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VOLUME XCIV - NUMBER XXV Survey Fir H ; Local Businessmen Say They’i I Complying With New Federal Thermostat Controls All but one of a half dozen businessmen polled by The News recently agreed with President Carter's signing of a mandatory building temperature restrictions pro gram last month. The regulations, limiting cooling to 78 degrees Fahrenheit and heating to 65 degrees, was one of four energy-conservation proposals submitted to Capitol Hill last spring. It was the least con versial and the only one that Congress approved. It went into effect July 16 under an order signed by President Carter July 10. A local insurance agent said, "We will be law abiding and will comply with the Presi dent’s request, even if we’re uncomfortable. It is just something we’ll have to get use to. We usually keep our building at 75 degrees so there won’t be a lot of difference. 1 think we can live through it.” Two local clothing mer chants said they believe the new temperature regulations will have little effect on their businesses. “It’ll be pretty hot, but we’ll get along,” explained one store owner. “I can remember when it was 100 in here (his store) and we didn’t have air conditioners. We got along then—everybody smelled like Oak Tree Falls, Damages Electric, Cable-TV Lines A large, rotted oak tree crash ed to the ground last Wednesday around 12:30 a.m., downing a power line that left much of Sum merville in the dark. The tree, located in the dense forest next to a utility line right of-way about half-way up the eastern side of Taylor’s Ridge, was located by Georgia Power workers using a trouble shooter light. The tree, three feet in diameter and some 50 to 60 feet tall, had uprooted from the soggy ground at its base. According to Mike Smith, district superintendent of Georgia Power, the tree was located some 15 to 20 feet off of the right-of-way. The tree "just Trion Council: Clear-Vu Must Pay Back Taxes Or Franchise Will Be Axed The Town of Trion Council voted Thursday to give Clear-Vu Cable 10 days to pay its back ad valorem taxes or have its fran chise dropped in Trion. The council discussed the back taxes owed by Clear-Vu for 1975-78. Clear-Vu made a pay ment of $695 to Trion earlier for their taxes but the council refus ed it, saying Clear-Vu owed $822, including slll interest. The check was returned to the cable company. Clear-Vu holds that Trion is taxing the firm ad valorem tax on equipment located on Taylor’s Ridge. Since the Taylor's Ridge receiving station is not in Trion, the Town has no justification to charge the company tax on the equipment, Clear-Vu said. The council says it is taxing, as it must under the law, based on the county tax digest. Thursday the council re quested Mayor Jake Woods to write a letter to Clear-Vu advising them they have 10 days to pay their property taxes or have their franchise terminated in Trion. It was unclear when the 10-day period would start and conclude. Contacted Wednesday morning. Mayor Woods declined to tell The News whether the period started effective the date of the meeting, the date of the let ter, or the date of receipt of the letter. It was also unclear whether the deadline period of 10 days referred to work days or in cluded weekends. Contacted by The News Tues- (The ^ummeruiUe New a billy goat —but then everybody smelled that way so you didn’t seem to notice. We’ve become pampered. The air conditioner is nice but we’ll get along with it turned up. Another clothing store owner said, "It’ll be pretty warm. However, ours is on 78 now and it’s not too bad, it’s comfortable enough. It’s time we started doing something. We're going to have to make some sacrifices. It's a little AMERICANS HAVE FACED ADVERSITY WRE-WLL W ^1 ADJUST TO 78 DECREES\ iwP I* died”, Smith said, and the wind caused it to fall on three wires, causing the blackout. "We started checking for the problem as soon as we were notified around 12:30," Smith ex plained. “We found the problem around 3 or 3:30 a.m. We closed some wires and were able to restore some power to the Wayside Community and to The Summerville News around 4 a.m. “It was around 8:30 or 9 a.m. before we were able to restore the rest of the power,” continued Smith. “This included some 25 to 30 residents that were without power during the night. Clear-Vu Cable was also out, as was several other repeaters that are located day morning, Clear-Vu Cable President Boyce Dooley said he had not received a letter from the council and declined to comment further until he had received it. In other actions the council: * Approved repair work on Simmons Street for $770 and repair work on the curbs at Town Hall for $265. The council approv ed for Headrick Construction Company of Summerville to do the repair work. * Approved