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VOLUME 84 —NUMBEJ
Outli ri? of Voting Procedure for the General Primary
An important electit g-" be coming up for Chat
toogans, as well as oth is 'ians, in a few weeks. On
Sept. 9, various candidates ioi county and state offices will
be nominated by the Democratic and by the Republican
parties in Georgia.
In order to simplify the voting procedure, Secretary of
State Ben W. Fortson, Jr., who is also chairman of the State
Election Board, has prepared a pamphlet outlining the
procedure for voting in this year’s General Primary.
On primary day, go to the polling place in your election
district to vote between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
1. Fill out your voter’s certificate, signing your name as
it appears on the electors list. Check the name of the party
in whose primary you wish to vote, either Democratic or
Republican. Poll officers will fill out a voter’s certificate for
you if you need assistance.
2. Take your voter's certificate to the poll officer in
charge of the electors list. (There is only one electors list in
each polling place.) In some polling places, this list will be
divided into alphabetical sections such as A-F, G-L, etc. If
this has been done, give your voter’s certificate to the poll
Sports to
Speak on
August 12
Joe Sports, a candidate tor
comptroller general, will speak
to members of the Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club
Wednesday, Aug. 12.
The announcement was
made by Frank Prince, pro
gram chairman for the week,
who will introduce the speaker.
Sports is a 35-year-old
native of Douglas, Ga., who
now lives in Decatur. He is a
graduate of Douglas High
School and of South Georgia
College. He has also done ad
ditional work at the American
University in Washington, D. C.
The candidate’s working
background includes five years
as associate editor of the Doug
las Enterprise, three years as a
special assistant to Congress
woman Iris F. Blitch,and three
years as director of news and
promotion at WALB-TV in
Albany. In 1966, he returned
to the eighth district to serve as
staff coordinator for the suc
cessful campaign of Congress
man W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr.,
of Eastman.
The following year he was
appointed executive director of
Georgia’s Democratic Party, a
post he held until February,
1970, when he resigned to an
nounce his candidacy for the
office of comptroller general.
During his three and one-half
years as executive director, Joe
Sports served as sergeant-at
arms for the Georgia delegation
to the Democratic National
Convention in Chicago, and
also succeeded in bringing the
Georgia democrats from a
$225,000 indebtedness to a
position of having more than
$50,000 in the bank.
CCMPC Members
To Be Entertained
At Lake Weiss
The monthly meeting of the
Chattooga County Municipal
Planning Commission will be
held Thursday, Aug. 6.
The planning commission
members and their wives will
be treated to a special meal at
the cabin of Ross Thomas on
Lake Weiss at Little River
Canyon at 7:30 p.m. (EDST).
The News A 1
ewOT
LINE
Why does the City of Summerville have to work on city streets
at 3:30 a m. in the morning, keeping residents of the area awake?
This is just what happened in our area on July 25. We have several
downtown streets—especially South Commerce Street at Rome
Boulevard that needs fixing. Why can’t they fix these streets in
non-residential areas when there isn’t so much traffic?—R.S.
Apparently the situation you describe was an exception, and
not the rule. J. C. Barkley, general superintendent for the City of
Summerville, said it is not the general practice for the city work
crews to be on duty at that time of the morning. He explained
that one of the city councilmen had reported to him about
closing time Friday, July 24, that a resident of your area had
reported a large hole washed out on Hinton Street. Since the
work crews were not scheduled to work the next day, the detail
that washes down the downtown streets were instructed to repair
the hole in the street while they were on duty early July 25,
rather than wait until the following Monday. Perhaps you will be
able to sleep better now.
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HOT LINE FEEDBACK
Apparently a letter to Hot Line last week from a 16-year-old
Trion boy has prompted local supporters of at least one guber
natorial candidate to declare a “litter-free" campaign. In this
week's edition of The Summerville News, local supporters of Carl
Sanders say they “will not clutter up the roadside of Chattooga
County with signs or any kind of printed material." To do so.
they said, “would be in violation” of state and federal laws. “Carl
Sanders and his supporters in Chattooga County want to comply
with the law. Thus will also help to keep Chattooga County
beautiful now-and in the months to come.”
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A construction crew began work this week on the
resurfacing with plant mix on Georgia Highway
100 between Summerville and the Coosa Road.
The project begins at 114 in Summerville and ex
tends for 16.3 miles to Georgia Highway 20 near
Lyons Earns
Promotion
Reuben Lyons has been
promoted to lieutenant in
the Georgia State Patrol,
according to word received
here this week.
