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Santa To Be Among Parade Favorites
Santa Claus, seen perched last year in the parade on a
Summerville Fire Bepartment truck, will be returning
for this year’'s excitement. One new attraction in this
year's parade will be a group of young roller-skating
Begins At 7:30
Downtown Parade Tonight
The annual Christmas
parade gets underway
tonight, Dec. 4, in downtown
Summerville beginning at
7:30 p.m. with 34 entries — in
cluding Santa Claus, high
school bands and numerous
floats — signed up to par
ticipate.
According to the
Christmas Parade Committee,
this year's parade theme is,
“What Does Christmas Mean
To Me?"’
Atlanta Braves relief pit
cher Rick Camp will serve as
the parade Grand Marshal.
The Trion native was named
as the team’s most valuable
player this past season.
An always-popular partici
pant in the parade will ge San
ta Claus, ri(fing on a fire truck.
Smokey the Bear and
Woodsy the Owl from the
local Georgia Forestry Com
mission unit will also be in the
parade. In addition, Downey
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Two County Residents Still
In Hospital Following Wreck
Two county residents re
mained listed in Floyd
Medical Center in Rome
Wednesday with injuries
received in a two-vehicle acci
Toys For Needy Sought
The Department of Family
and Children Services
(DFACS), is again this year
garticipating in its
hristmastime drive for toys
for the needy.
. Old or broken toys are be
ing collected for repair and
redistribution at the depart
ment office. McGinnis Brug
Company is providing space
abaove the store to serve as a
repair shop where Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett McCamy are
heading a group of volunteers
to fix and clean the donated
toys.
Juanita Ham, a staff
member at DFACS and the
volunteer coordinator for the
program, had this to sady of
community response to date:
“The drive is going great.
We've collected many toys
but, we'd like to collect more.”’
The toys will go to families
who ask f};)r heig and to some
clients of the Department of
Family and Children Services.
For more information on
The Summerville News
Duck will be in the parade.
Those entering floats in
the parade shoulg ather in
the Chattooga Higi School
parking lot by 6 p.m., said a
%arade committee member.
he float judging will be held
at 6:15 p.m. In tie float com
petition there will be five cash
prizes given away: SIOO, $75,
850, $25 and sls.
The three judges for the
float competition include:
Darla Bates with the Depart
ment of Industry and Trade;
Tom Boylan, director of News
and Puglicity at Berry Col
lege; and Dan Biggers, direc
tor of the Oak Hill and Martha
Berry Museum.
The riding and walking
units, along with the parade
cars, should all be in their
designated places by 7 p.m.
Parade cars, the committee
member said, should gather
on the Bolling Roaf; the
bands and walking units will
meet in the Huddle House/-
Jim's Drive-In area; and
riding units (horses) should
gather at the “Dick’” Dowdy
Park on University Street.
Entries in the parade as of
Wednesday inclutred: Georgia
Senator E.G. Summers,
Brownie Troop 380 of Trion,
the Summervis)le Junior High
School Council, Billy Puryear
riding with the locaflmembers
of the Georgia High School
Rodeo Association, Brownie
Troop 115 of Summerville,
dent on Georgia Highway 100
Nov. 21 in which &nee other
local residents were also in
jured.
Randy Thomas Bryan, age
giving a donation or receiving
aid from the program, contact
the Department of Family and
Children Services at 857-3487.
Trion Parents
To Discuss
Scout Pack
Parents interested in
organizing a cub scout pack in
the Trion area will meet Mon
day at 6:30£.m. at the Trion
Church of God of Prophecy,
located on old U.S. Highway
o,
i Area scout orfanizer Her
man Woods will be at the
meeting to answer questions.
Boys who have completed the
second grade or are ages 8
through 10 can Participate.
For more information call
Martha Blansit at 857-1615,
Diane Watkins at 734-7060, or
Jerry Corbin at 734-3301.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980
clowns. Chattoo%a's own Rick Camp is the Parade
Grand Marshal. Three high school bands are scheduled
to particigate in the festivities. Nearly S3OO in prize
money is being offered in the float competition.
