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Che Summerville News
RECALLED BY COUPLE
The Good Times
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
An Oak Hill couple is
almost a living history book of
the 20th century.
They remem{)er the swine
flu epidemic that wiped out en
tire families in ghattooga
County and worldwide in 1918,
not to mention World Wars I
and 11, the Great Depression
and banks closing their doors,
and the use of herbs and home
remedies.
GOOD TIMES
Dolph and Nell Vernon,
who are celebrating their 66th
anniversary, remember the
many good times they have en
i[oyed through the decades.
hey raised five chiledren on
their small farm just west of
Lyerly.
Mr. Dolph, 88, and Mrs.
Nell, 80, were spared many of
the heartaches that afflicted
their neighbors during the
swine flu epidemic and the
worst days of the Depression.
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CANING LEARNED DURING CHILDHOOD
Dolph Vernon Never Attempted Craft Until Retirement
SET FOR PRISON
Utility Contracts
Summerville’'s Mayor and
Council are exi)lected to award
contracts for the second phase
Menlo Gets
Toles Bid
For Units
Only one architect
consultant submitted a pro
posal to the Menlo Housing
Authority by the deadline last
Thursday, fxeb. 26, to assist
with a possible modernization
project of low-rent housing
units in the city.
The bid was submitted by
Bobby J. Toles Architect Inc.,
Rome, the architect for the
original structures.
The funds, if approved by
the federal defiartment of
Housixll_f and Urban Develop
ment (HUD), would be used to
modernize 20 units on
Higll‘lwaX 337 in north Menlo.
he Authority hopes to ob
tain some $570,000 for the pro
ject, depending on the amount
of money available from HUD,
said Pam Hegwood, executive
director of the Authority.
Menlo Authority members
hope to hear something from
the proposal by sometime in
May.
grew up in the Oak Hill com
munity near the Methodist
Churcg they still attend.
“My folks and his knew one
another ever since theg' were
born,” Mrs. Vernon said. **Our
| families were always neighbors
|'and always the best of
| friends."
| “Whenever someone was
| sick or in need, the neighbors
| would always ‘holp,”"" Mrs.
Vernon recalls, using the ar
chaic word to describe a special
kind of caring, giving attitude
more common between
neighbors years ago.
* NEIGHBORS
| “Neighbors just always
took care of one another,” sfie
added. “‘Oak Hill was just the
best settlement of all.”
That kind of “holp” could
mean the difference %etween
life and death for many in the
days when medical care was
difficult to come by in Oak Hill.
| “Back then, people holped
’ one another,”” Mrs. Vernon
said. ‘‘There weren't any
| hospitals and not many doc
tors. My mother used herbs
and home remedies and was
considered a herb doctor. She
of the utility pr%’ect for a new
state prison at Pennville next |
Monday night.
~ The Council's monthly |
’ meetirzf will begin at 7 p.m. at
city hall.
‘ Bids for extending gas, |
water and sewer service to the |
Frison site were opened late |
ast week. |
LOW BIDS f
The apparent low bidder on
the secomf phase of the water |
and sewer project was Chas- ‘
tain Construction Co., |
Ooltewah, Tenn. The bid was |
$95,741.80. Other bidders on |
the project included Jan R. |
Smith Construction Co., |
$119,870.90; C&R Construc- |
tion Inc., $114,852; Carey Har- |
buck Co., $109,509.82; Fin- |
chum Construction Co., |
$112,688; and Quality Pipeline, |
$108,371. \
Chastain holds the contract ,l
for the first phase of the sewer |
and water construction to the |
prison.
The apparent low bidder on I
the secon(f phase of the gas ex- |
tension to the prison was |
Center Line Corp., Leeds, Ala., |
which submitted a proposal of |
$49,300. Other bi(?ders were |
Careg Harbuck Co., $52,185; t
and Finchum Construction Co.,
$64,365. |
RELOCATION {
Harbuck holds the contract l
didn't charge anything; she
just went around trying to help
people get well."
Fier mother's remedies in
cluded drinking the juice from
roasted onions te break up
severe congestion and applying
a salve of “hog lard, kerosene
and other things'' to kill fever.
“Oh it was awful smelling
stuff, but it got us up and go
ing,"" she said.
FRIGHTENING
Mr. Dolph recalls 1918 as
the most frightening year of
his life. Although he never had
a serious illness until age 85,
the year of the worl%wide
Spanish or swine flu epidemic
was a time of uncertainty for
the whole Oak Hill community.
The epidemic wiped out
whole families here and
dramatically altered the na
tions’ lifestyle as people tried
to avoid the deadfir virus.
“l remember one family
near us,”’ he said. ‘‘Four of
them died from the flu in one
vear.”
