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District Legislators
Are Meeting Guests
Legislators from the 53rd
Senatorial District were guests
ot honor at a dinner last week.
Hosts for the occasion were
local members of the Georgia
Vocational Association.
Attending the dinner meet
ing Nov. 18 at Wometco’s
Riegeldale Tavern at Trion
were Sen. Billy Shaw Abney of
LaFayette, Reps. Wayne Snow,
Forest Hayes and Charles
Clements of Walker County
and Chattooga County's Rep.
James “Sloppy” Floyd.
The purpose of the meeting
was to inform the members of
the General Assembly about
the changing world of voca
tional education in Georgia.
A slide presentation depict
ing the various areas of voca
tional education highlighted
the program. These areas in
clude secondary school pro
grams in agriculture, business,
home economics, distributive
education, trade and industrial
education and industrial arts;
area vocational high school
programs; area and state voca
tional-technical schools; special
federal training programs; and
organized adult programs spon
sored by the secondary
schools.
Also attending the meeting
were educators, education offi
cials of several northwest Geor
gia counties and special guests.
“In this district,” Will Hair,
who served as chairman of the
dinner meeting said, “over 200
students are enrolled in voca
tional education programs.”
The 53rd district legislators
were told that Georgia’s eco
nomic development will be
only as strong as its human
resources development. With
changes taking place in the
occupational structure due to
technological advances, indus
trial development and employ
ment needs, vocational educa
tion is more important to
Georgia’s people than in any
other time in the state’s
history.
It was pointed out that the
unique feature about voca
tional-technical education is
that it can be specifically
tailored to meet the pre-
Most Offices, Firms
Set Closing Today
All city, county and
government offices and most
business firms will be closed in
Chattooga County today in
observance of Thanksgiving.
Some grocery stores and
shopping center merchants will
remain open today, however.
Students in Trion and Chat
tooga County schools are
having a two-day holiday from
school today and Friday.
Income Goes Up
For Chattoogans
Special to the News
NEW YORK-How well are
Chattooga County residents
making it out financially? What
proportion of local families are
now to be found in the upper
income brackets?
According to a nationwide
survey, rising wages and salaries
have carried most families in
the area to higher positions on
the income ladder.
Just where they stand,
currently, is brought out in a
copyrighted report issued by
Sales Management, the market
ing publication. It details, for
every section of the country,
the percentage of families that
fall within each income
bracket.
The survey was designed to
give a better understanding of a
community’s buying power
than was possible through the
“average income” figure alone.
It shows whether average
income in a locality represents
earnings that are well dis
tributed among the bulk of the
population or whether it stands
for a small proportion of fam
ilies with very large incomes
compensating for a much larger
number with low incomes.
In Chattooga County, it
finds, the level of earnings and
the distribution are relatively
good. Some 62.7 per cent ot
the households in the local area
had disposable cash incomes,
after taxes, of $5,000 or more
in the past year.
The proportion of families
with net incomes over $5,000
was greater than was reported
for previous years. In 1966 the
proportion was 53.9 per cent.
The increase, 8.8 per cent,
was more than the 6.6 per cent
rise in the United State as a
whole. The South Atlantic
States had a 8.5 per cent rise.
Since the survey took into
account only cash income,
farm families do not appear to
their best advantage, as no
allowances were made for the
lower living costs on the farm.
The Chattooga County
breakdown gives the position
of each group of local families
employment, the employment,
the upgrading and the retrain
ing needs of Georgians-regard
less of where they live in the
state.
Course! £ area voca
tional higj g S = are designed
primarily r ~je who intend
to enter c 1 s mto the world
of work <S Ar those who
desire to c ~ le their educa
tion in .J Georgia’s area
vocation s^. ical schools.
It i y the school’s
purpose Lc rn out skilled
technici £“ t is neither
practica 3 K what industry
wants- f levelop in young
people rue ...terest, attitudes
and competences which can be
generalized to meet the
changes of job requirements,
VOLUME 84 —NUMBER 43
This Is the Day to Give Thanks
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That First Thanksgiving
Observed 350 Years Ago
“So once in every year we
throng upon a day apart-To
praise the Lord with feast and
song in Thanksgiving of
heart. "- Arthur Guiterman
Thanksgiving Day is prob
ably the most American of our
holidays. This special event in
the United States commemo
rates the harvest reaped by the
Plymouth Colony in 1621 after
a winter of great privation and
starvation for the little band of
colonists.
