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POLES DIVIDE LANES ON FIRST STREET IN TRION AT OLD HIGHWAY 27
Resident Claims Changes Cause Problems When Pulling Onto Highway
Trion Woman Not Happy With Change
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ESCORTS
“One reason is when rou
come across the bridge traveling
north, you are on First Street
before you realize it,” Chief Latta
said. “People coming out from
First Street . . . [ know we worked
several accidents in the past. I
know in the past we helped with
funeral escorts. We've pulled out
from First Street anJJ we were
almost hit, even with the (patrol
car’s) blue lights on.”
Ms. Mitchell said she
doubted Latta’s claim that the
change was safer. She said one
accident might have already oc
curred with the change.
“Didn’t a truck%mock the
poles down on one of those
streets up there this last Monday
aweek ago?” Ms. Mitchell asked.
“I don’t know if it was a
truck or what,” Chief Latta re
plied.
KNOCKED DOWN?
“Well, I was told a truck
came around and down First
Street and came around and just
ran all over those posts and
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knocked them down com
pletely,” Ms. Mitchell said. “That
tells me that if you come around
there and can’t see them — es
pecially on foggy morning — you
cannot see the post, the reflectors
do not show up, and you come
around there you will run all over
those posts.”
“The primary reason for
those poles was to distinguish
between going right and going
left,” Mayor Hayes said. “Those
are flexible in the sense they will
bounce back up. They are not
STAR Students Named
Reynolds, Chesley Receive Honors
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“The thing I remember most
is Mrs. Solomon’s personality,”
the CHS STAR student said, “She
taught me it doesn’t matter what
others think of me, I must be
me.”
“I feel there has never been
a greater teacher, and [ would
iolid polesh They are hard Irub
er-type things. Apparently, it
lookstyfike they werepnot hit by
somebody. They looked like they
were pulled up by somebody.
Those things are put down with
some kind of epoxy kind of stuff.”
“You can §o out there now
andit’s ?‘erfect ysafe ... Butyou
go out there between 7:30 a.m.
and 8 a.m. when they are all pull
ing out, you are taking your life
in )('lour on hands,” Ms. Mitchell
said.
like to thank Mrs. Solomon for
what she has contributed to my
life,” Reynolds said.
SOLOMON
Reynolds’ STAR teacher,
Mrs. Marion Solomon said,
‘Emily taught me the absolute
meaning of gifted. Her course
has been charted by the stars.”
“Emily always strove for and
achieved excellence and was al
ways humble about the things
she did,” Mrs. Solomon contin
ued.
The retired teacher added,
“her worst enemy was herself
because she drove herself, no
body else could drive that hard.
She has perception far beyond
her years and always has. Even
as a third grader sge was not a
third grader, more like a sixth
grader. She thought and partici
pated well beyond her age.
“She always spoke softly but
her example spoke quite loudly,”
Mrs. Solomon said.
CHESLEY
Trion STAR student Ryan
Chesley told the Rotarians he
planned to attend Oxford or
Berry and study for a business
degree and “maybe get into law
one day.”
He said that there were a
number of people that contrib
uted to his being chosen as STAR
student.
“There is one person that
has made a difference both as a
teacher and as a friend and that
is Ms. McCain. As a teacher she
has taught me to appreciate lit
erature. What I learned from Ms.
McCain goes far beyond what I
can find in books,” Chesley said.
He continued, “She tauEht
me it was okay to make mistakes
Gilbert, Tucker Resign F&M To Establish New State Bank
from front page
dent and CEO of the new bank
while Tucker will serve as execu
tive officer.
“We couldn’t be any more
gieased and we look forward to
ing ready to open and serving
our customers,” Gilbert said.
“I am on the top of the world
right now,” Tucker said Tuesday.
“My feet haven't touched the
ground for about a week now.
“PROUD”
“I am proud to be in this
community and remain in this
community and bank the way I
know how to bank,” Tucker
added. “I've been here all my life
and this is where my friends and
my family are. I intend to stay
here and do a great job.”
The new Summerville area
bank, which will operate under
the umbrella of United Holding
Co., Blairsville, tentatively has
been named the Peo&les First
Community Bank, Gilbert said.
The Blairsville holdingicompan
owns a bank in Blairsville, as wefi
as the Adairsville bank and the
First Floyd Bank in Floyd
County, he said. It also recently
acquired a Dawson County bank.
After regulatory a%proval
has been received from the state
Banking Department, Gilbert
said, the new Summerville area
bank is anticipated to open a
and that perfection — what we all
aspire to — is seldom obtained.”
“Ms. McCain, whose father
(the late Sam McCain) was STAR
teacher seven times, taught me
that education was more than
learninifacts. Education is ap
lying those facts to the life you
Eve," Chesley said.
She always stresses not only
keeping your mind open but your
eyes ogen to the world around
you, Chesley said.
“Regardless of what prob
lems I'm havin; or what's gone
wrong, I know if I need someone
to talk to, she’ll be there for me,”
he continued, “She knows some
times that the best way to help
someone is just to be supportive
and listen and that is something
that means more to me than any
thing in the world.”
She doesn’t solve a groblem
for me but gets me to understand
the dynamics of my problem,
and come up with my own solu
tions, Chesley said.
“For that, she has given me
a great gift. She has tal(light me to
be self-supportive and to solve
my own problems,” the Trion
STAR student said.
“I know that no matter
what'’s going on and how busy
she is sge'll always find time to
listen and for that I can’t say
thank you enough,” he said.
