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It’s Not As Bad As You Think
Oak View Nursing Home employee San
dra Crawford participated in a mock
emergency evacuation drill at the nurs
ing home and hospital Thursday. Ms.
Crawford was one of four employees car
ried out by EMT's during the evacuation
Chamber Gets $1.500
To Help Lure Industry
A check for matching
funds was presented to the
Chattooga gounty Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday morn
ing by a representative of
North Georgia Electric
Membership Corp. (NGEMC).
The funds, in the amount
of $1,500, were given to the
chamber for industrial
development. There are also
additional funds available
which can be partitioned for
from NGEMC if the chamber
is working with a prospective
industry.
The check was presented
by Ed Williams of NGEMC
during the chamber’s board of
directors breakfast meeting at
The Round Table in Pennville.
Virgil Fisher, manager of
NG%MC in Chattooga Coun
tfi' was also on hand during
the meeting. NGEMC spon
sored the meal for the
meetixif.
Williams told the board of
directors the funds are to
assist the chamber in its ef
forts to improve industrial
development in the county. In
addition, Williams told the
group that NGEMC also has a
training program to help ex
isting industries train new
employees. The program pays
the industry so much to train
new employees as long as the
?eople have been unemployed
or seven days prior to being
employed by the company.
Local industries interested in
the training program should
contact NGEMC or the
chamber, noted Williams.
In other actions the
chamber:
* Discussed a townlife pro
ram the Internal Affairs
gommittee is currently work
ing on. Will Hair, chairman of
the committee, told the groufp
application for the. townlife
program will be made in the
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Summerville
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Council Set
On Monday
The regular monthly
meetinf of the Summerville
Council scheduled for - last
Monday night was postponed
because three council
members had to be out of
town, according to City Clerk
Bert Self.
The Seftember meeting is
gleanned or this Moncfay,
pt. 20, at 7 p.m. in City
Hall.
Ma(ilor Sewell Cash in
dicated last week that he
would discuss the possibility
of hiring a city manager, a
suggestion that received a
favorable response in a
chamber of commerce survey
of the mayor and council two
weeks ago.
Cash also indicated last
week that two én'ocedural
policies adopted during his
absence from the August
council meeting would be
discussed.
The new procedures re
quire that overdue %as and
water customers be im
mediately cutoff if the ac
count is past due after 60
days, and a new policy requir
ing the signature of the city
clerk, the mayor and council
member in charge of a depart
ment on all purchase checks.
Che Summerville News
drill along with 88 nursing home
residents and 11 hospital patients. The
facility was evacuatecF in six minutes and
30 seconds. For more pictures and story,
see this week’s Secong Front.
next few weeks. The program
will assist in improving the
downtown business area of
Summerville.
* Heard a brief summary
of a tour several members of
the chamber took last month.
Eula Amos, chairman of the
Public Affairs Committee,
told the board of directors the
group toured LaFayette,
Dalton, Chattanooga, Trenton
and Scottsboro, Afi. While in
the various towns the group
talked with the chambers, city
managers and county commis
sioners, said Mrs. Amos.
* Was notified a prospec
tive industry had been inquir
ing about a possible site in the
county. However,* the in
dustry was larger than the
Best Mfg. Shuts Down
Operation, 50 Laid Oft
Best Manufacturing, the
Menlo-based glove manufac
turers, closed down its
Subligna operation Friday,
laying off some 50 workers
permanently.
According to Best
spokesman George Mack, the
Subligna operation had been
‘“‘staving off”’ financial pro
blems for five years because of
increased import pressure and
a general industrial slowdown.
‘‘lndustrial slowdowns
and increased imports have
forced us into a situation we
didn’t want to take,” said
Mack. )
Although Best reported
record sales last year, the best
Data On Local Jobless
A labor-thon, sponsored by
the Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce, will be
held Sept. 23-24 to determine
more accurate statistics about
the county’s unemployed
residents.
The labor-thon will consist
of residents in a 35-mile radius
of Summerville calling into
the chamber office and
answering several ?estions.
All answers will be kept con
fidential with only statistics
released to the puglic.
The number for
unemployed residents to call
is 857-5454. Calls will be taken
Thursday, Sept. 23, from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. with no break
for lunch. &lls Friday, Sept.
24, will be taken from 9 a.m.
until noon. The statistics
received during the 10-hour
labor-thon will be tabulated
Sept. 24.
The chamber office person
nel, as well as various
chamber board of directors,
will be manning the
telephones.
gome of the questions that
will be asked include: How
long have you been
unemplo?'ed? What was the
cause of the unemployment
(lay off, plant closing, etc.)?
