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Che Summerville News
Menlo Student Captures
State Forestry Award
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
A Chattooga High School
student has planted %,000 pine
trees to capture the top
forestry award in the state
finals of the Future Farmers of
America. Seventeen-year-old
Miss Kelly Reece of Menlo will
fly to Kansas City in
November to attend the Na
tional FFA Convention.
. Although Miss Reece en-
Joys all aspects of agriculture,
Summerville
High Reunion
Possible
There will be a planning
meeting for a possible reunion
of the old Summerville High
School alumni for the 1988
Chattooga County Ses
quicentennial Celebration.
The meeting will be con
ducted May 30 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Community Room of
Farmers and Merchants Bank
in Summerville.
According to organizer Bob
Baker, the meeting will deter
mine how much interest there
is for an old Summerville High
School reunion in 1988.
‘Dirty Dozen’ Survivor
Tours Newspaper Here
By DAVID ESPY
Columnist-At-Large
While in Chattooga County
for the Armed Forces weekend
activities, %a;ade Grand Mar
shal Duff Matson toured the
printing facilities of The Sum
merville News.
Matson was accompanied
on the tour by long-time friend
and fellow paratroolser Don
Lassen of Atlanta, Editor of
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Don Lassen, Editor of Airborne Static
Line and Gene Espy, publisher of The
Summerville News explain the technology
involved in producing a newspaper to
Duff Matson on a tour of the printing
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View Third Printing Of Book
David Hartline, author of ‘‘Vietnam,
What A Soldier Gives,”’ enliihtens Duff
Matson and Don Lassen on the progress
of the third printing of his book which is
her desire to benefit future
generations led her into the am
itious forestry profect.
“So many people destroy
trees, which are vital to our en
vironment,’”' Miss Reece
stated. ‘“Trees give us so much,
so we can at least do something
to replace them when they are
cut.’
Over the past two years,
Miss Reece has devoted three
to four hours of her time after
each school day to the project.
She chose a recentl¥ cleared
hillside on her family farm near
Menlo as the site for her future
forest.
*“This land has always been
sfiecial to me because I can see
things here that my Freat
grandfather and grandfather
id before me. The trees are
something my children and
graq(}chil ren will enjoy some
ay.
Reflectin% a deep commit
ment to her love of conserva
tion, Miss Reece plans to con
tinue her project and plant
more of the Improved Loblol
ly Pines as she works toward
hiflh school graduation and her
co eie de%-ee.
The HS sophomore
regularly assists her grand
father, Leroy Massey, with all
aspects of work on the family
farm. She also enjoys raising
show cattle, which she enters in
the Calhoun Cattle Show each
year.
She is the dautghter of Mrs.
Barbara Reece of Menlo.
the intemationallz'-dist;ributed
Airborne Static Line.
Also accompanying Matson
on the tour was Lyerly resident
David Hartline, author of
‘“Vietnam, What A Soldier
Gives.”” Hartline served as
Matson's escort while in the
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lflAirborne Static Lm;(lls the
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munity . . . the Bible of the Air
borne so to speak.
Furthermore, since Matson
facilities here. Pictured left to right are
Lassen, Matson, David Espy, Gene Espy
and David Hartline, who served as Mat
son’s escort.
in the midst of production in The News’
commercial Brintir;f plant. Pictured left
to riil[\t are David Espy, Matson, Lassen
and Hartline.
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Miss Reece Wins Forestry Award
Miss Kelly Reece of Chattooga Hifih School has won
the state forestry competition of the Future Farmers
of America with an ambitious conservation project.
Over the past two years, Miss Reece has planted 2,000
Improvecf Loblolly Pines on her family’'s farm near
Menlo. The 17-{ear-old CHS sophomore is shown with
a pine planted last year. (Staff photo by Kay Abbott).
is an avid reader of and con
tributor to the newspaper and
since the newspaper is printed
by The Summerville News, he
decided to tour the ’l‘)rint shop
to see just where ““The lifeline
of the Airborne” was printed.
‘Matson also toured the
commercial facilities at The
News where he was able to see
the third printing of Hartline's
book in production.
Matson's own book entitl
ed, “The Devil's Bodyguard,”
is due out next year.
Pamplin
To Award
Trion Senior
R. B. Pamplin and Riegel
Textile have made ar
rangements with the American
Academy of Achievement to
sponsor a Trion Hiih
graduati%g senior for the
alute to Excellence Program.
This prestigious award will be
announces at the Trion
Awards Program May 27, and
will be known as t{e R. B.
Pamplin Award. Within _the
Riegel organization, Trion is
the only school chosen to be so
honored by this selection.
