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HOG KILLIN’ TIME—WeII, didn’t actually fall any hogs 1
don’t reckon, but was at the Annual Lions Club Ladies Night
Meeting at Chickamauga, the other night and it was a meeting
that I will long remember. I mean they put it on . . . they go
places and do things over there. (I just put that in there.)
My good and worthy friend, Walley Bryson, Champion Old
Time Fiddler of the South, just hauled off and drove over here
and got me. That’s the way he wanted it-and that s what
haP I P won’t go into the name-calling, ’cause I’d leave out someone.
Anyhow, Norman Hunter is president of the club, and arrange
ments had been made to make the annual meet just right no
nearly right. The women had fixed up more to eat than would be
required for two or three all-day singings, and whatever you
wanted to eat, brother, they had it. Everybody, and that means
all women- and men, were wearing great big, genuine smiles.
(Right, Grover Newman?) .... . ,
Had been many moons since I had been to Chickamauga,
strange as it seems. But everything, including the big mam street,
was spic and span. Chickamauga is not a big town nor is it a little
one. (Agree, Bill Quinn?)
Oh well could write umteen hundred words about the
journey and’the good people there, but I have to be movin’ on.
Will say, though, iffen I get a chance, I’m going back . . Who
wouldn’t want to go back! Why, I’ll wager a reasonable amount
that I could borrow meal from any of ’em around there.
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YEAH—And while on the “personal business,” made a flying
trip to LaFayette since the last edition. Everybody at the
Messenger was working like bees, and I “drapped by Collett
Jewelers and Rhyne’s Pharmacy for a “Howdy.” The Colonel,
Joye and Joyce greeted me at Collett’s, and the same was true at
Rhyne’s by all-only Bill was out of town, as would be reasonable
to assume. Intended to sorta get after Bill a little, you know what
I mean, but I’ll get him next time; that is, iffen he’s there. Note: I
didn’t get a parking ticket this time. 1 usually do, and I make like
I don’t know what it is, and one of the fellows around there
always says, “I’ll take care of it.” (Oh, me!)
“Flash! Flash! Flash! News off the AP-Glenn F. Thomas is
alive and well! The reason for this is that it has been over a year
since folks have heard of him. But he sez, “I read the Enterprise
each week and in my off time I’m an interpreter for Gazoos.
(Kate, in the Brantley Enterprise.) Yeah, Kate you must remem
ber that being an interpreter for Gazoos takes up most of a
fellow’s time.
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SGT. DUNN—Learns of a survey that tells us motorists are
traveling more this year than last. . . and most of them are
staying within the 55 mph speed limit—on U-turns, mountain
passes and single-lane bridges . . . Calls to mind this one flown in
by Roy Street: “Did you hear about what one man did when he
found out that most auto accidents happen within 10 miles of
home? He moved.” . . . Then adds: “Not long ago people were
gassing about the price of beef. Now the same people are beefing
about the price of gas.”
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JUANITA—TeIIs the story of a football coach learning his star
halfback was in trouble due to cheating. He stormed into the
Dean’s office and shouted, “Do you have any proof?”
“Unfortunately, we do,” said the Dean. “Your player sat next
to the best student in class, and answered the first four questions
exactly as she did.” “Isn’t it possible that he could have studied
as hard as she did?” asked the coach. “Well, for the last
question,” replied the Dean, “the girl answered, ‘I don’t know.’
And he wrote, ‘Me neither.’ ”
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HAROLD—TeIIs of the woman who was testifying in behalf of
her son, that he had worked on the farm ever since he was born.
The lawyer said: “You say that your son worked on the farm ever
since he was born?” “I do.” “What did he do the first year?” the
lawyer demanded. “He milked,” came the quick reply. (I just
imagine Mouzon looked down his nose at that one—of course, he
will remember it, though.)
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ONE MORE WORD-The 14th of this month marked another
milestone for Yours Truly. Now, as indicated before, you who
had planned to give me a birthday gift and a Christmas gift, too,
may just make it ONE BIG gift instead of two just ordinary. But
in any event, remember that I asked you to please hold the cost
of your gift to a maximum of SSO. (I feel a headache cornin’ on.)
