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The James H. “Sloppy” Floyd State
Park recently won the north Georgia
Region I maintenance award from the
Department of Natural Resources, There
are five regions in the state. ‘“‘We could
not have gotten this award without the
fine job that my ranger, Bobby Chisolm,
and my maintenance man, Tim Wilson,
State Park Receives Honor
The staff at James H.
““Sloppy”’ Floyd State Park is
planning several programs
and featuring new items at the
park this spring and summer,
according to park superinten
dent Derrell Rush. -
The park now has eight
new fishing boats to rent with
rates of $2 per hour, $6 per
half day an(f) $lO a full day.
Cushions and paddles are fur
nished free and the renter’s
driver’s license will be used
for deposit.
Picnic shelters are already
being reserved for the sum
mer, said Rush. The reserva
tion rate is sls a day and can
be reserved 11 months in ad
vance.
The camping area, which is
Class Of 1973
Reunion Notice
If you were a member of
the 1973 graduating class of
Chattooga High School and
have not been notified of the
10th anniversary reunion,
please call Anne Krueger at
857-5311 days or 734-7213
nights.
from front page
4,100 feet of gas line to the
Sun Mountain Nursing Home
in Floyd County for a cost of
$9,000 to the facility.
* Approved the hiring of
Preston Cash, the mayor's
son, to the city gas depart
ment.
* Agreed to raise starting
salaries of persons starting ci
ty employment within 30
days. \
* Approved installing five
arking spaces -at First
F‘ederal Savings and Loan on
E. Washington Street.
from front page
local victims, Dr. Charles
Scudder and Joey Odom. He
added that he plans to show
that the total three killings
were a part of a single transac
tion. He explained that he
wants the jury to totally
understand what happened
leading to Phelps’ Y(illing.
Canlllpbell intends to show the
similarities between Scudder
and Phelps’ deaths. Scudder
was bound and shot, Phelps
was handcuffed and shot.
Phelps was found lying face
down with the palms of his
hands u;) and his right hand
handcuffed.
According to the evidence,
Campbell said West Sulled the
trigger that killed Phelps
while Brock was at the car.
Campbell said Brock’s case
will come up at a later date.
“I'd like to thank Chat
tooga County Assistant
.District Attorney Ralph
\VanPelt, Sheriff Gary McCon
nell, Investigator Tony
Gilleland and others of the
department that have helped
with our case,”’ concluded
Campbell. ““I appreciate their
cooperation and help in this
case.”’
West was found guilty in
Chattooga County of the
murder of Scudder and Odom
and the armed robbery of their
estate. He was sentenced to
three death sentences. Brock
pled guilty to the three counts
and received three life
sentences.
SUBLIGNA BAPTIST CHURCH
ED LASSETTER, Pastor ;
T Sunday Morning Worship — ;
" (] 10:00 a.m. — Sunday School s
Yy (% 0J 11:00 a.m. — Worship Service s
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L ey [J 7:00 p.m. — Wednesday Evering Prayer
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Park Wins Top Award
open year round, offers 25
spaces and rent for $6 per
night for tents and tent
trailers and $7 fier night for all
recreational vehicles.
“We will be reserving a
limited number of sites for an
additional $5 fee,”’ said Rush.
16-Team Softball
Tournament Set
For Weekend
The Chattooga County
Linebackers are sponsorin
one of the stroniest softbafi
tournaments in the area this
weekend at the field on Lyerly
Highway.
The 16-team tournament
will be the strongest ever
sponsored here and should
prove an enjoyable time to
watch softbafl at its best.
The first game will start
Friday at 6 p.m. and will con
tinue through Saturday star
ting at 8 a.m. The finals will
be at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Teams entered are Miller
Lite and Coors teams from
Chattanooga; Reeves Truck
Woman Hospitalized
After Accidental Shooting
A Chattooga County
woman remained in a Floyd
County hosglital Wednesday
morning as the result of an ap
parent accidental shooting
Tuesday at her residence.
- Authorities identified the
woman as 20-year-old Tina
Duke of the Pennville Com
munity. Ms. Duke was treated
at the Chattooga County
Hospital and then transferred
to I'Ployd Medical Center in
Rome, where she was admit
ted.
