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808 THRONEBERRY
Bob Throneberry
Is Inducted Into
Professional Group
Bob L. Throneberry, ex
ecutive director of Chattooga
County Hospital and Oak
View Nursing Home, was ad
vanced to membershi
status in the American Cor
lege of Hospital Ad
ministrators (ACHA) at its
47th Convocation Ceremony
held Aug. 30 in the Franklin
Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia. A
written and oral examination
must be passed before ad
vancement to membership is
conferred.
The ACHA is a Chicago
based national professional
society of more than 15,000
chief executive officers and
their administrators staffs
managing hospitals, health
service facilities and health
related organizations and
agencies in the United States
and Canada.
The convocation marks
the beginning of the
society's 47th annual
meeting, traditionally held in
conjunction with the annual
convention of the American
Hospital Association.
Autumn Train Trips
From Chattanooga
Being Scheduled
CHATTANOOGA — The
14th Annual Autumn Leaf
Specials, two weekends of
round trip steam train excur
sions to Crossville, Tenn.,
during the fall foliage color
peak, will be held Oct. 17, 18,
24 and 25, under the sponsor
ship of the Tennessee Valley
Railroad Museum (TVRM)
and the Southern Railway
System.
Robert M. Soule, presi
dent of TVRM, said there will
be a daily round trip each
Saturday and Sunday, fiaaving
Chattanooga at 8 a.m. and
returning by 8 p.m. with a
two-hour visit in grossville. A
special option for
passengers on the Saturday
trips will be an overnight stay
in Crossville, with dinner and
a live theatre performance at
the famed Cumberland Coun
ty Playhouse. Arrangements
are also being made for per
sons wishing to board in
Crossville for the Saturday
trip to Chattanooga with an
overnight stay and return to
Crossville the next morning.
The train will be Fulled by
a recently overhauled 2-8-4
type locomotive, the largest
and most modern steam
engine yet reconstructed for
use by the Southern Railway.
The locomotive is owned by
the Kentucky Railway
Museum of Louisville, Ky.,
and is being leased by TVRM
for these trips.
The route of the special
will take passengers through
mountainous areas, over high
bridges and through a tunnel
at the top of the gumberland
escarpment. The train will
run over tracks of the
Southern and Tennessee
Central Railways via Dayton,
Rockwood and Crab Orchard.
Capacity of the train is ap
proximately 900 persons, ac
commodated aboard 20 cars.
A souvenir and commissary
car will run in the middle of
the train, together with a din
ing car at the head end of the
train. First Class service in
the last four cars at the rear
of the train is offered. “We of
fer accommodations to suit
almost every taste and this
year are providing a special
railfan coach to %)e coupled
directly behind the
locomotive for the ‘hard core’
enthusiasts that ride our
trains,”’ Soule said.
Information and reserva
tions can be obtained by
writing TVRN Excursion
Tickets, Department “'N,” No.
7 Fairhil& Drive, Chat
tanooga, Tenn. 37405 or by
phoning our office at (615)
894-8028.
Patrol Vowing
Crackdown
On Labor Day
ATLANTA — The Geor(gia
State Patrol is planning a full
scale crackdown on traffic
violators during the upcoming
Labor Day Hofidny eriod to
further bolster a Lraffic safety
record which is showing a 12
percent decrease in traffic
deaths for the year.
Georgia Public Safet
Commissioner Colonel Hug“;
Hardison said the Patrol
would attempt to leave no
speeder unchecked, reckless
driver unnoticed or drunk
driver uncontained as efforts
were made to prevent the 17
traffic deaths predicted dur
ing the 78 holiday riod
which begins at 6 p.m. l'};?day.
Sept. 4 and ends at midnight
Monday, Sept. 7. In addition
to the 17 deaths predicted, the
Patrol expects 438 injuries
and 1,204 accidents. Last year
15 deaths occurred in the
same period.
Lower holiday death
records is one of the reasons
the state is showing a signifi
cant 12 percent decrease in
traffic deaths compared to
last year, according to Colonel
Hardison. Just last July 4 an
all-time low number of deaths
for a holiday weekend was
recorded when only 9 deaths
occurred. The Patrol hopes to
duglicate that record this
Labor Day.
