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Editorials
Removing Dumpsters
May Prove Unwise
Chattooga County Commissioner
Harry Powell announced recently that he
plans to remove garbage dumpsters in the
county and residents will presumably have
to fend for themselves.
Powell said the dumpsters are a
“burden” and it is “impossible to keep the
garbage collected and roadsides clean.”
We suspect that if the garbage dump
sters are removed, the county’s roadsides
will become a dumping ground for more
garbage, far surpassing current
conditions.
We also question why the commis-
County Jobless Rate
Although Chattooga County was rated
poorly by the Appalachian Regional Com
mission in a recent survey on economic in
dicators, the county should take heart
because of a recent drop in our unemploy
ment rate.
The most recent figures from the
Georgia Department of Labor indicate the
county has an 8.9 percent jobless rate.
This compares to a whopping 17.4 percent
jobless rate — one of the highest in the
state —the county experienced one year
Thoughtful Questions
Asked Of Darden
Chattooga Countians attending Mon
day's forum with 7th District Con
gressman George “Buddy” Darden should
be commended for their thoughtful, in
telligent questions posed to the
congressman.
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39 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the April 10, 1947 edition of The Summer
ville News.
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“LITTLE WOMEN" IS CHOSEN FOR SENIOR PLAY THIS YEAR —
A brand new version of Louisa M. Alcott's famous story, ‘‘Little Women,"” has
been chosen by the class for their senior play this year, and will be presented
in the Sturdivant Gymnasium on the evening of April 22.
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SITES FOR FAIR GROUND BUILDINGS SELECTED — Last Thurs
day, G. I. Johnson, engineer, from the state office came up and helped select
sites for the buildings that are going to be put up on the fairgrounds. We hope
that these buildings can be started some time in the near future.
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188 DRAFT BOARDS ABOLISHED — With the passage by Congress last
week of an act to abolish the Selective Service System, Georgia's 188 draft
boards were legislated out of existence. At the same time, however, it was an
nounced in Atlanta, the records of the more than 312,000 men inducted from
this state will eventually be transferm.i to tile custody of the National Guard.
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THOMPSON STARTS SHARP CUTBACKS IN STATE SPENDING —
Acth:g Gov. M. E. Thompson, as director of the b\:gsa;. announced last week
that the stringent economy proognm he has instituted in all state agencies has
resulted in shrinking the cost of operating the official business of the state to
$89,343,000. This amount must be reduced still further, the governor said, in
order that the Georgia school teachers may receive the 50 percent salary in
crease as a permanent raise — not merely as a bonus. The appropriations for
all departments, he added, will be substantially trimmed.
sioner has bought thousands of dollars
worth of garbage removal equipment dur
ing his term so far, only to shutdown the
dumpsters.
Of course, it remains to be seen what
will happen. We only know Powell an
nounced his intention of ““taking up all the
dumpsters in Chattooga County."”
In all fairness, whether or not Chat
tooga County’s roadsides become a dum
ping ground for people who cannot afford
or refuse to pay for a private garbage ser
vice remains to be seen.
ago.
The ARC rated Chattooga County a
“4,” with 5" being the worst possible
rating. Chattooga was one of only three
counties in north Georgia that rated as
poorly in the survey of economic
indicators.
Chattooga was rated a ““3"’ by the same
commission in 1970, when the county’s
jobless rate average about 3 percent.
Perhaps the drop in our unemployment
rate is a sign of better things to come.
Although the packed room at the coun
ty library was hot, the questions and
debate were lively. It was one of the best
attended political forums conducted here
in recent years. Who says Chattoogans are
apathetic?
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YR by James Budd
U.S. Senate Campaign
The political season is warming up with
the weather as we move toward the
primaries this summer. By summer I
suspect it will be politically hot.
The U. S. Senate race is drawing more
and more attention, at least the
Democratic races. It's a foregone conclu
sion incumbent Mack Mattingly will be
the Republican candidate.
There are four announced candidates
for the Democratic race for the Senate.
