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MENLO LIONS PREPARE TO FIRE UP COOKER FOR BARBECUE
Sid Swords, Malcolm Birge, Mike Martin, Lynn Hall
Menlo Lions Set Annual
Independence Day Event
from front page
member through this
afternoon.
Funds raised through the
day’s activities will go to the
Lions' sight conservation pro
gram, Martin said.
VACATIONS
Most mill employees who
have been looking forward to
vacation will be rewarded with
their vacation pay today or Fri
day. Among those distributin
some $1.5-million in funds wifi
be Riegel Textile Division of
Mount Vernon Mills, Trion,
Harriet & Henderson Yarns
Inc., Berryton, Bigelow-
Sanford Inc., Summervfile and
Lyerly, and Best Manufactur
ing Co., Menlo.
Warren Evans, Georgia fire
commissioner, pointed out
again this week that use or
rossession of fireworks is il
egal in the state except for
authorized public displays.
The law prohibits the use of
such items as roman candles
and sparklers, he said, as well
as explosive devices.
The insurance official said
the state's fireworks law has
e
apologize!
Due to circumstances
beyond our control,
Enjoli Light & Lavish 6 oz.
Cologne Mist Spray will
not be available in any
of our Revco stores.
However, to compensate
for any inconvenience
this may cause, we are
offering a special
discount of 4.00 off any
Enjoli product we have
available. This special
discount ends 7/4/88.
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probably kept many children
and adults flr)om losing hands
or eyes, especially around In
dependence Day.
FIREWORKS
However numerous
fireworks stands blossom
around each holiday just over
the state line in Alabama. Most
cater to Georgia residents, in
cluding some Chattoogans.
The Georgia State Patrol
will have a ?u]l staff on the
roads this weekend, according
to Col. Curtis Earp, commis
sioner of the Department of
Public Safety. The patrol cars
will include new pursuit
Mustangs, he said.
Chattooga Sheriff Gary
McConnell also warned
motorists that his deputies will
be on the lookout for speeders
and reckless drivers. “We'll
especially be on the lookout for
drunk drivers in an effort to
prevent accidents, injuries and
deaths,”” McConnell said.
DRUNKS
Summerville Chief Arlen
Thomas and Trion police Chief
David Starkey said their
patrolmen will concentrate on
enforcing traffic laws this
weekend, especially laws
against drunk drivers.
Earp, McConnell, Thomas
and Starkey also encouraged
area residents to wear seat
restraints, whether they travel
to the mountains or beach on
vacation or remain in the coun
ty during this weekend and
next week. They especially en
couraged the use of child
restraint seats.
CLOSINGS
Summerville offices will be
closed Monday and that day's
garbage route will be run next
Tuesday, along with Tuesday's
regular route. Emergencies
should be routed through the
police deéjartment at 857-2461,
they said.
%‘rion Mayor Hoyt Williams
said that town's offices will
also be closed Monday with the
sanitation route scheduled to
be picked up next Tuesday. All
other days will be on the
regular schedule. The closing
scfiedule includes the business
office, maintenance depart-
ments and recreation center.
Town offices at Menlo and
Lyerly will also be closed
Monday.
The U. S. Post Office and
all state offices will be closed
on Monday, along with the
Chattooga Courthouse.
Most local businesses will
also close next Monday or have
shorter hours in observance of
the holiday.
Summerville Chase
Ends In Accident
An 18-year-old Roswell man
remained in an Alabama jail
Wednesday on multiple
charges. including attempted
murder, in connection with a
high-speed chase that began in
Summerville and ended 80
miles later.
It involved 10 law enforce
ment agencies and several un
successful roadblocks.
The chase began in
downtown Summervifie about
1:23 a.m. last Friday and end
ed at 3 am. when a pickup
truck driven by Johnny Lester
Townson, 18, 160 r Oak St.,
K?swell. wrecked in Section,
a.
CHARGES
Townson was being held in
the Jackson County, Ala., Jail
on charges of attempted
murder, (friving under the in
fluence of intoxicants, receiv
ing stolen property, reckless
driving and fleeing to elude of
ficers. He is also wanted in
Summerville on charges of
reckless driving, driving on the
wrong side of the road,
speeding 75mph in a 35mph
zone, attempting to elude of
ficers and disregarding a traf
fic light.
It all began when Summer
ville officer Alan Bryant receiv
ed a call about a person pump
ing gasoline at the Golden
Gallon convenience store on
North Commerce Street and
then leaving without paving
for the fuel
SPOTTED
Bryant spotted the 1987
model beige pickup truck at the
intersection of Commerce
Street and (Georgia Avenue
and turned to give chase. The
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Hungry Thieves
Hit Cafeteria
Thieves made off with a
large quantity of food from
R&M %afeteria on Highland
Street last Saturday, according
to Summerville police Sgt.
