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Letters To The Editor
Council Ignores West Summerville
Dear Editor:
I am writing to express my feelings about
our city government, our elected ogficials I
should say. Sometimes I think the forget
they can be voted out the same wa tgey were
voted in. You can't Eet them to J; anything
unless you live in the better parts of town.
They just ignore West Summerville. We get
less done in our part of town than anywhere in
the city. We live on a road that may g’ave been
10-feet wide at the most. The city finally got
started widening it, made a mess and quit and
haven't been back. We pay taxes just like
everyone else and I feel like it’s about time to
‘Good Ole Boys Prison’
Dear Mr. Editor,
If you agree with the views expressed in a
letter appearing in the News last week, writ
ten by a supporter of the progosed State
Prison in our County, then perhaps I have
been misinformed, and have the wrong idea
about prisons and prisoners, because% had
NO IDEA we had such GOOD prisoners in
Georgia. I didn’t know they were really just a
bunch of ‘‘Good Ole Boys.”
I certainly didn’'t know that they were no
more dangerous than the other Feople we see
walking our streets today ... it this is true,
why are they in L)rison?
They say they NEVER HEARD OF
anyone escaping from this type
prison . . . well, I never heard of one in opera
tion . . . for long . . . that DIDN'T have people
escaf)e ... and they say if one DID escape, he
would probably ‘‘Hop in his girlfriends car,
and get away from this area...FAST.” I
agree that it is true he would hop in a car, my
car, your car, anybody's car . . . he would need
four things, in particular: Money, clothes, food
and transportation . ..and he might come to
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Prisoner Writes -
(Editor’s Note: The following is written by
a Chattooga County inmate housed in the
Georgia State Prison System).
Dear Editor:
The governing officials of the state of
Georgia are artfufiy covering and hiding from
the public eye the reasons behind the fact that
Geor‘gia's prisons are drastically overcrowded.
The fact is that not one of these officials are
willing to take the blame for this overcrowded
condition, and therefore none of them are will
ing to take realistic measures to change this
situation.
There are presently uncounted state
government plans to solve the problem of
Georgia's prisons being overcrowded, but
none of these plans have been daring enough
to find what is causing this problem before
their attempt to solve it. For instance, con
sider the ‘‘Michigan Plan’’ which states that
the Governor may declare an ‘‘emergency
state’’ if prisons become overcrowdetf and
release non-violent offenders up to six months
before their tentative release gat,e. Just what
is an ‘‘emergency state?’’ Georgia’s prisoners
are alreadgV swimming in each others ex
crements. What determines a prisoner to be
violent or nonviolent? Isn’'t any aggressive
unlawful act to be considered violent even if
the act is only zf essive toward society’s
criteria for norm %rehavior? Just because a
person commits a violent crime this does not
necessarily make that person a violent person,
no more than it makes one who commits a non
violent crime a nonviolent person. Yet, this is
the very system of measures presently dic
tacted by t}‘;e Parole Board when determining
a prisoner’s readiness to re-enter society.
The only possible sufficient plan for release
of prisoners from Georgia’s prisons to relieve
the overcrowding wou%d be one which con
sidered prisoners not as cases to be
systematically measured, but as individual
human beings with individual qualities. The
Georgia prison system is supposedly based on
the concept of rehabilitation, but as used by
the Georgia prison system, this concept is a
greater hoax than were the Watergate Trials.
A prisoner is not in fact released tgrom prison
on parole because he has progressed enough to
re-enter and successfully live in society, nor is
he released because he has reached this con
ceived goal of rehabilitation. He is released
because factors such as age, criminal act, or
community status fit the mold for the Parole
‘Board to grant him release, and at the same
time creates the illusion that the Parole Board
itself is doing its gart in helping to relieve the
overcrowding in Georgia’s Prisons.
To deal with prisoners individually,
without the use of a systematic measure, and
to consider the individual prisoner’s progres
sion since incarceration, would be tie only
way to successfully determine which fi)risoners
are. read%' to re-enter'socie&v and which ones
aren't. The best way to determine when a
prisoner has grogressed enough to re-enter
society would be to set a goal for the prisoner
to reach.
This goal should be based on the prisoner’s
educational, both academic and vocational
status at incarceration, the prisoner’s capaci
ty to progress, and not exceed the academic
and vocational limitations of the institution in
which the prisoner is incarcerated. This alone
Mountain Echoes -
night, past midnight, when Preacher
Callahan said these well-known words, ole
Elmer startled everybody by standing up
and telling the preacher to put an
“Amen’’ to it. Folks were further surpris
ed when he did.
Then, as the whole congregation sang
“Why Not Tonight?"’ and ‘‘Gimme That
Old Time Religion,”” Elmer began
shouting and praying. He would ask folks
to come with him to the mourners’ bench.
