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. . The Summerville News, Thursday, October 17, 1991
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SMOKE BILLOWS OUT OF WINDOW AT FIREFIGHTERS
House On Oak Street Gutted By Flames Saturday
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OFFICER SHINES LIGHT AS FIREMEN HOSE INTERIOR
Early Morning Fire Causes Heavy Damage
House Gutted By Fire
A fire gutted a residence on
Oak Street in Summerville ear
ly Saturday.
Summerville firefighters
were called to the home of
Sarah Hu‘ggins at 1:35 am.,,
reports indicated. They fought
the blaze until 3:30 a.m. The in
terior was gutted, the report
seemed to indicate and smoke
damage was reported to the
Speeding Crackdown
The Georiia State Patrol this week
began a crackdown on motorists racing
past Pennville School on U. S. Highway 27.
Sgt. Joe Gossett said up to four of his
troopers planned to be in &e school area
to stop speeders, especially during the mor
ning when classes open, and during the
afternoon when school is dismissed.
A Georgia Department of Transporta
tion (DOT) study revealed that 78 percent
of the vehicles cfiiving past the scfiool ex
ceed the 45 miles per hour speed limit, Sgt.
Gossett said.
His troopers would begin ‘“a severe
crackdown’’ on speeding in the area this
week, Gossett said, to reduce the number
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contents. It was owned by
Tommy Fisher, the report
added.
Another house was
destroyed by flames at 12:29
a.m. Wednesday. Summerville
firemen fought the blaze' on
Dowdy Drive but the house
was engulfed in flames when
they arrived. It was owned by
Harold Williams, Summerville,
reports indicated.
of violations to ‘“‘a reasonable level.
Seventy-eight percent isn’t a reasonable
level.”
Few, if any, warning tickets will be
issued, Sgt. Gossett said. The troopers will
remain on duty in the area of the school for
as long as it takes to make motorists slow
to the 45 mph speed limit, he added.
In addition, he warned motorists that
all lanes of a five-lane roadway must stop
for school buses when the buses halt to
pick up or discharge students. Some peo
ple think that only the lanes on the bus side
of the road must stop, he said, but state
law re(gxires traffic on all lanes halt for
school buses.
Smoke from cooking set off
fire detectors at the McGinnis
High Rise on Marvin Street
Monday, drawing firemen to
the site. No damage or fire was
reported.
An old school bus on Con
gress Street caufiht fire Mon
ay due to §aso ine being ig
nited about 7:56 p.m., firemen
reported.
Chattoogans Support
Judge Thomas In Vote
By JULIE GRIFFIS
Staff Writer
Chattooga Countians
sampled this week would have
given Judge Clarence Thomas
a wide margin of victory in his
(Kllxest to become a é'ustice on
the U. S. Supreme Court.
The U. S. Senate, on a nar
row 52-48 vote Tuesday even
ing, confirmed Thomas as a
member of the high court.
Georgia Sens. Sam Nunn and
Wyche Fowler both voted for
confirmation.
The vote came after a
lengthy weekend hearing by
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee into charges'by a former
female colleague of Thomas
that he had exfi?bited improper
behavior toward her in tfie ear
ly 1980 s, including sexual
comments.
Before the Senate vote on
Tuesday, The Summerville
News contacted 13 people in
the county to seek their views
on whether Judge Thomas
should be confirmed. Of those
13, one would not have voted
to confirm the black
Republican, and a few others
di(f:l’t state their preference.
Katherine Camp, chairman
of the Chattooga County
Democratic Committee, said
she felt Thomas should not
have been confirmed, but not
because of the charges brought
by law professor Dr. Anita
Hill.
“I think there was some
truth. But regardless, I'll never
have confidence in him now,
Mrs. Camp said.
John Xgnew, chairman of
Chattooga’s Republican fparl:y,
said he would have confirmed
Thomas.
TEN YEARS
“It’s hard to tell after hear
ing both him and her testify,”
Agnew said. ‘“My personal
persé{)ective is it seems awful
sudden for her to come forth 10
years "later. It just seems
unusual for her to have waited
so long.”
Agnew said over all he felt
that Thomas was telling the
truth, and with the judge's
credentials and backgroundg, he
was totally in favor of his
confirmation.
