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Editorials
Looking Forward
Each new year seems to be a time of op
timism and hoping that the coming 12
months will be better than the last year.
Individuals make resolutions to im
prove their lives in various ways, ranging
from pledges to stay on diets (after the
holidays, of course) to saving more money.
Chattooga County has had an in
teresting year, to say the least. Squabbles
between Commissioner Harry Powell and
seemingly half the people in the county
have been in the headlines. Not to be
denied, the Chattooga Board of Education
and school superintendent have gotten in
to heated struggles. Trion's City Council
and Mayor also have had their share of
battles.
In most cases, a bit of compromise, for
thrightness and honesty, civility and pa
tience and a realization that times have
changed would have moderated some of
the more emotional disagreements. On too
many occasions, personal opinions,
evasiveness and stubbornness have taken
the spotlight away from what is good for
the county as a whole.”
During 1987, we can expect to see com
pletion of the U. S. Highway 27 widening
project from Summerville to Trion and
possibly action taken on the state level
toward widening the highway from Floyd
County to Summerville. It is a controver
sial topic, but it seems that the state may
start construction on a new state prison
at Pennville this year.
The City of Summerville, of course,
hpoes to find a tenant for its speculative
industrial building. Summerville also
wants to begin the second phase of its
sewerage program on the western side of
town.
The Best Cure
All sorts of hangover remedies are of
fered around Jan. 1 of each year. They
range from the funny to the harmful.
It seems that everything from more **of
the dog that bit you' to raw eggs and cof
fee is “‘guaranteed’ to relieve the symp
toms of drinking too much alcohol.
New Year's Eve parties are infamous
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49 YEARS AGO
Following are excerpts from the Jan. 6, 1938 edition of The Summerville
News.
AD: BIDS WANTED — Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue of Chattooga County until 3 p.m., Saturday,
Jan. 8, 1938 for 90 days’ supplies for the following articles: For road gang: 20
barrels flour; 80 bushels meal, four cases special size Octagon soap, 300 pounds
pure coffee, 200 pounds sugar, 10 bags pinto beans, 200 pounds Brown Mule
Tobacco, SSOO worth of genuine Chevrolet parts, SSOO worth of genuine trac
tor parts, two dozen 12-foot grader blades, approximately 2,000 gallons of
gasoline per month, approximately three barrels of oil per month, I'2 barrels
of grease, approximately 1,000 gallons tractor fuel number 4, SSOO worth of
genuine Ford parts.
AD: WHICH KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU? — Do you *‘fly all to pieces”
when the children are noisy or when the vegetables burn, or when the jelly won't
“jell?”” Some mothers are just naturally cranky. Some mothers are cross and
impatient because they are nervous. If you are a natural crank, Dr. Miles Ner
vine won't do much for you. If you are irritable because your nerves are over
taxed, Dr. Miles Nervine will do a lot for you.
AD: ROYAL THEATRE — Tyrone Power, Loretta Young in *‘Second
Honeymoon;’ Fred Scott in ‘“‘Moonlight on the Range;” William Powell and
Myrna Loy in “‘Double Wedding.”” Coming Attractions: *Awful Truth,” “Live,
Love and Learn,” “She Married An Artist,” “Conquest,” **Wife, Doctor and
Nurse,” “The Firefly.”
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Menlo wants to find the money to get
its sewerage treatment system under
construction.
Chattooga County hopes to expand its
water services into Broomtown Valley.
And maybe, someday, Trion will begin
development of its industrial park and
resolve the issue of how to finance expan
sion of its water and sewer systems.
Four-lane transportation and adequate
utility service are necessities to improve
the county's business climate and to pro
vide more jobs for the future, especially
during difficult economic times.
But of more importance to the county
is the quality of its leadership. For so
meone on the outside looking in — such as
a prospective industrialist —the county
doesn't appear to be an attractive place at
this time.
