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PARENT CHARGES BOARD NOT TELLING ALL
Superintendent Don Hayes Tries To Explain To No Avail
Carpet Firm Coming To Chattooga
Contingent On Contract
A new industry that would
provide 60 to 70 new jobs plans
to locate in Summerville next
}w;ear if details are worked out
y Dec. 31 on improving and
expanding utility services and
an _existing _speculative
buill:h'ng in the city's industrial
park.
Image Carpet, Rome, plans
to spend some $4-million on
equipment to get the operation
under way by next summer, ac
cording to Grady McCalmon,
Summerville cit;rl manager.
McCalmon made the announce
Sacrifices Of Soldiers Recalled
As the late morning sun
and a cool breeze alternately
warmed and chilled onlookers,
veterans in Chattooia County
last Friday remembered the
deaths and sacrifices of
soldiers who have served the
United States during past
wars. !
In what local veterans
%x;oups described as one of
their most successful Veterans
Day observances, the World
War I doughbo’ly:rtl.hat had grac
ed the plaza at Trion since 1934
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TEEN-AGERS INSPECT WORLD WAR I STATUE
Doughboy Monument Rededicated Friday
Che Summeruille News
ment Monday at the start of
the City Council’s November
meeting.
Jim and Paul Meredith of
Image Carpet were present for
an open I\,l)r&meet.ing discussion
with Mayor Sewell Cash,
M¢Calmon and members of the
Council. Tlfi{ also attended
the first part of the official
Council meeting.
EXPAND
The city hopes to expand
the current 40,000 square foot
speculative building in its in-
was rededicated at its new loca
tion at the Chattooga
Memorial Home.
MAGNITUDE
Gen. John L. Blandford of
the Georgia Army National
Guard recalled the magnitude
of the first world war as spec
tators, including the history
classes of Chattooga High and
Trion High Schools, listened
with rapt attention. The award
winning Chattooga High Band
presented patriotic music for a
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1988
With City By Year’s End
dustrial park by another
10,000 square feet, the city
manafer announced. Image
also plans to take an option on
49.5 acres in the 120-acre park.
The city will have to expand
and improve water and sewer
services to the park at a max
imum cost of some $830,000,
McCalmon said. The city is’
seeking a $200,000 grant g"om
the Appalachian Regional
Commission toward the pro
{ect, he added. The citl,f' is also
ooking at the possibility of a
loan from the state, using city
half-hour before the 11 a.m.
progam.
ott Brown san(g the na
tional anthem and ‘‘God Bless
The U.5.A.,” bringing visible
tears to the eyes of General
Blandford and other veterans
present during the ceremonies.
TRANSFER
Harold Peek, general
manager of Mount Vernon
Mills %.egel Division at Trion,
officially turned the doughboy
monument over to American
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VFW, American Legion Officials Salute U. S. Flag
Assassination Recalled
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©Copyright 1988 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc. — All Rights Reserved
Chattooga High Teacher Quits
Denies Any Misconduct, Wrongdoing; Probe Continues
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
The Chattooga County
Board of Education Monday
night accepted the resignation
of a high school teacher whose
name had been linked by
lawmen to the possession of
sexually explicit video tapes
?)nd photographs on Halloween
ay.
Freddy Dowdy’'s written
resignation was accepted
without comment by the board
althm;gh the meeting later
erupted into a raucous affair
reserves or issuing industrial
development bonds to finance
the improvements.
LEASE-PURCHASE
Image plans to sign a lease
purchase agrueement on thg
speculative building. It woult
begin payment two years after
the company opens for
business. ;
The jobs would be medium
to high skill positions,
McCalmon said. ;
Except for Councilmen Ed
see CARPET, page 10-A
Legion Post 129, Veteran of
Foreign Wars (VFW) Post
6688 and Disabled American
Veterans (DAV) Chapter 49.
He noted that the transfer of
the monument from Trion to
the Memorial Home had
engendered some fierce debate
after the decision was made.
There was little opposition
fenerat.ed when the proposal
irst arose, he noted. -
Herb Skelton, chairman of
the monument transfer com-
see SACRIFICES, page 18-A
over the details behind
Dowdly's action. The teacher in
his letter to the board
(sipecifically denied any miscon
uct or wrongdoinfi;,e
Dowdy has not been charg
ed with any illegal act or
misconduct by law enforce
ment officials or by school
officers.
SHERIFF
Chattooga Sheriff Gary
McConnell issued a written
statement on Oct. 31 that said
his office had raided Dowdy's
home and seized ‘“‘numerous
sexually explicit videos and
photo albums.” No charges
were filed, McConnell notes at
the time. None has been filed
since that date.
