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Three Candidates in Race for Board of Education Seat Number 2
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VOLUME 84 —NUMBER 30
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I would like to know if
there are any plans to pave the
parking areas at Chattooga
High School. With school al
most ready to start and with
winter coming on, this would
be a great asset to the people
and students. Do you know of
any plans to do this work?—
R.K.
Yes, plans are already being
formulated to pave all of the
driveways and parking areas
around Chattooga High School
with plant mix. Hot Line
learned this week that the
State Highway Department is
already at work preparing the
project. The work will be car
ried out under a county con
tract.
The News J A
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HOT LINE FEEDBACK
Several months ago Hot
Line received a letter from a
reader who suggested improve
ments in the regulation of
traffic at Chattooga High
School. Supt. James Spence
told Hot Line this week that
the traffic situation at the high
school should be improved for
this school term. Mr. Spence
said dividers have been added
to prevent automobiles from
crossing from one driveway to
another going into the school
area. The superintendent said
he hoped the arrangement
would greatly improve the
traffic control problem at
Chattooga High School. He in
vites suggestions for additional
improvements, if needed.
Chattooga Lowest
In Area Growth
Preliminary population
statistics of the 1970 Census
show that every member
county of the Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission experienced
varying degrees of growth since
1960, according to a news re
lease from the planning com
mission this week. Three of
these counties lost population
Country Club
Plans Moving
At Fast Pace
It was learned this week
that the planning committee
for a country club and golf
course here has arranged for an
Atlanta architect to draw up
preliminary sketches for the
project.
After the plans are drawn
which is expected to take some
two or three weeks a meeting
will be called of interested
persons to review the drawings
and to make additional plans
to move forward with the
project.
The proposed site for the
country club is on U. S. High
way 27, north of Summerville.
(Editor's Note: This is the
first in a series of articles on
the political newcomers in the
race for seats on the Chattooga
County Hoard of Education.
The first article deals with the
candidates for Seat Number 2.)
RAY HALL is a native
Chattoogan and is married to
the former Lois Duncan. The
Halls have three boys and two
girls: Mike, 17; Randy, 15;
Greg, 13; Jane, 12; and Lisa,
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29 arean Conflict and is current
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CORN CROPS HEAVILY DAMAGED HERE
County 'hgent M. H. Purcell and
Wayne Hurley look over a stand of
corn on the Hurley farm near Peren
nial that was damaged by a blight
that has swept through Chattooga
County’s Corn Crops
S uffer Bligh t Damage
.July 1970, will long be
remembered by Chattooga
County and Georgia corn
growers as “the month of the
big blight.”
Blown by high winds and
nurtured by hot, humid
weather, the fungus “Helmin
throsporium maydis” swept
across the state leaving thou
sands of acres of potentially
high-yielding corn in ruin, ac
cording to the Farm News Ser
vice of the University of Geor
gia’s College of Agriculture.
Southern leaf blight that’s
the culprit’s common name.
Although South Georgia
with its big corn acreage was
between 1950 ano 1960.
The Mclntosh Trail and the
Metropolitan Atlanta Area
were the only other area com
missions to show an increase in
population for all member
counties. Statewide, 77 coun
ties gained and 82 counties lost
citizens during the last ten
years.
A total of 297,432 persons
are listed in the ten counties
that make up the Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission, according
to preliminary population
figures. This compares with
267,269 persons counted in
the 1960 Census for an 11.3
per cent gain in the last decade.
While all ten Coosa Valley
counties voiced complaints at
the low 1970 count, pre
liminary figures reflect a
growth of 30,163 since 1960.
This growth ranged from a high
of 6,966 new citizens in
Catoosa County to a low of
162 in Chattooga County.
A breakdown of the in
crease since 1960 in the
number of persons and in per
centage for the ten counties of
the Coosa Valley shows:
Bartow, 3,577 persons or
12.7 per cent.
Catoosa, 6,966 persons or
33.0 per cent.
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prentice Mason.
“1 believe the school board
needs more harmony instead of
members fighting among them
selves,” Hall said. “The mem
bers should learn to work to
gether for the good of the en
tire school system. With five
kids in school, I believe 1 can
work for the betterment of the
schools in the county.”
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EDWARD L. “COTTON”
JACKSON is also a lifetime
resident of Chattooga County.
He is married to the former
India Ashworth. The Jacksons
iiave three children: Lynn, 12;
Suzanne, 9; and Shirley, 8.
