FIFTY YEARS AGO CONTINUED
on drugs and medicines for persons in hospitals and nursing homes and those enrolled in medical group practice plans.
Some therapeutic devices, equipment and appliances such as glasses.
The committee said its plan would absorb the Medicare health insurance plan for the aged and most of the Medicaid program for the needy at an annual increased cost to the federal government of about $6 billion.
Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Cheerleaders at East Rome receive awards
The East Rome High School cheerleading squad was awarded top honors at the Crescendo cheerleading camp held in Lebanon Junction, Ky.
The East Rome cheerleaders received the CocaCola Award following competition between over 300 cheerleaders representing schools from the Northeast and Midwest, as well as Southeastern schools. The award is presented to the cheerleading squad named as the best squad by the instructors at the camp.
The cheerleaders learned cheers during the morning sessions and competed in leading cheers at night. The East Rome cheerleading squad also won five blue ribbons in the nightly contests.
The members of the East Rome cheerleading squad are: Lynn Newton, Barbara Prall, Kitty Sellers, Laura Busbin, Kathleen Hight, Nancy Prall, Arlene Gatmaltan, Debra Owens and Kay Scoggins.
Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Paul Izlar pulls upsets in Coosa tennis action
Upsets sprinkled the field in the second day of action in the Coosa Valley Invitational Junior Hard Court Tennis Tournament Tuesday, but only one top seeded performer has fallen.
David Moretz of Augusta, top seeded in the Boys 14-under singles, was surprised Tuesday afternoon by Atlanta’s Paul Izlar, 6-4, 6-4.
Moretz’s defeat places a different light on the division with Bill Busbin stepping into the spotlight. However, Izlar has shown that he must be dealt with before a winner is determined.
In another upset, Kappie Clark of Chattanooga came through with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over second seeded Jana Jackson in the 14-under girls.
Meanwhile, the 10-under boys’ singles championship should be decided today with topseeded Bud Cox of Atlanta going against Michael Owing. Cox moved to the finals with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Andy Ellis, while Owing stopped Jim Evans 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles play will also get underway today on a large scale after a few matches were played Tuesday.
Thursday, July 9, 1970
Lindale Mill donates land for parking
WestPoint-Pepperell has given one-and-one-half acres of land at the Pepperell school site in Lindale to the Floyd County Board of Education.
“We will use this land for student and visitor parking, especially on occasions when we have evening activities going on at the gymnasium and auditorium,” J.W. Sutton, supervising principal of Pepperell schools said.
The deed was presented by C.O. Landers Jr., chairman of the Floyd County Board of Education by R.F. Horsley, manager of the Lindale Plant of
WestPoint Pepperell.
“This is the latest in a series of land grants and gifts made by the company which has included two buildings and more than 45 acres of land,” Sutton said.
The first school building on the Pepperell site was built and maintained by the company, which also provided complete maintenance, including janitor service. It was built to house a Junior High School and accommodate the seventh, eighth and ninth grades.
This building and the land it occupied, along with the gymnasium and the land it occupies, were turned over to the county school system in 1940 and 1957.
A year later, a tract of land totaling about
25 acres, which includes the baseball field and adjoining parking area, was turned over to the school system by the company.
An additional 20 acres of land were deeded to the county for the new elementary building in 1962.
Today the Pepperell school site divided the approximately 45 acres of land into an elementary school campus with some 975 students and a high school campus with about the same number of students. It is the largest of 14 campuses in the Floyd County school system.
Friday, July 10, 1970
“Wild Bill” Davis visits barber
Luckily for barbers, most men get a haircut about every two or three weeks. But Billy Davis, 71, of the Dykes Creek area seems to prefer a haircut and shave about every 18 months.
Davis showed up Thursday at Cecil’s Barber Shop in West Rome for his first haircut and shave in nine months. The barefooted Davis, with a long white beard, said his grandchildren had come to see him from Indianapolis, Ind., but were afraid of him because of his long bristles.
Davis decided to let his “regular” barber, Cecil Hughes, have a go at the long hair and beard. Hughes used his clippers on both the head and beard. It took considerably longer to cut the beard since Davis produces more hair on his face than on the top of his head.
When asked why he wore the long beard, Davis said “It makes me look better, it helps hide the wrinkles in my nose.”
The barefooted truck farmer might make a stranger think that Ben Gunn had returned from “Treasure Island” after his 20-year stay.
Davis is better known as “Wild Bill” or “Flip” because of his ability to turn flips in the air when he was younger. He demonstrated his agility by doing a headstand and touching his toes without any difficulty.
He remarked that he had lived three lives during his lifetime – one in the army, one in the trees and one on the farm.
It was obvious from the beginning that Davis was getting the excess of hair removed for his grandchildren and not for himself. He joked about his hair but probably would have preferred to keep it.
When asked how he had managed to remain so healthy and active, he said it was because he spent a lot of time in the wood “coon” hunting and “taking a good drink of whiskey.”
When the haircut and shave were finished, “Bill” was a new man. He wouldn’t need to worry about a haircut and shave for at least another year.