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VOLUME 84 —NUMBER 34
The News
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The scoreboard at the football field at Chattooga High School
is tn need of repair. Part of it doesn't work. Would you check
with somebody on this before the next home game?-RX.
Supt. James Spence told Hot Line he was not aware that the
scoreboard does not function properly, but that he would find
Ollt i> H could be put in proper order before Friday night’s game
with Murray County.
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I noticed in The Summerville News that a crack-down is to be
made on speeders and on motorcyclists and motorists with loud
mufflers in Summerville. Why can nothing be done about the
same situation in Trion? Is it against the law for the Georgia State
Patrol to come into the city limits?—T.P.
Mayor J. C. Woods told Hot Line that this situation is
discussed at almost every council meeting. Chief of Police Walt
Hamby said, “We are aware of the problem and will make a
special effort to curtail speeding, racing and excessive noise here
in Trion.” Chief Hamby said state troopers do have jurisdiction
within the city limits. “We have a very good working relationship
with the Georgia State Patrol, and welcome them to come into
Trion at any time,” Chief Hamby said.
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When the convicts grade our road (which happens to be just
before it rains), they cut half our yard off, and what’s left we
have to move rocks before it can be mowed. In front of our
mailbox, the work crew left a pile of dirt so big you could hardly
see the mailbox. Another pile was thrown on our electric fence
(which was nearly torn down). The road needs fixing, but every
year they say it will be fixed next year. Please tell us who we can
see or write about this problem.—L.K.S.
Your problem would have to be discussed with either J.W.
Pettyjohn, warden at the Chattooga County Public Works Camp,
or with Commissioner Harry Powell.
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1 would like to know how much the (Chattooga) High School
football coach makes, how it compares with other schools such as
LaFayette, West Rome or Trion, and how much football ex
perience the head coach has. The people of the county, I think,
deserve a better brand of football, as they back their school and
team. There are always more people from Summerville at games
played away from home than there are from the school where we
are playing. We need some light on this. Will you please print it in
Hot Line?—O.W.
The total yearly salary of the present head coach at Chattooga
High School is $8,220. A comparison of salaries is difficult
because of the fact that salaries are based on training, years of
experience and the type degree held. The present coach at CHS
was a student assistant for 18 months at Jacksonville (Ala.) State
University; he was an assistant coach at Newnan for two years;
and was head coach at Chattooga High School last year.
WILDLIFE EXHIBIT POPULAR
County Fair Is Expected
To Draw Large Crowds
The Chattooga County Fair
opened here this week for its
1970 season with a prediction
by fair officials that it will be
“by far the biggest yet.”
Claude Baker, fair manager,
said he believed there would be
more exhibits entered this year
than at any other time since he
has been associated with the
fair.
Eleven commercial booths
will be on display in addition
to farm products, canned
goods, ceramics, arts and crafts
and many other entries.
The State Game and Fish
Commission has again brought
its interesting display of wild
life to the county fair. This has
proved to be one of the most
popular exhibits since it was
first shown here two years ago.
Gold Medal Shows of Knox-
Annual Chattooga County Fair in Progress Here This Week
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ville, Tenn., will provide enter
tainment on the midway after
successful runs in Gainesville
and Columbus. Mr. Baker said
the midway will provide some
25 rides and 40 concessions.
Admission to the fair is 50
cents for adults and 25 cents
for children. There will be an
additional charge of 25 cents
for automobiles to park within
the gates.
Fair officials pointed out
that all vehicles will be parked
so that they may be moved at
any time. The Chattooga
County auxiliary police will
have charge of parking inside
the fair grounds.
The fair will continue
through Saturday night. All
exhibits must be left in place
through 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970
New Facts Editor
Jean Griffith has been
named editor of The Trion
Facts, according to an an
nouncement this week by
R. C. Weber, personnel di
rector at Riegel’s Trion di
vision.
Mrs. Griffith is a life
time resident of Chattooga
County. After graduating
from Menlo High School,
she attended Reinhardt
College at Waleska. Ga.