If the county school board and
superintendent don't resolve their serious
problems, if the county commissioner
doesn’t look to the future instead of to the
past, and if Trion's Mayor and Council
don't get off dead center on vital issues,
the end of 1987 will find that the county
has again stood still or, worse yet, gone in
reverse,
The future is ours for the taking. But
we've got to want it badly enough. And
we've got to demand open, honest, civil
and progressive leadership in all our local
governments. After all, we get the type of
leadership that we elect.
The new year is a time for hope and we
remain optimistic that good things will
happen in our county. But we can't sit
back and wait. We've got to go after what
we want.
for causing many people to lose their in
hibitions and consuming too much wine,
liquor, punch, eggnog or beer.
It's hard to feel sympathy for those
who imbibe too much. The solution to a
hangover is to drink lightly . . . or not at
all.
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By Tommy Toles, Editor 3
Thoughts For 1987
Most of us look forward to a new year
with a mixture of fear and hope, regret and
vearning and with self-improvement
resolutions in our thoughts. It's so easy
for us to get caught up in'the fast pace of
day-to-day living that we don’t take time
““to smell the roses; lterally or
figuratively.
I found the following piece a few
months ago and thought it would be worth
passing on. Name of the author is
unknown.
“Go placidly amid the noise and the
haste, and remember what peace there
may be in silence.
**As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons. Speak
your truth quietly and clearly; and listen
to others, even the dull and ignorant; they
too have their story.
“Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
“1f you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter; for
always there will be greater and lesser per
sons than vourself.
“Enjoy your achievements as well as
your plans. Keep interested in your own
career; however humble; it is a real posses
sion in the changing fortunes of time.
“Kxercise caution in your business as-
On The Funny Side
By Gary Solomon %;.
Chili And Dumplings
[t sometimes seems useless to make
resolutions for the new year, especially
when you look back over last year's list
and see how far short of the mark you fell.
But here's one promise I make gladly
and willingly, one for all the world to hear:
I promise to never again — even under
threat of death — eat chili and apple
dumplings together in the same meal.
Perhaps that requires an explanation.
Last New Year's Eve my wife and 1
went to dinner with her folks in Asheville,
N. C. We agreed on a national restaurant
chain because you know what they serve,
and you know it'll be fairly good.
I intended to order my usual salad and
baked potato, but the night was cold and
I decided some fresh, hot chili might be
just the thing to take the chill out of my
bones.
Up to that point everything was fine.
Their chili is meaty. It's tasty. And if it
doesn't fill you up, you can pile on the
Saltines and make a meal of it.
But I made the mistake of letting my
eyes wander. I glanced at the dessert menu
and saw something new: an apple dumpl
ing. An advertisement on the wall pictured
it as a piping hot apple turnover
smothered in a brown sugar and cinnamon
glaze. It looked delightful.
Without stopping to consider how it
might or might not mix with beefy, beany
chili, I ordered one, And the rest, as they
say, is history.
fairs; for the world is full of trickery. But
let not this blind you to what virtue there
is; many persons strive for high ideals; and
everywhere life is full of heroism.
“Be yourself. Especially, do ot feign
affection. Neither be cynical about love; for
in the face of all aridity and disenchant
ment, it is as perennial as the grass.
“Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of
vouth.
“Nurture strength of spirit, to shield
you in sudden misfortune. But do not
distress yourself with imaginings. Many
fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be
gentle with yourself. You are a child of the
universe, no less than the trees and the
stars; you have a right to be here. And
whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt
the universe is unfolding as it should.
“Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
“*And whatever your labors and aspira
tions, in the noisy confusion of life, keep
peace with your soul.
“With all its sham, drudgery and
broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
“Strive to be happy.”
By the time we made our way back to
the home of my in-laws 40 minutes later,
there were rumblings in my stomach
unlike anything I'd experienced since the
night I ate a Polish sausage while gravely
ill with the flu. I felt nauseous and faint.
Suddenly all I wanted to do was lie down.
A cool towel on my forehead didn’t help.
At eight o’clock I headed for bed, having
no heart (or stomach) for revelry and
celebration. I just wanted to survive.