To accomplish a good
record, Hardison said the
Patrol will work closely with
local agencies to present a
unified approach to traffic
safety. Widespread use of
radar, aircraft, road checks
and concentrated patrols will
be relied on to make the Patrol
as visible as possible. When
the holiday is over, the Patrol
expects more than 12,000 ar
rests and warnings to have
been issued.
Despite the all out effort of
enforcement agencies, Colonel
Hardison said, “‘the greatest
responsibility for a safe holi
day rests on the shoulders of
the individual drivers. They
are the ones who will make or
break our records.”
Park Hosts Session
Of Civil War Buffs
Chickamauga and Chat
tanooga National Militar
Park will host the first fafl
meeting of the Chattanooga
Civil War Round Table on
Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The Chickamauga Bat
tlefield Visitor Center on
Highway 27 will be open at
6:30 p.m. Members of the
park’s interpretive staff
dressed in CiviYWar uniforms
will be available in the
museum housing the Fuller
Gun Collection to answer
questions on Civil War
weaponry.
After a short business
meeting, the Round Table
group will be shown the film
“The Guns of September.”
Our Deadlines
Deadline for submitting
news items to The Summer
ville News is 1 p.m. on Tues
day.
Retail advertising must be
submitted before 3 p.m. on
Tuesday; legal adver
tisements will be accepted un
til 5 p.m. on that day.
Tidbits
BALDY COUNT: A survey
of the nation's ‘“lower
48" bald eagles taken
over a 14-day period in
January ranked Georgia
near the bottom for the
number of eagles spot
ted. Only seven adult and
five immature bald
eagles were counted,
two more than last year.
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A BIGGY: Chattooga
County is over 63 times
smaller than San Bernar
dino, Calif., the nation's
largest county. But don’t
sees bad: Nine states are
also smaller than San
Bernadino, which has
20,117 square miles. The
area of ghattooga Coun
ty is 317 square miles.
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QUOTABLE: ‘“lt's like
climbing a mountain,”
said Swedish film direc
tor lnanar Bergman, talk
ing about old age. “You
climb from ledge to
ledge. The higher you
get. the more tired and
reathless you become,
but your view becomes
much more extensive.”’
Books-By-Mail Program Launched
The Chattooga County
Library announced Thursday
its book-lendinf-by-mail ser
vice for the rural householders
should gear up in late
September.
Rita Linker, library direc
tor, revealed the details of the
new service, called ‘‘Mail-A-
Book." 7
““Chattooga County
Library has prepared a
catalog of pa{)erback books
which are available for check
out by mail," she said. “The
catalog is to be mailed to box
holders on rural routes in
Chattooga County."
The service can be used by
all persons residing in the
households receiving catalogs,
she noted. A library card is
not required. Requests for
books are mailed to the
library, and the books re
?uested are shig\ped back and
orth between the library and
the patron by mail. All costs
of mailing are paid by the
library, she explained.
The service was made
gossible by Title I Library
Services and Construction
grant money that the library
receives.
“Exferiments by libraries
in book check-out by mail
have been tried for years, but
it wasn't until the low-price
paperback book was avaifable
Armuchee Bluegrass Festival Set
Bluegrass music lovers
will bring summer to a close
with a bang on Labor Day
weekend when they gather at
the Armuchee Saddle Club at
Armuchee Friday through
Sunday for the ninth annual
Armuchee Bluegrass
Festival.
Located 8 miles north of
Rome on Georgia Highway
140 between U.S. Highway
27 and [-75, the Armuchee
festival this year will feature
more than 30 of Georgia’s top
bluegrass bands, including
Golden River Grass, North
Georgia Grass, the
Brakemen, Fields of Grass,
James and Mary Padgett, the
Jury Deadlocks In Robbery Case
A mistrial was declared
last Thursday evening after a
Chattooga jury %ecame
deadlocked at a decision in the
case of a young Summerville
glan charged with armed rob
ery.
The case involved William
Patrick White, 24, of 115
Sixth St., charged with the
April 6 armed robbery of the
Golden Gallon Convenience
Store on U.S. Highway 27
North. The jury deliberated
unsuccessfully for over 5
hours before Superior Court
Judge Joseph “Bo’’ Loggins
declared a mistrial.