According to Investigator
Ron Turner of the sheriff’s
LEBANON & ISRAEL
LEBANON — Lebanon,
reacting to a briefing on a new
U.S. compromise for
withdrawing 30,000 Israeli
troops from its territory, said
recently Israel had not budg-,
ed on its demands and
Lebanon would not be ‘‘a cap
tive of Israeli convictions.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
heartfelt thanks to our many
friends and relatives who were
so kind to stay with us at the
hospital. To those who
brought food and sent flowers,
your kindness and helf during
the illness and death of our
beloved Pamela Haney Byers
will never be forgotten; to the
pastors for their kind words
and prayers, especially the
Rev. Jimmy Bryant and the
Rev. Johnny Tinney. Death is
salvation for those of us who
still believe in golden streets,
feathered clonds and nnseen
angels who breathe guietly
.and love warmly. We miss her
quiet beanty and warm lovely
smile.
Shane, Shannon,
Mother, Louis, Brenda
and David
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did for us,”” said park superintendent
Derrell Rush. ‘“This award was given for
the playground we constructed, addi
tions of benches on picnic shelters for ad
ditional seating, renovation of upper lake
and erosion control and planting grass
and maple trees.” From left are Bob
Chisolm, Derrell Rush and Tim Wilson.
“They can only be reserved
five days in advance. An ex
ample would be if anyone
wanted a site on any park in
the state for a weekend, they
could not reserve it for that
weekend before 8 a.m. on
Monday of that week.
ing and Sparta Carpets of
Calhoun; tfie Redmen from
Gainesville; B&S Construc
tion of Rome; Budweiser Lite,
Chastain’s Deli, Direct Con
nection of Atlanta; and local
teams include the Associates,
Georgia Rug, J.P. Smith,
Earl's Used Cars, Riegel and
Bankston.
Trophies will be given to
first, second and third-place
finishers; most valuable
player and a homerun trophy.
The Linebackers will
ogerate a goncession stand for
the tournament. All proceeds
from the tournament will be
used by the Linebackers Club.
department, Ms. Duke told of
ficers she was cleaning her
.30-.30 caliber rifle at the time
of the incident. Ms. Duke
reportedly had removed the
clip from the rifle, but had fail
ed to check the chamber for a
bullet. The weapon allegedly
discharged during the clean
ing, %oing completely through
Ms. Duke’s shoe and foot.
The incident occurred
around 2:30 p.m. at the Duke
residence on U.S. Highway
27
Receipts totaled 929 at this week's livestock sale at the Fort
(%ag{‘l)e Stockyard. The sale is held every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
Here's how the prices per hundred weight broke down:
FEEDER CLASSES
BULLS & STEERS (GOOD AND CHOICE)
200-300 pounds — 70.00 to 90.00
300-350 pounds — 68.00 to 82.50
350-400 pounds — 65.00 to 78.00
400-450 pounds — 62.00 to 74.50
450-500 pounds — 61.00 to 73.00
500-600 pounds — 59.00 to 72.00
STEERS
600-800 pounds — 57.00 to 67.00
HEIFERS (GOOD AND CHOICE)
200-300 pounds — 57.00 to 72.00
300-350 pounds — 55.00 to 69.00
350-400 pounds — 55.00 to 68.50
. 400-500 pounds — 54.00 to 68.00
500-600 pounds — 53.00 to 64.50
SLAUGHTER CLASSES
; CALVES (GOOD AND CHOICE)
200-300 pounds — 55.00 to 67.50
300-400 pounds — 54.00 to 66.00
400-500 pounds — 53.00 to 65.00.
500-700 pounds — 52.00 to 62.50
COows
Utility — 49.00 down
Cutters — 46.00 down
Canner & Culls — 40.00 down
BULLS
Heavy — 55.50 down
HOGS *
U.S. 1 and 2 .
200-240 pounds — 46.00 to 47.00
* Per hundred weight, as reported by the Federal-State
Market News Service in Thomasville for W’;dnesday noon sales
in the North Georgia Direct Area. .
STOCKYARD
REPORT
Deputy
The informative alcohol
and drufi abuse program
grelente by Doufhert{
ounty Deguty Sheriff Fran
Sumner, better-known as
“Deputy Dawg,” will once
gain be held in Chattooga
unty.
The grogram, “Ogeration
Drug Alert,’ will be held
Thursday, April 21, at the
Chattooga High School and
Friday, April 22, at the Trion
Community Center. Both pro
grnms. aponsored locally b{
heriff Gary McConnell, will
begin at 7 p.m. The public is
urged to attend the programs.