Myrtis Evans, a book
ke:Her at Summerville City
Hall, said she would have con
firmed Thomas. &
“It was 10 years ago, why
bring it up now?”’ Mrs. Evans
asked. “How can somebody
remember every word of a con
versation that happened 10
years ago?"’
Mrs. Evans said she thinks
Ms. Hill made the statements
to the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee out of jealousy and
malice.
“I think someone paid her
to doit,” she said. Mrs. Evans
is black.
Martha Latta, clerk for
County Commissioner Jim
Parker, said she also would
have approved Thomas.
| ?eel the man has been
done an injustice,” she said. ‘I
think he's very capable and so
meone didn’t want him to serve
on the Supreme Court. It's
their way to try to keep him
out.”
Mrs. Latta said that if Miss
Hall had been sexually harass
ed, she didn’t deal with it in the
proper way.
FOLLOWED HIM
“She called him on the
phone, followed him, from job
to job. Why didn’t she bring it
up when it happened?’’ Mrs.
Latta asked, adding she just
feels that it was something to
use against Thomas.
1l am against sexual
harassment of women,” she
said. “But I feel like it could
have been handled differently
10 years ago.”
Phil Cavin, a Summerville
City Councilman, said he was
for Thomas’ confirmatiocn.
“I believe he was telling the
truth and I think he’s a fine
man,” Cavin said. “I don’t
think he would have gotten
this far if his reputation had
not been a good one.”
Cavin said that if Thomas
did “say some things” he
doesn’t believe it was to the ex
tent that Ms. Hill testified. He
also was concerned that the in
cident was alleged to have hap
pened 10 years ago.
TIME LAPSE
The 10-year time lapse
seemed to have been a major
issue with many Chattooga
Countians.
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash said he had watched quite
a bit of the Senate Judiciary
Committee hearings. He said
he couldn’t let something that
happened 10 {ears ago swaK
his support o Thomas. Cas
said he’s spent quite a bit of
time hearing the pros and cons
from both sides and said,
‘““‘Who are you going to
believe?”’
‘“‘Based on his background
I'd say I was for him,” Cash
said. .
Denise Brown, secretary of
the Summerville Recreag;on
Department, said Tuesday she
hoped Thomas was confirmed.
Ms. Brown is black.
“I just wonder why she
waited until the 11th hour,
after 10 Mvenrs, to sa
anything,” Ms. Brown said, a(i'
ding that she thinks there's
more involvement on both
sides than either Thomas or
Hill are admitting to.
NOT SURE
Marty Brown, personnel
director for Best Manufactur
ing Co., said he was not sure
how he felt.
“That’'s what we elect
senators and congressmen
for,” he said. “I am 100 percent
opposed to sexual harassment
and it shouldn’'t be put up
with.”
June Grose, recorder for the
Trion Town Council, said she
would not let the sexual harass
ment issue enter into it at all.
“None of the other Supreme
Court nominess, were scrutiniz
ed to that extent,” she said. “I
would look to see if he were
qualified and base my vote on
that,” she said. “It’s just got-
Cavin Seeks
To Retain Seat
Councilman Phil Cavin has
(fiafified to seek re-election to
the Summerville City Council.
The election will be held Nov. 2.
Cavin, 38, was first elected
to the panel in 1983. He assum
ed office for another four years
in 1987 when none of the coun
cil was opposed for re-election,
and the vote was cancelled.
He was born on Feb. 25,
1953 in Fort Payne, Ala., son
of William and Kathleen Smith
Cavin, Summerville.
Councilman Cavin
firaduated from Chattooga
igh School in 1971 and
Jacksonville, Ala. State
University in 1976. He took his
educational sequence courses
at Berry College.
He taught and coached at
Chattooga High School for 10
years before joining Image
Carpets Inc. four years ago,
where he serves as materials
manager.
Cavin has been a youth
coach with the Summerville
Recreation Department for six
years.
GMA
He is a past member of the
Georgia Municipal Associa
tion’s (GMA) board of direc
tors, and a Bast president of
the Seventh District Municipal
Association. Cavin also served
on the environmental commit
tee of the GMA.
The councilman is a former
member of the sewer overflows
committee and the board of
directors of the National
League of Cities.
ouncilman Cavin is a
former vice president of the
Jaycees and he is a member of
the Chattooga Boosters Club.
