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Miss Starkey To Wed
William C. Benefield
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Starkey
of Summerville announce the
engagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daughter,
Sandra, to William C.
Benefield, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Benefield of Berryton.
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[ g(-rformed by the Rev. Willie
| Bearden.
| No invitations will be sent,
| but all friends and relatives
are invited to attend.
\ Rraonats
Brimp and Archie Warren
got an early Christmas lFl)re
sent from Col. Hugh Har
dison, Commander of the
Georgia State Patrol. The
brothers, long-time friends of
Hardison, on Dec. 22 were
presented certificates declar
ing them honorary state
troopers.,
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John Bankson Jr. has been
named to the dean’s list for
the fall semester at the
University of Virginia, at
Charlottesville. Banfison is a
fourth year student majoring
in chemical enginoering.
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Staff agents of the Sum
merville District, National
Life Insurance Co., along
with their wives, attended a
meeting at the home office in
Rome %‘hursdu_\' night. They
included: Mr. and i‘lrs. Roy
McDaniel, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Wofford, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin
Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Nvfsun of LaFayette and Mr.
and Mrs. James Crane of
LaFayette,
Films were shown of the
Bahamas and Switzerland.
According to sales, agents
and their wives may win one
of these trips in 1981.
Refreshments were served.
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Mrs. Hilda Hill and
daughter, Patti, were in
Belton, Ky, over the weekend
visiting Garry Hill. They were
luncheon guests Sunday of
Mr. and I\fis. Larry Palmer,
.}l\'nc and Nancy in Dunmor,
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gary
and daughter, Laura Lynn, of
Chnuanoolga. Mr. en! Mrs.
Overton Faubus of Abilene,
Texas, and Aurea Pledger
were the dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Hall Tyler Sunday.
Mr. Gary is interim
preacher at Pennville Church
of Christ,
The Faubuses spent
several days recently with
Mrs, Charf'es Cochran and
visited a number of friends
and relatives in the area,
esrcecially enjoying a
de ifhtful visit with Miss
Ovelle Thomas whom they
had not seen in several years.
They enjoyed chatting long
distance with her sister, Mrs.
Velma Baker, during their
visit,
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Clark Colwell was honored
with a surprise party on his
14th birthday anniversary
Saturday.
Some 15 of his young
friends attended and were
served hamburgers, hot dofis
and cake. His parents, the
Rev. Jack Colwell and Mrs.
Colwell, hosted the event.
The Senior High Sunday
School Class at the Summer
ville Presbyterian Church en
{oyed a hofiday dinner at the
.ookout Restaurant at
Cloudland recently.
Members attending were:
Dave Henley, Tom \%’atflon.
Will Maples, Robert Maples,
William Hair, Peck Spivey
and Mike Alexander.
Mrs. Drucilla Maples,
teacher, attended along with
several guests,
* )
Mrs. Minnie Bryant met
her daughter, Mrs. Marlene
Armstrong, of Atlanta in
Cartersville Sunday for lunch.
Mrs. Bryant's recent
visitor was her sister, Mrs.
Glennis Willis White, former
ly of Miami. Mrs. White
returned to Tallahassee, Fla.,
where she now resides in a
duplex with her son and fami
ly, Charles Wilson. He is in
the construction business
there.
* * *
Sgt. David R. Fox of
Alamogordo, N. M., a former
resident of Trion, is home
visiting friends and relatives
before reporting to Tyndall
AFB in Panama City, Ffu.
His wife, Chris, and
children, Melissa and Todd,
will be going with him.
His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Buford A. Fox of Trion.
Mrs. Fox's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Howard S. Hawkins
of Summerville.
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Phillip and Lynn Wofford
and little Adam have moved
to the Callaway Apartments
on campus at Georgia Tech
where ngillip has entered.
* * *
Johnny Baldwin is recover
ing at his home followin
treatment at Redmond Parfi
Hospital in Rome.
* * *
Mrs. Buford D. Taylor of
Williamstown, Ky., has
returned home after spending
the holidays with J.g’. Um
ghurs. Mr. and Mrs. Howard
S. Hawkins, Randy Hawkins,
and Chris Fox, Melissa and
Todd.
* * *
Mrs. Sue Spivey attended
the Executive Committee
meeting of the Georgia School
Board Association in Atlanta
Wednesdayv.
