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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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WINDER, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 196G
Watch Winder’s
Progress in ’66
population Report Estimates 32,000
Increase For Northeast Georgia Area
ATHENS, GA, -- The nine-county
>a of Northeast Georgia is likely
f experience a population increase of
Pout 32,000 by 1980, according to the
, 0 f ten Economic Base and Popu-
‘ lion studies sponsored by the North
east Goergla Area Planning and De
velopment Commission, The Popula-
,, on study forecasts slight to heavy in
creases during the next 14 years in
e5C h of Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jack-
n Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Ogle
thorpe and Walton Counties, all served
bjr the Commission.
Ujrton SfcBrer, Esccnttve
jjrector of 610 Commission
Ll(t , s , “A single, major
(volppmenl unknom to us
could change the results
f the bo^t of exlimates espo-
jj]|y in small, rural
cuniics* These figures com-
n c past (rend and forosee-
,|e events Influencing pop-
jitlon clidnec! Thej require
anLlnual revision between l'.
Census counts. But a
pledge of the changes in
number and kinds of pco-
e in the area Js the found-
jpji of all intelligent action,
Is applies to every agency
k) individnnlprovldingapub-
<ervice or reeking to im-
■ove the economy ",
As shown in the Population
uijy, 1960 Census figures are
rcparcd to 19S0 population
^imates for each county'j
are: Barrow, 1-1,485 to
0I\ Clarke -13,303 to
.000, Greene, 11,103
11,500, Jackson, ILPD
23,000; Madison, 11246
||, 900, Morgan 10,280 to
OdO; Oconee, 6,303 to7,500i
ethorpe, 7,926 to 8,200;
Uon, 20,451 to 23,800,
timates for 1970 arc also
en in the report.
It Is the western side of
\ortheast Georgia region
l has been, and probably
continue, gaining Inccon-
growth and population,"
report stales. According
the 139 page stud} - white
iuktlon will probably grow
re rapidly than Negro
oughout th2 entire 20 year
portion of white persons
the loLal population. It js
weld that female popu-
oflViill Increase more than
and there will be a
datively greater propon
ed persons over 65
at present"
Allowing a national trend,
the nine counties of Northeast
Georgia will experience an
Increase of urban population
and rural farm population will
doellnc. Considering the deve
lopment of residential sub
divisions the report shows that
rural nonfarm population will
probably continue growing,
“but, if expanding subdivt-
(Continued on Page 4-A)
Multi-County
Planning Grant
For North East
Approval of a $16,405 grant
to help flnnnee plans for the
economic growth of a nine-
county aroa of Northeast
Georgia was announced today'
by Senator s Richard B. Rus
sell and Herman E. Tnlmndgc,
The funds will be provided
by the Economic Development
Administration, created last
year to aid the areas of live
Nation with lagging econom
ies.
The Federal funds will goto
the Northeast Georgia Plan
ning and Development Com
mission, Athens.
Funds will l>e used to de
velop plans for the esLabllsh-
(Continued on Page 6-A)
First Federal Celebrates
25th. Anniversary ThisMontfi
The entire month of August has been
designated as “Anniversary Month 1 ’ at
First Federal Savings and LcanOlsso-
ciation of Winder, according to an an
nouncement made earlier this month by
O. B. Langford, Sr., president.
11 erican Legion
iifl Auxiliary
Installed
The 196C-C7 officers of Ilic
T Rich J'cntoeoU Post No,
The American Leijioii and
Hin t tvoru installed at
Vrassjvo ceremoniot. held
It,? local Ugton Home last
cvontnB, August 12.
* Insiallation of nfflcyrs
™*cd a delicious steakdin-
r -filch w, enjoyed li, n
J* *>wp of uiionnalrcs,
sdlLn-jf rnomljm n( ,
<*iH t
t I. Filer, MnLli District
Simtmk-r Installed the fol-
^L'glon ..flleer!,, Harry
revile, Sr., Commander;
D. Hoaw, Sr„ Son-
"te-Commander, Dan
,*“■ '^wls liostor,
- «nltli, and John Greon-
„ ’ ^ nl "' Vitas-Cowman -
E*' *„ Ad
da. jdinner, Cliap-
*■ John Carrington Hlsutr-
*£V, r,rl# ' •'“*:» *i-
"■ Herman Sloan and
C ,lr<1 ’ ^ntoants-At-
' 7 tj 'lull, Finance
V/GIW, Sorvlca Of-
' JI > 1 Warren 1). House
klit,'.™" ^ncr, .„k) ,>.
