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VOLUME 82 —NUMBER 51
Area SI eturning to Normal After
Two A 1 eeks of Ice, Sleet, Snow
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Area Group |
Meets Today
In Rome
City and county officials
and other interested persons
in Chattooga County are
urged to attend an impor
tant meeting of the Coosa
Valley Area Planning and
Development Commission at
10:30 a.m. today at the Aloha
Restaurant in Rome.
Chattooga is one of the
area counties that partici
pate in programs originated
by the commission.
The speaker for this meet
ing will be Jerry Swinea,
who is jointly staffed with
the Institute of Government
and the Institute of Com
munity and Area Develop
ment at the University of
Georgia. He will discuss a
financial management work
shop for Coosa Valley Com
mission members, city and
county officials and local
persons from the communi
ties in the field of financial
management. It is felt this
may be one of the most im
portant seminars ever con
ducted by the commission.
Government Finance
The financial operations
of local government —
whether city or county —
vitally affect all depart
ments and officials. This
seminar will be designed for
city and county officials,
such as finance officers,
councilmen, commissioners,
treasurers, collectors, asses
sors, clerks and other per
sonnel whose primary re
sponsibility is financial
management. The course
will identify and describe
the devices and procedures
which should be used in the
management of a local gov
ernment’s Income and
spending programs.
At to d a y’s commission
meeting, a poll will be taken
to determine approximately
how many persons in the
Coosa Valley area would be
interested in this type sem
inar. The location of inter
ested persons will be used to
determine the site for the
proposed seminar.
Ten Hungry Children
Citizens Open Hearts to
Homeless Family of 12
All day Saturday the items
of clothing, bedding, food,
toys, household appliances
and just about anything else
one could name kept arriv
ing at the Chattooga County
Sheriff’s office.
The people of Chattooga
County were proving once
again that they will “open up
their hearts” when someone
is in need of help.
The donations were in re
sponse to an appeal by Sher
iff Gary McConnell for help
for the family of Grady
Roan, whose house, furniture
and clothing were destroyed
by fire last Thursday.
The Roans had carried one
of their 11 children (10 are
at home) to see the doctor.
While they were away, the
house caught fire and de
stroyed all their worldly pos
sessions except the clothes
they were wearing.
No Home
“It’s a funny feeling com
ing home — or to what you
think is home—and finding
it’s not there no more," Mrs.
Escapee Still
Being Sought
A young man who escaped
while being transferred from
the Chattooga County Court
house to the county jail, is
still being sought by local of
ficials.
The youth had just been
sentenced in Chattooga Su
perior Court for larceny of
an automobile and was being
carried back to the county
jail when he eluded officers
and fled.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1968
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THIS IS A SNOWMAN?
This is certainly a switch from what one is ac
customed to seeing in the way of a “snowman,” but
being different is the trademark of the “hippie” set.
Floyd Question Discloses
‘Flaw’ in Budget Request
The Georgia General As
sembly cannot legally pass
Gov. Lester Maddox’s budget
recommendation until $lO
million has been trimmed
from the request, Attorney
General Arthur Bolton said
yesterday.
The attorney general gave
his opinion in answer to a
written request from Chat
tooga Rep. James H. “Slop
py” Floyd, chairman of the
House Appropriations Com
mittee.
l Mr. Bolton said the gover
, nor and his staff erred in
- asking the legislature to ap
propriate $lO million in an-
। ticipated lapsed funds, say
ing that Georgia’s budget
act prohibits the approprla-
> tion of anticipated lapsed
funds.
The governor is expected :
Roan said in recalling the
tragedy.
The family spent the first
homeless night in Alabama.
Returning to Summerville on
Friday—with nothing to eat
and no place to go — their
plight became desperate.
With 10 cold, hungry chil
dren, the father decided
something had to be done.
He went to a local restau
rant, explained the situation
and soon the family was fed.
“I thought we were going
to have to sleep out in the
cold,” the father said.
Hearing of the family’s un
fortunate circumstances,
Sheriff McConnell and mem
bers of his department car
ried the family to the sher
iff’s office where they were
give a warm place to stay
overnight.
People Respond
The sheriff and his depu
ties spread the word around
Saturday morning of the sit
uation surrounding the Roan
family. Before long, dona
tions began to arrive by car,
truck or on foot—until there
were enough items to fill
three pickup trucks.
The children’s ages range
from a tiny tot of 2 to 17
years. Six of the children are
in school. The father has
been partially disabled since
1940
"We would not have gotten
this kind of response any
where else in the world but
here,” the happy father said.
“The people here have really
been good to us and we love
them for it.”
By late Saturday after
noon, a house had been rent
ed for the family, the truck-
to leave it up to the legisla
ture to do the cutting.
Maddox plans to meet with
staff and legislative leaders
before making a statement,
observers said.