Are you currently receiving
unempl(g'ment benefits? Your
name, address, sex, last place
of employment and what type
of work ly;ou do.
The labor-thon will assist
the chamber in having ac
curate data on the number of
county residents that are
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1982
county’s existing facilities
could support. The industry
did mention that the countfi
might accommodate a sma
glant it has on the drawing
oard for the future.
* Was reminded of the
membership drive geared for
November.
* Was advised by
Chamber President Bill Far
rar that the Summerville Civic
Organization had deeded the
chamber two plots of land on
reservoir hill and had turned
over some $l,lOO to the
chamber. Farrar said the
money will be placed in a sav
ings account to act as a ‘‘nest
egg’' for funds to build a
building for the chamber in
the future.
in its 31-year history, Mack
said demand for the
‘“‘plasticized’’ work gloves pro
duced at the operation has
slowed down witfi the general
decline of the economy.
Best plants in Menlo, Ar
muchee and Rockmart,
employing 700 workers, will
remain open, said Mack.
The spokesman said the
Menlo o?eration will continue
to manufacture the plasticized
gloves formerly produced in
übligna.
Best, a subsidiary of Tillot
son Corp of Needham, Mass.,
will- possibly lease the
Subligna plant to another
firm, said Mack.
unemPloK:d. The chamber
will also be able to advise any
industry interested in locating
here what type of work force is
available in the county.
All residents that are
unemployed are asked to par
ticipate in the labor-thon.
Unecle
Ned’s
Notes
Dear Mr. Editor,
I knowed several years ago
when yall moved to your new
lowcashun that you applied to
get city gas run to yer new
plant and were turned down
because they ‘‘couldn’t run
the gas over the river.”” Now
them city folks plan to run gas
past yer slant to anutgler
customer. They also plan to go
“under the river’’ to git there.
Mr. Editor, why is it that sum
people will do things fer some
people and git things done
somehows or anuther and not
help other people. It seems
like favoritism to me. I think
that everone shuld be treated
the same. I guess that’s
politics though.
Yores Truly,
UNCLE NiD
County Property Taxes Cut
By 5.71-Mill Rate This Year
By JAMES BUDD
Chattoovga County Com
missioner Wayne ‘‘Pete’’ Den
son announced Wednesday a
5.71-mili total tax decrease for
the oreration of county
schools and county
maintenance and ogeration.
The total tax decrease of
5.71 mills nearly erases the
5.15 mills increase county tax
payers were faced with last
year.
The decrease means coun
ty taxpayers will 'pay $5.71
less per SI,OOO of assessed
property after deductions this
year.
The total millage of 21.59
includes 10.54 mills for county
maintenance and operation,
9.72 mills for schools, 1.08 for
school bond indebtedness and
.25 mills for the state.
Denson said the county’s
digest was ‘“‘hand delivered”
to the state tax commissioner
last month and he expected to
set a somewhat higher millage
rate. However, the state said
the countg's digest would be
factored by 14 percent, the
School Board Cuts Tax
Rate After Factoring
A 14 percent factoring by
the state of the county’s tax
digest resulted in the Chat
tooga County Board of Educa
tion re-settinfi its millage rate
for the 1983 budget.
The re-setting of the
millage rate came Monday
night during the board’s
regular monthly meetizg.
The board approved set
tinfi the millage rate at 9.72
mills with the bond in
debtedness at 1.08 mills due
to the factoring. The board
had earlier set the millage at
11.08 mills with bomfe in
debtedness at 1.22 mills. With
the factoring, the new millage
rate is scheduled to bring in
the same amount of revenue
as the millage rate adopted in
August.
In other action the board:
* Discussed a policy on
promotion and retention for
the county schools with David
Jones, chairman of the prin
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Chamber Receives Matching Funds
Ed Williams (L) of the North Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
(NGEMC) presents Chattooga Countfl
Chamber o? Commerce President Bi
Farrar (C) with a check for $1,500 in mat
Sign Vandalism In County
Cost $9,870 Last Year
Georgia Department of
Transportation officials
estimate sign vandalism in
Chattooga County cost tax
payers $9,870 for the fiscal
year ending in June.
According to DOT
maintenance engineer
Duward Tomlin, the problem
of sign vandalism is
widespread in the three
county area of Dade, Chat
tooga and Walker counties
served by the district office in
Lathette.
“One of our biggest pro
blems is with four-wheel drive
vehicles pushing down signs,”
said Tomlin.
Thieves often steal the
signs, selling their aluminum
content for profit. Tomlin said
1982 MILLAGE RATE DECREASE
County School School Bonds State Total
1980 11.00 12.26 0.40 .25 23.90
1981 12.75 13.08 1.22 .25 27.30
1982 10.54 9.72 1.08 .25 21.59
DECREASE — 5.71
eighth such factor of the coun
ty's digest since 1962.
