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Cancer Society Receives Check
Evans Scoggins (right), president of the
local chapter of the American Cancer
Society, received a check Tuesday on
behalf of the cancer society from Frances
Ledford, representing tfile Women of
Georgia Power. The check, in the amount
Two Car Crashes Reported
Two separate one-car ac
cidents in the county Satur
day resulted in two Chattooga
County residents being taken
to the local hospital for treat
ment, according to reports by
the Georgia State Patrol
(GSP).
Donald Ray Roan, 29, of
Route 1, Summerville was
taken to Chattooga County
Hospital following his 12:45
a.m. accident. He was treated
and later released. Later in the
day Scott Oehlson, 18, of
Route 3, Summerville was
taken to the hosglital for treat
ment following his 6:20 p.m.
accident. He was also treated
and released.
The Roan accident occur
red south of Summerville on
County Road 41, according to
the GSP. Roan, driver of a
1974 Chevrolet Vega, was
traveling east'when he round
ed a curve in the road and ran
onto the right shoulder of the
roadway. Roan reportedly lost
control of his vefiicle on wet
grass and skidded approx
imately 60 feet broaffsided.
The Roan car then overturned
and skidded approximately 60
feet on its top. The report
noted that the car then flipped
Gordon Pledges Action
If Victorious Tuesday
Chattooga County businessman Gary
Gordon, 29, garnered 22.6 percent of the
vote in the Aug. 10 primary to place se
cond and win a runoff position with in
cumbent Rep. John C!:awford for the
District 5 House seat.
Gordon is the owner of City Pest Con
trol with offices in Summerville and
Rome. He is a 1970 graduate of Chattooga
High School. Gordon and his wife, Joyce,
have a six-year-old daughter, Tasha.
THE NEWS: Some people have charg
ed that you can’'t adequately defend
Eublic education in the state when you
ave & child in a private school. What is
your response?
GOR%ON: First of all, I think it’s a
feather in my cap that my opponent could
only find that to dig up to use against me.
I've stayed out of his personal life. I think
it's a low blow for someone to use your
six-year-old child as a flolitical weapon. |
would never do that. The only reason she
will go to a private school is because of
convenience. My wife goes right by there
every day on the wafi' to work and, unfor
tunately, both of us have to work to make
ends meet. It’s just so convenient. I can’t
afford a babysitter to pick her up and
that’s the only reason we do it. It’s conve
nient.
THE NEWS: What school is it?
GORDON: Berry Early Learning
Center.
THE NEWS: How can you ade%uately
represent the people of Chattooga County
wfien you divide a fair amount of your
time in Floyd County?
GORD(g,N: That’s another question
that has been brought up quite a bit dur
ing the campaign. Mpy o;:ronent says that
my business is in Floyd County . ..and
we do business in Walker County, Whit
field County, Chattooga County, Polk
County . .. anywhere we can make a
dollar. There’s six people working in my
business . . . five of them are from Chat
tooga County and we have a full-time
wor%(er in Chattooga County. I'm us here
as much as in Floyd Countg. Also I'm at
home every night. That’s when people can
get in touch with me. I've got some good
ople working for me that can run my
Bfismess without me. I'll be able to devote
a lot of time to the representative job.
THE NEWS: Do you think your
business will expand in the near future to
the point where it demands more of your
time?
The Summeruille News
of $314, was collected by the Women of
Georgia Power during a recent drawing
they ss)onsored. For information on how
a local club is helping the American
gancer Society, see this week’s Second
ront.
back to the up right position
and came to rest on the south
shoulder of the road in a ditch.
Following an investigation
by Georgia gtate Trooper Ed
die Lumsden, Roan was charg
ed with driving without
license and driving under the
influence.
The Oehlson accident oc
curred on the Mahan Road,
noted the report. Oehlson,
Football Season Starts
The Chattooga County
High School Indians and the
Trion High School Bulldogs
open their respective football
seasons Friday night at 8
o’'clock. Both teams start the
1982 season at home.
