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VOLUME 88 — NUMBER 6
House
Blaze
Kills 2
A mother and young daugh
ter died Friday as the result of
a fire which destroyed their
home in the Silver Hill Com
munity.
Victims of the fire were
listed by the Chattooga County
Sheriff's Department as Mary
Ann Griffin, 31 .and her four
year-old daughter, Aretha
Lundrae, the only occupants of
the house at the time of the
fire.
According to a report, Mrs.
Griffin had worked the third
shift at Oak View Nursing
Home the night before the
blaze was discovered early
Friday afternoon.
The Summerville Fire De
partment answered a call to the
scene of the fire about 2:30
p.m. but did not have a chance
to save the house or its occu
pants because the flames had
such a headway. Although
firemen on the scene kept
wetting down the fire, it was
almost two hours before the
body of Mrs. Griffin could be
removed from the smouldering
ruins.
The origin of the fire, which
was discovered by a neighbor,
is undetermined.
Sheriff Gary McConnell also
reported that two persons were
wounded in a cutting incident
Monday afternoon on Georgia
Highway 100. The wounded
were listed as Dorothy Dean
Woods and “Boots” Dupree,
Route 3, Rome. Dupree was
listed as in “serious” condition
in Floyd Hospital in Rome.
Dewey W. Woods, Route 1,
Lyerly, was lodged in the Chat
tooga County Jail on a charge
of aggravated assault in con
nection with the incident.
The sheriff also reported
that Cleland Barbare Jr. of La-
Fayette is in the county jail
under a $15,000 security bond
after being arrested by mem
bers of the Trion Police De
partment in connection with a
burglary at Horton Drug Store
in the Triangle Shopping
Center.
The sheriff’s department
also made one arrest for pos
sessing non-tax-paid whisky,
one arrest for possessing over
the legal amount of Georgia
tax-paid whisky, and four
other arrests involving beer.
A total of 90 other mis
demeanor cases were made
during the past week.
FLOYD ON COMMITTEE
Assembly Panels
Seek Agreement
The 1973 appropriations
bill went before a House-
Senate conference committee
Tuesday after the House re
fused to accept Senate changes
in the budget measure ap
proved by the lower chamber
this week. The House had
approved a $1,318 billion
measure, but the Senate came
up with SI .315 billion.
House members on the con
ference committee are Ap-
Fropriations Chairman James
Sloppy) Floyd, Majority
Leader George Busbee, and
Speaker Pro Tern Tom
Murphy.
The Senate is represented
by Majority Leader Gene
Holley, Acting Appropriations
Committee Chairman Hugh
Gillis, and Stanley Smith,
chairman of the Economy. Re
organization, and Efficiency in
Government Committee.
These same six legislators
served on the conference com
mittee that resolved the dis
pute over the 1972 supple
mental appropriations bill.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee had previously
made several changes tn the
House bill, including an in
crease in a teacher pay raise
from an average of SBOO a year
to an average of S9OO.
All appropriations com
mittee changes were approved
Tuesday by the full Senate.
Earlier. Rep. Floyd and
Accidents Reported
The Summerville Police De
partment Tuesday investigated
a hit-and-run accident on
Martin Street. Only minor
damage was reported
The police also investigated
two accidents Monday, one on
Relish Avenue, where an auto
mobile had hit a bndge. and
another on East Washington
Street
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Shown above are the smoldering ruins of a house
in the Silver Hill community in which Mrs. Mary
Ann Griffin and her 4-year-old daughter, Aretha,
died Friday afternoon. The Summerville Fire De
partment was called to the scene of the blaze but
Education Board Adopts
New Student Dress Code
The Chattooga County
Board of Education Monday
adopted a dress code recom
mended by a committee ap
pointed by the Chattooga High
School student council and
composed of students, parents,
and teachers.
The committee felt that a
change in the dress code was
needed because students have
more resentment toward this
policy than any other. The
committee felt that a relaxing
of this policy would cause a
greater sense of harmony
among the student body.
The members of the com
mittee were greatly disturbed
that students have been sus
pended, permanently expelled,
or were dropped from school
other legislators introduced a
proposed constitutional
amendment to provide for
annual appropriations by the
General Assembly.