Special note: The Lions at Chickamauga presented me with a gift
I’d say cost around $250.00 more or less, but you see, there is a
whole passel of them.
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I HEAR YE, TOM—Who sends this one along as kind of
personal like: “Allison,” the mother said to her 9-year-old
daughter, “open the oven door and see if the cake is done. Just
stick in a knife and see if it comes out clean.” Allison returned in
a few minutes and reported, “Mom, the knife came out clean, so I
stuck in all the other dirty knives!” (Ah, shucks.)
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FOR THE BAR—Judge: “It seems to me that I have seen you
before.” Prisoner: “You have, your Honor: I gave your daughter
singing lessons.” Judge: “Thirty years-Take him away, sheriff.”
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JIM CALDWELL—Offers this free suggestion to amateur deer
hunters: If it doesn’t wear a vest, a necktie, a moustache or a hat,
and doesn’t smoke a pipe, it is probably a cow. (Check that one
out, Leßron and Sheriff Stewart.)
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ABOUT DEER—lffen I could speak their language, I’d tell ’em
to stay out of Chattooga County, or they’ll be toted out in a
pickup truck. Those fellows down there don’t go out to hunt
deer, they go to get ’em-and DO!!
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DAVID—Or maybe it was Cuz Charlie, who told of the fellow
who was fumbling at his key hole in the small hours of the
morning. A policeman saw the difficulty and came to the rescue.
“Can I help you find the key hole, sir?” he asked. “Thash all
right, old man,” said the other cheerily, “you jusht hoi’ the housh
shtill and I can manage.”
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GOTTA GO—Hunt a Christmas Tree, and we’ll talk about
Christmas next week. But until then, I’ll leave you this: Here’s to
us that are here, to you that are there, and the rest of us
everywhere. (Selah.)
Ga. School Boards
Association Honors
Sen. E. G. Summers
State Senator E. G.
Summers received the Distin
guished Service Award at the
26th Annual Convention of the
Georgia School Boards Associa
tion held recently in Atlanta.
Summers, State Senator
from the 53rd District (of
which Chattooga County is a
part) and vice-chairman of the
Senate Education Committee,
has served education through
out his lifetime in many dif
ferent capacities. Before
coming to the State Senate in
1971, Senator Summers served
as a principal in both the
DeKalb County and LaFayette
City and Walker County
School Systems.
During his 41 years of work
as a professional educator,
Summers was very active in
state education associations
and administrator’s associa
tions, as well as the State PTA.
Observations
By ELBERT FORESTER
The Dade County Sentind
He received his formal edu
cation in the Coweta County
Schools, at the University of
Georgia, and at Emory and
Columbia universities. He
ranked among the top 10 in his
class at Columbia University,
Summers is active in com
munity affairs, serving as a
member of the First Methodist
Church, as well as the Rotary
Club and local board of health.
In 1927, Summers was a
student bus driver in the
Coweta County School
System, and had this to say
about that experience:
“Driver’s licenses hadn’t been
invented at that time. A boy
could learn to drive as soon as
he could learn to wrestle with
the steering. This was how I
got through high school. I had
a 10-mile route and my bus
could go as high as 20 miles per
hour.’”
Ga. Power:
Tree Lights
Not Costly
With energy conseivation
still a major topic of interest in
Chattooga County, the pre
dominant questions during
December, according to
Georgia Power Company
District Manager Marshall
Timberlake, are “How much
electricity do Christmas tree
lights use?” and “How much
do they cost?”
The utility spokesman
reported that usage and cost on
Christmas tree lighting remain
“extremely small” in compari
son with such major applica
tions as space and water heat
ing.
He pointed out that the
Yule lights also are “energy
conservers in their own way,”
in that they add to the home’s
heating supply, thereby helping
reduce the need for heat from
conventional sources.
“The trend today,” he said,
“is toward the use of miniature
and midget lighting as opposed
to the regular 5-watt, 2-inch
lights. Some wholesalers report
the larger lights are in short
supply because of manufactur
ing difficulties.”
The smaller lights, Timber
lake reported, are designed to
use 18 watts of electricity per
strand of either 30 or 50 lights.
An average strand of 5-watt
lights, usually 25 lights per
string, would require 125 watts.