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You and Your
Schools
School System Taps Its
Community Resources
School board members and
school administrators are con
stant:{ looking for ways to
provide better educational op
portunities for their students
at the least possible cost. Stu
dying educational journals
and %)ulletins plus talking to
other board members across
the state and nation are ways
toward accomplishing this
goal. Sometimes we become
teachers instead of pupils as
when I attended a workshop
on '‘Using Community
Resourses.”’
Chattooga County has
long taken advantage of its
wealth of knowledgeable
citizens. Emily Farrar, Chat
tooga County Bicentennial
Historian, has spent many
hours in classrooms teaching
our local history. She has even
written a history of our coun-
Ly.
“We have community
resource people coming into
our high school every day,”
CHS Principal Jack Herrin,
told me. “’Fhe public healtfi
agency, welfare agency, as
well as members oF the local
county and city government,
bankers association, Bar
Association, ministerial
association, and many others
are quick to answer a request
to come in and talk to our
students. They provide a
great deal of interesting ideas
that generate enthusiasm.”
“fi.B.White, Georgia
Forestry Commission, comes
in regularly as does J.P.
Smith. They talk to our
students about conservation,
forestry, and industries
related to our forests,” Menlo
Principal Ed Thompson add
ed. “'Also the EMT s
Pordonals
Summerville Junior High
School students will be given
the opportunity once again
this sprin to tour
Washington, I§ C.
The tri? will be directed by
the Social Studies Depart
ment under the supervision of
Mrs. Gwen Bentley. The trip
will include visits to
Washington, Mount Vernon,
Williamsburg, and a cruise
down the Potomac.
The trip will be the second
of its kind, the first having
been taken in the spring of
1978. The educationa[l) adven
ture of 1979, which was
directed by Mrs. Bentley and
the Junior High School, was a
10-day LriP to Honolulu.
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Mrs. Elgin Logan had
lunch with Mrs. Bob Climer at
Mentone Monday.
* * *
The Rev. Curry W. Davis
and Mrs. Davis and Curry Jr.
attended a get-together at the
home of Mrs. Davis’ mother,
Mrs. James Keel, in Dadeville,
Ala., on New Year's Eve.
Angie Pampalon recently
spent a week with her grand-
K;rents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
addux.
Also, spending this past
weekend were k\frs. Andrea
Maddux and Mrs. Judith
Bowers of Stone Mountain
with whom Angie returned
home.
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Evans and Mary Scoggins,
Lee and Grace Kitchens and
Ernest and Viney Morris of
Chickamauga camped out at
Cloudland Canyvon over the
weekend.
They enjoyed making
campfires, cooking and play
ing cards. It snowed some, ad
ding to the wintertime at
mosphere.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Hut
chins, Mrs. Willie Hutchins
and Mrs. William McDonald
went shopping at Fort
Oglethorge vonfey‘
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Mr. and Mrs. Billy Locklear,
Mrs. Ruby Morrison, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Bentley and
Mistijo spent last weekend at
Callaway Gardens near Pine
Mountain.
Special reservations were
made for them to take part in
“Callaway's Country "™’
celebration, Dec. 20-Jan. 1.
Hiihlights included a
backstage tour of the Inn's
Kitchens, which serve as host
| (Emergency Medical Techni
cians) come and give courses
in C.P.R. (Cardio-Pulmonary
Resucitation).”
' It came as no surprise
| when Summerville Elemen
| tary Kindergarten teacher
| Angie Baker invited me to see
the work her students had
done on American Indians.
) “We've invited Margie
' Payne to talk to our class
about Indians, Angie said.
| “She is bringing some of her
| relics with her.”
7 Margie is secretary at Pen
| nville E?ementary School. She
' and her late husband, George,
' collected many Indian ar
tifacts and have a reputation
| of sharing their finds and
| knowledge with adults as well
| as students.
g “We have been working on
| Indians for the past coupfiz of
weeks, Angie explained. ‘“We
| became interested in Indians
| while we were studying about
| Thanksgiving. The
| kindergarten cfi:ss had little
i knowledge of Indians. It has
| been an interesting time.”’
; I arrived at the school in
time to help Margie unload
' her car— and developed a
| healthy appreciation of the
| amount or time and trouble
| people are willing to give in
order to share interest and
| help our boys and girls. (Those
| tomahawks and stones were
heavy!)
Margie sat down on the
floor, with eager boys and
girls sitting down facing her.
he pulled out rocks to show
how the Indians ground corn,
and she told the students how
they cooked the cracked corn,
comparing it to the meal we
to more business conventions |
and socials than any other
single facility in the South.
