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VOLUME 87 — NUMBER 36
Vetera Os Day: A Tribute to America’s Servicemen
Fighting in World War I had enc 1 a.in. on Nov. 11.
1918. Two years later, France and 1 g - chose Nov. 11, then
known universally as Armistice Day J, time tor placing an
unknown soldier of that war in ea C >n s highest place of
honor. France chose the Arch de Triumph; England selected
Westminster Abbey. The following year, on Nov. 11, 1921, an
American soldier whose name was “known only to God was
buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1926, Armistice Day was made the official name tor Nov.
11. Twelve years later, in 1938, another congressional resolution
made the date a national holiday.
By changing one word in the 28-year-old resolution, the
United States Congress in 1954 renamed the day this nation has
traditionally set aside for honoring its war veterans.
On June 1, 1954, Congress, acting on a proposal by Rep.
Edwin K. Rees of Kansas, changed Armistice Day to Veterans
Day.
Local
News
Briefs
COURTHOUSE OPEN
The Chattooga County
Courthouse is now open
each Saturday until noon,
according to an announce
ment from the office of
Commissioner Harry
Powell.
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POPPY DAY SALE
The Ladies Auxiliary to
American Legion Post 129
will sponsor a countywide
Poppy Sale Saturday, Nov.
10.
Girl Scout groups will
help in the sale, which is
an annual project of the
auxiliary before Veterans
Day.
Auxiliary leaders urge
all residents of the Chat
tooga County area to help
disabled veterans by wear
ing a poppy on Nov. 10.
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POLICE BLOTTER
The Summerville Police
Department listed 15 cases
handled during the past
week, bringing the total
for the year to 1,146.
Fines and forfeits for the
week amounted to $224.
Cases were listed as fol
lows: reckless conduct
with an automobile, 5;
disorderly conduct, 3;
failure to grant right of
way, 1; violation of the
anti-noise ordinance, 1;
discharging firearms in the
city limits, 2; failure to
have vehicle under control,
1; driving under the in
fluence of intoxicants, 1;
and illegal parking, 1.
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THANKS EXPRESSED
Sue Spivey, president
of the Chattooga County
Hospital Auxiliary, made
the following statement:
"On behalf of the
auxiliary. I want to thank
everyone who helped to
make this year’s follies a
success. People who enjoy
helping others are the
people who accomplish
much.”
BERT LANCE SPEAKS
Community Involvement
Is Lions Meeting Topic
Bert Lance, an announced
gubernatorial candidate, was
the guest speaker Tuesday
night for a Ladies Night meet
ing of the Summerville Lions
Club at Chattooga County
Memorial Home.
Lance, a Calhoun banker,
announced several weeks ago
that he would be a candidate
for the office of governor
during the upcoming campaign.
Steering away from the
political issues, Lance talked
about community involvement
from such clubs as Lions. He
urged the Lions Club members
to help make their community
and their state a better place in
which to live.
The speaker was introduced
by James King, a local Lion
and vice president-manager of
Farmers & Merchants Bank’s
Lyerly branch.
A native of Gainesville, the
gubernatorial candidate was
raised at Young Harris, where
his father, Dr. J. T. Lance, was
president of Young Harris Col
lege.
The Calhoun banker re
signed as commissioner of the
Georgia Department of Trans
portation shortly before an-
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY HOSTS DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Harry Powell was host for a meeting of
seventh district county commissioners last Thursday
at B’s Round Table restaurant. The main topic of
discussion for the commissioners was property tax
relief. Left to right: Commissioner Powell, Hill
Area Commissioners Talk
About Ad Valorem Taxes
“Some way must he found
so local governments can get
additional revenue and still cut
ad valorem taxes,” Com
missioner Harry Powell told
fellow commissioners here last
week. “There’s really no such
thing as a fair ad valorem tax,
so I honestly believe-with
proper communications be
tween our offices and our con
stituents that a one-cent sales
tax increase would be pop
ular.”
Powell expressed his views
to county commissioners from
Dade, Bartow, and Walker
counties and other guests when
he hosted the Seventh District
nouncing his candidacy for the
governorship. A successful
businessman, Lance joined the
First National Bank of Calhoun
in 1951 as a teller. At the age
of 32, he was named president
and chief executive officer.
For more and more people
to become involved in com
munity as fairs is the “only way
to regain the confidence of the
people in government and,
more importantly, to regain
the confidence of government
in the people,” he told the
Woods to Join
Atlanta Meeting
J. C. Woods of Trion Com
munity Hospital will join more
than 600 other hospital ad
ministrators, trustees, and
other key officials in Atlanta
this week for the Georgia Hos
pital Association’s 45th annual
convention at the Marriott
Motor Hotel.
Gov. Jimmy Carter will de
liver the keynote address Fri
day morning.
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8^1973
Additional significance was added to Veterans Day in 1958
when two more unidentified American war dead were brought to
Arlington Cemetery from overseas and interred beside the world
War I soldier. One was killed in World War 11, the other in Korea.
To honor these three unknown soldiers, symbolic ot all
Americans who gave their lives, a U.S. Army honor guard First
Battalion, Third Infantry (Old GuardJ^keeps ^ay and night vigil.
The tribute honors the more than a million who have died in all
U.S. wars. This includes the 4,000 who died during the American
Revolution and the more than 50,000 who died in the Vietnam
Wa if the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was
“the war to end all wars,” Nov. 11 might still be ca led Armistice
Day. But only two years after the holiday was proclaimed. World
War II broke out in Europe, and shattered the dream Sixteen and
one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred and six
thousand died. The families and friends ot these dead longed tor a
County Commissioners Associ
ation last Thursday at B’s
Round Table restaurant in Pen
nville. Commissioner Powell is
chairman of the area group.
Powell admitted that
“taxes” is a dirty word. “No
matter how you say it, no
matter how you butter it up,
it’s still dirty to those who
have to pay them,” he added.
Other commissioners pre
sent for the district meeting
were Douglas Miller of Dade
County; Roy Parrish, Walker
County; and Olin Tatum, Bar
tow County. Special guests in
cluded Hill Healan, director of
the Association County Com-
Lionsand their ladies.
Lance’s chief opponent in
the governor’s race is expected
to be Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox,
who most political observers
say is certain to again seek the
governor’s office. Another pos
sible candidate is Rep. George
Busbee of Albany, majority
I leader of the Georgia House of
' Representatives.
Lance is married to the
former Laßelle David of Cal
houn. They are members of the
First United Methodist Church
of Calhoun. Lance has served
, as both treasurer and chairman
of that church’s official board.
The Lances have four children.
The Calhoun bank president
is a member of the board of
| trustees of Georgia State Uni
versity, a trustee of Reinhardt
I College, Waleska, a member of
I the Committee of 100 at
! Emory University in Atlanta,
and a member of the board of
. counselors of Oxford Uni
versity. He also serves as a
member of the advisory coun
cil of Agnes Scott College.
An interested audience was
on hand to hear Lance talk.
' Dinner was served prior to the
I speech.
Healan, executive director, Association County Com
missioners of Georgia; Rep gs Sloppy) Hoy I '
special guest; and Tom Sangster, Georgia Department
of Revenue.
missioners of Georgia; Tom
Sangster, director of local ser
vices, State Revenue Depart
ment; and Rep. James (Sloppy)
Floyd.
Miller and Parrish said they
favored a one-cent across-the
board sales tax increase, with
the additional revenue going to
the cities and counties.
“All counties need more
money, and could certainly use
more,” Powell told the as
sembled group. “But just men
tion the word “tax” and
you’ve got trouble.”
The Chattooga com
missioner continued by saying
that the ad valorem tax rate in
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Just in case you haven’t figured out what this is, it is
the ballet chorus for the annual follies. The act was
part of the “Chatt-A-Tooga Choo Choo,” sponsored
Monday and Tuesday nights by the Chattooga
way to honor their memory. The resolution introduced by Rep.
Rees provided that answer.
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill pro
claiming Nov. 11 as Veterans Day, he called for Americans
everywhere to rededicate themselves to the cause of peace. He
proclaimed the day an occasion for honoring veterans of all wars.
Living veterans and their families, plus the living descendants of
deceased veterans, make up about one-half of the population of
the United States.
The 90th Congress passed legislation in 1968 to change the
observance of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October.
The legislation was signed by the President on June 28, 1968. In
1971, Veterans Day was observed on the fourth Monday in
October, but veterans’ organizations across the nation resented
the moving of Veterans Day from the traditional date of Nov. 11.
Several states including Georgia already have redesignated Nov.
I 1 as Veterans Day.
Chattooga County amounts to
14 mills, if an additional sales
tax became a reality, the rate
here could be cut to four or
five mills.
“I definitely favor the sales
tax increase,” Powell added.
Healan explained to the
group the state association’s
fight to find some means to
reduce ad valorem taxes.
At the conclusion of the
meeting and dinner, Com
missioner Powell was reelected
to serve another year as chair
man of the district association.
Members of the Floyd and
Cobb delegations were unable
to attend the meeting.
City’s Election
Balloting Light
Evans Scoggins will become
Summerville’s first new mayor
in 12 years when he takes over
the reins of city government in
January.
