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Election In
Lyerly Set
The office of mayor and
five council seats are up for
grabs in an election in Lyerly
on Jan. 7.
Qualifying for the offices
now open, with the deadline
set for Monday, Dec. 31, at 6
p.m. Persons wishing to
qualify for the election must
contact City Clerk Gwen
Bentley. Qualifying fees are
$5 for persons wishing to run
for a council seat and $lO for
those running for the posi
tion of mayor.
The officials elected will
take office Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Mrs. Bentley also advises
that property taxes have been
mailed out, and the deadline
for payment is Feb. 1, 1980.
There were some 15 delin
quent tax notices in those
mailed out, said Mrs. Bentley.
These should be paid by Dec.
31.
Lyerly Group
Has Holiday
Party, Meal
The Lyerly Homemakers
Club held its annual
Christmas party, exchange of
gifts and dinner at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bishop,
Tuesday night, Dec. 11.
The home was decorated
throughout with yuletide
decorations and lighted
candles. Fruit punch and hors
d'oeuvres were served upon
entering the spacious den. The
husbands accompanied their
wives. Following a bountiful
dinner, Christmas gifts were
opened.
Enjoying the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Bishop, Gena Bishop, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Kimbell, Mrs. Eva
Jordan, Mrs. Troyce Hayes,
Mrs. Louie Johnston, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Tidmore, and
Lynda; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ed
wards, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
White, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cook
and Marie, Mrs. Florance
Crawford, Mrs. Velma Wyatt,
Mr. and Mrs. Bus Wyatt and
Krist, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bishop, and hostess
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bishop.
Berry Registration
Dates Announced
Registration for the winter
quarter at Berry College will
be Jan. 4-7 in Hermann Hall,
said Thomas C. Glover, dean
of admissions.
Returning commuter
undergraduate students will
register Friday, Jan. 4, from 8
a.m. to noon. Special students
will register from 1 to 5 p.m.
Graduate students in the
college’s master of education
degree program register from
4 to 4:45 p.m., and students in
the master of business ad
ministration degree program
register from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.
on Jan. 4.
Returning boarding
students register from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7.
New students will begin
orientation at 9 a.m. Jan. 7 in
the third floor assembly room
of Hermann Hall. The new
students will register during
their orientation program.
Classes begin at Berry on
Tuesday, Jan. 8.
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Santa Visits Center
Santa Claus made his annual visit to the
Chattooga County Parent-Child Center
last Thursday evening. The center held a
Christmas party at Summerville First
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YOUNG CAREER WOMAN
OF 1980
Kris Connelly
Honored By
B&PW Club
A local attorney has been
named Young Career Woman
for 1980, it was announced at
the regular meeting of the
Business and Professional
Women's Club Wednesday
night, Dec. 12, at the Holiday
Inn in Rome.
Mrs. Sue Spivey announc
ed that Mrs. Kris Cook Con
nelly has been selected as the
Young Career Woman for
1980. Mrs. Connelly is with
the law firm of Cook and
Palmour in Summerville.
Mrs. Joyce Brown, a
teacher at the Summerville
Junior High School, was
selected as the alternate.
Mrs. Mable Ballenger
presided over the meeting in
the absence of club president,
Mrs. Freddie Durham.
Thirty-four members and
guests enjoyed the buffet din
ner and Mrs. Angie Baker,
Carolyn Jones and Wylene
Selman sang for the group.
Mrs. Baker accompanied on
the guitar.
The evening ended with
the singing of Christmas
carols.
Two Complete
Requirements
For Degrees
Two county residents are
among 161 students who com
pleted degree requirements
during the recently completed
j fall quarter at West Georgia
College in Carrollton.
Completing requirements
were: Sandra A. Powell of
Menlo, with a bachelor of
science in early childhood
education; and Sherry E.
Ratliff of Lyerly, with a
bachelor of arts in geography.
Barbara McCollum
Awarded Degree
Barbara Pickle McCollum,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilburn H. Pickle, Route 1,
Menlo, received the bachelor
of science degree in Berry Col
lege's fall commencement
ceremonies held recently on
the Berry campus.
A total of 107 graduates
received degrees in the
ceremony.
Mrs. McCollum, a
graduate of Chattooga High
School, majored in business.