^l^ftlnttAurilUrjor-
kj, l V“ 'Hhloilcd by Mrs,
"< fialncavilln,
V ur U ’ r " lnUl
V ' «. Cl)«,
'*i l-m, t-A)
The progressive savings In
stitution is celebrating Its
twenty-fifth anniversary next
Monday, August 22. The oc
casion will be observed with
a climatic Open House to take
place between the hours of 3
and 9 p.m. Regular business
will cease during the after
noon and evening and o huge
birthday cake will be cut and
eaten by the guests and friends
of the financial Jnstltulondur
ing the hours of Open House.
Sunday, August 21, is ac
tually the anniversary of the
establishment of FlrstFeder-
al Savings and Loan Associa
tion, but since It falls on Sun
day this year the festivities
will be held Monday. The offi
cial opening of the institution
was recorded in Tho News of
Wednesday, August 21, 1941.
It read as follows;
“Winder and Barrow Coun
ty will welcome into their bus
iness circles nils, week the
nowly-orgaulzcd first feder
al Savings and Loan Associa
tion of Winder, The Associa
tion will formerly open Thurs
day • ti
The article wont on to say,’
"R. C r Jones, well known bus
iness man of Winder, will
serve as president of the asso
ciation, He suited that it will
bo the aim of tho association
to be of service to the people
of the city and county in all
their building and remodeling
problems as ivell as to afford
an Insured place forthelr sav
ings, ”
Tho announcement conclud
ed: "Other officers are K, C,
Arnold, vice president, and
O. B, Langfoiti, Sr,, secre
tary-treasurer.''
The original directors of
First Federal consisted of tho
following five mem It, C,
Jones, R, J. Smith, O. B,
Langford, Sr„ D. B. Williams
and the late K, C. Arnold, who
served until his death In 1045.
R.J. Smith was then elected
vice president Mr. Williams
served only a short time and
was succoeded by the late W.J.
Jennins, $r„ who also served
a limited duration due to the
fact that he was unable to de
vote enough of his time to the
new organization. Dr. U R,
Harris succeeded Mr. Jen
nins in 1942, Dr, H, M. Her
rin was elected to tho board
in 3945, replacing the late
Mr. Arnold. Dr. Herrin Is
presently serving as Treas
urer,
The late W. M. Holscrtbock
was added to the Board of di
rectors of First Federal In
1956 making six members In
stead of tho original five. Mr.
Holsenbeck served until his
(Continued on Page 4-A)
Comprehensive Survey Of The
Mam Area To Be Made
Shortly every head of tho house In the City of Statham and
the Statham Trade area will bo contacted nnd requested to
complete u questionnaire about the Statham area. There la
little information available on tho area for planning and de
velopment purposes. T.ic questionnaire Is designed to deter
mine the needs of the people, potential of the area for Indus
trial purposes, and liabilities of the area.
ing Education that will be av-
Thd survey will bo super
vised by Ihe Institute or Com
munity and Area Develop
ment and the Center for Con
tinuing Education of Uio Uni
versity of Georgia. The ques
tions are scientifically de
signed to present a true pic
ture of tho .Statham area as It
axisEu now and what can be
expected at some future date.
AJ1 elements that make up a
community will bo considered,
Local people of Lhe Statham
aroa will conduct the survey,
Iwt no one other than the efl-
umarator and university peo
ple will soo Uio comploted
questionnaire. The results of
the survey will bo complied,
ana lyred and n rep^irt made
by thr. Instituta of Commun
ity and Aron Dovolopmont and
Georgia Center for Continu
al labie to all. Only the results
will bo published. No person
will be named tn the report,
Some of tho questions con-
co rn tho City of Statham only,
Every tenth person will bo
asked to answer additional
questions about Statham pro
per. Most of the questions
about Statham war. 1 obtained
by questioning a cross sec
tion of tho pooplo, The ques
tions fumlshod by the peo
ple are considered problems
needing attention, and had to
1)0 listed several limes to val
idate the question.