Some did, some didn’t, but 17 people were
converted that night. It was the last
night of the protracted meetin’; and when
it was over, about 2 a.m., Elmer went
down to the pulpit and drank a big drink
of water from the dipper that stayed in
the water bucket down front. The next
day, it was back to the old ways of Elmer,
cussin’ and kicking dogs. At times, one
would think ole Elmer thought God'’s last
BOTTLED
Most people nowadays have more
respect for “‘old age”’ if it’s bottled. — At
chison (Kan.) Globe
get our money's worth.
We need more councilmen like Clint Agnew
and Ira Pollard. People who understand
middle-class people’'s needs (just as much as
high-class people. I also feel that we need a
new city superintendent or city mant:iger, SO~
meone who can get the job done instea owxst
talk about it. go I hope the people of West
Summerville remember all of this when elec
tion comes up.
Thank f'ou very much,
Roy Ellenburg
Route 1,
Summerville
MY house, or YOUR house to get them.
As for it being a certain type prison, ONCE
IT ISBUILT... it will be whatever type they
want it to be. The people housed here would be
the STATES CHpOI(gE ... NOT the county
citizens, or officials choice.
I still contend that we would be lucky to
have more than 25 or 30 Chattooga County
?eople employed by them...they'll come
rom all over the state, and even from out of
state ...
I think the smart thing to do is contact
citizens who now have a state prison in their
area . .. see how they feel about it.
Of course if a majority of the citizens want
a state prison here, I would be willing to go
along with it . . . and if we DO get it . .. mayfie
no one will even try to break out, because that
would be “UGLY" and maybe the ‘“Good Ole
Boy's”’ wouldn't be guilty of such a
thinyg i« Maybe . . .
ours truly,
Jim Galvin
would serve many purposes as it would insure
that only the prisoners which are ready to re
enter society before their tentative release
date are released. This would solve the over
crowding problems and it would also give the
prisoners a feeling of accomplishment once the
goal was reached, which would restore the self
esteem of the prisoners to a psychologically
healthy and socially acceptable level. Most im
portant of all, it would save you, the taxpayer,
money.
It would save the taxpayer money for each
prisoner to be considerecP individually by their
progression towards rehabilitation, because
all it would take is an increased amount of
parole officers earning a salary of SIO,OOO to
$15,000 per year. With each of the parole of
ficers having a caseload of 100 prisoners, they
would only fiave to release 25 percent of their
caseload to save the taxpayer an estimated
one million dollars ?er year. It is a fact that at
least 25 percent of Georgia’'s prisoners have
progressed enough to re-enter society, but are
still in grison costinfi the taxpayers more
money than ever as these prisoners wait for
their sentence to be served. Each of these
prisoners presently cost the taxFayers an
estimated $5,500 per year, but if only 200 new
parole officers were hired under this plan, it
would take well over two million dollars out of
government budgets and put it back in the
pockets of the taxpayers every year.
You may wonder why you should care
about prisons being overcrowded since you
aren’t a prisoner. You should care considering
the fact that Georgia imprisons, by population
percentage, more of its citizens than any other
governed land in the world, and each of these
imprisoned citizens cost you, the taxpayer, an
estimated $5,500 per year. This means that it
takes all of the tax money of five average in
come taxpayers to support an imprisoned
citizen per year.
If afi) of this tax money is being used for a
poorly run prison system, then some other
government facility must be taking a cut in
tax sugport, and one of these is our educa
tional facilities. Our elected officials are ac
tually using the taxpayer’s money to cover for
a less than efficient prison system while
depriving our children of the best possible
education. If our children are left uneducated
or even poorly educated, they become prime
candidates for the prisons of the future.
You may even question what you, the in
dividual taxpaying citizen can do about this
situation. Don’t you elect the officials which
have caused and attempted to cover up these
situations? Don’t you have the option of never
electing these officials again? For the present,
you, the citizen, can contact these officials by
hone or by mail and let them know how you
?eel about this gross injustice being done with
our money. The power to change really does
fle in the hands of the people but the people
have to use it. This power is publicity and ex
posure; the citizens must know that our state
government is misusing their money and
abusing their children’s right to a good educa
tion.
You, the people, have the power to change
these unjust situations, the power is public
pressure . .. USE IT!
John Spicer
name was ‘‘damn.”’ ‘‘Roast neer’’ religion
was over until next year.
Elmer had a heart attack one day
which proved to be fatal. He was laid to
rest at the cemetery in the back yard of
the little mountain church. The funeral
began at 2 p.m., but by the time all the
preachers spoke a word or two, it was
dark. As everybody left the graveyard,
the “‘big meetin’ bugs”’ were screeching
louder than ever before.