McCAIN
Chesley’s STAR teacher told
the audience she appreciated the
Rotary Club for its STAR fpro
sram and the recognition of stu
ents and educators.
“To anyone that knows
Ryan, the fact that he has earned
this honor comes as no surprise.
Being a STAR Student is an ac
complishment which Ryan setin
mind and when Ryan sets his
mind, you mi%v‘ht as well get out
of the wa{." s. McCain said
with a smile.
She listed his numerous ac
complishments and honors in
high school.
“In my Advanced Placement
English class, Rgan has consis
tentg performed above and be
yond the requirements in his
reading for and contributions to
our class. He has a quick under
standing and insight and the best
part about his abilities and un
derstanding is that he is always
willing to help and to share with
others when they need it,” Ms.
McCain continued.
“I do know that Ryan will be
successful in whatever life he
chooses for himself and will use
his abilities to contribute to and
to imJ;rove his community
around him,” Ms. Cain added.
temporary office within 90 days.
It wfi?first be housed in a mocxis
lar building. Construction of a
new permanent facility will start
immediately after Peoples First
has opened, he indicated.
FULL SERVICE
“. .. We will be a full-ser
vice bank,” Gilbert continued.
“Our goal is to meet the needs of
the community.”
He and Tucker are the only
two Farmers and Merchants
Bank employees who are in
volved in starting the new bank,
he said.
“It has not been a long,
drawn-out process,” Gilbert said
in refetring to how long the new
bank had been plannes.
Stock in the new bank will
be for sale to Chattooga
Countians, he continued. Tfie
grice will be S3B per share and
ilbert said he hoped the stock
sales would start on Tuesday,
April 4.
A bank teleé)hone number
and mailing address will have
been established by next week,
he said. Although no stock sales
can begin next week, Gilbert
said, he and Tucker can begin
making a list of those interested
in buying stock and how many
shares the¥ want to obtain. The
list also will help kee?l the stock
from being oversold, he added.
21 YEARS
Gilbert had been at the
Farmers and Merchants for a
combined total of 21 {ears. He
began his first stint of four years
in May, 1976. He later left for
South Carolina to operate the
Mount Vernon Mills Inc. credit
union, now known as Southeast
Federal Credit Union.
He returned to Farmers and
Merchants in March, 1983 as a
vice president. Since that time,
he had been promoted to senior
vice president and then to execu
tive vice president.
Gilbert was named presi
dent and CEO of the bank on
June 27, 1994 after the sudden
death of then-President Henry
Watson.
Gilbert had been with Farm
ers and Merchants Bank for 17
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consecutive years when he re
signed this week.
Tucker, a vice T(resident, had
been with the bank for 19 years
when he resigned.
Gilbert graduated from Fort
Payne Hifl\ School and then
from the Kentucky School of
Mortuary Science.
BANK SCHOOL
He graduated from the
Georgia Bankers Banking School
at the University of Georgia. He
also graduated from the School
of Bank Administration at the
University of Wisconsin at Madi
son.
Gilbert is past f)resident of
both the Summerville-Trion Og
timist and Rotary clubs and he
still is an Optimist Club member.
He serves as treasurer of the Ro
tary Trust Fund and as president
of the Chattooga County Cham
ll)er of Commerce Foundation
nc.
Gilbert is a member and sec
retary of the state Department of
Natural Resources board.
He and his wife Joanna have
a son Steven and daughter-in
law Aa;l)ril, both of whom reside in
Corvallis, Oregon. Both are Geor
gia Tech graduates and mechani
cal engineers at two different
companies in Oregon.
THS GRAD
Tucker is a graduate of Trion
High School and he Fradated
from West Georgia College (now
the University o% West Georgia),
Carrollton, with a BBA degree in
management. He is a graduate of
the School of Banking of the
South at Louisiana State Univer
sity, Baton Rouge, La.
He and his family are mem
bers of the First Baptist Church
of Trion. Tucker is a member and
past president of the Summer
ville-Trion Optimist Club, a
member of the Chattooga Cham
ber of Commerce and a member
of the Habitat for Humanity
board.
ACTIVITIES
He also is a member of the
Northwest Georgia Economic
Development Authority and
serves as chairman of the board
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Tucker also holds a Series 7
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e and his wife Carol have
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FOUNDING
Farmers and Merchants
Bank was founded in October,
1925 and it opened for business
on Feb. 6, 1926.
Daniel Lee McWhorter,
who would become ?(resident in
1941, joined the bank as a book
keeper in 1927. McWhorter re
mained head of the bank for 30
years and was the maH'ority
stockholder for many of those
years.
A new bank building was
built at the corner of Commerce
Street and East Washington
Street in the 19505.
J. Mack Robinson, an At
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majority of stock in 1971. Watson
was named president in 1976 and
served in that post until his un
ex?ected death on June 20, 1994.
Gilbert was named president
seven days later.
BRANCHES
The Trion branch was built
in 1972, the Lyerlfr branch in
1973 and the Menlo branch in
1974, along with the current
headquarters building on Rome
Boulevard at Ga. 48.
It was announced in %pril of
last year that Farmers and Mer
chants was being mer‘ged with
Premier Bancshares of Atlanta.
It was to have become effective
at the end of this past January.
However, before that deal
could be consummated, Premier
Bancshares was acquired in late
July by BB&T of Winston-Salem,
N.C. Farmers and Merchants
was part of that second deal, too.
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