Marion (Deck) Brewster, city recorder, to serve as a building inspector, along with Billy Henderson. * Increased the water-sewage cut-on fees from the current S6O fee to SIOO, effective Aug. 1. * Received a letter of resigna tion from H.N. Florence as a member of the Chattooga County Library Board. The council ap- County Way Below Blood Drives’ Goal Lifesaving heroes—blood donors —continue to be needed by the Red cross to help win the fight for life this summer, according to Billy Gilbert, local bloodmobile chairman. "At the end of the year we will of had six blood drives in teh county,” Gilbert explained. "Our goal for this year is 600 units of blood, 100 units per drive. However, we have only three more drives this year, and we are already 100 units behind. We need residents to come and give blood to keep our blood program in operation." The next bloodmobile is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 17, at the Trion (Continued On Page 3) SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1979 warmer in here than we are ac customed to, but we'll get along.” Two restaurant owners polled viewed the regulations differently but agreed their customers wanted to be com fortable while eating out. “We usually run our air conditioners between 75 and 78,” one owner said. “I think the customers will notice if it’s left on 78. And, if I don’t have customers, I might as well on the mountain.” Smith explained the reason it took so long to restore the power was once they found the problem, workers had to walk up the moun tain carrying their equipment. The rugged problem area, on the side of the mountain, couldn’t be reached by vehicle, he said. The blackout, said Smith was expensive for Georgia Power. “With equipment charge, labor and payroll, the cost was at least $500,” he said. “This figure does not include materials used or loss revenue so you could say it (the blackout) cost quite a bit of money plus problems for residents.” Due to the blackout The News proved Grace Simmons to fill the unexpired term of County Library Board. The council ap proved Grace Simmons to fill the unexpired term of Florence. Ms. Simmons, Mayor Woods said Monday, has accepted the posi tion. * Adopted the emergency gas procedure and a new flood in surance ordinance. ♦ Voted to sell one of the police cars, a 1977 Ford LTD 11, with sealed bids being opened Aug. 10 at 1 p.m. in the Town Hall Conference Room. * Employed R.E. Herrington and Company of Atlanta as a con sultant for unemployment claims. * Agreed to discuss with an engineering company the feasibility of adding new customers on to Trion’s sewage lines. close my doors.” The only businessman against the regulations, a restaurant owner, explained, “The temperature restrictions certainly will hurt. When peo ple go out and spend their hard-earned money for a meal, they want to be comfortable. If they’re not comfortable, they’re unhappy. I think peo ple are just like that. “If I’ve got the money to (Continued On Page 3) was unable to separate the papers for mailing until Thursday morn ing, causing many residents to receive their papers on Friday in stead of Thursday. The papers were also late in being delivered to local stores because of the power failure. Clear-Vu President Boyce Dooley said some 500 feet of cable-TV wire had to be replaced as a result of the accident. By 3:30 p.m. Thursday the repairs were completed and cable-TV ser vice restored. The third line hit by the tree is owned by General Telephone Co., however it was not seriously damaged. Station Robbed; 2 Are Suspects A Trion man was arrested Sunday evening and another Trion man is being sought in con nection with the early Sunday morning armed robbery of a gas station in Trion in which over SI,OOO was taken. Vinson Edward Hughes, 18, of the Mountain View Community was arrested and charged with armed robbery, theft by taking and possession of marijuana for resale. He was released from jail Tuesday on $20,000 bond. Authorities are looking for Travis Joe Little, 18, of Central Avenue on armed robbery and theft by taking charges. According to a sheriff's department spokesman, around 3 a.m. Sunday two males wearing stockings over their faces held up the Dixie Oil Service Station on Central Avenue with a shotgun. Taken from the station was $1,757.79 in cash and the atten dant's 1970 Dodge Dart. Following an investigation by sheriff’s deputies, the attendant tentatively identified one of the men as Hughes. Based on that in formation a lookout was placed for Hughes and his 1971 Buick. Deputies later searched Hughes' residence but were unable to locate Hughes. However, the spokesman said, 10 marijuana plants of various sizes were found at Hughes' residence and con fiscated. Later in the day deputies found the attendant's vehicle abandoned —undamaged—on Honeysuckle Drive in Trion. Sometime after 6 p.m., the spokesman said, deputies spotted Hughes in his car in the Trion area. Hughes was stopped and ar rested. The spokesman said, following further investigation the depart ment had sufficient information to place a lookout for Little as the second robbery suspect. As of Wednesday the money had not been recovered and Little was still being sought. Commuter Air Service Links Northwest Ga. With Hartsfield Airport By TOM KIRWAN Regularly-scheduled flights connecting northwest Georgia with Atlanta’s Hartsfield Inter national Airport became a reality last week, the first time such a service has been available in several years in the area. Sunbelt Airlines at Russell Field in Rome last Tuesday laun ched its commuter service linking the air travel capital of the Southwest with the largest city in this area. Four flights daily are schedul ed to Atlanta, as are four Atlanta- Rome flights. The airlines leaves Rome each day at 7:50 a.m., 12:10 p.m., 4:10 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. Times for the Atlanta-Rome schedule are 10:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 5:30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Duration of each flight, accor ding to Sunbelt, is approximately Second Annual Farm Tour Draws A Crowd A tour of a lumber company, a visit to two poultry houses, and the inspection of a local farm that is growing a new type of hay for cattle were the highlights of an agricultural tour Saturday spon sored by the Chattooga County Young Farmers Association. Close to 100 residents, members of the two-year-old organization and their families, boarded two yellow school buses at 2 p.m. at the Chattooga Coun ty Memorial Home to take the tour, part of the Young Farmers’ educational program. The group contained both full-time and part time farmers, and their families. The group’s first stop on the tour was a visit to the J.P. Smith Lumber Company on Georgia Highway 48 near Menlo. Smith showed the group through the lumber mill—operating with a skeleton crew to demonstrate how lumber is processed there. He explained what happens to the timber once it leaves the farmer’s land. An estimated 15 to 20 thousand feet of hardwood or 25 to 30 thousand feet of pine can be processed through the mill daily. Smith said. . 'nob bV ■ 1 IT' ■ ' H B Saturday’s afternoon-long Young Farmer’s tour included stops at a local lumberyard, a poultry farm and a local cattle operation. Above, Wayne Hurley talks with local farmers about new type of hay he has. had success with. BElow a ’ I ' vJF / IA i a JBEEB 30 to 40 minutes. According to Howie Lowden, Sunbelt’s vice president of marketing and sales, the schedule was set up and coordinated to allow passengers to connect with the major airlines’ flights in and out of Atlanta. The cost of a ticket either to or from Atlanta on the commuter airlines is $29, Lowden said. Sunbelt is not currently discoun ting round trip or child fares, he said, however, children under the age of 2 fly free with an adult. Sunbelt is seeking approval for joint fares with the major airlines, he said, which when received will allow the price to be reduced when a passenger connects with the flight of one of the major airlines. That approval is ex pected within 30 days or so, he ad ded. Timber management on farms, was stressed; farmers can realize profits from their woodlands as well as the cropland, he said. Following the tour of the mill and a walk through the lumberyard, the group stopped by a workshed for refreshments. The next stop for the group was the poultry houses of Jim Parker in Tolliver near Holland. Parker operates two layer houses with a total capacity of 31,135 layers. The group gathered around the outside of the poultry houses as Parker explained the operation and said there were “six workers” there—“myself, Jane, the kids and the Lord, because He’s the one that makes it all work. Without Him we wouldn’t have it.” The Parkers have been in the egg business about 3*A years. They pick up approximately 21,000 to 22,000 eggs each day from the two houses, Parker said, with the typical day beginning at 5 a.m. Parker was nominated as one of six finalists for the first annual Georgia Egg Producer of the Year Farm Tour Success The $29 fare, Lowden said, is well within the budget of many air travelers. "It takes an hour and a half to drive to Atlanta from Rome and you have to be there before departure (of another flight) 30 to 35 minutes before. You have to part in a remote parking space, too; and the park ing fees can add up, especially for a long trip. What is your time worth, that’s the main thing you have to ask yourself.” Currently the commuter ser vice is using a Cessna 310, a twin engine four-passneger aircraft. Sometime next week, Lowden