The Indians, hoping to re
bound from a 5-5 season last
year, host the Rossville
Bulldogs in a non-region
game. The Trion Bulldogs,
resh from a Region cham
pionship last year, entertain
the East Rome Gladiators.
Both teams have severe
?estion marks to answer in
these openers. The Indians
GORDON: Hopefully my business will
expand, but I %o back to the fact that I
have good people working for me and I've
got peogle from Chattooga County runn
ing my business ri%ht now while I'm cam
paigning. If I'm elected they’ll continue
to run my business. If it expands that’s
great, I want it to expand.
THE NEWS: Your o%ponent has six
years seniority in the Georgia House.
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Why should people vote for you when
they would lose that seniority if you're
elected?
GORDON: Because if you're not ag
gressive and you don't speak out then
seniority doesn’t mean anything. I think
the committees that I have asked for
would help the sth District more than the
committees Johnny (Crawford) is on. I
believe the advantadge I've got over
Johnny is I don’t mind getting up and ex
g;essin% my opinion on the issues. I
lieve I pretty well proved it in the cam
paign because when people ask me ques
tions I give them an answer. A lot of
times it's not what they want to hear, but
I believe they respect me for giving them
see GORDON, page 6-A
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1982
driver of a 1966 Volkswagen,
was traveling north on the
Mahan Road. The Oehlson car
left the west edge of the pave
ment and traveled 115 feet
along the shoulder of the road.
The car then traveled 40 feet
broadsided before leaving the
roadway on the east edge. The
car then traveled approx
imately 35 feet, overturned
see CRASHES, page 6-A
must come up with a defense
that was ridd?ed from gradua
tion. Also they must answer
some questions on offense as
to forming a running attack to
go along with their potent
passing attack. Kip Allen,
who set a Rome-area iassing
record last year with over
1,600 yards, will be back in ac
tion, but must face a bevy of
new pass receivers.
Trion, on the other hand,
lost .a lot of players on the line
of scrimmage and must face
that test early. The Bulldogs
return a lot of faces at the skill
offensive positions.
Congressional Election, Runoff
Causes Some Voters Confusion
Chattooga County voters
will have two separate ballots
to contend with in the Aug. 31
run-off and congressional
races, but missing from the
ballots will be the complex
confusion of names that caus
ed a “‘bedsheet ballot’’ in the
Aug. 10 primary.
According to Election
Superintendent Jon Payne,
there has been some confusion
concerning the Aug. 31 elec
tions, primarily caused by the
late addition of the 7th
District Congressional race in
to the run-0f%..r
& \x)ters who did not vote in
the Aug. 10 primary may vote
in both the runa-(!)-{f and the
special congressional election.
Persons who voted
Republican in the Aug. 10
Brimary cannot vote in the
emocratic run-off, but may
vote in the congressional elec
tion.
The Democratic run-off
consists of four races: the
gubernatorial race, the
secretary of state race, the
associate justice of the
Supreme éourt race for
Rogert Jordan’s vacated seat,
and the local run-off between
Gary Gordon and John
Crawford for the District 5
House of Representatives
seat. There are no Republican
run-off races.
Registered Democrats who
participate in the Aug. 31 run
off election may select a
Republican ballot for the U. S.
congress seat in the 7th
District.
Payne stressed that all of
the county’s voters are eligi
ble to vote in the special con
gressional elections on either
the Republican or Democratic
ballot.
According to Payne, there
has been a delay in the county
receiving absentee ballots
because official results from
two south '‘Georgia counties
were not made official until
Tuesday. Further confusing
the process was the late ap
groval by a U.S. District
ourt in Washington, D.C.,
allowing Georgia to conduct
Board Reduces Millage
For Schools 83 Budget
A 2-mill reduction in the
maintenance and operation of
county schools was approved
Monday night in a special call
ed meeting of the Bhattooga
County Board of Education.
