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VOLUME 88 —NUMBER 18
Assisted t DA to Attend Houston Training Course
District Attorney Earl B. (Bill) Self ‘ .ookout Mountain
Circuit, which is comprised of the ' of Walker, Dade,
Chattooga, and Catoosa, announce' Qi /eek that Assistant
District Attorney Ralph Hill Jr. will *’> he National College
of District Attorneys, at the Univt / Houston, Bates Law
School, in Houston, Texas, from Ju ■ ' nigh June 30.
Mr. Hill has been serving as at £ istrict attorney of the
Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit . une 1, 1971. He came
to Summerville from Augusta, Ga., where he was associated with
the law firm of Congdon and Williams. Mr. Hill, 29, is a native
Hogansville, Troup County, Ga., a graduate of Hogansville High
School. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Furman
University, Greenville, S. C„ in 1965 and a law degree from the
University of Georgia Law School in 1968.
A veteran of the U. S. Army, he served on active duty from
April, 1968. until June, 1970. He was stationed at U.S. Army
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Georgia Power Company’s new district operations headquarters
building has been completed and is now in use, according to Dis
trict Manager J. T. Morgan. Open house for the attractive build
ing, situated on Bolling Road, is scheduled to be held within the
next week or two. The new building will handle all the company’s
local appliance service, engineering service, and operations. The
John W. (Bill) King Enters
Contest for Superintendent
Three additional candidates have qualified to run in the
Aug. 8 Democratic general primary, bringing the total to
17.
John W. (Bill) King has entered the race for superinten
dent of county schools, making this a three-way contest to
date. Others who have qualified for this post are Pete Mattis
and Lamar Parker.
King, who has 18 years experience in the field of
education, is currently principal at North Summerville
Elementary School, having served in that capacity for six
years. He has also served as assistant principal at Summer
ville (now Chattooga) High School, and is a former high
school teacher.
He holds a B.S. degree from Presbyterian College at
Clinton, S. C., and an M.A.T. degree from Montevallo (Ala.)
University. He has received additional credits from Peabody
College. Nashville, Tenn., the University of Chattanooga,
and the University of Georgia He holdsan A5 certificate
from the State Department of Education
C. P. Rush has qualified as a candidate for the office of
ordinary, opposing incumbent Paul Weems. The 60-year-old
candidate has spent 35 'h years in Chattooga County. This is
his first venture into the political field.
Tommy Langston this week qualified as a candidate for
justice of the peace of the 870th (Trion) District, GM.
Local Life Span
Shows Increase
(Special to tn* News)
NEW YORK Today, for
the average Chattooga County
resident, the chances of living
to a ripe old age are better than
ever.
A child born in the local
area at the present time may
look forward to a life span of
70.5 years, according to
national statistics. It is some
what more than that for
females and somewhat less for
males
This life expectancy at birth
is much greater than it was a
generation or two ago. In
1950, the records show, it was
68 2 years, and, in 1930, only
59.7.
The improved outlook is at
tributed to the dramatic prog
ress that has been made in the
fields of medicine and public
health and in the care of older
people.
As a result, there has been a
63 percent increase in the
nation's over-65 population
since 1950, compared with an
increase of only 34 percent in
the total population.
CLARIFICATION
Charles Fink said this week
that he would like to make
clear the location of an inci
dent which resulted in a Sum
merville man being charged
with armed robbery.
An article which appeared
in last week's edition of The
Summerville News reported
that the incident occurred on
State Street Mr. Fink said it
actually happened about 300
yards on his property off State
Street
3ht ^umnwrutllt Nma
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY’S NEW BUILDING COMPLETED
In Chattooga County, there
are now some 806 men and
1,074 women in that age
bracket.
Because of the great gains in
longevity, more married
couples are now reaching the
age of retirement together, ac
cording to insurance company
statisticians.
Furthermore, the odds are
better than ever that both hus
band and wife, after reaching
that point, will live at least 13
years more. That is what the
latest figures on life expec
tancy show.
For a man, the period of
maximum family responsibility
begins when he gets married. It
continues for about 30 years
thereafter His survival through
this period, when there arc
likely to be dependent chil
dren, is of great social and
economic importance
Based upon the current
statistics, the 140 or so men in
Chattooga County who are
now at the average marrying
age of 23 have 88 chances out
of 100 of surviving to their
54th birthday. By that time,
the children may be expected
to be off and on their own.