“It costs 1.3 cents a day to
operate six of the smaller
strings for 4 hours, and 7.9
cents to operate five strings of
the 25-count, 5-watt bulbs for
the same period of time,” he
said. “Compare that with a
color television, which uses 6.3
cents’ worth of electricity in 4
hours.”
He also cautioned against
wasting electricity by putting
up a 150-watt outdoor flood
light when a 75-watt light
would do the job. “Also,” he
said, “many people forget to
turn off their outdoor lights
when they go to bed.”
Holiday Party
For the Needy
Is Saturday
The annual Christmas party
for the needy will be held Sat
urday at the Chattooga County
Memorial Home.
The traditional holiday
party, sponsored by the local
American Legion and VFW
units and their auxiliaries,
starts at 2 p.m.
According to Crook
Hawkins, a coordinator of the
party, some 500 children have
been invited to the party.
“There will be lots of
candy, fruits and toys,” he
said, “and Santa Claus says he
will be visiting all the boys and
girls who come.”
The party is limited to
youngsters between the ages of
1 and 10, by invitation only.
No buses will be used to
pick up children as in previous
years, he added.
A Variety of Christmas
Programs Being Offered
By Local Church Groups
First Baptist
‘Live Nativity’
The Summerville First
Baptist Church will be present
ing a special communitywide
Christmas program during the
week before Christmas.
At 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19,
20, 22 and 23 the church will
be presenting “The Manger
Story,” a live outdoor nativity
pageant. This program is a
“first” for the church and for
the community and publicity is
being extended through north
west Georgia for this special
event.
The pastor, Dr. Jack
Colwell, and the minister of
music, the Rev. Dennis Allen,
are coordinating the entire
church congregation in this
pageant. The music to be used
was selected and edited by Mr.
Allen and Thomas McDonald,
church organist.
Narration of selected scrip
tures will be by O. G. M jre
head.
Costumes have been skill
fully crafted by Mrs. Jackie
Barnes, Mrs. Bessie Scoggins
and Mrs. Sue Mahaffey.
The stable and manger are
to be constructed by several
men in the church under the
coordination of Deacon Chair
man Jim Parker.
Acting out the characters of
the nativity story will be the
youth .of First Baptist. They
have been in rehearsal for some
time preparing for this special
program.
The program will take place
outdoors on the north side of
the building facing Georgia
Avenue. “The Summerville
Police Department has been
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Police Academy Graduate
State Trooper M. F. King of Summerville was among
29 graduates of the Georgia Police Academy on Dec.
9 when the Georgia State Patrol completed its 51st
trooper training program, according to Department of
Public Safety Commissioner Colonel J. H. Cofer. The
cadets spent the last 16 weeks learning all phases of
state law enforcement work. They have been assigned
to new duty stations where they will serve under the
guidance of seasoned troopers. Trooper King will be
stationed in Atlanta.
Forestry Service
Announces Area
For Free Wood
District Forest Ranger Paul
Bullard announced this week
the opening of an area in the
Armuchee District of the Chat
tahoochee National Forest
where residents can obtain free
firewood.
Bullard said the special use
area is set up to help conserve
energy by providing fuelwood
to the public.
Cutting in the special use
area is limited to personal use
only. No firewood may be cut
to be sold to other individuals
or for any commercial use. The
special use area is set up to
provide heat set up to provide
heating and cooking fuelwood
to individuals who wish to cut
their own fuelwood.
The area is located approxi
mately 4 miles northeast of
Trion, and is designated as
Narrows Tower Firewood Area
6.
Public access into this area
is along the Narrows Tower
very helpful in offering to
block off Georgia Avenue
between Cox Street and Union
Street between the hours of
7-8 p.m. during these nights to
allow the crowds of people to
have a safe place to observe the
pageant and to keep traffic dis
turbance to a minimum,” said
the pastor.
Immediately preceding and
following the program, Christ
mas carols will be played for
the enjoyment of early arrivers.
In case of rain, the program
will move indoors to the sanc
tuary. “A cordial invitation is
extended to the entire commu
nity,” said Dr. Colwell.
