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Alcohol Vote Nears;
Response Favorable
The controversial beer and
wine issue appears to be
nearing an end, according to
City Manager William Traylor.
“I fully expect the council to
act on the matter at its first
November meeting.’ Mr.
Traylor said. “I believe they
want to hold a public hearing
type meeting at their next
meeting, which will be Monday
night."
During the meeting, citizens
of the Carrollton community
will have a chance to express
their opinions to the city
fathers.
Voter support thus far has
been fairly apathetic, according
to Mr. Traylor. “My only
feedback thus far has been an
unsigned letter in which the
writer said he was against
having beer and wine served.
I’ve also had two or three phone
calls in favor of the law. All of
this response has been sicne the
last council meeting,” he add
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Miriam Merrill, a member of
the council, said, “I have gotten
real good response, especially
from couples in their late 20’s.
I want to get some student
response, too.”
Ms. Merrill cites one of the
primary reasons for the
passage of the ordinance is that
the city would be able to
regulate the serving of beer and
wine. She added. “I want some
people to stand behind us if the
council passes the ordinance.
Another member of the
council. Connie Plunkett, said
she had received four telephone
calls, all in favor of the law. She
also expressed a need for more
input from young people on the
matter.
Mr. Traylor explained that
the council can pass this law
West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. 30117
without a referendum. The
serving of beer and wine under
the proposed ordinance would
be limited to restaurants only,
with no “open bar’
arrangements being allowed.
Presidential Search
Four Students On Advisory Committee
Lamar Chambers, president
of the student government
association, said this week that
he was surprised that more
students were not chosen to
participate in the committee
appointed by Chancellor George
Simpson of the Board of
Regents to aid in the selection of
anew president for West
Georgia . A
The Chancellor appointed 23
persons to an advisory search
committee to assist in the
selection of anew president for
the college this week.
President Ward Pafford will
be leaving at the end of this
school year to assume teaching
responsibilties at Valdosta
State University.
The committee will be headed
by Dr. Donald T. Wells,
chairman of the department of
political science at West
Georgia. It will include 13 other
faculty members, four students,
two prominent Carrollton
residents, the president of the
West Georgia Alummni
Association, and a represen
tative from the Department of
Human Resources.
Members of the committee
include:
Dr. John A. Beall Jr.,
chairman of the department of
management and marketing,
Dr. Edna E. Edwards,
More Music
ATO-SGA Combine For Fall Concert
BY CAREY SMITH
For the first time since the
concert ban last spring, sounds
of "live” rock music will be
heard on the campus of West
Georgia. according to
Lamar Chambers, president ot
the student government
association.
The concert sponsored by the
Alpha Tau Omega (ATO)
fraternity will be held in the
HPE building on October 29,
and will feature two Atlanta
based rock groups. Road Apple
and Choice. Admission will be
$2.
Concerts have been a bone of
contention at the college since
last spring, but according to
Charles Smith, assistant dean of
student services, the problem
has been resolved.
Smith said this week that a
meeting held on Sept. 25 was the
turning point for the problem,
ano at that time “the green
light" was on for concerts.
The deciding factor, ac
cording to Smith, was student
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professor of education and
English; Dr. Howard E. Taylor,
professor of mathematics; Dr.
Sumner Long Jr., chairman of
the department of geology;
Derrill M. Maxwell, acting
chairman of the department of
art; Dr. Georgia Martin,
associate dean of student
services.
Dr. Lemuel N. Norrell,
professor of English; Dr.
Prentice Gott, professor of
education; Dr. Donald L.
Crawford, professor of business
education; Robert England,
associate professor of biology ,
Dr. Glenn Esslinger, chairman
of the department of chemistry;
Dr. Melvin Steely, associate
professor of history.
Dr. Thomas A. Carrere,
associate professor of
education; Miss Nancy Boxill,
instructor in psychology;
Lamar Chambers; Rav
McConnell, chairman of the
SGA finance committee; Ms.
Shirley D. McClure, student,
Ms. Doris Bentley Casey,
graduate student.
Andrew McGukin, president
of Carrollton Federal Savings
and Loan Association; Dr. H.
M. Fulbright, superintendent of
Carrollton City Schools; J.
Michael Purvis, principal of
Henry County Junior High
School and president of the West
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responsibility. "Namely, that
the SGA accepted the challenge
of getting off the ‘we-they’ thing
"changes in the
concert policy will
now allow an Y
group on campus
to have concerts
as long as they go
through the SGA"
—Chambers
and assume responsibility for
concerts,” he said.
The SGA did assume that
responsibility, and according to
Chambers, the ATO fraternity
decided to sponsor a concert,
found a band, arranged for
security and a place, and said
they would assume any loss on
the concert they are financing.
Georgia College Alumni
Association; and Ms. Gail
Hayes, of the Department of
Human Resources.
Dr. Simpson has written a
memorandum to all faculty and
staff of the college with the
invitation to “Please give your
thoughts on this important
matter to Dr. Wells and
members of the committee.
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Mike Morrow. ATO president
and SGA minister of academic
affairs, said he contacted the
Holiday Group in Atlanta and
made all the arrangements for
the bands.
The Holiday Group is a
booking company which han
dies contracts between bands
and people wishing to hire them
for concerts, parties, or
nightclub engagements.
Chambers said he notified
other groups on campus of their
right to hold concerts last
Tuesday, because "changes in
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Chair Case
Dismissed
Charges against Cathy Hess,
one of the defendents in the
controversial "rocking chair
case,” were dropped by Judge
Lamar Knight in last Friday’s
session of Carroll Superior
Court.
The charges were dismissed
exactly one year after Miss
Hess and co-defendent Eve
Pearson were sentenced by
Judge Knight to a year in prison
for attempting to steal a rocking
chair from a Carrollton
residence. The women, both in
their 20s, were then students at
West Georgia.
The case was dismissed on
recommendation of District
Attorney E W. Fleming who
said that the chief culprit has
already suffered enough "and
so has Cathy.” Fleming was
apparently referring to Miss
Pearson who spent three
months in prison earlier this
year and became the center of
wide spread publicity about the
case.
Miss Hess, meanwhile, had
remained out of prison while
appealing her case to the
Georgia Court of Appeals.
Appeals court Judge Homer
Eberhardt overturned the
conviction in May and ordered a
new trial,
Miss Hess, who moved to
Tennessee since the first trial,
was not in court Friday when
her case was dismissed.