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The Summerville News, Thurs., Aug. 3, 1972
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The Golden Harvest Quartet will be
special guest singers Saturday, Aug.
5, at West Berryton Faith Temple.
Wei m yer Newsf
By Mrs. Barney Mitchell
Phone 857-1677 $
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Mr and Mrs Charlie Glad
ney, Idyth Wilks, and Marvin
Dover were visiting in Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
and lennessee the past week
end
Mr and Mrs. Mo Bryant and
boys of Lalayette were
Sunday guests of Misses Eliza
beth, Ruby, and Jerry
< ’hambers and Hoke < hambet
Miss Lhelmu Powell has re
turned home after spending
live weeks with relatives while
recuperating from an illness
We send happy birthday
wishes to Perry Stoner who
celebrated his eightieth birth-
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EXPERIENCE
COUNTS . . .
Two of the most important programs
in any county arc: Its educational
system and road construction. W. M.
(Jack) Jackson is the most qualified
candidate by virtue of his experience
during 8 years as a member of the
Chattooga County Board of Educa
tion and 8 years as a road construc
tion foreman.
With this knowledge, Chattooga
County needs W. M. (Jack) Jackson
as Road Commissioner.
W. M. (Jack) Jackson will be able to see that our
tax dollars are spent efficiently and wisely. Chat
tooga County taxpayers don't want more taxes, they
want results from dollars that they are already be
ing taxed.
Let’s Get Results—Vote for
W. M. (JACK) JACKSON
IN THE AUGUST BTH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
PAID POUTICAI ADV PAID FOR BY W M JACKSON
SPECIAL GUEST SINGERS
day anniversary Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kisor
spent several days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Logan,
Mike and Mark of Atlanta.
Visiting them on Saturday
were Mr and Mrs. I rank Kisor,
Perry and Terri of Dalton.
Miss Joanne Teems of
Detroit spent last week with
Mr and Mrs Robert Styles.
Mrs Rob Bloodworth has
returned home after spending
five weeks with Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Barnes and Libby of
La Fayette.
Vacation Bible School is in
progress this week at the Pleas
ant Grove Church of Christ.
We send get-well wishes to
Mrs. Bonzie Bean who spent
several days in the Trion Hos
pital and to Eldon Anderson, a
patient in LaFayette Medical
Center, and to Joe Hales who is
on the sick list
A revival is in progress at
New Bethel Baptist Church this
week Munster Herman Mills is
the speaker.
Friends of Miss Bal Little
will be happy to know that the
cast has been removed from
her leg and she hopes to be
walking soon
Mr and Mrs Lar) Wilbanks
and Dawn, Mrs. Ann Becker,
Cheryl and Penny, Herman
Wilbanks Sr . and Buck Elliott
The public is invited to the program,
scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
were picnicking at Canyon
Land Park Sunday.
Mrs. Jimmy Hawkins,
' Regena, Brian, and Kelton of
j Miami are visiting Mrs. Neva
! Hawkins and other relatives
this week.
Mark Logan of Atlanta
spent last week with his grand
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
j Kisor.
We congratulate W. S.
(Bolley) Wilbanks on receiving
his twenty-five-year service pin
' from Riegel Textile Corpora
, tion.
Mrs Merdie Reevesand Mrs.
( Lee Kitchens were shopping in
' Rome Saturday.
Visiting Miss Bal Little last
week were Mrs. Herman
| Lenderman, Mrs. Homer
I McWhorter, Mrs. Mary
Margaret Fletcher, Mr. and
Mrs Jack Little, Mrs. Maud
I INuckoilS), and Mr and Mrs.
j Deward Little.
Mrs. Bob Roan and son,
Robert, of Crystal Springs,
Miss., is visiting her father,
Roland Westbrook. They spent
several days this week at the
old Duncan home.
Miss Thelma Powell spent
Saturday night with Mrs.
Zellena Martin.
Mrs. Barney Mitchell, Miss
Elizabeth Cleveland, Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Spray berry and
Philip, Charlie Cooper, Minister
James Jones and Tammie, Miss
Elaine Teague, Minister Ralph
Wright, Mr and Mrs. Ken
Parker, and Miss Katheryn
Ramey of South Commerce
Street Church of Christ,
Summerville, were at Oak View
Nursing Home Sunday after
noon to conduct a devotional
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Little and
Mrs. Maud Nuckolls were
Friday guests of Mr and Mrs.
Hall Clements.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reed
of Chattanooga were weekend
guests of Mr and Mrs. Milton
Sprayberry Visiting them
Sunday afternoon were Mr
and Mrs Billy Chandler and
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wood of
Lindale.
McDonald accepts
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been a resident of Cobb “I am
a registered voter in Cobb and
it would be improper for me to
run in any other district,” he
said, and claimed membership
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POINTS OUT ACHIEVEMENTS
Former Board Member
Lists School Progress
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol
lowing article was written by
Carl E. (Jimmy) Strickland,
who served for six years as a
member of the Chattooga
County Board of Education.
Here, he points out the
achievements in education
made during the almost 12-
year tenure of James Spence as
superintendent of county
schools. Mr. Spence recently
resigned to accept a position
with the Whitfield County
school system.)
On Aug 8, Chattooga Coun
ty voters will go to the polls to
select a new school superin
tendent. I feel we should recog
nize the achievements in educa
tion that have been made in
the past IDA years, while
James H. Spence was superin
tendent.
The position of executive
officer of a school system
should reflect the combined
efforts of the board of educa
tion, instructional staff, and
the community.
Three critical issues were
passed by the board of educa
tion and the people of Chat
tooga County. These were: (1)
consolidation of our high
school; (2) passage of a bond
referendum; and (3) the change
from a dual system to a unitary
school system.
