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Title I
The Chattooga County
Board of Education met
Monday night in Supt. Bill
King’s office with all members
present. Joel Cook, chairman,
presided.
The board agreed to pur
chase the school child accident
insurance from Bankers
Fidelity, the same as pre
viously, with the same benefits,
$3 for each child.
The board opened bids on
Workmen’s Compensation, but
due to the fact that some bids
appeared to be submitted with
different conditions stated, no
decision was made. A decision
will be made at a later time as
to which is the best and lowest
bid, following a study of the
bids. No more bids will be
taken.
In other action, the board:
—Approved a bus to go to
the Shriner Circus in Atlanta.
—Approved Bishop’s con
struction bill of some $25,000.
—Approved use of two class
rooms at the Junior High
School next year for Adult
Education classes.
—Agreed to participate in
local staff development pro
gram, with some local money,
provided the Trion system will
go their proportionate share,
not to exceed $2,500 for both
systems.
Approved participation in
Title I program for next year.
—Approved Junior High
gymnasium for the 40 and 8
initiation May 31.
—Planned to have classes for
precautions and procedure for
the school to take in case of a
tornado. The Civil Defense will
provide the instructions.
VFW to Elect
New Officers
Friday Night
VFW Post 6688 will elect
1975-76 officers Friday night
at its regular meeting at Chat
tooga County Memorial Home.
The meeting is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Commander Joe Wiley urges
all members to be present for
this important meeting. He also
urges those 1974 members
whose dues have not been paid
to do so within the next few
days in order that the local
post can meet its assigned
quota.
Red Cross, Shrine Club
Shooting for 100 Donors
A Bloodmobile from the
Atlanta Regional Red Cross
Center will be in Summerville
today as the local Red Cross
chapter continues its program
to raise 750 units of blood so
the county will qualify for free
blood under the county plan.
The mobile unit will be at
the Summerville Recreation
Center from 12:30 until 5:30
p.m. Local Red Cross officials
and the Chattooga Shrine Club,
which is spearheading today’s
drive, are shooting for at least
100 units of blood.
Meeting Scheduled
The Chattooga Linebackers
Club will hold its monthly
meeting Monday, April 21, at
7:30 p.m. at the M&M Cafe
teria. .
All rodeo committee chair
men and members of these
committees are urged to be
present, as final plans for the
rodeo will be discussed.
UNCLE NED SEZ:
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I see where the Bloodmobile
is a-gonna be here agin today,
and that us folks needs to give
at least 100 pints of blood.
From what I can under
stand, Mister Editor, that shore
is a good program when we can
git all the blood we need free.
Let’s hope we git enough to
meet the quota. We can’t
afford to let a good thing like
that git away.
Yores truly,
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BEER, WHISKY CONFISCATED IN COUNTYWIDE RAIDS
Law enforcement officers are shown unloading a
cache of beer and whisky at the Chattooga County
Jail that was confiscated in a series of countywide
raids. Sheriff Gary McConnell said the raids were
Hospital Auxiliary
Votes to ‘Give Up'
At a meeting Tuesday
night at Chattooga County
Hospital, the Hospital
Auxiliary voted to disband
the organization after four
years of operations.
The reason given for
the action was that it was
found to be impossible to
get new officers due to the
restrictions placed on the
organization by the Chat
tooga County Hospital
Authority.
It was felt by those
members present that dis
banding the organization
was the only thing that
could be done.
Robbery Reported
Susy Edgeworth of a Martin
Street address reported to
Summerville police that some
one had stolen a tool box from
the back of a truck.
She reportedly chased a per
son believed to be the robber,
but he escaped in a car with a
“loud exhaust.”
A downtown parade was
held Wednesday to place
emphasis on today’s drive to
raise the needed number of
units to meet the county’s
assigned quota.
On the previous visits of the
Bloodmobile to Summerville,
the quota has not been met.
Ths sponsors of the blood
program in Chattooga County
are hoping for better results
today.
Registered nurses and tech
nical assistants will join with
chapter volunteers to process
donors as efficiently as pos
sible, while making the experi
ence pleasant and rewarding, a
Red Cross spokesman said.
The entire donation proce
dure takqs about 45 minutes
from start to finish. The actual
donation period takes about
seven minutes. The additional
Rep. McDonald Talks
“The 94th Congress may
well turn out to be the most
irresponsible session in the his
tory of the nation,” Rep. Larry
McDonald told a small group
of Chattoogans Friday during
an impromptu luncheon meet
ing at B’s Round Table restau
rant.
