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VOLUME 88 —NUMBER 44
Burglars Strike Two Fin
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Burglaries at two business firms in Chatto •-< „• rty
were reported during the past several days.
Sheriff Gary McConnell said the Piggly V S « >er
market at the South Gate Shopping Center wa : zed
Monday'night. g
According to Jimmy Woodard, store manager, an un
identified amount of money was reportedly taken by the
burglars, who went through a wall on the northeast back
corner of the supermarket.
No arrests have been made at the present time, the
sheriff said.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department handled
some 100 misdemeanor cases during the past week. “It’s
been pretty quiet,” Sheriff McConnell said.
. The Summerville Police Department also reported that
16 guns and 18 watches were taken over the weekend from
Farmers Supply on Economy Street.
Police said the burglars gained entrance by cutting a lock
on a rear door.
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If any one had any doubt that Christmas is just
around the corner, that doubt should have been
dispelled as Santa Claus officially arrived in Chat
tooga County during the annual Christmas parade
County Residents
Donate 135 Gifts
A total of 135 gifts for
patients at Central State
Hospital and Gracewood
Children’s Hospital were
donated by residents of
Chattooga County this
year.
A breakdown shows 32
gifts collected in Menlo,
53 in Summerville, and 50
in Trion.
The gifts were carried
to Milledgeville Wednesday
by Trion Mayor J.C.
Woods and D. C. Greeson.
“I certainly appreciate
all the gifts that were col
lected this year,” Mayor
Woods said, “and would
like to express my appre
ciation to residents of
Trion and Chattooga
County.”
Shriners Initiated
Some 25 members of Chat
tooga Shrine Club No. 21 and
15 local candidates for initia
tion were in Atlanta Wednes
day to attend the 1972 Shrine
ceremonies, in which 300 new
Shriners were initiated into the
organization.
The local group motored to
Georgia's capital city on a char
tered Greyhound bus.
No Agreement On
Board Salary Hike
Members of the Chattooga
County Board of Education
will continue to receive the
same salary of S2O a meeting
after the board and Rep. James
(Sloppy) Floyd failed to agree
on a new formula at Monday
night’s regular meeting
Several months ago, the
board had requested by letter
that Floyd increase the salaries
of board members to SSO a
meeting. At the October meet
ing, the Chattooga legislator
told members of the board he
would have to do additional
research before he could give
them an answer.
At the Monday meeting.
Floyd said he would agree to
introduce legislation to raise
the salaries to SSO a month,
but not SSO a meeting
Rep. Floyd said he had
based his decision on the fact
that most school systems in
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GUESS WHO CAME TO TOWN FRIDAY
Merchants Report
‘Record’ Business
Chattoogans started their
Christmas shopping earlier, ac
cording to a recent News
survey, and they are buying
more. Yet, each merchant in
terviewed expects steady sales
with a big last-minute rush
before the Christmas shopping
season ends.
All but one merchant re
ported sales for the year
greater than 1971. This
merchant reported an increase
for the year, with last-minute
sales expected to boost the
holiday season to equal last
year.
One interviewee said his
sales for the year are up 20
percent over last year "This is
our best year in IX years in
Chattooga County,” he said.
“We're having a bang-up year,”
he emphasized
Another merchant reported
“good" sales. He isn't con
cerned about Chattoogans
“going away from home to
shop” because he said he has
customers coming to his store
as far away as Chattanooga,
Atlanta, and Powder Springs.
“We sell more than 30 national
counties with populations
about the same as Chattooga
County paid their board
members S2O a meeting. He
read off a long list of counties
and the amounts paid to board
members. Os those which pay
their members more than S2O,
he pointed out, all arc set on a
monthly basis rather than a
meeting basis.
"I think it would be unwise
and would show irresponsible
leadership on my part," Floyd
said, "not to consider the tax
payers by placing some kind of
limitation if the salaries are in
creased "
Floyd said records show
that the board has already held
22 meetingsthis year
Chairman Joel Cook made a
motion that the board write a
letter to Rep Floyd telling him
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1972
Plans for 84-Bed Hospital
Revealed By Atlanta Firm
Total Cost to Be 5 2.750 Million;
Work Expected to Begin in July
Friday night. One of the largest crowds ever to attend
a parade here thronged the downtown area for the
event, sponsored each year by the Summerville Civic
Organization.
lines in this little store,” he
said.