Methodists to
Sing Cantata
The Chancel Choir of the
First United Methodist Church
of Summerville will present the
Christmas Cantata “Night of
Miracles” at the 11 a.m..
worship service Sunday.
Written by John W. Peter
son, “Night of Miracles”
focuses upon the birth of
Christ from the perspective of
the prophecies and their fulfill
ment.
Generously interspersed
with the texts of related Scrip
tures, the solo and group
numbers of Peterson’s work
present the story of Jesus’
birth in a series of dramatic
musical interpretations which
rise to their climax in the finale
as the choir triumphantly pro
claims the birth of the Savior
to be a great miracle which
makes the time of its happen
ing “A Night Divine.”
“Under the direction of
Mrs. Ronald Hill, and accom
panied at the organ by Mrs.
Road. Firewood cutting is pro
hibited along this road except
in the designated area. Any evi
dence of cutting outside this
area will result in closing the
area for public use, he added.
Individuals who intend to
use this area must obtain a
permit at the District Ranger’s
Office, Federal Building, in
LaFayette, Ga., or by writing
U. S. Forest Service, P. O. Box
465, LaFayette, Ga., 30729 or
call Area Code 404-638-1085.
Ranger Bullard cautioned
that cutting wood without a
permit, cutting in other than
designated areas, and cutting
wood for commercial sale is a
violation of Federal laws and is
punishable, upon conviction,
by a fine, jail term, or both.
“In the past, the public has
done a commendable job in
obeying Forest Service regula
tions and keeping the firewood
! areas clean,” the ranger said.
Merle Edwards and at the
piano by Mrs. Gordon Allen,
the choir presents “Night of
Miracles” to the public in the
hope of setting a mood of
spiritual appreciation for the
true meaning of Christmas for
all who hear it,” said a church
spokesman.
The public is invited to
attend the special service.
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Homemakers Hold Christmas Party
Senior FHA members at Chattooga
High School last week gave a Christmas
party for invited guests, including
(from middle, L-R) CHS Principal Jack
Herring, Sheriff L. D. Ragland, School
Board Member Sue Spivey, and Butch
ahc ^ummeruilk News
Second Front
Local Drug Purchases
Hit ’679,000 a Year
(Special to the News)
The amount of money being
spent by Chattooga County
residents for drugs—the
medicinal kind—is large and
growing larger.
It is estimated that no less
than $679,000 is being spent
annually in the local area for
prescription drugs alone.
This is exclusive of such
over-the-counter items as vita
mins, cold remedies, nose
drops, headache pills, sedatives
and the like, which are sold
without doctors’ prescriptions.
They add another third,
approximately, to the overall
drug bill.
The rising cost of prescrip
tion drugs, locally and in other
parts of the country, is due to
increased usage as well as to
higher prices, according to a
survey made by the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare and just released.
In Chattooga County’s
regional area, it shows, the
average amount spent for pre
scription drugs, is $29.90 per
year per capita.
About 10 years ago, when a
similar survey was made by the
Public Health Service, the
annual cost per person was
only $17.50.
The increase in the period,
71 percent, compares with a
national rise of 81 percent, as
expenditures have gone from
$ 15.40 to $27.84 per capita.
Throughout the country,
nearly $6 billion is being spent
each year for prescription
drugs alone, exclusive of those
provided to patients in hos
pitals. That is about double the
amount noted 10 years ago.
The increase is attributed to
inflation, to the fact that there
are more pharmaceutical
products on the market today
and to the fact that the per
EMTS Sought
For County
Ambulances
The Chattooga County Hos
pital is still in the process of
accepting applications for
registered Emergency Medical
Technicians (EMTs), according
to a spokesman, for the county
ambulance service to be started
shortly.
Applicants should be at
least 18 years of age, be a
registered EMT, and be in good
physical condition.
Applications are available at
the hospital.
Karate Is Offered
The Summerville Recreation
Department is offering karate
classes scheduled to begin on
Monday, Jan. 9.
Classes will be taught on
Monday and Tuesday nights,
with the beginner class at 7:30
p.m., and the advanced belt
class at 8:30 p.m.
Anyone, male or female, age
10 or over, interested in taking
these classes should meet at the
Recreation Center Monday,
Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, call
the Summerville Recreation
Center, phone 857-2614.
