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VOLUME XCIV NUMBER XLIVI ‘Walt’ Weaver, Early Berry Student Dies Joseph Walter “Walt" Weaver,- the oldest known graduate of Berry College and a former local resident, died Saturday at the age of 99. He was buried in Lyerly Cemetery Monday. Born on Feb. 12, 1880, in Cherokee County, Ala., he was one of five children born to the late Franklin Abrose and Sarah Christian Murphy Weaver. He was raised in the local community of Silver Springs. According to a news account published in 1974, in 1902 he entered Berry School after buying some land and a wagon on credit, cutting the land's trees and selling them in Rome, allowing him to have “enough money to pay off all his debts and build himself a small house for $35. Then he had enough to pay the $5 it took him to enter Berry School." “He bought a trunk," the news account reported, "small, but big enough to haul everything he possessed, hired a fellow to take him and his trunk in his two-mule wagon to Berry School. He got out with his trunk under his arm and told the man to go back home. He had made no application, and nobody knew he was coming. Nobody knew him, nor where he came from. There he stood, a young man 22 years old, entering a ‘school for boys' not knowing where to go or what to do. "As luck would have it, Miss Martha Berry happened to come along. She began ask ing questions: who he was, where he came from, and what he wanted. He told her he had heard of her school and had come to get an education. She told him that boys who came to her school couldn't smoke, chew tocabbo, drink, lie, curse or swear. He told her the did not do any of these things, nor had his daddy before him: that he was a good boy, a dandy fellow.' At a meeting of Lyerly senior citizens in 1974, The News reported, "He told how Miss Berry let him enter, and took him under her wing and 'did all she could' for him because he was ‘so green and silly' he said. "Mr. Weaver went on to graduate in 1907," the 1974 article continued. "Os that, he said, ‘I was head of my class and won all the high honors. Then, with a twinkle in his eye, he added 'I was the only one in the class of 1907.” Weaver married Zana Valrie Crumby in 1908 in Chicago, 111., where he was at tending the Moody Bible In stitute. She died 12 years later. He was admitted to the bar in 1912, and was an attorney in Atlanta for many years. He is survived by a son, Dr. Joseph Walter Weaver Jr„ of Coronado, Calif,; two grand sons, Dr. Joseph William Weaver of San Diego, Calif., and Dr. James Woodroe Weaver of Naples, Italy. Two great-grandsons also survive. Funeral services were held at Lane Funeral Home prior to interment Monday. City Council Meeting Is Rescheduled The Summerville City Council meeting which nor mally would meet Monday has been rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 17, according to Mayor Sewell Cash. Forged Check Is Used in Purchase, Local Police Say A Trion woman was ar rested this week and accused of forging a Summerville man’s name on a stolen check. Lisa Wofford, 18, of 922 India Drive was arrested and charged with forgery. She has been released on a $5,000 bond. Ms. Wofford, according to a warrant at the sheriff s department, purchased several records from Ihe Record Shop in Summerville Saturday, Nov. 17. She paid for the records (approximately $63 worth) with a check drawn on the account of Jimmy Leonard of Summerville, said the warrant. The signature on the check, the warrant said, was not that of Leonard. The incident is still under investigation by deputies of the sheriff’s department. F ' ^ummmnlle News *§ Q & M■| Christmas Parade Fun Pennville Elementary’s entry in the Summerville Christmas Parade Friday night consisting of a float and Chinese dragon (shown above) captured first {dace and SIOO in prize money. Below, at est, Jason Espy, 6, laughs and talks with ■b s OIIM&.TT M ■ 1 ■*> ; 11 r^-'^ I 4- W 1 ■B^e ' 1 A r- Jv-. K z’ Ml ■MJ Efl Program Gears Up To Help Eligible Residents To Pay Their Wintertime Fuel Bills Low income Chattoogans, parliculary low income elderly persons, can now apply for help in paying home heating bills, according to Bob Walldce, director of the Energy Crisis Assistance Program of the Georgia Depart ment of Human Resources (DHR). “Applications will be available at all coun ty Departments of Family and Children Ser vices (DFCS) and Community Action Agency offices,” Wallace said. Supported by federal funds, the Energy Crisis Assistance Program can make payments of up to S2OO to home fuel suppliers for a family in need. The S2OO is the total amount any family can