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| Do J' Need State Court of Chattooga County?
$ (EDITOR's NOTE: On the voters of Chattooga
§ County will be called on t whether the State Court
?:• of Chattoogq County shot bolished. Due to the large
>: number of requests we hit 5 ; >ed for information about
this court. The Summervi 1 this week begins a series
>•: of articles pointing out opinions on this eontro-
versial issue. Today‘s arti< I' asses the viewpoint of the
court’s solicitor. Arch Far
“The State Court of । ga County is under attack
S as a court. This is the court which used to be named the
£ City Court of Chattooga County.
This is the same court that was presided over during the
1940’s by Judge Clovis Rivers. In the 1950’5, it was
$ presided over by Judge T. J. Espy Jr. and Judge F. H.
Boney. In the 1960’5, it was presided over by Judge Bobby
Lee Cook, and now presided over by Judge William Jerry
§ Westbrook.
$ This is the same court which has carried on a very
§ important function to the county since it’s creation in
VOLUME 88 — NUMBER 25
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YWCA Camp Aquila on Lake Tightsqueeze near Gore, will
hold special field day events for campers from 2-5:30 p.m. today.
Campers will participate in such events as a horse show, art
exhibitions, folk dancing, and sports. A dinner will be held in the.
dining room- overlooking the lake-at 6:30 p.m. Later in the
evening, the campers will hold their traditional closing campfire
for this camp season.
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Charlie Sherill of Rossville this week announced his candidacy
for the U. S. Congress, Seventh Congressional District of Georgia,
subject to the Aug. 8 Republican Primary.
A vice mayor of Rossville, Sherill served for two terms as
county chairman of the Walker County Republican Committee.
In his announcement, the Republican candidate said, “For the
past six years 1 have worked long and hard to develop a strong
two-party system in Northwest Georgia, and my efforts have not
been in vain. I am proud that 1 had the foresight to see what was
happening to our country.”
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A reorganization of Berry Academy’s academic calendar and a
new kind of instruction were announced this week. The 1972-73
academic year will have a quarter system compatible to Berry
College’s.
Registration for the fall quarter is scheduled Aug. 28; the
winter quarter on Nov. 27; and the spring quarter on March 12,
1973.
STATE
Stay & See Georgia Week, where Georgians sell Georgians on
the fun and exciting places to stay and see in Georgia, will be held
July 24-29 at Lenox Square, Atlanta.
Sen. David Gambrell said this week he does not want aid from
Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern or any other
outside political interests in his campaign for reelection.
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Three Georgia cities are voting this week to decide whether
liquor sales will be legalized. The three are Marietta, LaGrange,
and Waynesboro.
Marietta voters will decide whether liquor will be sold by the
drink. Package liquor sales were approved 2-1 by the city’s voters
last month.
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At least 12 persons lost their lives in Georgia traffic accidents,
including six wrecks in which drivers lost control of their cars.
A Georgia congressman has called for a statewide presidential
primary in future presidential elections. Said he: “The delegation
that purported to represent Georgia at Miami Beach represented
only a small segment of true Georgia Democrats.”
NA TIONAL
A Washington news report points out that the Federal Com
munications Commission apparently has decided to judge the
quality of some television programs.
One result is to assure television viewers that they are going to
see some new programs instead of numerous re-runs.
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The new chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
Mrs. Jean Miles Westwood, says she supports party reforms but
feels they haven’t gone far enough in getting the public to
participate.
T. Coleman Andrews, national chairman of the American
Party, has said he plans to ask Alabama Gov. George Wallace to
accept the party’s nomination for president.
The party chairman said he believes that if Wallace’s health
continues to improve, he will accept the nomination.
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The U. S. Congress, after recessing for the Democratic-
National Convention, began debate this week on an ‘end-the-'war’
proposal that could test George McGovern’s new political image.
John Davit
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McDonald pressing primary campaign
Davis Faces Challenge of Marietta Physician
A young Marietta physician
is challenging veteran Congress
man John Davis for the Demo
cratic nomination to the U. S.
House of Representatives.
Davis is a six-term Democrat
who represents Georgia’s fast
growing Seventh Congressional
District. First elected to the
87th Congress, he is now in his
eleventh consecutive year of
service in the House.
During his tenure of office,
the Summerville legislator has
been a leader in a number of
areas most particularly science
1941.
The function of this court has been to process, on a local
level, the minor-or misdemeanor-cases which occur in Chat
tooga County. It has performed this function expeditiously
through the tenure of the various judges who have presided
over this court. In all of the years of its existence, it has
served an important and necessary place in the judicial
climate of this county, because it has always been presided
over by local citizens.
It is well to point out that these judges who have sat
upon the bench of this court have done so at great personal
sacrifice to themselves. It is a job which is required of the
legal profession to perform, as a service to the community.
The judges have served for very small salaries and have
accepted the responsibility of this court for no other
purpose than as a service to the community. The great
burden placed upon the judge of this court is not so much
the time spent in sitting on the bench, but it is in listening
to the hundreds of people who want to tell their story
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1972
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GETTING READY FOR PRIMARY
Registrars Elsie Echols (R) J. T.