Board Chairman Joel Cook
recommended that the millage
rate be set at 11.08 mills this
year with the bond in
debtedness at 1.22 mills. He
noted that this is a 2-mill
reduction in the maintenance
and operation budget from
last year’s 13.08 millage,
while the bond indebtedness
remained the same.
The motion was
unanimously approved by the
board following a second by
Leroy Massey.
In other action the board:
* Discussed converting
four 66-passenger buses to
Raid Nets Holland Man,
Marijuana Is Confiscated
A raid on a county:
residence last week resulted in
the arrest of a local man and
the confiscation of suspected
marijuana, marijuana plants
and seeds.
Authorities identified the
man as Michael Bates, 34, of
Route 1, Lyerly, the Holland
Community. He was charged
with possession of marijuana
and the manufacturing of
marijuana. He has been releas
ed from the county jail on a
SIO,OOO bond.
According to Investigator
see RAID, page 6-A
Murder Trial
Is Delayed
The trial of a young Sum
merville man charged with the
shooting death of his step
father has been continued in
the August term of Superior
Court in Chattooga County
until Wednesda{y. gept. 1.
The case of Terry Elden
Dyer, 24, of the Wayside Com
munity, will be heard at 9 a.m.
Sept. 1, according to Superior
Court Judge Josefih E. “Bo”
Loggins. Dyer is charged with
the murder of Charles “Curly”’
Eugene Hunter on June 27.
congressional races in eight of
the state’s 10 districts.
The secretary of state mail
ed official absentee ballots to
the state’'s 159 counties
Wednesday.
Voters using the absentee
ballots must return them to
the county refistrars office by
Aug. 30 at office closing time,
or by mail no later than Aug.
- 31 at the regular closing time
of the U. S. post office.
The 7th District congres
sional race on the Democratic
ballot will lgit incumbent Rep.
Larry McDonald of Marietta
against Rome librarian Sadie
Jenkins and Kennesaw
businessman Jack Bade.
The Republican ballot will
g\;t Marietta attorney Dave
llers against Southern Tech
professor Richard Castellucis.
The winners of the
Republican and Democratic
races will face off in the Nov. 2
General Election.
Probably the most hotly
- contested race has been this
_ year’s gubernatorial election.
' Only two of the original 10
Democratic candidates for the
state’s highest seat remain for
the run-ogf — Bo Ginn and Joe
Frank Harris.
Ginn, 48, has been elected
to the U.S. Congress from
Georgia's Ist District along
the southeast coastal plain for
five terms. He has had no
serious opposition since his
first race in 1972.
A former school teacher
from Millen, Ginn had earlier
worked as the tog aide to Sen.
Herman Talmadge for five
years and before that served
for six years as the top aide to
Rep. Elliott Hagan, a
Democrat from Sylvania,
whom Ginn helped elect in
1960 and then defeated in
1972.
Ginn gave up his aspira
‘ #one of %eco, ing a profes
| sionai basebafll’gafer. when at
the age of 16 he was stricken
with polio. Doctors said he
might never walk again, but
after therapy at Warm Spr
ings, Ginn walked out of the
straight Rropane from
gasoline. epresentatives
rom two propane companies
were present at the meeting.
After it was agreed among the
board and the representatives
that the two companies were
not ‘“‘working against each
other,” the board approved a
90-day trial geriod using pro
pane on four buses. Each com
})afly will convert two buses
or the trial period. Followin
the trial period, the board wifi
decide if all county buses will
be converted to propane or re
main on gasoline.
* Approved the hiring of
Lorraine Therrell as a teacher
at the Lyerly Elementary
School and Kerry Cochran as
a teacher at the Summerville
Junior High School.
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Dear Mr. Editor:
Ima shore glad that them
interest rates have started
coming down, maybe now that
when they git lower it will
stimulate our economy back
on the road to recuvary.
Gracious goodness knows we
here in this county could
stand for times to be a little
better.