Each year, the American
Academy Achievement invites
50 men and women of excep
tional accomplishments to
share a weekend with one
another and 400 of the nation’s
most outstanding high school
honor students. During the
three-day ‘‘Salute to Ex
cellence,’” these younileaders
of tomorrow have a chance to
meet and discuss issues with
eminent adult achievers from
eve_?' facet of American life.
he Academy was founded
in 1961 “To ins’pire youth with
new dreams of opportunity.”
Since its creation, more than
5,000 of America's most
outstanding students have par
ticipated in the Salute to %x
--cellence Program.
The Frogram this {ear will
take place in Washington,
DA% g une 26-29. This is quite
an honor for a student to
receive as he or she will fift to
meet ‘‘Captains of Achieve
ment”’ from all walks of life,
and also honor students from
across the nation.
Phone Company To Ask
For Rate Increase Soon
General Teleghone Com
pany of the South May 16 fil
ed an agplication with the
Georgia üblic Service Com
mission requestigf $13.9
million in increased annual
revenues.
If it is approved in full, the
comrany‘s statewide revenues
would increase about 14 per
cent annually. Each customer
must be viewed individually for
exact impact, but under the
proposal, one-party residential
customers in G?t;rlgéa,would
pay an average o .41 mon
thl)),' comparge with the present
average of $12.54, an increase
of $3.87. One-pmdv business
customers would pay an
average of $37.76 compared
with the present average of
$27.69 s’” month, an increase
of $10.07.
General Telephone's North
Georgia General Manager
F.G. (Gene) Franklin said
there are many reasons why
this request is necessary, but a
major reason is the continuing
loss of the long distance sub
sidy supporting local rates,
which 1s a result of the
dereflat.ion of the industry.
‘“Long distance and
business rates in the rnt have
been used to artificially hold
down the cost of basic local ser
vice," Franklin said.
He said that existing mon
thly rates have been based on
average costs and investments
during 1982. The company has
State Patrol Predicts
16 Will Die On Roads
The Georgia State Patrol is
?hnm'.ng a major statewide en
orcement cam}faisn durix;g
this Memorial Holiday peri
aimed at reducing the number
of highway deaths and rro
moting the use of seat belts.
Georgia Public Safet{ Com
missioner Colonel Hugh Har
dison said the patrol will com
bine forces with local police
agencies to saturate the state’s
road system with a high
visibility, hilih profile cam
paign. “We likely will be deal
ing with a record volume of
traffic this holiday period,” he
said. “We have seen traffic
volumes constantly rising over
Chattooga Group Urges
Drivers To ‘Buckle Up’
This Memorial Day
weekend the National
Highway Traffic Safety Ad
ministration, the Georgia
Governor's Office of Highway
Safety, and Chattooga (gounty
Extension Service are é'oining
“The All American Buckle-
Up."”" Priscilla Hammond,
Regional Coordinator for the
Extension Service’'s Passenger
Safety Education Program ex
plains this is a nationwide cam
paxfn to encourage all adults
and children to use safety belts
or child safety seats every time
the{ ride in vehicles starting
with the summer vacation
period.
Mrs. Hammond states that
according to national
statistics, each year an
estimated 1.6 million motor
vehicle occugants are klul?edured
and nearly 45,000 are ki in
motor ve{licle collisions. She
ints out that more than
Yg,_OOO of the 44,600 people kill
éd in 1985 could have been sav
ed if thef' had been wea.rifi
safety belts or were Protec ;
by approved child safety seats.
According to Mrs. Ham
mond, local activities in sup-
Bort of the “All American
uckle-Up" will include:
* A proclamation signing
bg local mayors Mondlafi'. May
19, 9:30 at Summerville City
Hall.
* Several local 4-Hers will
gve away ‘‘Make Georgia
lick” bumper stickers and
other safety belt literature at
two locations in Summerville
Friday, May 23, from 3:30
p.m.-5:30 p.m.
* All businesses are being
encouraged to display a
“buckle up”’ message on their
business mar?:eea or portable
signs during the Memorial Day
weekend.
* McDonald's will give
away Safety Squad I. D. cards
and dashboard stickers in their
Hapgy Meal cartons, May
23-26.
Mrs. Hammond encourages
all Chattooga Countians to
make buckling up a family
affair.
spent over slls million in
capital for improved local ser
vice and to accommodate
growth in its bSO-county
eorgia service area since that
time.
“We have converted four
central offices to state-of-the
art digital switches in the last
two gens and will add another
five by the end of this year,"” he
said. ‘‘This technolo%' pro
vides faster, more reliable ser
vice, improved voice and data
transmission, and enhanced
features including call-waiting
and call-forwarding.”
GTE plans to spend SSB
million in Georgia in 1986.
From 1986-1990, the company
g:'i?fiocts spending over S2OO
on.
Also proposed are increases
in various installation and one
time service charfies and an in
crease in local directory
assistance requests to 50 cents.
The companly s returned check
charge would increase to sls
and restoral of service fees
would increase by about sl7.
