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Parade
Honors POWs
Nursing Home Expansion Subject
Of Public Meeting Here May 29
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
A public hearinfi will be
held next Thursday, May 29, at,
the Chattooga County Cour
thouse annex on Commerce
Street at 7 p.m. to discuss the
proposed $1.4 million expan
sion of the Oak View Nursing
Home.
The Chattooga County
Hospital Authority has pro
posed adding 70 beds to the
nursing home, which currently
contains 90 beds and is attach
ed to the ho.;;gital.
A new facility containing 71
beds, including 34 semi-private
rooms and three private rooms
will be constructed. One ex
isting bed will be lost in the
process of connecting the new
winx to the existing structure.
new kitchen and dining
area will be constructed to
meet the increased demand
resulting from the bed addi
tion, according to a ref)ort fil
ed with the Appalachian
Georgia Health Systems Agen
cy, headquartered in
Cartersville.
New construction will pro
vide 21,177 square feet of
space. Additional nursing per
sonnel including two
Registered Nurses, nine
Licensed Practical Nurses and
23 Nurses Aides will be
employed.
q‘he $1.4 million cost of the
project, which includes the
estimated $25,000 cost ger bed
to expand, will be funded
through a commercial loan,
Chattooga County Hospital
Administrator Betty Wollstein
said the health systems agen
cy, which oversees exransion
and control of medical facilities
in the region, has determined
that there is a need for 70 more
nursing home beds in Chat-
County Participation In
State Program Uncertain
The Director of the Gover
nor's Office of Highway Safe
ty said Wednesdt:f' he still has
not received word from Chat
tooga Countf' Commissioner
Harry Powell whether or not
the county wishes to par
ticipate in a state program aim
ed at curbingl drunk drivers.
Director Minuard McGuire
wrote Powell April 30 explain
ing that Chattooga County
was eligible to participate in a
state program aimed at taking
alcohol countermeasures. The
director had said in the letter
that ‘‘in order to ensure
eligibility of this funding by
May 15, 1986 (last Thursday)
provide us a written response
mdicatingewhet.her or not you
want to be considered.”
McGuire said he had not
received a response from
Powell.
McGuire said there is some
The Summerville News
Former Prisoners of War were honored in
this Xear’s Armed Forces weekend. A
gara e honoring the POWs was held
aturday in downtown Summerville, at
tracting a large and enthusiastic crowd.
Above, Raymond Ellington, standing at
right, was aboard the last unit in the
tooga'County within the next
10 };‘ears.
he same agency said
_Floyd Co:;g‘,ewhl_ch h‘;or been
3 ,w’ 3 “ .wy 1 ‘?'x-
I gansion. was determined to
have no additional nursing
" home bed needs until 2000.
| Mrs. Wollstein said the
[ public meeting gives all in
- terested parties a chance to
| Eive in%ut. She said because
Floyd County has been re
jected for expansion,
. developers have expressed an
~ interest in expanding in Chat
| too%a County.
he Chattoo%: County
Hospital will not be officially
asproved for the expansion un
til the agency’s board of direc
tors meeting June 12 in
Cartersville.
Mrs. Wollstein said the
hospital has several advan
tages over outside developers
who mag want to build the
facility. She said the fact that
the nursing home is attached
' to the hospital, which provides
24-hour emergen%y room
availability, is one a vantafif.
Plans have been in the
workin‘fi since February by the
hospital staff to secure the
expansion.
Theegroposed winfi will be
attached to the north end of
the hospital and form an “L"
shafle on the west or front side
of the existin% facilité.
Land that former Commis
sioner Wayne ‘‘Pete’’ Denson
donated to the hospital will be
used for larking.
The Appalachian Georgia
Health Systems A%:ncy is cur
rently reviewing the applica
tion. Written comments regar
ding the proposal under review
are encouraged and should be
submitted at Thursday's
Bublic hearin% or mailed to
.0. Box 829, Cartersville, GA
30120 bi June 12,
The board of directors of
flexibility in the deadline and
noted that applications receiv
ed after June 16 cannot be
assured of funding,
The program calls for state
funding of 70 percent of the
cost of the program during the
first year, 60 percent the se
cond year and 50 percent the
third year.
McGuire said the goal of
the program is coordinated ef
forts to get chronic DUIs off
the roads. He said there were
83,000 arrests in Georgia last
year on DUI.