One of LKe special events |
included demonstrations by |
Dorothy Tresner, Southern
Highland Handicraft Guild
craftsman, who travels |
worldwide teaching the crea- |
tion of various birgs from all- |
natural materials. Some of the |
birds sell for as much as S2OO |
and are made from commonly- l
used materials such as pine |
cones, cotton bolls and burrs,
nuts, seed and paper mache.
The Chattoogans especial
ly enjoyed touring the spec
tacular greenhouses which |
were decorated with
thousands of poinsettias in
red, pink, white and orange
under glimmering lights.
They were among the some
1,600 persons on hand for the
celebration.
Cord of Thanks
The family of Eugene
Brooks wishes to express
sincere thanks and gratitude
to all those who helped during
his illness and death. The
many flowers, food and time
donated by friends, relatives
and neighbors were greatly
appreciated. Special thanks to
the Chattooga County and
Redmond Park Hospital staffs
and Dr. Herman Spivev who
cared for Gene during his il-
Iness, and our grati-ude to the
Pledger Singers, Firwin-Petitt
Funeral Home and the Reuvs.
W.H. Dean and James
Thompson for their kindness
at Gene's death. None of vou
will be forgotten by Gene's
family and vou will remain in
our hearts and thoughts just
as Gene will.
Gene's sister,
Ozema B. Dempsey
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buy at the grocery store. The
students fefi eacfr of the ar
tifacts. I was also fascinated
by the many shapes and sizes
of the arrow-heads and the
discussion of how they could
be used. (Children have good
imaginations). Margie showed
sewing needles made from
turkey bones; feathers and
shells used for decoration. She
spoke of the Indians building
teepees of dried animal skins
that were chewed by Indian
women in order to make the
hides soft and pliable. She told
of games Indian children
played. ‘
It was a good experience,
seeing children learning as a
lay person shared her
lmowlgd e and a teacher
utilized Lie wealth of our com
munity resources.
The class responded when
asked what they liked about
their Indian study.
Here's what they said:
Making a clay pot, April
Ayers; eating popcorn, Kane
Ayers; making an Indian
necklace, Greg Brooks; mak
ing ankle bells, John Brown;
making a sand painting,
Marla Brown; making pinch
pots, Kevin Chapman; making
a feathered headband,
Natasha Cox; making a “‘false
face’’ mask, Gary Crump;
Elaying in & ‘long
ouse’'—like the Iroquois had,
Jamie Dillard; pretending to
hunt food in the woods, Gar
rick Evans; playing in a
teepee, Lynn Greene; drinking
apple cider, Terry Hughes;
tasting smoked fish, S%)elly
McCarty; making a vest, Con
nor Middleton; makin
tomahawks, Jimmy Mitchel%
Indian corn, Sonia Railey;
Peace pipes, Tiffany Roun
saville; plég'ing maracas while
we danced, Bryab Stinson;
Playir:ig the drum while we
danced, Chris Stinson; Indian
dancin%, Melanie Tucker; see
ing films about Indians,
Stacey Tudor; Going on a pre
tend hunt, Kellie Young;
reading books about Indians,
Shawn Tucker; Indian dance,
Joe Allen; ankle bells, Jeff B
ennett; making an Indian
vest, Tracy Bruce; making an
Indian mask, Chris Davis;
dressing our dolls to look like
Indian babies, Holly Elrod;
Books and pictures of In
dians, Brian Fitzpatrick; the
teepee, Becky Franklin; log
house, Pamela Gentry; mak
ing a necklace, Penny
Hartline; seeing a real bow
and arrow, Carrie Payton; the
hunt in the woods, Elena
Prather; “"Hunting’’ deer and
*‘cooking” over the ‘fire”,
Michael Schrader; writing
down words—lndian picture
symbols, Rezzie Starr; making
tomahawks, Anthony Tucker;
making a headband, Kevin
Howard; making a pinch pot,
Amy Helton; the peace pipe,
Brent Scoggins, and tasting
smoked fish, Carlotta
Wedgeworth.