Mr. Jackson is employed by
Chidsey and Schroeder, Rome
food brokers.
“I feel that we need more
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1970
County and most of the South this
year. Mr. Purcell said this year’s
blight is the worst he has seen during
his 20 years in Chattooga County.
Shown with them is Terry Hurley.
hardest hit, no area of the
state or the South, for that
matter, was immune. And only
a very small percentage of the
varieties showed resistance to
the disease.
As July ended, farmers,
county agents, plant patholo
gists, agronomists, agricultural
economists and others were
still counting the cost. On
many farms, the entire crop
was a failure. Thousands upon
thousands of acres of young
corn in the state were plowed
up and the land planted to
other grains in an effort to
recoup some of the loss.
In Chattooga County, Coun
ty Agent M. H. Purcell said
some of the farmers have been
hard hit. He reported that the
corn yield in the county has
been cut from 25 per cent to
50 per cent, depending on the
age of the crop.
“This is the worst year for
this blight I have experienced
since coming to Chattooga
County almost 20 years ago,”
the county agent said.
Farmers who planted early
corn breathed a sigh of relief
when the blight hit because it
was thought the older grain
was made and would escape
damage. Then Hclminthro
sporium maydis attacked
mature ears, shriveling and dis
coloring the grains and possibly
causing further injury. This is
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BULLETIN
The Riegel Rifles have
done it again! The Trion
team defeated E & B Car
pets of Dalton Wednesday
night by a score of 4-0 to
win their fourth consecu
tive state championship in
the Georgia Slow Pitch In
dustrial Softball League.
Petey Dunson was the
winning pitcher for the
Rifles, shutting out the op
posing team on six hits.
Dunson was also the win
ning pitcher in the Trion
champions’ 11-1 victory
over the same Dalton team
Tuesday night. Dunson al
lowed only one run and 12
hits in two games.
The games were played
in Marietta.
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the first time Southern leaf
blight has been known to at
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Show Nets $20,000
Some 6,000 persons were
on hand last Thursday night at
LaFayette’s Patton Stadium as
country and western star
Johnny Cash and his troupe
staged what is probably the
biggest shows to appear in the
northwest Georgia area.
Johnny Cash was returning
a favor to Sheriff Ralph Jones
in presenting the benefit per
formance. The top country and
western star credits the Walker
County sheriff with helping
him on the road to success.
The show was sponsored by
the LaFayette Athletic Asso
ciation and the LaFayette
Band Boosters Club. Fred
Henry, general chairman for
the show, announced that
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JOHNNY CASH AND JUNE CARTER ON STAGE
Johnny Cash and his wife, June Car
ter, were the featured entertainers
during a benefit show in LaFayette
last Thursday night People from far
and near came to hear these biggest
4,880 Students Set
For School Term
Opens Next Week
Almost 5,000 students in
the Chattooga County and
Ilion City School systems will
heed the call of “back-to
school” next week as classes
open for the 1970-71 school
year in the county.
A total of 3,880 students
are expected to enroll in the
seven schools of the county
system during the first week of
school. A breakdown shows
me I olio wing estimated cnioil
ment in the county schools:
Chattooga High School, 1,025;
Summerville Elementary
School, 900: Pennville Elemen
tary School, 465, Summerville
Junior High School. 440;
North Summerville Elementary
School, 415; Menlo Elemen
tary School, 365; and Lyerly
Elementary School, 270.
At Irion, some 600 stu
dents are expected to make up
the elementary grades, while an
estimated 400 students will en
roll in high school. Trion High
School includes grades eight
through 12.
Irion students will attend
their first day of classes Mon
day, Aug. 24, according to an
some $20,000 was netted
toward the construction of a
new field house at LaFayette
High School.
Earlier last Thursday,
Johnny Cash had appeared in
Atlanta’s Municipal Audi
torium to perform for 700
prison inmates who were being
granted early releases.
In summing up the La-
Fayette show, the Walker
County Messenger this week
said: “Johnny and his group
put on a great show, and ob
viously enjoyed doing it. The
crowd’s enjoyment was equally
obvious.”
All in all, it was a night the
people of this area will never
forget.
names in country and western music.
> Funds raised as a result of the show
: will be used to update athletic facili-
ties at LaFayette High School.
unity and cooperation on the
school board,” Jackson said.
“If elected, I will propose that
the board meet twice each
month, instead of just one
monthly meeting, iri order H at
board members may better
understand the problems of the
school system. I feel that board
members need more time to
study the overall picture in re
lation to the benefits to be
offered to the children of Chat
tooga County.”
