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VOTE
August 29
VOLUME 88 —NUMBER 31
Write-In
Project
Fizzles
In a statement issued from
his Marietta campaign head
quarters, Larry McDonald
thanked his supporters, and
ended the idea of a write-in
campaign in November.
The statement in full:
“The efforts to seek better
representation in Washington
for the people of the seventh
district of Georgia will not
stop. Although we did not
receive a majority of votes in
the primary election, much can
be said for what we did accom
plish. Final totals showed we
won a majority of the counties,
including Bartow, Cobb, Dade,
Paulding, and Walker. The pop
ulations of these five counties
exceeds 307,000 of the
460,000 persons residing in the
district.
“The 35,594 votes we re
ceived was 48 percent of the
total and is the most ever cast
against Congressman Davis dur
ing his 12 years in office. I
hope this great expression by
the voters will cause Mr. Davis
to give better consideration to
the wishes of the people he
represents.
“The McDonald-for-Con
gress organization is probably
the largest ever assembled for a
congressional race. It was a dis
trictwide organization as evi
denced by the counties we won
and the closeness of the con
test.
“Everyone connected with
the effort should claim a full
degree of pride for their per
sonal involvement. Because of
this we were able to present
honestly the issues of greatest
importance and our presenta
tion will stand the test of time.
“I take this opportunity to
thank everyone connected with
the campaign and to the voters
who placed their faith in the
form of a vote, for the ideals
presented by the campaign. 1
believe that this great expres
sion by the people to return to
a Constitutional form of
government will not be denied.
“The opportunity to meet
and visit with the many thou
sands of seventh district resi
dents over the past eight
months has been one I have
enjoyed. This association has
been the best thing that has
ever happened to me.”
Davis ‘Explains’
Voting in House
In separate actions, the
U. S. House of Representatives
has sustained a Presidential
veto for departments of Labor
and Health, Education and
Welfare funds, and, in effect,
overrode another Presidential
veto of last year with passage
of legislation to guarantee
SSOO million in funds for pub
lic works projects in commun
ities with excessive unemploy
ment.
In a session which lasted
well into the night, seventh
district Congressman John
Davis and a majority of the
House refused to override Pres
ident Nixon’s veto of the
Labor-HEW Appropriations
Bill, which the President
termed “a perfect example of
reckless federal spending ”
Davis called his decision to
support the President “one in
which 1 was forced to balance
the needs of the Labor Depart
ment and the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
against the considerations of
fiscal responsibility and a
lowered inflationary rate. I
originally voted in favor of this
bill, but at that time, it was not
clear that the Congress would
appropriate additional funds in
other areas which would cause
a greater federal deficit than
originally anticipated.
“In voting with the Presi
dent, I followed the lead of the
chairman of the House Appro
priations Committee, Rep.
George Mahon (D-Tex.), and
after talking with him, I am
hopeful that we in the Con
gress will be able to pare down
this appropriation within
acceptable limits, and still pro-
SCHOOL PARKING
Due to the fact that Trion
City Schools will open this
week, Trion Mayor J. C. Woods
asked that parking on Dalton
and Pine streets and the area
between the high school and
the community center be re
served for school parking.
Mayor Woods said coopera
tion last year was “real good,"
and asked continued coopera
tion this year.
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A group of teachers at Chattooga High School began
making preparations this week for some 1,025 stu
dents who are expected to be on hand today for the
opening of the 1972-73 school year. Shown above
(clockwise): Bill (Jug) Hayes, assistant principal;
Court Continues Monday;
List of Jurors Announced
Criminal cases are scheduled
to be heard before Judge
Robert Coker in Chattooga
Superior Court during the
week of Aug. 28. The follow
ing persons have been selected
for jury duty at that time, and
are to report at 9 a.m.:
C. W. Dawson, Summerville;
Paul Humphrey, Summerville;
Qarence Luttrell, Summerville;
Richard Sturdivant, 29 W. sth
St.; Mrs. James D. Millican,
Route 1, Trion; Edward Bush
Jr., 16 Taylor St.; James L.
Lively, 101 Scoggins St.;J.D.
Hurtt, 327 Reed St., Trion;
Dwight D. Arden, 230 Park
Ave., Trion; S. E. Dendy, 304
Maffitt St., Trion; George F.
Dawson, Route 4, Summer
ville; Cecil Allmon, Route 4,
vide the kind of services which
are sorely needed.”
Davis called the second bill
to provide Accelerated Public
Works funds to areas of sub
stantial unemployment “the
kind of legislation which the
country must have in order to
combat rising unemployment
and a crucial need for commu
nity facilities.” The bill would
permit designated areas in the
seventh district-and elsewhere
—to receive funds for the con
struction of sewers, police sta
tions, and other public
projects. Davis said the legisla
tion “would help the small
communities of the Seventh
District more than any other
bill which has come up in
many years,” and called it “a
first step for building and re
storing the economic viability
of the economy, its workers,
businesses and communities.”