That year Gov. William
Bradford proclaimed a day of
thanksgiving in which the
three-day feast was shared by
all the colonists and the neigh
boring Indians.
Setting the custom for the
traditional holiday bird, a
group of colonists simply went
into the woods, shot several
turkeys, and brought them
back to the settlement to be
cooked for the festival. The
on the income ladder. It lists
27.1 per cent of them on the
$5,000 to SB,OOO rung, 13.6
per cent at the SB,OOO to
SIO,OOO level and 22.0 per
cent above SIO,OOO. The re
mainder are below $5,000.
Nationally, according to
Commerce Department figures,
the median income of families
rose 9.3 per cent during the
past year.
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SUMMERVILLE MAN KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
A Summerville man was killed in the wreckage of
this pickup truck last week at the intersection of
U. S». Highway 27 and the Mountain View road near
Trion. The Georgia State Patrol listed the driver
of the above truck, Robert F. King Sr., 42, as dead
technological developments
and the demands of mobility
that every individual will
encounter during his lifetime.
It is the objective of voca
tional-technical schools that
each student might develop a
marketable skill before leaving
high school.
“The future directions
which vocational-technical edu
cation takes to meet these
needs will be determined by
the support that Georgians give
the program,” Mr. Hair said.
There were 50 members of
GV A who attended the dinner
meeting, which was one of 44
of a series of meetings held
over the state to better inform
Georgians on the aspects of
vocational education.
She S’umtttrnttllg fca
friendly Indians heard ot this
celebration, came with several
deer, and feasted with the
Pilgrims.
Despite this early beginning,
Thanksgiving Day was not cele
brated as a regular national
holiday for more than two
centuries after 1621.
The first national Thanks
giving Day was proclaimed by
President George Washington
Nov. 26, 1789, but was almost
forgotten until 1863 when the
custom was revived by
Abraham Lincoln, acting on
the suggestion of Mrs. Sarah J.
Hale.
The special day has been
observed on the last Thursday
in November since that time
with the exception of 1939
and 1940, when President
Franklin Roosevelt -in order to
provide an extra week between
Thanksgiving and Christmas
proclaimed the third Thursday
in November as the day of
observance.
When a contradiction arose
between Roosevelt’s proclama
tion and those of some of the
state governors, Congress
passed a joint resolution in
1941 to the effect that Thanks
giving Day should fall on the
fourth Thursday in November.
Since that time the ob
servance has been adopted by
all of the states in the union.
We, in the United States,
have many reasons for giving
thanks. In remembering our
many blessings this year, we
can hope that by Thanksgiving
Day next year the war in Viet
nam will have ended, and the
tragic loss of life among our
men there will have finally
come to a halt.
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AREA LEGISLATORS ARE GUESTS AT MEETING HERE
Five members of the Georgia General Assembly were special
guests of the local members of the Georgia Vocational Associa
tion here last week. They included Sen. Billy Shaw Abney, Reps.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1970
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PILGRIMS LANDING AT PLYMOUTH ROCK
DECEMBER 21, 1620
Local VFW Post to Help
In Release of Prisoners
The crusade to obtain free
dom and humane for American
servicemen held as prisoners in
Southeast Asia by Communist
forces will be continued by
Mason-McCauley Post 6688,
VFW, Commander Ray Hall
announced this week.
He said a massive letter
writing campaign to the North
on arrival at Trion Community Hospital. The driv
er of the other pickup truck involved in the acci
dent was listed as Terry D. Rogers, 21, of Route 1,
Trion. No charges have been filed as a result of
the accident.
Vietnamese delegation to the
Paris peace talks was being
launched by the VFW.
“All Americans are invited
to join in this vital project,”
the commander said. “Our men
are being subjected to barbaric
physical and mental subjuga
tion, and we firmly believe that
if our country shows it is
James “Sloppy” Floyd, Wayne Snow, Forrest Hayes and Charles
Clements. Shown with the legislators are Will Hair (L) J C
Gober and Larry White (R).
united over this issue this in
humane treatment will stop,
and they will be released.”
The letters are to be ad
dressed to Xuan Thuy, Delega
tion of the Democratic Re
public of Vietnam, 8 Avenue
General Leclerc, 94 Choisey
le-Roi, Paris, France.
Thuy is the chief negotiator
for North Vietnam, Com
mander Hall explained. The
cost of postage is only 20
cents, and the letters should
contain the following points:
-That the names of all
Americans held as prisoners of
war and those missing in action
be released.
That humane treatment be
accorded to all those held.
That the return of all
prisoners start immediately
with the sick and disabled.
