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Dry Valley Day was held at Jarrett's
Laze Monday with a wide variety of ac
tivities fioing on throuihout the day.
One of the events was the greased pole
climb. Above an unidentified resi(fent
tries his luck at climbing the pole. The
prize for completing the climb was a $lO
City Manager Question
Expected Again Monday
By JAMES BUDD
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash said the 4-year-old ques
tion of hiring a city manager
for county's largest city will
once again come up in Mon
day’s meeting of the Summer
vil{e City Council.
The question was raised
last week after Chamber of
Commerce president Bill Far
rar received a favorable
response in a survey of the
mayor and council regarding
the new form of government.
“The chamber has come to the
conclusion that a city
manager is needed,’’ said Far
rar. ‘“‘We're the only city in
northwest Georgia besides
Trenton that doesn't have a ci
Guilty Pleas Accepted
In August Court Term
A number of guilty pleas,
along with several pleas of
nolo contendre, were entered
during the August term of
Superior Court in Chattooga
County, which ended Friday.
Sept. 3.
Those pleading nolo con
tendre (not making a defense,
but not admitting guilt) to
their charges are as follows:
Troy Bigham, 53, of Route 2,
Trion, charged with theft by
receiving. He was sentenced
to four years on probation and
fined $2,500. Gene Bigham (no
afie or address available)
c ariled with theft by receiv
ing. He was also sentenced to
four years on probation and
fined $2,500.
Those pleading guilty are
as follows: Benn gilackmon,
30, of 8 Curran gt.. Summer
ville, charged with being a
habitual violator, sentenced to
five years on j)robation and
fined $1,180; Jerry Thomas
Crabtree, 36, of 1475 Pinedale
Road, Trion, charfed with be
ing a habitual violator,
sentenced to five years on pro
bation and fined $1,000; Nfl\rk
Crowe, 18, of Route 3 Box
19A, Summerville, charged
with burglary and in
terference with government
Labor Dav Festivities
ty manager.
Rep. § ohn Crawford hasin
dicated he would introduce
local legislation in next year’s
Genera%Assembl to alter the
city's charter, afi,owing for a
city manager form of govern
ment.
The city currently uses a
%art-time mayor system.
nder the city manager
system, a full-time experienc
ed man or woman would be
hired to serve as chief ex
ecutive officer for the city.
Although the manager wou{d
consult with and be controlled
by the mayor and council, the
city manager would control
the day-to-day operations of
the city.
property, sentenced to five
years on probation and fined
$1,490; and Ralph Everett, 17,
of 7 Bittings Avenue, Sum
merville, charged with motor
vehicle theft, sentenced to
serve five years in a state
prison and fined S2OO.
Also, Timmy Kirby, 21, of
17 Woodland Avenue, Sum
merville, charged with
forgery, sentenced to four
years on probation and has to
pay restitution; Gloria Marsh,
39, of 902 White Road,
Rossville, charged with false
statement (welfare fraud),
sentenced to five years on pro
bation and must %y restitu
tion to the state; Wanda Sue
Moore, 40, of Georgia Avenue,
Summerville, charged with
false statement (welfare
fraud), sentenced to five years
on probation and must pay
restitution to the state; and
Glenn Blackmon, 49, of 175
Georgia St., Trion, charged
with violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substance Act,
sentenced to five years on pro
bation and fined S2OO.
Also, Christopher John
Petitt, 23, of Route 2, Sum
merville, charged with being a
habitual violator, sentenced to
three years on probation and
Che Summeruille News
bill on top of the pole and a trophy. Pro
ceeds from the celebration will go toward
the building of a recreation area for
residents of the Dry Valley Community.
A spokeswoman for the celebration said
they ho%e to make Dry Valley Day an an
nual Labor Day event.
Mayor Cash said he favors
the proposal but warned,
“When you make some
changes, you're going to step
on some toes."’
