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Letters To The Editor
Name Allred Principal
Dear Editor:
Regarding to the incident that (Jack)
Catrett would not be hired back as principal
next year, Mr. (Don) Hayes should have given
us a good reason to why he did this. .
Wien we elected Mr. Hayes as superinten
dent, we expected him to do the job we elected
him to do. If he can't do the job, then we need
to find someone who can.
Thanks From 4-H Club
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Chattooga 4-H’ers I would
like to say thanks to the fo%lowing local mer
chants who donated prizes for the second an
nual 4-H Talent contest held March 21 at the
Menlo Elementary School: Pesterfield’s, Pizza
Show Mercy To Jailed
Dear Editor:
I'm responding to G. Seymore's letter . . .
Miss or Mrs. G. Seymore says, ‘‘Give me a
break!” and ‘‘Should we concern ourselves?’’
Well, that is a very good question. I wonder
if she would be concerned if one of her family
members or herself did something stupid and
was in jail?
How about we all get an education on what
jail is about and how people %et into jail?
True, some people are unable to deal with
society and can't be out here right now, but lack
of food, loneliness and very little love makes a
very cold heart. It doesn’t turn out good men
or women and it doesn't scare anyone into not
coming back. It breeds a cold being who has
survived the worst and knows he can do it
again.
In the 'sos, when people got in fights, it was
called a fight and the one w%xo lost took it and
kept his pride. Nowdays if you give a single slafi
to someone, they will get a warrant, you wi
go to jail and (have) your whole worldy turned
upside down.
This is something that people are doing to
each other, not the law officers. They just o%(ay
your warrants.
The point is: putting people in jail is widely
used as a way to get even with someone when
you're mad at them. Think hard before putting
anyone in jail!
Thanks For Dorcas Project
Dear Editor:
We would like to express our thanks to the
many people who were effective in getting the
Dorcas (clothes store) started. Many are deser
ving of thanks however, we felt that some need
ed to be mentioned to the public.
The following is a partial list: Mr. Sewell
Cash and City Council, Lewis and Pat Strange,
County Commissioner Jim Parker and staff,
Mr. Gl}énn Downes (building owner), Mrs. Gail
Rush (from DFCS), Mr. Sam Freeman (Georgia
Recalls Okinawa Invasion
Dear Editor
On April 1, 1945 (called Love Day by the
military), United States troops invaded the Jap
held isfand of Okinawa.
Elements of the Ist, 2nd and 6th Marine
Divisions and of the 7th, 77th and 96th Infan
try Divisions of the 10th Army took part in this
landing.
Prisoners Deserve Better
Dear Editor:
“Tired Reading" though it is, I would like
the opportunity to speak once more on the jail
issue. First, it seems some people are convinc
ed that providing prisoners with a decent meal
is “‘molly-coddling.” Why any reasoning person
would begrudge prisoners a simple, healthy and
balanced diet is beyond me.
Secondly, in his letter to the paper, Mr.
Greeson compares prison life to lit}; aboard a
U. S. Navy destroyer. I believe there are some
valid differences. Remember, his view of jail life
is from a photo in the newspaper.
In February of 1978, being fleld for trial, I
was placed in a cell about six by eight feet (arms
outstretched by two and one half paces). In this
tiny room were four steel-bottomed bunks, each
with a two-inch thick rubber pad — no sheets,
no blankets — nothing. For all to see was a
toilet/sink which stuck out from one wall to
partly between the bunks. The Navy would
have been proud. Gy
For the next five months, I spent ever
minute of life with three other men in that cel{
Except for three showers a week, we never left
it. There was no TV and no exercise, except for
standing. There was no day and no night. If it
rained, or if the sun shined, I never %mew it.
They fed us two small meals a day, except
Saturdays and Sundays — then it was one. Tfie
food was cooked to nutritional death.
~We all suffered (i)hysically from lack of ex
ercise and the poor diet, which included nothing
On The Funny Side
from editorial page
myself.
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APPLES ARE fairly easy to grow.
Other than freezing temperatures, bugs
are about the only thing that can harm
them. Worms, aphids, and coddling moths
love apples as much as humans do, and
they make it their life’s ambition to take
a bite out of every one they come across.
So, you spray the apples with pesticide
to discourage the insects. Otherwise you
have to fend them off individually with a
stick, which is not as easy as it sounds.
Worms in particular are clever creatures
who hide on leaves and underneath bran
ches, and when you do actually hit one
they tend to ooze on you.
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WORMS DON'T like to share, either.
You can't sit down with a worm and say,
““Okay, you take this apple and I'll take
that apple.” No, they demand a bite out
of each and every one.
It’s sort of a macho thing. Like dogs
o thouqht Catrett was doinfi a fine job as
prmcif)al. f Mr. Hayes won't ¢ ange his deci
sion, I think Mr. (Rodney) Allred deserves to
be the next principal since he was cheated out
of it this year. And let's find another
superintendent!
