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VOLUME 88 — NUMBER 5
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Rep. James (Sloppy) Floyd sai. 8 isday that al
though he doesn’t know at present just how much it will
be, school teachers in Georgia will get a pay raise higher
than that recommended by Gov. Jimmy Carter.
Floyd also said state employees will get a pay adjust
ment-the second in 10 years.
The House is expected to begin studying the new state
budget approved by Floyd’s panel this week.
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This 1968 Corvette was demolished about 4:30 p.m.
Sunday in an accident about 2 miles south of Sum
merville on Georgia Highway 100. Listed by the
Georgia State Patrol as driver of the automobile
was Eric L. Phillips, 24, Route 3, Summerville ,who
received head and face injuries. A passenger,
McDonald Seeking Debate
With Congressman Davis
Dr. Larry P. McDonald of
Marietta, candidate for the
United States Congress from
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict, has challenged incumbent
Congressman John Davis to a
series of public debates.
At the meetings, McDonald
suggested that they present
their stands on key issues, di
rect questions to one another,
and answer questions from the
voters of the seventh district.
Dr. McDonald said the six
term legislator had previously
indicated that this type of
question-and-answer method
would be a move to educate
the public as to what the issues
of the campaign are.
He also said that he did not
believe any other way could be
found that would better serve
the interest of the people of
the seventh district in the ef
fort to clarify the issues.
Trion Names
2 Members
To Library
Mayor J.C. Woods this
week announced that Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Florence have
been appointed to four-year
terms by the Trion Town
Council to represent Trion on
the Chattooga County Library
board of trustees.
“Mr. and Mrs. Florence have
been our representatives for
several years?’ Mayor Woods
said, "and they have been very
faithful in helping to secure a
nice library for our county.
The town appreciates their
good work."
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CAR DEMOLISHED IN HIGHWAY 100 WRECK
The complete text of Mc-
Donald’s letter to Congressman
Davis follows:
“Prior to my announcement
as a candidate for Congress,
you stated in a Rome-News
Tribune interview that you
would handle my challenge in a
special manner. You stated
that you would send to me a
questionnaire in which you
would list approximately 20
questions, and (that) I could
supply my answers to those
State Commander Giles
To Attend National Meet
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
(Special to The Summerville
News)- Joseph L. Vicites of
Uniontown. Pa., commander
in-chief of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United
States, has announced that W.
Ray Giles. 60 Shady Lane,
Trion, commander of the De
partment of Georgia, VFW.
will be among the state’s dele
gation at the annual VFW mid
winter conference of national
officers and department com
manders this weekend in the
nation's capital.
Prominent legislative, ad
ministration, and military offi
cials have been invited by the
veterans’ organization to con
duct closed briefings for those
attending the conference.
Delegates will appear before
the Senate and House commit
tees on Veterans Affairs to pre
sent the VFW’s legislative pro-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1972
Long City Council Session
Marked By Lively Debate
Frankie Marshall, 18, Route 2, Lyerly, was carried
to Floyd Hospital suffering from back and head in
juries. Officers said the car, which was traveling
north, ran off the right side of the road after fail
ing to negotiate a curve. Troopers J. W. Coffman
and Herman Scoggins investigated the accident.
questions. This was to be the
first step at what you termed a
move to educate the public as
to what the issues are.
“I, too, have various ques
tions to present to you, and I
feel that the best way to edu
cate the public and to show the
clear difference between our
two stands would be to go
before the voters in person.
“I, therefore, propose that a
series of public forums or de
bates be held at various key
gram for 1972, and will meet
with their own senators and
representatives while in Wash
ington.
The annual VFW congres
sional banquet, honoring
members of Congress who
served in the armed forces, will
conclude the conference on
I*TA Council
Meet* Tonight
Mrs. Jimmy Vickers, direc
tor of the Wayside School at
Trion, will be the guest speaker
tonight at a meeting of the
County PT A Council.
The program is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 p.m. at Pennville
Elementary School.
All council representatives,
along with the general public,
are invited to be present.
points throughout the seventh
district, and that the public be
invited to these special events.
Each one of us would be able
to present our stand, discuss
the key issues, and possibly
answer questions from the vot
ers.
“1 do not believe any other
way could be found that would
better serve the interest of the
people of the seventh district
in the effort to clarify the is-
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March 7. It will be attended by
some 2,000 persons, including
congressmen Supreme Court
justices, military leaders, and
members of the President's
cabinet.