The post and its ladies
auxiliary recently circulated
petitions urging freedom and
humane treatment for Amer
ican POWs held by the North
Vietnamese, Viet Cong and
other Communists in Southeast
Asia.
“More than two million
signatures were gathered by
VFW members throughout the
United States,” Commander
Hall reported. “Herbert R.
Rainwater, commander-in-chief
of VFW, personally sought to
deliver them to the North Viet
namese delegation in Paris but
they callously refused to see
him or to even receive the
petitions.
“This rebuff will not halt
us,” the local post commander
said. “Commander-in-Chief
Rainwater firmly believes that
a show of concern, that Amer
icans are united over the well
being of our POWs, will result
in better treatment and
eventual freedom for these
men.”
Quiet Observance
Planned in County
Chattoogans will give pause
today to the hectic pace of
today’s hectic world to give
thanks for the many blessings
they have received during this
first year of a new decade.
In thousands of homes
throughout the county,
families and friends will gather
around a bountiful feast for
the traditional Thanksgiving
Day observance.
The meaning of Thanks
giving and the way in which it
is celebrated have changed but
little since the days of the
Pilgrims. The day is now an
annual holiday in the United
States, Canada and a few other
countries.
Thanksgiving Day was and
still is—basically a home and
family festival with religious
connotations. Although it has
never been celebrated on
Sunday, the special day is
generally commemorated with
special church services.
The turkeys that will be
placed on the tables of so
many homes in Chattooga
County today are a reminder
of the four wild turkeys served
on that first day of giving
thanks almost 350 years ago by
that small, determined group
of Pilgrims in Plymouth, Mass.
This day in our community
will be observed with special
prayers, family reunions and a
general feeling of thankfulness.
All banks, city, county and
federal offices, and many of
the business firms in Summer
ville and throughout the coun
ty will be closed today. Some
grocery stores and shopping
center merchants will remain
open for business.
Students in the Trion and
Chattooga County school
systems will enjoy a long week
end vacation from their class
rooms.
For those who must, of
Contract Let
For Repairs
Bishop & Busbin, Inc., was
the apparent low bidder on re
pairs and improvements to the
Summerville Junior High
School. Bids on the project
were opened Monday night at a
called meeting of the Chat
tooga County Board of Educa
tion.
Specifications included
heating equipment, heating
equipment rooms, ceiling re
placement, sidewalks, covered
walkways, replacing and repair
ing windows, modernizing
bathrooms, replacing tile in the
lunchroom and kitchen and re
pairing floor and replacing
floor covering in the basement
of the mathematics and science
building at the junior high, and
repairs to the Menlo Ele
mentary School gymnasium.
Bids on the total project
were received from three firms:
Bishop & Busbin, $38,639.60;
Brice Evans, $47,782.60; and
Billy Ramsey, $61,028.10.
On a motion by Bill
Stephenson and seconded by
A. D. Pledger, the board
unanimously voted to accept
PRICE 10c
necessity, be traveling this
weekend, the Georgia State
Patrol has issued a grim warn
ing that 40 Georgians may be
killed, 561 injured in 1,914
automobile accidents during
the 102-hour period from .6
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25,
through midnight, Nov. 29.
State Highway Patrol offi
cials urged all Georgians to
“drive carefully, sensibly, and
obey all traffic laws.”
Last year 43 persons were
killed and 436 injured in 1,2 19
Thanksgiving weekend traffic
mishaps in Georgia.
Fall Meeting
Scheduled by
CRL Board
Invitations have been issued
to a large number of residents
of Chattooga, Dade and Walker
counties for the annual fall
meeting of the Cherokee
Regional Library Board, Mrs.
Baker Farrar, board chairman,
said this week.
The banquet is scheduled at
7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at
the Wometco’s Riegeldale
Tavern.
The board chairman said
that Betty Kemp, regional
library director, will report on
“the fine work done by the
staff of the two Bookmobiles,
the five branch libraries and
the headquarters library” for
the year 1970.
Paul Willis, director of the
division of administrative serv
ices, State Department of Edu
cation, and Carlton Thaxton,
director of library services, will
be guest speakers.
the Bishop &. Busbin bid on the
repairs and improvements to
the junior high school. The low
bid on this project was
$36,639.60.
The board voted to accept a
bid by Ballard & Sons of Menlo
on the work at the Menlo
gymnasium. On a motion by
W. M. Jackson and seconded
by A. D. Pledger, the board
unanimously accepted the
Ballard & Sons bid of
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