Back in 1940, his chances of
reaching that point would have
been no more than 84 out of
100
Despite the longevity
achieved in the United States,
this country lags behind 17
other industrialized nations in
that respect, the figures show
The leader is Sweden, where
the expectancy at birth is 71 9
years for males and 76 5 for
females.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1972
Infantry School, Fort Benning. Ga., as a legal officer for the
Student Brigade, and later served as a legal officer in South
Vietnam, with the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, where he
was stationed near Anloc. He received the National Defense
Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign
Ribbon, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Bronze Star for
service prior to his discharge from the Army in June, 1970.
Mr. Hill is licensed to practice law in the Superior and
Appellate courts of Georgia and the U. S. District courts. He is a
Baptist, a member of the Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
American Legion, and the Chattooga County Jaycees.
The National College, a non-profit educational corporation, is
sponsored by the American Bar Association, the National District
Attorneys Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers,
and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is located at
the University of Houston College of Law. Financed under a
company’s present office on South Commerce Street will be main
tained for the convenience of its customers. The downtown office
will handle collections, appliance sales and displays, residential
sales, and the office of the district manager. Mr. Morgan said the
date of the open house will be announced later.
Court Set Monday;
Jurors Announced
The June term of the State
Court of Chattooga County
will convene at 9 a m. Monday,
with Judge Jerry Westbrook
presiding. The names of
persons drawn for jury duty at
that time are:
Jerry Thomas, 55 Moore
St., Trion; O. C. Mahan Jr.,
Route 1, Summerville; James
King, Riverside Drive; Donald
V. Holt, Route 1, Summerville;
David N. Daniel, Route 2,
Summerville; Ruth Treadaway,
Summerville; George W.
Hubler, Route 2, Lyerly; Jerry
Earl White, Route 4, Summer
ville; Vernon Leon Rosser,
Route 1, Summerville; Joe J.
Hix, 101 Hix St.; Jimmy Ray
Posey, 9 Rollins Dr.; Coy T.
Gilreath, Route 3, Summer
ville; John M. Ratliff, Lyerly;
Julian F. Henderson, Route 1,
Trion; James S. Crook, 305
Rossville Blvd., Trion.
Also Otis Espy, Route 1,
Trion; Ella Fay Taylor, Route
2, Lyerly; C. W. Everett, 54
7th St., Trion; James Hall,
Route 1, Lyerly; Hubert M.
Joyner, Route 2, Summerville;
Gyde Chamblee Jr., Cloud
land; Elden Pope, Route 2,
Summerville; Sara Kling Pless,
Route 2, Summerville; Travis
H Mills, Route 4, Summerville;
Hamp S. Mosley, Route 1,
Summerville; Russel) Gilreath,
Route I, Summerville; Hester
Hurtt, Menlo, Earl Rainwater,
Oak Street; Milton Rosser,
Summerville; Johnny Franklin
Sims, Route 1, Summerville;
J A Van Pelt, Summerville
Also Douglas H Stephens,
Summerville. Paul Edwin Ward,
Menlo; Ben Roach, Route 3,
Summerville; Jack Ragland,
428 W Washington St ; James
Leonard Robinson, Route 3,
Council OkuyM
•90,425 Project
The awarding of a contract
for a peak shaving plant was
the main item on the agenda at
the May meeting of the Mayor
and Town Council at Tnon
The council accepted the
recommendation of the town’s
Sis consultant that the bid of
potswood Parker 4 Co of
Atlanta be accepted The con
tract price was $91,425. Addi
tional work that may be re
quired will run the total to
approximately 5105,000,
Four other bids were sub
mitted
The city recorder reported
that 10 building permits were
issued during the month.
Summerville; Joe Ragland,
Summerville; Johnnie T.
Roberson, 1201 Dickeyville
Rd., Trion; J. B. Bean, 14
Third St., Trion; Robert W
Ramey, Summerville, Thomas
M Smithson, Route 3, Sum
merville; Joe Wiggins, Summer
ville; Dennis Cox, 11 Georgia
Ave.; Charles S. Majors, Menlo;
Fred McKeehan, Menlo;
Lonnie H. Ward, Menlo; J W.
Hardin, 33 Eleventh St., Trion.
Also Bobby Joe Hood,
Route 2, Summerville; Henry
C. Walker, Route I, Trion;
R P. Shropshire, Rpute 3,
New Policy Listed
The provisions of the Farm
Credit Act of 1971 have now
been implemented in Georgia
following final approval of reg
ulations by the Federal Farm
Credit Board.
An announcement was
made in Dalton this week by
J. A. Kilgore, executive vice
president of the Federal Land
Bank Association of Dalton.
