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VOLUME XCII - NUMFE” ' V
LOCAL
NEWS
BRIEFS
Funds Okayed
Adequate funds are
now available for rural
rental housing projects
throughout rural areas of
the state, according to J.
Paul Holmes Jr., state
director for Farmers Home
Administration (FHAm).
Loans are made to indi
viduals and organizational
investors and developers
who desire to own and
operate rental units in
rural areas. A 95-percent
loan can be made to profit
and limited-profit appli
cants, and non-profit
organizations may qualify
for 1 00-percent loans.
The" interest rate is nine
percent, with terms up to
40 years. The interest rate
may be subsidized to as
low as one percent to
non-profit and limited
profit borrowers, depend
ing on the income of the
tenants.
The housing must pro
vide living units for
persons with low and
moderate incomes and be
modest in size, design, and
cost.
The rural rental housing
program may also operate
in conjunctions with the
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
(HUD) Section 8 rent sub
sidy program. Under that
system, HUD will subsid
ize rents for low-income
tenants and FHAm will
participate by making the
permanent loan.
All phases of the
program are available to
persons of either sex or
any race, creed, color, or
national origin.
Persons interested in
additional information
about the loan should
contact county supervisor
Willard C. Jones at his
office on South Commerce
Street. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
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Help On Way
Ann Toles, district aide
to Congressman Larry
McDonald, will be in the
Chattooga County Court
house today to help local
residents with any prob
lems and questions they
may have regarding con
tact with federal agencies.
Congressman McDonald
provides the service on a
regular basis.
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More Help
An insurance investi
gator from the office of
Comptroller General
Johnnie L. Caldwell will
be here on May 12 to help
local residents with their
insurance problems and
questions.
James Kirk will be in
the Chattooga County
Courthouse from 9 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m.
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IT’S LINEBACKERS RODEO TIME AGAIN
Phil Zinaman, Freida Millard, and Larry
Veatch remind local residents of the
annual Linebackers Rodeo scheduled
Friday and Saturday at the Rodeo
Arena near Summerville Recreation
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COURTHOUSE, CITY HALL HOLD TUESDAY ELECTIONS
Voting took place Tuesday in both the Chattooga
County Courthouse and Summerville City Hall.
Picture at top shows the large line of voters waiting at
the courthouse to cast ballots. At bottom, poll
RODEO PERFORMANCES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Parade, Rodeo Will Hold
Spotlight This Weekend
A downtown parade and
two big rodeo performances
capture the spotlight for the
Chattooga County area over
the weekend. The events are
being sponsored by the Chat
tooga County Linebackers
Club.
To get the festivities under
way, a parade is scheduled to
begin at 6 p.m. Friday along
Commerce Street in downtown
In conjunction with the
weekend Linebackers Club
Rodeo, most local merchants
are offering special sales Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday.
Many of the merchants and
their employees will be attired
in western outfits during the
weekend.
Stop by to look over the
sales to be offered by local
merchants, then attend the
parade and rodeo perform
ances.
Summerville. The parade will
feature the Chattooga and
Trion High School bands,
Shrine Club units-including
motorcycles, clowns, and
mounted patrol horseback
Center. Local merchants are also taking
advantage of the event to offer special
sales Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Most of the merchants and their em
ployees will be wear jig western outfits.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747 THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1976
riders. Contestants for the title
of Rodeo Queen will also ride
in the parade.
All the color and excite
ment of the Old West will be
re-created as the H Bar H
Rodeo Co. presents two per
formances of the big show,
Friday and Saturday nights at
8 o’clock.
The thrilling events include
bareback bronc riding, calf
roping, cowgirls’ barrel racing,
bulldogging, and bull riding.
The show is sanctioned by
the International Rbdeo Asso
ciation, which means that top
notch shows will be presented.
The Rodeo Queen will be
crowned immediately before
the Saturday night perform
ance. This year’s winner will
receive a crown, trophy, and a
personal gift from White’s
Auto Store. In addition to the
queen, three runners-up will be
selected.
The rodeo will be held at
the Rodeo Arena, behind the
Summerville Recreation
Center. Rodeo fans may use
the Chattooga High School
parking lot, as well as the large
field adjacent to the arena.
workers are busy at work counting votes in the
special election to fill the unexpired term of former
Mayor Evans Scoggins.