Atlanta attorney Dave Garrett, sth
District Congressman Wyche Fowler,
former Carter chief of staff Hamilton Jor
dan and John Russell, the nephew of the
late great Sen. Dick Russell, are all vying
for a ‘chance to beat Mattingly in the
November general electiott=" -
Fowler, Russell and Garrett have all
campaigned in the area. I have yet to in
terview Jordan or Mattingly. Each of the
three I've met all seem capable; each,
however, carry a certain amount of
political baggage to weigh down their
campaigns.
Garrett has never held a public office
and therefore does not have the name
recognition. He, however, has been cam
paigning across the state for two years,
more than any of the other Democratic
hopefuls. Garrett is also from Atlanta,
which may not play too well in the *‘other
Georgia.”
Russell has some name recognition
partly because of his uncle, the late
senator. Russell has political experience as
a seven-term representative to the state
House from Winder. He's n:tfrom Atlan
ta which may be a plus. However, Russell
Guest Column
U.S. Airlift Options
By CONGRESSMAN GEORGE
“BUDDY” DARDEN
No matter how well-trained American
soldiers may be, their effectiveness
depends on moving them and their equip
ment to world trouble spots quickly, and
continuing to supply them effectively once
fighting begins.
Development of cargo aircraft for that
purpose usually does not generate the ex
citement of high-tech weapons programs
such as the Strategic Defense Initiative
(“Star Wars"'), the B-1 Bomber or the MX
Missile. But airlift potentially represents
a far larger investment — and holding
down that cost has become vital as the
federal government struggles to balance
its budget. .
Construction of 210 copies of the C-17
airlifter, now under development, is pro
jected to cost $37.2 billion. That compares
with $27.2 billion for the B-1 Bomber, $26
billion for research and development in the
Strategic Defense Initiative and $20.9
billion for the MX.
Since the 19505, the United States has
developed a highly-efficient military airlift
system anchored by three products of the
Marietta-based Lockheed-Georgia Cor
poration: the C-130, the C-141 and the
huge C-5. The current Air Force master
plan calls for replacing more than 200 older
C-130s and C-141s with the costly and un
proven C-17.
But studies by both private organiza
tions and the government’s own analysts
increasingly support my belief that such
is somewhat low-key and soft-spoken.
Fowler has represented the heart of ur
ban, black Atlanta for 10 years in Con
gress and therefore has a more liberal
voting record than most of Georgia’s 10
congressmen. However, Fowler seems a
little more knowledgeable about national
and international issues than the other
candidates. He's no intellectual slouch.
Still, Fowler's past may haunt him when
he goes before voters statewide.
I've not met Hamilton Jordan but I
suspect his affiliation as a high-ranking of
ficer in the Carter Administration may
hurt him somewhat. He’s battled back
from a fight with cancer, which may be a
plus or it may hinder his chances, casting
a doubt in the véters’ minds about his
health. s
Then there’s Mattingly. He looks the
part of a Hollywood U. S. Senator, but
there’s not too much substance beneath
the veneer. The Democratic candidates
have been hitting hard at his record, which
is how you unseat an incumbent. One aide
to a Democratic hopeful said about the on
ly thing Mattingly has accomplished in six
years is having the name of the post office
in Savannah changed to memorialize Girl
Scout founder Juliette Low.
However, the economy is strong right
now. Interest rates are low, gas is cheap
(if Vice President George Bush would
leave well enough alone) and Rambo
Reagan is strong and popular.
If voters are happy they’ll likely go
with the incumbent. Just look what hap
pened in the 1984 presidential election.
a drastic strategy shift would severely
hamstring our military readiness. Addi
tional evidence is mounting that going
ahead with the C-17 will only mean ex
cessive new expenditures.
The Congressional Budget Office,
assigned to find ways'of cutting Pentagon
spending and thereby reducing the deficit,
suggests scrapping numerous programs
with marginal promise of effectiveness.
The C-17 heads that list.