He and his wife, the former
Beth Meacham, have two
children, Paul, 12, and Rachel,
10, who attend the Trion city
schools. They are members of
the First Baptist Church of
Summerville.
ENJOYED
“I have really enjoyed ser
ving on the council for the last
eight years and I feel like we've
accomplished a tremendous
Parris Seeking
Seat On Counecil
Earl “Red” Parris, 56, has
gualified to seek Seat 4 on the
ummerville City Council. He
will face incumbent Coun
cilman Phil Cavin, who is seek
ing re-election.
Qualifying will close at
noon Saturday at Summerville
City Hall for the Nov. 2
election.
Parris was born in
LaFayette on April 4, 1935,
son o{ the late Jessie and Ollie
Parris.
He is a graduate of Sum
merville High School, and at
tended college classes. Parris
spent six years in the U, S. Ar
my, serving from 1952 to 1958,
with most of that duty in
Korea.
He joined the City of Sum
merville as an employee in 1958
and became superintendent
before leaving in 1970 to
become self-employed in the
utility supply business. ;
FORMER COUNCILMAN
Parris ran successfully for
a council seat in 1973 and serv
ed for four years. He also ran
for a seat in 1979 and served
for four years. Parris was
mayor pro tem of the town for
two l‘iyears. :
e is a member of Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 6688. He
is a former member of the
Summerville-Trion Optimist
Club, Chattooga &)unty
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Georgia Municipal
ten so political. How can judq;
ment be made fairly
Edverything’s gotten so cloud-
Naomi Lowery, employ
ment manager for Mount Ver
non Mills Inc., Rieiel Division,
Trion, said she t ought she
would sugport Thomas’ confir
mation, but she hadn’t heard
enough concerning the issue to
know for sure.
VOTE FOR
David Poole, general
manager for Georgia Power
Co., Summerville branch, said,
“I’'m not qualified, but in rela
tion to what I've heard I would
have voted for him.”
Poole said, “It’s been a
fiasco, a show of little or no
substance, and a waste of the
taxpayers’ money."”
At Monday’s meeting, in a
mock vote, tKe Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club approved
Thomas’ confirmation 27-8. It
is an all-male club.
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amount in that period of time,”
Cavin said. “I always try to
take the city’s best interest on
any issue. Sometimes that
makes people unhapKfi and
sometimes it doesn’t. All of us
councilmen are residents of the
city and whatever we do, it af
fects us, too.” -
“We fully appreciate the
sunshine law andp tgel like it has
a tremendous purpose, and we
never intend to rSO anything
secret or behind closed doors to
kee(f; (f)eople misinformed,” he
added.
“Originally employees had
the right to request a closed
meeting and we of the city
council have felt like all along
that we would honor the
employee’s request.”
Referring to a recent coun
cil meeting in which the panel
held a hearing on a dispute bet
ween City Manafier John Sim
mons and several members of
the fire department, Cavin
said, ‘““Maybe we did break the
law, maybe we were wrong for
trying to honor the employee.
Since there were no charges fil
ed, we felt it was best f%f' the
employee and the City of Sum
mervil}l,e. If we did break the
law, maf'be we need to take a
serious look at that.”
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Association.
He and his wife, the former
Wanda Elgi::e, attend Summer
ville First Presbyterian Church
PCA, Rome Boulevard. Thle-{
have three children, Earl H.
Parris, Ella K. Parris, and
Wanda Nell Pollard. Parris
resides at 18 Roseway Circle,
Summerville.
“I just feel like that we do
need a change in the city of
Summerville in our council,”
Parris said. “1;1'1{ feeling is
everyone I've talked to so far
feels the same way.”
SEAT NO. 6
ON NOV. 2, 1991
YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL
BE APPRECIATED
Government should be “FOR AND OF”
the people and not against the people.
If | am elected as your councilman, | pro
mise:
1. To work cooperatively with the mayor and eity
council to help bring new industries into the area.
2. To help formulate plans for the efficient use of
the taxpaye‘rs' dollar.
3. To help improve job opportunities for all people
and provide more jobs for the young citizens of
our city.
4. To help improve the image of our city by spon
soring clean-up campaigns.
s:|To encourage open meetings for the city coun
cil. :
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