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VOLUME 88 — NUMBER 28
Tues lay Primary Victories Scored
By Floyd, Powell, McConnell, King
Unofficial Democratic Primary Returns
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U. S. Representative
DAVIS 302 74 84 123 47 8 224 204 57 66 1,987 93 859 4,128
MCDONALD 78 30 19 48 16 6 96 60 13 18 550 22 163 1,119
State Senate
SUMMERS 207 46 63 123 43 8 209 137 42 47 1,435 83 604 3,047
WILSON 184 25 26 30 18 5 111 128 13 29 1,044 24 362 1,999
State Representative
BONEY B 0 25 62 52 12 6 99 65 17 26 1,034 16 165 1,659
FLOYD 331 85 52 133 52 8 241 210 57 64 1,651 102 883 3,869
District Attorney
CAMPBELL 105 31 11 16 36 2 105 91 25 28 ’498 34 349 1,331
SELF 298 76 93 46 140 14 223 181 42 63 2,145 34 688 4,091
Ordinary
rush 70 23 15 29 15 2 45 119 77 434 34 294 1,094
WEEMS 330 86 90 148 48 13 288 15 62 80 2,210 80 706 4,156
Sheriff
McCONNELL 218 53 61 120 39 14 105 122 26 51 1,522 72 564 2,967
RAGLAND 186 53 50 65 26 1 226 113 45 36 852 42 396 2,091
STARKEY 10 9 3 4 0 1 15 37 3 3 317 2 109 513
Coroner , _
COOPER 86 26 36 37 17 11 89 70 13 33 682 23. 19Q 1,313
YOUNG - 308 79 69 138 47 5 242 201 54 55 1,950 94 845. 4,087
School Supt. t
KING _ 257 77 61 146 38 14 189 102 49 82 1,659 63 226^2,963
MATTIS __ __ 89 17 23 21 15 0 46 116 12 5 528 24 241 >1,13?
PARKER , 51 14 24 21 12 2 106 49J0 , 4 478 ?9 94 | 894
County Commissioner
HAMMOND 13 3 29 15 5 1 46 65 6 17 382 3 194 779
JACKSON 156 27 22 28 21 5 61 23 6 6 264 19 96 734
POWELL 241 84 56 141 39 10 234 185 62 67 2,138 93 770 4,120
School Board Seat. No. 1 , ___
CAMP 182 40 52 75 25 7 129 85 29 40 768 47 260 1,739
COX 48 17 11 23 4 2 53 79 7 12 421 14 90 781
SPIVEY _ 151 49 41 71 33 5 146 100 31 24 1,401 44 177 2,273
School Board Seat No. 2
FARMER 65 20 59 46 11 0 83 84 12 5 997 17 1,399
PLEDGER 304 80 42 142 46 16 227 185 45 84 1,533 88 2,792
192 56 29 19 74 2 179 148 24 32 989 66 578 2,388
NO Z”Z“”ZI“”---"149 47 48 41 65 12 126 97 34 33 1,128 43 375 2,198
General Telephone Seeks
$2.5 Million fnterim Rate
General Telephone Co. of
the Southeast has filed with
the Georgia Public Service
Commission a motion for
interim rate relief in the
amount of $2.5 million.
The motion followed by
four months a denial by the
Public Service Commission of
General Telephone’s request
for $4.5 million which had
been filed in January. The
original petition was denied in
early April without a hearing.
Following the denial, the com
pany had petitioned the PSC
for reconsideration. This peti
tion has been pending since
April 14.
Edward H. Jared, vice pres
ident and general manager of
NEWS IN BRIEF I
LaFayette Mayor H. C. Derrick was painfully injured Saturday
afternoon when he was pinned beneath an overturned amphibious
vehicle at his new home on Broomtown Road, south of the city.
He was carried to Hutcheson Memorial Hospital at Fort
Oglethorpe, suffering multiple rib fractures.
The mayor’s condition was reported as “satisfactory," and he
was expected to be transferred to LaFayette Medical Center later
this week.
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It was reported this week that the required number of names
have been collected on a petition calling for a referendum on the
question of the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in Rome.