Last year the program receiv
ed a good resgonse from the
county, according to Sheriff
McConnell.
Deputy Dawg’s technique
approach to the evils of drug
and alcohol abuse is real. The
?urpose of the program is as
ollows: to. help people help
themselves, to combat drug
and alcohol abuse, to help the
existing drug abuse programs
become more effective in at
tempting to circulate ap
pr:friate information and to
make persons aware of the ex
isting dangers of drugs and
alcohol and to motivate people
not using drugs to become in
volved with this pressinf pro
blem and help by circulating
information regarding drug
abuse g)rograms to those who
need them.
““My mission is simple to
touch one heart or to open up
one set of closed eyes to this
major groblem, hurting so
many of our precious youn%
people, drug abuse and alcoho
abuse,” said Deputy Dawg.
“My display is larger this
time and I've had more cases
by far to tell about since com
ing ’l!our way last time.”
he drug alert program
began Oct. 1, 1971. Since that
time Deputy Dawg has travel
ed some 131,957 miles with
his ‘‘drug trailer’’ presenting
drug prevention shows. There
are over 10,000 drug and
alcohol abuse evidence items
on display in the trailer. Depu
ty Dawg has presented some
3,385 programs and answered
some 10,321 tpersonal problem
calls in reference to teen
agers.
DeputKl Dawg has
presented his drug program in
the following %:oups: 1,614
schools; 889 churches; 723
civic groups; 84 military
bases; 62 conventions; 62
malls; and 51 industries. The
drug trailer has participated
in some 62 parades.
A breakdown of the pro
blem calls ‘“Deputy Dawg’’
has answered is as follows:
2,613 for drug abuse; 2,419
concerning runaways; 2,013
concerning teen-age pregnan
cies; 1,385 involving shoplif
ting; 1,026 for alcohol abuse;
461 concerning attempts or
threats of suicide; 358 for sim-
Ele assault or ‘‘unruly
ehavior — emotional pro
blems;” and 46 concerning
felony type crimes.
BACKGROUND
Sumner was born in
Boston, Mass., May 10, 1928.
He lost his parents and a baby
sister in an automobile acci
dent and at the age of three he
and his brother were placed in
an orphanage.
Years later he and his
brother joined the Marine
Corps during World War 11.
They were among the first
troops in the invasion of
Guadacanal. Sumner surviv
ed, but his brother didn't.
Sumner, a veteran of 22':
years, had 83 months of com-
Dawg Program To Return
bat duty and was also involy
ed in the Korean War and Viet
Nam, He was awarded some
14 medals. He completed
some 88 military and police
schools.
Sumner, a graduate of the
Georgia Police Academy,
started as deputy sheriff May
1, 1965. He was promoted to
{‘outh director Oct. 1, 1971,
e is a member of several
organizations in Dawson and
is a lifetime member of the
Georfiia Sheriffs B(:{’s Ranch.
Through the drug alert
program gumner has received
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Dougherty County Deputy Sheriff Frank
Sumner, better-known as ‘‘Deputy
Dawg,” talks with a group of residents.
Sumner's program is an in?ormative look
at alcohof and drug abuse. He has
presented some 3.385 ‘‘Operation Drug
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numerous awards and cer
tificates. In addition, he has
appeared on “That's My
Line'’ on CBS, “‘Real People
on NBC, Georgia Educational
TV and ‘“Nice People’’ on TV
17 in Atlanta,
“General drufi abuse is far
more widespread than most
would expect,” Sumner once
said during a talk. As proof,
he held up a jar filled with
hundreds of assorted pills that
were confiscated in a minor
scale search in a public school
prior to the talk. Not a hiig
school or a junior high, the
Alert’’ programs since October of 1971.
He will present a f)rogram at the Chat
toodga High School Thursday, April 21,
and at the Trion Community Center Fri
day, April 22. Both programs will begin
at 7 p.m.
The Summerville News, Thurs., April 14, 1983
ills were all found in the
fockers of fifth grade
students.
“In a 30-minute search at
+another elementary school
this ogglr (1980), we found
sl2, worth of marijuana in
fourth grade lockers,” added
Sumner. ‘‘And, they're not
buying the stuff, they're get
ting it from big brother and
big sister."”’
Sheriff McConnell urges
area residents to attend the
drug alert lll)Jogrnm and to br
ing their children.
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