The association is a member of
the Farm Credit Service family,
which currently provides
drugs of potential, abuse : ' V
awe -.z.— —■W NARCOTICS
TROOPER LECTURES ON DRUG ABUSE
Trooper Terry McAfee of the Georgia
State Patrol prepares to tell Trion
High School students about the var
ious drugs that are being used
throughout the country today. This
lecture finished up a two-day session
grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration,
United States Department of Justice, and several private founda
tions, the primary function of the National College is to provide
postgraduate education and training for lawyers serving as state
and local prosecuting attorneys. The Career Prosecutors Course,
four weeks in duration, is designed to upgrade and improve the
administration of criminal justice in America by professionalizing
the office of public prosecutor. Students attending the course
complete 140 hours of lectures, seminars and field investigations
under the supervision of nationally prominent prosecutors,
judges, legal scholars and other professionals. Dean George A.
Van Hoomissen expressed the philosophy of the sponsors of the
National College as follows:
“We believe the local prosecutor is the single most important
official in the criminal justice system. Our goal is to train local
prosecutors to be more effective, efficient and professional so
Summerville; James Dale
Lewis, Summerville; Montie
Maddux, Route 1, Trion; Carl
T. Searles, 33 Moore St., Trion;
Wiley Mitchell, Route 1, Men
lo; Joe David Reynolds, Route
1, Lyerly; Amos Green, Cloud
land; Clarence C. Landers,
Route I, Trion; W. E. Tucker,
Route 3, Summerville; Wilburn
Willingham, Route 2, Summer
ville; David P. Henley, 31 I E.
Washington St ; James Hudson,
Route 2, Summerville; Clifford
Woodall, Lyerly; Mrs. Ota Belle
Green, Cloudland; and Bobby
Groce, Summerville.
nearly $2,000,000,000 in agri
cultural credit in Georgia and
three neighboring states.
Kilgore pointed out that
flexibility is provided for the
Land Bank Association to
make loans now based on
credit factors, instead of solely
on appraised value of land.
While the law permits loans of
larger percentages, the maxi
mum loan will be a credit deci
sion based upon the amount
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at the Trion school. McAfee said the
response to the demonstrations had
been "very good." Sheriff Gary Mc-
Connell was on hand to answer ques
tions about local drug problems
Chattooga High
Graduation Set
Next Thursday
Some 180 Seniors
Will Get Diplomas
Some 180 seniors at Chattooga High School will
receive diplomas at graduation exercises June 8.
The valedictory address will be presented by Lynn
Tucker and the salutatory address will be given by
Ginger Henley.
Special awards will be pre
sented by Principal Bill Kinzy.
This year’s honor students
include Richard Lynn Bennett,
Willa Stephanie Brown, Terri
Joan Bryant, Deborah Ann
Dawson, Marie Laroyce
Dillard, Marie Flarity, Sarah
Geneva Henley, Deborah Reece
Johnson, Lenora Elizabeth
Martin, Vaddie Lavette Martin,
Rebecca Annette Mitchell,
Sharon Denise McCauley,
Deborah Ann Pickle, Kathy
Diann Pruitt, Sherry Elaine
Ratliff, Constance Anita
Reeves, Sandra Renee Smith,
Eva Kathryn Spivey, Mary
Lynn Tucker, Mary Elizabeth
Wardlaw, and June Wilson
Whitley.
Other seniors are:
Willie George Adams,
Mickey Vernon Baker, William
David Bean, Jimmy Charles
Bennett, Gregory Lee Blalock,
Kenneth Wayne Blansit, Neil
Chester Bowman, Randy L.
Bowman, jimmy Wayne
Brooks, Steve Lamar Brown,
Ricky Eugene Campbell,
Charles Thomas Cox, John
Cory Crowe, Charles Edward
Davis, Dannie Ray Davis,
Melvin Thomas Dawson, James
Darwin Dillard, Rodney Pless
Edwards, Allen Woodrow
Eleam, Art hell Hugh Evans.
Also James Michael Flippo,
Gary Wayne Floyd, Timothy
Wayne Groce, Andy Hudgins,
Harold W. Hudson, Benny
Fayne Humphrey, Jimmy
Wayne Humphrey, James Willie
Hunt, Gary Jackson, Charles
Keen, James Edward Kirby,
Rex D. Laney, Sidney Arlen
Lanier Jr., Joseph Stephen Lee,
Michael Alan Lee, Benny Steve
Lenderman, Kenneth Dale
Magnusson, Charles Marks,
Ronnie Mason, Don Milam.
that upon returning home they will be better able to work for the
overall improvement of the criminal justice system in their own
communities.”
Mr. Self is a graduate of the first College of Career Prosecutors
Course, held in 1970, and served as senior faculty advisor for the
National College of District Attorneys in 1971. As senior faculty
advisor, he served immediately under the dean and assistant dean.
In addition, there were six other faculty advisors from over the
nation District Attorney Self said of the college .