Chattooga High graduate,
1988
Jonathan Rutledge
Hut, Ballenger's Pizza Deli, Gold, Etc., McGin
nis Drug, Jackson Drug, Morris Jewelers,
Fullers, Robin’s Video, Super-D of Summerville
and Fran Myers State Farm.
Amy McCrickard
Senior 4-H Secretary
I've seen young boys in my younger days
who stole, but a forgiving heart showed them
mercy and the boys became productive men.
Had they gone to jail and prison, they would
have been a different person.
I don’t understand how someone judges a
person who is lackin% in education, poor, and
in general lost in a world with more laws to obey
than we can all keep up with and few jobs.
It's a hard worlé) for anyone but harder if
you have no help. What do you expect from
these people? No one wants to help them before
or after jail.
The criminals are fastly outnumbering
honest people. They even ho%d public offices.
They get caught sometimes, but rarely. What
happened in their lives as children to turn them
so cold?
I don’t know, but someone better get con
cerned and find out before the criminals are run
ning the USA and as far as givin fi'ou a break,
forget it. Most of the people in jm% aven't been
before a jury, but are awaiting bond or court.
A lot are not guilty but suffer anyway.
I could not give a break to a person who
judges as fast as a hanging judge on a hot day.
A few belong in jail and prison but a lot do
not.
Sincerely,
James Ear
Summervil{)e
Power) and Mr. Rich Jefferson (The Summer
ville News).
As we stated, this is just a partial list. There
are many who donated clothes and time, and
if your name is not mentioned in this list, please
know that the Lord has a complete list, and He
has the reward!
Thanks again to everyone!
Sincerely,
Doug and Debbie Hedgecock
The American submarines had already done
so much damage that there was not as much
opposition as expected.
The campaign was over in late June of 1945.
Several men from Chattooga County serv
ed there during this campaign.
D. P. Henley
Summerville
fresh. Surely the men aboard that Navy
destroyer had it better than this. Surely they
were spared the ever-present fear/distrust at
mosphere of prison, the constant threat of
violence and homosexual rape (prison protec
tion of inmates is a joke), and the degrading
strip searches (which have to be experienced to
be fully appreciated). There was this and more.
Again I repeat, let us not think prison to be
anything but the hell it is.
Finally, on the issue of ‘‘prisoner’s rights.”
The Constitution of the United States contains
the “‘bill of rights.”” Fully half of those rights
are only for people accused of crimes. These
rights were set in place by the blood and strug
glings of our forefathers. In ignorance, we belit
tle these rights, calling them ‘‘loopholes in the
law.”” They are not ‘‘loopholes” in the law —
they are t¥le law.
The porno magazines allowed into prisons
were done so in pursuant to such Supreme
Court decisions as Procunier vs. Martinez
(1974) in which that high court found that the
right to free speech and thought was so fun
damental that it was worth protecting, even in
prison. The recent judge that ordered such
material be allowed to prisoners was only
upholding the law, like it or not. So, let’s not
condemn healthful food or freedom of speech,
even in prison.
Phillip Bruce
Gore
and fire hydrants, worms can’t pass an ap
ple without leaving their mark on them.
Alar, the pesticide used to protect some
apples from insects, is believed to cause
cancer, but how do we know this?
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IT WAS PROBABLY tested on rats,
but rats eat very few apples. I say test it
on worms. If they get cancer, I'll pay at
tention. (NOTE: Take your stick to the lab
with you; worms are notoriously
uncooperative).
And if kids these days are as smart as
everyone claims, how come they haven't
arranged to have every spinach leaf,
asparagus sprout, and cauliflower clump
in the world dusted with Alar? Seems to
me that would be a perfect way to get out
of eating veggies.
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UNTIL ALL the data is in on worms
and Alar, I expect I'll keep eating apples
— and thanking my lucky stars that the
chocolate cherry and cheese nacho crops
haven’t been contaminated.
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iliary presented a flag to the North Sum- iliary, Alma Lewis, school principal, and
mervifie Elementary School early this [Lois Westbrook, first vice-president.
week. From left are Jackie Gardner, (Staff Photo By Buddy Roberts).
Assessors,
Parker Meet
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Jim Parker will again
meet with the Chattooga
Board of Tax Assessors at 9
am. Friday to continue
discussing plans for the upcom
ing county tax equalization
program. .
~ The meeting will be held in
the courthouse annex, 5 S.
Commerce St. '
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Flag Presentation
Spring Break
Students and teachers
in the Trion city and Chat
tooga County school
systems will enjoy a brief
respite from academic life
next week.
Spring holidays will
start at the end of the
school day Friday and
students and teachers
won't have to return to
classes until Monday mor
ning, April 10.
Fire Calls
The Summerville Fire
Department extir;iuished a
blaze on Wildlife Lake Road at
2 p.m. Saturday. It involved
the vehicle of Andy Payton,
reports indicated.
A car owned by Robin
Marie Witt, 1503 Pinedale Rd.,
Trion, also caught fire on the
Trion-Teloga Road at 6 p.m.
last Thursday, according to
Dep. Joey Norton of the Chat
tooga County Sheriff's Office.
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