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VOLUME 91 - NUMBE"
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Operate in
Chattooga
(Special to The News)
NEW YORK-For its size,
Chattooga County supports a
large number of business estab
lishments.
According to figures
recently released by the
government, there are more
businesses in operation locally,
in proportion to population,
than in many communities
across the country.
The findings are reported in
a new study by the Depart
ment of Commerce, entitled
“County Business Patterns.” It
is based upon data compiled by
the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare from
tax reports filed last year by
employers.
In it is listed, for every
Beauty Review
Is Scheduled
Saturday Night
The annual Miss Chattooga
County Beauty Review, spon
sored by the Junior and Senior
FHA Chapter of Chattooga
High School, will be held at 7
p.m. April 26 in the Chattooga
High School cafetorium.
Admission will be $1.50.
Any girl between the ages of
15 and 21 is eligible to enter.
Those wishing to enter the
review should get in touch with
Mrs. Edythe McGinnis or Mrs.
Kay Worsham at the high
school.
UNCLE NED SEZ:
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
1 don't know about you,
but I think it's a cry in ’ shame
that more folks didn't go to
the voting place Tuesday.
What’s the matter with
folks, Mister Editor? Ain't they
got no interest in their govern
ment officials no more ? Seems
like they ain’t nobody what
cares no more.
Yores truly,
UNCLE NED
Additional Charges Made
In Beer, Whisky Cases
A number of juveniles have i
figured in recent arrests by the
Chattooga County Sheriff’s De
partment and will appear I
before Juvenile Judge Jerry
Westbrook in Juvenile Court to i
be held at 2 o’clock today.
Offenses include the follow
ing: Two juveniles charged
with theft by taking and steal
ing two washpots. A juvenile
charged with criminal damage
to property; out under SSOO
bond. A juvenile charged with
burglary and arson and released
under SI,OOO bond. Two juve
niles were charged with simple
battery and released under
SSOO bond.
Sheriff’s records show these
arrests:
Billy Joe Johnson of 19
Stevens St. was charged with
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PARADE MOVES ALONG COMMERCE STREET
The Red Cross parade was well at
tended, according to a local RC official.
The parade was held to place emphasis
on the visit of the Bloodmobile on
Friday. Some 134 units of blood was
collected during the latest drive, a
number somewhat in excess of the
^ummeruiUe News
county in the United States,
comparable data on employ
ment and payrolls for firms
engaged in retail and wholesale
trade, manufacturing, finance,
services and the like.
In operation in Chattooga
County are some 265 separate
businesses that employ one or
more persons, the figures show.
In addition, there are an untab
ulated number that have no
employees and are owner
operated.
Os the 265 listed, there are
143 that have from 1 to 3
persons on their payrolls, 58
with 4 to 7 and 40 with 8 to
19.
CHANGES SEEN
Although firms of long
standing make up the bulk of
the local business community,
each year witnesses some
changes as new enterprises are
started and some older ones are
discontinued for one reason or
another.
As in most parts of the
country, small and medium
size businesses predominate
locally. They have proved to be
quite durable, despite the com
petition from chain stores and
other large companies.
The report shows that 91
percent of them have 20
employees or less. Nationally,
84 percent are that size.
NUMBER LISTED
At last count, businesses in
Chattooga County were provid
ing gainful employment for
some 7,236 men and women in
non-farm, covered jobs. By
“covered” is meant employ
ment that falls within the
scope of Social Security.
Not included are self
employed people, domestic
workers, members of the
armed forces and government
workers.
Because wages and salaries
have been going up, year by
year, the annual payroll for
these covered workers has also
been rising. It has reached a
high of $43,584,000.
Two years before, when a
comparable survey was made,
the total was $31,520,000.
selling and possessing Georgia
tax-paid whiskey and possess
ing and selling non-tax-paid
whiskey. He was released under
$3,000 bond until the August
term of court.
L. C. Price of Summerville
was charged with possessing
and selling Georgia tax-paid
whiskey. Bernie Mills of
Summerville was also charged
with selling and possessing non
tax-paid beer and whiskey.
Both were released under
SI,OOO bond.
Gregory Allen Carter of
Rome was charged with
possession of marijuana and
released under $5,000 bond.
Woody Bramlett of
Summerville was charged with
making terrorist threats and
released under SI,OOO bond.
minimum goal of 100 units. The local
Red Cross chapter expressed its thanks
to each one who made the parade and
blood drive a success. Shown above are
some of the 75 units which entered the
parade.
SUMMERVILLE. ( HAT LOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY,, APRIL 24, 1975
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COMMISSIONER ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Commissioner Harry Powell signs proc
lamation designating May I as Law Day
USA in Chattooga County. He urged all
residents of the county to recognize
Law Day May 1
May 1 has been officially
designated as Law Day USA in
Chattooga County by Commis
sioner Harry Powell, who
signed the proclamation in the
presence of members of the
local Law Day Committee.