In his letter to Rep. Floyd,
Mr. Bolton quoted the state
constitution as follows:
“T h e General Assembly
shall not appropriate funds
for any given fiscal year
which, in aggregate, exceed
a sum equal to the amount
of unappropriated surplus
expected to have accrued inj
the state treasury at the be
ginning of the fiscal year,
together with an amount not
greater than the total treas
ury receipts from existing
revenue sources anticipated
to be collected in the fiscal
year ...”
loads of gifts were moved in
and the Roan family was
once again comfortably set
tled in a home of their own
. . . thanks to the generous
people of Chattooga County.
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CHATTOOGANS RESPOND TO APPEAL FOR HELP
Members of the Roan family are shown with Sher
iff Gary McConnell, Chief Deputy Bert Tucker and
Deputy Hubert Cook among a portion of the items
donated to the family by generous Chattoogans
Weatherman Promises
Milder Temperatures
Chattooga County is almost
back to normal after Old
Man Winter threw just
about everything in the book
at the area during the past
two weeks.
Snow began falling here
early Friday night and in
less than an hour, the coun
tryside was turned into a
beautiful carpet of white.
Highways, some of which
were already crusted with
ice, became even more haz
ardous as motorists were
Postmaster
Announces
New Rates
Packages up to 30 pounds
for American military per
sonnel served by Army and
Fleet post offices overseas
now can be sent by air
transportation at special low
rates, Postmaster John
Stubbs pointed out today.
“Area residents using this
new airlift service will get
much faster delivery on par
cels to military personnel
overseas,” Mr. Stubbs said.
He added the airlift is avail
able on a space-available
basis upon payment of the
domestic parcel post surface
rate plus a flat SI.OO fee.
Packages weighing up to
30 pounds and not more
than 60 inches in combined
length and girth qualify for
the new special airlift rate
the postmaster said.
Postal patrons can get the
airlift service on packages
mailed to all military per
sonnel at APO and FPO ad
dresses, and in Alaska, Ha
waii and Puerto Rico. Post
master Stubbs noted that
the new airlift also applies
to parcels mailed back to the
States by servicemen from
these military post offices.
Parcels on which the $1
fee is paid get air transpor
tation all the way from here
to the post of embarkation,
and from there to the over
seas base. Postal patrons
formerly had to pay air par
cel post rates to get similar
service.
The postmaster said that
in many instances the new
airlift rates are considerably
below comparable air parcel
post charges. He cited these
examples:
A mother here sending a
15-pound package to her son
in Vietnam pays $4.30 for the
new airlift service. The air
parcel post rate for the same
package is $12.08.
An eight-pound package
going from here to Frank
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urged to remain in their
homes unless travel was ab
solutely necessary. Highway
crews worked diligently,
scraping U. S. Highway 27
across Taylor’s Ridge in an
attempt to keep this main
thoroughfare open. Despite
the weather, relatively few
accidents were reported in
Chattooga County.
Due to the hazardous con
ditions created by icy roads,
the Chattooga County
schools did not open Monday
and Tuesday. Classes re
sumed normal schedules yes
terday.
Most of the manufactur
ing plants and business es
tablishments in the county
remained open, but sched
uled meetings were cancelled
due to the bad weather.
An accumulation of three
to four Inches of snow was
reported as the snow contin
ued to fall through Monday.
Only minor damage was
reported to power and tele
phone lines. J. T. Morgan,
district manager for Geor
gia Power Co. here, said,
"We were lucky.”
F. P. Vickers, General
Telephone district manager,
reported that telephone
service was maintained at
near normal operation.
Only last week, the area
was saved from a severe Ice
storm as warmer weather
moved in after rain began to
freeze on trees, shrubs and
utility lines.
The weatherman has
promised milder tempera
tures for the next few days.
This will come as welcome
relief to area residents who
had rather all of winter’s
bad weather not come at one
time.
News Ranks
High in
Circulation
The Summerville News
continues to hold its high
rating in circulation among
Geo rg i a’s weekly news
papers, according to the
latest Georgia Newspaper
Directory.
The report shows that The
News is among the state’s
top 20 weekly newspapers in
circulation, with the leaders
being mostly in the larger,
metropolitan areas.
The newspaper’s policy of
bringing the people of Chat
tooga and surrounding coun
ties the latest local news
coverage, features, pictures
and other news of general
interest has been a main
factor in maintaining this
high readership appeal.
after the family’s house burned with all their pos
sessions. The donations came in response to an
appeal by the sheriff’s department for aid.
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ICE, SNOW COVER TAYLOR’S RIDGE
Hazardous driving conditions pre- morning as snow and ice covered
vailed on Taylor’s Ridge Monday U. S. Highway 27.
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SCENE ON NORTH CONGRESS STREET
A blanket of snow makes this view of card” scene. View is of the yard and
N. Congress St. look like a “Christmas home of Charles Mitchell.
Mothers’ March Jan. 26
Approximately 50 mothers
will begin ringing doorbells
at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, in
Chattooga County to collect
funds for the March of
Dimes 30th anniversary.