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Sealed bids for the construction of a new Chat
tooga County Library building on South Com
merce Street were opened at a joint meeting last
Thursday night of the library building committee
and the executive committee of the Cherokee Re
gional Library. Bids were received from eight
construction companies, with the low bid sub
mitted by Bishop and Busbin of Summerville,
who submitted a base bid of $147,788. The contract
was awarded to the local contractors at a meeting
Monday night in the Summerville City Hall. Left
to right, seated: Betty Kemp, director of the Chero-
Local Contractors Submit
Low Library Building Bid
After almost two years
of planning, hard work
and a lot of red tape, the
actual construction of a new
library building here is now in
sight.
The building committee for
the Chattooga County Library
and the executive committee
of the Cherokee Regional Li
brary Board met in joint ses
sion Monday night at the Sum
merville City Hall to consider
submitted bids on construction
of the new building.
After a thorough discussion
of the bids presented by eight
construction companies, the
contracting firm of Bishop and
Busbin was found to be the
lowest bidder. The executive
committee voted unanimously
to accept the apparent low
base bid of $147,788.
The building committee
first considered all the bids
submitted before making its
recommendation. Harvey
McCollum, chairman of the
committee, presented the rec
ommendation of his group to
the executive committee of the
library board. After accepting
the bid of the local con
tractors, the board instructed
the architect to prepare the
contracts so that actual con
struction can get under way as
soon as possible.
The sealed bids on the new
library were opened last week
at another joint meeting of the
building committee and the
executive of the Cherokee
Regional Library Board in the
Voting Light in County;
Hall Wins Board Seat
BIDS OPENED FOR NEW LIBRARY BUILDING HERE
courtroom at the Chattooga
County Courthouse. A decision
to accept one of the .bids was
postponed at that time to
allow the building committee
additional time for considera-
Farmer Committees
Named in Chattooga
Results ot the Sept. 11 elec
tion of ASC community com
mitteemen for the Lyerly,
Summerville and Teloga com
munities of Chattooga County
were announced this week by
Harris L. Edwards, chairman,
Chattooga County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee. The elections were
held by mail, and ballots were
tabulated publicly by the in
cumbent ASC county com
mittee on Sept. 1 5.
Farmers elected to the com
mittees include:
Lyerly T. H. Brewer, chair
man; Grover C. Jackson, vice
chairman; James H. McDonald,
regular member; A. W. Vernon,
first alternate; and Bernard
Shaw, second alternate.
Summerville George E.
Doster, chairman; T. G. Ballen
ger, vice chairman; J. C. Mar
tin, regular member; James H.
Hunter, first alternate; Joe
Denson, second alternate.
Teloga Hobson Cavin,
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kee Regional Library; Bill Martin, Atlanta archi
tect; Mrs. Baker Farrar, chairman of the Cherokee
Regional Library and Chattooga County Library
boards. Left to right, standing: Lila Rice, con
sultant, Public Library Services, State Department
of Education; Mid M. Allen Jr.; Commissioner
Harry Powell, Mayor J. R. Dowdy, John Paul Jones;
O. L. Cleckler, George Black; and Harvey McCol
lum, chairman of the building committee. A library
board spokesman said an additional $15,000 is
needed for the library project.
tion.
The new library will be built
on a site at South Commerce
and Martin streets, and is the
result of a joint effort by the
entire community to make it
chairman; L B. Gilreath, vice
chairman; Warner E. Wilson,
regular member; Carl Giles,
first alternate; and W. W. Gil
reath, second alternate.
The ASC community com
mittee chairman, vice chairman
and third regular member auto
matically became delegates to
the county convention, which
was held Sept. 17 at 9 a.m.,in
the Chattooga ASCS county
office. The following county
committeemen were elected:
G. W. Mitchell, three-year
term; W. Glenn Hendrix, two
year term.
Harris L. Edwards was re
elected as county committee
chairman for the new year.
G. W. Mitchell was elected vice
chairman and W. Glenn
Hendrix, regular member.
ASC county and com
munity farmer-committees are
in charge of local administra
tion of such national programs
as the Agricultural Conserva-
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possible.
Mrs. Baker Farrar, chairman
of the Cherokee Regional Li
brary and the Chattooga
County Library boards, said
many needs will not be in
cluded in the construction of
the building. A few of these
needs, she said, are landscap
ing, a projector, furniture and
many others.
