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OPTIMIST TERRY ADAMS WITH ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS
Karen Chisolm, Missy Blackwell, Amber Rains
Lester Norton, 97, Once
Considered 50 As ‘Old’
Wells In Downtown Summerville Remembered
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By CHERI TEAGUE
Contributing Writer
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(Editor’s Note: Following is
another in our series on Chat
tooga County residents who
are 90 or older. If you know a
relative or friend who is at least
90 years old, contact Miss
Teague at 895-3077 or The
News at 857-2494).~ - - M ies
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LESTER NORTON DOESN'T WANT TO “GO BACK”
97-Year-Old Summerville Man Recalls Early 1900 s
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Trion Streetsweeper Has Watchful Companion Each Day
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“I'd love to live as long as
I can, but I wouldn't go back,”
said 97-year-old Lester Norton.
T used to think 50 years old
was old, but not now especial
ly since my son is 74.”
Norton was born on Ma
28, 1890 in Bartow County. H’é
resided in Alabama aand Gor
don County for one year before
coming to Chattooga County,
where he has lived since 1904.
“T went to Bolden's school
at Four Mile Church. We didn’t
“have “buses back them«We
Thursday, December 17, 1987
always had one or two
teachers,” said Norton.
HOMETOWN
“Summerville is my
hometown, you know, and I've
seen a lot of changes. I
remember ‘when there were
poles running up the middle of
the street.
“Summerville has really
dressed up in the last few
years. It's very nice. I can
remember when there was a
“well"gt ‘each end of town that
merchants, whose stores then
were just sheds, would draw
water from,”” Norton recalled.
“The city is always grow
ing. I hope it don’t keep grow
ing untilg wind up living m the
city,” he added.
He has seen the time when
a man working with a mule
made $1.50 per day. He and his
father used to work in peach
orchards.
HILLSIDE PLOT
Norton worked a plot on a
hillside that his father had
worked. “I didn’t know there
was anything else to do for a
long time,”’ commented
Norton.
Norton was the seventh of
11 children. He is the only one
of the family who is still alive.
He married Sally Ethyl Kellett
in 1911. She died in 1977.
Norton has four children,
Kelly, L. W., Pauline and
Evelyn. He has nine grand
chieren, 16 great
grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren.
WARMER NOW
According to Norton, the ci
ty isn't all 51at has changed.
““‘We have milder winters than
we used to. I used to break
icicles off the house and eat
them.”
“Even though I've got a lit
tle age on me, I still sleep good
and eat well — I haven't quit
eating yet,”’ said Norton. *'l've
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- Freedom Gained By Sacrifice
Trion Student Wins Optimist Club Essay Contest; Speaks To Club
Karen Chisolm, a student at
Trion High School, was named
first place winner in the essay
contest Sfi)onsored by the
Summerville-Trion Optimist
Club last Friday.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Chisolm, Sum
merville Rte. 3.
Miss Chisolm read her
essay to Optimist Club
mem%ers. Theme for this
year's contest was ‘‘Freedom,
Our Most Important
Heritage.”” Her essay will be
entereg in the Optimist Club’s
zone competition, said Terry
Adams, chairman of the
contest.
OTHERS
Second place winner was
Missy BlacEwell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blackwell,
Summerville Rte. 2. Third
place winner was Amber Rains,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS GATHER FOR REUNION IN EARLY 1900 s
In Back: Preacher Bennett, Third; Melvin McCollum, Fifth; Mr. Ward, 9th; Mr. Worsham, Lyerly, 10th
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Work ‘Hounds’
Streetsweeper
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By KAREN COOK
Contributing Writer
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Ever feel that your steps
were being ‘‘dogged’” or that
you were being ‘‘hounded”
while at work?
Trion's streetsweeper, one
of the few remaining in Nor
thwest Georgia, knows that
feeling well. Each time James
Allgood starts pushing his
broom and cart along city
streets, he has a feeling that
he's being followed.
DOGGED
He's not wrong. His steps
are ‘‘dogged’’ quite Hteraflg gy
a large German shepherd
which has decided to make
Allgood the object of her daily
attentions.
Allgood doesn't know her
name but added that he knew
she has an owner in Trion.
The shepherd greets him
every morning and together
th:K travel the streets of Trion,
making sure they are clean.
Trion is one of the few towns
in the area which employs a
fulltime person to sweep
streets that can’'t be cleaned
well with a motorized sweeper.
“The Complete Dog Book,”
says “‘German shepherds are
distinguished for loyalty,
courage and the ability to per
form a number of special ser
vices.” Some are police dogs,
leader dogs for the blind, her
ding doFs and drug-sniffing
dogs. Also, according to the
book, German shepherds offer
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James Rains, Trion Rte. 2.
Both are also students at Trion
High School. Adams said it
was the first time that all three
winners were students at the
same school.
About 38 members of the
Chattooga County High School
Chorus also presented a pro
gram of Christmas music to
the club.
ESSAY
Miss Chisolm’s essay
follows:
Freedom, freedom, where
were you long atgo? Freedom,
oh, you precious freedom, we're
all glad that you finally show
ed.gFor without you freedom,
where would we be now?
“To, free the blacks, the
war between the North and the
South was an inevitability. In
some eyes, slaves were good
only for the laborious work
they performed on plantations
Nine Seek Four Seats
On Trion City Council
Hoyt Williams Only Mayoral Candidate
Retired businessman and
former Councilman Hoyt
Williams will apparently be tfie
next mayor of Trion, suc
ceeding incumbent J.C.
Woods.
Qualifying for the mayor’s
seat and four Council posts
ended last Friday afternoon
with Williams as the only
their friendship for life.