With school done started
back in session, it makes me
think from what people say
that I should have been in
school instead of playin
hookie and going fishing and
swimming. Altho I urge all
kids this day and time to git a
good education, because of the
intinse competitshun in the
job world, for my own part I
remember what ole Mark
Twain had to say, ‘I have
never let my schooling in
terfere with my education.”
Yores Truly,
UNCLE NED
hospital.
.Yoe Frank Harris, 45, has
been a member of the Georgia
House for 18 years and took
over as Chairman of the Ap
propriations Committee after
the death of James H. ‘‘Slop-
EIY" Floyd in 1975 when
ouse Speaker Tom Murphy
appointed him to the post.
Harris was born in a
Cartersville mill village dur
ing the Depression. After
World War II Harris' father
started a concrete business,
which over the next two
decades flourished with plants
in Cartersville and Marietta.
Two years ago, Harris Con
crete Products was sold to
Allied Concrete of Atlanta.
Harris was elected to the
House when he was 28.
In the run-off for the
Associate Justice to the
Susreme Court, Richard Bell
and Jack Dorsey will meet.
Dorsey, 51, has unsuc
cessfully bid twice for the
U. S. Senate and two times for
Bob Bell Speaks Locally
Republican gubernatorial
hopeful Bob Bell spoke to the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club last Wednesday, sayin,
the election for governor wifi
not be over Tuesday when the
state’s two Democratic can
didates square off, but in
November when he faces the
winner of Tuesday’s run-off.
Bell, a 14-year veteran of
the General Assembly, said he
does not have a ‘‘negative at
titude'' toward the state
because of his desire to clean
up political corruption.
“You have a political
system that is about paralyz
ed,” said Bell. “It's your
state. It doesn't belong te the
politicians.”
Bell has twice introduced
and passed legislation in the
Senate establishing a
statewide grand jury to in
vestigate corruption in the
state only to have it die in a
House committee.
Bell, a DeKalb County
businessman, said that every
19 days for the last two-and-a
half years, a Georgia public of
ficialv has been indicted on
Crawford’s Experience
Is A Campaign Benefit
Incumbent Representative John
Crawford of Lyerly is seeking his fourth
term in the Georgia House. He collected
47.5 percent of the votes in the Aug. 10
primary to be the frontrunner.
Crawford, a farmer, lives with his wife
Carolyn and two daughters, Sarah, 4, and
Eme, 2. Crawford is a graduate of the
University of Georgia and served as an in
fantry platoon commander with the
Marine Corps in Vietnam. He is a former
mayor of Lyerly.
THE N%Wg: Some have accused you
of doing little for Chattooga County. They
say if they want something done, they
have to go through Sen. Nathan Dean or
Sen. E. (% Summers. How do you answer
these charges?.
CRAWFORD: The only place that I've
heard that charge is from one of my op
ponents in the last election who was runn
ing for this office. During the year I
haven’t heard any charges fike that. I've
worked well with all the mayors and coun
cil. Basically, if you get anything done in
this district it either has to go through
Sen. Summers or myself. I've worked real
well with all tf‘lle mayors of the
towns ... of course, if they don't ask for
anything I don't know wfiat they want.
Plus, we get a lot of constituent calls that
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the state Court of Appeals.
A former plumber, Dorsey
was appointed by Gov. Lester
Maddox as director of the
state Workmen's Compensa
tion Board in 1969, a post he
held until 1972.
DeKalb Sugerior Court
Judge Richard Bell served as
district attorney for the Stone
Mountain Judicial Circuit for
20 years, retiring from that
position in 1976 to accept the
job of executive director of the
State Bar of Georg‘ia.
He gave up the director
ship in 1980 to run for his cur
rent position as Superior
Court judge and defeated in
cumbent Judge Robert
Broome.
In the run-off for the
secretary of state, former
state senator and national ad
ministrator for Veterans Af
fairs Max Cleland will face in
cumbent David Poythress.