Gene Nix.
Listed as missing were $345
worth of food, including a case
of hamburger patties, case of
shrimp, case of chicken, two
beef roasts, case of saua%e pat
ties, rib slabs, box of bacon
case of eggs, box of sliced
bologna, box of hot dogs. five
gallon plastic bottle and a ham.
Entry was gained by knock
ing out a window pane on the
front of the building, Nix said.
RADIO
A burglar also entered the
North Georgia Crisis Pregnan
cy Center, 122 Economy St.,
last Friday night, said Sgt.
Larry Bennett. Entrf' was
gfiined by breakinfi a glass on
the east side of the buildin%;
reports said, and the thief too
an AM/FM double cassette
player.
A Summerville woman has
been charged with theft by tak
ing in connection with two
hams taken from her aunt.
Charged was Shirley Smith, 32,
108 Sixth Ave. She was releas
ed on SSOO bond.
The hams were taken from
the home of Marie Darden, 217
E. Sixth Ave., the officer said.
A car smashed into a va
cant building on Commerce
Street last Saturday evening,
said officer Lydia l{obertson.
Reports said Waymon
Morgan, 9 Raymond Ave,,
Summerville, was in Robin's
Video when a 14-month-old
child pulled the gearshift of the
running car and caused it to
strike the building. Other
adults were in the car at the
time, Robertson reported.
The building, which was
slightly damaged, was owned
by Sam and Cindy Finster, of-
vehicle ran the traffic light and
drove to Union Street and then
onto West Washington
Avenue, reported Bryant. It
turned back onto Commerce
Street and traveled west on
Highway 48 at a high rate of
speed.
Sgt. Gene Nix joined the
chase near Quick's Cash and
Carry, said reports. The chase
at that point reached speeds of
75mph to 85mph.
" Chattooga County and
Alabama authorities were
notified of the chase. Chat
tooga Dep. Sgt. Jerry Daven
port and Dep. Don Bethune
joined the pursuit with Bryant
and Nix.
ROADBLOCKS
The pickup truck ran
through roadbfi)cks at Men
tone, Ala., raced through
Valley Head and ran another
roadblock at Hammondyville. It
then traveled to Henagar and
Pisgah and Dutton before
wrecking at Section.
Inv. Mike Miller of the
Jackson County Sheriff’'s Of
fice arrested Townson at the
scene. Miller said the pickup
truck attempted to run him
down at another unsuccessful
roadblock.
Townson was taken to a
hospital in Jackson County.
L.awmen noticed that there
was a Georgia tag behind the
Alabama tag on the truck, said
Bryant. They found that the
truck had been stolen three
hours before the gas driveoff
incident in Summerville.
Owner of the truck was listed
as a Hiram woman.
ficer Robertson said.
WILD DOGS
Two wild dogs killed a wild
turkey, ducks, chickens and
rabbits owned by Pless Ed
wards, Roosevelt Street, on
Tuesday, said officer Alan
Bryant.
A 20-inch bike owned by
Jim Smith, 2 Sturdivant St.,
was stolen Monday night, said
Sgt. George Dean.
A rock was tossed through
the back window of a car own
ed by Terry Adams, 4 W.
Seventh Ave., on Tuesday, said
officer Bryant. The incident ap
ggrently involved a domestic
Ispute.
Officer Bryant also in
vestifated three young boys
prowling in woods along Nor
thwest Congress treet
Tuesday.
Four More
Facing Drug
Law Charges
Four more suspects were ar
rested on drug charges during
the past week and an
anonymous phone call led to
the discovery of 25 mal;ii'uana
plants growing in a rural area
of Chattooga Countfy. accor
ding to Sheriff Gary
McConnell.
Two people were charged
with drug violations after an
accident last Thursday that
heavily damaged Benny's Tri-
Sum Foods, 1312 Central Ave.,
Trion, reported Dep. Larry
Kellett.
McConnell identified the
pair as Donald Hoyt Wooten,
19, Menlo Rte. 1, and Lisa
Joyce Slayton, 24, 300 Wood
St., Summerville. Wooten was
charged with a felony violation
of the Georgia gontrolled
Substances Act (GCSA), driv
ing under the influence of
drugs and not having proof of
insurance. Ms. Slayton was
charged with a misdemeanor
violation of the state’s drug
laws.
Wooten was released from
jail on bonds totaling $26,500
while Ms. Slayton was releas
ed on SSOO bond.