The Tri-State Twirlers,
Brownie Troop 112, Trion
Heights Baptist Church, the
Tennessee ’Fwirlers, Brownie
Troop . 393, and Disabled
American Veterans Post 49.
Additional grotps signed
1]&) include: Livirg Waters
inistery, the Chattooga
County Rescue Squad with
the “Jaws of Life,” Pack 73
Cub Scouts, Mountain View
Baptist Church, a group of
area horseback riders, the
Menlo Cub Scouts, the BMH
Riders (bicycle racers), and
Miss Trion 1979 Tracey Lee
Michael.
A grouS of local
youngsters will be skating in
the parade as clowns. They in
cludl:e: Andy Fulmer, Becky
Browning, Lenny Wilson,
Steve Chfiders. James Lemm
ings, Matthew Pickard, Marty
Reed, Todd Sprayberry,
Casey Wallin, Diane Clark,
Re%lina Reed, Christy Reed,
Lisha Reed, Steve Chappelear,
Amy Farmer and Tina Col
lette.
Also signed up for the
parade are Tregg and Tricia
Smith from Rome. Eleven
year-old Tregg, a unicyclist
who rode as a clown in last
year’s event, will return this
ear as a unicycling bank rob
{;er being pursued on skates
by his 10-year-old sister
Tricia, who will be carrying a
six-shooter and wearing a
sheriff’s badge.
23, of Route 1, Lyerly, and
Annie Mae Adams, age 30,
also of Lyerly, were listed in
Floyd Medical Center. Ben
jamin S. Blalock, afie 23, and
Larue Roy Mitchell, age 18,
both of Route 1, Lyerly, were
passengers in the Bryan vehi
cle. Thomas Adams, age 32, of
a general delivery adsress in
Lyerly was a passenger in the
Adams vehicle. The three men
were admitted, treated and
later released from the
hospital with injuries from the
8:15 p.m. accident.
According to a Georgia
State Patrol report, Ms.
Adams, driver of a 1973
Chevrolet Impala, was travel
ing south on Highway 100.
Bryan, driver of a 1971 Dodge
pickup truck, was traveling
north on the same highway.
Ms. Adams, the report said,
entered a curve,on the wrong
side of the highway. The
Adams car skidded approx
imately 131 feet, 10 inches
before striking the Bryan
truck almost head-on, said the
report.
Following an investigation
by Georgia State Troopers
Bill Pledger and Dennis
Tucker, Ms. Adams was
charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Other groups include: the
Armuchee Ranger District,
the Pennville Element‘arg
School, the Chattooga Hig
School marching band, (co_r%~
bined with the junior higl’
school band), the Peppered’
High School marching g'nnd,
the Trion High School mar
ching band, and the Summer
ville Junior High School and
Chattooga Hig%x_ School 4-H
Clubs.
The parade will begin on
U. S. Highway 27 where it in
tersects with Georgia
Highway 114, explained a
committee memger. The
parade will go through
downtown Summerville with
the units disbanding at the
bridge at Cleghorn Springs |
near Clear-Vu éable. Inc. |
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Five Injured In Accident
Five Lyerly residents were injured in this two-vehicle
accident (see story at left). The driver of a 1971 Dodge
pickup truck (t,og ghotm. Randy Thomas Bryan, and
the driver of a 1973 Chevrolet Impala (bottom l\Xhot,o).
Annie Mae Adams, remained listed in Flogd edical
Center Wednesday. Two passengers in the Bryan vehi
cle and one passenger in the Agams car were treated
and later relcased from the hospital.
Assessments Raised 26%
To Comply With Ga. Law
The Georgia Department
of Revenue last week slapped
a 26 (Porcent factor on the
1980 Chattooga County Tax
Digest, w%ich means
ssessments of most property
‘in the county must be raised
by Lll}‘at amlount. A
.. The only property unaf
ted by the action are bank
res, mobile homes and
wiotor vehicles.