Nobody knows who did, or how, or
why, but just a few days later, a stalk of
corn began growing right up through the
red dirt in the center of Elmer’s grave. No
one bothered it, and it grew and grew un
til it had three ears on it. It’s something
unusual for corn to come up this time of
year, and make before frost. It's also
unusual for a cornstalk to have three big
‘“‘roast neers’’ on it.
TIME TO SMILE
Any person who is always feeling
sorry for himself should be. — Dubuque
(la.) Herald
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The Summerville-Trion Optimist Club sponsored a group of some 50
Chattooga County youth to attend a Braves game last Saturday ni%‘ht.
The club used proceeds from an earlier circus to take the group. The
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News
By Mrs. Roy Cook
Phone 895-1454
LAST WEEK'S NEWS
Mrs. Johnny Rowlls and
Jervis and Charles Daggett
visited Mr. and Mrs. fioy
ggok Tuesday afternoon, May
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Cook
and Brett were dinner guests
of Mrs. Edna Cook Tuesday,
May 25.
Mrs. Tessie Reece and
Mrs. Mary Pickle visited Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Cook and Mrs.
Jody Cook Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Ruth Kirby and Mrs.
Shirley Hatcher visited Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Cook and Mrs.
Nancy Gamble, Steve and
Rhonda last Thursd:X after
noon. Steve returned home
with Mrs. Kirby and spent the
night with her.
Ted Stancil Jr., grandson
of Mrs. Ruth Kirby, was a
member of the graduating
class from Lyerly Elementary
School Friday, May 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stancil
Sr., Ted Jr. and Brenda Ann
were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. DaviguStancil and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stancil
of Atlanta, where Mrs. Flora
Stancil had been visiting with
her sons for a week. She
returned home with Mr. and
Mrs. Stancil and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Williams announce the birth
of their son, Dale Edward 11,
at Floyd Medical Center Mon
day, May 24, weighing 7
pounds, 2 ounces. He has a
sister, Amanda, and his
grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Dabbs of
Guntersville, Ala., and Mr.
and Mrs. Buddy Williams.
The Williamses have 15
grandchildren, but little Dale
1s the first grandson to carry
the Williams name. His great
firandmother is Mrs. Edith
ay.
Visiting Mrs. Ruth Kirby
during the week were: Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Cook, Mrs. Sue
Elem andy Lisa, Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Kirby, Jeff, Jason,
Christy and Jeremy, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Hatcher, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Stancil Sr., Ted Jr.,
Brenda Ann, Jack Kirby, Nan-
LAST YEAR'S
ARG
Compared to What
~ This Year's Will Be!
The City of Summerville is considering apply
ing to the Georgia Department of Community Af
fairs for a Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant of up to $400,000. These funds must
be used for one of the following purposes:
1) To benefit low and moderate income per
sons, or
2) To aid in the prevention or elimination of
slums or blight; or
3) To meet other community development
needs having a particular urgency because ex
isting conditions pose a serious and immediate
threat to the health or welfare of the community
where other financial resources are not available
to meet such needs. The applicant and the
Georgia Department of Community Affairs must
certify and the U. S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development must concur that such condi
tions exist.
The activities for which these funds may be us
ed are in the areas of housing, public facilities,
and economic development. More specific details
regarding eligible activities, program re
quirements, and the rating system will be provid
ed at a public hearing which will be held at City
Hall on June 21, 1982, at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain
citizen input into the development of the applica
tion.
County Group Enjoys Braves Trip
cy Holden and Michele and
Mrs. Nancy Kirby, Steve and
Rhonda.
Darlene Stancil spent the
weekend with her grand
mother, Mrs. Ruth Kirby.
Bollinil Ratliff and Duane
were luncheon guests of Mrs.
gsrace Ratliff %‘wsday. May
Mrs. Julia Mae Rowlls
visited her brother, William
Bartlett, Mrs. Bartlett and
Tammy of Summerville Sun
day afternoon.
Raymond Bell was dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Coot
Dotson Wednesday, May 26.
Mrs. Annie Thomas spent
Tuesday night, May 25, with
Mrs. Lou F%eming.
The Rev. Hoyt Parker and
Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Ragland and Mrs. Nancy
Gardner, Tracey and Christy
visited Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Bryan Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Edna Cook visited
Mrs. Steve Dover, Jennifer,
Chris and Jeremy Friday
afternoon.
JOINT BIRTHDAY
DINNER
A birthday dinner at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Womack of Chattooiaville
Sunday honored Mrs. Lillian
Rowlls and Chester
Westbrooks who celebrated
birthday anniversaries Mon
day, May 31, and George
Smith wf)llo celebrated Tues
day, May 25.
Helping them celebrate
were: Jim Rowlls, Mrs.
Chester Westbrooks and
Tracy, Mrs. George Smith,
Greg, Angie, Missy, Kevin,
Chris and Keith, Mr. and Mrs.
Tim Hurley and Shane, Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Sther, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Watwood,
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Dollar and
Dillon, Jerry Ray, Bill
Womack and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
chie Womack. .
Mrs. Don "Ray returned
home from Floyd Medical
Center Monday, May 31,
where she underwent surgery
Tuesday, May 25. We wish for
her a speedy recovery.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jim
names of the ones going were drawn from over 100 that had registered
to go on the trip.
McDonald last week were: |
Mrs. Martha Jo Drake and
Tammy, Mrs. Becky Brown
and Buffy, Fred McDonald
and Gene, Ralph and Boley ;
McDonald, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Mills, Roger Mills and |
Miss‘\; and Mr. and Mrs. |
Frankie Cranmore, Angie and |
Kenny.
Jim Mcdonald visited his
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Green, in
Floyd Medical Center Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Mobbs, Michael and Kim
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim
McDonald last week.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bud
dy Williams and Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Williams, Amanda and
little Dale durin% the fi:st
week were: Mrs. Edith Ray,
Mrs. Nona Laura Snow, Mr.
and Mrs. Goob Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Burrage,
Frances, Junior and Joseph,
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Blalock,
James and Tony, Mrs. Doris
Deering and Jeff, Sherry
Elrod, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Williams, Tracy and Tammy,
Mrs. Sue Templeton and
Diane, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Stephens, Amfly, Lynn and
Larr{. J. C. Williams and Jim
Stephens.
Klrs. Nona Laura Snow
surprised her mother, Mrs.
Edith Ray, Sunday morning
with a covered-dish dinner.
Others who visited Mrs. Ray
last week were: Mr. and Mrs.
Joe David Henderson Sr. of
Rome, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pep
pers, Mrs. Jewel Elrod and
Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Pespers, Barry, Stephanie
and Arthur and Becky, Fred
die and Chris Hardin.
The Rev. J. B. Cantrell and
Mrs. Irene Ratliff visited Mrs.
Lou Fleming Sunday after
noon.
Get-well wishes go to Mrs.
Lou Fleming. We wish for her
a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Charlotte Ledbetter
was luncheon guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Hamp Brewer Friday.
Johnny Rowlls and his un
cle, Clyde Bartlett Jr., visited |
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The Summerville News, Thurs., June 10, 1982 .
Johnny's Fran(}l}parents. Mr,
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afternoon.
Tommy Cook and Brett
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—2 SALES—
Saturday, June 19-10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
SALE NO. 1
SATURDAY, JUNE 19th AT 10:00 A. M.
\ 40-ACRE FARM
With large two-story home, barn, and other outbuildings. Offered in tracts or as a
whole.
LOCATION: From Centre, Alabama, go east on Highway 411 to Jordan Gin, there
turn right onto Cherokee County Highway 31, go approximately 1 mile to Cherokee
County Highway 34. There turn left and go approximately 1 6/10 miles to cross
roads, there turn right and ?o approximately 1 2/10 miles to property — watch for
auction signs and arrows!! This 40-acre farm features road frontage, home, pasture,
outbuildings, and a bold flowing creek crossing the property. You'll never find a
tract in this area that offers so much. See it now, and attend the auction prepared to
make us an offer.
SALE NO. 2
SATURDAY, JUNE 19th AT 1:00 P. M.
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11 Beautiful Recreational Lots
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On Weiss Lake
LOCATION: From Centre, Alabama, take Cherokee County Highway 22 east for ap
proximately 6 miles to Peek's Cross Roads, there turn left on Cherokee County
Highway 31, for approximately 2 2/10 miles then turn left and follow auction arrows
to property!!!
This property consist of 11 recreational lake front lots, near Newberry's Cross
Roads. The lots are for recreational purposes only, such as camping, fishing, or a
place for relaxing and swimming. Don't let this chance to acquire recreational lots
on Weiss Lake, “The Crappie Capital of the World," at the price you set slip by.
TERMS OF BOTH AUCTIONS: 25% down and balance at clos
ing within 30 days.
EACH AUCTION CONDUCTED ON PREMISES
INSPECTION FOR EACH AUCTION IS: Sunday, June 13th, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. For
a tour of the property at anytime call our office or Dale McWhorter at (205) 422-3183,
or Wayne O'Neal at (205) 927-5791 .
ASSOCIATE BROKER: J. Wayne O'Neal Realty
Centre, Alabama
WEBB ROBERTS, Auctioneer, License No. 152
DALE McWHORTER, Auctioneer, License No. 196
(Over 31 years experience in the auction business)
ROBERTS AUCTION CO.
‘““List your property with us for satisfactory results”
117 West Ladiga Street — Piedmont, Alabama
Phone 447-6494
LICENSED « BONDED « INSURED
visited Mrs. Edna Cook and
Marie Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Lou Fleming and
Mrs. Annie Thomas visited
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Floyd
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