Lt. Lyons will have
charge of motor vehicle
inspections in some 70
north Georgia counties,
with headquarters in At
lanta. ,
For the past three
years, Lyons has served as
commander of the Walker
County Patrol Barracks,
with the rank of sergeant.
He has been a member of
the State Patrol for 18
years. He is a former
police officer at Summer
ville and Trion and a
former sheriff of Chat
tooga County.
Lt. and Mrs. Lyons live
at Cloudland.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1970
officer in charge of your section. The poll officer will check
your name off the electors list and write either a “D” or
“R” beside your name to indicate whether you voted
Democratic or Republican. (This record will be used if
there is a run-off primary.)
3. The poll officer will initial your voter’s certificate to
show that you are eligible to vote and direct you to the
proper table to receive your ballot.
4. Separate tables will be set up for each party, and will
contain ballots, numbered lists of voters and voter’s certifi
cate binders for that particular party. Present your voter’s
certificate at the proper table. A ballot will be issued to you
and the number of the stub of your ballot will be written
on your voter’s certificate.
5. The same number will be recorded on the numbered
list of voters, together with your name, and your voter’s
certificate will be filed in the voter’s certificate binder.
(Separate numbered lists of voters will be kept for each
party, and voter’s certificates will be filed separately by
party.)
6. The ballot you receive will have a number strip. Do
RESURFACING BEGINS ON HOLLAND ROAD
Construction Bids Sought
On New Library Building
Construction work on a new
library building here should be
under way by October.
The Cherokee Regional
Library executive committee
this week began advertising for
bids on the new facility that
will be located at South Com
merce and Martin streets.
The library board had al
ready accepted the recom
mendations of the architect for
gas heating and electric air con
ditioning for the new Chat
tooga County library.
The final approval of Appa
lachian Regional Commission
funds of $45,000 was an
nounced last month. The build
ing will be constructed at a
cost of $150,000. Library Serv
ices and Construction Act
funds of $63,000 and local and
state funds in the amount of
$42,000 are the remaining
source of funds for the project.
William Martin of Martin
Associates, Atlanta, is the arch
itect for the building. The final
working drawings for the build-
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Rep. Mac Barber of Commerce was the guest speaker at a meet
ing of the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club Wednesday. Rep. Bar
ber, who is chairman of the House Education Committee, is a
candidate for comptroller general in the Sept. 9 General Primary.
In his speech to the Rotarians, the candidate pointed out the
responsibilities of those in public office. From left, above: J. P.
Coosa. The project was approved through the ef
forts of Rep. James “Sloppy” Floyd. Chattooga
County now has most of its principal roads re
surfaced with plant mix, in addition to streets in
Summerville, Trion, Lyerly and Menlo.
ing have been reviewed by the
Public Library Service and the
School Plan Services.
The library board issued the
following statement:
“In The Summerville News
this week is the first advertise
ment for bids on our new
library building. This advertise
ment will run for four weeks.
On Sept. 3, the building com
mittee and Betty Kemp, direc
tor of the Cherokee Regional
Library, will open the bids in
the office of Commissioner
Harry Powell.
VRC Deadline Is
Saturday, Aug. 8
The Chattooga County
Library announces that the
Vacation Reading Club will
end Saturday, Aug. 8.
All books for the Reading
Club must be in by this date to
be counted, Mrs. Jean Pless,
librarian, announced.
REP. MAC BARBER IS ROTARY CLUB SPEAKER
not remove this number strip until instructed to do so by
the poll officer. If you cannot read, see or mark the ballot,
or cannot enter the voting booth without assistance, you
may take an oath, filled out by the poll officer, and receive
assistance. If it is a permanent disability, you should have
the inforination recorded on the electors list. You must
choose the person to assist you, either a registered voter
from your election district, or your mother, father, sister,
brother, spouse or child. One person may assist only ten
other persons.
7. If you can read and are not physically disabled but
need instructions for voting, the poll officer may instruct
you. He cannot tell you for whom to vote, and he cannot
vote for you, only instruct you in the proper manner of
voting. He must leave the voting booth before you close the
curtain. Only one voter may be in the booth at one time
unless receiving assistance.
8. Mark your ballot in the following manner: Place a
cross or check mark in the square opposite the name oi the
candidate for whom you choose to vote. If voting on a
question, make a cross or check mark in the square
“When Harvey McCollum,
chairman of the building com
mittee, selects the winning bid
and the Cherokee Regional
executive committee approves
it, the building committee will
take over the construction of
our library building at the se
lected site.”
The building committee
consists of Mr. McCollum, J. T.
Morgan, Jr., D. L. McWhorter,
James Meredith, Dr. Marlin
Payne, Mid M. Allen, Jr., H. N.