Langston, and Mrs. George Sitton are
shown getting absentee ballots ready
to go in the mails for the Aug. 8 gen
eral primary. A total of 8,965 Chat
toogans are eligible to vote in the up
coming election. Mrs. Echols said that
Child Care Project
Funded for County
Georgia’s newest and largest
Appalachian Comprehensive
Child Care project, which will
provide day care for 230 chil
dren of working mothers, is
underway in Summerville and
Chattooga County.
Herschel Saucier, acting
director of the Division of
Family and Children Services
of the Department of Human
Resources, announced the
$425,000 demonstration
project. The Appalachian
Regional Commission has
granted $106,096 to the
project through the Division of
Family and Children Services
to be matched on a 25 percent
-75 percent basis with funds
available under Title IV-A of
the Social Security Act. Local
sources are contributing funds
for building renovation and
heavy equipment.
All projects funded under
Title IV-A must be contracted
through and supervised by the
Division of Family and Chil
dren Services.
Citizens of Chattooga
County banded together two
years ago to provide day care
for children. The group estab
lished a nonprofit corporation,
and technology application and
science education. Davis is the
third-ranking Democrat on the
House Science and Astro
nautics Committee and is chair
man of that Committee’s sub
committee on Science, Re
search, and Development. As a
result of these appointments,
he has been directly responsi
ble for the National Science
Foundation and National
Bureau of Standards authoriza
tions.
Congressman Davis has also
been in the forefront of efforts
approximately 50 requests for absen
tee ballots have been received to date.
For the primary, voters must vote
either a Democratic or Republican
ticket. No crossover voting will be
permitted.
Chattooga County Improve
ment Association, Inc., to seek
additional community help and
funds.
John Bankson, chairman of
the association’s board, stated
the group’s objectives, “We be
lieve that with proper care chil-
SCO to Encourage
Cleanup Program
At the July meeting of the
Summerville Civic Organiza
tion, Jim Roberson, the
group’s president, said he had
attended two meetings con
cerning the proposed toll road
through Georgia and that it
seemed certain that the road
will eventually be constructed.
He said; however, that unless a
local effort was put forward,
an access road for Chattooga
County may not be included in
the planning.
Director Carrie B. Freeman
gave a report on the progress of
the beautification program.
She stated that Mrs. Conner
to re-orient the nation’s scien
tific and engineering manpower
to civilian-oriented enterprise
and to establish an Office of
Technology Assessment.
He is also a member of the
House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee and the Official Com
mittee of Objectors. Davis
serves on three key Foreign
Affairs subcommittees: Asian
and Pacific Affairs, Foreign
Economic Policy, and National
Security Policy and Scientific
Development.
John Davis was born in
directly to the judge tn a private way. This is truly the
burden of this court, and these judges should be honored
for the job they have done.
In the 1940’5, the case load of this court was very light,
considerably less than 1,000 cases per year. Now in the
1970’5, the case load of this court is very heavy, and
involves between 2,500 and 3,000 cases per year.
The only addition to the court in its life span has been
the addition of a solicitor. This job also is nothing more
than a public service, because the salary of the solicitor is
just enough to pay a secretary who does the voluminous
paper work involved. He cannot operate the job without a
secretary.
The cost of this court over the years has always been
borne by the court itself; in other words, never has this
court cost the county any money to operate. This is true
because it operates on the fines which it imposes. In recent
years, and since the early 1960’5, this court has shown a
substantial income which has spiraled upward since 1964.
dren become physically and
emotionally fit adults and that
they should have every educa
tional opportunity to become
self-supporting adults. We also
want working mothers to be
free of worry while they
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Allen, chairman of the beautifi
cation committee, informed
her that the Summerville Lions
Club had given the Bov Scout
hut adjacent to the new city
park to the Chattooga and
Cherokee Rose Garden Clubs
Plans are being made by the
two clubs to have the building
repaired and to clean up and
beautify the grounds.
It is hoped that this project
will be an incentive to all mer
chants, organizations, and pri
vate citizens throughout the
county to participate in a
clean-up, fix-up, and paint-up
campaign.
Rome on Sept. 12, 1916. Alter
receiving an A. B. degree and
an LL. B. degree from the Uni
versity of Georgia, he practiced
law in Rome until 1942.
Following World War 11, in
which he served three and one
half years in Army counter
intelligence, Davis moved to
Summerville and again took up
the practice of law He served
as solicitor and judge of the
Lookout Mountain Judicial
Circuit and as judge of Juvenile
courts in Chattooga, Catoosa,
Dade, and Walker counties.
County Voters
Number 8,965
For Primary
Crossover Voting
To Be Prohibited
A total of 8,965 Chattoogans will be eligible to vote
in the Aug. 8 general primary, according to figures
obtained from the Chattooga County Registrars Office.
Os this number, the Summerville precinct contains
almost half of the total, with 4,347 registered voters.
Trion precinct has the second
largest number with 1,846.
