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Editorials
Welcome Deputy Dawg
“Deputy Dawg"' visited several Trion
and Chattooga County schools earlier this
week to warn about the dangers of drugs
and to encourage youngsters to ‘‘Just Say
No" to drug use.
A public program was presented to the
Chattooga County Memorial Home Mon
day night by ‘“‘Deputy Dawg' to give
parents and the public a better look at the
problem.
The programs this week were cospon
sored by the Summerville-Trion Optimist
Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6688
Auxiliary and the Chattooga County
Sheriff's Office.
STAR Students, Teachers
The STAR students and teachers from
the Trion City and Chattooga County
school systems will participate in the
Seventh District STAR competition at
Rome on Tuesday, March 24.
They are Heather Brock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy L. Brock, Trion, and
Judson Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh H. Simmons, Menlo. Their STAR
teachers are Mrs. Carolyn Mayo and Ms.
Donna Herring, respectively.
STAR, of course, stands for Student
Teacher Achievement Recognition.
We're pulling for one of our local
students to come out on top at the District
STAR banquet. But regardless of the
District outcome, we want to congratulate
Jud and Heather on their fine accomplish
ment and Ms. Herring and Mrs. Mayo for
Former Menlo Mayor
Menlo lost a valuable and progressive
member of the community recently when
former Mayor and Councilman Lonnie H.
Ward died.
Mr. Ward, 72, had led the expansion of
Menlo’s water system, and served the ci
ty for approximately 17 years in official
_{ds| FromOor Early Files
49 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the March 10, 1938 edition of The Sum
merville News.
GORE FUTURE FARMERS ARE INITIATED FEBRUARY 4 — The
Gore chapter of the Future Farmers of America initiated new members into
the Green Hand degree of the Future Farmers of America, which is the first
degree in the organization, and the Junior Farmer Degree, which is the highest
degree in the local chapter. The boys initiated in to the Green Hand Degree
were James Young, Travis Mills, J. F. Selman, James Perry, Bernard Storey,
W. A. Perry, Sidney Gordon, Howard Shropshire, Hearel Eleam, Walter Herr
ing and Herschel Mathis. The boys initiated into the Junior Farmer Degree
were Charles Hendrix, Robert Hunter, Claude Dawson, Lumas Rampley, Lewis
Baggett, Dimp Phillips, J. W. Pinion and Bill King. These initiations are very
difficult to go through, but when one gets through, it is a very great honor
to receive the degree which follows.
GUERNSEY COWS ARE SOLD TO HAMILTON CO. HOSPITAL — Two
purebred Guernsey cows, King Boy's Madam Queen and Lady’s Cynthia, were
sold recently by the Trion Company-Riegeldale Farms, Trion, to Hamilton Coun
ty Hospital, Chattanooga, according to the American Guernsey Cattle Club,
Petersborough, N. H.
AD: TRION DEPARTMENT STORE — Jewel Lard, 8 Ib. pails, 85 cents:
seven packages Arm & Hammer Soda, 25 cents; good bananas, 12 cents dozen;
48 lbs. Stiver's Best Flour, $1.85; Octagon Soap — six giant bars, 25 cents:
three packages salt, 10 cents; National Salmon Week: Two tall cans Double
Best Pink, 23 cents; large box vanilla wafers, 15 cents; Premium crackers, one
lb., 15 cents; and three packages, Rinso, 25 cents. :
Within County ............$8.93
Out-of-County Rates
Available On I’{equest.
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“Deputy Dawg” is, of course, Dep.
Frank Sumner of the Dougherty County
Sheriff's Department. He has presented
programs on drugs more than 4,000 times.
His approach may be many times more
effective than more somber and academic
programs in keeping youngsters away
from illicit drug use.
Recent drug arrests and court cases
have indicated that our area is far from im
mune to drug abuse.
We appreciate the Optimist Club, the
VFW Auxiliary and the Sheriff's Office
sponsoring ‘‘Deputy Dawg’s’’ visit to our
community.
being honored three times each as STAR
teachers.
This year’s recognition also marked a
milestone for the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club, sponsors of the local STAR
event since it was established by the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce (now
Business Council) 29 years ago. The Club
is the only organization in the state, as far
as can be determined, that has sponsored
the STAR program for 29 consecutive
yers. That, in itself, is a rare accomplish
ment and a fine record.