Rodeo-goers can save 50
cents by purchasing tickets in
advance. Prices to early ticket
buyers will be $2 for adults
and $1.50 for students. Tickets
are available at M&M Cafeteria,
Redford’s 5 & 10, Pennville
Hardware, Phil’s Pic ‘N’ Save,
White’s Auto Store, Farmers &
Merchants Bank (Summerville),
McGinnis Drug Co., and
members of the Linebackers
Club. Linebackers Club
Vacations to Cost
More This Year
More than the usual number
of Chattooga County families
will be taking vacation trips by
car this summer, visiting
sections of the country where
Bicentennial events will be the
attraction.
Expectations at these
historic areas are for a huge
influx of people from all over
the country. Elaborate plans
are being made to receive
them.
One thing local travelers will
discover this year, according to
preliminary surveys, is that
they will need fatter
pocketbooks than before.
Based on reports from the
American Automobile Associ
ation, a Chattooga County
couple, traveling modestly, will
be spending approximately $69
Special Edition
Will Feature
County History
The Summerville News will
publish a special Bicentennial
edition on July 1 to com
memorate our nation’s 2OOth
anniversary.
We ask anyone who has old
pictures or stories of events
that would be appropriate for
the special edition county
history is preferred to bring
them by our office on Rome
Boulevard.
The deadline for all items
used in the Bicentennial
edition will be June 1 5.
members will also have tickets
for sale during Friday’s parade.
Some of the country’s top
notch rodeo contestants will be
among the participants in this
year’s rodeo. The Linebackers
Club has an exciting weekend
lined up for residents of this
area. Make your plans now to
attend the parade and at least
one performance of the 1976
rodeo.
a day, or about sl2 more than
was required two years ago.
That amount will take care
of their necessities but not
such extras as amusements,
souvenirs and other purchases.
Thus, a two-week trip will
cost a local couple a minimum
of $966. It assumes that they
will get 13 miles to the gallon
and will cover an average of
300 miles a day.
The $69 daily budget
includes $25 for lodgings, $24
for meals, sls for gas and oil
and $5 for miscellaneous
needs.
In connection with its
report on vacation costs, the
AAA has also issued new
figures on the annual expenses
involved in owning and
operating a car, which often
takes more out of a family
budget than anything except
housing and food.
Its findings are that the
average owner, with a
medium-price, standard-size car
has an annual bill of $ 1,831, or
18.3 cents a mile when driven
10,000 miles. That is an
increase of about 3 cents a mile
since 1973.
This takes into account the
fixed costs for depreciation,
insurance, license fees and
such-of $1,186. The largest
single item is depreciation,
listed at $773.
The running costs, covering
gas, oil, ti.es and maintenance,
come to $645 for 10,000 mile
operation, or 6.45 cents a mile.
On this average basis, it is
estimated, Chattooga County
residents are spending some
$21,752,000 a year to own and
operate the 1 1,880 cars in use
locally. f
Voters Defeat
Proposal On
Board Change
Carter, Reagan Favored
Chattooga County voters
Tuesday resoundingly defeated
a proposal to change the
county’s form of government
to a three-member commission.
In the special referendum,
local voters were asked the
question, “Shall the act pro
viding for a board of com
missioners of Chattooga
County and providing for the
election of the members of said
board and for the powers and
duties of said board be
approved?’’
To that question Chat
toogans voted “no” by a large
majority about two and
one-half to one. Countywide,
there were 970 “yes” votes and
2,297 “no” votes. Only two
precincts Coldwater and Dirt
seller voted a majority for
three-member commission. The
other 11 precincts recorded a
substantial “no” vote.
The proposal would have set
up a three-member com
mission, with those members
hiring a county manager to
oversee the operations of
county government.
“We had a pretty light
turnout, considering the
importance of the election,”
Probate Judge Jon Payne said
Tuesday night following the
balloting. “It was well below
what we should have had.”
Os the county’s 8,891
registered voters, only 3,367
citizens voted, Judge Payne
said. Broken down, that means
that less than 38 percent of the
county’s electorate went to the
polls. “A mediocre turnout,”
Payne added.