Cash said the new form of
government would ‘‘take
over’' the job of City Clerk
Bert Self and Superintendent
Bob Maxey. ,
“My reaction is that I
would favor a city manager,”
said Cash. ‘I can foresee some
problems, though. If they (the
council) would stay out of it
like the charter states, it
would be OK. If they don’t
stay out of it like they did
with the mayor (system), then
it would take a very hard
see MANAGER, page 9-A
fined $590; Russell Smith, 47,
of Route 1 Box 304, Summer
ville, charged with violation of
the Georgia Controlled
Substance Act, sentenced to
five years on “yrobation and
fined $590; Wilton Eugene
Snipes, Jr., 17, of Route 1,
Summerville, charged with
burglary, sentenced to five
years on probation, fined and
must pay restitution; Allen
Laney Treadaway, 20, of 105
Jones St., Summerville, charg
ed with being a habitual
violator, sentenced to five
years on probation and fined
$1,430; Don Uptain, 19, of
Lyerly, charge(f with three
counts of violation of the
Georgia Controlled Substance
Act, sentenced to 10 years
with eight to serve in prison
and the two remaining years
on probation; and Joey
Vaughn, 20, of Route 2 Box
4150, Calhoun, charged with
burglary, sentenced to proba
tion under the first offender’s
act.
Also, Douglas Walker, 19,
of 1612 Foster Mill Drive,
LaFayette, charged with two
counts of violation of the
Georgia Controlled Substance
Act, sentenced to four years
see PLEAS, page 9-A
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1982
Dyer Gets 20-Year Sentence
In Stepfather Shooting Death
By PAM PURCELL
An appeal will be filed in
the case of the 20-year prison
sentence handed down last
Thursday evening to a local
young man convicted of kill
ing his stepfather June 27.
Attorneys for Terry Dyer,
24, of the \x’ayside Communi
ty said Friday they will file a
direct appeal of the case with
the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Dyer is represented by Sum
merville lawyers Jerry
Westbrook and (garlton Vines.
Dyer was found guilty of
voluntary manslaughter in
the shooting death o% Charles
“Curly’’ Hunter, 47, a former
Chattooga County Justice of
the Peace. Dyer had been
charged with murder, but the
4-woman, 8-man jury con
victed him on tixe lesser
charge following two days of
testimony.
The trial began Wednes
day at 1 p.m. with Donnie
Fowler, a cardiac technician
Mayor Cash Blasts
City’s New Policies
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash said he would “clear the
air” at Monday's city council
meeting concerning two mo
tions passed by the council in
his absence during the August
city council meetmf.
At issue will be the
adopted motions presented by
Councilman Earl “Red’’ Par
ris last month requiring all
overdue gas and water
customers to be immediately
cutoff if their account is past
due for 60 days and a new pro
cedural rule requiring the
signature of the city clerk, the
mayor and the council
members in charge of a
department on all ciecks for
purchases.
“I'm going to definitely br
ing it up and hash it out with
the council,”” said Cash. “Why
wasn’t it done when I was
there?”’
Cash said under the old
policy, he had the authority to
Preston Cash Named
Pulaski Braves’ MVP
Preston Cash, former Chat
tooga Hi%h and Shorter Col
lege baseball star, has been
voted Most Valuable Player
by his Pulaski (Va.) Braves’
teammates. Cash, in his first
season in professional
baseball, was drafted this year
by the Atlanta Braves and
sent to the Pulaski team of the
Rookie League.
“Press’’ responded to his
first year by batting .270,
driving in 38 runs, hitting 13
doubles and 11 homeruns in
50 games with the Braves.
Cash finished third in the
leaiue in slugging percentage
with a .680 mark. He also
finished third in the league in
on-base ratio with a .580
mark; third in the league in
homeruns with 11 (winner had
17); and second in the league
in walks, 47.
With the good season Cash
Sheriff Gives
August Totals
Chattooga County Sheriff
Gary McConnell ref)orts that
his deputies patrolled 29,372
miles in August, using 5,000
man hours, making 237 ar
rests and answering 530 calls.
The most common law
violation reported during the
month was for driving
without a license with 44 cita
tions being issued. Other ar
rests and citations included 29
for speeding, 13 for driving
without insurance, 15 for
public drunk, 10 for bad
checks, 2 for resisting arrest,
3 for violation of the state con
trolled substance act, 2 for
auto theft, 1 for fishinfi
without a license and 36 benc
warrants.
