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VOLUME 84 — NUMBER § "
The News
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I'm 16 years old and go to Trion High School. I have received
my Georgia drivers license, and while driving through Summer
ville the other day I saw (a candidate for governor) pictured on
stop signs and telephone posts. I think it is a shame. If I could
vote I would mark his name out if he thought no more of our
county than that. It’s just plain littering. Please ask ... if that is
not against the law. H.H.
Hot Line was told by a legal source that it is against the law to
post such signs on State Highway Department rights-of-way. As
far as utility poles are concerned, that would be a decision for the
individual firms owning this property to make. Congressman John
Davis announced two weeks ago that he will conduct a personal
anti-litter campaign while he is conducting his campaign for
reelection. Davis said he would not use signs to further his
candidacy . . . and that he could see “no useful purpose that is
served by cluttering up the natural beauty of north Georgia with
a lot of pasteboard and paper. For my part. 1 intend to refrain
from it.” Apparently, from your statement, other candidates will
not follow this procedure.
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The “walk” and “don’t walk” lights for pedestrians at Com
merce and Washington streets downtown have been up for many
months. These lights must have cost the city a lot of money. Why
haven’t they been turned on?—E.M.
Hot Line has not been able to get a definite answer to this
question. A spokesman at City Hall said it was probably due to
the disagreement between the City of Summerville and the State
Highway Department over certain traffic lights in the city. A city
councilman admitted he didn’t know why they had not been
turned on. However, Councilman Jack Ledford said it was his
understanding that the engineer who installed the lights could not
find “a certain part.”
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people of Chattooga County.
LaFayette Ready
For the ‘Big Day’
LAFAYETTE-It was
bound to be in any event, but
now it’s official. The governor
has declared that Aug. 13 will
be “Johnny Cash Day” in
Georgia.
August 13 is the date the
famed country music singer
brings his wife June, the Carter
Family, the Statler Brothers,
the Tennessee Three and other
members of his troupe to La-
Fayette—without charge-for
an evening show in Patton
Stadium to raise funds for
music and athletic facilities at
the local high school.
Cash has also accepted Gov.
Maddox’s invitation to sere
nade and speak to a select
group of 600 in Atlanta, also
on Aug. 13. Admittance to this
Johnny Cash show at the State
Capitol requires the governor’s
signature on a document signi
fying the holder is one of 600
inmates being released that day
as part of the state adminis
tration’s early release program.
Prison reform and prisoner
rehabilitation are two of Cash’s
foremost interests. It’s not sur
prising that they should be.
Cash has known difficult times
himself. The man who invited
him to LaFayette, in fact, was
the same sheriff who jailed
him-and befriended him-on
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J. C. Woods (C) of Trion was installed
last week as chairman of the Coosa
Valley Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission at Berry College’s
Krannert Center in Rome. Mr. Woods
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Cash’s last visit to LaFayette
several years ago. Cash credits
that incident with being a turn
ing point in his life and in his
career.
Cash will present a two and
one-half hour show in La-
Fayette sponsored by the
LaFayette Athletic Club and
Band Boosters Club. Fred B.
Henry, general chairman of the
show, said 20,718 persons can
be seated .in Patton Stadium
and on special portable chairs
being shipped from Boston to
accommodate the crowd.
Shuttle bus service will be
available from parking areas
throughout LaFayette to trans
port visitors to and from the
show. The show begins at 8:30
p.m.
Advance tickets are on sale
at many locations in Georgia
and Tennessee and may be
obtained also by addressing a
request for them to: Johnny
Cash Show, P.O. Drawer 1,
LaFayette, Ga. 30728. Check
or money order should be en
closed with the ticket request.
Ticket prices are $4.50, $6.50
and $8.50.
In Chattooga County,
tickets are available at Mc-
Ginnis Drug Co. and at
Abney’s in the Triangle Shop
ping Center.