House Resolution 864-2045
would amend the Georgia Con
stitution to provide that the
governor's appropriations bill
must be for annual appropria
tions. The Constitution pres
ently provides for bi-annual ap
propriations.
In addition to pay raises for
teachers, the appropriations
bill includes increases for
virtually all state officials,
which include an increase of
$7,500 for the governor and
increases to $6,600 for legists
tors, up from the current salary
of $4,200 a year
Forestry Queen Contest
Set Saturday, March 18
The Chattooga County-
Lookout Mountain Citizens
Band Club this year will again
sponsor the Forestry Queen
contest, according to an an
nouncement made here this
week.
The event is scheduled to
begin at 7 pm Saturday,
March 18, tn the Chattooga
High School cafetonum.
Based on age. there will be
four classes for judging
Smoky's Little Helper ages six
to nine. Miss Pine Seedling
ages 10 to 12; Miss Junior
Forestry Queen ages 13 to IS;
and Miss Forestry Queen ages
16 to 20.
Entry blanks for contestants
can be obtained from the prin
cipals' offices at all school in
Chattooga County The only
requirement for a contestant is
that she live in Chattooga
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1972
HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS LIVES OF TWO PERSONS
| as a result of this policy-.
It was also pointed out that
! a visiting committee, which re
cently evaluated she school,
i recommended to the staff and
administration that in the area
of policy-making, the feelings
I of the persons affected should
be taken into consideration.
The committee recom
mended that the present dress
code be updated and that the
following suggestions be
adopted:
- The school reserves the
right to pass judgment on any
unusual dress or appearance.
- Boys will wear full-length
trousers, shirts with sleeves,
and shirts buttoned so the
j chest is not exposed. Students
| will not be allowed to come to
school with bare feet. A mus
tache and sidebums will be
permitted so long as they are
well separated. Beards will not
be allowed. Hair should be no
longer than the ear lobe and
may extend to the top of the
collar in the back. Hair must
not extend over the eyebrows.
Afro hair styles will not be
I over three inches long.
- Girls are urged to wear
dresses of reasonable length.
No hot pants, shorts, or ex
posed bloomer outfits will be
< allowed. Students will not be
allowed to come to school with
’ bare feet.
In submitting its recommen
dations, the committee said,
“We do not live on an island,
and we cannot force our young
men and women to become
isolated from the rest of the
world.”
The board of education and
the county school superin
tendent met with a representa
tive group of teachers from
each of the county's schools to
' discuss a dress code for
teachers Thu group accepted
the proposed dress code recom
mended by the students.
County. Street wear will be the
accepted dress for contestants.
As has been the custom
during the past years, judging
will be done by out-of-town
residents. This year's judges
will be from Atlanta.
The winner in the Miss
Forestry Queen contest will
receive a three-day paid vaca
tion to Jekyll Island for her
and her mother or approved
chaperon In addition to the
exciting trip, the winner will
receive a S2OO scholarship to
be applied toward college ad
mission
Rehearsal for the contest
will be held at 7 pm. Friday,
March 17, in the high school
cafetonum
Further details about the
contest can be obtained by
calling Elbert Camp at
734 3326
arrived too late to save the rural home. The cause
of the fire has not been determined. Mrs. Griffin
had worked the third shift the night before at Oak
View Nursing Home.
I The new code will be appli
cable to both students and
teachers.
In other action at its special
meeting Monday, the board
visited Lyerly, Menlo, Summer
ville, and North Summerville
Elementary schools. The board
had previously visited the other
Farmer’s Sign-Up
Deadline March 10
With the March 10 deadline
nearing for sign-up in the 1972
Feed-Grain, Wheat and Cotton
Program, some 150 to 200
more farmers are expected in
the Chattooga County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASCS) office
for enrollment dunng this final
week.
Through March 6, approxi
mately 300 producers in Chat
tooga County had signed up
for participation in one or
more of the set-aside programs
offered in 1972, according to
Harris L. Edwards, Chattooga
ASC County Committee chair
man.