% W. E. Strickland, commis
‘sioner of the revenue depart
‘ment, told county officials in a
letter dated Nov. 24: ‘I have
determined that your digest,
in the aggregate, does not ac
curately reflect an assessment
ratio of 40 percent of fair
market value; therefore I am
not authorized to approve
your digest as submitted. It
will be necessary for ad
justments to be made accor
ding to the attached Order
respecting your digest . . ."
| In legalistic language that
- order explains that the 26 per
cent assessment increase is
- necessary in order for the
- state commissioner of revenue
to fulfill his duty of examining
the state's county tax digests
and determining ‘“‘whether or
not property valuation is
- uniform Eetween the counties
- 50 as to bring about as far as
practicable an equalization
~throughout the State of the
values of the various classes
of property subject to ad
' valorem taxation . . ."”
| A study by the state
revenue department promp-
Led the assessment increase.
- That study, in which actual
land sales were compared to
-~ their valuation on the county
tax books, showed that as a
| g.rou.p_.the county s property 1s
~sfimificantly undervalued for
|« purposes. Farm land, the
L 8 have sliown i recent
syeats, especially is under
valued. The most recent study
showed that farm property
assessments are running at
only 22 percent of fair market
value (wfi:reas they should be,
by state law, on the tax books
at about 40 percent). Residen
tial property is being taxed at
31 percent of fair market
value, while commercial pro
perty was on the books at 33
percent of fair market value,
the study found.
The general assessment in
crease, called a tax di%:ast
“factor,” is the state’s method
of bringing all property up to
the required 40 percent fair
market value leve?. In recent
g;gars. scores of counties have
en factored regularly. Last
{;enr, Chattooga County was
it with a 17 percent assess
ment increase, for example.
Under state law, the coun
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Everett Lunsford, who headed the effort
to get the new high rise built, checks the
kitchen of one unit prior to the
building’s opening this week. The apart
ments are unfurnished except for the
kitchen — which has a refrigerator,
stove and garbage disposal unit. Each
High Rise Opens
The first tenants of the
Summerville high rise for the
elderly and handicapped are
moving into the facility this
week.
“We'll be moving in our
first tenant either today or
Thursday,” said Summerville
Housing Authority Executive
Director Andrew Williams
Wednesday morning, explain
ing that the building was
ready for occupancy. A short
time later he called The News
and said the first tenant
would be moving in that day
(Wednesday) ang should com
plete her move by today.
The first tenant of the
structure was identified as
Ethel S. Brown, whose cur
rent address is 321 Allen St.
She has leased an apartment
on the second floor o?the new
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Menlo Voters
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Go To Poll
On Saturday
The City of Menlo will hold
a regular city election on
Saturday to elect three council
members,
The polls will be open from
7 a.m, until 7 p.m. in order for
the 259 registered city voters
to cast their ballots. Council
members elected will serve a
two-year term.
Running unopposed for
Seat No. 3 is incumbent Tom
my Ballard.
Incumbent Tommy Luther
is being opé)osed by challenger
Ernest “Spunkey” Mitchell
for the position of Seat No. 4.
Former Menlo councilman
Fred Burrage is running
against incumbent Lonnie
Ward for Seat No. 5.
Glass Shattered
In 6 P.O. Boxes
The Summerville Police
Defanment is investigating
ear f'-moming vandalism at
the local post office on Friday.
While on routine patrol
around 3:11 a.m. Friday, Of
ficer Gene Nix discovered that
six post office boxes had been
tampered with. The glass in
the boxes had been broken
out, according to the police
report.
ty and county school millage
rates set a few weeks ago
must be reduced to offset Lfie
across-the-board assessments
increase. As noted in the
order, the millage levy must
be nafi%\‘.lred “‘so as to ensure
that the adjusted county
digest will produce an amount
Checks Out Apartment
building.
A total of 60 efficiency
apartments are located in the
building, with eight of them
on the ground floor being
designated for handicapped or
disag?ed residents, regardless
of age. The remaining units in
the five-story builffing, the
county's largest, are to be
leased only to elderly
residents. Almost all of the
apartments are one-bedroom
units.