Everyone In urged to coop
erate fully with Uio numer
ators who are performing Uie
service to tho community free
of charge,
21) PAGES THIS ISSUE
Organ And Study
Dedication-Recital
At Chapel Church^
A Dedication of Uie Bald
win Electron, Model 5 Organ
and the new Study building
will be observed by the mem
bers nf the Chapel Christian
Church, Sunday afternoon, Au
gust 21, at 3:00 o'clock.
Tho organ was installed this
summer In the Sanctuary of
the church, Mrs. .Inne J„ Fur-
go son, wife of the minister,
will present a short recital
and tho minister will sing one
group of sacred numbers.
Mrs, Ferguson has belonged
to throe chapters of tho Am
erican Guild of Organists and
Mr. Furgeson served one year
as Chaplain for the Guild while
pastor In Augusta. She Is a
graduate in Music from Cokor
College In Hartsville, S, C.
Mr. Purge son studied at Sou
thern Illinois University, The
MIller-Forguson Institute of
Music in St, Louis and at Eu
reka College in Eureka, Illi
nois, Both have had wide ex-
(Contlnuod on Page 6-A)
Glen wood School
Faculty And
Opening Plans
Glenwood School will open
for tho students Monday, Aug
ust 29, Most planning and pre
paration In getting the entire
facility ready for the students
and the teachers to begin the
now school year are complet
ed. According to L. D, Sims,
Principal, needed repairs
have been made and much ad
ditional equipment has been
purchased during the summer
months,
A large enrollment Is ex
pected at the Glenwood School.
Seventy-Six pupils are enroll
ed in the new first grade
class, The entire student body
Including grades one through
twelve will probably exceed
850 pupils.
Teachers will report for
their first day of orientation
and planning Monday, August
22. They will devote a full
week to activities which will
help them to have their class
rooms well established before
the students arrive at school
the following week.
Parents are urged to pur
chase school Insurance for
each of their children enroll
ed tn school. Further notice
and Information will besentto
the parents following the op
ening day of school concern
ing the Insurance plan. Under
the plan to bo in effect forpo-
pils at Glenwood School, pu
pils will be protected on their
way to school, at school, and
on their way home from
school. The cost Is $2.00 for
tho entire school year.
Meals will bo served In the
school lunchroom the first
school day and on all days that
school will be In session.
There Is no change In the
price of meals to bo served.
Students may got their lunch
for 25c. A one-half pint car
ton of milk will bo served
with tho lunch at no addition
al cost to the student. Stu
dents can, however pur
chase as much milk as thoy do*
(Continued or Pago 4-A)
General Electric
Cooking School At
Reynolds Appliance
A cooking school entitled
‘’Leisurely, Froozerly Cook
ery 4 ' will bo hold at Reynolds
Appliance Sal os on Athens
Street in Winder, Thursday
afternoon, August 25 at 2
o'clock* Myrcm Luttroll Mc
Leod, General Electric Home
Economist, will conduct the
school nsststed by Evelyn
Harris, Jackson Electric
Member ship Corporation
Home Economist,
Free door prizes will be
given away and the Home Ec
onomist will present those
present with roelpo bookR
of die demonstrations which
will be presented. All ladles
are invited to bo present.
NUMBER 12
Winder City Schools Will
Open Monday/ August 29
The Winder City Seliml will open for Ui D 1906-67 term on
Monday momUig August 29, according to Si.pt- D, F. Oubeme.
k , ™ ct ' mDn,l "K « ™ “’dock, A full dny of
school will be held on the opening day.
The schedule for tho Wind
er Lower Grammar School Is
as Follows: Teachers will re
port. for work at 8.00 o'clock.
■Students will report tu school
by 8;30, but not before 3:QU
o'clock* The first grade will
be dismissed each day at 12;-
00 o'clock for the first month
of school, Hits means that the
first grade students will not
eat In the school cafeteria the
Hrst school month. All other
grades in the LoworGrammar
School will be dismissed each
day at 3:10, The first grade
will be dismissed at 3:10 be
ginning with the second month
of school.
Tho Winder Upper Gram
mar School and Wlnder-Bar-
row High School teachers will
be at work by 8;00 a,m. and
classes will begin at 8:30 o'
clock, These schools will dis
miss each day at 3:20*
The Glenwood School sched
ule is announced by Principal
L.D, Sims In the Glenwood
School news release.