Based on a rating system of
DUI data, the agency deter
mined that Chattooga County
was a 'i:‘;ndid:lte ffoi'l the T:;
am. The goal of the pro
lg: to reduce the numgm of
alcoholic-related accidents and
the associated injuries and
fatalities.
see COUNTY, page 5-A
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1986
parade. A total of 20 POWs were
recognized Saturday. POWs from Chat
tooga County, all from World War 11, are
Raymond Ellington, Frank Kellett, Leon
?spy. H. Storey Edwards and Leo Lanier
r.
See Additional Pictures and Story Inside . . .
the agency will meet June 12 at
the Cartersville Civic Center on
West Main Street.
o lt\ilirq.‘Wdlamn.', said the cost
e ex| may seem
high, but p.m tfiat the
Trion Land Buyers
May Not Get Tied On
To Utilities, Says Mayor
Trion Mayor Jake Woods
said this week that persons
buying former Riegel Textile
property may not necessarily
receive Town of Trion water
and sewer tap-ons.
“I have had a few inquiries
from individuals that are plan
ning to buy individual lots
from the purchasers of the land
from Rie%el Textile Corpora
tion,” said Woods.
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Sesquicentennial Ideas Worth *IOO
The winning entries in the slogan and logo contests for
the Chattooga County Sesquicentennial Celebration are
worth SIOO each. An authentic Victorian dress, sewn
and worn locally in 1894, is the centerpiece of a display
in downtown Summerville. The taffeta dress was made
and worn by Mrs. Mattie Pursley McWhorter. The bon
net was owned by her mother, Mrs. Martha Bailey
Pursley, around 1880. Mrs. McWhorter was the mother
of Mrs. Ann McWhorter Stubbs, and the grandmother
of John T. Stubbs Jr. Mrs. Pursley was the grand
mother of Mrs. Ann Stubbs and the great-grandmother
of John Stubbs. The dis‘pla%was created by Mrs. John
‘S\tl;fi})sfl and Mrs. Juanita Ham. (Staff photo by Kay
tt).
@ (Copyright 1986 By E-fixfhbu-w Co., Inc.
average cost of addingeone bed
' is $25,000. She said the expan
~ sion would meet 1990 stan
~ dards set down by the hu\;h
' care - industry -~and the
government.
“These prospective land lot
purchasers have the opinion
that the Town of Trion will run
water, sewage and streets to
this groperty."
“This is to advise that we
do not have any definite plans
to run water and sew:ge. but
this is being considered for a
lonfi:nge program. We are
working on a town policy in
regard to this matter, ' he said.
Chattooga, Trion High
Make Graduation Plans;
Services In Two Weeks
- Beniors from Chattooga
‘High School and Trion High
areé preparing for graduation
exercises at the respective
schools. Chnttooa’s gradua
tion services will be June 5 at
8 p.m. at the high school and
‘Trion’s will be June 3 at 8 p.m.
in the Community Center.
~ Chattooga's services will be
held at the ;&dfim weathe:l
permitting. ion
will be performed :; the CHS
band and the invocation, devo
tional and benediction will be
delivered by the Rev. Dewayne
White, pastor of the Pennville
First Baptist Church.
Senior Class- President
Tracey Elizabeth Black will
give the welcome. The
salutatory address will be
fiivexl) byh Melissa Jnar:le
enslow, the v&ledtemr%' -
dress by Stephanie Aleta Park,
special awards by Principal
Jack Herring, and recognition
of graduates by Superinten
dm(t:}?on Hayes. has .
attooga High has 1
honor gradnam!m year, in
cluding Matthew Len Himes,
Deborah Renae Millican,
Marvel Dee Re Mary
Elizabeth W A -Gina
Dillard H onds. Also,
Louise B ! Deeon-
Hunter, Renae Noles,
hanie Aleta Park, Charity
Melissa Jane
, y Ann Ruther-
Thamag it Carter, Staphen
as’ arter,
Jefferson Greenway, m
;in Parker and Samuel Duane
%fiony i for.
*mmswmuw»am" ’
Community Center starting at
8 p.m. with the invocation
given by the Rev. James Cor
ell, pastor of Trion First Bap
tist Church. The song,
“Memories”’ will be performed
by Billx Strange and Scott
Davis. Addresses will be made
by honor graduates Lori Jo
Langston, Kellie Elizabeth
Hayes and Rebecca Lee
Lanlgston.
resentation of awards will
be made by Principal Clarence
Blevins, presentation of
diplomas will be made by
Superintendent Bill Kinzy.