“We have 55 applications
on file and it looEs like we
won't have any flmblem filling
it u%” said Williams. ‘‘Some
of the ap;;llicant.s could have
changed their minds, but we
don'’t forsee any problems.”
Two weeks ago the hous
ing authorit{. which is manag
ing the building, reported it
Captured Pair Accused
Of Armed Robbery Of
Store On Thanksgiving
A young Floyd County
man and a Rome juvenile were
apprehended following a chase
sfiortly after the pair allegedly
held up a Chattooglgville con
venience store on Thanksgiv
ing Day.
Michael Guenther
McPhearson, age 18, of 213
Burnett Ferry Road and a
16-year-old companion were
taken into custody Thursday
afternoon, Nov. 27, in Floyd
County. The 16-year-old —
whose name cannot be divulg
ed under state law because he
is a juvenile — has been releas
ed to the custody of the Youth
Development Center in
Rome. McPhearson, charged
with armed robbery, remained
lodged in the Chattooga Coun
ty Jail on Wednesday in lieu
of a $25,000 bond.
The robbery occurred
around 1:45 p.m. Thursday at
the D & JJ C%nvenience Store
on Georg Highway 114, said
the police report. The events
of the robbery, chase and ap
})rehension were described as
ollows by the police report:
Store attendant Leon
Lenderman was at his vehicle
in the store parking lot when
an older model red Ford Fleet
side pickup truck pulled into
the lot. Two men wearing ski
masks and carrying weapons
got out. One of the men was
carrying a Remington pump
shotgun and the other a
.303-caliber bolt-action rifle.
The pair told Lenderman to
“freeze,”’ then advised him to
go inside the store. Once in
of revenue which would have
been produced had no
necessary adjustments been
made to the county valuations
This week County Com
missioner Wayne ‘‘Pete’’ Den
son reset the millage rate in
see ASSESSMENTS, page 5-A
apartment is equipped with a smoke
detector and a specially-coated birch
front door which is fireproof. Note the
lever-tyf)e door knob: it allows access by
Fent.ly ifting or pushing down on the
ever.
had only 37 applications. But
after a news story appeared in
The News about the imminent
opening of the facility, several
more a(;)plicati(ms have been
received. ‘“We've had a good
reception since that article,”
Williams commented.
The building almost realiz
ed its targeted Dec. 1 opening
date, set over a year ago.
Following final federal and
state inspections, however,
some minor details had to be
attended to before the
building could be occupied.
They included such smaflppro
jects as painting ‘‘Exit’’ signs
on fire doors and covering ex
posed pipe, he said.
The building cost nearly $2
million to buil(fand is the grst
of its kind in the county.
side the store, the pair ordered
Lenderman on the floor while
one of the suspects took the
money (estimated by Lender
man tb be between S2OO and
$250) out of the cash register.
The pair then departed in
their truck.
Lenderman contacted the
sheriff's department, told
them what had happened and
gave them a description of the
truck the pair let}z in. Local
law enforcement agencies,
along with an Alabama aFen
cy, responded to the call. A
siort time later Cpl. Jim
Boswell of the Georgia State
Patrol spotted the truck near
Coosa. He attempted to stop
the vehicle, however, it fled
and a chase ensued. As the
fleeing truck attem}gted to
make a left turn off Highway
20 into the Plant Hammond
area, the driver lost control
and the truck overturned.
At this time, the report
said, McPhearson and the
juvenile were apprehended.
Neither suspect was hurt.
Two weapons, approximately
$lB2, amf?wo ski masks were
found at the scene of the ar
rest, said the report.
In Floyd County the pair
were charged with the strong
armed attempted robbery and
afgravated assault of two
Floyd County men in a mobile
home on Nov. 17, said the
::f;orts. They were also charg
with the attempted robbery
and assault of Pete Crifasi and
another man at Crifasi’s house
trailer in early November.,
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