CVAPDC GAVEL CHANGES HANDS
Slip €>mnnteruillr Nms
accepts the gavel from R. D. Barton,
Jr., (R), outgoing chairman. Looking
on is John Bankson, a member and
former chairman of the planning
commission.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1970
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TRACTOR-TRAILER HIT BY TRAIN HERE
An Addison tractor-trailer, driven by
Willie B. Smith of Atlanta, was heav
ily damaged Tuesday afternoon when
it was involved in an accident with a
southbound Central of Georgia train
on Rome Boulevard. The truck dam
aged two automobiles parked at a
nearby service station. Chief of Police
Griffin Pledger said Smith was car-
Court Set Here Monday;
Jury Rosters Announced
The August term of Chat
tooga County Superior Court is
scheduled to begin here at 9
a.m. Monday, Aug. 3. Judge
Paul Painter of Rossville will
preside over the first week’s
proceedings.
The office of the clerk of
the court reported that a “very
light docket” is on hand for
the first week.
GRAND JURORS
Persons whose names were
drawn to serve as grand jurors
during the upcoming court ses
sion, and who are to report at
9 a.m. on Aug. 3, are:
Bob G. Ragland, Bernard
Shaw, Voy Teague, Peter
Mattis, Marvin G. Perkins, Jr.,
Bill Selman, Joseph Edward
Cordell, Mrs. Eddie Mae
Wilson, Harold N. Florence,
O. C. Mahan, Jr., Roy Eugene
Thomas, Paul D. Woodall,
Henderson Ponder, Jimmy
Duff, Charles E. Cook.
Also, James F. Chester,
Eddie Thomas Reed, Ralph E.
Henry, Hobart Stallings,
Charles L. Millican, Ella Faye
Taylor, Ruby B. Gass, Dennis
Cox, Paul Silvers, D. L.
Nichols, Albert W. Lawson,
Paul Arden, Willard Brown and
Hill Caldwell.
TRAVERSE JURORS
Persons whose names were
drawn to hear civil cases during
Planning Commission Sets Pace
The Coosa Valley Area Plan
ning and Development Com
mission was described last
Thursday as the pacesetter for
Georgia’s agricultural and in
dustrial growth.
Speaking at the CVAPDC’s
12th annual meeting, Dr. J. W.
Fanning, vice president for
services of the University of
ried to Chattooga County Hospital
suffering head and arm injuries. The
engineer of the freight train was
listed as W. A. Russell of Cedartown.
The driver of the truck was charged
by city police with reckless driving.
Chief Pledger and Patrolmen Roy
Starkey and Hinton Logan investi
gated the accident.
the first week of court are:
Joe Robert Norton, Cliff
McGraw, Grace Haygood,
James R Smith, Russell L.
Scoggins, Edmond L. Kerce,
Jr., O.W. Thompson, Julius E.
Smith, Thomas M. Womack,
C. H. Skelton, Gordon Lee
Koskins, Clyde W. Davis,
Hobart Jennings, James S.
Taylor, Ernest Alexander.
Also, Troy Lee Hawkins,
Wilbur S. Shepherd, Lloyd Lee
Noles, Boyd L. Smith, Max
Floyd, Harold Rose, Lamar
Escapee Back in Custody
Johnny Cook, an inmate of
the Chattooga County Public
Works Camp, escaped from a
work detail on the Gore Silver
Hill Road at 4:30 p.m. Tues
day, according to Commis
sioner Harry Powell.
Cook left the work detail in
a 1966 two-ton dump truck
belonging to Chattooga Coun
ty.
The escapee was picked up
at 7:30 Tuesday night by
members of the Georgia State
Patrol, when they stopped an
automobile in which Cook was
a passenger, the commissioner
said.
Cook was returned to the
work camp Wednesday morn-
Georgia, told the commission
members, “you carved out the
pattern and set the pace” in
balancing the state’s economy
between agriculture and in
dustry.
Almost 400 persons from
the 10-county area comprising
the group were on hand for the
meeting at Berry College’s
Krannert Center, where they
were welcomed by Dr. John R.
Bertrand, president of Berry;
Horace Cline, chairman of the
Floyd County Board of Com
missioners; and Ben Lucas,
Rome City Commission chair
man .
Following the official meet
ing, J. C. Woods of Trion was
installed to succeed Bartow
County’s R. D. Barton, Jr., as
planning commission chairman.
The commission’s annual re
port, which was distributed to
those attending the meeting
outlined the group’s accomp
lishments during the last year.
A summary of the progress
made on some of the more
important projects during
1969-70 included:
. . . FHA sewer and water
Chattoogan Reported Missing
A Chattooga County serviceman is missing in action in South
east Asia, according to word received last week by his family.
