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VOLUME 88 —NUMBER 40
Retail
Sales
Gain
Retail sales in Chattooga
County during the second
quarter of 1972 showed a 14.9
percent increase over the corre
sponding period a year ago,
according to a report just re
leased from Atlanta.
The Georgia Chamber of
Commerce listed sales of $8.6
million here during the year’s
second quarter. Sales for the
same period a year ago totaled
$7.5 million.
Area counties also showed a
substantial gain in retail sales
for the second quarter, 1972,
when compared with sales for
the same period in 1971. Per
centages of increase showed:
— Catoosa County, 23.7
percent;
-Dade County, 19.1 per
cent;
Floyd County, 13.6 per
cent ;
-Gordon County, 15.4 per
cent ;
-Walker County, 17.3 per
cent; and
-Whitfield County, 24.0
percent.
Taxable sales in Georgia
counties, which are estimated
by calendar quarters of busi
ness, are based on Georgia
Department of Revenue data
for adjusted gross tax amounts.
These figures exclude out-of
state purchases-which relate
to use tax amounts-and they
indicate place of sale rather
than consumer buying power
by place of residence.
Three Men Charged
Three men, Gordon
Weathers, Grady Hines, and
R. M. Johnson, all of Route 1,
Summerville, have been re
leased under bond after being
charged with possessing distill
>ing apparatus of 300-gallons
capacity, according to the
Chattooga County Sheriff’s De
partment.
Modernization Scheduled
At Fabrics America Mill
An extensive modernization
program at FabxicsAmerica’s
Summerville plant has been
announced as part of the
company’s $7.6-million ex
pansion program.
More than $400,000 will be
spent to modernize present
equipment at the local mill.
This will include high-speed
carding and additional twisting
and spinning machinery. Wide
looms will be added to the
present weaving machinery.
When the modernization pro
gram is completed, the
Summerville mill will be able
to produce in excess of 12-mil
lion yards of greige goods a
year.
Fabrics America broke
ground last week for construc
tion of a new $4.5-million mill
adjacent to its present facility
at Geneva, Ala. This action is
part of a $7.6-million capital
investment program which in
cludes new equipment fdr
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Two persons were reported injured in a three-ear
accident on Georgia Highway 114, approximately one
mile south of Summerville. State Patrol records listed
tthe drivers of the cars as Flora Lee Espy, Route 1,
Trion; Hollis Morrison, Lyerly; and Odell Smith, 203
Goodwin Drive. The injured were listed as four-
Menlo to Elect
3 Councilnien
On December 2
Voters of the City of
Menlo will go to the polls
on Dec. 2 to elect three
councilmen (Seats No.
3-4-5), according to an an
nouncement this week by
Mayor George H. Payne.
Potential candidates,
who must be registered
voters in the City of
Menlo, must qualify by
Nov. 18 with either Hester
Hurtt, city recorder, or
with Mayor Payne.
Eligible persons can
register at the City Hall in
Menlo through Nov. 15.
Fabrics America’s Barna Mill at
Enterprise, Ala., modernization
of its Summerville mill, and
installing rotary screen printing
machinery and finishing ovens
in its Fulton finishing opera
tions in Atlanta, D. H. Morris
111, president of Fabrics-
America, announced.
Fabrics America Corp, was
organized in May, 1972,
through the consolidation of
the former Fulton Cotton
Mills, Atlanta, and Geneva
Cotton Mills, Inc., and River
view Mills, Inc., Geneva, Ala.
The corporation is a majority
owned subsidiary of Allied
Products Corp. (NYSE) of
Chicago.
Fabrics America operates
four textile mills and one
finishing facility. The mills are
situated in Geneva, Ala., Enter
prise, Ala., Summerville, and
Atlanta. A yarn mill is situated
in Geneva.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1972
ACCIDENT PILES UP THREE AUTOS
County Committee
Nominates Cordle
In a 12-6 vote, the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of
Chattooga County has voted to
substitute the name of Sam L.
Cordle Jr. for that of his
father, the late Sam Cordle Sr.,
on the general election ballot
for clerk of the Superior Court.
The action was taken at a
special meeting Friday after
noon at the Chattooga County
Courthouse, with all but two
members present.
The elder Cordle was nomi
nated without opposition in
the August primary for this
The company employs more
than 2,600 persons in its five
locations. Excluding the new
facilities and additions which
will be built, it maintains
1,800,000 square feet of space
in which it produces sheetings,
osnaburgs, drills, twills, ducks,
and lightweight fabrics. It also
processes special industrial
cloth for sophisticated indus
trial uses.
FabricsAmenca is a major
resource for fabrics used in the
home furnishings field, as well
as textiles designed for indus
trial uses.
With the completion of its
new facility and the additional
equipment which will be in
stalled at its various locations,
it will have over 100,000
spindles and 2,200 looms,
producing more than 120
ihillion yards of fabric a year.