The national winner of
VFW's Voice of Democracy
contest will be announced dur
ing the banquet.
Congressman Thomas E.
Morgan of Pennsylvania will re
ceive the 1972 VFW Congres
sional Award, the top award
given by the organization.
“The award," said Comman
der-in-Chief Vicites, "recog
nizes outstanding service to the
nation. Congressman Morgan,
chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee since 1958,
has a record of nearly three
decades of dedication in the
Congress of the United States.”
The conference will begin
March 3 and end on March 7.
Councilman Says
‘Funds Misused’
City Councilman Charles
Brooks said it was his opinion
that Mayor J. R. Dowdy had
“misused city funds” in paying
for repairs at one of the city’s
water storage tanks.
The statement came as a
result of a lengthy discussion
of this subject at a three-hour
plus stormy session of the City
Council Friday night. Dowdy
said he did not think he had
misused any funds.
Brooks contended that the
council had not authorized
some $13,000 in repairs to one
of the reservoirs. He pointed
out a section of the city
charter which he said places on
the council the duty of author
izing all expenditures of the
city.
The dispute seemed to re
volve around the appearance of
a second contract-authorizing
the repairs and signed by the
mayor-which Brooks and
Councilman Sewell Cash said
they had not approved. Cash
asked each of the other coun
cilmen, in turn, if they knew
anything about the contract
authorizing the repairs before
it was signed. Each replied that
they did not.
Cash said that he and
Brooks inspected one of the
water storage tanks and tried
to get the mayor to stop the
repairs when they realized how
much it was costing the city.
He said Mayor Dowdy told him
there would be a heavy penalty
if the work was stopped.
The two council men said
they were “only trying to save
the city some money.”
Cash said he was greatly
upset because he was not told
when he was trying to stop the
repairs on the water storage
tank that a contract had been
signed for the repairs.
At one point during the
meeting, Councilman Jack Led
ford told the mayor that it is
“your duty to follow the
wishes of the council.”
Another controversy arose
over the question of whether
or not a January meeting of
the council had been rescinded.
The discussion was touched off
when Councilman Brooks said
“no move has been made on
any of the resolutions we
passed.”
The dispute centered
around the fact that none of
these items was on the agenda
for that meeting.
Brooks finally got a reading
of the minutes of the meeting
in question and asked that all
motions made at that meeting
—plus two he said were not in
the minutes-be put on the
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Co-captaina Gary Hardeman and Skipper Bennett
happily accept the GRPS Fifth District champion,
ship trophy for the Summerville Altars O4i and
under), who defeated Rome, 54-48. Presenting
agenda for a called meeting
scheduled at 5 p.m. March 6.
At one point in the meeting,
Mayor Dowdy said the news
paper had misinformed the
people in regard to the city’s
request that its tax ceiling for
general operating funds be
raised from five to 10 mills.
When questioned about this
statement by a member of this
newspaper’s staff, the mayor
indicated that a story about
the request gave the impression
that the city wanted to double
taxes, and did not give an ex
planation.
In checking the report on
that story in The Summerville
News, it was found that it con
tained this paragraph: “It was
pointed out that if this addi
tional levying authority were
granted, city taxes would not
automatically be doubled, but
could be raised to any level
between five and 10 mills.”
The Summerville News
asked Jess Mitchell, the coun
cilman who made the motion
to request that the city’s
authority to levy taxes for
general operating funds be
raised from five to 10 mills, if
he thought the newspaper had
misinformed the people on this
subject.
Mitchell replied: “No, I
don’t. If there was any mis
understanding, it was because
some people didn’t read it
thoroughly. I think you told it
just like it was.”
The meeting probably
reached its highest pitch when
Dowdy asked Cash, “What are
you bitching about?” Cash
said, “1 resent your using that
word.”
Clyde Davis, Summerville
recreation director, appeared at
the request of the council to
discuss financial matters re
garding the Recreation Center.
After learning that it had
been discussed that the recrea
tion budget might be cut by
some $15,000, Davis said, “it
would be better to close the
doors rather than cut the
budget by a sizeable amount.”
it was decided that each de
partment head would prepare a
budget for submission to the
council for approval.
Ledford said, “We’ve got to
work up a budget for the city.
We’ve got to figure away to
get more money or stop spend
ing so much.”