THOUGHT: ‘‘Never
criticize a man until you have
walked a mile in his moec
casins.” —lndian saying
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The Summerville News, Thurs., Jan. 10, 1980
14-A
7 Deanbby
DEAR ABBY: This letter has taken me 2% years to write. It
is in response to someone who asked you if she should
acknnwlws)go the birth of a friend’s baby who had been diagnos
ed as having Down's Syndrome. (Mongolism). Thank you, Ab
by, for saying, *‘Yes, the mother of such a child needs all the
support and cheering up she can get. :
[ read that column the day I came home from the hospital
with little Jimmy, my newborn Down’s Syndrome baby. But
there is so much more that most people need to know, and as
one who has had that experience, mal)q' I say it: .
Please keep in mind that what happened to Jimmy was
tragic, but the child himself is not a tragedy, and neither is his
birth. He is as much a loving member of our family as our other
children, so do send a card, a note, or a little gift to acknowledge
his birth.
Here are a few suggestions that will help you feel more com
fortable when talking to new parents of a Down’s baby:
Please don't ask if “insanity’’ runs in the family. Down's
Syndrome is a chromosome defect, and is rarely hereditary. Fur
thermore, a Down's child is retarded, which is vastly different
from insane.
Don't hesitate to ask how he is ietting alor;s. Some people
avoid mentioning the child (as though he had died) because they
think the situation is too horrible to even discuss.
When the child seems to be progressing, please don't say he
seems ‘‘normal’’ and maybe won't be retarded after all! New
arents need to face up to the facts regarding their s(i)ecial child
Eefore they themselves can accegt him as he is. By denying his
limitations, you encourage false hopes, and convey the message
that you don't really accept or love him.
About a third of all Down's children are born with heart
defects. Our Jimmy required open-heart surgeg. He survived
the operation and is much-improved. We thank God for that, so
please don't say it might have been a “blessing” had he died.
And don't express surprise that they ‘“would bother” to operate
on such a child.
Please believe the parents when they say that their special
child is a very worthwhile little person, and they are actuall
glad to have him. While Down’s Syndrome is nothing to wisi
for, it CAN be accepted, and is not nearly as catastrophic as it
seems the first few weeks.
In the beginning, the parents need to talk about their feel
ings. Don’t argue. Listen. Let them weep, and weep with them.
And when they can finally smile about their baby, you smile,
too.
Don't refer to the child as ‘‘that poor little thing.” It hurts
me to see people look upon my chile with pity, ans know that
they wish he had never been born. He’s not repulsive in the
least, and I can honestly say that much good has already come
from our little treasure. Our other zhildren (the eldest is 9) have
learned understanding and compassion because of their little
brother. We told them the truth immediately, and they have
loved him from the day they first saw him.
I cannot imagine life without Jimmy. He is the sunshine of
our lives.
People don’t mean to be insensitive or cruel—they just don’t
know how to handle the birth of an exceptional chifli.
I know this is much too long for your column, Abby, but
please print as much of it as possible. You will be doing a
tremendous service to many.—JIMMY'S MOTHER:
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
DEAR MOM: Your letter filled an entire column. But it was
well worth the space. I know I speak for many when I say
“thank you' for writing.
DEAR ABBY: My name is Adam and I am 11. My father
went out of town for a few days and left his big car in our
garage. Neil, a kid my age, came over and said he knew how to
drive, so I got the keys and told him he could drive forward and
backwards in our driveway. Well, while Neil was backing up, he
saw my Mom drive up behind him in her little car. He panicked
and rammed Mom'’s car, smashing the whole front end, but
good. Mom wasn'’t hurt, but her car was a mess.
[ admit it was my fault for letting Neil drive, but he was the
one who wrecked Mom's car, and afi the blame was placed on
me. Mom is making me pay for the damage by taking it out of
my allowance. It will taie me forever to pay it off. I am also
grounded for a month with no TV privileges.
Mom says I can't be trusted and she has lost all confidence
ir me. Please tell me how I can get my Mom to trust me again? I
told her I learned my lesson, but she doesn't believe
me.—ADAM IN HIGHLAND PARK
DEAR ADAM: Start to build your mother’s confidence in
you by being 100 percent truthful and responsible. Repeated
good behavior wilF establish you as a trustworthy person.
Words mean nothing. Performance means everything.
DEAR ABBY: Is it ever proper to ask someone why they
didn't invite you to their party?
[ wouldn't do it to put someone on the spot. I really want to
know if maybe I did (or said) something to offend that person.
And there is always a chance that my invitation got lost in the
mails. Sign me .. .—LEFT OUT AND HURT
DEAR HURT: The word from here is, don't ask.
(c) 1980 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.