The company’s finishing
division will operate eight silk
screen and roller printing
machines, along with finishing
ranges and kier and continuous
bleaching equipment.
$72-Million Plant Proposed By GPC
Georgia Power Co. has filed
application with the Federal
Power Commission for a
license to develop a $72-mil
lion hydroelectric project in
Floyd County.
The proposed site is on
Heath Creek at Rocky Moun
tain, 10 miles northwest of
Rome near the Chattooga
County line. Georgia Power
officials said the plant will have
a capacity of 675,000 kilo
watts, and will not be com
pleted before 1978.
The announcement was
made Tuesday at a Rome press
conference before news media
representatives from Rome,
Summerville, and other north
west Georgia cities.
The proposed project will
month-old David Paul Cook and Patricia Cook, Route
1, Summerville. Both were taken to Floyd Hospital,
Rome. The Espy and Smith cars were travelling south
and the Morrison car was travelling north at the time
of the accident. Trooper Gossett investigated the
accident.
position, and his name had
already been printed on the
general election ballot.
Authority for this action by
the committee was taken under
Section 34-1003 of the Georgia
Election Code which states
that “.. . any vacancy happen
ing in any party nomination
(filled by primary) for a
federal, state, or county office
filled by the vote of electors
within a single county ... by
reason of the death or with
drawal of any candidate there
for occurring after nomination,
may be filled by a substituted
nomination made by the
county executive committee of
the party in such county.”
Several of the members,
however, felt that since the full
four-year term would be
involved, the committee should
decline to substitute a name on
the ballot and let the county
ordinary call a special election.
Committee member Douglas
Baker said he felt that for the
committee to substitute a
name would be “taking the
choice away from the voters.
Since it is for a full four-year
term, I think the voters of
Chattooga County should
make the decision.” Baker
pointed out that he had
nothing against the Cordle
family, but thought the “voters
have already had enough taken
away.”
Another member, A. B.
(Bud) Day told the group that
“we will draw a lot of criticism
if we vote to substitute a name
on the ballot. I would vote for
an election.”
After several other members
of the committee, including
Katherine Camp and Henry
Woods, said they thought the
committee should vote to
substitute a name. Chairman
Earl (Bill) Self called for a
vote.
The vote on the motion to
substitute the name of Sam L.
Cordle Jr. was 12 to six.
Voting for the motion were
be a pumped storage operation,
recycling water to supply peak
demands for electricity. An
upper reservoir will be at the
top of Rocky Mountain; a
lower pond on the creek.
During periods of heavy
daytime use, it was pointed
out, electricity will be genera
ted by water flowing from an
upper reservoir to a lower one.
At off-peak hours, the water
will be pumped back to the
upper reservoir to be used
again.
“Studies indicate that the
pumping action creates a tur
bulence that will increase the
dissolved oxygen in the lake
and improve water quality,” a
company spokesman said.
Two lakes are planned for
Claude Baker, W. H. Aber
nathy, Katherine Camp, E. J.
Hemphill, Robert Brison, Mrs.
Robert Brison, Doyle Gaylor,
W. H. Gilreath, R. L. White,
Henry Woods, M. H. Barkley,
and Hill Caldwell. Voting
against the motion were A. B.
(Bud) Day, James S. Taylor,
*’ E. Pettycourt, W. H.
McCauley, Douglas Baker, and
G. C. Packer.
Two members of the
committee, Paul B. White and
Max Jones were not present for
the meeting.
Before adjourning, the com
mittee members voted to pay
themselves S2O each for at
tending the Friday meeting.
Garmany Is
Supervisor
For Circuit
Wirt Garmany 111 of Rock
Spring has assumed the posi
tion of probation and parole
supervisor for the Lookout
Mountain Judicial Circuit.
Under Georgia’s reorganiza
tion plan, which included the
merging of probation and
parole functions, this office
recently assumed the parole
caseload for the circuit.
A native of Walker County,
Garmany is a graduate of
Gordon Lee High School and
received a B.S. degree in
psychology from the Univer
sity of Tennessee at Chatta
nooga. For4he past two years,
he was employed by the State
Employment Office in Ross
ville.
In making the announce
ment, Judge Robert Coker said
he was “pleased to have Mr.
Garmany join this department.
1 feel that he will be an asset.”
NEAR CHATTOOGA COUNTY LINE
public recreation. Costing one
half million dollars, the lake
facilities will include areas for
fishing, swimming, and pic
nicking; boat launching; over
looks; a visitors center; a camp
ing site; and nature trails. Pro
jected figures indicate it will be
possible to entertain 11,000
persons daily in these areas.
In planning these areas,
Georgia Power has worked
closely with the Georgia Game
& Fish Commission, U. S.
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation,
U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, and the Rome-Floyd
County Planning Commission.
