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VOLUME 88 — NUMBER 20
Pettit
Speaks to
Rotary
Dr. Joe Pettit, president of
Georgia Tech, was Wednesday’s
guest speaker at the Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club meet
ing at the Riegeldale Tavern.
Dr. Pettit was introduced by
Dr. George Simpson, Chan
cellor of the University System
of Georgia, who in turn was
introduced by Dr. Marlin
Payne. The program was ar
ranged by Rep. James (Sloppy)
Floyd.
Dr. Pettit spoke to the
Rotarians about Georgia Tech,
of which he has been president
for three months. Ue said that
Georgia Tech continues to up
grade its academic curricula so
as to meet the needs of this
country’s technical and admini
strative problems.
Joseph Mayo Pettit was
born in Rochester, Minn., on
July 15, 1916. Following early
years in Portland, Oregon, he
graduated from high school in
Long Beach, Calif. He received
the B. S. degree with honors
from the University of Califor
nia in Berkeley in 1938, and
from Stanford University he re
ceived the degrees of Engineer
in 1940 and Ph. D. in 1942.
His major field was electrical
engineering with a minor in
physics. From 1938 to 1940,
Dr. Pettit was a teaching and
research assistant at Stanford
and from 1940 to 1942 an
instructor at Berkeley.
During World War 11, Dr.
Pettit was engaged in radar
countermeasures work on the
staff of the Radio Research
Laboratory at Harvard Univer
sity. Among his assignments
were included tours in 1944 in
India and China as technical
observer with the Twentieth
Air Force and in 1945 in Eng
land as associate technical
director of a laboratory asso
ciated with the Harvard
project. In 1949 he was
awarded the Presidential Certi
ficate of Merit for his wartime
work.
In 1945 Dr. Pettit joined
the Airborne Instruments
Laboratory, Inc., in New York,
and in January, 1947, he
became a member of the facul
ty of Stanford University,
where he was professor of elec
trical engineering and, trom
1958-72, Dean of the School
of Engineering. On March 1,
1972, he became the eighth
President of the Georgia Insti
tute of Technology.
Dr. Pettit is a registered pro
fessional engineer in the state
of California. He is a director
of Varian Associates and has
been a director or consultant
for several companies in the
United States and Europe. He
is a consultant on programs in
Latin America for_ the Ford
Foundation and the Organiza
tion of American States. He is
a member of a national com
mittee on instructional tele
vision, advisory to the Federal
Communications Commission.
He has written numerous
technical articles, as well as
several textbooks, including
“Electronic Measurements” in
1952 with F. E. Terman,
“Electronic Switching, Timing
and Pulse Circuits" in 1959
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Housing Projects Loans
Announced By Rep. Davis
The Appalachian Regional
Commission today awarded
loans totaling $101,640 for the
planning of five low and
moderate income housing
projects in the Seventh District
according to Congressman
John Davis.
The loans will pay 80% of
the costs of planning the
project which are located in
Cartersville, Dallas, Bremen, |
Summerville, and Tallapoosa i
Plans call for construction |
of garden apartments, with
rent ranging from SIOO to
$l2O per month in Cartersville :
and from S9B to sll7 per |
month in the other com
munities. In Cartersville 72
apartments are planned with an
estimated construction value of
$981,000 In Dallas, 25 units
are planned, with an estimated
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He was married in 1940 to
the former Florence Rowell
West. They have three grown
children.
Paving Work Progresses In County
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1972
construction value of
$340,600. Thirty-five new
apartments with an estimated
construction value of $476,900
are planned for Bremen and in
both Summerville and Talla-
Davis Puts Speech Into Records
Congressman John Davis has
put into the Congressional
Record a copy of a speech on
the C-5A given by General Jack
Cation, Commander of the
Military Airlift Command.
Davis said he was inserting the
speech into the Record because
he was concerned over the dif
ficulty which proponents of
the C-5A have encountered in
gaining a fair hearing on the
merits of the plane.
“For several years, while the
giant C-5A Galaxy has been
manufactured at the Lockheed-
Georgia complex in the
Seventh District, we have heard
much criticism from the air
craft's detractors, both in the
press and in the Congress,"
Davis stated in the Record.
“Those of us who believe in
poosa 48 units are planned
with an estimated construction
value of $655,000.
The Coosa Valley Regional
Housing Development Corp, is
the sponsor for the project.
the C-s A’s ability to carry out
its assigned tasks with excel
lence have encountered diffi
culty in finding an audience
willing to listen to all sides of
the question.”
Davis pointed out that
General Catton’s remarks on
the C-5A received “less atten
tion in the Nation’s press than
do those of the least knowl
edgeable critics of this plane.”
Davis said this occurred “de
spite General Catton’s first
hand knowledge of the air
craft.”
Davis also said that he had
received a letter from General
John Giraudo in the Office of
the Secretary of the Air Force
thanking him for bringing
General Catton’s speech to the
attention of the Congress
Slate Filled for
Local Democratic
Primary August 8
The slate is set for the
Democratic Primary to be held
on August 8. The qualifying
closed at noon on Wednesday.
A total of 41 candidates
qualified for 20 offices to be
filled.
Candidates and offices qual
ified for are as follows:
-For State Senator, E. G.
Summers and Billy S. Wilson.
-For State Representative
sth District, James (Sloppy)
Floyd and Peter L. Boney.
-For District Attorney,
Lookout Mountain Judicial
Circuit, Earl (Bill) Self and Bill
Campbell.
-For Judge of the Lookout
Mountain Judicial Circuit,
Robert Coker, unopposed.
For Coroner, Roosevelt
Young and Sidney Cooper.
Sheriff-Gary McConnell,
L. D. Ragland and Roy
Starkey.