It was estimated that some
$15,000 more is needed to
make the library completely
useful to every citizen of Chat
। tooga County.
Any person or institution
wishing to contribute may send
it to: Building Fund, Farmers
& Merchants Bank, D. L.
McWhorter, Treasurer, Sum
merville, Ga. 30747.
Other base bids submitted
for construction of the library
building were: Brice Evans,
$170,625; Hails Construction
Co., $163,442; K & K Con
struction Co., $168,000; L. H.
Lewis, $167,565; Roman
Builders, $162,165; Tri-City
Construction Co., $172,900;
and Joe Garner, $1 56,000.
Members of the executive
committee present for Mon
day’s meeting were Mrs. Farrar,
Mrs. Julia Loop, Mrs. A. B.
i McCurdy, Mrs. H. D. Brown
[ and Betty Kemp.
Members of the building
committee present for the
meeting were Mr. McCollum,
James Meredith, John Paul
Jones, George Black, Dr. Mar-
I lin Payne, Mid M. Allen Jr. and
| Mayor J. R. Dowdy.
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Carter Wins Local
Support Wednesday
Ray Hall was the apparent
winner in a close race for
Seat No. 2 on the Chattooga
County Board of Education
in yesterday’s Democratic
runoff primary.
Unofficial returns show
Hall carried seven of the
county’s 13 precincts to
amass a total of 1,501 votes.
His opponent in the runoff,
H. K. Tucker, carried five
precincts for a total of 1,392
votes. Each contestant re
ceived 20 votes in Dirtseller.
In the general primary two
weeks ago, Hall and Tucker
were the top candidates in a
three-man race, but neither
one received a majority of
the votes cast.
Voting was light again in
all the county precincts,
with probably less than 3,500
voters going to the polls, out
of a total registration of
more than 8,500.
The vote In the governor’s
race In Chattooga County
was a reversal of that in the
general primary two weeks
ago. Unofficial returns
showed Jimmy Carter with a
total of 1,817 votes. Carl San
ders polled 1,397. In the Sept.
9 general primary, Sanders
beat Carter in the county,
1,780 to 1,389. Carter carried
12 of the 13 precincts in the
county, losing only the Cold
water box.
Some 65 absentee ballots
would not be enough to
change the outcome in the
races here for the board seat
or In the governor’s race.
Johnnie Caldwell polled
1,629 votes to 1,534 votes for
Mac Barber here in the run
off primary for comptroller
general. These unofficial to
tals included all of the coun
ty precincts.
Statewide, Carter was run
ning well ahead of Sanders
for the gubernatorial nomi
nation. He will face Hal Sult,
College Prexy to
Preach Here Sunday
One of the most disting
uished men in Methodism in
Georgia and the nation will fill
the pulpit at a local church
Sept. 27.
Dr. Waights G. Henry Jr.
will deliver the message at the
11 a.m. worship service Sunday
at the Summerville United
Methodist Church.
After serving in local
churches as a pastor, Dr. Henry
was appointed in 1948 to the
presidency of LaGrange Col
lege. Under his leadership, that
institution has experienced
rapid and significant growth.
Dr. Henry has served on
countless boards, agencies and
committees during his 34 years
as a member of the North
Georgia Annual Conference.
He has served as a delegate to
jurisdictional, general and
world conferences, and for ten
weeks was the speaker on the
Methodist series of the Protes-
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RAY HALL
the Republican nominee in
the general election in No
vember.
Hall will be the only new
member of the school board
when he takes office in Jan
uary. Two incumbent mem
bers, Joel Cook and W. M
Jackson, won renomination
in the Sept. 9 general pri
mary.
Plans Ready
The nine-man committee
exploring the possibility of
building a country club in
Chattooga County reported
this week that it now has the
architect’s proposed layout for
the location of a club building,
swimming pool, tennis courts,
putting green, driving range,
18-hole golf course and a resi
dential area.
F. II Boney, committee
chairman, said his group would
present the architect’s pro
posed plan to prospective
members at a meeting to be
held in the near future.
DR. HENRY
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