She is presently employed by
Farmers and Merchants
Bank, Summerville.
Baptist Church and Santa was the
featured guest. Santa brought gifts to
ail the children from the center.
Bloodmobile Nets 105 Units Here
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile made its last
stop of the year in the county
last Thursday, bringing to 105
the total number of units col
lected this month.
Some 57 county residents
turned out as potential blood
donors from 12:30 until 5:30
p.m. at the Summerville
Recreation Center. Fifty-three
units of blood were collected.
Four of the 57 potential
donors were not allowed to
give blood for various reasons.
Earlier in the week the
Bloodmobile had also made a
stop at Best Manufacturing in
Menlo.
Sixty-three employees
turned out there to donate the
“gift of life." Fifty-two units
were collected, with 11 donors
not allowed to give for various
reasons.
Listed below are the names
of the potential donors who
turned out Thursday to give
blood:
Debbie L. Brooks, William
T. Brooks, Thomas Maynard,
Eugene H. Brown, MonLyne
B. Payne, David Love, Im
ogene Van Pelt, Iva Nell Ed
wards, Susan Smith, Robert
Ponder, Derrell Rush,
Douglas Stephens, Willard M.
Payne, Virginia B. Boney and
Michael E. Adair.
Also, Colquitt C. Black
111, Susan Shook, Lee Gard
ner, Bill M. Gilbert, Frances
Ballinger, Bill Ellis, Kevin L.
Edwards, Jeanne Driver,
Waymon H. Morgan, Ruth L.
Cummings, Rhonda Bailey,
Ray Casey, Ronald E. Young,
Archie T. Noles Jr. and Avery
T. Pierce.
Also, Bobby Joe Money,
John P. Smith Jr., Guy
Chambless, Clyde W. Davis,
Steve P. White, Bart-Dlliat,
Clentis M. Pool, Paul Purcell,
Anna F. Westmoreland, Ray
L. Green, Ronald L. Croy,
Billie E. Moses, James W.
Snow, Bobby K. Brown and
Wayne Denson.
Also, William T. Espy,
James C. Mitchell Jr., Robert
S. Cordle, David L. Matten,
Jeffery J. Ratliff, Robert L.
Williams, Alice A.
Sprayberry, Nancy E. Majors,
Rosa Lee Fike, G. W. Koonce,
Jesse R. Carpenter and Jon
M. Payne.
Listed below are the names
of persons who turned out to
give blood Monday at Best
Manufacturing Co. to give the
“gift of life": Clyde M. Ken
nedy, Reva G. Leath, Jo H.
Thornberry, Maggie L.
Thomas, William G. Griffith,
Barry T. Brown, Danny
Moran, Steve Butler, Peggy
Rosson, Jean Burrage, Mary
Green, Joyce H. Allen, Danny
Hunt, Judy Carter and Ray
mond J. Ware.
Also, Edith J. Lemans,
Ann Burnette, Erick Brown,
Veleta S. Brown, Debbie
Kilgo, Malcolm Mitchell,
Central Ave.
Sets Program
Central Avenue Baptist
Church, located behind the
Dixie Oil Co. in Trion, will
hold its annual Christmas pro
gram Sunday night.
The program, “Why
Christmas?” will begin at 7
o’clock. The directors are Mrs.
Betty Hall and Mrs. Barbara
Perkins.
Berry ton Church
Slates Program
A Christmas program will
be held at the Berryton
Church of God Sunday night.
The play titled "Christmas
Comes to Detroit Louie” will
begin at 7 o’clock. The pastor,
the Rev. Willard Fitzpatrick,
invites the public to attend.
Food Stamp Rules Change Jan. 1
New food stamp- rules
which could help many Chat
tooga and other Georgia
households with elderly or
H nr 1
Jr
Blast Destroys Cable
A section of a telephone sheath hit by
buckshot can cause many phone
customers to be without service, phone
Careless Hunters Black Out
Phone Service With Gunfire
Hunting season in Chat
tooga County usually means
trouble for birds, squirrels and
General Telephone Company
customers.
Kenneth McPeak, local
district service manager,
doesn't really expect
customers to be shot at—but
there is always the possibility
that they might have their
telephones put out of service
by errant bullets or buckshot.
McPeak said hunters have
been aiming at birds and
squirrels on the cable without -
realizing the damage they
sometimes cause.
“Each year, if a hunter
should hit a telephone cable,
depending on the size of the
cable, as few as one or as
many as hundreds of
customers could be without
service,” he explained. “We
are primarily concerned for
the elderly and ill customers
who rely on their phones as
their only lifeline to the out
side world,” he noted. "Many
of our customers who live in ।
the rural areas of Chattooga ,
County do not have access to (
another telephone for several
miles and are isolated from .
the rest of the world when j
their telephone fails." (
The problem is a serious ;
one, he said, noting that some i
disabled family members will
go into effect Jan. 1, accor
ding to Dick Pickering, direc
tor of the Food Stamp Pro
gram for the Department of
Human Resources.
The new rules provide
special medical and shelter
deductions for low-income per
sons aged 60 or older and tneir
families. Also included are
persons receiving Supplemen
tal Security Income (SSI) or
disability payments under the
Social Security Act.
"Food stamp eligiblity and
benefits are based on
household size and net mon
thly income after deductions
are subtracted,” Pickering
said. "By reducing the net in
come, new deductions will
help some families qualify for
food stamps and will mean ad
ditional benefits for some
already participating."
Persons who are receiving
SSI or Social Security disabili
ty payments or are 60 years of
age or older can deduct
medical costs that exceed $35
a month if the medical ex
pense is not reimbursable
under any other program. The
medical expenses of other
household members cannot be
deducted from family income.
Families with a person who
is age 60 or over, or who
receives SSI or Social Securi
ty disability, may have all ex
cess housing costs deducted
with no maximum limit im
plied. However, all other
company officials say. This piece of
cable, hit with a shotgun blast, had to be
’•eplaced.
communities in the county
have been repeatedly hit with
service problems after a phone
cable had been hit by
buckshot or bullets. One com
munity in Dry Valley, he said,
has lost phone service nine
times this year after a cable
was hit by gunfire.
When a cable is struck by
bird shot or bullets, General
Telephone attempts to restore
service as rapidly as possible,
but it is a tedious and time
consuming job to repair shot
John Hammond Is In Group Picked
Through a highly
competitive audition pro
cess, John Hammond of
Summerville has been
selected to perform at the
Georgia Music Educators
Association’s state conven
tion in Atlanta on Jan. 31.
He is to perform with the
Valdosta State College Jazz
Ensemble, which has been
chosen to play at the GMEA
convention for the second
consecutive year.
The 20-member group
specializes in Big Band era
music and performs fre
quently at clinics, workshops
and schools throughout the
state.
families can deduct only the
housing costs which exceed
half the income of the family
after other deductions, up to a
maximum of S9O a month.
Allowable housing costs in
clude rent and mortgage
payments, utility bills, proper
ty taxes and insurance on a
home.
The Food Stamp Program
director noted that "the
Food Stamp Use Rate
Jumps 32% In Georgia
Georgia's Food Stamp Program continues to serve more and
more low-income families, according to figures compiled by the
Food Stamp Section of the Georgia Department of Human
Resources. According to state figures 177,710 more persons
received food stamps in November than in November a year
ago, a 32 percent increase.
"It started in January when we began issuing free food
stamps instead of requiring eligible persons to pay cash for food
stamps worth considerably more,” a spokesman explained. "In
January we received twice as many food stamp applications as
in December. Then in March new regulations made more people
eligible. What's happening now is that we are still having in
creases month to month, but not as great as at first.”
The latest information from local food offices statewide in
dicates there are 573,000 low-income Georgians receiving
assistance in buying groceries. This is approximately 58 per
cent of the eligible population in the state, Pickering said.
"The intent of the program is to improve the nutritional
level of the poor, and it appears to be doing that," according to a
spokesman. But many people in Georgia are still not taking ad
vantage of the Food Stamp Program even though they are eligi
ble, he said, adding that "a large number of working poor out
there who will never come in for food stamps because of pride."
Willie M. Gass, Ruby Will
ingham, John D. Crain,
Charlotte Moseley, James E.
Warren, Regina A. Dodd,
Karen L. Willingham, Mary C.
Swords and Cledia J.
Womack.
Also, Barbara A. Martin,
Tammy E. Hogg, Deborah M.
Arnold, Mary J. Williams,
Joyce L. Childers, Deborah
Westbrooks, Roy A. Gifford,
Lillie M. Murphy, Sharon
Martin, Wilma G. Burrage,
David L. Burkay, Karen L.
Hughes, Wanda F. Winters,
Donald Jackson and Teresa
Blalock.
Also, Harold N. Crider,
Judy Boyd, Irene Owen,
Richard W. Pewitt, Jeanette
Shelby, Rita Burkamp, Steve
Eden, Johnny Cooper, Maxine
Cargle, Elizabeth Bennett,
Alma Palmour, Lynda
Gossett, Marilyn Wells,
Virginia Durham, Nannie
Pierce, Barbara Smith, Terry
Gazaway and Donna Jackson.
cable."A single shotgun blast
can sevec, hundreds of wires
inside the cable. Locating the
damaged section and splicing
these cable requires several
hours of work,” he said.
It’s unfair to cause so
much inconvenience for (he
sake of a wild shot," added
McPeak. He urged hunters to
consider the vital nature of
telephone communications of
their neighbors before aiming
at a bird or a squirrel.
Appearing with the
ensemble have been well
known jazz artists Urbie
Green, Jamey Aebersold,
Willie Thomas, Rich Mat
teson, Jack Sheldon,
Maynard Ferguson and Larry
Skinner.
“The ensemble is one of
the focal points in a vital and
rapidly expanding instrumen
tal program within the VSC
music department,” said Bob
Greenhaw, who directs the
Ensemble with VSC Director
of Bands Ed Barr.
Hammond is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Meredith
of Summerville.
deductions were authorized
by Congress in response to
concerns that the elderly and
disabled had been particularly
hard hit by the tighter
eligibility rules of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977. That
legislation eliminated the
medical deduction allowed
under the 1964 act and placed
a limit on the amount of
shelter expenses households
could dedjuct."
®lje ^ummeruilk News
Thurs., Dec. 20,1979
2 Are Unopposed
In Trion Election
The Trion election Jan. 3
will see eight residents runn
ing for five city offices, in
cluding mayor, city recorder
and three council seats.
The deadline for qualify
ing was Friday.
Councilmen Hoyt Williams
and Don Henderson are unop
posed in their bid for re-
GSP Predicts
44 Fatalities
Over Holidays
State troopers will face
two long holiday weekends
with Christmas and New
Years Day falling on Tuesday
this year making for a grim
prediction of 44 traffic deaths
for both holidays.
The Georgia State Patrol
predicted 27 persons may die
during Christmas and 17 dur
ing New Years a week later.
Both holidays begin at 6:00
p.m. on Friday and end at mid
night Tuesday. The Patrol's
prediction is for 546 injuries
and 1,506 accidents during
Christmas and 514 injuries
and 1,144 accidents during
New Years. Last year 37
deaths occurred during 78
hour holiday periods.
Colonel Hugh Hardison,
Commissioner of the Depart
ment of Public Safety, said
the drinking driver will get
first priority on enforcement
during both holidays as the
State Patrol is pressed to full
strength for an all out enforce
ment program. Other traffic
violations which will be wat
ched for include speeding, il
legal passing, driving on the
wrong side of the road, failure
to yield right of way and
following too closely.
Colonel Hardison issued a
special appeal to party hosts
to heed the advice to “not let
friends drive drunk” during
the holiday. The Patrol says
that more than half of those
who will die during the holi
day can count alcohol as a
direct contributing factor.
Hubcaps Stolen
The theft of a set of hub
caps from a Trion residence
Sunday night is under in
vestigation by the Chattooga
County Sheriff’s Department.
Carlton Vines of 1209 S.
Pine St. reported to deputies
Monday afternoon that
sometime between 10 p.m.
Sunday and 7:10 a.m. Monday
someone had stolen the hub
caps off of his 1978 Ford Fair
mont parked at his residence.
The wire-spoke hubcaps were
valued at $291.
Tech Helping Farmers
Businessmen Assess
Gasohol Possibilities
Georgia Tech researchers
have developed a fact sheet
assessing tne potential for
production of gasohol in
Georgia by farmers and small
businessmen.
The report, written by
W.W. Carr and D.J. Coughlin
of Tech's Engineering Experi
ment Station, is a summary of
the problems and benefits fac
ing the would-be small pro
ducer of alcohol-mixed fuels.
With gasoline supplies
dwindling and price
skyrocketing, many farmers
and businessmen are turning
to alcohol-mixed fuel for their
transportation needs. Some
report their costs are
significantly more attractive
than for conventional liquid
fuels. American automobiles
can run without engine
modification on the standard
blend of gasohol, a mix
generally containing 90 per
cent unleaded gasoline and 10
percent alcohol.
Moreover, alcohol-mixed
fuels can be produced from the
carbohydrates in crops easily
raised on most farms.
The 11-page fact sheet
identifies the types of alcohol
and their varying potentials
as transportation fuels on the
farm and in small businesses.
The report then focuses on the
kinds of feedstocks necessary
for the fermentation process
which produces alcohol.
The processes which result
in the production of ethyl and
methyl alcohol are detailed
and the useful byproducts of
fermentation are identified.
The fact sheet calculates the
net energy resulting from
.alcohol production. It also
delves into the economies and
government regulations in
volving such an enterprise.
The fact sheet is available
at no charge. To receive it or
to obtain further information.
election to their current coun
cil seats.
In the race for mayor, in
cumbent Jake Woods is op
posed by Councilman Donnie
Hayes.
Incumbent City Recorder
M. D. Brewster is opposed in
his bid for re-election by Carl
“Chesty” Ragland, a former
council member.
Brewster was appointed
earlier this year to replace the
late Tom Grubbs.
Steve Dyer, a former Trion
policeman, and Doug Wilson,
a former Trion city recorder,
are running for the council
seat currently held by Hayes.
All Trion residents are urg
ed to vote in the upcoming
election.
The election will be held at
Town Hall in Trion Thursday,
Jan. 3, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Trion Taxes
Due Today
Ad valorem taxes are due
in Trion today, Dec. 20, accor
ding to M. D. Brewster, town
recorder.
A penalty is assessed on
taxes which are paid late, he
noted.
First Baptist
Youth Choir
Begins Tour
The First Baptist Church
Youth Choir of Summerville
leaves today for a Christmas
Tour.
They will be singing at
Rosemont Heights Baptist
Church in Waynesboro
tonight. On Friday they will
sing at Pleasant Home Nurs
ing Facility and Regency Mall
in Augusta, and at the First
Baptist Church in
Greensboro.
The choir will sing at
Gainesville Health Care and
Lakeshore Heights Nursing
Home in Gainesville Saturday
night.
Sunday morning the choir
will sing at Flat Creek Baptist
Church in Gainesville. The
choir will return to Summer
ville Sunday afternoon.
They will present the
musical "Love Came Down”
at the First Baptist Church in
Summerville at 7:30 p.m. The
public is invited to attend the
service. Accompanists for the
choir are Mrs. Rozanne Abney
and Tommy McDonald. The
choir is under the direction of
David A. Williamson.
write: Ms. Robin Farrow or
Dennis Coughlin, Georgia In
stitute of Technology,
Technology Applications
Laboratory. Engineering Ex
periment Station, Atlanta.
Georgia 30332 (Telephone:
(404) 894-3412).
Tidbits
PARK STATS: The
federal government says
its parks in Georgia show
ed mixed attendance
records in 1978. Atten
dance increased at
Cumberland Island, Fort
Frederica on St. Simons
Island, and at Kennesaw
Mountain near Atlanta,
but was off significantly
at Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National
Military Park, the
Anderstonville historic
site near Plains, Fort
Pulaski and Ocmulgee
National Monument.
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PURE CORN: A certain
Ereacher was chagrined
y the fact that one of his
friends and golfing com
panions invariably beat
nim. His companion, an
older man, said, “Don't
take it too hard. You win
in the end. You'll pro
bably be burying me one
of these days. "I know,"
said the preacher, "but
even then it will be your
hole!”
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QUOTABLE: "Personal
ly, I always tell my
troubles to my enemies.
They ’re the only ones who
really want to hear
them.” —Robert Orben.