Local Schools
Scheduled for
Special Funds
Disadvantaged school chil
dren in Chattooga County will
benefit from three special pro
grams under Title I (ESEA)
during fiscal year disaccor
ding to State School Superin
tendent Jack P. Nix.
Funds of $143,429 will fi
nance projects in English and
reading and mathematics in
struction besides attendance
services.
Title I funds under the Ele
mentary and Secondary Educa
tion Act are distributed locally
on the basis of the number of
school age children in the
school system from families
with less than $2,000 or
$3,000 annual income as de
termined by local systems.
School leaders plan their
own projects to fill locally de
termined needs then submit
them to the Georgia Depart
ment of Education Title I Co
ordinator Billy Tidwell for ap
proval.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 24. 1972
IT’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME AGAIN
Summerville; Thomas Marian
Gilreath, 200 Taylor St.;
Charlie Morton, Route 1,
Trion; James D. Powell, Menlo;
E. S. Harris, 154 Marsh Ave.,
Trion; W. E. Turner, E. Wash
ington St.; Arthur Anderson,
1010 Penn Bridge Rd., Trion;
Calvin T. Lewis, 105 Ramey
St.; Billy Leon Edwards, 14
Sturdivant St
Also Charles R. Echols Jr.,
Route 2, Summerville; George
W. Evans, Route 1, Lyerly;
Fred H. Stallings, Lyerly;
Jimmy Ray Williams, Berryton;
Frank A. Agnew, 107 Red
Horse Rd.; James E. Adams,
702 Farrar Dr.; Herbert G.
Head, Route 1, Summerville;
Albert Edwards, 106 Elm St.;
Frances S. Cochran, 106 Union
St.; Jimmy I. Wilburn, Sum
merville; Frank Johnson Jr., 8
Gray St., Trion; Fay Lamar
(Bud) Reynolds, Route 1,
Summerville; Charles M.
Tutton Jr., Goodwin Dr.;
James Michael Simpson, Route
4, Summerville; Grady L.
Burrell, Route 4, Summerville;
William Crisp, Tate Rd., Trion;
R. Howard Barnett, 314 Reed
Ave., Trion; Charles F. Logan,
Route 1, Trion; Billy Henry
Spraggins, Summerville;
Charles W. Spraggins, Menlo.
Also Curtis Meacham,
Campbell Circle, Summerville;
W.C. Padgett, Route 1, Sum
merville; J. Michael Salmon,
Route 1, Summerville; John
William Timmons, Summer
ville; W. M. Loggins, Route 1,
Menlo; Patricia Rutherford, 14
Hilltop Dr.; John R Rosson,
Summerville; Evans Scoggins,
Route 3, Summerville; J. D
Bishop, Lyerly; James Arvel
Lemmings, 31 6th St., Trion;
Grady E. Schrader Jr., Sum
merville; John J. Nelson, Sum
merville; Fred Hawkins, Cloud
land; G. D. Plunkett, 46 Moore
St.. Trion; Charlie D. Edwards,
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Rep. James (Sloppy) Floyd and John Stubbs 111
“examine" baby alligators brought by last week’s
speaker at the weekly meeting of the Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club. Sgt. Paul Johnston, a veteran
law enforcement officer of the State Game & 1* isn
Fred Stokes, Alvis Copeland, Donna Fant, and Janie
Ballenger. More than 3,800 students are expected to
enroll at the county’s seven schools. An additional
900-1,000 are expected at Trion Friday.
Summerville; Loyd D. Hayes,
Trion; T. L. Stallings, Route 1,
Lyerly; Ronnie Martin
Wofford, Route 3, Summer
ville; J. L. Salmon, 701 Farrar
Dr.; William Farrell Anderson,
Lyerly.
Also Willie Lee Blalock,
Menlo; Ben Ragland, Lyerly;
Earl Jones, Lyerly; Glenn W.
Griffith, Menlo; Dwight W.
Mauney, 10 Gray St., Trion;
Andrew Montgomery Jr.,
Goodwin Dr., Summerville;
L. B. Colbert Jr., 10 Sunset
Lane, Trion; Linda J. Peddy
coart, Route 1, Armuchee;
Thomas W. Fox, Menlo; James
F. Peppers, 1018 McGinnis
Circle; B. F. Mincey, Route 1,
Lyerly; Frank Morton Jr., 284
Allgood St., Trion; Vernon
Bud Tinney, Route 1, Trion;
Luther Powell, 138 Tate Rd.,
Trion; Joe Franklin Edwards,
Route 2, Summerville; Wright
G. Wheeler, Route 2, Summer
ville; Virginia Wilson, Summer
ville; Ewing Goodson, Menlo;
Fred Deberry, Summerville;
Bunyan Gilbert, 7 Union St.