Claude Hastings,
environmental specialist with
the Game & Fish Commission,
said his department “evaluates
Eligible Voters
Number 9,200
In Local Area
Moderate
Balloting
Expected
Local political observers are
predicting that between 5,000
and 6,000 of the 9,237 regis
tered voters in Chattooga
County will turn out for Tues
day’s general election.
This year’s main ballot —
voters will get two-will
perhaps be the largest ever
offered to local voters, measur
ing 21 inches by 36 inches. In
addition, a smaller ballot will
determine the candidate to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Sen. Richard B. Russell.
Except for the slates of
presidential electors, only four
offices are being contested, as
far as local voters are con
cerned.
In the U. S. Senate race,
Fletcher Thompson and Sam
Nunn are locked in what most
political observers believe to be
a nip-and-tuck contest. For the
first time since Reconstruction
days, a Republican nominee is
conceded a chance to win a
Senate seat in Georgia.
In a race for one of the seats
on the Public Service Commis
sion, Democratic nominee Ben
T. Wiggins is opposed by Re
publican nominee Franklin C.
Rogers.
For representative from the
Seventh Congressional District,
veteran Democrat John Davis is
being opposed by GOP nomi
nee Charlie Sherrill.
State Sen. E. G. Summers,
53rd District, is being opposed
on the Republican side by Paul
R. Chambers.
One change being made on
the ballot is the substitution of
the name of Sam L. Cordle Jr.
for that of his late father, Sam
L. Cordle Sr. for the office of
clerk of the Superior Court.
The county Democratic Execu
tive Committee authorized this
substitution at a special meet
ing Friday.
All other Democratic nomi
nees are running unopposed.
Crossover voting is per
mitted in the general election.
Voters may vote a straight
Democratic ticket, a straight
Republican ticket, or may
mark individual candidates in
either column.
Although a voter marks a
straight Democratic or Repub
lican ticket in the first or
second column of the ballot,
he must also mark his choice of
presidential electors.
Write-in candidates are per
mitted in the general election,
but, in Chattooga County, they
would not be eligible to serve
even if elected. Georgia law
requires that write-in candi
dates announce this intention
20 days before the election. No
write-in candidates have done
so in Chattooga County.
An election officials urged
voters who cannot mark their
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Tuesday night was the time for the ghosts, goblins,
and witches to roam through the night but these two
“characters” were out early to entertain the children
at the Holland Day Care Center. In all fairness, we’ll
have to call these “good” witches because they
distributed candy and other treats to the youngsters.
Since they chose to remain unidentified, we’ll only
say they are employees of the center.
Purcell Is Named
For State Award
One Chattoogan will be
among seven Georgia Exten
sion workers—five county
agents and two state staff
members-who will be in
ducted into an elite gxoup of
the nation's county agricultural
agents in Atlanta next week.
County Agent M. H. Purcell
will be among less than two
percent of the 5,000-plus
members to receive a 1972 Dis
tinguished Service Award of
the National Association of
County Agricultural Agents
(NACAA).
The awards will be pre
sented at a banquet Thursday
night, Nov. 9, climaxing the
57th annual meeting of
NACAA at the Marriott Motor
Hotel.
In addition to Purcell, other
Georgia recipients are Edward
J. Bible Jr., Richmond County;
Bruce Hamilton, Coweta
County; Carlton Lawson,
Belckley County; Bobby J.
Locke. Teirell County; W. H.
each project separately. We arc
definitely in favor of Rocky
Mountain. It is a good example
of a power plant designed to
meet electric needs, while also
providing needed recreation,
Our department and the power
company have jointly worked
out things in the way of lake
enchantment and ecology
control. For example, we will
sto<£ and manage the fishing
lakes.”
Main access roads to the
development will be Fouche
Gap Road and Big Texas
Valley Road.
Power company officials
aid the facilities will “boost
the economy, increase tax
revenue, and enhance employ
ment opportunities.” Indus-
THE ‘GOOD’ WITCHES
Sell, and Daniel L. Williams Jr.
Only one other state-
Texas-has as many DSA
winners this year. A total of
116 county agents will be
honored at the awards ban
quet. Honorees are chosen by
fellow county agents and state
directors of the Extension
Service, thus making the
awards all the more meaningful
to the recipients.
Purcell and the six other
Georgians have a total of I 21
years’ service to farmers, agri
businessmen, 4-H members,
and communities throughout
the state. All were cited for the
outstanding Extension educa
tional programs they have
developed and carried out in
their counties Citations which
they are to receive point up
exceptional results in crop and
livestock production, agribusi
ness development, and youth
work.
tries seeking new locations will
be attracted to the area, offi
cials added.
The power company has
been studying the Rocky
Mountain site since 1967. The
relatively flat top of the
mountain will provide the
upper reservoir, and Heath
Geek in the valley will create
the lower one. The proximity
of the project to the trans
mission lines of the company's
Plant Hammond will keep addi
tional lines to a minimum.
The proposed lake and darn
have been designed to supply
vital electric energy and to pro
serve the surrounding environ
ment, company officials said.
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