receive over the winter months. It may cover more than one payment. Also, special energy supplies are available to eligible low income families and elderly peo ple who find themselves in an emergency situation. Assistance totalling $l5O is this program's maximum per family. Eligibility is based on the income of the en tire household. A non-farm family of four, for example, is eligible for assistance if the total annual family income is below $8,375. A rural family of four has a $7,125 income limitation. Here is the income range eligibility chart: Family Unit Non-Farm Family Farm Family 1 $4,250 $3,638 2 $5,625 $4,800 3 $7,000 $5,963 4 $8,375 $7,125 5 $9,750 $8,288 6 $11,125 $9,450 For family units with more than six members, add $1,375 for each additional Slide Show Features County A slide show presentation on Chattooga County is scheduled to be shown at a meeting of the recently formed Northwest Georgia Travel Council. According to Carrie B. Freeman and Conner Allen, who are representing the county on the council, they will screen the presentation Wednesday at the council's monthly meeting, to be held in Cartersville. The show's color slides were taken by Richard Eason SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979 a clown who was distributing candy before and during the parade. At right, 10-year-old Tregg Smith keeps his balance on a unicycle he rode in the parade. member in a non-farm. and $1,163 for each ad ditional member in a farm family. Persons may apply for assistance at their local County Department of Family and Children Services or the E.O.A. office. Arrangements will be made to help people living in isolated areas or who are unable to leave their residences to apply," a spokesman said. When applying for help, persons should br ing proof of income of all household members such as a paycheck stub, letter from employer, public assistance check stub, unemployment check slub or pension check stub. Every appli cant should bring social security number. "When applying for help with a heating bill, bring a bill," the spokesman said. Applications will be accepted as long as funds are available on a first-come, first served basis. For further program information contact the E.O.A. office at 857-3641 or the Depart ment of Family and Children Services at 857-3487. with a 135-mrn camera. The slides focus on the county s many outdoor wall murals, which were painted by a group of high school students under the direction of art instructor John Turner. Comprehensive Develop ment Training Act funds were used to pay the salaries of the students, while the Chattooga County Chamber of Com merce helped to underwrite the cost of paint used in the project. The City of Summerville j helped to pay Turner’s salary. Turner was not eligible to receive CETA funds. According to Mrs- Freeman, the slide show will have a taped commentary and musical background, which is currently in the process of be ing produced. "We feel this slide show will help show off our com munity to people who may not be familiar with it," said Mrs. Freeman. Thousands Flock To City For Christmas Parade If any Scrooges were in downtown Summerville Fri day night, they had no trouble finding the Spirit of Christmas-for it could be plainly seen in the faces of the thousands of youngsters lined up along the route of the an nual Christmas parade. "Look, Mama," squealed one little girl whose nose was pink as temperatures dipped into the 20s, "here comes the parade." From her vantage point across from the Cour thouse on Commerce Street, she pointed and her eyes grew big. The little girl was typical of the ocean of children who with their parents jammed the parade route, eager to see their friends on floats, get a piece of candy from a Shriner clown, and wave at Santa Claus. Clear-Vu Seeks Re-Hearing Os High Court Case By TOM KIRWAN Attorneys for Clear-Vu Cable, Inc., Friday filed legal documents asking the Georgia Supreme Court to rehear a case in which the high court affirmed a trial court's deci sion granting an injunction against the firm. The injunction, issued by Superior Court Judge Paul Palter early this year after Jkng sought by the Town of Trion and a handful of its residents, ordered Clear-Vu to discontinue its blackout which began Feb. 1 of three channels to Trion customers. The blackout stemmed from an ongoing dispute con cerning customer rates and the cable-TV contract in Trion. F. H. Boney and William Hyden Jr., representing Clear- Vu, submitted a three-page motion seeking the rehearing before the court, which on Nov. 22 unanimously affirmed Judge Painter’s ruling. The motion, in part, said