Others included: 1 for con
tempt of court, 10 for simple
battery, 3 for terroristic acts,
1 for child abuse, 1 for har
rassing phone calls, and 1 for
leaving the scene of an acci
dent.
The Sheriff's Office in
vestigated 27 accidents with 4
injuries and made 16 funeral
escorts.
with Chattooga County
Hospital, as the state’s first
witness. Fowler testified he
was first on the scene as he
and two other ambulance per
sonnel had t.rannsgorted a pa
tient to fiome and were retur
ninfibe the Hunter residence
(in Wayside) when they were
flaggedy down. Fowler testified
Hunter was already dead
when he examined the body.
Delois Hunter, who is
?!er's mother and the deceas
's wife of four years, took
the stand next. Nf;s. Hunter
testified to the events sur
rounding the shooting as she
recalled them.
In summary, Mrs. Hunter
testified that she, Hunter,
Dyer, her daughter Gail
Busby, and her daughter's
son and daughter were at the
residence when the shooting
occurred shortly after 10 p.m.
Mrs. Hunter told the jury
Hunter got mad when Mrs.
Busby slapped her son on the
decide who would have their
utilities turned off on an over
due account. Parris’ motion
requires the approval of the ci
ty clerk an(f three council
members to get services
restored — omitting the
mayor’s authority.
Cash said the procedure is
impractical and harsh. ‘““Some
people don’t understand that
if you've got a fiood history of
Paying fiour bills and sudden
b it sickness of the economy
gets Kou down and you can't
ray that there should be some
eeway,” said the mayor.
“It was made to make me
look bad,” said the mayor,
referring to Parris’ published
statement before his motion
last month, saying he wanted
to “‘take the politics”” out of
the city policy.
Cash sai(i' the new pro
cedure ‘‘took a lot of work off
me'’ because he no longer has
see BLASTS, page 9-A
said, ‘‘The bigfest thing dif
ferent than playing college
baseball was tfiat the pitchers
were a lot smarter, always git
ching to certain spots, rather
than just throwing. Another
big transition I had to make
was to ]?laying every day.”’
Cash missed about 20
games of the 70-game Rookie
League season due to ten
donitis in the left shoulder
which caused him to miss
games early in the season and
he was hit on the elbow by a
pitch which caused him to
miss several games at the end
of the season.
“Buzz Capra, a former
Atlanta Brave was our pit
ching coach and Smofe
Burgess a former Pittsburgfi
Pirate catcher was our batting
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PRESTON CASH
coach. They did a lot of work
with the rookies,” Cash con
tinued.
“More than likely next
year I will report to either
Anderson or Durham in the
Class A league for the Braves
after Spring training,” he
said.
“Pres”” is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sewell Cash of Sum
merville. He plans to go back
to college this Fall, work on
weights and stay in shape for
next year.
shoulder for smarting off to
her. Hunter then started hit
ting Mrs. Busby, testimony
showed. At that point Mrs.
Hunter said she stepped bet
ween Hunter and Mrs. Busby
and got Hunter to go into the
front of the house that is used
as a st.ora%eaarea. Mrs. Hunter
testified that she walked out
side and had just walked back
into the livmi room-dining
area when she heard the first
shot behind her.
Mltis. Hunter téecb:me emo
tionally upset an n cry
ing as she explajnedgato the
court the events that followed
the shot. A five-minute recess
was %':ven for Mrs. Hunter to
calm herself before continuing
her testimony.
Mrs. Hunter testified she
sat her grandson in a nearby
chair and she turned as the se
cond shot was fired. She told
the jury she saw her son
(Dyer) standing with a long
fim fioint,ed at the ceiling.
rs. Hunter testified that she
went into the storage area and
found Hunter lying on the
floor. Mrs. Hunter said she
passed out and when she came
to she called the Ofierat,or, who
in turn called the sheriff’s
department. In cominfil from
the storage area, Mrs. Hunter
said, she tripped over an emp
t% soft drink bottle lying in
the floor, but saw no guns
around the room.
The state called Gail
Busby to the stand. Mrs.