“We've been recording
about 30 sign-up per day, but
we expect that average to
climb sharply during the last
few days of the sign-up," he
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SIX)PPY FLOYD CHATS WITH GOV. WALLACE
Gov, George Wallace of Alabama
talk* with Rep. James (Sloppy)
Floyd, chairman of the House Appro
priations Committee, during his re
cent visit to the Georgia Capitol Wal
lace, a Democratic presidential candi
date, told a joint session of the law
makers in Atlanta that busing was
"psychologically damaging" to both
; schools in the county system.
The board also approved a
I request of the Association for
. Children for use of
property on the Bolling Road
to establish a school for the
trainable mentally retarded not
j served by the county school
I system.
said Total participation in
Chattooga County is expected
to number between 500 and
I 550 farms.
In return for setting aside a
i portion of their productive
land, producers earn set-aside
payments based on their farms'
established yields for the pro
gram crops. Additionally, pro
gram crops on participating
farms are eligible for support
loans.
Producers were reminded by
Chairman Edwards that they
may request set-aside inspec-
I tion and measurement service
at the same time they sign up
for the farm programs. This
service, which is provided at
cost, offers a quality-end quan
tity guarantee on set-aside
| acres.
children and parents who worried
about them when they were away at
school and "this money could be spent
better on quality education." The Ala
bama governor, who ran as an inde
pendent candidate during the last
presidential campaign, will seek his
fortunes within the Democratic Party
this year
Council Session
Ends ‘Abruptly’
Unfinished Agenda
Comes Up Monday
The Summerville City Council abruptly adjourned
its special meeting Monday night after discussing little
more than half of the 24 items on the agenda.
After Mayor J. R. Dowdy suddenly announced that
he would have to leave the meeting early, it was decided
to adjourn the meeting and
carry the unfinished business
over to the next regular meet
ing, which is scheduled at 6:30
p.m. March 1 3.
A discussion of the city’s
parking meters came about
after Councilman Sewell Cash
asked why the revenue from
the meters has dropped more
than 50 per cent from some
$1,200 a month to S4OO.
Mayor Dowdy said that since
policemen now work eight
hour shifts instead of 12 and
because many of the parking
meters are out of order could
account for some of the loss in
revenue. Several council mem
bers recommended stronger en
forcement of the parking meter
regulations.
Councilman Jack Ledford
again referred to a resolution
that the council passed in De
cember, directing that the
financial status of the city be
made public. He said this reso
lution should be carried out or
should be rescinded by the city
council.
At this point. Councilman
Charles Brooks said he thought
a complete audit and inventory
should be made. He asked that
this item be put on the agenda
for Monday night’s meeting.
Before the meeting was ad
journed, Brooks asked that the
item on the agenda pertaining
to the city zoning board be
discussed. He questioned the
mayor’s authority to appoint a
new board, pointing out that
present regulations require that
this duty be performed by the
city council, and that a new
board recently appointed by
the mayor was not properly
constituted.
The council accepted the
recommendation of Bill Espy,
zoning board chairman, that
Jessie Bankston and Tommy
Baker be reappointed to the
board. These three will con
tinue to make up the zoning
board membership.
Items on Monday night's
agenda to be discussed at the
next regular include:
Social security for city
employees.
A restriction on the exten
sion of sewer or water lines to
any property outside the city
limits until the needs of city
residents have been met.
—To withhold the salary of
any new city employee until
approval has been given by at
least three members of the city
council.
Overtime pay for city em
ployees.
A regulation that the city
clerk notify all city councilmcn
of any city employee's resigna
tion or termination of employ
ment within 24 hours after
final check has been issued.
--A regulation to prohibit
water services being extended
outside the city limits unless
adequate pressure can be main
tained.
Purchases and sealed bids.
A stipulation that proper
ty owners assume responsi
bility for the payment of their
tenants’ utilities.
EASTER SEALS DRIVE
Banker to Direct
County Campaign
A local banker has accepted
a dual-leadership post in one of
Chattooga County’s important
fund-raising campaigns, accord
ing to an announcement re
leased from Atlanta this week.