Nationally, Law Day USA is
set aside May 1 each year by a
joint resolution of Congress
Carl E. Shropshire of a
Fairway Drive address was
charged with two counts of
violation of the Georgia
Employment Securities Act
and released under $2,000
bond.
Kevin Hughes of Lyerly was
charged with aggravated assault
and released under $5,000
bond.
Eddie McClung of Cedar
Bluff, Ala., was charged with
burglary and arson and is
presently in jail.
Benny Blackmon, Route 1,
Summerville, was charged with
kidnapping and is presently in
the Chattooga County Jail.
Also, Johnny and Brenda Sims
of Route 3, Summerville, were
both charged with kidnapping,
and are still in the local iail.
this special day. Looking on are Sum
merville attorneys Ben Ballenger and
Arch Farrar Jr., members of the local
Law Day Committee.
and by Presidential proclama
tion as “a special day of cele
bration by the American
people in appreciation of their
liberties” and as an occasion
for “rededication to the ideals
of equality and justice under
law.”
The objectives of Law Day
USA are:
1. To advance equality and
justice under law.
2. To encourage citizen sup
port of law observance and law
enforcement.
3. To foster respect for law
and understanding of its essen
tial place in the life of every
citizen of the United States.
In his proclamation, Com
missioner Powell said, “It is
especially fitting on the occa
sion of the dual observance this
year of Law Day USA on May
1 and our nation’s Bicentennial
celebrations in 1975 and 1976
that every citizen reflect on the
role of the rule of law in safe
guarding individual rights.”
(See complete proclamation on
inside page.)
Several local observances
have been scheduled by the
Local Koad Project
To Be Considered
A project calling for 12.6
miles of plant mix resurfacing
on State Route 48, beginning
at the Alabama state line and
extending south and ea£t to
State Route 114 in Summer
ville, will be among the sealed
bids to be opened by the Geor
gia Department of Transporta
tion on April 29.
Linebackers Club Readies
Plans for Parade, Rodeo
The Chattooga Linebackers Club is making big plans for a parade and two
performances of the H-Bar-H Rodeo next week.
Leading off the big weekend will be a parade through the streets of
downtown Summerville at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
Joe Pullen, parade chairman, said this week that from all indications the
parade will be an exciting event. The Trion and Chattooga High School
bands will be on hand to furnish music for the parade and the rodequeen
contestants will be present, along with other entries.
Rodeo performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May
2-3. Calf roping, bareback bronc riding, barrel roll, bulldogging, and Brahma
bull riding will be featured events of the-big show, which is sanctioned by
the International Rodeo Association.
The performances will be held at the new Rodeo Arena on Highway
100, near the Summerville Recreation Center.
Any person interested in entering the parade is asked to get in touch
with the parade chairman.
Make plans now to attend the parade and at least one of the rodeo
performances.
co-chairmen of Law Day Com
mittee in Chattooga County,
Bobby L. Cook Jr., Arch
Farrar Jr., and John (Bo)
Woods.
On Tuesday night, April 29,
Superior Court Judge Paul
(Johnny) Painter will speak at
a meeting of the Chattooga
County Kiwanis Club.
On May 2, the Chattooga
County Sheriff’s Department
and the Rome Crime Preven
tion Bureau will present a drug
related program at Chattooga
and Trion High schools. A
panel discussion will be held,
with Cook, Farrar, and Sheriff
Gary McConnell participating.
On May 1, Walker County
will make presentations of
Liberty Bell awards to out
standing students of the four
counties in the Lookout Moun
tain Judicial Circuit: Chat
tooga, Catoosa, Dade, and
Walker. Two students from
each county will receive
awards.
This year’s Law Day observ
ance will be keyed to the
theme, “America’s Goal -Equal
Justice Under Law.”
Each year, more than
40,000 separate Law Day USA
programs and events are held
throughout the country on or
near the first of May, including
addresses, school assemblies,
sermons, mock trials, court
room ceremonies, courthouse
tours, town meetings, com
munity conferences, just to
name a few.
In the United States, we live
under a system of laws that
protect individual rights.
County Issues
Resolution On
Construction
Chattooga County Com
missioner Harry Powell has
issued a resolution relating to
the livability, sanitation,
erection, alteration, repair,
occupancy or removal of build
ings and structures, and the
adoption of related code
governing sanitary facilities and
usage proceedings in
connection with unsafe, un
sanitary, or inadequate struc
tures.
The resolution became
effective April 15, following a
public hearing at Chattooga
County Courthouse.