The wife of Pfc. Bill Browning, his mother. Mrs. Bob Ragland,
and Mr. Ragland of Lyerly received word Friday, July 24, that
their husband and son has been “missing in action” at Phu Bai,
Vietnam, since Monday, July 20.
Pfc. Browning entered the armed forces Nov. 17, 1969. He
received basic training at Fort Benning and advanced training at
Fort Polk, La
Browning had served with the 101st Airborne Division for
some six weeks before he was reported missing.
His wife is the former Ruth Floyd of Smyrna.
Toles, Ira T. Hawkins, Albert
B. Dodd, L. C. Short, Terry
Williams, Terry Edward
Sentell, John D. Taylor 111,
Mrs. Bill Selman, W. F. Taylor.
Also, James Harry Hughes,
Johnny Ivey, Alfred Dean
Henderson, Thomas H Lut
• ell Lavoid Smith, John E.
England, Jr., Charles Clements,
J. W. Greenwood, Robert W.
Tidmore, John R. Ford, Jr.,
Alfred Patrick, Charles
Mitchell, Claude Langford and
James H. Witherspoon.
mg by Sheriff Gary McConnell,
who is holding the escapee for
grand jury action on other
charges.
Cook abandoned the county
truck some six miles east of
Trion in the Narrows picnic
area on an unused woods road.
The vehicle apparently was not
damaged, the commissioner
reported.
Commissioner Powell said
he would like to thank the
Georgia State Patrol and the
Sheriff’s Department for their
quick action concerning the
escape. “We feel that it holds
such escapes to a minimum,”
the commissioner said.
planning
. . .Coosa River improve
ment
.. . Minerals resources de
velopment
.. . Local planning studies
. . . Law enforcement plan
ning
. . Industrial development
. . . Mobile home study
. . . Housing sites analysis.
The commission’s member
counties and their represent
atives include: Chattooga J.C.
Woods and John Bankson; Bar
tow R. D. Barton, Jr., and
Paul Grant; Catoosa Joe
Barger and James Evitt; Dade
W. R. Tatum and Douglas
Morrison; Floyd Fred Starr
and J. E. Cordle; Gordon
Ronald F. Chance and Dean
Hayes; Haralson W.J. Pope
and J, F. Smith; Paulding
W. H. Crew and Fred Stokes;
Polk Paul Ostrander and W. J.
Higgins; Walker County Paul
Ellis and Herbert Heiss.
Members of the commission
serve without renumeration
and pay their own expenses at
the monthly meetings.
John Bankson, Chattooga
Annual County Fair
Is Scheduled Here
In Early September
Officials See
Better Event
This Season
The Chattooga County Fair
has been scheduled this year
for Aug. 31 through Sept. 5,
according to information re
ceived from fair officials.
The annual event is being
held approximately one month
earlier than last year because of
the possibility of warmer
weather and the availability of
the midway show.
As usual, prizes will be
awarded in such categories as
adult canning, individual crop
display, hobbies, arts and
handicraft, ceramics, sewing,
girls cooking, girls canning,
steers, beef cattle, hogs, adult
cooking and clothing.
EXHIBIT RULES
General rules for the fair
include:
1. Exhibits will be accepted
from Tuesday noon until
Wednesday noon during the
fair week.
2. Exhibits must be left in
place until 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
or until Sunday.
3. Judging will begin at 2
p.m. Wednesday on all exhibits
except livestock. Hogs will be
judged at 4 p.m. and cattle at 5
p.m.
Officers of the Chattooga
County Fair Association are
Leroy Massey, president; 11. G.
Baker, vice president; Charles
Sumner, secretary-treasurer;
and Claude Baker, manager.
Directors are Bob Brison,
Charlie Brooks, Grady Winters,
W. W. Gilreath, Ralph Cook,
Mr. Massey, Mr. Sumner and
Mr. Baker.
ADMISSION SET
Admission to the fair
grounds will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for chil
dren six to 12. A charge of 25
cents will be made for vehicles
entering the grounds.
In conjunction with the
county fair, the Chattooga and
Cherokee Rose Garden clubs
will hold their fall flower show
on Sept. 2.
This year’s flower show will
have as its theme, “Littered
Mother Goose.” Mrs. W. U.