Although the illness spread
to his own parents and older
brother, Vernon and his
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from the city for relocation of
city utilities along U.S.
HiFhwaX 27 between Summer
ville and Trion.
Grady McCalmon, city
manager, said after the bids
were opened last Thursday
that plans called for the pro
posals to be considered by the
Council next Monday night.
Second Meet Of Elected
o .
Officials Set Wednesday
The second meeting of Chattooga County’s elected of
ficials will be held at 8:30 a.m. next Wednesday at the M&M
Cafeteria, Summerville.
The first meeting of the group was held Feb. 11 at The
Round Table, at the invitation OFSheriff Gary McConnell.
The February term Chattooga Grand Jury had recommend
ed monthly meetings of the officials to discuss county
business and improve communication between the various
offices.
Probate Judge Jon Payne was named moderator of the
group and Lann Cordle, clerk of court, was named
secretary.
Attending the first meeting were McConnell, Payne,
Cordle, Commissioner Harry Powell, tax commissioner
Hugh Don Hall and David Tidmore, foreman of the
February term Grand Jury, as well as members of the news
media and a representative from the Georgia Department
of Community Affairs.
It seemed to be the concensus of the officials in atten
dance that the monthly meetings would be productive and
beneficial to the county.
Thursdav. March 5, 1987
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CELEBRATING 66TH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Vernon
Woodwind Event
Set Tonight At
Chattooga High
A woodwind quintet,
representing Chamber Music,
Chattanooga, Tenn., will per
form at 7:30 p.m. today in the
Chattooga High School
Cafetorium.
Members of this group are
Bid Opening
Scheduled
By Schools
The Chattooga County
Board of Education will open
bids for pest control and gar
bage collection services at its
8 p.m. Monday meeting in the
superintendent’s building, Col
lege Street, Summerville.
According to School Supt.
Don Hayes, school architect
Lowell Kirkman is still work
ing on final drawings for the
new school board oFfices. The
building will be constructed at
the Summerville Middle School
campus on the Bolling Road.
VISITS
Board members made unan
nounced visits to all county
schools on Tuesday and
Wednesday during special call
ed meetings.
In other business, the board
will consider a request by local
Shriners for the use of school
buses to carry children to the
annual Shrine Circus in Atlan
ta on April 11.
4-H CLUBS
Several 4-H Club sponsors
have requested use of a bus
and permission for fifth and
sixth grade members to attend
a District Meet competition.
Will Hair, Chattooga High
School vocational director, will
present for approval plans for
a new vocational education
program.
The board is expected to ap
prove two new sugstitute bus
drivers.
. also members of the Chat
' tanooga, Tenn. Symphony Or
chestra. The group consists of
- Janet Hale on ffute; Robert
Burke on oboe; Steve Acklin on
bassoon; Jay Craven on
. glarinet and Ilyene Chanon on
#ténch horn i
Admission charge is $4 for
adults and $3 for students.
Proceeds go toward helping the
Chattooga County band pro
gram. The public is cordially in
vited to attend this concert.
The quintet's appearance is
made é)ossible by Jackson
Drug Co. and Farmers and
Merchants Bank.
Selections the quintet will
play include: Quintet in E-flat
Major Op. 71 — I. Adagio:
Allegro; 11. Adagio; 111.
Meavetto Quasi Allegretto; IV.
Rondo: Allegro by Ludwig von
Beethoven;
Scherzo Pour Quintette A
Vent, Op. 48 by Eugene Bozza;
Woodwind Quintet, I.
Allegretto; 11. Allegro Giocoso
by Elliott Carter;
Five Easy Dances, 1. Polka,
11. Tango, 111. Bolero, IV.
Waltz, V. Rumba by Denes
Agay;
Variations on Happy Birth
day, Theme, Waltz, March,
Melancholy, Ragtime, Arr. by
Brophy;
Blaserquintett Es-Dur, Op.
88 No. 2, 1. Lento Allegro
Moderato, 11. Scherzo and
Trio: Allegro, 111. Andante
Grazioso, IV. Finale: Allegro
Molto.
Room Rate
Issue Set
March 23
It will probably be at the
| Chattooga County Hospital
Authority’s March 23 monthly
| meeting before a vote is held on
| raising hospital room rates, the
panel's chairman said this
| week.