Registered voters in other
precincts:
Alpine, 622; Cloudland,
162; Coldwater, 161; Dirt
town, 323; Dirtseller, 81; Hay
wood, 34; Lyerly, 548;
Pennville, 388; Seminole, 117;
Subligna, 160; and Teloga,
176.
For primary balloting,
voters must ask for either a
white Democratic ballot or a
blue Republican ballot. No
crossover voting is permitted in
the general primary.
Most local incumbents have
primary opposition this year.
Only Superior Court Judge
Robert Coker, Superior Court
Clerk Sam Cordle, Tax Com
missioner Ray Van Pelt, and
City Court Solicitor Arch
Farrar are running unopposed
Almost forgotten among the
excitement of the contested
races is the vote on the fate of
the State Court of Chattooga
County. Local voters will be
asked to record a yes or no
vote on this question: “Shall
the Act abolishing the State
Court of Chattooga County be
approved so as to abolish and
do away with the State Court
of Chattooga County?” (See
article at top of this page)
Veteran incumbent James
(Sloppy) Floyd is being
opposed for his state legislative
seat by a young Summerville
attorney, Peter Boney.
For the county commis
sioner's office, incumbent
Harry Powell faces opposition
from Carl Hammond and W. M
(Jack) Jackson.
Sheriff Gary McConnell
faces a primary battle with
L. D. Ragland and Roy
Starkey.
Bill King, Pete Mattis, and
Congressman Davis is mar
ried to Bridget O'Sullivan
Davis, who has two children by
a former marriage, Norman and
Paul Chrisman. The congress
man has three children, Mrs.
Lloyd Mewbourne, John W.
Jr., and Mary Ellen.
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Lawrence P McDonald was
born in Atlanta on April I,
1935. After attending public
and private schools in Atlanta,
he was graduated in June,
1957, from Emory Medical
School, and had already ac-
From 529,000 in 1964, to 1971, when it returned $84,000
. to the county. The cost of operating the court, including
the salary of the judge and the solicitor, the jurors and
baliffs, amounts to less than $15,000 per year. This netted
Chattooga County approximately $70,000 in 1971, over
the operating cost of the court.
Now, here in 1972, the voters of the county are faced
with a proposal to abolish this court. Each voter, in making
a decision about this, should fully acquaint himself with the
facts. These facts are available from the county com
missioner’s office and from the clerk of the court’s office,
and they are open to public scrutiny. Each voter should
determine his vote upon his own knowledge and not upon
what other people might say about the circumstances of
this court.
What would it mean to Chattooga County if the voters
of this county did abolish the State Court of Chattooga
County?
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Lamar Parker are seeking the
post of county school superin
tendent.
Bill Self is being opposed
for the office of district at
torney of the Lookout
Mountain Judicial Circuit by
Bill Campbell.
In the race for Seat No. I
on the Chattooga County
Board of Education, Roy
Camp, Raymond Tom Cox,
and Sue Spivey are vying for
this position.
Other local races are:
Ordinary Incumbent Paul
Weems and C. P. Rush.
Chattooga County Board
of Education, Seat No. 5
Annie Belle Farmer and incum
bent A. D. Pledger.
-Justice of the Peace, Sum
merville District Harvey Cald
well, R.J. Gentry, Curley
Hunter, Elbert Tucker, W. E.
Turner, and Hazel Vaughn.
E. G. Summers of La-
Fayette is opposed for the
state Senate by Billy S. Wilson.
Local Project
Funding OK’d
The Appalachian Regional
Commission has awarded a
$31,257 grant for fifth-year
continuation of a health
careers program in Northwest
Georgia, according to Congress
man John Davis.
The program will serve resi
dents of Bartow, Chattooga,
Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Pauld
ing, Polk, and Whitfield coun
ties.
The total cost of the project
is $141,722, with local sources
providing $10,465.
cepted a commission in the
United States Navy. In 1966,
he entered the private practice
of urology at the McDonald
Clinic.
For almost 10 years, Larry
McDonald has been a member
of the John Birch Society and
for almost five years, he has
been a member of that
society's national council.
He is a national sponsor of
the New England Rally for
God, Family, and Country.
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Dr. James Payne
New Dentist
To Establish
Office Here
Dr. James L. Payne has re
cently joined our community
and will be engaged in the prac
tice of dentistry.
Dr. Payne comes from
Atlanta, where he recently
completed active duly with the
U.S. Army. While serving at
Fort McPhearson, he was chief
of the dental clinic at the
Atlanta Army Depot, U.S.
Army Hospital, at McPhearson.
Dr. Payne is a native of
Arkansas. He obtained a B.S.
degree from Southeast Missouri
State College. He received a
doctorate in denial surgery
from the University of Missouri
Dental School. He has also re
ceived a fellowship from the
U.S. Public Health Department
for research in dental materials
and has completed post grad
uate work in Periodontology at
Walter Reed Army Hospital
and the National Institute of
Dental Research.
Dr. Payne, his wife, Ursula,
and daughter, Lisa Marie, live
on Raines Drive.
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Larry McDonald