These three issues were
handled in excellent form by
Mr. Spence.
We now have an excellent
high school facility. In 1964,
we offered 46 different courses
in our high school. In 1970, we
reached the height of 95
courses. This includes the addi
tion of the vocational school
that was opened in 1970.
I feel that Mr. Spence
should be given full credit for
obtaining the vocational school
for Chattooga County. We
were one of the first five
systems in the state of Georgia
to obtain a vocational school.
While Mr. Spence served as
school superintendent, there
were two building programs:
60 rooms were built at Chat
tooga High School, plus a field
house and football stadium;
eight rooms were built at
Summerville Elementary
School; a gymnasium at North
Summerville Elementary; a
complete renovating was made
at Summerville Junior High
School; the main building at
Pennville Elementary School
was renovated; the libraries at
Lyerly, Menlo, Pennville,
North Summerville, and
Summerville Junior High; 4
new rooms, a multipurpose
room, and two relocatable
classrooms at Pennville; and six
rooms at Lyerly.
In 1967, two outstanding
things were achieved. These
being the board of education
moving from the courthouse to
a new facility in one of the old
school buildings. And the other
one being that for the first
time in 30 years, the school
system ran in the black, and
has run within its tax money
ever since.
In 1965, long-range plan
ning was started to obtain
Southern accreditation in all
schools in Chattooga County.
Elementary schools, through
affiliation with the school im
provement program of the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, achieved
the highest rating available to
in the Cobb Chamber of Com
merce and Smyrna Rotary
Club
Perhaps the sharpest ex
changes came during the ques
tion period after both can
didates had given their opening
remarks McDonald said Davis
was for increasing federal gun
controls Davis said that he was
not but McDonald offered
letters in his file as proof,
charging Davis with favoring in
creased federal laws to put a
stop to the “Saturday Night
Special.” McDonald said that
after the “special” would come
the “Monday Afternoon Regu
lar” and the “Tuesday Evening
Zipperoo.” Stating that what is
needed is crime control not
gun control.
Both were asked their views
on the guaranteed annual in
come. Davis said he did not
favor it but McDonald referred
to legislation which Davis had
voted on in June of H7l
favoring a guaranteed annual
income. Davis said he couldn't
remember voting on the bill.
McDonald charged that
Davis had voted last February
on the NedziWehhn legislation
for complete withdrawal of
troops as North Vietnam had
demanded we do He also
pointed out that in a Rome
newspaper article Davis said he
favored doing whatever Hanoi
wanted in order to get our
POWs back McDonald said
“this was exactly what Mc
(iovern favored too ”
McDonald said the issues in
the campaign were the ones he
had been pursuing since the
campaign began in February
that Davis voted against volun
tary school prayer when over
80 percent of Georgians believe
we should restore that basic
right, that Davis had voted
time and again on trading with
communist countries while
brave Americans were dying in
the field, and that Davis favors
big government, “busybody
controls", and inflationary
spending.
elementary schools in Decem
ber, 1971, when the system
was accredited by this regional
accrediting agency.
Improvements brought
about through this approach
included: (1) All areas of the
curriculum were critically
evaluated by each elementary
school staff, resulting in the
identification of specific
strengths and weaknesses in
•each phase of the school
program; (2) the number and
kinds of instructional materials
.and equipment were greatly in
creased through wise use of
federal and other financing; (3)
schools were encouraged to try
new ideas, such as the Gins
Tutorial Reading Program and
the fourth grade Math Tutorial
Program; (4) library space was
increased in several schools; (5)
better certified teachers were
employed; (6) secretarial help
was provided for each school;
and (7) implemented a compre
hensive program including the
quarter system at Chattooga
High.
With Mr. Spence’s leader
ship and staff, effective use of
federal money was spent with
out conflict with the federal
government. While he was in
office, we received for our
school system:
- Title I $1,131,599.28;
Title II- $44,342.71;
-Title 111 &
V-$184,106.84;
-Title IV-$68.887.00;
-Headstart $1 50,333.96;
Building program
-51,021.904.35.
All this money comes to a
grand total of $2,601,174.14.
We now have one of the
best transportation systems in
the state of Georgia. Many new
methods of spending in trans
portation were made by Mr.
Spence and the board of educa
tion.
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room program is currently
being constructed. All schools
will have walk-in coolers by the
1972-73 term.
Personnel and other items
include:
(1) Social Security made
available to teachers in 1962. It
now covers all employees; (2)
A systemwide lunchroom
supervisor employed in 1963,
resulting in better equipped
lunchrooms, implementing of
free lunch policies, and all
schools operating in the black;
and (3) A teacher supplement
of SIOO,OOO per teacher was
added. This to be given as a
Christmas bonus.
1 feel that Mr. Spence was a
dedicated leader in his profes
sion as a teacher at Lyerly
schools, Trion City Schools,
and also as superintendent of
Chattooga County Schools. 1
believe if we were to check the
record, he served longer as
superintendent here than any
other superintendent in this
century.
In many years to come,
boys and girls of our county
will benefit from the leadership
and education that was
obtained while he was in
office. We not only are losing a
good superintendent, we are
also losing a dedicated teacher
in Mrs. Spence. Mr. and Mrs.
Spence, 1 feel, love their
county and gave an out
standing contribution to Chat
tooga County in which they
call their home.
1 am proud 1 had the oppor
tunity of serving six years as a
member of the board of educa
tion while he was in office. We
wish them all the success in
their new jobs, and I want
them to know they will be
greatly missed.
I wish to thank the Sum
merville News for giving me the
opportunity to write this
article.
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