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VOLUME CII- NUMBER XLVIII
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T'WAS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AND NOT A PARKING SPACE WAS FOUND
Wal-Mart Parking Lot North Of Summerville Was Full Last Friday
Christmas Shoppers Dig Deeper Into Pockets
Despite earlier concerns about this year's Christmas
shopping season due to the October stock market crash,
most Chattooga County retailers surveyed this week said
they hadn't noticed any slowdown in the yule spending pat
terns of their customers.
Furniture, jewelry, clothing and video games are among
the main items being purchased by area shoppers, The
News survey indicabe(f Last Friday and Saturday, the
traditional after-Thanksgiving start of the Christmas shop
ping season, saw hundreds of shoppers converge on retail
stores in the Summerville-Trion area.
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GEORGIA’S BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL TO BE MINTED BY CHATTOOGA FIRM
Subligna Resident Designed Medal, Obtained Approval Of State Commission
In ‘Mint’ Condition
Subligna Firm To Produce State Bicentennial Medal
The Georgia Bicentennial
Commission was to announce
this morning that a Chattooga
County min% has been selected
to produce a state bicentennial
commemorative medal. It will
be first state-authorized
bicentennial medal in the
nation.
The press conference was
scheduled at the State Capitol
at 11 a.m. where the medalp was
to be revealed for the first time.
SUBLIGNA
It will be produced by The
Georgia Mint Inc., located just
south of the Walker County
line in the Subligna communi
ty. The firm is owned by Nor
ma Brannon and her son, Mike,
according to John P. Brannon
Jr., who handles public rela
tions and design concepts for
his wife and son.
The medals will be minted
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in burnished bronze, gold
plated bronze, solid silver and
solid gold. They are available
separately and in sets, Bran
non said. A five-ounce silver
medal will also be minted.
John Brannon came up
with the concept for the
medal's design and contacted
Helen Dougherty, executive
director of t%le state Bicenten
nial Commission this year to
propose a medal. She sug
gested that Brannon provi(fe
her and the Commission with
a final design, the Chattooga
man told Tfig News. He com
missioned Floyd College art
professor David Mott to draw
the final design, Brannon said.
After two revisions, Brannon
said he took the design to Ms.
Dougherty, who then
presented it to the Commis
sion's executiveé committee.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987
“BEEN GOOD"
“It's been good,” said Robert Floyd, owner of the Super
D stores in Trion and Summerville. “We're having a pret
ty good year.” The stock market crash hasn't seemed to
have had any effect on the dollars flowing out of purses
and wallet’s Tocally: headded xS iadi sTR LBt &
Sales last weekend were about what he had anticipated,
Floyd said. Items such as video games and a battery
powered Jeep were selling well. Some dolls were selling well
and the usual sales of bicycles and tricycles were continu
ing, he added.
“It looked really good' last weekend, said Wal-Mart
OCT. 21
She called him last Oct. 21
and said the Commission had
approved the project, Brannon
said, and a letter confirming
the decision followed her
conversation.
The medals will be available
in time to present as Christmas
gifts, Brannon indicated.
He emphasized, however,
that silver and gold will not be
stored at his Sugligna business
but that that portion of the
minting will be (fone at another
location.
It's appropriate that
Georgia deci(i)ed to mint a com
memorative medal in honor of
the U.S. Constitution, said
Brannon.
FIRST GOLD
The first gold in the United
States vire - : at
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Dahlonega, he pointed out. A
Georgia sesquicentennial
medal was commissioned out
of base medal in 1883, he said.
Another base metal medal was
struck by a U. S. mint for the
Cotton States Exposition in
Atlanta in 1885, Brannon said,
and the 90 percent silver Stone
Mountain half dollar was
minted in 1925 to raise funds
for the carving on the moun
tain. A token was also minted
in 1946 in honor of the Inter
national Monetary Conference
held in Savannah, he said.
He pointed out that Jan. 2,
1988 will mark the 200th an
niversary of Georgia's ratifica
tion of ti;e U. S. éonstitution.