ATTRACTIVE DISPLAYS
Merchandise in local stores
is attractively displayed and
the stores are well-stocked for
the “many people who haven’t
yet completed their Christmas
REP. FLOYD SAYS:
Confusion in Court
May Be Intentional
Rep. James (Sloppy) Fio>d
said Tuesday he “wonders
why,” since the law says the
state court (State Court of
Chattooga County) must meet
for four terms, a year and since
it was reported that 600 cases
are pending, there are to be no
“jury trials” in De< ember.
“It looks like to me that out
of 600 cases, there surely must
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COUNTY ALL-STAR FOOTBALL TEAMS RUNNERS-UP IN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY
Carl McGraw, left picture, receives the trunner-up
trophy in the 12-year and under division of the
Georgia Recreation and Parks Society Championship
football game, played here Saturday afternoon, from
Clyde Davis, recreation director of the City of Sum
merville. The Chattooga County All-Stars, coached by
shopping.”
There are plenty of tri
cycles, bicycles, fire trucks,
dolls, riding horses, and other
toys of all kinds to fill Santa’s
sleigh to overflowing.
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be some criminal cases pend
ing,” Floyd said. “The solicitor
and the judge are being paid
for the month of December, so
I don’t believe they are carry
ing out their duties.”
The voters of Chattooga
County approved a referendum
earlier this year to abolish the
State Court of Chattooga
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Plans to construct a large, modern hospital between
Summerville and Trion were announced this week by an
Atlanta firm.
William A. Barrett, executive vice president of The
Medic Corporation, said his company intends to build
an 84-bed general hospital on
Memorial Drive and Back Penn
Road.
“We have studied this
matter for several months,”
Barrett said, “and have had a
feasibility study made by spec
ialists in this field,” who re
ported favorably on the
project.
Continuing, The Medic Cor
poration executive said, “We
have under option-and intend
to purchase-approximately 28
acres of land in this location,
which is about midway be
tween Trion and Summerville.”
Barrett revealed that before
the year’s end his company
would commission architects
to prepare a design and plans
for construction, which “we
hope to get under way by July
or August” of 1973.
“It requires some six
months to prepare plans and
specifications for a hospital,”
Barrett explained. “The plans
and design for the hospital will
be submitted to the physicians
and interested citizens of Chat
tooga County prior to final
determination.”
Ihe company spokesman
said it is expected that the
hospital will be run by officers
and directors of a subsidiary
corporation of The Medic
Corporation; however, the
majority of directors will be
composed of businessmen and
physicians in Chattooga
County. Among the directors
will be Hugh Henderson of
Summerville and J.C. Woods
of Trion.
“It is our desire that the
hospital be a joint effort of the
people of Chattooga County
and our corporation,” Barrett
said. “Our objective will be to
construct a really fine and
modern hospital, and to pro
vide the people of Chattooga
County with the top quality
professional services at the
lowest cost possible.”
The executive vice president
said the operation policies of
The Medic Corporation require
competent and experienced ad
ministrative personnel, and
“our investigation of the hospi
tals in Chattooga County lead
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McGraw, lost a hard-fought battle to the Jesup-Wayne
County All-Stars, 14-12. In the photoat right, Leroy
Alexander, center, and J. W. Greenwood receive the
runner-up trophy in the 13-and under division. The
13-year All-Stars lost to a fine Douglas team, 24-8.
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us to believe that, except for
the administrator, the opera
ting personnel can be secured
in Chattooga County. We are
gratified by the favorable re
sponse we have received from
the citizens and business com
munity of Chattooga County.”
Preliminary estimates indi
cate that the new hospital will
cost approximately $2,750
million.
New Visiting Time
At Nursing Home
Effective Jan. I, 1973, visi
ting hours for Oak View Nurs
ing Home will be from 2 p.m.
to 8 p.m., according to Ad
ministrator J. Steven Snapp.