Poythress, 38, a native of
Macon, was appointed the
drug conspiracy charges.
éeorgia is third in the
U.S. in drug traffic and se
cond in the Southeast in
crime. ‘‘l don’t have a
negative attitude toward the
state,” he said. “When I
speak of problems, I just want
to put it in perspective of
what we have...to draw a
contrast of what we ought to
do and what we have.”
Bell pointed to the recent
bid-rigging convictions
against 17 corporations in the
state, costing a loss of SIOO
million in taxes.
Bell said the state’s educa
tion system is ‘‘deliberately
undermined’’ by the
Democratically-dominated
General Assemgly. The can
didate said the state is 50th in
spending for first year educa
tion and 15th (last) in the
Southeast in per capita in
come. ‘‘You personally are los
ing money because we're not
doing anything to attract in
dustry and raise per capita in
comes up to at least the
average in the Southeast,’”’ he
said.
I handle every year. We helped the Trion
School System with some problems they
had up there with the State Board of
Education. We've helped some of the local
businesses here. They were being harrass
ed unfairly by the State Fire Marshall.
This would have cost them a good bit of
money. Over in Menlo the people over
there were about to run out of water, we
took care of this with very little problem
by getting some funds to take care of the
roblem. We got about $50,000...1
gelieve that's what it was . . . for the Sum
merville Sewerage System. A lot of this,
you've got to know who to talk to. I know
the first few years I was down there, I
couldn’t have done as well as I did in the
last few years because it's just knowing
who to talk to.
THE NEWS: There have been persis
tent rumors that you and DOT Director
Tom Moreland do not get along well. If
these rumors are true, then how can Chat
tooga County residents expect much help
from the DOT regarding our roads?
CRAWFORD: We get our share of the
roadwork. I haven't heard anyone say we
didn’t. As far as I know, Mr. Moreland
and I get along fine. I haven't supported
any legislation to increase taxes on
gasoline, but other than that I think we
get along %raetty well. I can’t think of an
instance Chattooga County has suffered.
THE NEWS: What about last year’s
tree-trimming bill? Was there a vote
taken on that in the House?
CRAWFORD: Rifiht. I didn’t vote his
(Moreland) way on the tree-trimming bill
either. My orposition to the bill was it
would {ve a large people like Holiday Inn
a break over the small businessmen
because they couldn’'t use these logo
signs. You'd have to be rifiht on the In
terstate. Of course the small man can't af
ford that. I think eventually, the way
they're (DOT) doiniit, they are going to
do away with all highway advertising.
The’ly won't &\lxt any more \'xlp
HE NEWS: So the DOT would like to
do away with billboard advertisinfi and go
with the logo system, or the so-called 1-95
program?
RAWFORD: Yes. You would have to
be a certain diStance from the interstate
or in the cloverleaf and this would
elirninate the small businessmen.
THE NEWS: You are secretary of the
House Natural Resources Committee, a
see CRAWFORD'S, page 6-A
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state’s 18th secretary of state
in 1979 to fill the unexpired
term of Ben W, Fortson.
He began working in
Georgia government in 1971
when he served as an assis
tant district attorney fieneral
of Georgia. In 1972, he was
appointed deputy state
revenue.
Cleland, a triple amputee
as the result of a hand grenade
explosion in Vietnam, is a
native of Lithonia.
The 39-year-old was the
youngest member to serve in
the state senate in 1970. In
1974, after serving two terms
in the state senate, he became
the youngest candidate to
ever run for lieutenant gover
nor. He placed third in a field
of 10 candidates.
In 1977, while serving on
the staff of the United States
Senate Veterans Affairs Com
mittee, Cleland was agpointed
by President Jimmy Carter as
the first Vietnam veteran to
the Veteran Administration.
Bell said Georgia is SSOO
below the regional average in
per cafiita income. ‘
Bell affirmed his position
of takinf action on some of
the problems facing the state.
see 808 BELL, page 6-A
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