Eleam of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank. The party was held in the com
munity room of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank. At left are FHA
members Kathy Brewer, Penny Davis
and Pam Dawson.
capita use of drugs has gone
UP-
In Chattooga County s
section of the country, pre
scriptions are being issued at
the rate of 6.5 per person per
year, a total of close to
148,000. Their average price is
$4.60.
Back in 1966, there were
School Board OKs
New Post at CHS
The Chattooga County
Board of Education met
Monday night in its regular
monthly session with only
routine matters discussed and
approved.
During the meeting the
board:
* Purchased liability insur
ance for all board members and
employees from Reese-Huff
man Agency in Rome.
* Approved the addition of
a second assistant principal at
Chattooga High School due to
the heavy workload. At the
present time no one has been
named to the position.
Ga. Board of
Education Fixes
’7B Fiscal Budget
On the recommendation of
State School Superintendent
Charles McDaniel, the Georgia
Board of Education last
Thursday amended its Fiscal
Year 1979 budget to include
$ 13.5 million for health
insurance for teachers and
other school personnel.
In his remarks to the board,
McDaniel reported that “great
concern” exists throughout the
state for funding this particular
item in the education budget.
He said he had already related
his findings to the Governor.
Six other budget
amendments recommended by
McDaniel were also approved
by the board. They include:
* sl4 million to provide
one aide for every two first
grade teachers and one aide for
every two second grade
teachers to be used for
half-time instructional
assistance in each first and
second grade classroom and to
provide 50 hours training for
these aides during the summer
months.
* $155,000 for studies of
compensatory education, the
vocational education cluster
concept, future needs of state
schools and the recodification
of state laws.
♦ An additional 500 special
education units with any
additional funds needed to be
identified in the FY 79
supplemental appropriations,
5.3 prescriptions per person at
a unit price of $3.30.
There is a wide variation,
understandably, between the
amount young people and old
people spend for drugs. Those
who are 65 or more have bills
of $61.40, on acerage, while
those under 17 spend only
$9.10 per year.
* Hired Karen Sizemore and
Ann Boatwright as teachers at
the Summerville Elementary
School.
* Approved raising the mini
mum wage from $2.30 to
$2.65 for all lunchroom
workers, janitors and other
employees beginning Jan. 1.
* Agreed to pay $5,500 for
the purchase of $22,000,000
worth of lunchroom equip
ment which will be used in all
the county lunchrooms. The
state will pay the remainder of
the bill.
* Hired Joy Wood of Rome
as a consultant for next year.
and $205,073 for 18 additional
special education leadership
I units.
* $360,000 to provide
I tuition to encourage local staff
to take special education
courses.
* $ 1.2 million to provide an
additional $25 per unit for sick
and personal leave to begin
funding legislation authorizing
accumulation of leave.
* $264,000 to provide 22
1 additional coordinators for
adult education for
multi-system arrangements
based on the results of a recent
study.
McDaniel told the board his
j budget recommendations were
based on his perception of the
needs of Georgia schools after
visiting in a number of school
systems and meeting with
educators and citizens
throughout the state.
“When 1 was appointed
State Superintendent of
Schools in August, the
education budget for FY 79
had already been adopted by
the State Board of Education. I
had no opportunity to review
the budget or improvement
! items requested prior to their
submission to the Governor,”
j McDaniel said.
Patricia Hill
Accepted at
Tenn. College
Patricia Louise Hill of 4
Taylor Street, Summerville has
been accepted for admission to
Freed-Hardeman College for
the spring semester, 1978.
Patricia is a graduate of
Chattanooga High School.
Freed-Hardeman is a tull
accredited, senior, Christian
college with an enrollment of
1,401 for the fall semester. It is
located in Henderson, Tenn.
Tidbits
WINTER ARRIVES: A
long time in coming,
winter finally (officially)
starts on Thursday, Dec.
22. By the way, it’s the
longest night and the
shortest day of the year.
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4 POUNDS A DAY.
That’s what each person in
the U.,S. generates in trash
and garbage.
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GOOD THOUGHT:
“Common sense in an un
common degree is what
the world calls wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge