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. The Summerville News, Thurs., Dec. 20,1979
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Aftermath of Fatal Accident
A Trion man lost his life in a two-car ac
cident late Tuesday night on the Lyerly
Highway near Bigham's Package Store.
Robert Franklin Slayton, driver of a
1979 Datsun (top photo), was pronounc
ed dead on arrival at Chattooga County
Local Man Dies In Wreck
A two-car accident late
Tuesday night on the Lyerly
Highway claimed the life of a
Trion man and sent four coun
ty residents to the hospital for
treatment.
Authorities identified the
deceased man as Robert
Franklin Slayton, 47, of Route
1, Trion. He was pronounced
dead on arrival at Chattooga
County Hospital following the
11:05 p.m. accident.
Injured in the accident
were: Billy Eugene Cooper,
39; Michael Stephens, 13; Bil
ly Joe Stephens, 6; and Billy
Stephens, 33, all of Fish Hat
chery Road, Summerville.
They were all treated and
released.
According to a report filed
by the Georgia State Patrol,
Slayton, driver of a 1979 Dat
sun, at the time of the acci-
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Hospital following the accident. Billy
Eugene Cooper, driver of a 1963
Chevrolet Belair (bottom photo), and
three passengers were treated at the
hospital and released after the accident.
dent was traveling north on
Georgia Highway 114 (Lyerly
Highway) and Cooper, driver
of a 1963 Chevrolet Belair,
was traveling south on the
highway. The Cooper vehicle,
the report said, made a left
turn but missed the road. The
Cooper car went dead, sitting
across both northbound lanes
of the highway, said the
report, near Bigham’s
Package Store.
The Slayton vehicle struck
the Cooper vehicle in the right
side, according to the report.
Witnesses stated that the
Cooper vehicle had been sit
ting in the highway for a few
minutes and had its lights on
prior to being struck by the
Slayton car, said the report.
There were no signs of evasive
action on behalf of the Slayton
vehicle, the report said.
Slayton probably never saw
the Cooper car in time to hit
his brakes, according to the
report.
Following an investigation
by Georgia State Trooper
David Eury, Cooper was
charged with failure to yield
the right of way.
WIDENING
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heard from Mayor Sewell
Cash that a letter from the
DOT had been received on
Dec. 10 asking that the City
accept responsibility for utili
ty relocation involved in the
plan. The council tabled the
matter.
Murphy said a hearing to
explain the new design to the
public will be held sometime
in early 1980.
CITY COUNCIL
(Continued From Page 1)
general fund has been borrow
ing from the gas department
in the last few years (because)
the general fund has been
operating in the red for
years.”
Turning back to the ques
tion of a possible raise for city
employees. Councilman Ira
Pollard recalled that the last
raise granted was considered a
"minimum” raise. "A cost-of
living raise will help them
some.” He said that it mat
tered little that the general
fund received gas fund money;
in the end it's all city money,
anyway, he said.
Mayor Cash said that
because of “cutbacks in per
sonnel” city policemens’
salaries have been recently
raised to a rate that is "com
petitive with neighboring
towns our size." Any propos
ed raises could, therefore, ex
clude that department, he sug
gested.
Cash, appearing to favor
an immediate decision, said
employees have “been asking
me*' about the proposed raise.
"Some of the men are not
making a living in the first
place," Councilman Williams
said, adding that the city
council had promised raises
by yearend. He noted that
similar promises (for addi
tional money) had been pro
mised the library board and
cemetery board, and that
SCHEDULES
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The local post offices will all be closed Tuesday for
Christmas Day.
The Summerville Recreation Center will be closed Monday
and Tuesday for the holiday celebration.
The Town of Trion offices and maintenance departments will
also be closed Monday and Tuesday for Christmas. Garbage
normally picked up on Monday and Tuesday will be picked up
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Trion Recreation Department will be closed Monday
and Tuesday also.
For any emergency calls for the gas department in Trion,
residents are advised to contact the Trion Police Department.
The Summerville News will be closed Tuesday only.
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in the glorious rebirth of hope and faith as the celebration of the
Birth of Our Savior begins. May this spiritual communion,
inspired by the true meaning of Christmas, prevail everlastingly and guide us to peace
through sharing love, compassion and understanding with our fellow man.
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those promises were being
kept.
In the end, the decision ap
peared to be not whether a
raise would be granted, but
how much it should be. The
council opted to study the
matter and review it at the
next meeting, with whatever
raise being agreed to set to go
into effect retroactively to the
first day of the new year.
In other action:
* The council approved a
$2,400 request by the Chat
tooga County Library Board
for funds over the next six
months.
