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By ELBERT FORESTER
Editor, The Dade County Sentind $
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¥ Worth it?—Well yes, and no—l reckon. What I’m talkin’ :•:
:•; about, just in case you want to get a one-horse load of ¥
x letters and cards and umteen hundred phone calls, just get ¥
¥ out somewhere and get your head skint and then give an g
account of it in The Summerville News, Walker County ¥
¥ Messenger, The Catoosa County News and The Dade ¥
$ County Sentinel. Brother, you’ll hear from people you ain’t ¥
never heard of before—and the thing of it is, all of 'em will
¥ be on your side. Yeah, you’ll hear from 'em from the ¥
5: uttermost parts of the world. ¥
¥ Worth it? Well, again, I say kinda left to the individual, 1 g
¥ suppose. Iffen anyone wants to try it out for themselves,
just remember that such a deal, is rather expensive and
S must say sorta painful like, too; you know what I mean, x
¥ But, be that as it may, thanks the same amount as the ¥
¥ national debt to so many for so much . . . May your tribes
increase. ¥
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¥ Faith-1 don’t know what brought this on, unless it was ¥
¥: some of Nick Power’s doings. ¥
S Anyhow, the story is told of three nuns who took a trip ¥
¥ to the big city to purchase some equipment for their ¥
hospital and, on their way home, ran out of gas. They g
x finally located a service station a mile down the road, but ¥
¥ the attendants had no container for them to carry the g
¥ gasoline in. After pondering their predicament, a solution g
¥ to their problems struck one of them! They had just g
purchased a case of bedpans, so they hurried back to their g
¥ car where each got a bedpan, walked back to the station, x
had the pans filled and gently carried them back to the g
$• stalled car. ¥
¥ As one nun was in the process of pouring the gas from g
g; her bedpan into the gas tank, and the other two nuns were
:¥ hovering nearby waiting their turn, a car with two drunks g
¥ rounded the corner and slowed down as they neared the g
¥• nuns. Both quietly surveyed the scene and then one drunk
:g slowly turned to the other and said, “Man, now that’s ¥
¥ what you call faith!”
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:¥ Then There-Was the doctor who examined the patient g
■¥ and cheerfully told her .. . “Mrs. Jones, I have some ¥
¥• wonderful news for you!” “Doctor,” replied the patient, g
¥ “it’s 'Miss’ Jones, NOT Mrs.!” g
¥ “Well then, ‘Miss Jones,’ ” answered the doctor, “I’m g;
¥ afraid I have some mighty bad news for you.” (Wish I ¥
hadn’t dragged them out—too late now, though—yeah). g
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•¥ It was Good—To hear from you, Marguerite-bless you g
¥ and I’m glad the old hoss is on the mend. “Old Hoss” is :<
¥: Horace, I just put that in there. Horace, according to his g
;¥ dear one, is able to do around a little. Good for him. By the g
¥• way, Horace allows that some of our politicians change
¥ sides as often as a windshield wiper. g
•¥ I’ve been spelling Marguerite “Margaret.” Oh, well, when ¥
¥ 1 mentioned Juanita Caldwell’s name, I want to spell it g
g “Wanita.” Juanita reports the fellow who said, “I’ve already g
¥ spent my rebate-I’m using it as a down payment on a ¥
:¥ week’s groceries.
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¥ Leo Aikman—(Atlanta Constitution) likes this: “If we ¥:
¥ had no troubles on earth, heaven would be no change.” g
¥ (Kinda like that myself).