The STAR student and teacher pro
gram has honored some fine Chattooga
and Trion youngsters and instructors over
the years, and we're confident it will con
tinue that sterling record during the com
ing years.
positions before poor health ended his
activities.
He served long and well and Menlo will
long remember his contributions. We ex
tend our sympathy to his family, friends
and the citizens of Menlo.
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By Tommy Toles, Editor
My Secret Addiction
I'M AN ADDICT.
Confession is supposed to be good for
the soul so I decided to take advantage of
this space to reveal my secret vice. But
since ‘‘misery loves company,”’ it seemed
therapeutic to confess the vice of another
at the same time.
And that means Katherine Camp, the
esteemed head of the Chattooga County
Hospital Authority and chairwoman of the
county’s Democratic Committee. We're
both addicts. I feel better already . . .
OUR ADDICTION doesn't involve co
caine, marijuana or even alcohol.
Sometimes 1 wonder aboug Katherine
smoking so much — but’ that's another
story. 2
We're both addicted to the highly in
telligent, suspenseful, wonderfully acted
and well-written television drama,
“Dallas.” As one who has watched the pro
gram since it hit the airwaves, I qualify as
the resident ‘‘expert” at The News. I guess
that makes Katherine the resident
Democratic Hospital expert. Right?
NONE OF THIS silly clap-trap on
daytime television for us. Soap operas are
vapid pieces of fluff designed to turn
housewives into zombies who go around
looking for the ring around everybody's
collar. But ““Dallas” is serious stuff that
Shakespeare would be proud to claim. Ex
cept for Pam’s absurd ‘‘dreaming away"’
all of last season, including Bobby's death,
that is. Katherine and I figure that a
daytime soap opera writer or an under
cover snoop from ‘“Miami Vice” slipped
that episode into a stack of ‘“‘Dallas”
scripts in an unsuccessful effort at
sabotage. But it came close. ..
As everybody knows, Katherine is a
On The Funny Side (
By Gary Solomon
Secret Admirer ‘Leon’
SEVERAL PEOPLE asked why I
didn’t write a column about Valentine's
Day this year. The reason is that it’s one
day I try to ignore if at all possible.
However, 1 did discover a wonderful
gift this year, one that every man will want
to know about. It’s appropriate for any oc
casion, and all you need is a little help from
the dictionary.
My story starts the morning of Valen
tine’s. Up until then, I had planned to do
the usual: act like I forgot what day it was
and apologize profusely if my wife men
tioned it. But then I saw an item I couldn’t
afford to pass up. There on a shelf at the
Big Dollar Store was a package of solid
milk chocolate formed in the shape of let
ters which spelled, ‘“Noel.”” These weren’t
tiny, lower case letters, either. They were
big, thick capitals.
NOW, TO ME, candy is like fine wine:
it can never get too old. This particular
work of art was manufactured in
September in order to be in stores for
Christmas, I figured, and September of 'B6
was a very good month for chocolate.
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A
good Democrat. But we're wondering
about Paul Ervin, the Seventh District
Demuocratic chairman. He spoke at
Cloudland recently and thought ‘‘Dallas”
was on television on Thursday night in
stead of Friday evening. One has to
wonder about the credentials of anyone
who is that unfamiliar with the premiere
program on television. Reckon he's a
Republican in disguise . . . ?
* * *
BY NOW, THE National Enquirer has
published what purports to be ‘‘secrets”
from this season's final episodes of
~“‘Dallas.” Evggfil})_tlxm the writers have
‘%fia d out a way to blow Pam to
kingdom-come (or into “Dynasty,” that
pale imitation of daytime soaps) since
she’s upset about her contract. Seems like
she would have learned from Bobby's
“death’ last season ... J. R. and Bobby
are supposed to lose Ewing Oil and Sue
Ellen and Mandy may get in a cat-fight.
And Clayton seems to be driving toward
a heart attack.
But I'll wager on a plot next season
that nobody has revealed yet. It wouldn't
be surprising to see Wes Parmalee (Steve
Forrest) return to the show and be finally
accepted as Jack Ewing. He could then
regain Ewing Oil and marry Miss Ellie (I
don’t particularly want Clayton to ‘‘die,”
but he could always be reincarnated as
Clayton’s “twin brother).”