Joe Conville of Farmers &
Merchants Bank has been
named county Easter Seals
chairman and treasurer by
University of Georgia Coach
Vince Dooley, state Faster Seal
campaign chairman.
The annual Easter Seal ap
peal is now under way in Chat
tooga County, as well as
throughout the rest of the
state. The campaign will begin
on Easter Sunday, April 2.
Bond Sales
In Chattooga
Total *47,844
Local residents placed
$47,844 in Savings Bonds dur
ing January, according to a
report this week by Harry
McGinnis, chairman of the
Chattooga County U.S. Savings
Bonds Committee.
On a statewide level, Tom
R. May, volunteer state chair
man, announced that Geor
gians placed $6.4 million in
Savings Bonds during January.
This compared with $6.0 mil
lion for January, 1971.
Nationally, sales of E4H
Bonds (at issue price)
amounted to $521 million, 21
per cent above sales for Jan
uary, 1971, and a 25-year re
cord for any January. Redemp
tions were the lowest for any
January in seven years. The
cash value of Series I A H
Bonds and Freedom Shares
outstanding reached an all-time
high of $55 billion.
The county chairman re
minded local residents that
payment of income tax on the
interest accrued on E Bonds
and Freedom Shares may be
deferred to final maturity or
redemption and that interest
on | & II Bonds and Freedom
Shares is not subject to state or
local income or personal prop
erty taxes This could be an
added plus for many Bonds
buyers.
STAR Students, Teachers
Honored By Rotary Club
The 1972 STAk students.
STAR teachers, the students'
parents, and their high school
principals were special guests
of the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club last week at its
regular meeting
The local Rotanans sponsor
the STAR program on the local
level,
Roy Mann Jr., STAR chair
man for Chattooga County this
year, praised the students and
teachers for having been selec
ted.
Chattooga High School's
STAR student thia year is Tom
Neal, who devotee himself to
being a fulltime student. He
was accompanied by his
mother. Mrs Mary Ann Neal
Tom selected Maxine Pal
mour as his STAR teacher for
the great influence on him dur
ing his junior high school years
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Joe Conville
Mr. Conville said that Easter
Seal services and programs are
open and available to all
crippled Chattoogans and
Georgians, regardless of their
type of affliction.
The services and programs
of the Georgia Easter Seal
Society include rehabilitation
centers, a rehabilitation work
shop that trains and evaluates
unemployed handicapped
adults, a speech-hearing center,
and a therapy program *in
special education schools.
Other programs include the
bi-annual Family Camp Week
ends for families with physi
cally handicapped children, the
summer residential camping
program for both children and
adults, and the Equipment
Loan Service, which lends
wheelchairs, walkers, and other
kinds of aids
Last year, more than 4,000
crippled children and adults
benefited from Easter Seal
services and programs.
“The 1972 Easter Seal cam
paign slogan,” Mr. Conville
said, “is right to the point:
'Your gift to Easter Seals is a
gift of love to the handi
capped.’ ”
Legionnaires
Will Observe
Anniversary
American Legion Post 129
will join similar organizations
throughout the nation this
week in celebration of the
Legion's 53rd anniversary, ac
cording to an announcement
by Commander R. C. Price.
The local AL post has sche
duled a special program to
commemorate the event at 7
pm. Saturday night at Chat
tooga Memorial Home.
Guest speaker for the occa
sion will be Rep. Nathan Dean
of Rockmart Also on hand
will be members of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary and
special guests.
Following the commemora
tive program, a free dinner and
dance will be held for members
and their wives (or dates).
The CHS student plans to
attend Emory-at-Oxford,
majoring in either mathematics
or science.
Jimmy Norman was the
STAR selection at Trion High
School this year. He selected
Mrs Sue Hayes as his STAR
teacher, pointing out that she
was a guiding influence during
the three years she taught him.
Jimmy was accompanied by
his parents, Mr and Mrs Ray
Norman.
STAR students are chosen
on the basis of scores made on
College Board Scholastic Apti
tude Teets (SAT) and scholas
tic averages for the first semes
ter of the senior year
STAR students and teachers
will attend the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce's STAR
banquet April 14 at the At
lanta Marriott Motor Hotel.