The provisions of the reso
lution, effective in all areas of
the county outside incorpo
rated municipalities, are:
(a) It shall be unlawful for
any electric or water utility
company, co-operative, or
individual to connect, provide,
or furnish service to any
mobile home, relocatable
home, new building, or
proposed building site until
building permit and/or mobile
home permit has been obtained
from the tax assessors office
and shown to such utility
company, co-operative, or
individual.
(b) No permit to locate or
relocate a mobile home or
relocatable home shall be
issued until the applicant has
obtained an approval of the
sewage disposal system and
water supply from the County
Health Department and
presented a copy of the
approved certificate to the
official that issues the mobile
home or relocatable home
permits for Chattooga County.
(c) No building permit for a
proposed building site for a
residence or commercial build-
Police Blotter
The City of Summerville has
experienced an unusually
“quiet” week, according to the
Police Department.
Eight violations were
handled during the past week.
Cases are listed as follows:
speeding, 1; disorderly con
duct, 2; reckless driving, 1; no
MVI sticker, 2; expired tag, 1;
wrong tag, 1.
On April 15, Harold Tucker
reported that someone had
stolen his son’s bicycle out of
the yard on the previous day.
The bicycle was listed as being
purple, with high handlebars.
On April 20, Lee Powell re
ported that someone stole the
tag from his truck the previous
night.
Inmate Leaves
Camp in Truck
Local law enforcement
agencies were still on the look
out Wednesday afternoon for
Joseph Hass, who escaped
Tuesday from the shop at the
Chattooga County Correctional
Institution.
Commissioner Harry Powell
said the 20-year-old inmate left
in a camp truck which con
tained a large number of tools.
The commissioner went to
Fort Payne, Ala., Wednesday,
to look at some tools found
there.
ing requiring toilet facilities
shall be issued until the appli
cant has obtained a sewage
disposal construction permit
and the site approval for a
sewage system and water
supply from the Chattooga
County Health Department
and presented a copy of the
site approval to the official
that issues building permits for
Chattooga Count.
(d) Where a building permit
is not required, the
construction permit for site
approval for individual sewage
disposal systems issued by the
Chattooga County Health
Department shall be accepted
in place of the building permit.
(e) Application for site
approval and sewage disposal
construction permit shall be
made in writing on forms pro
vided by the Chattooga County
Health Department at least ten
(10) days prior to applying for
a building permit or beginning
the construction of an
individual sewage disposal
system. The site approval and
sewage disposal system will be
based upon requirements of
the Georgia State Rules and
Regulations for Individual
Sewage Disposal Systems,
Chapter 270 5-25, adopted
under Georgia Laws (Acts
1964, pp. 499, 501), Chapter
EOA Election Scheduled
Tuesday at Health Center
An election will be held for
low-income representatives to
serve on the Chattooga County
Coordinating Council of the
Northwest Georgia Economic
Opportunity Authority, Inc.,
for the current year is sched
uled at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the
Chattooga County Health De
partment.
The council is made up of
18 members-six representa
tives from public and private
organizations; six representa
tives from local governments;
and six representatives from
low-income areas. From that
council, one member from
each group is elected or
selected to represent Chattooga
County on the governing board
of Northwest Georgia Eco
nomic Opportunity Authority,
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SKY SCRAPER
A huge crane seems to be scraping the very skies as it
lifts steel girders at the site of the new gymnasium at
Chattooga High School. Completion date of the new
facility is expected in late fall.
PRICE 15c
88-1 of the 1933 Code of
Georgia as amended.
(f) Where a mobile home or
relocatable home permit is not
required, the individual sewage
disposal system inspection
report issued by the Chattooga
County Health Department
shall be accepted in place of
the permit.
(h) Violations of any
section or provision of this
resolution shall subject the
violator to either civil or
criminal penalties, either or
both, as provided in Section
23-9910 and 9911 and
Sections 23-2809 of the 1933
Code of Georgia as amended
(Acts 1961, pp. 560,562).
(i) In the case of conflict of
this resolution with any other
applicable rule, regulation, or
laws, the strictest requirements
shall govern. If any section,
subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of
this resolution _ should be
declared invalid for any reason
whatsoever, such decision shall
not effect the remaining
portions of this resolution;and
to this end the provisions of
this Resolution are hereby
declared to be severable.
(j) This resolution shall
become effective on the 15th
day of May, 1975. Adopted
this 14th day of April, 1975.
Inc.
If transportation is needed
for the meeting, dial 857-3641,
Chattooga County EOA.
Palmer Wins
Runoff Contest
In a runoff race Tuesday for
Seat No. 5 on the Summerville
City Council, Hubert Palmer
received 313 votes to 141 for
Frank Price. Three ballots were
voided.
Palmer will succeed former
Councilman Charles Brooks,
who resigned two months ago.
Only some 24 percent of
the registered voters-457 out
of a total of 1,850-turned out
for the runoff race.