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VOL. 59, NO. 1 HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA - THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 2002 6 PAGES • 1 SECTION ° 50€
rragic Holiday Weekend Wreck Claims Life of Area Man
" afternoon on the Hightower Road Holland Road was driving north Brandon Bebefield, 22, of 1505 He was listed in good condition
YBryan Geter , three miles south of Hogansville about 12:45 p.m. when his 2001 Salem Chipley Road. on Saturday.
" according to the Georgia State Hyundai Elantra crossed the dou- Benefield was taken to the West
A two-vehicle accident claimed Patrol. ble-yellow center line and ran into GeorgiaMedicalCenteremergency ' Reports state that both drivers
telife ofa Hogansville man Friday Robbie Lee Chancy, 42, of 244 a Bell South truck driven by room and was admitted, were wearing seat belts.
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By Bryan
LAST-MINUTE REQUEST - Even grown boys sometime like to sit on Santa's knee. Danny Geter of the Durand
COmmunity told Santa what he wanted for Christmas last Sunday night.He must have been a good boy, for he
has a big grin on his face. Shirley Yates of Mountville stands watching the two. ARhough Christmas in Hogansville
is over, the memories will remain forever.
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Probe Into
Robbery
Continues
By Bryan Geter
The armed robbery that
occurred on Dec. 18 at the
Gas Stop on Hwy. 29 is still
an active case, according to
Lt. Guy Spradlin of the
Hogansville Police
Department.
The store owner told
police that the robbers took
more than $10,000 from the
business.
Kenneth Smith, operator
of the store, told Spradlin that
two men entet, ed-the-store
and made co-worker Aubrey
Daniel lie on the floor and
made Smith open the cash
register.
Smith said he could not
see their faces because they
wore masks and gloves.
Smith told police that a
woman was about to enter the
store, but when she saw what
was happening, she ran.
Smith the robbers grab
bed the money and the phone
and ran out the store.
Jennie Tigner told police
she saw the two robbers with
guns when she was about to
enter the store.
She said she started run-
ning toward Hogan's Heros,
when she heard the men say
"let's get out of here."
She told police she then
heard a vehicle crank up and
speed away.
Barry Chapman, who
lives behind the station, told
police that he had just come
home five minutes before the
robbery and he saw a black
older model Chevrolet pick-
up parked on the side of the
road behind the gas station
on Brazell Street.
Officer Edward Lee said
he also saw a black truck on
that street and three black
males were in it.
Lee said they got a call
that someone had been shot
on Blue CreeK Road and
enroute he noticed the black
vehicle parked in the Piggly
Wiggly parking lot.
When he arrived on Blue
Creek Road, Lee said they
realized the false call was
made just to get the officers
away from the Gas Stop.
Lallaway Boys, Girls Both Find Victories in Tournament
" Bryan Geter
The Callaway Cavaliers and
iy Cavaliers won a pair of games
the Greenville Christmas
trnament last Saturday night,
December in Greenville.
After losing to Greenville, 58-
52. on Friday evening in the open-
g round, the Cavaliers (5-3) defeat-
ed Harris County 64-48 in the con-
solation game.
The CAVS led by 7 at the end of
one quarter against the Patriots but
gave way in the second frame and
trailed by 31-24 at the break.
Callaway was down 50-33 at the
end of three against Greenville, but
made it close in the final quarter.
Brandon Thomas scored 18 to
lead the Cavaliers and Reggie points and Jonathan Rutledge added
Jackson added 14. 19.
Callaway jumped out to a 37-24 The Lady Cavaliers (5-3) defeat-
halftime lead in the game against ,ed Manchester 57-35 in the conso-
Harris County and the Tigers never lation game of the tournament after
really threatened in the second half. losing to Greenville in a close con-
Jackson led the scoring with 20 test on Friday night.
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Plan for 2002: Optimism
tlayor Says Hogansville Had a Good Year in 2001, and 'We're Going to Grow'
Mayor Wilson St. Clair
s very optimistic about the
Uture of the city he loves:
]ogansville.
St. Clair, who was re-
lected in November, said in
interview with the
tOgansville Home News
?hursday that Hogansville
on the move. "We're going
o grow," he said, ',but we
eed more housing to come."
He said the city needs
lean high-tech industry to
paae here. "We'll be glad to
lk to anyone that will call,
e said.
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t. Clmr stud, we
lready have buildings and
Ubdivisions gong up in
!°gansville and the
=Utcliff and Audubon Park
r°Jects aren't dead, either."
St. Clair said
!o
.. gaasville has. a good
police department with
Chief Hilton Odom leading
the force.
He commended water
department head, Bobby
Sprayberry, for having one
of the best water depart-
ments in the state.
Back in February,
Hogansville's "Drinking and
Waste Water Operations"
was noted as one of the top
plants in the state, not only
for that year but for many
years.
Mayor St. Clair calls
Sprayberry "Top-Notch" in
his field. Zoning board mem-
ber Bobby Freeman said
Sprayberry is dedicated to
his job and does a good job.
Former City Manager
and zoning board member
Wesley Duffey, said
Sprayberry knows what he
is doing and "that is why I
hired him."
Former Councilman
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ENTHUSED - Hogansviile Mayor
Wilson St. Clair expects a good year
for the city.
Ezra Whitmore says
Sprayberry is "number one"
in his opinion. "He knows
enough about the water sys-
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tem to suit me," he
said.
Spraybcrry
gives credit to his
department employ-
ees, Ron Buchanan,
Joe Vidal, Ronald
Hill and Donnie
Sanders.
St. Clair praised
the water, gas and
street departments
for doing a good job
in2001.
Even though
three employees
with these depart-
ments retired, St.
Clair believes Will
Driver will do a
super job replacing
Skeet Kent, who
"taught him well."
The mayor said
the city could use more help,
but "our folks are doing a
tremendous job to keep
things going."
St Clair said he is look-
ing forward to working with
the new city council in the
year ahead.
"It is a goodyear tolearn
the ropes," he added.
"Everything will be okay."
Newcomers to the coun-
cil will be Jack Leidner,
Bobby Joe Frazier and
Charlie Frank Martin.
They will join cotm-
cilpersons Jimmy Jackson
and Jean Crocker.
St. Clair said City
Manager David Aldrich has
done a good job in managing
the city.
St. Clair said, "we have
paid off all lawsuits the city
had pending against us and
we haven't had a lawsuit
against us in the past four
years."
Aldrich vowed back in
January, 2001 that he'll get
the city back into the black
- even if it is only by one dol-
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lar.
He kept his vow and
Hogansville is operating in
the blaclt
He said the present coun-
cil inherited a shaky finan-
cial situation when it took
office.
In January, Aldrich said
the biggest problem that
Hogansville had was the
bond issue, but he said he
was a fighter and each year
the bond has been cut.
Aldrich said it would take a
while, but the city is head-
ing in the right direction.
"We have cut costs
where it conld," he reiterat-
ed "and took care of the
basics and infrastructures,"
Aldrich said the city is
up to date with all payments.
It has been a good year in
Hogansville.
St. Clair said the
Hummingbird Festival was
the biggest and best ever.