The 14 percent increase in
assessed value of county pro
perty imposed by the state
meant that both the school
board and the commissioner
had to roll back the millage to
take account of the increased
digest.
Before the 14 percent fac
tor, the taxable value of pro
perty for general school pur
poses after deductions was
$86,051,943. After the factor,
cipals’ group. The new policy
wfil be used by the county
system for one year, Jones
said, and calls for a promotion
committee to be set up at each
of the seven county schools.
The new policy is in com
pliance with the state stan
dards of promotion for public
schools in Georgia, noted
Jones.
* Approved the hiring of
f‘-heiyl Lett as a speech
teacher for the county system.
*Was notified Dby
Superintendent Bill King that
the' system’s enrollment for
the 1982-83 school year is
down some 50 to 60 students.
However, students are conti
nuing to enroll each day, said
King.
* Discussed purchasing
additional liability insurance
for the board members and
the board as a whole. The mat
ter was tabled for further
study.
ching funds while Virgil Fisher (R), local
NGEMC manager, looks on. The funds
are from NGEMC to helé) the local
chamber in its industrial development
projects.
last year ‘‘just about every
sign on Lookout Mountain
was stolen on Hwy. 157" from
gloudland to thewgade County
ne.
Thieves took the signs into
Alabama, where the
aluminum was smelted, he
said, The culprits were caught
because one of the thieves
“thought the deer crossing
signs were pretty”’ and the
sign was kept in his residence,
said Tomlin. The sign was
later used as convicting
evidence against the Sang.
Tomlin said the DOT has a
team of investigators who
work in conjunction with
other law officers including
the GBI to arrest vandals an
thieves.
the value was listed at
$98,437,694. .
“The millage rate was
originally set for the county at
Undercover Operation Nets
Local Man, Stolen Goods
A seven-week undercover
(é%etation conducted by the
attooga County Sheriff's
Department has resulted in
the arrest of one local resi
dent, the recox;i? of a number
of items reportedly stolen and
has cleared up some 26
burglaries in the county and
Cherokee County, Ala.
Authorities identified the
resident arrested as Joe
Wayne Winters, 29, of Route
1, Lyerly. He had been charg
ed with four counts of theft by
taking and five counts of br
inging stolen property into
the state. He has been releas
ed on a $25,000 bond, accor
ding to Sheriff Gary McCon
nell.
Warrants have been issued
for a second pérson involved
in the incident, said McCon
nell, with some eight charges
pending in connection with
the case.
Some of the items
recovered, noted McConnell,
included a 17-foot bass boat, a
Tennessee trailer, a 20
horsepower Mercury motor,
two 750 Honda motorcycles, a
350 dirt bike, two boat
motors, an estimated $2,500
worth of fishing equipment, a
lawn mower, canvas tent-type
“We first try to find the
vandals,” said Tomlin. ‘‘lt’s
been a constant problem.”
Sign vandalism carries a
maximum SI,OOO fine and
12-month sentence, a misde
meanor for destruction of
state property.
The Y)O’IY tries to im
mediately replace a stop s'ilgn,
considered top priority. The
cost of reglacing one stop sign
is $25, officials said.
““If a stop sign is relll):rted
in the morning, we'll have a
crew there by the afternoon,”
said Tomlin.
In addition to the material
cost of the replacement, a two
man crew sgfrnds hours driv
ing in the three-county area,
further adding to the cost,
said Tomlin.
12 mills,” said the commis
sioner. “The school board
millage was or'fiinally set at
12.30 mills. hese figures
covers and various hand tool
items. The items are believed
to have been stolen from Chat
tooga and Cherokee (Ala.)
County.
McConnell said the
sheriff’s department expects
to clear up five or six more
burglaries as a result of the
operation.
In other police news, the
Chattooga (g)unty Sheriff's
Department has arrested two
county residents in connec
tion with an alleged theft from
a local textile plant recently.
Authorities identified the
two as Jimmy Saine, 36, of
1215 Pine St., Trion; and
Jessie D. Hardy, Jr., 37, of
Rossville Boulevard, Trion.
Saine has been charged with
eight counts of theft by receiv
ing. He has been released on a
SB,OOO bond. Hardy has been
charged with eight counts of
theft by taking and eight
counts of forgery. He has been
released on a $40,000 bond.
Aceording to Sheriff Gary
McConnell, Hardy has been
charged with allegedly steal
ing cases of masking tape
from the Riegel Textile Com
pany in Trion. Hardy is also
charged with forging the pur
chase orders for the tape,
noted McConnell.