For such an election to be called in the city of Rome, a
petition signed by over 4,200 voters would have been required.
The Walker County school system is one of three in Georgia
which will share a grant from the U. S. Office of Education to
continue to provide technical assistance during fiscal year 1972 to
Follow Through programs.
Follow Through is a continuation of Head Start research and
development programs for pre-school children who live in eco
nomically depressed areas. Funding is based on the property
index in the area where the programs are provided.
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the company’s Georgia opera
tions, stated that, “Interim re
lief would enable the company
to continue its 1972 construc
tion program.”
Jared called attention to the
company’s efforts to eliminate
multi-party service, which had
been announced in 1970.
“We told the commission
then that this program would
eliminate multi-party (more
than four customers on a line)
service in General’s Georgia
operation. At that time, we
had filed tariffs for the elimina
tion of multi-party service in
all 67 of our Georgia ex
changes. As of July 31, we had
completed this program in 30
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1972
of the 67 exchanges. We also
intended to complete 14 others
by the end of the year.”
“Without immediate relief,”
Jared said, “it may be neces
sary to defer our program to
eliminate multi-party service.”
In its petition. General Tele
phone cited the fact that in
tensive efforts had been made
throughout its Georgia opera
tions since 1970 to meet
customer growth, demands for
better grades of service, direct
distance dialing and wider call
ing scopes.
“I would think the record
would speak for itself,” Jared
said. “To meet our service im
provement schedule, we in
vested nearly $1 1 million in
1970, $lB million in 1971 and,
to meet our 1972 commit
ment, we will have to invest at
least $22 million. Since Jan
uary, we have already invested
sl3 million in new telephone
plants throughout the state.”
In both the initial petition
for rate relief and the petition
for reconsideration, General
Golf Tourney
Set August 13
The Chattooga County Jay
cees will sponsor a benefit golf
tournament Sunday at the
Trion Golf Course.
The tournament will be re
stricted to the first 100 entries
and will consist of five flights
20 players to each flight. Entry
fee will be $12.50. All entries
must be in by 10 30 a m. Aug
13. Interested persons should
get in touch with either Roy
Williams at the golf course or
call Rod Hardeman at
857-1959.
Proceeds will be used for
charity purposes.
Telephone has shown that its
Georgia earnings are insuf
ficient and, unless rate relief is
immediate, its property will be
confiscated.
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LIONS BUSY AT VOTE TABULATION
Members of the Summerville Lions Club are shown
shortly after they began the long and arduous task
of tabulating Tuesday’s primary election results.
It was well past midnight when the final votes
were counted. The outcome of the contests for Seat
Runoff Election
Set August 29
Impressive primary victories were scored Tuesday
by Rep. James (Sloppy) Floyd, Commissioner Harry
Powell, Sheriff Gary McConnell. John W. (Bill) King,
and other Democratic candidates.
Floyd, who was enthusiastically challenged by a
young Summerville attorney,
Peter Boney, carried 12 of the
county’s 13 precincts.
In unofficial returns, Floyd
amassed a total of 3,869 votes
to 1,659 for his opponent. The
veteran legislator led the Sum
merville precinct, the county’s
largest, by some 600 votes.
Incumbent Commissioner
Harry Powell had an unofficial
total of 4,120 votes; Carl Ham
mond had 779; and W. M.
(Jack) Jackson polled 734.
Sheriff Gary McConnell out
distanced two opponents to
win nomination for another
four-year term. Unofficial
totals showed. McConnell,
2,967; L. D. Ragland, 2,091;
and Roy Starkey, 513.
In an open battle for the
nomination as county school
superintendent, John W. (Bill)
King won without a runoff
against two opponents. King
polled 2,962; Pete Mattis,
1,139; and Lamar Parker, 894
A runoff primary election
will be held Aug. 29 to decide
the nominees in two contests:
Seat No. 1 on the Chattooga
_ ~ mty Board of Education
and justice ot the peace fur the
Summerville District.
In the board seat race, Sue
Spivey outpolled her two op-
ponents in amassing 2,273
votes. Incumbent Roy Camp
received 1,739 votes and Ray
mond Tom Cox polled 781.