IF YOU POORLY informed and
culturally deprived readers don't unders
tand any of this, or the addiction shared
by Katherine and myself, it's hopeless to
try to explain. Just keep on watching
“Wheel of Fortune,” ‘“Dynasty’ or ‘“As
The World Squirms,” or whatever-. . .
What really sold me on it, though, was
the price. Originally marked $2.25, it was
now only 56 cents. Knowing how much my
wife loves a bargain, I grabbed it and head
ed for the house.
Once home, however, I began to have
doubts. Would my wife feel slighted by
getting Christmas candy on Valentine's
Day? Would she think I was a tightwad
rather than a shrewd shopper? Would she
break those big, thick capitals over my
head? Yes, I decided, she probably would.
LESSER MEN might have panicked at
this point and rushed back to the store to
buy something nice, but not me. Instead,
I found that by rearranging the letters in
“Noel,” they spelled many other words,
such as ‘‘nole,” “‘nelo,”, ‘“‘olen,” ‘‘onel,”
‘“‘elon,” *‘leno,” and several more. The on
ly one that made much sense, however,
was ‘‘lone.”
I checked the dictionary to see if I
could make anything sentimental out of
that. ‘‘Lone,” said the dictionary, means
“‘companionless, solitary, isolated, lonely,
see ON THE FUNNY SIDE, page 5-A
Guest Column
By Buddy Darden
South Has Risen!
THE CHOICES of Atlanta and New Orleans for the
1988 conventions of the two major political parties are in
disputable evidence of the South’s emergence as the key
battleground for presidential aspirants next year.
Only a couple of decades ago, the South invariably
received short shrift at national political conclaves. The
region still had the reputation of an economic backwater,
and its electoral vote tally lagged far behind that of the
Midwest or Northeast. Southern politicians such as
Georgia's Senator Richard Russell held immense power
in Congress, but they were seldom considered for national
office.
* * *
TODAY, the situation is vastly different. Slow-moving
“Dixie’’ has been replaced by *“The Sun Belt,” with its
booming economy. Our burgeoning population has
brought a sizeable reapportionment of Congressional
seats, so our share of electoral votes in a presidential elec
tion also has swelled.
Today, the 12 Southern states stretching from Virginia
to Texas, and from Kentucky to Florida, offer 145 elec
toral votes. That is more than half the 270 electoral votes
needed to win the White House.
The future — politically and economically — is in the
South. With a wide-open election at hand (the first since
1968 in which an incumbent President is not seeking to
stay in office), Presidential hopefuls from all regions have
taken notice and are moving to gain favor with Southern
voters.
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FURTHERMORE, a new crop of Southern political
stars is making its own effort to catapault into the
presidency with a boost from the region’s voters.
In the Democratic Party, of course, Georgia's Senator
Sam Nunn enjoys immense popularity as a possible
presidential nominee. Former Virginia Governor Charles
Robb (former President Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law) is
another Democrat from the South who may make the race.
Vice President George Bush, though a native of Con
necticut, today calls Texas his home. When he begins his
full-speed run for the White House, it will be as an adopted
Southerner.
* * *
IN LIGHT OF those developments, it was only natural
that Atlanta, New Orleans and Houston were the early
leaders when convention planning began for both parties
a couple of years ago. More traditional convention sites
such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles were never
really considered seriously; leaders of both parties wanted
— and needed — to woo the South.
As a Congressman whose district includes a substan
tial portion of metropolitan Atlanta, I am especially pleas
ed by the Democrats’ convention site choice for 1988.
Delegates will find Atlanta and Georgia a place of
boundless hospitality and energy; that progressive spirit
and outlook will, I am confident, find their way into reports
sent around the world by the international media con
tingent at that convention. The image of New Orleans
should benefit similarly from that city’s host role for the
Republican Party.
* * *
TOGETHER, the national political conventions of 1988
will send a clear message to the rest of the nation that the
South is in the mainstream of American political life —
and that it will never again be relegated to anything less.
News Clips
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Customer to auto mechanic: “But I don’t want it fix
ed like new, I want it to work. — National Enquirer
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IT GLOWS
True friendship is like phosphorescence — it glows best
when the world around you goes dark. — Farm and Home
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AND SPENT
A dollar sign has been described as a capital S which
has been double-crossed. — Atlanta Constitution
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TAX CRACK
A charming little recipe for a dessert called income-tax
pudding: Take a good deal of dough, you'll knead it. —
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