♦ Announced that the con
tract of the contractor who
has been handling the city's
natural gas system in Floyd
County has been terminated.
Public Works Supt. J. C.
Barkley was approved to run
the system by the council.
* As was proposed several
months ago, a raise for three
of the council members and
the mayor was approved to go
into effect Jan. 1. The coun
cilmen will see their monthly
salaries increased to $125
from $75; the mayor will get a
$75 per month raise to S2OO.
Two council seats, those held
by Ira Pollard and James
Crouch, will be eligible for the
new salary after the next
municipal election, assuming
they run and are re-elected.
The method of raise was
adopted so that the incum
bent councilmen who voted
for the proposal several mon-
Claxton Bakery Stays Busy
During Christmas Season
If Santa Claus thinks his
elves are busy this time of
year, then he should see the in
dustrious folks baking fruit
cakes in the southeast
Georgia city of Claxton.
Santa's workshop is off
limits (due to its extreme nor
thern location) but travelers
can watch the making of this
delicious Georgia tradition on
tours of the Claxton Bakery.
Even the seasonal visions
of dancing sugar plums aren’t
as sweet as the fruit cake
made here.
The recipe is a family con
coction, which, if planning to
bake for a large group (or a
very hungry small one), goes
something like this: 700,000
pounds of cherries from
Oregon, 700,000 pounds of
nuts from Georgia and Califor
nia, 800,000 pounds of pineap
ple from Mexico, 1,750,000
pounds of raisins from Califor
nia, 400,000 pounds of fruit
peel from Italy and, to hold it
all together, 500,000 pounds
of flour and 300,000 pounds of
margarine.
Better left for them to
bake and others to enjoy.
After all, they’ve had years of
ths ago could not benefit from
the raise unless they are re
elected. The situation has an
ironic twist: newly-elected
councilman Earl Parris will be
eligible for the increased
salary when he comes on the
council next month while
Crouch and Pollard will have
to be re-elected before they see
a raise.
* It was announced that
approval to give a Christmas
ham to all city employees and
residents serving on advisory
boards at a called meeting in
November.
experience.
The Parker family has run
Claxton Bakery since 1945
when Albert Parker bought it
from Mr. S. G. Tos. Up until
then, Parker had worked for
Tos since he was 12 years old
doing everything from sweep
ing to selling to baking.
After Parker took over, the
bakery, which had also sold
candy, ice cream and other
bakery products, concen
trated primarily on fruit cake.
Definitely a fruit cake fancier,
Parker modified the original
recipe to make the old
fashioned Claxton Fruit Cake
as it is known today.
Individual cake baking for
local residents grew to mass
production for sales
throughout the United States
and foreign countries. This
year about 6’/a million pounds
will have been baked, 90,000
pounds of which are ac
counted for daily during the
Christmas season.
As the popularity of the
fruit cake increased so did the
{irocess of production. Two
arge mixers stir 370 pounds
of natter every 2‘/a minutes
and six ovens bake 750
pounds of fruit cake every
hour and fifteen minutes.
Cakes are then chilled for 7-8
hours in 40-degree cooling
rooms and finally cut and
4-H CONGRESS
More than 1,600 outstan
ding 4-H members from
across the nation attended
this year’s National 4-H Con
gress in Chicago. Nearly
$260,000 in college scholar
ships were awarded during the
five-day event, and $9,000 of
packaged for distribution.
Most of Claxton’s sales are
made through civic groups
but can also be ordered direct
ly from the bakery if desired.
Tours are offered year
round, Monday-Saturday, 7
a.m.-6 p.m. The bakery is easy
to find—just take 1-16 east to
U. S. Hwy. 301 into Claxton.
Once there, look for the water
tower or follow your
nose—either way, it can’t be
missed.
For further information on
tours or ordering Claxton
Fruit Cakes call (912)
739-3441.
Saint Nick (along with
travelers) will be glad to know
that after picking up his supp
ly of fruit cakes, he can stop
by his namesake town of San
ta Claus, Ga. (approximately
15 miles west of Claxton) and
have his Christmas cards
specially postmarked.
To make it easier for those
who don't have flying
reindeer, simply write to Mrs.
Edgar Wright Jr., Town
Clerk, Santa Claus Communi
ty, Lyons, Ga. 30436 and re
quest the special postmark.
For information on any of
Georgia’s travel attractions or
special events write Tour
Georgia, Georgia Department
of Industry and Trade, P. O.
Box 1776, Atlanta, Ga. 30301.
that was brought back to
Georgia by nine 1979 national
winners. In addition, 4-H Con
gress delegates explored such
timely ana vital issues as the
energy crisis, inflation, per
sonal development and career
planning.