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¥ Bill Rhyne-Vows: “We should all take a lesson from the g
¥ girdle. It won its popularity by being able to adjust itself to ;g
¥ any circumstances” .. . Ann Lamb opines: “We can never
¥ do a kindness too soon, because we never know how soon it ¥
¥ will be too late.” (Right!). . . Stay in there, David Moss- x
¥ By doggies, I’m still on your side, and here’s wishing you ¥
¥ well—your family, too . . . Helen Cureton overheard: “My ¥
¥ husband says I am what he has left after taxes” . . . Cuz gj:
¥ Charlie tells of the fellow who said he had started working g
¥: out at a health club, and after three days, he was able to do x
¥ three-quarters of a chin-up, already .. . John Price ¥
¥ remembers when families were considered shiftless if they g
¥ lived from payday to payday. Now they wish they g;
¥ could . . . District Attorney Earl Self enjoys reading The :g
¥ Sentinel, he makes like-and clipped out something to keep g
¥ from a certain copy. Good for him . . . Had you thought— ¥
:g The flood of presidential aspirants is a purty good index of ¥
¥ the unemployment situation . . . David, or maybe it was g:
g Gene who contends that the dream of the older generation g
¥ was to pay off the mortgage, but the hope of today’s ¥
generation is to get one . . . Joyce, you and Peggy check g;
¥ that one. :¥
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¥ Woodrow-Commenting on this modem world, recalls: ¥
¥ “Man, you sure look worried.” ¥
g “I’ve got so many troubles in this world today that if g:
¥ anything happened today, it will be at least two weeks :g
before I can worry about it.” . . . The Summerville News g
g ran a mighty good editorial last week—captioned “Let’s Not g;
¥ Be Too Hasty.” (It had to do with all this brain wash about g
:$ “gun control.”) ¥
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¥ Congratulations—Col. and Mrs. Jess Mitchell on g
g half-century Wedding Anniversary- Yeah—Good deal, to ¥
¥ say the least. g;
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g Calls To Mind-(Nothing suggestive) the Texas publisher ¥
g; and wife who recently celebrated their 57th anniversary. ¥
x Someone asked what contributed to their long marriage, ¥
g and she replied, “I guess it’s because we would rather fight gg
g: than switch.” (Oh, me-I feel a headache cornin’on). ¥:
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g But-1 reckon its like Bro. Grant says: “The darkest gg
¥ hours are just before you kill two birds with one stone.” (I ¥
g don’t believe 1 got that exactly right. Don’t sound like g
¥ it—does it Reuben?) gt;
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:¥ Col. Collet-Tells us very confidentially that the people g
gg who will elect the next president of the United States will ¥
¥ be the people who don’t vote. (He’s dead right, and I can gg
¥ prove that by Col. Frank Gleason and Sonny Huggins.) ¥
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gg Pa Dave Reports this bumper sticker: “IRS Can Be ¥
¥ Hazardous to Your Health.” (Well, I’d say that IS the last g
gg straw, or something like that). ¥
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Anyhow I’ll be seein’ ye with this thought: For pity ¥
x sake, don’t ask any stupid questions, Congress is apt to
¥ appropriate some money to study ’em. ¥
A New Revival Is Sweeping the Nation: Gardening
There’s a world food short
age and people are starving.
Here at home the cost of sur
vival is sky high and “eatin’
high on the hog” is just a
gastronomical memory.
So, what have many of you
started doing? Gardening,
that’s what. The garden is
definitely back, folks.
Last year, Chattooga
County experienced the largest
resurgence in home gardening
since the Victory gardens of
World War 11. And more of you
will be out there hoeing and
harvesting again this year.
Gardens come in all sizes.
They range all over the lot,
lawn, yard, porch, patio, deck,
and balcony. Some are single
tomato plants in a bucket or
basket. Others are cornucopias
two acres long *nd an acre
wide.
And there are more of you
gardeners than ever. In 1973,
rising food costs lured price
conscious householders to the
good earth in record numbers.
And that was just the begin
ning.
County agents statewide
renorted a 1 00-percent increase
in requests for gardening infor
mation in 1974. In the 37-
county East District, where the
Extension Service campaigned
for gardens last year, the
increase was a whopping 500
percent.
M. H. Purcell, Chattooga
County Extension chairman,
says that requests to his office
for garden information have
increased “at least 50 percent”
during the past two years.
“We have already done
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A group of students at Summerville
Junior High School listen as Chattooga
County Sheriff Gary McConnell tells
them about the dangers of drug abuse.