CRASH
Deputy Kellett reported
that a 1979 model car driven
by Wooten crashed through
the front door of the conve
nience store and came to a rest
inside the building. Extensive
damage was reported to the
store, the deputy indicated.
Reports said a bottle of pills
and a plastic bag containing
white powder suspected of be
ing cocaine and six hand-rolled
suspected marijuana cigarette
butts were allegedly found on
Wooten. The items were sent
to the State Crime Laboratory.
And Simmons
On Trion BOE
Peek
Back
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
Two members of the Trion
Board of Education were reap
pointed, the millage rate was
increased, and a final budget
was approved by the Trion Ci
ty Council last Thursday night.
TAX RATE BUDGET
The tax rate was increased
from 5.75 mills to 7 mills, but
Council members were quick to
point out that even with the in
crease, the rate was still lower
than it was two years ago. A
mill is $1 tax for every SI,OOO
in taxable property.
The total for the proposed
budget was $3,380.2’?1 fgr ex-
Fected revenue and $3,305,047
or exgenses. This would leave
a surplus of $75,224. Expenses
include SIOI,OOO for a fire
trgé:k, Mayor Hoyt Williams
said.
Long time members of the
Trion Board of Education,
Harold Peek and James Sim
mons, were appointed to the
board for four more years.
Peek is chairman of the
board and Simmons is' vice
chairman. Council members
said the two men should serve
additional terms because they
know about the new re
quirements imposed on school
systems in the last two years
by the Quality Basic Educa
tion Act.
There was some discussion
about the time when Peek and
Simmons, both dominant
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VFW Presents Flag To Hospital
Post 6688, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has
gresented a new American.flag to the
hattooga County Hospital. Shown from
left are Betty Tyson, activities assistant
at Oak View Nursing Home; Mrs. Betty
Wollstein, executive director of the
Ms. Slayton was listed as
owner of the vehicle.
Billy Joe Durham, 20, Sum
mervilfi; Rte. 5, was charged
last Thursday with a misde
meanor violation of the GCSA
and released on SSOO bond.
McConnell said Dep. Ken
Parker responded to a call on
a side road and noticed a black
pickup truck. Parker re?orted
smelling what appeared to be
marijuana smoke. Dep. Larry
Kellett and Summervifi)e officer
David Patterson arrived on the
scene, reports said, and
Durham approved a search of
his vehicle. The lawmen said
they found a plastic bag con
taining suspected marijuana
inside the rear bumper of the
vehicle. Durham was then ar
rested and the evidence sent to
the crime lab.
BAG
McConnell said Dep. Stan
Smith arrested Jerome B.
Hartline, 26, Trion Rte. 1, on
Mountain View Road last Fri
day and noticed that Hartline
allegedly stuffed a plastic bag
behind the seat of the patrol
car. When Smith investigated,
he found suspected marijuana
in the bag, McConnell said.
Hartline was charged with
a misdemeanor violation of the
GCSA, driving without in
surance, driving on a suspend
ed license and having an im
proper tag. He was released on
$2,000 bond.
An anonymous phone call
led Dep. Sgt. Dan ?oung and
Dep. P. R. Ig-b.1.l to a dirt trail off
Dover Cut Road last Sunday.
They found 25 marijuana
plants in a patch, McConnell
said. The plants were
destroyed in Eiegel Textile
Corporation’s furnace.
board members, would leave
the school board. ““That's why
we've FOt three old ones in
there, for when they do come
off,”” one councilman said.
OTHER
In other business, the Coun
cil approved personnel
changes, discussed traffic pro
blems at two intersections and
decided gas lines could not be
installed to provide service for
the Saddfe Club Road
subdivision. ;
Wayne Whited was
transferred from the position of
recreation director to a job in
the gas department. J. W.
Greenwood was afppointed
Irecreat,ion director effective Ju
vk,
Two intersections causing
traffic problems were also
discussed by the Council:
Allgood Street and Central
Avenue, and Park Avenue and
Allgood Street. Williams said
he was waiting for an estimate
from A. W. Headrick Construc
tion Co., to change the Allgood
and Central intersection to fit
a proposal by the Georgia
Department of Transportation.
STOP SIGN
Williams also told the
Council that the traffic light at
the Park and Allgood intersec
tion had too many problems to
be repaired. The Council decid
ed to install a stop sign at the
intersection. If the sign is effec
tive in moving traffic through
the earliy part of September a
new traffic Lijfht may not have
to dbe installed, the Council
said.
The Summerville News, Thursday, June 30, 1988
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6688; and Betty Powell, public relations
director of the hospital-nursing home.
(Staff Photo).
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