“The lectures, professors, and methods ot teaching are unsur
passed by any college that 1 know of, and the experience of
having attended and studied under the specialists there has been
very rewarding to me in the handling and trial of the criminal
cases and courtroom situations with which I have been con
fronted in the office of district attorney.”
Also Ricky Millican, Charles
Truman Mitchell Jr., David
Carl Mitchell, David Len Mor
gan, Melvin W Mosley, James
Bernard Mosteller, Thomas
Ellison Neal, Kenneth Franklin
Norton, Bryson Edward Mc-
Cauley, Timothy Wayne Mc-
Cullough, Bobby Wayne Mc-
Daniel, Warren C. McDaniel,
Robert Oliver McWhorter,
Gerald. Kevin Pickle, Jimmy
Clark Pollard, Ronald B. Pope,
Clarence David Posey, Cleve
land Junior Powell, Michael
Eugene Ragan, Walter Eugene
Rich, Gary Richardson
Also Steve Fred Scoggins,
Earlie Wynn Shropshire, Spen
cer W. Shropshire, David
Ernest Tidmore, Charles Ran
dall Tut ton, Kenneth Edward
Vaughn, Ricky Lee Veatch,
Tommy Lynn Vernon, Gregory
Marzel Wiggins, David Howard
Williams, Duane Yancey, Vers
sie Ann Adams, Vicki Michal
Akren, Vanessa Dale Allen,
Elizabeth Ann Anderson, Judy
Ann Anderson, Patsy Elaine
Arnold, Ann Ballard, Sandra
(Continued On Page 10»
WATCHING TAXPAYERS’ MONEY
Floyd ‘Explodes’
Over *750 Desk
ATLANTA (GPS) Why
does the cost of operating insti
tutions of higher learning keep
rising?
Pt-rhaps Chairman James
(Sloppy) Floyd of the House
Appropriations Committee
threw some light on the situa
tion the other day when he
strenuously objected to a
University System of Georgia
request for some "emergency"
money to buy, among other
things $lO ashtrays, S4OO
credenzas, $750 secretarial
desks (with $l5O chairs), a
S6OO sofa, and a $25,000
organ.
It all came about when
University System George
Simpson went before the State
Fiscal Affairs Committee to
ask for the money.
“Look at this,” Floyd ex
claimed, as he held up a list of
the requested items. "Here's
five secretarial desks for $750
apiece. I don't know many
businessmen who pay $750 for
their secretary's desk. It looks
to me like someone ought to
into this a little deeper and
see why they're spending so
much money on secretaries "
The veteran Chattooga legis
lator demanded to know what
the $25,000 organ and other
items would be used for.
Simpson replied that the
university system is growing at
the rate of **a new Georgia
Tech" each year.
"That’s good,” Floyd said,
"but what’s that got to do with
organs and sofas'* I don't think
that's an emergency."
PRICE 15c
Four Classes
Are Planned
For Summer
Four courses will be
offered this summer at
Chattooga High School to
anyone 14 years of age or
older, according to an
announcement by Will
Hair, vocational super
visor.
Adults may take one of
the courses if they are in
terested in learning a skill.
All courses cosmetol
ogy, industrial arts, metal
fabrication (welding, sheet
metal, machine tool), and
power transportation
(auto mechanics and small
engines) have a ten-dollar
maintenance fee.
All students enrolled
will be governed by the
rules and regulations for
students established by the
Chattooga County Board
of Education.
Summer school will
begin at 8 a.m. Monday,
June 5, and end at noon
Friday, July 21. Summer
school will not meet the
week of July 3-7. Classes
will meet from 8 a m. until
noon. Fees are due the
first day of class. Each
course will carry 15
quarter hours of credit
(one unit).
He went on down the list of
expenditures, which totaled
$2.4 million for the entire
system.
“Carpet for lounge areas,”
he continued. Look here!
they’re buying six at $1,700
apiece. You think that’s an
emergency?
“I don’t think we're throw
ing anything away,” Simpson
replied.
Floyd told Simpson: “I’m
not going to argue with you
over essential* But what about
the lounge furniture and
organ?
The chancellor said that is
all part of the “expanding"
college scene.
Floyd, after losing the
battle on an I l-l vote, said he
was not satisfied with most of
it.
"I’ve been going over thia
list all morning,” he added.
"I'm just trying to watch the
taxpayers' money."
Area Groups
Plan Meeting
Three Cloudland groups, the
Property Owners Association,
the Volunteer Fire Depart. ,
ment, and the Improvement
Association will hold their first
general meeting of all Cloud
land residents and their friends
at 6 30 p.m. Saturday.
Cloudland ladies will serve a
covered-dish supper beginning
at 6:30 p.m.