In a five-way race for justice
of the peace, Mrs. Hazel
Vaughn was the top vote-getter
with 1,090. Her nearest op
ponent, Libert Tucker, polled
795. These two will vie on
Aug. 29 for the Democratic
nomination. Other unofficial
totals show: Harvey Caldwell,
83; R J. Gentry, 64; Curley
Hunter, 205;and W. E. Turner,
523.
Incumbent District Attor
ney Earl B. (Bill) Self was the
sl2 Million Loan
Riegel Textile Corp, has an
nounced that it has entered
into a term-loan agreement
with Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Co. to borrow sl2 mil
lion at rates tied to its prime
rate to be repaid over an eight
year period.
The proceeds will be used to
repay current notes payable.
apparent winner in a four
county contest. He polled an
overwhelming vote in his home
county of Chattooga, but
trailed in Walker and Catoosa
counties. No figures were avail
able from Dade County as we
went to press. Self’s lead in
Chattooga County, however,
was expected to carry the day
for him.
Congressman John Davis
was fighting for political sur
vival in a hotly contested race
with Dr. Larry McDonald of
Marietta. Davis held a small
lead as we went to press, but
the outcome was still in doubt.
Incumbent A. D. Pledger
handily defeated a challenge by
Annie Belle Farmer for Seat
No. 5 on the board of educa
tion. Unofficial totals were
2,792 to 1,399.
Chattoogans voted by a
small margin to abolish the
State Court of Chattooga
County. This question had
become a controversial issue,
and the voting indicated an
almost even split among the
voters.
See box at left for more
details. A complete official
tabulation will be published
next week.
Councilmen Claim Funds
Available for City’s Use
F'or the past several months,
a lot of discussion has been
carried on about the financial
situation of the City of Sum
merville, with indications that
the city is in dire need of addi
tional revenue.
However, two members of
the city council this week indi
cated that the city may have
more “available” money than
many persons have been led to
believe.
Councilmen Charles Brooks
and Sewell Cash said they have
been checking into the finan
cial affairs of the city and have
found quite a number of
I “checking accounts” on
deposit with a local bank.
According to the city offi-
I cials, one account totaled
No. 1 on the Chattooga County board of education
and for justice of the peace in the Summerville
District will have to be decided in a run-off elec
tion on Aug. 29.
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McCONNELL KING
$327,320.82 on Aug. 4.
It is their contention that
more than SIOO,OOO of these
funds is available for use at the
Annual Meet
Set Saturday
The annual general meeting
and election of officers for the
Cloudland Property Owners
Association and the Volunteer
Fire Department is scheduled
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at (he
Cloudland Recreation Center.
The election of officers will
take place immediately follow
ing a covered-dish supper.
All Cloudland residents are
urged to attend this important
meeting.
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“discretion of the council.”
They question whether it is
sound policy for the city to
borrow money if, indeed, the
city has bank deposits that
could be used for other pur
poses.
At a recent called meeting,
it was brought out that the
city’s general fund is depleted,
and that it was necessary to
borrow money to meet the
city’s payroll. The council
twice approved requests that
the city be allowed to borrow
money for this purpose.
Brooks and Cash indicated
that they would have more
information available at a later
date.
The councilmen said the
city could have realized quite a
sum in additional revenue if
part of these funds had been
drawing interest over the past
several years.
CHS to Begin
Classes Here
On Aug. 24
Students and parents were
reminded this week by Jack
Herring, Chattooga High
School principal, of the open
ing of school on Aug. 24.
Herring said there will be a
homeroom period beginning
at 8:25 for all students who
have previously registered for
classes. Homeroom lists will be
posted in the front lobby and
in the rear lobby near the bus
loading zones.
Students who have not
registered for the fall quarter
will be expected to do so
between 9 a.m. and noon on
Monday, Aug. 14 or Tuesday,
Aug. 15, at the high school.
Students who cannot register
on one of these dates must get
in touch with the principal to
make arrangements for registra
tion.
“The staff —at~^Qjattooga
High would like to taßl! HUS “
opportunity to thank the
parents and members of the
community for their coopera
tion in the past, and we look
forward to a most cooperative
and productive year,” Herring
said.