Also Albert Croy, Trion;
John S. Fulton, Fifth St.; L. B.
Cook Jr., Route 2, Lyerly;
Grady Westbrooks, Summer
ville; James Richard Smith Jr.,
REMINDER
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our readers that all Letters to
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fore they can be published.
The name of the writer can be
withheld, but the original letter
must contain a personal signa
ture.
We encourage Letters to the
Editor and urge our readers to
write on any subject of general
interest. All SIGNED letters
that are within the bounds of
propriety will be published by
this newspaper.
BABY ALLIGATORS ON EXHIBITION
101 Fourth St.; Paul Arden, 6
Simmons St., Trion; R. H.
Akins, 25 Ninth St., Trion;
J. B. Bagley, 26 Tenth St.,
Trion; Carl C. Grogan, Route
1, Menlo; Paul B. White, Route
2, Lyerly; Frances Van Pelt,
Summerville; J.F. Weems,
Route 2, Lyerly; Hall Tyler, 6
Taylor St.; William O. Price,
Route 1, Them; Fred B.
Hurley, Summerville; Mrs.
HC, Gass, 106 Roseway
CBtk, Brice Evans, Route 2,
Summerville; Charles Daniel
Smith, Route 1, Summerville;
and Ralph Jerry Burton, Route
4, Summerville.
Commissioner Sets
County Tax Levy
Commissioner Harry Powell
this week announced that a tax
levy of 18 3/4 mills-aside
from the levy for educational
purposes-has been levied to
take care of the necessary ex
penses and obligations for the
year 1972.”
A total of 2114 mills was
levied for educational pur
poses-20 mills for supplies and
maintenance; one and one-half
mills to pay the county school
district bond issue.
The commissioner’s state
ment, in part, follows:
“It appearing to the Chat
tooga County Commissioner of
said county that the taxable
value of the real and personal
property of said .county, as
same appears on the digest for
the year 1972 aside from the
corporation and public utilities
which make returns direct to
Commission, spoke to the Rotarians on conservation.
Left to right: Clyde Cobb, Rotary president, Sgt.
Johnston; Rep. Floyd; John Stubbs 111, John Stubbs
Jr., program chairman, and Willard Elliott, county
ranger.
Local Students
Enter Classes
Today, Friday
Chattooga, Trion
Ready for Influx
The back-to-school trek for some 3,800 students in
the Chattooga County school system begins today, and
on Friday, the process will be repeated for 900-1,000
students at Trion City Schools.
Teachers and other personnel at both schools have
been busy all week completing
the many tasks that are neces
sary for the influx of students.
The estimated number of
students for the county’s seven
schools are: Chattooga High
School, 1,025; Summerville
Elementary School, 875; Penn
ville Elementary School, 490;
North Summerville Elementary
School, 410; Summerville
Junior High School, 410;
Menlo Elementary School,
351; and Lyerly Elementary
School, 250.
Three major changes will be
seen among the top personnel
this year in the county school
system. Bill King, who has
served for the past several years
as principal at North Summer
ville, will take over Sept. 1 as
county superintendent of
schools. King was nominated
for this position in the Aug. 8
Democratic primary, defeating
two other former principals.
Don Hayes, who was appointed
to fill the vacancy in the super
intendent’s office created by
the resignation of James
Spence, will assume King’s
position at North Summerville.
CHANGES VOTED
Another change this year
will be in the principal^ office
at Chattooga High School. Jack
Herring, who served last year as
assistant principal at CHS has
the comptroller general-is
$26,157,535, plus $3,771,303
automobile evaluation which
has already been collected,
making a total of $29,928,838
after homestead exemptions,
and it further appearing to the
Chattooga County Commis
sioner that it will require in
addition to the taxes received
from said utilities the sum of
$561,165.71 to pay the ac
crued and necessary expenses
and obligations of the county
for the year 1972, aside from
the tax for educational pur
poses.
“It is therefore ordered that
a tax levy of 18 3/4 mills,
which includes the 3/4 mill
previously levied to pay the
bonded indebtedness which is
no longer needed, as the
county has no bonded indebt
edness ...”
moved up to the top spot. Bill
Hayes has been named as as
sistant principal at the high
school.
Holidays in the county
school system this school year
include: Sept. 4 (Labor Day);
Nov. 22; Nov. 23-24 (Thanks
giving holidays); Nov. 27; Dec.