A motion that the mayor
pro tern be furnished a key to
City Hall-to be used only with
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GRPS FIFTH DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Floyd Gets More Plant Mix
Rep. James (Sloppy) Floyd told The Summerville News
this week that he has been able to obtain two additional
miles of plant mix for the City of Menlo, 2 3/4 miles for
the Town of Trion, and approximately five miles for
Chattooga County. These projects will amount to some
$ 100,000 worth of plant mix.
Floyd said the reason he has not been able to get any
plant mix for the Town of Lyerly is that state regulations
require a street or road be at least 18 feet wide before it can
be surfaced with plant mix. He said that the last informa
tion he received was that Lyerly does not presently have
any additional streets that meet this requirement.
The decision of which streets or roads are to be paved is
at the discretion of the mayors and councils of the
municipalities and of the county commissioner in the case
of county roads.
Rep. Floyd said he may be able to get an additional
three miles of plant mix for the City of Summerville. Under
a new bond issue of $25 million, any city in Georgia with a
population of 5,000 or more based on the 1970 census is
classified as an urban area. For this reason, Floyd pointed
out, it may not be possible to get this additional plant mix,
since Summerville now has more than 5,000 population.
Under the new formula, the City of Summerville may be
eligible to receive approximately $92,000 in state aid.
Jurors Selected
For State Court
The March term of the State
Court of Chattooga County
will convene at 9 a.m. March 6,
with Judge Jerry Westbrook
presiding. The names of per
sons drawn for jury duty at
that time are:
Jack Nelson, Route 1,
Trion, Tom L. Johnston,
Route 4, Summerville; Glenn
Strickland, Route 2, Summer
ville; Grady Winters, Route 2,
Lyerly; J. D. Johnston, Route
1, Summerville; Donald M.
Elliott, Route 2, Summerville;
Ernest Rackley, Summerville;
Doyle Bridges, Summerville;
Tommy Baker, Summerville;
Van Buren Rice, Route I,
Summerville.
Also: Fred Burrage, Sum
merville; Alton Jackson, 100
Goodwin Dr.; G. A. Jackson,
Route I, Menlo; Watson
Logan Reappointed
To Planning Group
Elgin Logan has been reap
pointed by the Town of Trion
Council to serve a four-year
term on the Chattooga County
Municipal Planning Commis
sion, according to an an
nouncement this week by
Mayor J. C, Woods.
In making the announce
ment, Mayor Woods said, “Mr.
Logan has served for several
years, representing the Town
of Trion, and we appreciate the
work he is doing for our town
and county.”
trophy is City Councilman Sewell Cash The locaJ
All-Stars will play Decatur on March 11 in Decatur
for the area championship.
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Phillips, Route 1, Summerville;
Emmett Voyles, Summerville;
Jim McDonald, Route 2,
Lyerly ; Cartheil Meadows, 411
S. Commerce St.; Ruby O.
Smith, 213 Walnut St.; Gene
Tucker, Route 1, Summerville;
A. D. Pledger, Route 1, Sum
merville.
Also: Middleton M. Allen
Hi, Route 1, Summerville;
Mack Arden Jr., 35 9th St.,
Trion; T. D. Pursley, Summer
ville; Ruth Alice Smith. 122
McGinnis Cr.; John Dalton
Howell, Route 1, Trion; Carlos
C. Howell, 21 Fifth St., Trion;
W.C. Luttrell Jr., Route 1,
Summerville; J. C. Lee, Route
1, Armuchee; Winifred Sise
more, Lyerly; Harold Holt
Tyree, Summerville.
Also: Graves T. Myers, 108
Nixon St., Summerville; L. D.
Pledger, Route 2, Lyerly;
Calvin Johnson, Route 2, Sum
merville; Harold Tucker, 12
Union St., Summerville; Paul
D. Woodall, Route 2, Summer
ville; H. D. McWhorter, Route
1, Trion; Paul Holt, Route 1,
Summerville; Arvel McCleod,
165 Marsh Ave., Trion; Gerald
(lark, Trion, Donald Ray
Tanner, Route 1, Trion.
Also: John M. Chambers. 41
Moore St., Trion; Raymond E.
Reynolds, Route I, Summer
ville, Raymond R. Thompson,
Route 3, Summerville, Grady
Palmour Jr., Trion; Wilburn
Hutchins, Route 3, Summer
ville; Moten Sams, Route I,
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