Saine, according to Mc-
Connell, is charged with
allegedly buying the cases of
stolen masking tape.
The incident is still under
investigation by the sheriff’s
department.
Three county residents
have been arrested and charg
Jail Expenses Expected
To Show ’B2 Increase
Chattooga County Com
missioner Wayne ‘‘Pete’’ Den
son said Wednesday the coun
ty is expecting to sYend more
money on the jail than in
previous years because of a
pending lawsuit filed last year
in U.S. District Court in
Rome.
The suit, which was filed
last July by Georgia Legal
Services, charges the county’s
jail in Summerville is over
crowded and poses a health
hazard to inmates.
“We're going to definitely
have to spend more on the
jail,” saig Denson. ‘“‘How
much, I don’t know.”’
The suit was ori%nally
scheduled to be heard before
U. S. District Judge Harold
County Teens Injured
In Crash Monday Night
Two county teen-agers re
mained listed in separate
hosgitals Wednesday merning
with injuries they received in
a one-car accident Mdnday
night.
Robert E. Archer, 19, of
Route 4 Box 17, Summerville,
remained in Flow Medical
Center in Rome Wednesday,
while Regina Knowles, 19, of
Route 1, glummerville. remain
ed in Chattooga County
Hospital. Both were taken to
the hospital following the
11:30 g{.m. accident on
Georgia Highway 100.
Accordin§ to a Georgia
State Patrol report, Archer
was traveling north on Hwy.
100 in a 1969 Chevrolet
Camaro when the accident oc
curred. Ms. Knowles was a
passenger in the vehicle.
PRICE 20c
were sent in to the state with
the qli'fi”t'
““The millage rate was set
by both the commissioner and
the school board,” he con
tinued. ‘‘After review by the
state and under state law, a
factor was imposed on Chat
tooga’'s digest of 14 percent.”’
After notification bfy the
state of the 14 percent factor,
the millage rates were
lowered.
The general assessment in
crease, called a tax digest fac
tor, is the state’s method of
bringing all property up to the
required 40 percent fair
market value level. Under
state law, the county and
see COUNTY, page 13-A
ed in connection with an inci
dent involving stolen proper
ty.
Michael Styles Davis, 30,
of Trion; George Randall
Brock, 27, of Trion; and Sam
my Jewell, 24, of Route 4, the
Gore Community, Summer
ville, were arrested Friday.
According to Sheriff Gary
McConnell, Davis has been
charged with conspiracy to
defraud an insurance com
pany, two counts of receiving
and consealing stolen g;ogler
ty and thef;etgv taking. He has
been relea on a $25,000
bond. Brock, McConnell said,
has been charged with con
spiracy to defraud an in
~ surance company and false
refeo:t of a crime. He has been
released on a SIO,OOO bond.
Jewell, noted McConnell, has
been charged with two counts
of receiving and consealing
stolen property. He has been
released on a $20,000 bond.
McConnell noted that the
three were allegedly involved
in reporting Brock’s vehicle as
stolen, then striping the car
for the parts to ge sold later.
In addition, McConnell said,
Davis’ theft by taking charge
stems from a vehicle reported
ly stolen from Alfred Crabtree
at Route 3, Summerville, and
the stolen property charge
stems from property re(?ort,ed
ly stolen in Cherokee County,
Ala., and fishing equi‘g,ment
allegedly stolen from Wayre
“Pete”’ Denson.
The incident is still under
investigation by the sheriff’s
department.
Murphy earlier this month,
but the case has been delayed
indefinitely, according to
Summerville attorney Arch
Farrar, Jr., attorney for the
suit's defendants, Commis
sioner Denson and Sheriff Mc-
Connell.
Farrar said both he and at
torneys for Georgia Legal Ser
vices conferred with Judge
Murphy Tuesday. Judge Mur
phy said he wanted the issues
in the 30-page suit narrowed
down before the trial begins,
said Farrar.
Denson, who lowered the
county’s millage rate by 5.71
mills from last year, said the
rate could have been lowered
further had the jail suit not
been pending.
Archer was reportedly pin
ned in the automobile foll%w
ing the accident. Rescue
workers, using the Jaws of
Life rescue equipment, were
able to soon free Archer from
the wreckage.
The report said the Archer
car ran og the west shoulder
of the roadway and struck a
road sign. The car then came
to rest in a dry creek bed,
noted the re?ort. The Archer
car traveled approximately
175 feet from the point of leav
ing the roadway to the point
of rest, the report said.
Following an investigation
b{ Troo};)ers Kerry Di\;er and
Chuck Burnette, Archer was
charged with driving without
insurance, traveling too fast
for conditions and driving
under the influence.