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ILK. TUCKER has lived in
Chattooga County since 1936.
He is married to the former
Faye Thrasher, who is em
ployed by Black and Meek
Milling Co. The Tuckers have
two children: Juanita, 14, who
is a ninth grade student; and
announcement by Supt. A. J.
Strickland. He added that dur
ing the first month of school
the first grade will dismiss at
1:30 p.m.
Students in Chattooga
County schools will enter
school one day later, on Tues
day, Aug. 25. Supt. James
Spence said Tuesday that all
preparations have been made
to have normal operations on
the first day ol schoof.
Supt. Spence said he antici
pated little change in the bus
routes for county students, and
that the school buses would
operate on approximately the
same schedules as last year. He
requested, however, that par
ents have their children at the
bus stops ten to 15 minutes
early the first day in order that
the bus schedules may be ad
justed, if necessary.
For those students attend
ing Georgia public schools for
the first time, state law re
quires regardless of grade a
certificate of immunization,
which is available locally at the
Health Department.
It was pointed out that this
is the only form required by
law, and doctors should not be
asked to certify other forms.
Doctors’ immunization forms
may be taken to the Health
Department, where the form
will be filled in. Students
should carry this form to their
school when reporting.
At Trion, one additional
serving line has been added in
the cafeteria. This will improve
the time required for serving
meals, which cost the students
35 cents a day at Trion.
Supt. Spence said that the
county school system is six
teachers short of its full
capacity. However, no one
sohool should be more than
one teacher short at school’s
opening, the superintendent
added. The major need for
teachers is in elementary edu
cation.
Brenda, 11, who is in the sixth
grade,
Mr. Tucker is employed by
Riegel Textile Corp. He is a
member of the Pennville Bap
tist Church, serving as a mem
ber of the board of deacons,
teacher of the senior adult
Bible class and as Training
Union director.
“1 am seeking the office of
Board of Education, District
No. 2, because I am interested
in providing the best possible
opportunity for our youth, in
keeping with our ability to
pay,” tucker said. “If elected,
I pledge to give every item my
careful consideration and
study, in order that 1 might
make decisions that will be in
the best interest of our stu
dents and our community.”
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HAPPINESS IS A HOT DOG
Don Knowles of Route 1, Summerville, and a mem
ber of the Little League Tigers, is surrounded by
hot dogs as members of the LL teams were guests
of the Summerville Lions Club at the annual hot
dog supper held Tuesday night at the Chattooga
County Memorial Home. The expression on the
Little Leaguers face indicates he’s going to enjoy
this treat. The Lions Club sponsors Little League
play in Summerville.
Fair Opening Is
Delayed 3 Weeks
The Chattooga County Fair
will be held three weeks later
than originally scheduled due
to a conflict in the date in
which the midway show can be
scheduled for its showing here,
according to an announcement
this week by fair officials.
This year’s event had been
scheduled Aug. 31-Sept. 5,
some one month earlier than
its usual date. The earlier date
for the county fair had been
selected because of the possi
bility of more favorable
weather and to avoid a conflict
with the Coosa Valley Fair in
Rome.
According to fair officials,
the new date will be Sept.
21-26.
Gold Medal Shows of Knox
ville, Tenn., will furnish the
midway attractions for this
year’s fair. The midway is ex
pected to have added features
for this year’s showing.
Exhibits, prizes and other
features of the fair will remain
unchanged.
Admission to the fair
grounds will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for chil
dren six to 12 years of age. A
charge of 25 cents will be made
for vehicles entering the
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grounds.
The Chattooga and Chero
kee Rose Garden clubs will
hold their fall flower show in
conjunction with the fair. Mrs.
W. U. Hyden of Trion and Mrs.
John Salley of Summerville are
co-chairmen.
Officers of the Chattooga
County Fair Association are:
Leroy Massey, president, H. G.
Baker, vice president; Charles
Sumner, secretary-treasurer;
and Claude Baker, manager.
Directors are Bob Brison,
Charlie Brooks, Grady W'nters,
W. W. Gilreath, Ralph Cook
and the officers.
Recipient of
Army Award
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) Army Sgt. Charles
Treadaway, Jr., whose parents
live at 3 Ridge St., Trion, re
cently received the Army Com
mendation Medal while serving
with the 554th Engineer Bat
talion in Vietnam.
Sgt. Treadaway earned the
award for meritorious service
as mess sergeant for the bat
talion’s Company B.
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