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SEASCNS GREETINGS
VOLUME CI — NUMuon L
Joy To The World . ..
How Newspapers May Have Covered Christ’s Birth
(Editor's Note: Following is a feature
account of the birth of Christ some 2,000
years ago as it might have been written
had newspapers and reporters existed at
the time. {t, was written by Tommy
Toles, editor of The News).
BETHLEHEM — Several unusual
and as yet unexplained events in this
small village in recent days may
foreshadow some far-reaching conse
quences throughout this region and
even the world.
The News has been able to piece
together a story that began with the
birth of a child in an obscure stable just
outside the village.
The area has been crowded with
travelers in recent weeks due to the tax
and census decrees of Caesar Augustus.
Most area inns have been fu%luwith
guests and some travelers have had to
seek shelter where it might be found, in
cluding stables and caves.
Shepherds near Bethlehem were the
first to report something unusual, accor
ding to authorities.
“WE WERE just relaxing, watching
our sheep to be sure that wolves and
other predators didn't kill them, and
trying to figure out why such a bright
star seemefiuto be hovering nearby,”
said one shepherd, who pre%erred tisllat
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GENE ESPY (R), PUBLISHER OF THE NEWS
Greets DOT Commissioner Moreland
MORELAND TELLS OPTIMISTS
DOT Reviews U.S. 27 Options
The Georgia Department of
Transportation (DOT) is con
sidering seriously a proposal to
bypass Summerville from
Taylor's Ridge northward מס
U. S. Highway 27, according to
Tom Moreland, commissioner
of the DOT.
Moreland was guest
speaker at last Friday's
meeting of the Summerville-
Trion 8 timist Club at The
Round 'Fable. Pennville. He
was guest of Optimist member
Winston E. Espy, publisher of
The News.
" ALTERNATIVE
In addition to the Summer
ville bypass _proposal,
Moreland said the DOT is also
considering four-laning the
roadway from the Chattooga
River bridge into downtown
Summervilfia, as well as the
Che Summerville News
his name not be used. ‘The star seem
ed like it was almost close enough to
touch. Of course, it wasn't. But we
hadn't seen it before and it was so
bright, almost like the moon except that
there was a beam of light coming down
toward the ground, like a sunbeam com
ing through a cloud. It kind of scared
us. We watch the stars every night 30
we know it was something new.”
*All of a sudden, there appeared just
before us this bright being," interrupted
another shepher(f “Don’t laugh but I'm
sure it was an angel.”
“AND THEN we were all just sur
rounded by light,” said the first
shepherd. ‘lt scared us all half to death.
We didn't know, at first, what it was.
Some of us thought it might be the end
of the world. Between the light, the
angel and the star, we thought it might
be over for us, and the world.”
The second shepherd said the being,
whom he described as “‘an angel,”” began
speaking to them. “‘l'll tell you exactl
what he said. He told us not to be afraigf
Then he said he had some good news for
us, which would cause us to be happy
and even make somebody glad. But I
didn't understand at tix’e beginning
what he said next. He said, ‘For unto
you is born this day in the city of David,
A Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And
original five-lane proposal.
%{e cited localpof&:ials for
supporting a one percent local
option sales tax proposal for
roads and bridges last year.
Moreland ano blasted the
U. S. Park Service for its op
glosition to widenin%l ט g
ighway 27 through
Chickamauga National Bat
tlefield Park.
The DOT commissioner
also cited the importance of
U.S. 27 to the Northwest
Georgia area and the rest of the
state.
“IMPORTANT”
“I've always thought that
U. S. Highway 27 was a very
important arterial highway in
our state . . . it is important to
the state as a whole, it’s impor
tant regionally but it's most
important, I guess, on a local
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1986
basis,” Moreland said. ** ... 1
would like to see us at a fast
{)ace get all of U. S. 27, certain
y from Rome to Chattanooga,
multi-laned. The traffic along
that route would call for that.
Grinning, Moreland said
heavy traffic between Summer
ville and The Round Table had
caused him to be a few minutes
late to the Optimist Club
meeting. Around 15,000
vehicles per day use the stretch
from Summerville to Trion, the
commissioner said, in apologiz
ing for any inconvenience to
motorists while the work is
under way. But the two-lane
was inadequate to serve that
volume, he added.
“1 commend the city of
Summerville for working with
us on it,” Moreland said. “They
had a lot of utilities in the way
of that construction that had
this will be a sign to all of you: J'ou'll
find the baby wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.’ You know,
that's what we feed cattle in."”
“YOU WON'T believe what happen
ed next,”” said the first shepherd. “All
of a sudden the whole area — even the
sky — was filled with angels praising
God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the
highest, amY on earth, peace, good will
toward men.’ Then, allpof a sudden, it
was dark again and we were alone with
our sheep.’
“I said we ought to go to Bethlehem
and see what was oir:s on,” said the se
cond shepherd. “\%’e 1 talked about it
for a little while and then we all started
toward the village. Since God had sent
us a message, we decided we better go
see what had happened. We found this
couple and baby in a manger, just like
the angel said. Joseph was his name and
his espoused wife's name was Mary.
They called the baby Jesus.”
“Just think about it,”" the second
shepherd continued. “We are just poor
shepherds with just a few shee ams et
we got to see the baby who wifione Xay
grow up and save us and our children.
o we just took off and started telling
everyone we saw about what had hap
pened and what the angels had told us.
see JOY TO THE WORLD, page 12-A
BIRTH OF CHRIST CHILD
Chattooga Joins World
In Joyful Celebration
'* . . . And on earth, peace,
good will toward men . .."