that the Supreme Court “misapplied the provisions of law” concerning contracts “in that these provisions can only be applied where some am biguity or doubt exists as to the meaning of an agreement or terms thereof, i. e., where there is more than one reasonable meaning for the agreement or term in ques tion. In the case at bar, the language of the franchise is clear and unambiguous. Hence, the provisions of law relied on by the Court are in applicable. In this case no con- Gifts Needed For Mayors’ Motorcade The Town of Trion and cities of Menlo and Summer ville will again participate in the statewide program spon sored annually by the Georgia Municipal Association to col lect Christmas gifts for pa tients in the state’s mental hospitals. In the past years, the mayors of Georgia have par ticipated in a motorcycle to carry locally collected gifts to the institutions. All ^ifts for many years from this area were taken to Milledgeville. This year, however, the gifts will be taken to Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in Rome. The gifts will be carried to Rome Thursday, Dec. 13. All citizens of Summerville are being asked to deliver their packages to City Hall of Summerville between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each weekday. In Trion, residents there can take their gifts to the Town Hall by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. In Menlo, residents can bring their packages to the Gulf Ser vice Station between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wrapped packages should be labeled as to their contents, sex and age category, as well as the name and address of the donor. Some gift suggestions for the female patients/residents Most youngsters seemed virtually oblivious to the cold, but their parents could be seen stamping their feet and patting their arms in an effort to stay warm. A few lucky families were crowded into parked cars and pickups along the route, their heaters war ding off the biting cold. Some grumbling could be heard along the parade route, though, as the bone-chilling wind made a 20-minute delay in the parade uncomfortable for unfortunates who hadn’t dressed warmly enough. But the grumbling stopped when the parade started, the long procession of walking units, floats, dignitaries in automobiles, bands, Shriners and a large assortment of others entertaining the large crowd that turned out for the parade. struction is even permissible because the language of the franchise is plain, unam biguous, and capable of only one reasonable interpre tation.” Clear-Vu’s contention all along has been that its con tract with Trion spelled out that it was required only to provide four channels to Trion customers and that as a result its curtailment of service (to nine channels) in Trion was therefore in compliance with the contract. But the High Court dismissed this argu ment, indicating that the com pany had advertised 12 sta tions would be offered and that in the context of the en tire contract the curtailment was not permissible. The motion also charges that the Supreme Court “overlooked” other facts which Clear-Vu says show that its three-channel blackout in Trion is legal. Trion Town Attorney Ed Surles yesterday filed an answer to the Clear-Vu motion asking the High Court to deny it. Surles’ brief charges that the motion for rehearing “does nothing more than repeat again” Clear-Vu’s arguments made in the original appeal “which have been fully refuted in the opi nion issued by this Court, and, by claiming as ‘overlooked facts’ alleged inconsistencies contained in previous com promise offers, which are im proper for present considera tion under long-established statutory law and rulings of this Court...” // / XL— are: pantyhose, knee high stockings, bath powder, deodorant, shampoo, hand lo tion, body lotion, combs, brushes, footies, handker chiefs, scarves and jewelry. Suggestions for the male patients/residents includes: stretch socks, shave cream, deodorant, shampoo, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, handkerchiefs, stretch slip pers, undershorts and tee shirts. Suggestions for gifts in general include: fresh fruit, shelled nuts, baked goods, cigarettes, tobacco, ana play ing cards. Toy suggestions in clude playskool blocks and Child Guidance toys. All gifts must be new. Much interest of the parade typically focuses on the homemade floats put together by local groups, businesses, and organizations, and this year was no different. Students and teachers of Pennville Elementary School captured the first place, SIOO prize with their novel entry that included a Chinese dragon