Democratic hopeful Jimmy
Carter was the easy winner in
the Chattooga County presi
dential primary vote which was
also held Tuesday. Carter, who
racked up a total of. 2,212
votes, more than doubled the
votes cast for other candidates
in both parties.
On the Republican side of
the ballot, not a single Chat
tooga precinct favored Presi
dent Gerald Ford over Ronald
Reagan. By better than a two
to-one margin, the former
California governor routed the
President, 250 to 122.
All county results are un
official. Probate Judge Jon
Payne said the primary vote
would not be certified until
late Wednesday afternoon, fol
lowing The Summerville News’
deadline. The unofficial tally,
however, is unlikely to be
changed.
Carter’s victory in Chat
tooga County outdistanced
Georga Wallace’s effort here by
better than a four-to-one
margin. Wallace’s county total
was 465 votes. The only viable
liberal in the race, Morris Udal,
came in third on the Demo
cratic ballot, netting only 28
votes county wide.
Other presidential returns
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CANCER CRUSADE OFFICIALLY UNDER WAY
The 1976 Education-Funds Crusade of
the local chapter of the American
Cancer Society officially got under way
at a recent kickoff breakfast at Arm
strong’s. Local volunteer leaders were
on hand to finalize plans for this year’s
were as follows: Frank Ahern
(3), Birch Bayh (2), Lloyd
Bentsen (1), Frank Bona (0),
Robert Byrd (2), Frank Church
(13), Abram Eisenman (0),
Fred Harris (2), Henry Jackson
(17), Robert Kelleher (0),
Ellen McCormack (3), George
Roden (2), Milton Shapp (1),
and Sargent Shriver (3).
In the delegate selection,
Jimmy Carter’s delegates swept
the county.
In post one Carter coin-
Unofficial Results
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PRECINCT YES NO
Alpine 78 159
Cloud la nd 18
Coldwater 47 30
Dirtseller 25 16
Dirttown 40 89
Haywood 6 1 I
Lyerly 87 140
Pennville 42 145
Seminole 9 43
Subligna 14 53
Summerville 436 1,048
Teloga 20 63
Trion 133 427
TOTAL 970 2,297
Stewart Is Winner
In Mayor Election
One of the largest turnouts
in recent years was recorded
Tuesday as Summerville voters
filled City Hall most of the day
to choose a successor for the
unexpired term of Evans
Scoggins as mayor of Summer
ville.
Fred Stewart, a former
county sheriff and Summerville
policeman, outdistanced two
opponents to win the special
election without a runoff.
Stewart polled 484 votes to
251 for his nearest rival, Lamar
Allrnon, a former city council
man. A present councilman,
Earl (Red) Parris, trailed the
ticket with 144 votes.
Sewell Cash, another coun
cilman who earlier had seri
ously considered making the
race for the unexpired term of
mayor, received five write-in
votes.
Some 890 persons, out of a
total registration of 1,365,
kept up a steady stream
crusade. This year’s goal is $10,700.
L-R: A. J. Strickland, C. M. (lip)
McCollum, Bill Hyden Jr., and Evans
Scoggins. Another volunteer who at
tended, Gordon Allen, is not shown.
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mittee nominee Richard Ham
monds picked up 1,621 votes.
C. Max Toles, pledged to
George Wallace, netted 370
votes while unpledged George
T. Bagby realized 21 3 votes.
In post two, Carter’s David
P. Brackett won easily with
1,574 votes. Tanya tucker,
pledged to Wallace, came in
second with 329 votes. Un
pledged Charles W. Patterson
received 166 votes.
throughout the day. Some 65
percent of the registered voters
turned out tor the special elec
tion. That was a vast improve
ment on the number of voteis
’ casting ballots in city elections
in the past. Only a short time
I ago, less than 25 percent of the
registered voters turned out on
election day.
At the time this story was
! written (late Wednesday after
noon), it was tentatively sched
uled to swear the new mayor in
Wednesday night. Stewart’s
term will expire on Dec. 31.
1977.
Council To Meet
The Summerville City Coun
| cil is scheduled to meet in regu
lar session at 7 p.m. Monday in
the conference room at City
Hall.