“This change was recom
mended by the medical staff,”
Snapp said, “it is felt that this
will result in even better
patient care.
Visiting hours will be the
same-10 a.m. to 8 p.m, for the
remainder of December, and
the new hours will begin Jan.
2.
Revenue Sharing Check
For County Is *75,240
The government of Chat
tooga County Saturday re
ceived its first check under the
Post Office Will
Make Effort to
Speed Delivery
Postmaster John Stubbs
Wednesday urged immediate
mailing of all domestic Christ
mas cards and parcels.
“Although most of the sug
gested mailing dates for holi
day mail have passed,” he said,
“every effort will be made to
deliver by Christmas Eve all
cards, gifts, and other holiday
mail deposited within the next
few days.
“In view of the excellent
cooperation received from
early mailers so far this year,
we are confident that holiday
mail deposited immediately
will still be delivered in time
for Christmas," the postmaster
said.
Earlier this year, the Postal
Service urged the public to
mail as early as possible, and
announced a series of recom-
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REVENUE-SHARING CHECK
Commissioner Harry Powell has received a check for
$75,250 Saturday, which represents the county’s
share of revenue-sharing funds for the first six months
of 1972. The money has been placed in a special
fund, the commissioner said. Looking on is Mrs.
Frances Lowery.
federal revenue-sharing pro
gram, but it was somewhat less
than originally anticipated.
Commissioner Harry Powell
said he received a check for
$75,240, the first half of the
county’s share for this year.
The second half is expected
some time in January.
The commissioner said the
money has been placed in a
special account and will have
to be used according to rules
and regulations received with
the check.
Under the original computa
tion, designating the shares to
which each city and county
would he entitled, Chattooga
County was slated to receive
some $207,000 If this had re
mained in effect, the county’s
share for the period Jan. I
through June 30 would have
been slightly more than
SIOO,OOO
The formula used to deter
mine how much each city and
county will receive is bused on
the tax effort of each The
original estimates were based
on 1967 census figures, but
later interpretations resulted in
the shares being based on the
1971 tax effort.
New Millage Rate
Set for Chattooga
A new digest for 1972 Chat
tooga County taxes has now
been completed and was pre
sented Wednesday to the State
Revenue Department in
Atlanta for acceptance or rejec
tion, according to an an
nouncement by Commissioner
Harry Powell.
"Since the state turned
down the Aug 3 digest and
demanded a factor to be used
to adjust certain properties,"
the commissioner said, “this
has now been completed and a
new millage rate has been set"
by the commissioner and by
the Chattooga County Board
of Education.
Commissioner Powell indi
cated that he could forsec no
reason why the state would
reject the revised tax digest.
The new levy is 14 mills for
county purposes, 13 mills for
school operations, and one mill
for school bonds This levy of
28 mills should produce ap-
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Commissioner Powell said
anticipated use of the money
received by the county would
probably be based on the fol
lowing priorities:
The buying of heavy
machinery for county road
work.
Materials tor paving, resur
facing, and general main
tenance of county roads.
Maintenance of county
buildingsand property.
Sanitation and roadside
beautification.
Operation of sanitary
landfill
Participation in county
wide recreation programs.
Services to the poor and
aged.
Lyerly Gets Grant
An Environmental Protec
tion Agency grant for $56,280
has been approved for the
Town of Lyerly for waste
water treatment construction,
according to an announcement
by Sens. Herman Talmadge and
Sam Nunn.
proximately the same amount
ot money as that of the Aug. 3
levy.
"This will automatically in
crease certain properties that
cannot be re-evaluated before
1973," Powell added. "Chat
tooga County hopes to make
considerable changes and cer
tain adjustments on valuation
on all city and county property
that now appears on the
digest."
Ihe total tax digest in
creased from $29,928,838 to
$40,334,513 as a result of the
re-evaluation.
Under the new torrwwUujic
evaluation on property comes
to $36,563,210 and the evalua
tion on automobiles ii
$3,771,303. Previous figurei
were $26,157,535 and
$3,771,303, respectively.
The totals on property eval
uation arc after homesteac
exemptions have been de
ducted.