Additionally, several ex
changes will move to higher
rate categories due to growth
in their communities’ cnllins
scope over the past sever
yu{ft. e
W Commis
sion, General T:’rephono’l Ero—
g:nd rates could go into effect
fore the end of the year.
GTE serves over 172,000
customers in 50 Georgia
counties.
Second Front
the past 18 months, helped
along by an exgandmg
economy. No doubt this
Memorial Holiday period,
which kicks off the summer
travel season, will be the
same.”
Hardison said the patrol is
predicting 16 deaths, 628 in
juries, and 1,652 accidents dur
ing the 78-hour period beginn
ing at 6 p.m. Friday, MaKl23.
and ending at midnight, Mon
day, May 26. The patrol ex
pects as many as eight of the
16 deaths to be caused by
drunk drivers.
The patrol will set up
special roadchecks, concen
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Trion Band Tours Nation’s Capital
The Trion Marchinfi Band traveled to
Washinfton, D. C., last weekend for a
tour and performance. Band members are
treated to the special trip once every five
Mailbox Improvement Week
Proclaimed In Chattooga
““Each year a week in May
is set aside to remind
customers on rural, city
motorized and contract
delivery routes to examine and
improve, where necessary, the
appearance of their
mailboxes,”” Summerville
Postmaster Robert Bilbrew
stated.
““The purpose is to call at
tention to the need to provide
mail reoert.acles that are conve
niently located, safe to use,
neat In appearance and are
designed to &rotect the mail
from the weather,” Postmaster
Bilbrew continued.
There is no question that
neat, attractive mailboxes im
prove the appearance of coun
try roads and suburban
streets. The Postal Service
g;)ints out, however, that
ailbox Improvement Week
means more than e{e agpeal.
“Say that an old, dented
box has sharp, cutting edges or
that the receptacle is too small,
too hard to reach or made inac
cessible by obstructions,”’ com
ments Postmaster Bilbrew.
“In such cases, the mail would
be stamped undeliverable and
the customer would have to
come to the post office to pick
it up. We need the cooperation
of our customers to maintain
service at its highest level."
Postal regulations require
that rural and contract route
carriers must have access to
mailboxes without having to
leave their vehicles. Such boxes
must be located on the right
hand side of the road in the car
rier's direction of travel where
traffic conditions would en
danger a carrier driving to the
left to reach the boxes. The
boxes also must be rlaced to
conform with state laws and
highway regulations.
Customers are requested to
remove obstructions — in
cluding vehicles, trash cans
and snow — that make delivery
difficult.
For both suburban curbline
and rural roadside boxes, the
Postal Service requests a
height of 3'% to 4 feet from the
bottom of the box to ground
cl“rlevel. The laddms skl:onld be
on the recep-
Melywp.r:nw" more efficient
delivery.
There are approved tradi
tional and contemporary
mailbox designs. A customer
trated patrols supported by air
surveilf:nce ang the use of
plain spotter cars to keep
would be violators off balance
during the holiday. *“We will be
firm but fair in our enforce
ment,” Hardison said. ‘‘The
more visibility we can have on
the roads, the greater our
chances of preventing an acci
dent or death occurring,” he
said.
This weekend troopers will
become a part of a national
campaign to encourage seat
belt use during the *All
American Buckle-Up'' week.
Special promotional materials
are being distributed through
years. Pictured above, THS band
members, with director Carolyn Herndon,
pause shortly before leaving Trion. Staff
photo by Kay Abbott .
designed rural box needs the
prior approval of the
postmaster before it can be
installed.
One last safety caution
from the Postal Service: Some
mailbox supports are so
massive (heavy metal posts,
concrete, farm equipment fill
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Local Mailbox Improvement Week
Summerville Postmaster Robert Bilbrew has declared
the week of May 19-24 as ‘‘Mailbox Improvement
Week" in the area. Each year the Postal Service
declares one week in Mageto remind customers to im
prove, when necessary, their mailboxes for appearance
and safety reasons.
the ‘‘Bee a Buckler’’ program.
Safety experts have estimated
that widespread use of seat
belts would have a greater
single impact on saving lives
than any other effort.
Harcfison said much of the
holiday cam;mign’s success
would depend on the joint ef
fort of the state and local
police. *“With our limited man
power we have to use every
resource available to keeg up
with the growing demands of
our services,”' he said.
CHS ’76 To
Meet May 25
The Chattooga Hifh School
class of 1976 will hold an im-
Kfrtant meeting this Sundage,
ay 25, at 2 p.m. at ¢
Farmers and Merchants Bank
in Summerville. All class
members are urged to attend in
order to finalize ;;Lans for the
10-year reunion this summer.
ed with concrete), they are
damaging vehicles and causing
serious izf'luries to people who
accidentally strike them. The
Federal Highway Administra
tion has suggested raxailbox
mounting and su esi
that post offices mm m
their customers.