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                                  Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Chase General Corporation (the
"Corporation") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Barry M. Yantis, President, CFO and Treasurer of the Corporation, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

   (1) The Report fully complies with the requirement of section 13(a) or 15(d)
       of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

   (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
       respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
       Corporation.

Date: 11-12-02

                                                /s/ Barry M. Yantis
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                                                Barry M. Yantis, President, CFO
                                                 & Treasurer

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                            CHASE GENERAL CORPORATION
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                                   Registrant


     11-12-02                                /s/ Barry M. Yantis
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Date                                         Barry M. Yantis
                                             President, Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Treasurer

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                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Barry M. Yantis, certify that:

   1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chase General
       Corporation;

   2.  Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
       statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
       to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
       such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
       covered by this quarterly report;

   3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
       information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
       material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
       flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
       quarterly report;

   4.  I am the registrant's certifying officer and I am responsible for
       establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
       defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and I
       have:

       a.  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
           material information relating to the registrant, including its
           consolidated subsidiary, is made known to me by others within that
           entity, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report
           is being prepared;

       b.  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
           and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
           of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

       c.  Presented in this quarterly report conclusions about the
           effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on my
           evaluation as of the evaluation date;

   5.  I am the registrant's officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
       recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
       of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
       equivalent function):

       a.  All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
           controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to
           record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
           identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
           internal controls; and

       b.  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
           employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
           control;

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                                 CERTIFICATIONS

   6.  I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were
       significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
       significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of the most
       recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to
       significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Date: 11-12-02                            /s/ Barry M. Yantis
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                                          Barry M. Yantis, President, CFO &
                                            Treasurer

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