Benediction will be Fiven by
Reutterman Timms of the East
Trion Church of God.
Trion Class of 1986 honor
graduates are Carla Jean
oodson, Kelli Elizabeth
Hayes, Rebecca Lee Langston,
Lori Jo Langrs)ton, Kimberly
Sue Martin, Patrick Eugene
Morgan, James Leon Russell,
Jr., and Jimmie Faye Smith.
Jobless Checks Decline
In April For Residents
Georsi(t)n Derartment of
Labor (DOL) officials wrote
fewer unemgloyment insurance
checks to hattoofa County
residents in April than in
March.
Newly-released figures
show that DOL wrote 876
jobless checks to Chattooga
County residents in April total
ing 83:7.741. In March, DOL
wrote 930 jobless checks total
ing $94,929.
The county's figures are
down sharply from a year ago
when DOL wrote 1,646 jobless
checks to Chattoogans from
state and federal sources total
ing $168,740.
Statewide, Commissioner of
Labor Joe D. Tanner said the
State Department of Labor
wrote fewer unemployment in
surance checks in April, 1986,
than in March, 1986, or in
April, 1985.
Last month, Agril. State
DOL issued 170,864 regular
unemployment insurance
checks valued at $17,813,181,
Commissioner Tanner said.
'11"?4‘39 lwu a declinle from
) regular unemployment
insurance g:ileflt checks total
in% $18,143,636 in March,
1986,
In Agli‘l. 1985, a total of
185,564 benefit checkstouung
$18,560,323, includinT boti
“wh:al and Fedo:il fls;\sng’
plemen mefienu on
checks, was written to jobless
Georgians, Commissioner Tan
ner said. FSC was phuo%out
later in 1985 by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Currently, the maximum
weekly benefit amount an
Academic certificate
students at Trion are Joseph
Wesle?' Collette, Lori Ann
Daniel, Christina Melissa Dot~
s:\on, EdwarglEgic Dov%r. Carla
nnette adney, '‘Br
Eugene Hayes, Kafli Efiz:gfl
Hayes, Tracy Lynn Holbrooks,
Cynthia vfi’m. Hughes, Jen
nifer Marie Jones, Rebecca Lee
Langston, Kimberly Sue Mar
tin, Roy Lamar Pett;éiohn.
Daryle Wade Richardson,
James Leon Russell, Jr.,
Willard Roy Waits, Jr., and
Gary Lynn Woods.
CHS BOY GRADS
Graduating Chattooga
High boys are: Troy Eufiene
Abernathy, Rickey im
Adams, Tracy B. Bankston,
Terry Lee Barksdale, Jeffrey
Dale Barnett, Marty A. Beam,
Jerry Wagne Bennett, Frazier
Lemuel Black, William E.
Blackmon, Jeffrey Harold
Blalock, Robert Edward Ban
chard, Jerry E. Brown, Keith
R. Burns, Robert Wayne
Camp, W. Mike Carmon and
Thomas Britt Carter.
Mfifim Cgavlm'
, Charles
W. Crabtree, Jareth Crowe,
William GL:: Croy, Robße:t
Ilmothy we, Donald y
Davis, Jr., Michael Britt
David .ci‘.':‘o‘.‘.‘f'ng""fi’:.;
an
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vans,
Francis Forrester, Jr., Preston
Lebron Foster, Tfllae Foun
tain, Jimmy Dale Fowler and
Randall Arthur F‘rankl% :
Mack Gilreath, Michael Scott
Green, Stephen Jefferson
Greenway, Rodnei'{ DeWa}{ne
Groce, Eddie D. Harris, Rod
Hayes, Michael Evan Heath,
Tony Lee Hensley, Matthew
Len Himes, John H. Hogue,
Jr., Tony C. Hogue, Travis
Donahue Hudson and Frank
Orlando Johnson.