Around midnight I decided to go to the
kitchen for juice. Halfway down the stairs
I had to stop and rest. To go any further
would have resulted in a headlong tumble,
I'm sure. My wife later said my color at
the time was somewhere between ghastly
grey and green-at-the-gills. Eventually I
crawled back to the bedroom and didn’t
get up until the next afternoon, except for
frequent and urgent nature calls.
I've decided since that night that I
must have been hit by a 24-hour bug.
Nothing else could come and go that quick
ly. It wasn't the food, I've told myself
again and again. But my body has yet to
believe it. In fact, just the thought of the
chili-and-dumpling combo sets my
stomach to churning badly.
Interestingly enough, the last time I
visited the local franchise of this
restaurant chain, they were no longer ser
ving apple dumplings. Maybe my stomach
was right after all.
Guest Column
By Albert Hattis
Guesses For 1987
What's ahead for 1987? All of us are employees,
employers, direct or indirect investors, customers and con
sumers. A look ahead at 1987 should be helpful. Each year,
at this time, 1 polish the crystal ball and look into the
future.
In 1984 and 1985, I began predicting lower mortgage
and bank interest rates. In 1986, 1 even suggested that
single digit mortgage and bank loans should be possible.
These lower interest rates have appeared, though some of
our rural bankers haven't heard that the national prime
lending rate is now 7': percent (at the time of this column).
Many of our smaller towns have local prime rates of 10
to 12 percent. For 1987, the national prime rate should get
down to six percent and the mortgage rates should sink
to about 8 percent.
Inflation, which has averaged less than two percent
over the last 12 months, appears ready to rise to the five
to six percent range in 1987 and 1988. The oil producers
have gotten their act together, so that energy prices and
commodities should move up. Many other segments of our
economy have seen an inflationary push, including health
care and government costs, which have been offset by
energy and agricultural product price declines.
Consumers are worrying more about the economy and
its future. Surveys show that consumers have less con
fidence and lower buying plans for big ticket items. Even
big incentives are not producing the high level of sales that
could have been anticipated from past experience. Auto
interest rates of from zero to 2.9 percent helped to reduce
auto inventories, partly at the expense of 1987 models, but
not to the extent anticipated.
Since most businesses were not using their full plant
capacity, factory expansion and equipment purchases will
not be rising. Without this expansion, and with excess of
fice building, hotel, apartment and shopping center space,
construction should experience a down year. In my travels
I have seen vacant stores in prominent shopping centers,
lots of see-through office and apartment buildings and
hotels built where no need existed.
Employment is high and the number of young people
completing their education is declining because of lower
birth rates. Unemployment is also high. 1987 should be
a year of rising unemployment, as businesses try to sur
vive by trimming management and supervisory ‘‘fat.”” In
creasingly, college graduates will complain that job hunts
take longer and the anticipated pay will not be up to their
expectations.
Most governments will talk a lot about their taxpayers.
What many middle and upper income taxpayers will
discover is that the ‘‘tax fairness’ laws were ‘‘tax in
crease’ laws. Business has been walloped with harmful
and discouraging tax increases. The no tax investment
credit and the loss of accelerated depreciation will begin
to hurt efforts to make our economy more competitive,
with reductions in plant and equipment orders. Many of
our states will find themselves with a tax bonanza because
of the federal tax law changes, but few will pass the dif
ference on to the taxpayers. Government spending will
continue to rise.
Last year, I had hoped that Congress was sincere in
trying to cut the federal deficit. The support for Gramm-
Rudman-Hollings, also known as the Federal Deficit
Reduction Act, appears to have been “‘for the record’’ and
not for real. The “‘reduced” deficit targets are not being
met. We will continue, for awhile, to experience fun times
on credit, getting deeper in debt and having to face an ever
increasing repayment problem.
Good programs should be supported with taxes. Ques
tionable programs should be dropped because we don’t
have the money, and cannot continue to increase the debt.
The recession 1 forecast for last year did not occur
because neither Congress nor the president complied with
the deficit reduction law. Most of the more than a half
million businesses that quit or failed, and most farmers
and the oil industry may believe we are in a recession.
In 1987, more of us will recognize and understand the
definition of a recession. ;
Albert Hattis is an associate professor at Southwest
State University, Marshall, Minn.
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