Clerk of Court, Sam L.
Cordle, unopposed.
-Solicitor, State Court,
Arch Farrar, unopposed.
Tax Commissioner, Ray
Van Pelt, unopposed.
County School Superin
tendent, William (Bill) King Jr.,
| Rep. Davis Qualifies
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$ For Seventh Term
Summerville Democrat John
Davis has qualified to run for a
seventh term in the U. S.
House of Representatives.
Upon paying his qualifying
fee with the state parly, Davis
said, “1 would like to thank the
citizens of the Seventh District
for their confidence in me and
for the high honor of serving
them in the United States Con
gress. I am proud to serve as a
representative of the people of
the Seventh District, and I plan
to conduct an active and vigo
rous campaign in the coming
months.”
A twelve-year veteran of the
House of Representatives,
Davis is a member of the Com
mittee on Science and Astro
nautics, which oversees the
U. S. space program, and is
chairman of the sub-committee
on Science, Research and
Development, which oversees
the National Science Founda
tion and the National Bureau
of Standards.
(Due to the primary defeat
of Rep. William Miller of Cali
fornia Tuesday, Davis would
become the second ranking
Democrat on the Committee
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Pete Mattis and Lamar Parker.
Ordinary, Paul B. Weems
and C. P. Rush.
-County Commissioner,
Harry Powell, Carl Hammond,
W. M.(Jack) Jackson.
Justice of the Peace, 925
G.M., Harvey Caldwell, Sam
Cavin, R.J. Gentry, Curley
Hunter, Elbert Tucker, W. E.
Turner and Hazel Vaughn.
Board of Education,
District No. 1, Raymond
(Tom) Cox, Roy Camp and
Mrs. Sue Spivey.
-Board of Education, Dis
trict No. 5, A. D. Pledger, and
Mrs. Annie Belle Farmer.
-Constable 870 G.M.
(Trion), James R. (Jim)
Gentry, unopposed.
-Constable 925 G.M., Post
No. 1, B. F. Clayton and Paul
Wooten.
-Constable 925 G.M., Post
No. 2, Pat McKeehan, unop
posed.
Justice of the Peace, 870
I G.M. (Trion), Tommy Lang
ston, unopposed.
Justice of the Peace, 1216
G. M. (Dirtseller) Archie L
Noles, unopposed.
on Science and Astronautics.)
Davis relinquished his posi
tions as the ninth-ranking
Democrat on the House Ad
ministration Committee in
1971 to become a member of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee.
Born in Rome, Davis grad-
I uated from the University of
Georgia in 1937 with a B. A.
degree. He received his law de
gree from the University in
1939. After graduation, he
practiced law in Rome until
1942 when he entered the
Army. After serving three and
one-half years during World
War II as a member of the
Counter Intelligence Corps, he
returned to Summerville and
maintained a law practice there
until 1950.
In 1950, he was elected soli
citor general of the Rome Judi
cial Circuit and served in that
capacity until 1953.
Beginning January I, 1955,
Davis served as judge of the
Lookout Mountain Judicial
Circuit until December 31,
1960, when he resigned to take
office as the Seventh District
I Representative.
Spence Named Associate
Whitfield Superintendent
James H. Spence has been
named Associate Superin
tendent of the Whitfield
County Schools by the Board
of Education at a recent meet
ing. Mr. Spence will fill the
vacancy of D. O. Chumley who
was recently promoted to
Superintendent of county
schools when Dr. J. H.
Broughton resigned. Mr.
Spence will assume his duties
on July Ist.
Mr. Spence is a native of
Buffalo, Ala. He received his
B.S. degree from Auburn Uni
versity, his Masters degree from
Auburn University and his Six-
Year Certificate from the Uni
versity of Georgia.
He has been superintendent
of Chattooga County School
system since January of 1961.
Prior to 1961, Mr. Spence has
five years teaching experience
in Chattooga County and three
years teaching experience in
Trion City system He served
for a year and a half in the U.S.
Army.
Mr. Spence is a member of
local, state and national profes
sional education associations
and a member of the Lyerly
Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Spence is married to the
former Rethia ('amp. They
have two child- ,n: Janice, age
16; and Bill, age 14. Mr. and
Mrs. Spence have purchased a
home in the Spring Heights
Subdivision in Whitfield
County and will be moving to
this area this summer. The
Spences are members of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Spence has been em
ployed by the Whitfield
County Schools as Librarian at
Valley Point Elementary
School.
D. O. Chumley, Superin
tendent elect, said: “We are
fortunate to acquire the serv
ices of Mr James Spence to
serve as the Associate Superin
tendent. He is well qualified in
Hospital
Authority
To Meet
The Chattooga County
Hospital Authority will
meet tonight (Thursday)
at 7 p.m. at the Steven
Snapp cottage, formerly
the l.awson Bailey cottage,
on Cloudland lake.
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Spence
professional training and ex
perience to serve in this
capacity. He shall assume a line
position in the school system
second in the line of authority.
Mr. Spence shall assist with the
administration and supervision
of the total school system His
specific responsibilities will be
to plan, organize, and supervise
the maintenancennd-operaiion
of school plant and transporta
tion programs.”
About his new position with
the Whitfield County Schools,
Mr. Spence said: “I feel it will
be a real challenge to work in
Whitfield County."
Area Plan
Group to
Meet Today
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Coosa Valley Area
Planning and Development
Commission will be held at
10:30 a m , Thursday, June 15,
1972, in Rome, at the Hilltop
Steak House, the dining room
at the Rome Elks Lodge, which
is located on the Martha Berry
Highway.
This is a very important
meeting. Officers for 1972-73
will be elected. This will be the
last regular meeting before the
Annual Meeting, and plans will
be finalized for this occasion.