The schools will all operate
cafotorlas. Theprico per meal
will remain, at least for a
while, at 25c, Supt. Osborne
said, “the Increased cost of
food and labor may cuaso an
increase in tho price per meal
but If possible the 25< price
will remain as In former
years. All students should
plan to eat in the school cafe
teria, The meals are well
worth the small cost charged
and students who eat there find
that this Is by far the best
way to take care of the lunch
meal at school, Students may
purchase all milk wanted at
4c per half-pint carton* Some
(Continued on Pago 6-A)
First Week Court
One Case Tried Monday;
Several Others Settled
Tho August term of Barrow Superior Court opened at 9 o'
clock Monday morning In the courthouse in Winder, Judge Mark
Dunahoo prosiding, and Solicitor Floyd Hoard, prosecutor tor
tho State.
Seven issue cases were es
pecially set by the court for
consideration during the first
week of civil activities. The
Court Calendar showed the
first of these cases to be Gor
don Dixon vs, W r C, Harris
Company, which was first fil
ed before the court on March
20, 1964 and ended In a mis
trial at that time. The case
was tried Monday of this week
as the first case and the jury
"found In favor Of the defen
dant", According to tho Calen
dar, Q jilllanandQuIllian were
lawyers for the Plaintiff and T,
Penn MCWhortor, attorney for
the Defendant. This was the
MRS. S. N. GLASS Is shown receiving a $25,00 Check Slower of Gifts Consolation Prize
from W, E, Atkinson, Jr,, Editor of The Winder News. Larry Jones, owner of Larry’s
Easy Pay Tire Store, the host merchant In last Saturday's drawing is witnessing die
presentation, Mrs, Glass was not in the store at the time her name was drawn, there
fore she missed the opportunity of receiving die grand prize of 372.00 "Shower of Gifts”
which is donated by twenty-four local merchants. This grand prize Is almost three times
tho consolation prize. Shoppers are urged to remember that names are destroyed after
each drawing, therefore it is Important to register each week to be eligible for the drawings
on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, and most Important that you be in oqg of the participat
ing stores at tho time of the drawing In order to receive the grand prize* Participating mer
chants carry the red "Shower of Gifts Promotion "signs.
only case set which necessi
tated trial by jury, as three
others were settled without
coming to trial and three were
postponed because of circum
stances beyond control. Judge
Dunahoo stated, however, that
these three cases will be dis
posed of shortly.
This session of court re
sulted in only one day's activi
ties for the first week's Tra
verse jurors, however, as the
presiding Judge dismissed
them tor the remainder of the
week folio wing Monday’s case,
Tho Grand Jury drawr. tor
this term of court was swore
In Monday and Is In session
at the time The News goes to
press. T. J* Standridge was
named foreman, and Claude
Tuck, assistant M, A. Coker
was elected secretary, and
Hayden Camp, assistant sec
retary. A complete list of the
Grand Jurors was published
In last week’s Issue of The
News.
Indictments returned by the
Grand Jury through Tuesday
on record In Clerk of Court
H, D„ Harrison's office re
vealed a total of 95, with 18
No Bills returned* The Grand
Jury' Presentments will be
published in next week's is
sue of the Winder News*
Criminal cases will be
heard before the court next
week,
A number of defeault cases
as well as several divorce
cases were disposed of by
the court tills week. A mild
number of divorces were
granted.
Judge Dunahoo pointed out to
the court in Ws general in
structions the importance of
(Continued on Page 3-A)
Five Generations Represented At Recent Reunion
Approximately two hundred
descendants of the late John
L, and Nancy Johnson Har
ris, pioneer citizens of Bar-
row County, gathered at the
American Legion home of the
John Rich Pentecost Post No.
53 Sunday, August 7, for the
annual Harris Family reun
ion.
Five generations were re
presented in the family group
coming from all sections of
Georgia, Florida, North Car
olina* New Jersey, Delaware,
Alabama and Alaska.
Special recognition wasgiv-
en the three surviving daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs, Harris,
namely, Mrs, Callie Segars,
Mrs. Jessie Bennett, Mrs.
Nobic Me Elroy, and two dau-
ghters-ln-law, Mrs, Georgia
Harris and Mrs. Claudia Har
ris, all of whom were in at
tendance, Ason Allte Harris,
of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was
unable to be present
Mrs. Robert Isaac, former
ly Julia Harris, of Douglas,
Alaska, acted as mistress erf
ceremonies, and grace was
given by Edgar Hill, Jr t , of At
lanta.