Brannon himself is a former
advertising salesman with
Storer Broadcasting Co., Bren
nan Broadcasting of Mon
tgomery, Ala., and he
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GODZILLA AND MONEY HIT COUNTER OF SUPER D DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING
Chattooga Area Merchants Pleased With Spending On First Weekend
manager Al Swann in describing after-Thanksgiving sales.
- "We are really fortunate, | guess.” The stock market's
gyrfiions “‘haven't affected our business as far as I can
. tell” Swann said. Shoppers don’t seem to be concentrating
. on'any particular item in the discount department store,
Y pammacrßisgharagen in exory category of gift.
JEWELRY
Diamond earrings, pendants, diamond ring enhancers,
nugget bands, gol(F bracelets and chains, fancy diamond
rings and solitaires, along with China, are selling well at
Fuller Jewelry Co. on Commerce Street, said Rebecca Peak,
Holiday Entertainment,
Parade Slated Friday
Chattooga Countians will
officially kick off the three
week Christmas holiday season
Friday afternoon and evening
with “entertainment and a
parade along Commerce Street
in Summerville.
More than 50 units from
throughout the county are ex
pected to be in the parade, said
Sue Spivey, executive vice
president of the Chattooga
County Chamber of Commerce,
sponsor of the annual event.
ENTERTAINMENT
And entertainment galore
will be featured before the
parade begins at 7:30 p.m.
At least 18 trees had been
installed and decorated for the
first Festival of Trees in Sum
merville by Tuesday morning.
A minimum of two more was
expected by Friday afternoon.
The trees have been decorated
by local organizations,
businesses and individuals for
the enjoyment of local
residents. i 4
The display will be opened
to the pubfi)c for the first time
at 3 p.m. Friday upstairs in the
First Federal Savings and
Loan Assn. building on Com
merce Street. The entrance is
on Commerce Street. It will re
main open until 7 p.m. Admis
sion to the Festival will be $1
and all proceeds will go to the
Chattooga County Ministerial
Assn. for its charity funds.
EXHIBIT
The exhibit will be open
from 1 until 5 p.m. daily Satur
day through é)unday. Bec. 13.
Edythe McGinnis is chair
man o{ the project, which is be
ing spnsored by the Retail Af
fairs Committee of the
Chamber.
Live entertainment will be
featured on the courthouse
steps from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
Friday, said Steve Jones, cEair
man for the ‘‘Chattooga
Celebrates Christmas’ seg
ment of the event.
Scheduled to appear are
choruses from Summerville
Elementary, North Summer
ville Elementary, Summerville
Middle and Chattooga High
Schools. Other singing groups
and soloists also are expected.
Summerville Presbyterian
Church's handbell choir will
present a concert of music dur
ing the program.
A trick bicycle riding team
will also perform in front of the
courthouse during the two
hour event. .
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manager.
Layaway items are strong this Christmas season, she
said, and the first big shopping weekend of the season was
“pretty good.” Traffic in the store has been steady, she
said, but the bigg;zst bg)l;ing splurge wiglgkely come in the
or 12 davs before Christmas as. it did.in.1986.. . ..
¥ Ffifléfi%?figs h'a'é d ot b#?peciai orflvi'“s"%l’:his"y"ear; Ms.
Peak continued.
The stock market's collapse in October apparently has
made some residents wary about spending money, she said,
although the ultimate economic effect on Chattooga pro
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PARKING
Parking spaces in front of
the courthouse will be blocked
off Friday afternoon to permit
more people to gather around
the courthouse and view the
program, officials said.
An official tree-lighting
ceremony may also be held Fri
day evening at the courthouse.
The tree had been scheduled to
be lighted following a com
munity Thanksgiving service
at the First Baptist Church on
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Nov. 25 but when spectators
arrived at the courtgouse, no
lights had been installed on the
tree. Several street decorations
also were not lighted at that
time.
POWELL RESPONDS
Some of those arriving for
the aborted tree-lighting
ceremony blamed Chattooga
Commissioner Harry Powell
because the tree had not been
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