When a March of Dimes
mother comes to your door,
open your heart and give, for
your gift may make the dif
ference between life and
death for a child with birth
defects.
“The marching mothers
are grateful that they can
help a child and are grateful
if their own children are
healthy,” Mrs. Gary McCon
nell and Mrs. Jack Allen, co
chairmen of the 1968 Moth
ers’ March, said.
“We know all the women
working with us feel the
same way. It’s a privilege to
serve so worthy a cause. Ev
ery year, 250,000 babies In the
United States are born with
defects. Birth defects are the
nation’s second greatest kill-
THANKS
The Bud Warren family
would like to express appre
ciation and sincere thanks
to everyone who gave help
to them in any way after the
burning of their home last
week.
The family expressed the
hope that each of you may
have such friends In your
time of need.
er. They destroy an estimat
ed 500,000 lives before birth
and kill 60,000 children and
adults each year.
"When we read about these
figures in the newspapers,
we decided to offer our serv
ices to help,’’ the co-chair
men said. "True, our contri
bution seems small when
compared to the overwhelm-
2nd Week
Civil Court
Jury List
Traverse jurors for the
2nd Civil Week of the Su
perior Court of Chattooga
County will convene at 9
a m. Monday, Jan. 22. Those
selected to serve are:
Oscar Hunter, Horace W.
Simmons, John T. Williams,
Frank A. Reece, Ralph E,
Henry, Clarence B. Hollis,
Charles E. Duke, Otto B.
Maynor, Larry E. Kellett,
Joseph T. Wiley,
Leon B. Oayler, Harold E.
White, Alfred H. Clark,
Herman F. Harrison, Billy D.
Gilley, Roscoe A. Steele,
Mack Leroy Agnew, Louie F.
Evans, Leonard Wilson Bul
man, Michael C. Brady,
James C. Pledger,
Others Named
Carlos C. Howell, John L.
Evans, Frank E. Cranmore,
Ernest Burts, Martin David
Bartlett, Edmond L. Kerce,
Jr., Ernest R. Hammitt,
Jewel F. Ward, Berry W.
Hall, Marlon B. Dyer,
D. W. Copeland, Roscoe M.
McCollum, Ernest Lee Alex
ander, John G. Espy, Mell
Brown, Mrs. John B. Echols,
Sr, John F. Stephens, Leon
ard R. Greene, Kelly L. Tan
ner, Billy Brice Evans.
Trion Sewerage
Grant Increased
Additional funds have been
made available to the Town
of Trion for construction of
its sewage treatment plant,
it has been announced by the
office of Congressman John
W. Davis.
An increase of $80,990 in
the grant is being offered
for the project, the an
nouncement stated. The
money comes from the Fed
eral Water Pollution Control
Administration, which origi
nally offered the town $203,-
580 to construct a sewage
treatment plant, interceptor
sewer and outfall sewer.
Total cost of the project is
expected to be $948,580. May
or J. C. Woods, of Trion,
said work is expected to get
underway by Feb. 1. The re
maining funds, totaling
$645,000, will be raised
ing picture, but every start
must begin with the first
step. Perhaps yours will be
the step that will allow some
unfortunate child to walk
again.”
Much of the money con
tributed to the March of
Dimes goes into a vigorous
research program which
seeks to shed light on the
complex mysteries of birth
defects Another part is ear
marked for public education
programs. Yet another part
goes to support a country
wide network of nearly 100
birth defect centers. In these
centers, youngsters may re
ceive team-coordinated, spe
cialized training
The money collected dur
ing the march will be as
sembled at the Summerville
Recreation Center after the
drive on Jan. 26. The co
chairmen ask that anyone
wishing to volunteer their
services for the march, get
in touch with either Mrs. Mc-
Connell or Mrs. Allen.
When a mother rings your
doorbell, give to help anoth
er mother less fortunate.
Special Board
Meeting Set
A special meeting has been
called by the Chattooga
County Board of Education
for 2 p.m. this afternoon.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to discuss the build
ing program at Chattooga
High School.
Ed Johns, of the architec
tural firm of Johns and As
sociates, will be on hand to
discuss the current projects,
which include the addition
of 12 classrooms and an area
vocational high school. Pre
liminary plans for the two
projects are expected to be
ready for discussion.
through the sale of revenue
bonds, the mayor said.
The new offer would bring
the Federal Water Pollution
Control Administration’s
share to $284,580 The Appa
lachian Regional Commis
sion has offered SIOO,OOO, the
report also stated.
Deadline Date
A reminder that the dead
line for paying business li
censes for the City of Sum
merville is Feb. 1 was given
by Mrs. Bert Self, city clerk,
this week.
Mrs. Self also said that
the books for personal and
business tax returns will re
main open until Mar. 1.