A bountiful meal was en
joyed during the noon hour.
DESCENDANTS of the late Mr, and Mra, John L, Harris hold annual fannfi.v reunion
Sunday,, August 7, at the American Legion home. (Photo by Bay Kilgore)
LOCAL HISTORY
Continuing with this issue, past newspaper front pages will be highlight local news and history. This front page is from the Aug. 17,1966 issue of
The Winder News.
Budget continued from 1A
“I consider that to be a significant per
centage of the overall staff of the county," he
said. “I was concerned there would be some
negative impact of (the 60 employees not
receiving an adjustment).”
Giving the 1.5-percent COLA to all county
employees, including the Sheriff’s Office and
Detention Center ones, would cost the county
roughly $215,000. The estimated overall cost
of implementing the plan for next fiscal year,
which will only be nine months, is $282,520
with the COLA included. To offset some
of the additional cost, Renshaw has asked
the institute to go back and eliminate an
employee salary compression component of
its study, which would have cost more than
$90,000 to implement under the recommend
ed option.
Salary compression occurs when employ
ees’ salaries bunch together regardless of
experience, qualifications or years of service.
In its study, the institute identified the
median service time for county employees as
9.25 years. Any employee who has been with
the county at least that long and has a salary
that falls below the midpoint of their salary
range would have been eligible for a 1.8- to
3.6-percent adjustment. Alex Daman, a pub
lic service faculty member for the institute,
told commissioners last month.
"The overall goal is to start the process of
separating longer-serving employees from
their less-tenured counterparts.” Daman said.
But board chairman Pat Graham said the
county should continue moving toward mer
it-based, not longevity, pay.
"You reward high performers with an annu
al increase that reflects their contribution,"
Graham said. "It’s like paying for results.”
Renshaw acknowledged the county does
have compression issues from previous years
of salary cuts that resulted from the Great
Recession. But the performance management
component of the study, which will be rolled
out next year and implemented in FY2018,
will address many of those issues by giving
higher-performing employees the ability to
move more freely within their salary range,
he said.
Also at the Aug. 9 budget workshop. Ren
shaw presented a tweaked request from Sher
iff Jud Smith.
Renshaw’s original recommendation to the
board was $323,000 to hire and provide
benefits to five new patrol deputies, four
additional criminal investigators and a school
resource officer while allotting $400,000 for
10 new vehicles.
After additional conversations between
Renshaw and Smith, the sheriff’s latest pro
posal is to only hire two of the investigators
and the school resource officer. The $271,000
in savings from that deduction would go
toward purchasing 10 more vehicles, which
would give the office 20 new ones.
The remaining funds to cover the extra
vehicles would come from money set aside
last year for a county fiber optic project that
never materialized ($100,000) and from the
county’s vehicle reserve fund ($29,000).
Of the 20 vehicles, the board committed
$440,000 in funding for 12 of them during a
special-called meeting Tuesday.
The money, which will come from SPLOST
2012 funds and the vehicle reserve fund, will
be used to purchase nine pursuit vehicles
and three non-pursuit vehicles, Smith said.
The meeting was called because while the
money would not be expended until after
Oct. 1, commissioners needed to approve a
budget line item for the current fiscal year to
commit the funds. And because the purchase
price would be above the $25,000 threshold
the county manager is allowed to authorize
without board action, the vehicle purchases
would have to go through a competitive bid
ding process, Renshaw said.
Smith said Atkins Ford, which services
the department’s vehicles, recently sent an
invoice for $20,000 of work needed on four
vehicles. He added that purchasing the 12
vehicles in October (at 2016 rates) and having
them on the road by December could save
the county at least $32,000 - by avoiding the
approximate $12,000 price hike in 2017 rates
and forgoing the $20,000 of repairs needed
on the aforementioned four vehicles.
Also, by purchasing more vehicles now, the
sheriff’s office would be able to reduce the
number of new vehicles needed in subsequent
years, Renshaw said.
Smith told commissioners last month the
additional staff was needed to handle the
office’s large volume of service calls. But he
has also maintained new vehicles are needed
because so many are not in good condition
due to years of neglect.
Commissioner Joe Goodman said if
the county incurred any savings from the
$800,000 projected for the 20 vehicles, they
should be placed into a reserve fund for
future vehicle purchases.