Also, Joe Fay Johnson,
Tom H. Kendrick, Gordon Lee
Kinsey, Randall Dale Lamb,
William Brian McClellan, Ron
ny Franklin McNair, Cecil
LaTodd Madden, Franky
Eugene Mlad':)rs. John L. Mar
tin, Jr., William Scott Mason,
Robert Gene Milam, Steven
Van Morrison, David Wafi'ne
Palmer, Derek Edwin Parker,
Samuel Duane Peppers, Fred
Powell, Benny Gordon Price,
Jr., Robert &’flham Ramey,
Victor Lee R?'. Richard g
Rußright and Jeffrey Gordon
Scott.
see CHATTOOGA, page 5-A
unemployed Georgian can
draw is $135 for 26 weeks;
however, the weekly benefit
amount will increase to $145
for those who file on or after
July 1, 1986.
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A Lzerl{ man was injured Fridzasy just
south of Lyerly on County Road 328 when
he crosseti into the wrong side of the road
and struck a car head on, the Georgia
State Patrol in Rome said. Injured was
the motorcycle driver, Lamar Seward Col
eman of Lyerly. He was charged with
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Powell Hospitalized
Chattooga County Commissioner Harry Powell was.
hosgitahzeé' Sunday in Redmond Park Hospital. ‘
ospital officials said ‘lhesda‘\" Powell, 69, remained in
‘‘satisfactory condition” at the hospital. '
Powell was hospitalized at Redmond Park form
in March. He was released March 18 after re
undergoing treatment for a cardiac condition.
Trion School Renovation
Date To Be Set Soon
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
Thg Trionedßoard of Educa
tion honored two retirin
teachers for years of dadicnzes
service at the regular May
meetin%v Honored were Mrs.
Jessie Wingfield, who taught
for 33 years at Trion ngh
%ch(::)lad amil;o Mrs. anrt 3;
ay , who t or
years at Trion mmtary
School.
During the meeting,
Superintelx:dentd Bill Kinzy
reported that a date to begin
construction on the renovation
of Trion High School will be set
in a meeting with the school ar
chitect this week. The renova
tion plans include air condition
ing, new floor covering and
painting of the hiih school.
Kinzy stated that a conti
nuing problem -with. low
Qualifying
To Begin
Thursday
The 1986 chapter of Chat
tooga County and Georgia
politics officiagi'ngets u£r
way next Wednesday with
qualifying for several local
races.
In local races, Rep. John
Crawford, Sen. Sonny Hug
gins, three school board
members and 15 seats for the
Chattooga County Democratic
Executive Committee are open
for qualifying.
&mlifying will begin at 9
a.m. Thursday and close at
noon June 11. Persons may
gualify on ogening and closing.
ays at the Chattooga County
Courthouse and on other days
with Katherine Camp in Sum
merville, Bennie }l;lafie Martin
in Trion or with Hill Caldwell
in Lyerl‘y;.
In other elections, Gov. Joe
Frank Harris, Congressman
George Darden, Sen. Mack
Mattingly and State School
Superintendent Werner Rogers
face re-election.
Motorcyclist Injured
voltage to Trion Schools was
still under m? He stated
that, the problem would
possibly be corrected a'fl:e
end of the school year. 'to
the low voltage, the new air
conditioning system at Trion
Elementary ahml has not
been operated since its installa
tion was completed last fall
Kinzy presented statistics
to the board showing that
Trion has one of the lowest per
fi;eailexpendinmhthem
system mflt $1,245.99
per child for school year
1982-83.
“We compete favorably in
student achievement, yet we
have one of the lowest costs per
child of any system,” Kinzy
stafi. :
e board a an
agreement withmmt
GeorEia CESA to provide
psychometric services for
5,966 and special ad leader-_
d?m‘?&s or .6% forths
1986-87 school year.
The board ?Sproved the
'B6-'B7 school calendar, with
school oKen.ing for students
Friday, Aug. 22, and ending
Friday, May 29, 1987.
The board accepted the
resignation of Dan I?oian. ef
fective at the close of the pre
sent school year.
Offices
Close
Monday
Summerville, county and
Trion offices will be closed
Il\)donday, May 26, for Memorial
a{.
n Summerville, no Farbgge
Bickug will be run Memorial
ay, but will resume Tuesday.
In Trion, business and
maintenance offices will be
closed, The Recreation Depart
ment will be closed Sunday,
May 25. Garbage normalfi'
picked up Mondaywillbesick
ed uge'l‘ueadny. All other days
willF regular. e
or em y in both
Trion andemnervifle. con
tact the two municipalities’
respective police departments.
driving without insurance, without a
license and driving on the wrong side of
the road, theGSP said. The GSP said Col
eman crossed into the path of a car driven
by Kelly Brown of Summerville, who
was uninjured.
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