Sheriff McConnell is shown explaining
IN RECENT SURVEY
Child Care Service
Gets First Priority
Title XX of the Social
Security Act, which goes into
effect Oct. 1, requires that the
social service needs of residents
of all geographic areas be taken
into account in the develop
ment of Georgia’s plan.
During March, citizens,
agencies, and various program
people in Chattooga and the
other nine counties of Service
Area I, Department of Human
Resources (DHR), were
contacted to obtain infor
mation on what services were
most needed in the area that
could be funded with Title XX
funds.
A citizen representative
from each county, along with
agency and program personnel
from the counties, formed a
geographical task force to
gather the information. Some
326 citizens and 144 agency
staff members participated,
according to Vivian Ellis, Area
I network director.
The citizen representative
from Chattooga County was
Revival Announced
For Welcome Hill
A revival will be held at
Welcome Hill Baptist Church
April 20-26. Services start at
7:30 p.m. Frank Craton will be
the evangelist. Special singing
will be held each service.
A nursery will be provided
during the revival.
The pastor, Jimmy Graves,
invited the public to attend.
St )M E CHATTt )()G ANS GROWING GARDENS FOK FIRST TIME
quite a lot of soil samples on
gardens,” he said. “Interest in
home gardens is higher here
now than at any time during
the 24 years I have been with
the Extension Service in Chat
tooga County.”
The county Extension chair
man said there is still time for
many plantings, and that some
of the “early planters” could
still be harvested.
“Lots of people in Chat
tooga County who have never
grown a garden before are now
sowing all types of seed,”
Purcell said.
And some of the newcomers
are discovering there’s more to
gardening than food, fuel, and
finances. That great satisfac
tion you get from growing
your own, for example.
Some-the more creative -
^utntnerutlle New
STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT DRUG ABUSE
Frances Smalley of Summer
ville.
“Citizens, agencies, and the
geographical task force were
asked to give priority ranking
to 26 services that could be
provided, as well as to present
additional services they felt
were needed,” Mrs. Ellis said.
“Child care services was the
number one priority from each
group for Service Area I.
Others with high priorities
by all groups were:
—Employment services;
-Educational and training
services;
-Health-related services;
—Family planning services;
—Protective services for chil
dren;
—Foster care services for
Trionite Is Chosen
As ‘’All-American’
A Chattooga County stu
dent has been awarded the
distinction of being selected as
an All-American Senior by The
National Panorama of Ameri
can Youth.
Riley Hawkins of Trion is
one of only 3,600 outstanding
seniors nationwide who will
appear in The National
Panorama this year, and many
of those seniors have already
qualified for the distinctive
award.
The All-American Senior
award is given in recognition of
the student’s excellent achieve
ments and efforts during his
high school career.
Those selected for the
honor will have their
biographies published in the
forthcoming yearbook edition
even figure they’ve come up
with a new art form, or a new
form of recreation. But garden
ing-for art and fun-goes way
back. Ask Adam.
Os course, the ecology
environment kick left its
imprint. Maybe we don’t want
to return to “the good ole
days,” but many of us are seek
ing a simpler lifestyle—and are
finding it in gardening.
And what a boon to to
getherness! One couple said
they found it hard to argue
across the kitchen table after
getting dirty together in the
pea patch.
Then there are the kids.
Gardening gives them a creative
outlet, keeps them out of mis
chief, and let’s them burn up
that excess energy. It also
teaches them that beans
Second Front
a special device for smoking marijuana
which was taken from a person arrested
on a drug charge. At right is Deputy
Johnny Bass.
children and adolescents;
-Transportation services;
-Recreational services; and
—Services to meet special
needs.
The primary purpose of the
survey was to secure citizen
and agency input into
determining services needed in
Service Area I under Title XX
funds.
Mrs. Ellis said that “this
needs survey will be data
utilized to formulate the state
plan for Title 11 in Georgia.
Public hearings on the state
plan will be held in each
county prior to July 1.”