Testimony began Thurs
day morning with sheriff’s in
vestigator Tony Gilleland
testifying about his investiga
tion into the crime. After ta%k
ing with the assistant store
manager who was on duty the
night of the robbery and from
additional information he'd
received, Gilleland told the
jury, he glaced a lookout for
White. illeland said that
some two weeks after the rob
bery he showed the assistant
manager a photo pack display
from which she selected the
photograph of White as one of
the men who robbed the store.
The jury retired to the jury
room while the judge heard
testimony and rufed on its ad
missibility. Assistant District
Attorney Roland Enloe Jr.
presented the photo pack to
the court, and the assistant
store manager, Wilma Lively,
testified that she had review-
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rant Officer and Platoon Commander
with the Rome Marine Corps Reserve
Unit, supervises the instruction given
his platoon prior to helico?t,er castin,
training conducted recently in Gulgf
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Trion Mayor Jake Woods (L), Chattooga
County Library Board Chairman Celeste
Florence, an({ County Commissioner
Wayne ‘‘Pete’”’ Denson inspect some
roughly 2,400 paperback books that will
Blue Ridge Gentlemen, and
Bluegrass incorporated.
Among the out-of-state
bands cxpected to appear are
the Collins Boys of Knoxville,
Tenn.; Ed James and the
James Gang of Chattanooga;
and Coker Creek Grass, a%so
from Tennessee.
Host band for the 3-day
affair will be John Farley and
the award-winning New Dix
ie. Recently spotlighted in an
article in ‘‘Bluegrass
Unlimited,” the nationally
distributed bluegrass music
magazine, New Dixie
features vocal selections
from traditional as well as
contemporary sources, in
ed the photos and selected one
as the man who had robbed
the store. Judge Loggins
made no ruling at that time
concerning the admittance of
the photos.
The jury returned to the
courtroom and Investigator
Gilleland went back on the
stand. During his testimony, a
small-caliber handgun was
shown to the jury, but was not
admitted into evidence.
The next witness was Wes
Starr, a part-time deputy.
Starr told tfiejury that he had
seen the defendant with the
small-caliber handgun in early
April. Starr explained that he
got the gun from Carl Shrop
shire prior to the trial and had
given it to Investigator
Gilleland.
Shropshire took the stand
next. He testified that White
had pawned the gun to him in
the middle of March and that
he had had it ever since — un
til he gave it to Deputy Starr.
The small handgun was then
admitted into evidence by the
state.
Ms. Lively was the next to
testify. She explained to the
jury the events of the night
the store was robbed. She said
one of the two men was armed
with a small handgun similar
to the one admitted into
evidence. Ms. Lively told the
jury that one man had his face
covered with a stocking and
the one with the gun fiad a
Elastic thing she assumed to
e a checkbook shielding his
Ayers Supervises Training
Officials Inspect P aperbacks
cluding songs written by
John Farley. garl Leming, the
Flying Fiddler, provides a
lively change of pace with his
fiddie breakdowns, and Mark
Bramlett adds a brisk
Scruggs style banjo sound to
the group’'s offerings. Bass
chores are handled by Buzzy
Leming and Candy Bramlett
and Debbie Farley contribute
to the vocal harmony.
Staged by veteran
bluegrass promoter and disc
jockey Harold Galloway, this
year's Armuchee festival will
find another radio disc
jockey, Peanut Faircloth of
Chattanooga, serving as
master of ceremonies. He
mouth and nose.
Shirley Burke, a clerk on
duty at the store the night of
the robbery minutes before 11
g.m., then took the stand. Ms.
urke testified to much of the
same events as Ms. Lively
had, except Ms. Burke said
she never saw the second man,
but only heard him come in.
She Lol({the jury that she and
Ms. Lively were made to lie
down on the floor during the
robbery.
The state rested its case
followed by a motion from
defense attorneys Carlton
Vines and Bill Hyden for a
directed verdict of not guilty
on the ground that there
wasn't enough evidence to
support the charge. The mo
tion was denied.
The first witness for the
defense was Cynthia Harris,
White's sister-in-law from
Gadsden, Ala. She told the
jury that White was livin
with her, her husband ang
their three children at the time
of the robbery. She explained
that White was always home
by 11 p.m. as she went to bed
by that time, locked the doors
and would not let him in the
house if he was late.