said Sunbelt will begin using an eight passenger, twin-engine Cessna 402 on the route. Lowden said Sunbelt is aware that some people have reserva tions about flying in small air craft, but that their fears are un- award, given in 1978. The group then toured the poultry houses and watched as the Parkers’ boys, David and Derek, showed how fast they pick up eggs. The final stop on the tour was the beef farm of Wayne and Bo Hurley in Perennial Springs. The Hurley brothers are cur rently working with the Universi- (Continued On Page 3) News Feature On Murals To Air Aug. 27 The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce has receiv ed word that a news feature on the outdoor mural program is slated to be televised Monday, Aug. 27. Reported Phil Flynn and a cameraman visited the county last month to film a story about the local project. Flynn’s report will be aired on WAGA-TV 5 (cable channel 10) on the evening news show, which begins at 6 p.m. farmers on the tour get a first-hand look at JP Smith’s Lumber Yard. At right, Shawn McCary, 20-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McCary wears a T-shirt and cowboy hat on tour. I fl w PRICE 20c founded. The pilots that fly for commuter airlines have to have their Airline Transport Pilot license,” he said, “and by law we have to operate under the exact same FAA (Federal Aviation Ad ministration) regulations as Delta Airlines or any other airlines. Our pilots have to have the same licenses, follow the same re quirements and receive the same training as the major airlines' pilots. Pilots are checked out in the airplane they fly by the FAA after several hours of training.” He stressed that the FAA re quires recurrent training and a medical examination every six months of all pilots who hold the Airline Transport Pilot license. He explained that to be granted the Airlines Transport Pilot license the pilot must have at least—and often has in excess of 1,200 hours of flying ex perience. Sunbelt pilots—two are aboard each commuter flight—have between 2,000 and 30,000 hours of in-flight ex perience. He also stressed the service virtually is hassle-free. Passengers boarding in Rome can see their baggage routed through their final destination—no matter how many changes in aircraft his or her trip calls for, he said. The new service is expected to be an asset to the northwest Georgia area, one of the benefits of the much-publicized federal decontrol of the national airlines. That move by the federal govern ment, according to The Chat tanooga Times, has resulted in a 30 percent reduction in outbound commercial carriers who in the past were obligated to serve less profitable routes in order to re tain rights tb the more'profitable routes. According to Lowdon, as com mercial airlines reduce the cities and routes they serve, commuter airlines are being established to fill the gap. For Chattoogans, it is only a 20-minute drive to reach Russell Airport in Rome from Summer ville. The airport, considered one of the best in Georgia because of its three relatively-long airstrips, is located six miles of Rome off of U.S. Highway 27. Sunbelt is planning to get into the air cargo business soon, Lowden said, which he said many local industries are bound to utilize. “If, for example, Riegel Textile Corporation needed to get a package to New York, they could route it through Sunbelt and it could be there the next day." The airlines also offers charter flights and flight instruction. Rental cars are available at the airport. One Seriously Injured Here In Accident A Summerville man remained in the medical intensive care unit of Floyd Medical Center in Rome Wednesday afternoon after he was thrown from his vehicle that overturned north of Trion Tues day. Harold Eugene Hawkins, 43, of 203 Wood St., was taken to Chattooga County Hospital by the ambulance service following the accident. He was soon transferred to Floyd Medical Center, where he remained Wednesday awaiting plastic surgery, according to reports. A report by the Georgia State Patrol said, Hawkins, driver of a 1972 Datsun 510, was traveling south on Old U.S. Highway 27 just north of Riegel's warehouse around 11:55 a.m. Hawkins, the report said, attempted to pass another southbound vehicle in a slight curve. The Hawkins vehicle left the roadway on the east shoulder and traveled 90 feet before striking a Georgia Power Co. guide wide. The car then traveled an additional 42 feet, struck a dirt embankment and overturned. The car continued to slide, another 20 feet before com ing to rest. During this time Hawkins, the report said, was thrown from the vehicle through the passenger's window. Following an investigation by Georgia State Trooper Eddie Lumsden, Hawkins may be charg ed with driving under the in fluence pending the results of a blood test.