Human services funded
under Title XX will be used
primarily for low-income
families.
of Ihe National Panorama,
which will be released during
May. Many of them will also
have their photos published.
In addition, those selected
(from all 50 states) were given
the opportunity to present
their opinions and attitudes
about America. The majority
of the seniors polled were
extremely optimistic con
cerning America’s future and
the roles they will be playing in
the future of our country.
“We are extremely gratified
at having Riley Hawkinsappear
in our national yearbook,” said
Frank Giannetto, national
director, “and may we extend
our congratulations for the
tremendous effort he has
extended during his high
school career.”
weren’t manufactured down at
the canning plant.
Many an exercise buff is
finding gardening his cup of
tea. You can work as slow or as
fast as you like, or as your
health permits. And you get all
those bonuses: red-ripe toma
toes, lush green beans, and
golden sweet corn
In addition to beating the
increasing rise in the cost of
food, perhaps the reason you
want to grow a garden is that
you like to be outdoors, next
to the good earth, letting the
fertile soil run through your
fingers. Or maybe because you
like the taste of vegetables
right off the plant. Or maybe
for the satisfaction of having
nurtured a beautiful, living
thing where before there was
only bermuda and crab grass.
Traffic Death
Rate Declines
In Chattooga
The low traffic fatality rate
in Chattooga County so far in
1975 reflects a statewide trend
that has seen highway deaths
decline sharply during the past
two years.
Through April 12, Chat
tooga County had recorded
only two traffic fatalities this
year. That is in marked
contrast to 1973, when nine
persons had died by April 17 as
a result of traffic accidents.
A reduction in the speed
limit is believed to be the
number one reason for that
reduction.
The Georgia State Patrol
says it believes the driving
public is becoming more
accustomed to driving at
slower speeds, and a continued
decrease in traffic deaths across
the state proves it.
“Traffic deaths for this year
are running 16 percent lower
than the corresponding period
a year ago,” said Col. Herman
Cofer, Georgia Public Safety
commissioner. “And one year
ago, deaths were about 30 per
cent under two years ago,” he
added.
An improved radar device,
now being used in Chattooga
County and the rest of the
state, has resulted in more
drivers being cited for excessive
speeds. The new radar device
clocks the speed of oncoming
traffic as the patrol car travels
along the highway.
“To us,” Col. Cofer said,
“the reduction in traffic deaths
means that more people are
reducing their speeds for
energy-savings reasons as well
as money-savings reasons. “1
think that enforcement has
played a definite role in
causing reduced speeds. A
recent three-month period
showed that State Patrol
arrests for more serious traffic
violations, including speeding,
were up by more than 18 per
cent when compared with the
same three months a year
earlier. We believe that other
traffic enforcement agencies
around the state could show
similar increases in their arrest
index.”
Col. Cofer also noted that
traffic courts around the state
are imposing stiffer penalties
for serious speeding offenses,
“hitting the violater where it
hurts the most in a time of
economic hard times-the
12 Chattoogans
Cited at FJC
ROME-Chattoogans named
to Floyd Junior College’s
winter quarter dean’s list by
Dr. Wesley Walraven, dean of
the college, are Angela Amos
Baker, Trion; Cynthia H.
Brown, Summerville; Lawrence
P. Burge, Lyerly; William D.
Durham, Trion; Thomas M.
Gilreath, Ronald W. Hayes,
Robert M. McWilliam Summer
ville; Howell F. Palmer, Mark
T. Searels, Trion; Jan Ingle
Sparks, Lyerly; Rebecca D.
White, Summerville; and John
T. Williams, Trion.
In any case, you want to
grow a garden. Where do you
start?
First, thlhk about where
pocketbook.” Cofer com
mended the judicial arm of
enforcement for the co
operation in that respect.
Traffic deaths for 1975
stood at 289 at the end of
March, compared with 344 for
the same period a year earlier.
They declined a total of 30
percent in March alone. In the
three-month period of Novem
ber, 1974, through January,
1975, State Patrol cases for
moving hazardous violations
numbered 29,975, compared
with 25,351 in the same three
month period a year earlier;
Col. Cofer noted “that
many people are driving 55
mph on the state’s highways,
but most are within the 60- to
65-mph range. That is the same
group which used to drive 70
and 80 mph.
He also noted that one
definite factor in improved
TO SERVE CHATTOOGA
Brock Announced
As Area Planner
ROME-Emory L. Brock
has been named to the staff of
the Coosa Valley Area Planning
and Development Commission
(CVAPDC) as community
planner for Chattooga, Dade,
and Gordon counties, accord
ing to John D. Holloway,
CVAPDC executive director.
Brock’s tasks will include
providing planning services and
technical assistance to planning
commissions and city and
county governing bodies in
those three counties, Holloway
said.
Ihe executive director
added that Brock’s appoint
ment represents an expansion
of the CVAPDC planning staff
to meet the growth in planning
activity in the commission’s
10-county area.
Brock, a native of Memphis,
Tenn., holds the bachelor of
science degree from the Uni
versity of Georgia. He was
employed as an assistant
planner at CVAPDC from
August, 1971, until January,
1974, when he resigned to
work toward the Master of
Urban and Regional Planning
degree at the University of
Mississippi.
The Coosa Valley Area
Planning and Development
Commission, now in its 17th
year, was organized by its 10
member counties to provide
county and municipal govern
ments with specialized services
in the areas of local and
regional planning, economic
development and technical
assistance.
Member counties are
Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga,
Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haral
son, Paulding, Polk, and
Walker.
The commission’s activities
you’re going to put the garden.
If you’re a beginner with an
average-sized family, you won’t
need a lot of space. Perhaps a
plot 20 by 30 feet, maybe less.
Whatever the size, you need to
think in terms of four basic
requirements.
First, you need sunlight. All
vegetables need some sunlight.
Most vegetables must have full
sunlight.
The second consideration is
proximity. Put your plot as
near to the back door as pos
sible. Make bringing home the
fruits of your labor a pleasant
chore.
Third: the soil. Exact soil
type is not too important.
Here, in Chattooga County, we
are fortunate to have fairly
good soil, as well as weather.
Ideally, soil should be fertile
enforcement by state troopers
is the use of new moving radar
units which troopers can ope
rate from their cars while the
vehicle is in motion.
“The public has no way of
knowing which State Patrol car
they see has the new unit,” he
added. ‘The more visible we
can make our troopers, the
more reduction we can see in
traffic deathsand injuries.”
The new radar units have
been in use in Chattooga
County for some six weeks.
in 1974, Georgia recorded
its lowest traffic death rate in
history, brought on primarily
by lowering the speed limit and
improved enforcement at the
statewide level.
Local law enforcement
officers are keeping their
fingers crossed, hoping that the
downward trend will continue.
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EMORY L. BROCK
are directed by a 32-member
board, consisting of repre
sentatives appointed by the
government of each member
county and county seat and
two members selected from the
area at large.
Singing Announced
For Saturday Night
The third Saturday night
singing will be held at 7:30
p.m. April 19 at the First Born
Church of God on Roberts
Street.
Featured singers will be the
Singing Prophets Quartet and
the Barnes Family, all of
Dalton, and Gospel Gems of
Summerville. There will also be
other singers.
Everyone is welcome, ac
cording to Rev. Goldman
Hogue, pastor.
and easy to till, with just the
right texture -a loose, well
drained loam.
The fourth consideration
for location is water. Put your
garden near a spigot or put a
spigot near your garden. No
poor reflection on Mother
Nature, but she doesn’t always
pull out the stops when you
need rain.
Your garden needs at least
one inch of water each week,
according to the experts.
That’s about 650 gallons on
1,000 square feet.
Although many experienced
gardeners already have thriving
plants, it’s still not too late to
get some seed in the ground for
summer vegetables.
Are you one of those who
this year will discover the “joy
of gardening”?