VOLUME 87 — NUMBER 41
Surgeon
Planning
Practice
A graduate of Bangkok,
Thailand, medical school will
establish a medical practice in
Summerville, according to an
announcement made here this
week.
Steve Snapp, administrator
of Chattooga County Hospital,
said Dr. Methee (Mettie) Vana
dilok will move to Summerville
with his family when he com
pletes a three-year residency in
surgery in June, 1974.
Dr. Vanadilok is expected
to establish a medical office
here about July 15.
He was graduated from the
medical school of Chulalong
karn Medical University in
Bangkok in 1966, coming to
the United States later that
year to pass the foreign med
ical doctors’ entrance examina
tion.
Since that time, Dr. Vana
dilok has served a one-year
internship at Resurrection Hos
pital in Chicago and a two-year
residency in surgery at Erlanger
Hospital in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Vanadilok also grad
uated from Chulalongkarn
Medical University. With a B.S.
degree in nursing, she is a regis
tered nurse and a registered
midwife. The Vanadiloks have
a one-year-old daughter, Pata
vee.
Dr. Vanadilok will come to
Summerville as a board-certi
fied surgeon. In addition to
surgery, he will engage in gen
eral practice.
The Vanadiloks were special
guests Saturday at a dinner at
B’s Round Table restaurant.
Approximately 50 local resi
dents attended the dinner.
Shriners to Meet
Chattooga Shrine Club will
hold its monthly meeting Dec.
13 at B’s Round Table at 7:30
p.m.
Election of officers will be
held at this time. All Nobles
are urged to be present by
Lamar Allmon, president.
EDITORIAL
| Vote Wednesday!
Next Wednesday, the voters of Chattooga
County will again go to the polls to decide the
§ question: “Shall there be authorized to be issued
:•: $900,000 Chattooga School District bonds?”
£ A very small percentage of the registered
voters in the county voted against a similar bond
issue on May 22. It is so small a percentage of the
x voters deciding so important an issue that is cause
x for concern.
There are more than 8,000 Chattoogans eligi
:•: ble to vote in the Dec. 19 election. How many of :
those voters will go to the polls this time?
Why does Chattooga High School need a :
$ gymnasium? The simple answer to that question is :
$ that they don’t have one. The physical plant at the ■
county high school compares favorably with most •
S other such facilities in the state . . . but with one :
exception: no gymnasium. :
* Other answers could be that a suitable building :
is needed on the school grounds for an expanded
physical education program, an assembly room
large enough to adequately take care of the needs
•: of the schools, a place for other schools activities, ;
:• to name only a few.
It is a source of embarrassment for students :
:■ and school officials and a blot on our community :
:• pride that other schools in the district will not :
> schedule basketball games with Chattooga High :
•: School because of the inadequate facilities of the :
•: more-than-40-year-old gymnasium the Indians are •
■: now forced to use. •
Os course, nobody likes a tax increase. And it •
:• is only natural that we take a long, hard look at •
•: any proposal which would increase local taxes.
It has been estimated that a new gymnasium J
< would cost some $500,000. Yes, that sounds like a £
very large sum, and might easily “scare” many :■
? taxpayers. But when the sum is broken down, it
: doesn’t look quite so bad.
For the average homeowner, the increase •:
: would amount to less than ten cents a week!
Approval of the bond issue would also make $
i funds available for additions and repairs at other 5
: county schools. School officials feel that these :•
: projects are needed and, at the present time, the :•
• only way to carry them out. ;
This will perhaps be the last chance for several •:
years to approve funds for a gymnasium and school •:
improvements. Those who favor the issue must go
to the polls Wednesday. <
We hone vou will vote “yes” on Dec. 19.
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CHATTOOGA ALL-STARS CAPTURE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
The Chattooga County All-Stars (12-year-olds) ex
press jubilation after winning the state GRPS cham
pionship. The local lads defeated Douglas County by
a score of 6-0 to win the coveted title. This marked
Education Program Funds
OK’d for Trion, Chattooga
Proposals of Chattooga
County’s two school systems
for supplementary instruc
tional activities and supportive
services to be funded under
Title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) have been approved
for the regular 1973-74 school
year, according to an an-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1973
nouncement by H. Titus
Singletary Jr., associate super
intendent for instructional
services, State Department of
Education.
A sum of $143,042 was ap
proved for the Chattooga
County school system and
$5,477 for the Trion City
school system, according to the
report.
Title 1 programs are de
signed for the education of
deprived children who reside in
eligible school attendance
areas.
The first quarter allotment
authorized for Georgia under a
congressional continuing reso
lution (Public Law 93-52) was
$39,947,788.
The amount of funds allo
cated to each state is deter
mined by the number of chil
dren, ages five to 17, from
families with incomes of
$2,000 or less, as based on the
1970 census data; the number
of children in the same age
group who benefit from the
Aid to Families with Depend
ent Children program; and the
number of children who reside
in institutions for the neg
lected.
Each public school system
which desired to participate in
the Title I program this year
was required to submit a
project proposal for approval
by the Georgia Department of
Education.
Funds for the remainder of
fiscal year 1974 are contingent
Court Fines
At *5,777
The Chattooga County
Court of Ordinary reported
127 cases handled during the
month of November. Fines
amounted to $5,777.
Thirty-five cases were made
for speeding, which headed the
list of offenses. Next was
driving under the influence of
intoxicants, with 22 cases
made. Thirteen cases were
made for driving without a
license.
Other cases were listed as
follows:
Permitting a person under
the influence of intoxicants to
drive, 2; driving with an im
proper license, 3; driving with a
revoked license, 5; permitting
an unlicensed person to drive,
1; improper use of a learner's
license, 2; driving without a
Motor Vehicle Inspection
sticker, 3; driving with an
expired Motor Vehicle Inspec
tion sticker, 8; driving with an
improper Motor Vehicle In
spection sticker, 1; improper
passing, 3.
Also, driving with an ex
pired tag, 4; driving without a
tag, 4; driving with an im
proper tag, 3; reckless conduct
with a motor vehicle, 3; driving
on the wrong side of the road,
2; failure to yield right of way,
7; illegal parking, 3; following
too close, 1; and improper
parking, 2.
the first time a local team has won a GRPS state
championship in football. The championship trophy
can be seen in background.
on congressional action and
approval by President Nixon,
according to Billy Tidwell,
Georgia Title I ESEA adminis
trator.
Supt. Bill King said the
funds would be used in the
Lyerly Youth Dies
Os Gunshot Wound
The Chattooga County
Sheriff’s Department reported
that a 16-year-old Lyerly
youth was shot about 1:20
a.m. Tuesday south of Lyerly
on Georgia 114.
Clark Jones reportedly died
in Floyd Hospital, Rome, after
receiving a gunshot wound in
the chest from a 38-caL pistol.
Sheriff Gary McConnell said
James Paul (Johnny) Faulkner
Jr., 28, was arrested and
charged with murder in con
nection with the shooting. He
was released Tuesday on a
SIO,OOO bond.
In other action, the sheriff’s
department reported 27 cases
handled during the week,
bringing the total to 3,5 24 for
the year.
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CHATTOOGANS DONATE GIFTS FOR MENTAL PATIENTS
A total of 90 gifts was collected this year for delivery
to Central State Hospital at Milledgeville. Thirty-six
gifts were collected in Trion, 32 at Summerville, and
22 at Menlo for the annual project sponsored by the
Georgia Municipal Association. Shown with some of
the packages are Menlo Mayor George Payne, I rion
Chattooga County schools to
finance programs in this area in
reading and mathematics.
to Supt. A. J.
i St'riCKumd, the ESEA funds
will be used al Trion in the
area of reading.
Cases are listed as follows.
Driving under the influ
ence, 7.
- Expired tag, 3.
Peace warrant, 1.
Revoked license, I.
Driving without a license,
1.
Intoxicated at private resi
dence, 1.
Abandonment, I.
Probation revocation lor
Walker County, 1.
Juvenile petition, 1,
No MVI sticker, 2.
Hunting in closed season,
I.
Absolute, 1.
Public drunkenness, 3.
Driving with improper tag,
1.
Fighting, 2.
Voters Decide
Fate of Bonds
December 19
More Than 8,000
Residents Eligible
Chattooga County voters
will decide the fate of a
$900,000 bond election next
Wednesday. Those who go to
the polls will be asked to mark
“yes” or “no” whether they
will approve the bonds.
More than 8,000 persons are
eligible Io vote in the Dec. 19
election, the second bond elec
tion this year, in the county’s
13 precincts. Residents living
within the Trion city limits will
not be eligible to vote.
II the bond issue is ap
proved by a majority of those
voting, the money would be
used to build a gymnasium at
Chattooga High School and to
make additions and repairs at
other schools in the county
systems.
Local residents voted down
an SBOO,OOO bond issue on
May 22. The vote was 925 for
and 968 against. Only five pre
cincts Coldwater. Dirttown,
Haywood, L.yerly, and Sum
merville favored the bond issue
in the May election.
The polls will be open from
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in all of the
county precincts.
Election managers for the
various precincts are listed
below:
Alpine: A. B. Day, Claude
Baker, U. E Dav
Cloudland: E. L. Pless,
Mrs. Baker Willingham, Mrs.
I L Pless.
Coldwater: Mrs. Bob
Brison, Mrs. Mark Strawn, Paul
Brison.
Dirttown: Mrs. Dorothy
Toles, Mrs. Mary Cordon, Don
Cordon.
Dirtseller: W IL Aber
nathy, Max R. Jones, Mrs.
E. L. Harrison.
Haywood: N. E. Peddy
coart, J. C. Lee, M H. Barclay.
Lyerly: James S. Taylor,
' Willard Jackson, Mrs. W. H.
I Smith Jr.
Pennville: W. H. Mc-
Cauley. Mrs. W II McCauley,
Mrs. Henry Miller.
Seminole: Doyle Gayler,
Meeting Scheduled
The Chattooga County
Linebackers Club is scheduled
to meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 17, at the Summerville
Recreation Center.
A board of directors and
officers for the coining year
will be elected at this meeting.
All members are urged to be
present.
Mayor J.C. Woods, Iris Plummer, Glenda Deßerry,
and Theresa Canada. The gifts were delivered Wednes
day by D. C. Greeson and Trion Councilman Carl
Williams. Mayor Woods said the late announcement
this year may have caused the number of gilts to drop
from 153 last year.
P B. White, M. D. Battles.
Summerville: John Salley,
J R. Burgess, Hershel Cass.
Subligna: B. D. Scoggins,
Mrs. Melvin Plunkett, Mrs.
AT MEMORIAL HOME
Annual Party
December 16
One of the biggest events of
the year will come up Sunday
when Mason-McCauley Post
6688, VEW. and American
Legion Post 129 again sponsor
a Christmas party for Chat
tooga County’s underprivileged
children.
More than 500 youngsters
are expected to turn out for
once-a-year event at Chattooga
County Memorial Home.
The program will begin at 2
p.m. with a Christmas program
arranged by the ladies auxil
iaries of the two service organi
zations. The group will join in
the singing of Christ mas carols
in front of the “big tree.” ■
After the appearance of
Santa Claus, the children will
receive toys, candy, fruit, and
nuts. For some of these young
sters, these gifts will perhaps be
the only things they will re
ceive for Christmas.
live transportation from
the Menlo, West Summerville,
and Summerville areas will be
furnished for those who need a
ride to the party. A bus will
leave Menlo at I 1:30 a.m. and
will stop at Crowe’s store in
West Summerville at 11:45
a.m. The bus will leave the
Chattooga County Courthouse
at noon for the trip to the
Memorial Horne.
The bus from the Chal
toogaville and Lyerly areas will
not run this year, according to
R. C. Price, committee chair
man.
The two service organiza
tions will hold a joint meeting
Friday night to sack up the
candy, fruit, and nuts for the
party. All members of Post
6688 and Post I 29 are asked to
be present to help with the
PRICE 15c
Mary Loggins.
-Teloga: Clyde Powell,
J. A. Vinyard, Cicero Ford.
Trion: Roy M. Fallis, Mrs.
Clara B. Allmon, and Carl Wil
liams.
It would be hard to predict
the outcome of the Dec. 19
vote, most voters have not ex
pressed an opinion. Officials
are hoping, however, that a
large number of voters will go
to the polls.
final arrangements.
A big treat is in store for
many of the county’s young
sters on Sunday.
The two service organiza
tions carry out several com
munity service programs during
the year, but the annual Christ
mas party is the highlight of
them all.
Burglaries,
V andalism
Reported
A number of cases of burg
lary and vandalism were
reported by the Summerville
Police Department during the
past week.
Dot Wilson reported some
one broke the window out of
her 1971 Volkswagen while she
was driving.
M. T. Woods reported two
wheels and tires stolen off his
pickup truck, and three tool
boxes stolen.
Between noon and midnight
on Dec. 5, Jesse L. Miller re
ported his house at 204 Con
gress St. was ransacked.
Mr. Long of Sittons Apart
ments reported that someone
broke the glass in the door and
went in his apartment. He re
ported missing a clock radio
and some groceries.
On Saturday, a report was
made of plate glass being
broken in the Jottum Down
Store on Highland Avenue.
On Sunday, William Hughes
of 104 Fourth St. reported
that someone had stolen two
guns out of his truck at his
home the previous night.
Fires Reported
Two houses on North Com
merce Street caught fire within
a three-hour period Saturday.
One was a total loss.
At 12:50 p.m. George Dean
look the Summerville fire
truck to a fire at the residence
of Peggy Abernathy at 424 N.
Commerce St. Extensive
damage was reported to the
interior of the house.
Al 3:20 p m., the Summer
ville Fire Department answered
a call to a house at 428 N.
Commerce St., which was re
ported a total loss.
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