White then took the stand
in his own defense. He
testified to much of the same
as - Shropshire had about the
handgun being pawned. He
also told the jury very much
the same as {\is sister-in-law
had about living in Gadsden
from March 18 to the middle
Shores, Ala. Helo casting — in which par
ticipants jump into water directly from a
helicopter — is used by the Marines to
gain access to enemy-held beaches.
(USMC Photo).
soon be available to every resident
through the mail. Catalogs are scheduled
to be mailed to every postal patron in the
county — some 4,000 in all — later this
month.
will be assisted by special
guest emcee, Jim Kottmer of
radio station KAFF,
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Shows start Friday at 7
p.m.; Saturday at noon; and
Sunday at 10 a.m. Admission
is $5, Friday; $5, Saturday; $4,
Sunday; or sl2 for a 3-day
ticket. Children under 12 will
be admitted free when ac
companied by parents.
Facilities include flush
toilets, a limited number of
electrical hook-ups, and cam
ping in the rough free with
ticket purchase. Food and
craft concessions will be in
operation.
of May and always having to
be home by 11 p.m. to get in
side.
The jury, after hearing
closing remarks from the
state and the defense along
with the reading of the law by
Judge Loggins, retired to the
{'ury room before 2 p.m. to
vegin their deliberation. The
jury returned to the cour
troom once, saying they were
deadlocked at nine-to-three
and had been since their first
votes were cast. Judge Log
gins talked with them hrieff}
and advised them to listen
closely to each other and reach
a decision.
By 7:15 p.m. last Thursday
the jury was still deadlocked
at a nine-to-three decision.
Judge Loggins called the
mistrial. The decision, accor
ding to one source, was nine
for guilty and three for not
guilty.
Nancy Nelson
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Joins Sorority
A local resident was
among those young women
pledged during the fall formal
rush recently completed by
the Panhellenic Council at the
University of North Alabama.
Nancy Nelson of
Cloudland became a member
of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority
at the college.
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Lung Warning
Alcohol can worsen most respiratory
symptoms, according to the Georgia
Lung Association.
Approximately 3,800 persons in Tuc
son took part in the sLuJ;' reported in a
recent, issue of the American Review of
Resriratory Disease, a Lung Association
publication. Trained nurse interviewers
administered questionnaires covering
such information as respiratory history,
alcohol consumption, smoking habits
and education. The nurses also ad
ministered lung tests to the study par
ticipants and it was found:
*Only 6.7 rcent of the women
were heavy drin{():ra. compared with 20.1
percent of the men.
*ln the men, alcohol consumption
increased consistently with smofiing.
whereas in women, increased consump
tion was noted only in present heavy
smokers,
* Among those who had never smok
ed, moderate-to-heavy drinkers had more
cough and significantly more acute
respiratory illnesses than none-to-light
drinkers.
* A combination of heavy drinking
and heavy smoking generally led to a
higher prevalence of respiratory symp
toms than heavy smoking alone — at
least in men.
Smoking is a far more important con
tributor to respiratory symptoms than
Consumer Update
in a good selection of Yopular
titles, that the plan became
feasible,”" she said. ‘‘Paper
back book mail order libraries
were successfully tried in the
United States as early as
1968, and the idea has gained
popularity ever since."
Mrs, f:inker said that the
nationwide surge of interest in
the mail order fihrar_v concept
was caused by several factors,
The increased cost of books, of
operating libraries, and of
buying and operatin
bookmobiles to otgor witfi
growing d(-mamrt for library
service by all so;{ments of the
?opulutinn, including rural
amilies — all this has caused
libraries to seek new and in
novative ways to serve their
Fatmns. Mail-A-Book Service
ills the demand and does so
at cost levels that can be met
by the libraries, she said.
Approximately 4,000
('utalotzuos are scheduled to be
mailed out, according to Mrs,
Linker. The plan calls for
every mailbox and post office
The Summerville News
Thurs., Sept. 3, 1981
| Second Front |
Special Session Opens
In Atlanta; Lawmakers
Decide On Districting
The opening week of the
1981 Special Session of the
Georgia General Assembly
was in a way characteristic of
a violent storm. The mood was
tranquil when Monday's open
ing gavel went down. House
members spent 3 days handl
ing formalities and the
relatively non-controversial
issues of Code Revision and
funding of a new GBI com
plex. But, like a storm, the
tranquility was soon inter
rupted as House members
tackled the more volatile
issues of Legislative Reappor
tionment and Revision of the
State Constitution.