Hyden of Trion and Mrs. John
Salley of Summerville are co
chairmen.
Awards will be presented in
a variety of categories.
County’s other member on the
commission, has served since
its founding, and is a past pres
ident.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, a barbecue luncheon
was sponsored by the Georgia
Power Co. Cokes were
furnished by the Rome Coca-
Cola Bottling Co.
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JOHN DAVIS AT PLANNING MEET
Congressman John Davis was on hand
for the 12th annual meeting of the
Coosa Valley Planning and Develop
ment Commission in Rome last week.
Looking over the planning commis-
Municipalities to Receive
$30297.86 in State Aid
X The City of Summerville will receive $16,913.13 as the X
¥ first installment of state aid for the 1971 fiscal year. State S
¥ Treasurer Jack B. Ray announced Wednesday from Atlanta. ¥
¥ This is the city’s share ot half of the $13.5 million in ¥
X state revenue earmarked lor Georgia’s 499 incorporated ¥
¥ towns and cities under Ilie Aid to Municipalities Acts of ¥
¥ 1965 and 1967. The remainder will be distributed in ¥
¥ January, 1971 . ¥
¥ Other municipalities to share in the state aid are Trion, ¥
¥ which will receive $8,003.72; Lyerly $2,515 24; and ¥
¥ Menlo $2,865.77. ¥
¥ Mr. Ray explained that the grants are being paid in two ¥
¥ installments this year because the law provides that half be ¥
X paid on the basis of the 1960 census and half on the 1970 ¥
¥ census, which does not become official until Dec. 31 .
X I’he $13.5 million is an increase of $750,000 over the ¥
¥ grants ot the previous fiscal year. x
¥ Each municipality in the state from Atlanta, which has ¥
¥ a population of 487.453 in the I 960 census, to Santa Claus, x
¥ which had only five shares in the grants. Each received an ¥
X amount computed by a formula based on population ¥
Funeral Monday
For Pete Dunson
Funeral services for A. G.
(Pete) Dunson, Sr., who died at
his home on East Washington
Street last Saturday, were con
ducted at 10 am. Monday
from the chapel of J.D. Hill
Funeral Home, The Rev. Henry
Walker and the Rev. William E.
Hotchkiss officiated.
Mr. Dunson was born May
13, 1904, in LaGrange, the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. J, E.
Dunson. He was educated in
the LaGrange public schools
and attended Staunton (Va.)
Military Academy. He was a
graduate of the University of
Georgia, where he was a mem
ber of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity. He also attended the
Philadelphia School of Tex
tiles.
Before moving to Summer
ville in 1944, Mr. Dunson was
vice president and superin
tendent of the Dunson Mills of
LaGrange, founded by his
father and now the Dunson
Division of Pepperell Manu
facturing Co. Before his retire
ment in 1967, he served as vice
president and general manager
of the Summerville Manu
facturing Co.
Active in civic affairs, Mr.
Dunson was the recipient of
the highest leaders’ award in
Scouting, the Silver Beaver
Award. In 1961, the Summer
ville Little League field was
named in his honor for making
the Little League program
possible here.
He was a member of the
United Methodist Church of
Summerville.
Mr. Dunson is survived by
his wife, the former Florence
Anchors; one daughter, Mrs.
Kelly Jordan of Atlanta, two
sons, S. A. Dunson of Carters
ville and A. G. Dunson, Jr., of
Summerville. Seven grandchil
dren also survive.
sion’s annual report are, left to right:
M. A Purcell. Everett Lunsford, Ron
ald F. Chance oi Calhoun, Congress
man Davis and John Whisnant.
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Graveside services were held
at 4 p.rn. Monday in Hillview
Cemetery in LaGrange.
Active pallbearers were
Willis Janies. Jack Allen, John
R. Adamson, J.T. Morgan, Joe
11. Hutchinson, Rip Hardeman,
Albert Dunson Dunaway and
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Linebackers Club
To Meet Monday
The Chattooga County
Linebackers Club is scheduled
to meet at 8 p.m. Monday,
Aug. 10, in the high school
library.
The purpose of the meeting
is to set up the sale of the
football program for the
coming season, according to
Stanley Selman, club president.
Jerry Lambert and Herman
Fletcher are co-chairmen of the
football program committee.