That was how the angels
concluded their message to the
shepherds in a lonely Judean
pasture almost 2,000 years
aicl). The messa%)e was that a
Child had been born into the
world, giving hope it had never
known.
Chattooga Countians today
will join Christians throughout
the world in celebrating the
birth of the Christ.
Over the years, the obser
vance has become mingled
with other traditions and many
cultures have contributed ideas
and practices.
Santa Claus, Christmas
treeségift-giving and brightly
colored lights and decorations
are all now a significant part of
to be moved. It's cost them
some significant money. We
met them part of the way and
paid part of it and we ap
preciate working with them on
i
HIGHWAY 48
He also had some good new
for the city regarding the
%lanned passing lane on
ighway 48 west of Summer
ville, saying, ** . . . I know your
utilities are involved again.
I've told Felton (Rutledge,
district DOT engineer from
Cartersville) to meet with the
city and to work out an agree
ment and we're going to pay
part of that, too. We want to
try to work with you on what
you can afford to do and we'll
do the rest of it.”
He added that contracts are
in place to widen U. S. 27 from
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ALPINE COMMUNITY CHURCH TO FEATURE LIVE NATIVITY SCENE
Display Scheduled From 6 To 9 p.m, Each Day On Highway 337 WQQ&% g
the holiday season.
UNDER TREE
Youngsters on Christmas
morning look forward to fin
ding out what Santa has left
them under the tree. Some
family traditions call for gifts
to be opened on Christmas
Eve. The holiday traditionally
is a time for families to get
tolfether for meals and
fellowship.
Trion and Chattooga Coun
ty schools are closed this week
and next week and students
won't return to classes until
Monday, Jan. 5.
Many businesses and of
fices closed early on Wednes
day and virtually all govern
mental offices and businesses
in the area will be closed on
north of LaFayette to
Chickamauga National Bat
tlefield Park and that the DOT
plans to construct a bypass
east of LaFayette next year.
The widening project on
U. S. 27 from the Old Summer
ville Road in Floyd County to
Highway 156 will be let in
1987, Moreland said.
1988
“Then probably the year
after that (1988), we'll have the
project from that point on up
to gerhaps the top of Taylor's
Ridge, which leaves us with a
real question, how do we bring
the hifihway on through Sum
merville?”’ Moreland asked.
“It had been my inten
tion . . . to let's stay the steady
course . . . I thought we'd come
on down the ridge and through
see D.0.T., page 3-A
Christmas Day. Many stores
will reopen Friday with after-
Christmas sales and to accept
gifts for exchanges.
CHURCHES
Most churches in Chat
tooga sponsored (special
Concessions ‘Hot’
At Trion Meeting
Trion's City Council last
week granted permission for a
concession stand to 86
operated at Trion High basket
ball games and rejected a pro
posa% that a building permit be
issued for a house already
under construction on Bacly(
Penn Road — but not without
some heated discussion.
The controversy over
whether work would be done on
an existing city car for use by
Trion Police Chief David
Starkey ended on a surprising
ly mild note when the Coungil
voted to sell the vehicle after it
became aware of previously
unknown mechanicaf) problems.
The panel authorized Trion
High's athletic department to
operate a concession stand dur
ing basketball games this
season, over the objections of
Mayor J. C. Woods.
BOOSTERS
Last Sept. 25, the high
school's booster organization,
the 50-Yard Club, received per
mission from the CounciPeto
operate the stand. But in a let
ter to the club on Nov. 25,
Mayor Woods said the city
would need a list of individuals
who would be serving food and
a copy of their health cer-
Christmas services, many of
them occurring last weekend.
Alpine Community Church
south of Menlo will continue
with its annual nativity scene
from 6 to 9 p.m. through
Christmas.
tificate, as well as a copy of the
club’s liability policy
certificate.
But the club doesn’t have a
liability policy and club of
ficials said cost of such a policy
would be prohibitive. They said
earlier they planned to ask the
school’s athletic department to
seek permission to operate the
concession stand with
volunteer help from the
50-Yard Club. T%at way, they
said, the school's liability
policy would provide coverage
since the stand woud be super
vised by school coaches.
HEATED
One of the more heated
segments of the meeting arose
when a member of the Council
demanded that Woods write a
notification letter of the Coun
cil's approval within three
business daKs, apparently
referring to the time between
the Sept. 25 meetin%vand the
Nov. 25 letter from Woods.
Councilman Larry Stansell
brought up the basketball
games concession stand issue
and Woods said he had just
received a letter from Trion
School Supt. Bill Kinzy that
day, copies of which he
distributed to Councilmen.
PRICE 20c¢
Summerville city offices
were closed all day VVyednesday
and will remain closed
Christmas Day and on Friday.
However, they will be closed
next week only on New Year’s
see BIRTH OF, page 8-A
Trion's school board on
Dec. 15 received a letter from
Clarence Blevins, Trion High
School principal, asking that
the athletic department be
allowed to operate the stand,
the me;:iyor said. The panel ap
pointed a committee, which
met Dec. 17, Woods added, and
voted 3-1 to approve the re
quest, so that operation of the
stand woud be covered by the
school’s liability insurance.
“OUR PROBLEM”
‘“...What they have
recommended to us has not ac
complished anything as far as
what we need for elected of
ficials,” Woods said. “If the
school board has problems
with their liability claims then
the next year or somewhere
down the line, it's our problem
because we've %ot to get up the
money for the budget. So then
I asked the question, which
was not made clear Monday
nor was it made clear at this
(Wednesday's) meeting, ‘who is
going to get the money, the
athletic department or the
50-Yard Club?’ I would have
thought less about it if they
said the athletic department
was going to get it. But the
see CONCESSIONS, page b-A