However, the CBO, in my opinion, ig
nores military realities by not calling for
any expansion of American military airlift
capability. In a day when short, intense
conflicts can erupt suddenly thousands of
miles from our shores, we must be
prepared to move huge loads of men and
the material in a matter of hours — or risk
devastating defeat.
The Heritage Foundation, a highly
respected policy study group, is con
siderably more realisti¢ in a recent report
which says flatly, “By designing a new
generation of cargo airplane (the C-17), the
Pentagon may be making a serious and
costly error. '
**A new cargo plane is not needed,” the
report goes on. “The Air Force should
cancel the C-17 . . . and instead build more
C-5B and KC-10 cargo tanker aircraft.”
Indeed, the relative costs of continuing
the C-17 program or reverting to the pur
chase of additional C-sßs are startling.
The proposed $37.2-billion investment
in C-17 production would give us 210 all
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DAR
JASPER, GA. — The DAR is a 96-year-old organiza
tion that has kept pace with the changing times. For this
reason, the ability to accept changes, the DAR will last
on into the 21st century according to some of the leaders.
I was impressed with a meeting up in Rutherford Coun
ty, Tenn., recently.
From educator to astronaut, many of the women
discussed significant literary, educational, political and
historical contributions made by chapter members.
Historical markers have been erected, grave sites have
been marked, and numerous awards of scholarship and
merit have beén given by those local daughters.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution was founded in Washington, D. C., Oct. 11,
1890. The end of the era was approaching and a decade
of change was.just beginning. : .
Benjamin Harrison, grandson of a former president and
brigadier general of the Civil War, was in the White House.
Forty states had been admitted to the Union. The territory
of Oklahoma had just been opened to settlement.
The manufacture of gasoline automobiles was still a
phenomenon. The horse and buggy was the standard way
of travel, and steam was king of the rails.
Birthing pains of the technological age were being felt
across the country as Thomas Edison and George
Eastman developed the first film for movies. Eastman had
already perfected the box camera a short time before.
Though aspirin was yet to be invented, Coca-Cola
created by J. S. Pemberton and sold at soda founts, of
fered refreshing relief from headaches, fatigue and other
ailments.
DAR chapters sprang up around the country to pro
mote historical, educational and patriotic objectives.
Things were much different then because women were
unemployed in 1890, The lifestyle was much different then.
But, as the Gay Nineties gave way to the 20th century,
the horse and buggy to the automobile, the hootchy koot
chy to the cakewalk, and ‘‘Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay” was
replaced by ““In the Good Old Summertime,” as a favorite
song, the DAR quietly worked ‘‘to perpetuate the memory
and the spirit of the men and women who achieved
American independence; to promote the development of
an enlightened public opinion; and to foster patriotic
citizenship” — a pledge recited at the opening at each
DAR chapter meeting.
With the introduction of motorized bicycles, the first
successful flight of an air machine at Kitty Hawk,
N. C.... coast to coast automobile races, and translantic
crossing records being set, America was now a nation in
motion.
Mrs. Jakes of Murfreesboro, Tenn., says the DAR has
kept pace with the growth of the nation and the changing
times. The organization is 96 years old. It has 214,000
members in over 3,000 chapters nationwide and overseas.
Mary Noailles Murfree who won fame, position and
recognition in the book world by immortalizing her belov
ed Tennessee mountains. By recording the traditions and
folkways of the unspoiled mountaineers, she too, became
a part of the tradition. Thus it is with the DAR Chapter
at Murfreesboro.
The organization touches me in these days when
patriotism seems to be taking a licking in some places. By
seeking to preserve the memory and cherish the freedom
of those who foufht for American Independence, the
organization itself has become synonymous with the
American spirit. It has been a part of our nation’s history
from horse and buggies to space shuttles. From the Gay
Nineties to the computer age. Today, I give these special
women a special thanks for keeping America alive with
glory, spirit and spunk.
WISER .
Wise people believe half of what they
News hear; wiser ones know which half to
believe. — Denmark (Wis.) Press '
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Wouldn't it be fun, if a husband could
do all the things his wife suspects he does?
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