UNEASY
Trion Mayor J. C. Woods
feels a bit uneasy about the
presence of the dog with city
employees but since it seems
harmiess while following
Allgood through the streets of
Trion it is tolerated.
It just appeared one day
and continued to follow
Allgood through his daily
routine of sweeping the streets
of Trion. Allgood said it takes
him one ang a half days to
sweep the streets. By then, it's
time to begin anew.
“I enjoy my job and I enjoy
the solitude,” Allgood said. He
hurt his knee a few years back
when he worked for Trion at a
different job and was given the
position of street sweeper. His
{)ob involves a lot of walking
ut Allgood said he enjoys the
outside work.
NO PETS
Allglood has a familK but no
pets. He said the shepherd
gives him some company
throughout the day. Resigents
of Trion offer him a Coke or cup
of coffee, occasionally and since
they have become accustomed
to seeing the dog, some will
also offer the dog treats from
time to time.
Allgood said as long as he
has been a friend to the
shepherd, he has never heard
her growl at anyone and she ap
pears somewhat cowardly,
esgecially in the presence of
other dogs. Allgood does not
gat the dog nor does he feed it
ut it continues to be a part in
see WORK 'HOUNDS’', page 9-B
and on farms. When insurrec
tion began, slaves lost the few
freedoms they had. They would
no longer read, write or own
personal possessions. It is no
wonder that Fredrick Douglas
traded food for reading lessons.
“Our nation's overwhelm
ing sense of right coupled with
the blacks’ heartfelt yearning
for freedom loosed the chains
that had long held men and
women' captive in the land of
the free.
INDIANS
“l 1 will fight no more
forever,” said Chief Joseph, as
the tears streamed from his
%yes, smearing his war paint.
o thousands of Indians, the
loss of land meant a loss of
their recious heritage.
Althougg the Indians were pro
mised money as compensation
for their land, the United
States government breached
mayoral candidate.
However, there are two can
didates for city recorder and
nine for four Council seats.
TWO QUALIFY
The recorder’s seat became
open when incumbent Ricky
Bowers resigned in late
November. Qualifying for that
post were two Riegel Textile
Corp. employees, Jesse Emory
and Rangy Mitchell.
Seeking four Council seats
are incumbents Dwight Arden,
Henry Miller Jr. and Roy
Bowers, as well as political
newcomers Larry Bowers, Dale
McCollum, Frank *‘Skip"
Stewart, Ray Norman, Steve
Duncan and Betty Elrod.
The city election will be
held next Jan. 7.
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Two longtime members of the Chattooga
County Sheriff's Auxiliary have been
honored by the group for their “outstan
ding service and dedication’ to the group
ancf the community. The awards were
presented by Haireß’Bagley, right, assis
the treaty, denying the Indians
their land and the money.
‘“As a result, Indians walk
ed across their land for the last
time, across the Trail of Tears.
Their homes became reserva
tions — many which were un
fit to live or die on. Native
Americans were bound in a
land that once seemed
boundless. The white man's
words were worth no more
than his own spit. It is no
wonder that Chief Joseph
wagged war against a nation
that denied its native citizens
the very freedoms upon which
it was founded.
INFAMY
“A day which will live in in
famy are words spoken by
Franklin Roosevelt and
directed toward the Japanese
in World War 11. The atrocities
in the Pacific and in Europe
see FREEDOM, page 5-B
CHANGES
The seats of three coun
cilmen and the mayor’s post
were originally up for election.
However, when Bowers resign
ed the recorder’s post when he
moved out of town, that seat
became empty.
And jwhen Mayor Woods
announced that he would not
seek another term, Councilman
Williams resigned to run for
the post, leaving his council
seat vacant.
The election next month
has the potential for leaving
only one incumbent coun
cilman on the panel. Larry
Stansell is the onfy member of
the council who doesn’t run for
reelection this year.
Under Trion's charter, the
top four vote-getters in the
Council race will win those
seats.
Auxiliary Members Honored
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Delivers Essay
Plant Closing,
Textile Layoffs
Cited As Causes
The number of unemploy
ment checks written in ghat—
tooga County increased from
October to November, ap
parently as a result of layof?s
in the textile industry and the
closing of the Wire Assemblies
Inc. plant west of Summerville.
The Georgia Department of
Labor said a total g? 363 checks
valued at $40,217 was written
last month, compared with 260
‘checks valued at,529.427'in Oc
tober. A total of 626 checks
valued at $69,603 was written
in October, 1986.
However, even with the
layoffs and plant closing, total
claims in tfie Labor Igepart
ment's ‘‘reference week’ en
ding Nov. 14 showed an in
crease of only 20 claims in
Chattooga from the week en
ding Oct. 17.
There were 38 claims filed
by employees of non-durable
manufacturers in that week in
November, 23 of them textile
companies. Seven of the claims
were from emplofyees of rubber
manufacturing firms.
The number of claims filed
by companies categorized as
electrical manufacturers in
creased from six in October to
19 in November, said John Ard
of the Labor Department.
Some of the other layoffs in
cluded wholesale/retail trades,
eight; services, nine; motor
freight transportation, com
munication, real estate and ad
ministrative, one each.
A total of 13 construction
claims was also filed in
November, Ard added.
Chattooga’s totals for
November reversed an almost
year-long trend of fewer
unemployment checks being
see JOBLESS, page 5-B
tant chief, to Earl McConnell, left, and
Jim, Willmon. McConnell, now an
honorary member, is a graduate of the
first Auxiliary class in 1962 and Willmon
is a 1963 graduate. (Staff Photo). »