Scoggins rode to an un
opposed victory in Saturday’s
mayoral contest. The mayor
elect, who is personnel director
at Fabrics America’s local plant,
received 518 complimentary
votes.
Scoggins will succeed J. R.
Dowdy, who will have com
pleted three terms as mayor
when he retires from the office
at the end of the year. Mayor
Dowdy announced several
weeks before the election that
he would not be a candidate to
succeed himself.
Ira H. Pollard Jr. scored a
“first” in city politics by being
the first member of the Negro
race to be elected to the Sum
merville City Council. He was
an unsuccessful candidate fora
| seat on the council two years
ago.
Pollard handily defeated
Tommy Baker, his only op
ponent in the race for Seat No.
1, by a vote of 375 to 221. ’
Earl (Red) Parris rode to
victory over two opponents for
Seat No. 2 on the City Council
without a runoff. The winning
candidate received 3 17 votes to
140 for W. R. (Bill) Coker and
' 117 votes for Max R. Cooper,
j Parris was also an unsuccessful
candidate for a council seat
two years ago.
The two council seats are
now held by Charles (Jack)
Ledford and O. H. Perry,
neither of whom sought re
election. Other members of the
City Council are Jess Mitchell,
I Seat No. 3; Sewell Cash, Seat
No. 4; and Charles Brooks,
Seat No. 5. The three iast
| named councilmen have two
years remaining of their terms.
The turnout for Saturday’s
city election was far below
what many political observers
had hoped. A total of only 6)4
[votes was cast. This represents
aboul one-third of the number
; of registered voters.
The mayor-elect said, “I
| want to work for the good of
County Hospital Auxiliary, and played to some
800-1,000 persons. The ballet dancers are, L-R: A. J.
Strickland, Jimmy Strickland, Clyde Davis, Jim Hun
ter, Ben Mosley, Jack Mayo, and J. P. Smith.
The focal point for Veterans Day observance continues to be
the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, built around the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier(s) at Arlington National Cemetery.
At 11 a.m. on Veterans Day, a combined color guard,
representing all military services, presents arms at the lomb ot
the Unknown Soldier(s). The nation’s tribute to its war dead is
symbolized by the laying of a presidential wreath as a bugler
sounds taps. The balance of the ceremony takes place at the
amphitheater. Six flaming torches are carried down the aisle by
military representatives of six embassies, and presented to rep
resentatives of American veterans’ organizations as a symbol of
veterans of the free world.
Sunday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. And what day is more
appropriate than Veterans Day to rededicate ourselves, as a time
to again stand together to uphold the honor of oui nation?
Veterans Day is the day to join hands in an effort to maintain
everlasting “peace with honor.”
the city. That was my only
purpose in running. 1 hope to
work in an atmosphere of
harmony with the members of
the council, city employees,
and the people of Sum
merville.”
Scoggins said he would like
to see the street signs through
out the city improved and all
the gutters and ditches cleaned
out.
“We hope to give every resi
dent of the city sewerage,
water, and fire protection.
They are entitled to these ser
vices.”
The mayor-elect and two
counciimen-elect will take of
fice Jan. 1 for four-year terms.
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Special Program
VFW Post 6688 and
American Legion Post 129 will
jointly sponsor a Veterans Day
program Sunday at Chattooga
County Memorial Home.
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The special event will be a
tribute to the nation’s fighting
men, and especially to those
Chattoogans who have given
their lives in the service of their
country.
The program is scheduled to
begin at 2 p.m. Rep. Nathan
Dean of Rockmart will be the
main speaker for the Veterans
Day program. A veteran of six
terms in the Georgia House of
Representatives, Rep. Dean is a
member of the House Approp
riations Committee, Defense
and Veterans Affairs Com
mittee, and the Interstate
Corporation Committee. A vet
eran of the Korean War, Dean
is married and has two boys.
Rep. James (Sloppy) Floyd
will serve as master of cere
monies and will introduce the
guest speaker. Floyd and Dean
have served for a number of
years together in the Georgia
House. The Trion High School
Band will furnish music for the
occasion. The Rev. A. A. Tan
ner will deliver the invocation
and the benediction.
The Trion band will play
musical selections before the
start of the program.
Refreshments of baked
ham, potato salad, homemade
cakes, coffee, and Cokes will
be served following the pro
gram.
All residents of the Chat
tooga County area are invited
to join members of the two
service organizations and their
families for this special pro
gram. The program committee
urges all patriotic Chattoogans
to attend. Your families and
friends are welcome.
Show your patriotism. At
tend this special tribute to
Chattooga County’s veterans.