21-Jan. 1 (Christmas); Jan. 19;
March 8-9; April 2-6 (Spring
holidays). June 1,4, and 5 will
be post-planning days.
The first quarter will begin
on Aug. 24 and end Nov. 21;
the second quarter will begin
on Nov. 28 and end on March
7; the third quarter will begin
on March 12 and end on May
31.
Security Guard
Urged for CHS
A security guard for Chat
tooga High School was one of
the recommendations made by
the grand jury during its meet
ing last week.
In its presentments, the
grand jurors said, “Through
investigation of indictments
and other investigations” it has
come to their attention that
“unauthorized personnel and
persons” frequent the high
school grounds during school
hours. It was indicated that
this situation might also exist
at Summerville Junior High
School.
The jurors suggested that a
uniform security guard be sta
tioned on the grounds of Chat
tooga High School whenever
school is in session, and that all
unauthorized persons be
removed from the school
grounds.
“If the school board or of
ficials should determine-after
proper investigation-that un-
SCO Discusses
Yule Projects
At the August meeting of
the Summerville Civic Organi
zation (SCO), plans for the
Christmas parade and street
decorations were discussed at
length by the group’s directors.
It was suggested by Max
Jones, promotion chairman,
that the group emphasize shop
at home instead of a give-a-way
program such as SCO spon
sored last year. It was agreed
that a survey be made to deter
mine the type of promotion
that would be most effective.
Final plans for the Christmas
program will be made at the
group’s September meeting.
Jim Robertson, SCO presi
dent, recommended that the
group work with Menlo city
officials in their proposed im
provements and that Mayor
George Payne be asked to join
the civic organization.
Carrie B. Freeman gave a
progress report on the beautifi
cation program. She stated that
Conner Allen, beautification
chairman, had met with Com
missioner Harry Powell, and
permission had been given Mrs.
Allen’s group to plant azaleas
around the courthouse. Plans
are being made to plant the
azaleas in the early fall.
HAYES SELECTED
Bill (Jug) Hayes was selec
ted Monday night to be assis
tant principal at Chattooga
High School. The vacancy was
created when Jack Herring,
who previously served in this
position, moved up to the prin
cipal’s office.
The action was taken at a
called meeting of the Chat
tooga County Board of Educa
tion.
PRICE 15c
King Takes
Over Reins
On Sept. 1
At a called meeting of
the Chattooga County
Board of Education Mon
day night, an agreement
was reached whereby Don
Hayes, who was appointed
to fill the unexpired term
of James Spence, superin
tendent of schools, would
resign as of August 31.
The move is to allow
Bill King, who was nomi
nated for this position in
the Aug. 8 Democratic pri
mary, to assume the duties
of superintendent on Sept.
1.
Hayes will become prin
cipal of North Summer
ville Elementary School, a
position being vacated by
King. The interim superin
tendent served during the
last school term as visiting
teacher.
authorized persons are fre
quenting the junior high school
grounds,” the jurors suggested,
“then in that event, we recom
mend that a security guard be
placed there also.
In another recommenda
tion, the members of the grand
jury suggested that the Chat
tooga County Hospital
Authority “furnish the county
commissioner with a budget”
for its next year’s operation of
the Chattooga County Hospital
and that the commissioner of
Roads and Revenue “levy the
necessary tax for its support.”
During the August term, the
grand jury considered evidence
on 38 bills of indictment,
many of which contained more
than one defendant and more
than one count. Os these, 31
true bills and seven no bills
were returned.
The Chattooga County
courthouse, jail, and cor
rectional institution were
found to be in “good” order.
Willard Jackson of Lyerly,
Robert William King of Menlo,
and Harold Scoggins of Sublig
na were appointed to the
Board of Tax Equalizers. Alter
nates are Malcolm Thomas,
Clyde Powell, and M. C. Hart
line.
In other action, the grand
jury:
-Appointed Ralph Brown
to succeed himself for a four
year term as notary public, ex
officio justice of the peace, for
the Summerville district.
-Set the pay of jurors and
court bailiffs at S2O a day.
-Expressed appreciation for
the cooperation and efficiency
of the sheriff’s department in
the presentation of evidence
and conduct before the grand
jury.
Commissioner Harry Powell
was commended for furnishing
more comfortable chairs for
members of the grand jury.
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Thompson to
Speak Here
Fletcher Thompson, the Re
publican nominee for the U. S.
Senate seat held by David
Gambrell, will be the speaker
for the Aug. 30 meeting of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club.
Thompson will be in the
downtown area of Summerville
from 11 a.m. until noon and in
Triangle Shopping Center from
I to 1:30 p.m.
Following the . shopping
center visit, Dr. and Mrs. Gary-
Smith will be hosts at a coffee
for the visitor at their home in
■Dion.