt unit at Plant Ham
mond near Rome. The unit
will nearly triple the plant's
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FINE LAD—James Russell
Welch, seven months old, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Welch, 7 Martin
Street. His grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Wheeler,
Summerville, and Mrs. Lula
Belle Welch, Athens, Tenn.
Church of God
At Trion Sets
Revival Plans
The Trion Church of God
of Prophecy, located on old
Highway 27, has announced
the beginning of a revival
Sunday night, Jan. 7.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. W.
Stover, of Rossville, will be
guest speakers each night at
7:30. Mr. Stover is a former
pastor of the Trion church.
The pastor, the Rev. J.
Leon Wakefield, extends a
cordial invitation to the pub
lic to attend these services.
Larry Duke
Is Promoted
By Marines
Marine Sgt. Larry W. Duke,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
A. Duke, of Route 3, Sum
merville, was promoted to
his present rank while serv
ing with the First Radio
Battalion at the Marine
Corps Air Station in Ka
neohe, Hawaii.
His promotion was based
on time in service and rank,
military appearance, and his
knowledge of selected mili
tary subjects.
Approximately two million
veterans who served during
the Viet-Nam era, which be
gan on August 5, 1964, were
placed on a par with all war
veterans in eligibility for
veterans benefits by the 1967
veterans assistance act, ac
cording to the Veterans Ad
ministration.
size and generating ca
pability. Initial work began
on a 700.000-kilowatt steam
electric generating plant on
the Etowah River near Car
tersville and Rockmart.
Expansion of Plant Harllee
Branch, located on Lake
Sinclair between Milledge
ville and Eatonton, con
tinued. The plant’s 319.000-
kilowatt second unit was
completed in 1967. Work
progressed on a third unit,
scheduled for completion in
1968, and a fourth unit,
scheduled to become opera
tional in 1969, each with a
capacity of almost 500,000
kilowatts.
Largest Plant
When completed, the plant
will have a total capacity of
more than P/ 2 -million kilo
watts and will be the largest
on the company’s far-flung
system of eight steam-elec
tric and 18 hydroelectric
generating stations.
Late in the year. Georgia
Power announced plans to
build a nuclear generating
plant on the Altamaha River
near Baxley. The construc
tion cost of some $l5O mil
lion will be the largest
single industrial Investment
in Georgia history.
The plant’s 800,000-kilo
watt generating unit will be
Georgia Power’s largest sin
gle unit. Preliminary engi
neering studies of the plant
site have been made and a
contract for principal com
ponents has been aw’arded to
the General Electric Com
pany.
The company built in 1967
about 1,145 miles of trans
mission and distribution
Unes and now has some
36.000 miles of such lines.
A qualified veteran who
has not completed high
school can receive $l3O per
month while earning his
high school diploma and
still be eligible for one
month of educational as
sistance for each month of
military service up to a
maximum of 36 months
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