Florence, O. L. Cleckler, John
Paul Jones, Roy Mann, Jr.,
Irwin Thomas and George
Black.
The executive committee is
composed of representatives
from each county in the library
system. Mrs. B. W. Farrar is
chairman. County representa
tives are: O. L. Cleckler and
Mrs. H. D. Brown, Chattooga
County; Mrs. T. R. Tucker,
Ben Bennett, the Rev. Richard
Allmon, Audrey Herod, Walker
County; and Mrs. D. E. Mor
rison, Dade County.
Smith, Rotary president; James Spence, superintendent of Chat
tooga County Schools; O. L. Cleckler, a former member and chair
man of the school board; Rep. Barber; Dr. Marlin Payne, pro
gram chairman for the week; and Jimmy Stickland, member of
the Chattooga County Board of Education.
Mac Barber Points
Out Responsibilities
For Public Officials
Addresses
Rotarians
Speaking to a near-capacity
crowd at the weekly meeting
of the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club Wednesday, Mac
Barber, a candidate for comp
troller general, pointed out the
responsibilities of those who
hold public office.
“The comptroller general’s
office is the most important
office in state government with
the exception of the governor’s
office," M>. Barber pointed
out, “because the services this
office regulates affects more
people than that regulated by
any other state office. These
services affect every home and
every person to some degree.”
As insurance commissioner
and as small loan commis
sioner, the speaker said, the
comptroller general “represents
the people” when dealing with
the insurance industry and the
small loan industry.
The speaker was introduced
by Supt. James Spence. Dr.
Marlin Payne was program
chairman for the week.
Barber is no newcomer to
the state political scene, having
been elected to the state House
of Representatives 11 consecu
tive times by the people of
Jackson County.
During this 22 years as a
legislator, he has successfully
co-authored or sponsored some
82 individual pieces of legisla
tion in the fields of education,
health, child care, the aged,
and other areas of public serv
ice.
At present, Rep. Barber is
chairman of the House Educa
tion Committee, and has made
many contributions in this
field.
In pointing out the responsi
bilities of an officeholder,
Barber said, “The basis of serv
ice to the people should be
integrity, dedication to duty,
innate good manners, profound
respect for others, and his ad
ministration should be based
on economic practices, while
providing high efficiency.”
Barber is the husband of
Mrs. Janet Barber, who was
state advisor to the Georgia
Association of future Home
makers for over a decade.
opposite the answer you wish to give. If you spoil your
ballot, DO NOT ERASE, but ask for a new ballot. Use only
pen or pencil. Your ballot will contain the names of those
candidates running in the primary of the party which you
have checked on your voter’s certificate.
9. You cannot vote for the candidates of both parties
in a primary. In the General Election, you may vote for
candidates from either party, independent or write-in
candidates. You may not write in the name of a candidate
in a primary.
10. Before leaving the voting booth fold your ballot,
leaving only the number strip showing. The poll officer in
charge of the ballot box lor your party will inspect the
number strip on your ballot to be sure it is the same ballot
you received before entering the voting booth and will
direct you to tear off the number strip. Place your strip
number in the number strip box and your ballot in the
ballot box. Your ballot will have no identification on it.
(Continued next week)
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DANGEROUS WEAPON
Sheriff Gary McConnell is shown with a home
made zip gun taken from a teen-ager here re
cently. The gun was turned over to a state agency
and will be sent to Washington, D. C., where it will
be placed on display in the nation’s capital.
Food Stamp Aid
For 477 Families
There was an increase in the
number of persons on the food
stamp program and in the
amount of food stamps issued
but with a slight drop in the
bonus (free) stamps issued in
July, according to records in
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office of the Chattooga County
Department and Children Serv
ices here and in the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture’s Food
and Nutrition Service office at
205 N. Piedmont St. in Cal
houn.
“With almost $35,000
worth of stamps issued at a
cost of less than $14,000,”
W. M. Westbrooke of the
USDA’s Calhoun office said,
“there was a total of almost
$22,000 worth of bonus
stamps issued, which helped
1,379 persons in 477 families
in the county cat more, and
better.”
One hundred and sixty
three families bought food
stamps at the local office of
the Department of Family and
Children Services the first day
the new program was in
operation in the county. Near
ly all of the grocers in Chat
tooga County have been certi
fied to accept food stamps.
The drop in bonus coupons
was the result of a food stamp
regulation that allows the first
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Candidate Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burson
and their three children were
campaigning in Summerville
Monday.
Burson is a candidate for
state treasurer in the Sept. 9
General Primary.