‘ Katherine Camp, Authority
' chairman, said Dr. Jack
| Meacham, an Authority
| member, and Shirle
| McCrickard, assistant ac:fi
’ ministrator, had met to discuss
| a recommendation on new
| rates to the board.
| At last week's Authority
; meeting, Dr. Meacham in
| dicated the panel might have a
' called meeting to act on a
| possible recommendation.
| However, Mrs. Camp said
| Wednesday she doubts that a
| called meeting will be held and
| that the Autfiority likely will
consider any recommendations
’ on rates at its regular meeting
this month.
l The current semi-private
{ room rate is $136 and the
| ;%rivate rate is $l4O per day.
he rates are among the lowest
in Northwest Georgia, the
Authority pointed out at its
Feb. 23 meeting.
BT I NN YT
Flood Proposal
Tabled By Trion
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
In a split decision last
Thursday night, the Trion Ci
ty Council tabled a proposed
$89,000 flood contro? project
after reviewing plans presented
by city maintenance supervisor
Arthur Bartlett. The plan
would add a third drainage line
to the existing system. The
Elan.s were drawn by Roberts
ngl}neermg.
he majority of the coun
cilmen were in favor of
“holding off"" on the project un
til the effects of the next flood
could be observed. They want
to observe the efficiency of the
city's two existing drainage
pifies which run east from
Allgood Street to a point past
the railroad tracks where the
lines turn and drain into the
Chattooga River.
TABLED
Voting to table the project
were Hoyt Williams, Ricky
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T T Spe o R ¥ &
Dr. Alton Klein, third from left, is
welcomed to Chattooga County during
the second in a series of volunteer
counselor training sessions sponsored by
the Suicide Task Force, set up by the
Chattooga Interagency Council. Dr.
Klein, head of Northwest Georgia Mental
Health Services, chats with John Hayes,
The Chattooga County Special Olympic
Committee met Wednesday, Feb. 25, to
discuss plans for the annual Special O(l{ym
pics sgrmg games which are scheduled for
March 25. The games will highlight a full
day of activities at the Chattooga High
School football stadium. Area games will
be held in Dalton on April 11.
Committee chairmen were selected to
handle details of the spring games during
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Members of the Special Olympics Com
mittee met Wednesday, Feb. 25, to
discuss plans for the sYring Special Olym
pics Games. They will be held at Chat
tooga High School on March 25. Pictured
| Bowers, Larry Stansell and
Henry Miller. Opposed were
Dwight Arden and Roy
Bowers.
' “This is the fourth year
| that project has been tabled,"”
| Arden said.
Mayor J.C. Woods
reported that the Roberts com
pany was also studyin% the
filaying fields at the Trion
| Recreation Center to plan im
. provements. The Council is in
i terested in correcting a pro
| blem with a drainage ditch and
. a manhole that run through a
| possible playing field site.
! NON-CITY
| At the mayor's request,
| Trion recreation director
| Wayne Whited compiled a
| survey of youngsters using the
recreation center in 1986. Ex
i cluding the swimming pool, a
| total of 775 children par
| ticipated in recreation pro
| grams and teams in 1986, Of
l that number, 577 live outside
the Trion city limits, the mayor
| reported.
1 “That’s 74 percent outside
| the city,” Mayor Woods said.
Suicide Life Line Training Session
Special Olympics Slated
“Only 25.5 percent live inside
the city.”
In the financial report, the
mayor pointed out that gas
department sales were up
$12,000, although the city
bought the same amount of
natural gas as usual. “‘There
was an increase in residential
and commercial use,”’ he said.
‘‘However, industrial use was
down."”
Trion had 1,010 gas
customers for February as
posed to 994 in January, IQgg:
GOLF COURSE
The Council unanimously
agreed on a flat rate of $25 per
month year-round to supply
water to the Trion golf course.
Councilmen reasoned that the
flat rate would be preferable
over the city's expense of in
sfialling three water meters on
the property.
é)ity I{ecorder Ricky
Bowers reported eight building
germits totaling $18,289 for
ebruary.
Recorder Bowers also
reported that $458 in overdue
see FLOOD, page 4-B
chairman of the Task Force. Also shown
are volunteer coordinator Wayne Bard
well, left; Dee Langford, fourth from left,
psychological intern with Dr. Klein; and
volunteer Martha Blansit, who also heads
up the Northwest Georgia Crisis Pregnan
cy Center. (Staff Photo).
the meeting.
The group also made plans for its
firewood giveaway, which was held Satur
day at Wal-Mart in Summerville. Proceeds
of the event will aid the Special Olympics
program.
Attending the meeting were Billy
Payton, chairman, Joanna Gilbert, Joe
Pullen, Brenda Park, Kathy Spatholt, Ed
dy Ellenburg and Bob Jones.
from left in front are committee members
Joanna Gilbert, Billy Payton and Brenda
Park; second row, Eddy Ellenburg, Joe
Pullen and Bob Jones. (Staff Photo by
Kay Abbott).