The seventh district con
gressman indicated that his
remark was based on “eco
nomic instability.” He pointed
to the huge deficit which the
federal government will incur
this year, amounting to some
S7O billion dollars.
“That is what destroys civ-
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTCXXIA COUNTY. GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1975
City Council Meets
In Routine Session
It was mostly routine busi
ness for the Summerville City
Council Monday night at its
April meeting, attended by
Mayor Evans Scoggins and
Councilmen Sewell Cash, Jess
Mitchell, Earl (Red) Parris, and
Ira Pollard Jr.
James Meredith, represent
ing Georgia Rug Mill, appeared
before the council to discuss a
proposed water rate increase.
The proposal had been made
by McCrary Engineering Co. of
Atlanta, which is conducting
an engineering survey of the
city’s water system.
The council announced that
no decision on the proposal
would be made until after a
special meeting on April 23 has
been held to further discuss the
matter.
Harvey McCollum, repre
senting First National Bank,
asked the council to give con
sideration to dividing up the
city’s accounts. Mayor
Scoggins told McCollum that it
had already been discussed, but
time is needed to take the
donor’s medical history, tem
perature, blood pressure,
among other things.
Persons who weigh more
than 110 pounds and are 18
through 66 years of age are
potential donors. Only those
with a history of jaundice,
malaria, hepatitis, or a malig
nancy are not accepted. Re
strictions may be placed in
certain other conditions.
As long as Chattoogans
donate at least 750 units each
year, residents of the county
are covered for all their blood
needs in the United States and
Canada. And the blood itself is
always free.
There should be at least
eight weeks between dona
tions, and a person should not
donate blood more than five
times in any one year.
ilizations,” he added.
McDonald met with a repre
sentative group of local resi
dents to further carry out his
plan to meet often with con
stituents in each of the coun
ties of the seventh district. Fri
day marked the third visit here
of the congressman since he
took office.
Rep. McDonald pointed to
several influences that hamper
good government, placing
special interest groups near the
top of the list. He said one
group is financed by the “super
wealthy,” and that they exert
tremendous power in Washing-
carried out after three weeks of undercover work by
the Chattooga County Sheriffs Department and state
revenue agents. Some 256 cases of beer and three and
one-half cases of whisky were seized.
did not elaborate.
A discussion was also held
in regard to hiring two full
time firemen. It was related
that Commissioner Harry
Powell had agreed to pay up tn
$7,000 as salary for one of the
full-time firemen, with the city
paying an equal amount for
another fireman. No decision
was made Monday night after
it was decided to talk further
with Commissioner Powell.
A letter was read from O. G.
Morehead, chairman of the
Recreation and Parks Board,
saying the board had recom
mended that recreation direc
tor Clyde Davis be granted a
salary increase of SI,OOO a
year. The council tabled the
item for further discussion.
“We’d like to know if other
Recreation Department em
ployees have been considered
for salary increases, too,”
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CONGRESSMAN DISCUSSES TODAY’S ISSUES
Rep. Larry McDonald is shown in a
discussion with State Rep. John Craw
ford and Mrs. Virginia Shropshire, who
retired two years ago after teaching 40
years in Chattooga County schools.
ton.
In commenting on a recent
speech by President Ford,
McDonald labeled a request by
the President for nearly $1
billion in additional aid for
South Vietnam as a “perplex
ing and confusing” develop
ment in the United States’ in
volvement in the fate of that
Southeast Asian country.
“Some points in the Presi
dent’s speech sounded pretty
good but others left me, and, I
think, most people, somewhat
confused,” he added.
“It sounded to me like some
of the Kissenger-style speeches
Councilman Cash said.
In other action, the council:
—Approved payment of
$10,500 to Read, Martin, and
Slickman of Rome for an audit
made of the accounts of three
city departments.
-Approved payment of
$2,756.75 to city attorney
T. J. Espy for legal services.
- Approved the installation
of new street signs at each of
the city’s intersections. The
amount of this peoject will be
$6,323.30, less discount.
-Approved taxi licenses for
Joe Fay Dacus and Edward R.
McNair.
-Made final adoption on an
ordinance to change the name
of Cemetery Street to North
Washington Street.
- Made final adoption on an
ordinance to prohibit parking
on a certain section of North
Scoggins Street.
McDonald was in town Friday to meet
with a group of Chattoogans for a
luncheon meeting at B’s Round Table
restaurant. The congressman plans to
meet with other groups at a later date.
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of the Nixon administration
where we appear to say one
thing but we really don’t say
anything,” the Marietta con
gressman said. “There was no
clear design in the speech, no
clear purpose.”
McDonald said that person
ally he did not think the Presi
dent was being totally honest
with the American people in
his request for an additional
$722 million in military aid
and some $250 million in
“humanitarian” assistance for
war-tom South Vietnam.
Claiming that you would
not have to “hunt far” to find
‘Crackdown’
Continues On
Local Scene
Raids Net Beer and Whisky
Continuing a crackdown on
the rising incidence of crime in
the area, the Chattooga County
Sheriff’s Department led a
series of raids here several days
ago that netted some 256 cases
of beer and three and one-half
cases of whiskey.
Joining forces in carrying
out the county wide raids were
the sheriff’s department, state
revenue agents, and Georgia
state troopers. Some 14 differ
ent places were visited during
the series of raids, which
Sheriff Gary McConnell said
were carried out after three
weeks of undercover work by
the sheriff’s department and
state revenue agents.
Six persons were charged on
counts of possessing and selling
whiskey and selling beer. The
sheriff identified those arrested
as Bobby Bean, Route 1,
Trion; Willis Reed;Claude (Bo)
Gentry, Rossville Boulevard,
Trion; Truman Lowery, Route
1, Trion; Frances Nell Town
send, Spring Creek Road,
Trion; and Otis Bentley, Route
1, Bolling Road, Summerville.
All were released under bonds
of $4,000 until the August
term of Chattooga Superior
Court.
Sheriff McConnell also
reported that John Whitten,
Route 4, Summerville, was
charged on two counts of
selling beer and one count of
possessing beer. Whitten’s bond
was also set at $4,000.
Ollie Dan Koonce, Route 4,
Summerville, was charged with
one count of possessing beer
and one count of selling beer.
Bond was set at $2,000.
Records in the sheriff’s
office also show that:
—Carl Overdear of Cloud
land was charged on two
counts of selling beer and one
count of possessing beer. Bond
was set at SI,OOO.
-Willie Frazier of Cloud
land was charged on one count
of possessing beer for sale.
Frazier’s bond was set at
SI,OOO.
the reasons for failure ot suc
cess in Southeast Asia, McDon
ald said three reasons override
many others:
1. At no time did the joint
American-South Vietnamese
effort have as their goal the
, winning of the war.
2. The so-called “peace
'agreement” was simply an ex
cuse for the United States to
“get out.” We knew full well
that the Vietcong would not
live up to any peace agreement.
3. Throughout the conflict,
the United States continued to
send supplies to the Commu
nist countries who supplied the
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Mills
of a Seventh Street address
were charged on two counts of
selling beer, possessing Tennes
see tax-paid whiskey and
selling Tennessee tax-paid
whiskey. Bonds were set at
$2,000 each.
-Eugene Burnette of Cloud
land was charged on two
counts of possessing beer and
two counts of selling beer.
Bond was set at $4,000.
-Louise Barrette, Spring
Creek Road, Trion, was
charged with possessing and
selling beer, possessing whiskey
for sale, and selling whiskey.
Bond was also set at $4,000.
-Eugene Bigham, Route 1,
Summerville, was charged with
possessing beer, selling beer,
possessing whiskey, and selling
whiskey. Bond was set at
$4,000.
Sheriff McConnell also said
that Billy Eugene Norton Jr.,
Route 1, Summerville, and
Michael Wayne Blevins of
Chickamauga were charged
with possessing marijuana.
Former Mayor
Buried Monday
Funeral services were held
, Monday for former Mayor
O. H. Perry, who died at 4:05
a.m. Saturday at his home at
201 Martin St.
Mr. Perry was bom in Chat
tooga County on Sept. 30,
1902, son of the late Claude
and Nell Perry. He was a life
long resident of the county and
a member of Summerville First
Baptist Church, Chattooga
Lodge 704 F&AM, and a life
time member of the Georgia
Municipal Association.
In addition to serving as
mayor of Summerville. Mr.
Perry also served on the City
Council for 10 years.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Thelma Love
Perry, on Dec. 23, 1971; a
sister, Nellie Packer; and a
brother, Glen Perry.