Busby testified to much of the
Fire Kills County Infant
A house tire Friday even
ing claimed the life of a two
year-old Summerville
youngster, becoming Chat
tooga Countlv's only fatality
during the long Labor Day
weekend holiday.
Lisa Guerero of 12 Sturdi
vant St., Summerville, lost her
life when the residence of her
great uncle and aunt — Neil
and Vesta Baldwin — was
destroged by fire around 6:35
g.m. ept. 3. Lisa and her
rother were living with the
Baldwins at the time of the
fire.
According to reports, Lisa
and her four-year-old brother
Richard were at the residence
with their great-grandmother
and their %reat uncle’s father
when the fire broke out. The
youngsters’ aunt, who also liv
ed at the residence, had
Sellers Outlines Job Task
Force Idea In District
Republican congressional
candicfizt,e Dave Sellers visited
Summerville Labor Day on his
way to a rally in Fort
Ogflathorpe and called the
high levels of unemployment
int the fth District a
‘‘disgrace’’ and ‘‘totally’’
unacceptable.
Sellers, who will face in
cumbent Democratic Con
gressman Larry McDonald in
the Nov. 2 General Election,
said he would start a jobs task
force if elected.
“It's time we realized that
we are in competition with
other countries and other
states for attracting in
dustries and jobs,”’ said
Sellers. “Only by workin
together to aggressively sefi
our district and its advan
tages can we expect to attract
Reward Is Offered
In Man’s Disappearance
A reward is now being of
fered in the case of the miss
ing Dade County native
whose blood-spattered car was
found near Cloudland Aug. 19.
Forty-two-year-old Wayne
Bradford has been missing
since Wednesday, Aug. 18,
when he was reportedly last
seen near Mentone, Ala.
Bradford’'s family an
nounced Monday, Aug. 30,
that a SI,OOO cash reward is
being offered for information
leading to the discovery of
Bradtgord's whereabouts.
Local and state authorities,
who said they suspect foul
play in Bradford’s mystericus
disappearance, are also re
questing any information that
might lead them to locate the
missing man. All calls will be
kept confidential.
same events as her mother
had. She told the jury that
Hunter hit her in the face and
on the head, cutting her lower
lip which still has a scar. Dur
ing her altercation with
Hunter, Mrs. Busby said,
Dyer was in his bedroom. A
few seconds after her mother
broke ug the scuffle and
Hunter had gone into the
storage area, Mrs. Busby
testifiedd she heard the first
shot. She told the i'lury she
fiicked up her daughter, got
er son by the arm and ran out
the side door to a neighbor’s
house. She said she saw Dyer
standing in the door to the
storage area, holding a gun
pointed toward the floor.
The next witness was Dr.
C.OO. Sennett, a private
pathologist from Rome who
glerformed the autog:y on
unter’s body. Dr. Sennett
told the jury there were three
entrance wounds in Hunter's
body. Two of the wounds, he
testified, were on the upfier
right side of the body while
the third went through the
heart, exploding it. There was
one ‘‘contact wound’’ which
was fired approximately three
inches from the body, testified
Dr. Sennett. That wound was
the highest wound on the
right side of the body, he
noted. The two wounds on the
right side were not fatal
wounds, he told the jury.
Superior Court Judge
Joseph E. Loggins recessed
court for the day following Dr.
reportedly gone to the store
and the Baldwins were at
work. "
The fire reportedly started
when Lisa was playing with a
cigarette lighter in a hall
closet and apparently caught
some clothes or her shaggy,
stuffed dog on fire. She
reportedly became scared and
hid. According to reports, the
youngster’s brother told the
two adults of the fire, but by
that time they were unable to
reach Lisa, wKo had gone into
a back bedroom. Atbemgts
were also made by a neighbor
to rescue Lisa, but were un
successful.
Firemen from the Summer
ville Fire Department arrived
at the scene and battled the
blaze for four hours before the
fire was completely ex
tinguished.
the new jobs we need. That
will be the faurpose of the jobs
task force I propose.”
Sellers, a Marietta at
torney, who outdistanced
Republican Richard
Castellucis in the special elec
tion Aug. 31, said he hopes the
task force will increase
cooperation between local of
ficials and their congressman.