McConnell said the infor
mation would be forwarded to
David L. “Red” Lomenick,
district attorney, ‘‘for what ac
tion the district attorneK
deems necessary.”’ Lomenic
has failed to return phone calls
to The Summerville News
about the matter.
The Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation at mid-week was
assisting the sheriff’s office in
a continuin%inthigation of
the matter. No statement has
been issued by the sheriff’s of
fice about the probe.
The resignation was the
first action taken by the board
%o%y night and the first 25
Ly 2taninutes of the meeting
went smoothly. However,
several people attending the
session then began asking the
board .= about Dowdy’s
resignation.
SHOUTING
Before the meeting ended,
parents and spectators had
started shouting questions at
the board, its attorney and Don
Hayes, school superintendent.
They didn't respond to the
questions.
When Bill Money asked the
board why Dowdy Kad resign
ed, several parents in the room
applauded. Money asked for a
board member to read Dowdy’s
letter of resignation out loud
but all refused.
“I can't read it,”” Money
said, ‘I didn't go but to the
third grade. Go ahead Mr.
Vines,” Money said to the
board’s attorney, Carlton
Vines, ‘“You're the judge here
or whatever.”
PUBLIC
Vines said, “It’s a matter of
public record. Anybody can
read it. We're cert,ainllw.: not try
ing to withhold anf't. ing con
tained therein. All I can tell
{ou is that it's contained in the
our corners of the document.”
The letter released by the
board featured Dowdy's tzfed
signature. It was not signed by
Dowdy, however.
“1 don’t want to read the
document,”’ one woman howl
ed. “It's legal mumbo jumble,”
she said as she waved a copy of
the letter in her hand.
In accordance with
Dowdy's request, the board
§ranted him a leave of absence
rom Nov. 15 until Jan. 31.
“The basis for this request has
to do with personal reasons,”
Dowdy sairi”n the letter. His
resignation will take effect Feb,
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VOLUNTARY
Dowdy also said the
resignation was voluntary,
that he was;q n(l)lt l()xierc?d into
resigning. *‘No liability for any
wrongfuf conduct by tf‘l,e under
signed is admitted nor should
any be construed from this ac
tion. Any alleged misconduct
or wrongdoing attributed to
the undersigned is hereby ex
pressly denied,” the letter said.
But making the letter of
resignation available did not
giaclfy the. crowd. As.the
scussion grew louder and
more vehement the three
cameramen from the three
television stations covering the
meeting swung their cameras
around trying to get each out
burst on tape.
“Ya’'ll expecting anymore
resignation:??‘”e am;:ier woman
bellowed.
“I don’t expect any,” Vines
said. ‘“We'll address those as
they're tendered.”
Another woman hollered,
“Theyre going to let stuff like
this go on and they don't know
what all is going on. We don’t
know what all he’s been doing.
Does he have to wait before he
reapplies here?”
NOT REAPPLY
In his letter of resignations
Dowdy indicated that he would
not reapply in the Chattooga
County system.
‘“Read the document,’
Vines said. “It's self
see CHATTOOGA, page 16-A
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WREATHS PLACED IN FRONT OF WORLD WAR I MONUMENT
Cmdrs. Monroe Mathis, George Lee, Gordon Wofford
Powell Threatened
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HOSP. LEAL
B ) -200000% Goal
CHATTOOGA HOSPITAL PLANS FUND CAMPAIGN
Dan Sweitzer, Charles Farrar, Eugene McGinnis
$200,000 Fund
Drive Kickoff
Designed To Boost Hospital
The Chattooga County
Hospital Authority Tuesday
night kicked off an ambitious
$200,000 fund-raising cam
paign that’s designed to pay
off all old glelbts and
demonstrate to prospective
ghysic.i.ans that “Chattooga
ares.
Charles Farrar, a Summer
ville radio executive, was an
nounced as general campaign
chairman by Eugene McGin
nis, chairman of the Authority.
The drive began Tuesday and
will conclude next Valentine's
Day, Feb. 14.
Dan Sweitzer, executive
director of the hospital and
PRICE 25°
Oak View Nursing Home,
outlined the hospital’s main
financial problems and why it
is necess to solve them
quickly ifatlrz,e facility is to at
tract new doctors to the
community. k.
But not all Authority
members attended the meeting
and there was no one in atten
dance from the towns of Menlo
or Lyerly. Lyerly had a Coun
cil meeting Tuesday night.
Chattooga Commissioner
Harry Powell reportedly had a
late afternoon doctor's ap
pointment and wasn't able to
attend the session.
see $200,000, page 17-A