that snaked along the parade route after the school’s float. Capturing second place —and $75 in prize money—was the Farmers and Merchants float showing a quaint “old-fashioned ' Christmas at home before a crackling fire. The Summerville Elemen tary School entry—a festive Volkswagen carrying the Kathryn Mac Vane Is Reelected Menlo Mayor By 2 Votes Incumbent Menlo Mayor Kathryn Mac Vane held on to her office by only a two-vote margin in a city election Saturday. Mrs. Mac Vane received 72 of the 142 votes cast, while former Menlo mayor and councilman Hester Hurtt received 70 votes. Ironically, two years ago Mrs. Mac Vane first won the office of mayor for the first time over Coun cilman Lonnie Ward by two vote margin. In that race, she polled 72 votes to Ward's 70, the exact total of Saturday’s race. In other offices up for grabs in the election William G. A. Long polled 100 votes in his bid for the council seat cur rently held by William Robert King, and Jeanne Mincey received 101 votes in her bid for Barry Brown's council seat. Both candidates were unopposed. City Recorder Theresa Canada was re-elected to her office with 106 votes. She also was unopposed. 5 Races In Trion So Far See Only 6 Candidates Qualify With a little over a week left to qualify, only six candidates have signed up to run in the Jan. 3 election in Trion for the of fices of mayor, city recorder and three council seats. The qualifying deadline is Friday, Dec. 14. at 5 p.m. Persons wishing to qualify to run for an office can do so in person at the Town Hall in Trion or in writing to the Trion City Recorder. Incumbent Mayor Jake Woods has qualified to run for re election. He is opposed by Councilman Donnie Hayes. M. D. Brewster has qualified to run for his current office of city recorder. He was appointed earlier this year to fill the unex pired term of the late Tom Grubbs. Opposing Brewster is Carl “Chesty" Ragland. Steve Dyer, a former Trion policeman, has qualified to run for the council seat currently held by Hayes. He is unopposed in his bid for the seat. Councilman Don Henderson has qualified to run for his cur rent seat on the council. He is also unopposed. No one has qualified to run for the council seat currently held by Hoyt Williams. Former Trionite Drowns In Rome The body of a former i non man was found floating in Dye Creek in Rome near the east end of East Glover’s Street Saturday by several unidentified Rome residents. Authorities identified the man as Walter Dewitt Chas tain, 37, of 117 East Main St. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Floyd Medical Center around 3:40 p.m. Saturday. When he was pulled from the water, he was still clutching a small testament in his hand, said reports. According to Floyd Coun ty Coroner Fred Talley, Chas tain had been in the water from 48 to 72 hours. Following a police investigation and medical examination of the body, Talley ruled the death as an accidental drowning. No foul play is suspected, he said. Chastain, a self-employed painting contractor, had left his home sometime Wednes- PRICE 20c theme "Babes In Toyland — took third place and prize money of SSO. Waterville Baptist Church captured fourth place—and $35 with its trainlike entry, and Brownie Troop No. 127 of Menlo won fifth place and $25 for its float featuring St. Nick and his elves. Grand marshals of the parade, sponsored by the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce, were the Hallelujah Players of Sum merville Junior High School. Both local high school bands were in the parade. Also in the parade was the 149-member Pepperell High Dragon Band of Lindale. The chamber awarded the band trophies for their participa tion. 'i •. •jk Jk - . ' F^ 1 V** IM * '■ * KATHRYN MacVANE The new council members will take office the first Tues day in January, al the first council meeting of the new year. day, Talley said. The creek where Chastain was found is a half to three quarters of a mile from his residence, said Talley. Talley said that the body was found below a pipeline that goes across the creek. The pipeline is often used by people to cross the creek. From all indications, Talley said, it appeared Chastain ap parently started across the pipeline and fell. The water there is anywhere from four to seven feet deep, said Talley. "The shock could easily have caused him to drown, said Talley. Funeral services were held for Chastain Monday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Erwin- Petitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Smith and the Rev. Bobby Tinney officiating. In terment was in Greenhills Memory Gardens. (Continued On Page 3)