Sellers said the problem of
unemplorment is %rimarily
noticeable outside Cobb Coun
ty, which represents 60 per
cent of the voters in the
district. “I'm talking about
the problem outside o?Cobb."
said Sellers. “Cobb only has
an unemployment rate of 5
percent, but in the rest of the
district unemployment is
double-digit.”
Sellers said the task force
Bradford, who moved to
Rhea County, Tenn., about
two years ago, is reported to
have disappeared after he ar
rived in Rising Fawn on mat
ters concerning the sale of a
house he owneg in the area.
Volunteer search groups
and law enforcement o?fricials
from Chattooga and Dade
counties, as well as other
areas of Georgia, along with
officials from Alabama and
Tennessee have been looking
for Bradford since his disap
pearance. Helicopters from
the Georgia State Patrol
Headquarters in Atlanta have
been used in the search.
Anyone having any infor
mation pertaining to the case
are asked to call the sheriff’s
department at 857-3411.
PRICE 20c
Sennett’s t.est.imon%. Court
resumed at 9 a.m. Thursday
with Sgt. Ron Turner of the
Chattooga County Sheriff's
Department as the state’s
first witness.
Turner testified to his part
in the investigation of the inci
dent and his examination of
the scene of the shooting.
The state’s next witness
was Investigator Tony
Gilleland of the local sheriff’s
department. He testified to
his participation in the in
vestigation. Gilleland told the
jury Dyer was apprehended
June 29 near Jamestown, Ala.
Gilleland testified that Dyer
stated he had thrown the gun
in the Chattooia River the
night of the shooting. The
weapon has never been
recovered.
Danny Smith, investigator
with the District Attorney’s
office in Cherokee County,
Ala., was the state’'s last
witness. Smith told the jury
he assisted in Dyer’s arrest.
Smith testified he was the one
who arrested Dyer in a wood
ed area near Jamestown, Ala.
Smith told the jury when
Dyer was arrested he stated,
“I shot him, but he made me
do it.”
DEFENSE'S SIDE
The defense’s first witness
was Dyer, who took the stand
in his own defense.
Dyer testified to the
events prior to the shooting as
he recalled them. Dyer told
see DYER GETS, page 9-A
Firemen James Archer and
Johnny Echols removed
Lisa’s gb%y “from the bumn in¥
house with the assistance o
Police Chief Arlen Thomas,
Dale Willingham and Officer
Glenn Starkey, who sprayed
the two firemen continuously
with water from fire hoses
while they were in the struc
ture.
Dr. Herman Spivey, who
examined Lisa's body follow
ing the fire, listed her cause of
death as thermal burns.
No one else was injured in
the fire.
The youngsters had been
living with the Baldwins while
their parents were in Florida
seeking employment. Lisa's
body was sent to Okeechobes,
Fla., where services were held
Tuesday, Sept. 6.
would be made up of local of
ficials, civic leaders, small
business owners and working
men and women. In addition
to serving as liaision between
see SELLERS, page 9-A
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Jail Lawsuit
Is Delayed
The on-again, off-again
class action suit aimed at im
roving conditions at the
ghattooga County Jail is off
again, according to Arch Far
rar, Jr., attorney for the suit’'s
defendants, Chattooga Coun
ty Commissioner Wayne
‘“Pete’”” Denson and Sheriff
Gary McConnell.
The trial had earlier been
scheduled for Sept. 7 and was
later postponed one week to
Sept. 13 in U.S. District
Court in Rome.
“It's been postponed off
the trial calendpar.” said Far
rar. ‘‘Judge Murphy (U.S.
District Judge Harold Mur
phy) wanted to talk to us.”
Farrar said he would con
fer with Judge Murphy and
petitioning attorneys for
((i}eorgia Legal Services Mon
ay.
The suit, filed in July 1981
on behalf of inmates Joe
Moore and Gregory Shrop
shire, both convicted of armed
robbery, is expected to come
to tria?’at a later date.
The 30-page suit named
Denson and McConnell as
defendants in the suit, both in
dividually and in their
capacities as county officials.
The suit charges, amon
others, overcrowding, lack o%
adequate lighting and ‘‘an
ongoing failure to provide pro
tection against disease
carrying agents.’'