Surviving are three daugh-
Gov. Camp
Will Visit
Local Lions
Paul W. Camp Jr., governor
of District 18-A, Lions inter
national, will make an official
visit to the Summerville Lions
Club on Tuesday, April 22.
A native of Rome, Lion
Camp has exemplified out
standing leadership as a
member of the Rome Lions
Club for the past 21 years. On
the district level, he has held
the office of zone chairman
and deputy district governor,
as well as chairman of several
cabinet level committees.
Camp is in the home con
struction business and is a
member of Trinity United
Methodist Church of Rome. He
and his wife, Eulaine, have a
daughter, Linda, 19, and a son,
John, 16.
Group
Vietcong. While our men bled
and died, we fed, comforted,
and supplied the enemy.
“That is madness,” McDon
ald said emphatically. ■
Among those present for
Friday’s meeting were Rep.
John Crawford, Sheriff Gary
McConnell, a pastor, two stu
dents, a retired school teacher,
and a number of businessmen.
Perhaps the most significant
statement made by the con
gressman was: “We must stand
up as Americans. We must stop
subsidizing our enemies.”
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Both were released under
bonds of $2,500.
Sheriff’s department records
also show that one male
juvenile was charged with
burglary and criminal damage
to property and released under
a $5,000 bond until the August
term of court.
Two Menlo juveniles were
charged with arson in
connection with a Saturday
night fire at Camp Juliette Low
at Cloudland. The two youths
are being held in the Rome
Youth Development Center
until April 24, when a hearing
will be held before Juvenile
Court Judge Jerry Westbrook.
James Edward Key, 28, Cloud
land, was also charged with
arson in connection with the
same incident, Sheriff
McConnell said.
One juvenile girl was
charged with aggravated assault
and released on bond.
Sheriff McConnell said:
“We’ve made the cases; it’s
now up to the court and juries
to take it from there.”
ters, Mrs. Doyle Lenderman,
Mrs. Verlon Thompson, and
Wylene Perry, all of Summer
ville; 10 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and other
relatives.
Funeral services were held
from Summerville First Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. Monday, with
Revs. Joe K. Tanner, James
Thompson, Herby Cook, and
Wrathburn Cash officiating.
Interment was in Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Ray
mond Thompson, Robert
Floyd, Dock White, William
Eilenburg, Joe Alexander, and
T. J. Espy. Honorary pall
bearers were members of Chat
tooga Masonic Lodge 704
F&AM, used car dealers of
Chattooga County, Dr. Jack
Meacham, Joe Hix, Bill
Worsham, Charles Cook, Kelly
Bulman, A. A. Flood, W. E.
Turner, Pete Dooley, Woodrow
Espy, D. T. Espy, Bud Warren,
J.T. Morgan, Harry McGinnis,
James Jackson, S. L. Smith,
Donnie Ragland, Dennis Cox,
and Marshall Lowry.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Sheriff’s Report
Chattooga Sheriff Gary
McConnell reports 127 cases
made during the past week,
making a total of 1,111 for the
year. Twenty-two persons are
housed in the county jail.
Forty-nine cases dealt with
beer, whiskey, drunkenness,
and driving under the influence
of an intoxicant. These cases
are listed as follows: possessing
and selling beer without li
cense, 15 cases; possessing beer
for resale, 7 cases; selling
whiskey, 1; possessing whiskey,
I; possessing Tennessee-tax
paid Beer for resale, 1; possess
ing and selling Georgia-tax-paid
whiskey, 1; possessing Geor
gia-tax-paid whiskey for resale,
4; driving under the influence
of an intoxicant, 11; and pub
lic drunkenness, 8.
Other cases are listed as fol
lows: possessing marijuana and
paraphernalia, 2; burglary, 5;
driving on revoked license, 4;
off peace bond, 1; expired tag,
1; driving on wrong side of
road, 2; driving without a
cense, 2; aggravated sodomy,
abandonment, 1; resisting ai
rest, 1; theft of motor vehicle,
1; aggravated assault, 1; off
bond, 1; bad check, 3; im
proper tag, 1; no driver’s li
cense, 1; peace warrant, 5; im
proper license, 2; capias, 2;
criminal trespassing, 1; no MVI
sticker, 2; no tag, 1; probation
warrant, 1; speeding, 3; crimi
nal damage to private property,
2; aggravated battery, I;arson,
2; permitting unlicensed person
to drive, 1