If for no other reason, sum
mertime gatherings of the
General Assembly are ex
traordinary because they oc
cur so infrequently. The last
was in 1975 when Legislators
were called to the Capitol by
Governor George Busbee to
slash to the bone a budget
that had been thrown into
disarray by rampant economic
recession. The 1981 Special
Session will be extruur(finury
because of the importance of
reapportionment and a revis
ed constitution.
Every 10 years, following
the decennial census,
Legislatures across the Coun
try are required to revise their
districts to reflect Population
shifts and changes. And there
are some important rules to be
followed. Districts must be
drawn to reflect the “‘one man,
one vote" policy; minority
voting strength must not be
diluted; and wherever possi
ble, County lines sh()uid be
maintained.
The implications are ob
vious. In some instances,
Representatives literally
bargain for their political
futures as it is inevitable that
several incumbents must be
paired against each other in
the 1982 House elections, Fur
ther, the bill approved by the
General Assembly in this
Special Session will be in ef
fect for the coming 10 years.
The magnitude of
legislative redistricting
alcohol consumption, but the latter is a
significant risk factor, as well, doctors
say.
Auto Negleet
About one-third of all drivers neglect
routine auto maintenance, ‘‘Automotive
News"' reports, resulting in unnecessari
ly low gas mileage in virtually all cases.
The most neglected routine
maintenance (in order): fuel filter,
crankcase breather filter, idle speed, air
filter and engine timing. The magazine
notes that it is a myth that less
maintenance is required when you cut
down on driving.
Honda Fenders
Replaced
Honda is providing owners of its
1975-78 cars with repairs or reimburse
ment because of fender rusting. Approx
imately 700,000 Civics and Accords are
covered. The program will cover rust on
the top part of the front fender, within
about 2 feet of the windshield. The rust
first appears in the form of bubbles or
blisters in the paint and, soon after,
holes develop in the metal. For more in
formation, contact Honda.
box in the county receiving
the catalog.
In all, she said, there are
about 800 paperback titles
available through the service,
with an average of about three
books per Litfi). for a total of
some 2,400 books.
A press conference was
held 'Fhursday to officially
launch the project. A handful
of local dignitaries from local
government whose funds help
support the library were also
invited to discuss the program
and inspect its still-in-hoxes
collection. County Commis
sioner Wayne ‘‘Pete” Dense
and Trion Mayor J. C. "Jake
Woods were given a first-hard
look at how the program will
work.
The '‘Books-By-Mail"" pro
gram has been accepted by
state officials as a suitable
alternative to the local library
system running a bookmobile,
which is normally required for
a system to receive state
fun({q.
perhaps pales in comparison
to that ()Ffl new Constitution.
The standard-bearer of law in
Georgia has become bogged
down with local amendments
since its last rewriting in
1945. The document is now so
cumbersome that Governor
Busbee was prompted, in his
Tuesday address to the
General Assembly, to call it
“the laughingstock of the
country.”
With 236 members of the
House and Senate likely to
have numerous different opi
nions on what should be in
cluded in a new Constitution,
and with the political futures
of several Representatives at
stake, at week's end
Legislators were squarely in
the middle of the storm known
as the 1981 Special Session.
On Wednesday the House
approved a new code for the
State of Georgia, the 155-3
vote was the culmination of
more than four years of
tedious deliberation in which
many antiquated Statutes
were eliminated.
The last official code was
adopted in 1933, and it had
since been expanded to more
than 12,000 pages in length.
Under the recodification, more
than 130 Code Titles have
been reduced to 53 Code Titles
to which the State of Georgia
now holds the copyright.
Adoption of Lge new Code
should enable citizens, at
torneys, law enforcement of
ficials and the Courts to more
readily interpret laws and
thus enjoy smoother opera
tion of ng Judicial process.
Also on Wet?nesday.
House members passed HB
1-Ex which provides $16.5
Million in fun(s)s for construc
tion of a new Georgia Bureau
of Investigation Complex to
be located in South F)eKalb
County.
The unit will contain the
GBI headquarters, crime lab
and investigation center. In
support of the legislation
House Speaker Tom i’lurphy,
D-Bremen, stated that
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