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DISCISSION City Council members Miriam Merrell and I)r.
Jack Birge (background). Hill Wiggins, city attorney, and Charles
l.umpkin. mayor of Carrollton (right foreground), discuss the
cit>’s proposed pouring law. Some 40 to 50 members of the West
C arrollton Baptist Church attended the Council meeting Monday
night to voice their opposition to the law.
WEST GEORGIA IN
Volume 41 No. 12
Curtain Falls
‘ Macbeth' Suffers From Missing Link
BY CAREY SMITH
News of director J O. Link’s
decision early this week to
cancel the fall quarter drama
performance of Macbeth
stunned members of the drama
department and disappointed
students cast for roles.
According to Steve Liner,
senior drama and speech major
from Dalton, the news “was
very disappointing to all in
volved.’’
Citing reasons of “fatigue,
mentally, physically, and
emotionally Dr. Link said
there was nothing left to do but
cancel.
Problems began for the cast
when Bill Lundeen, who was
chosen for the part of Macbeth
the second week of fall quarter,
decided to quit, leaving the
starring role of the per
formance open, three and one
half weeks into rehearsal.
At that time the cast voted
and selected Dr Link to fill the
role, due to the progress made
by the other staff members, and
the nearing performance date.
Early this week Dr. Link said
that he did not think he could
continue as the director and
leading performer in the
Pictures
Today is the last day that
individual pictures will be
taken for the Chieftain.
Students wishing to have
their pictures appear in the
yearbook should stop by
meeting rooms 2 and 3 no
late than 5 p.m. There is
no charge for graduate
students and seniors.
Underclassmen will be
charged 50 cents.
Wst Georgia College. Carrollton, Go. 30117
DK. J. O. LINK
(file photo)
Shakespearean play.
Steve Cignorella, Lundeen s
understudy, was not asked to fill
the vacancy in the play which
was to be entered in several
national contests, Dr. Link said.
However, Cignorella said he
thought he “could have handled
the part,” as he had been
Lundeens understudy since the
casting early in the quarter.
Pre-Registration
Advisement for pre
registration will be held
from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, and
fees must be paid not later
than Dec. 13, according to
Elizabeth Parker
registrar.
Only students who have
preprinted course
selection cards or a signed
blank form will be per
mitted to register.
Church Members Pack Hall
To Oppose New Beer Law
BY GARY WILLIS
Quoting the Bible and saying that the Lord
would oppose such a law, 40 to 50 members of the
West Carrollton Baptist Church packed the
meeting room of the city council Monday night to
voice opposition to the beer and wine ordinance
that has been proposed for Carrollton.
Charles Cowan, owner of the Wedgewood Inn
and Restaurant, was the only member of the
audience to speak in favor of the bill. Cowan had
written to the council earlier urging that such a
proposal be considered.
The ordinance, if passed, will allow a public
establishment, if its primary concern is serving
food, to serve beer and wine over the counter to
its customers. The council is expected to vote on
the proposal at its next meeting, which is
Nov. 4. at 7:30 p.m. at city hall.
W. C. Lane, who said that he was the chief
spokesman for the church, charged the council
with having the responsibility on its shoulders
and said, “I don’t believe the Lord’s in favor of it.
The Bible’s against it. I don’t believe Christian
people, I mean saved people, will vote for it.”
City Manager William Traylor, after con
According to one student who
asked not to be identified,
Lundeen was pressured out of
the role, leaving the cast
members with no other alter
native than to vote Dr. Link in
as Macbeth, a role he played
while in college.
The drama department’s
activities are sponsored by a
precentage of the student ac
tivity fee.
Cecil Knotts, director of
student activities said that the
drama department is allocated
S6OOO a year.
“But I’m not certain of the
exact amount Dr. Link had used
so far for the performance.
“The equipment and wood
used can be recycled,” Knotts
added.
But another source, who said
that he got his information
directly from Dr. Link, said
“Some S2OOO had already been
spent on costume patterns,
royalties, scripts, material, and
unsalvageable wood.”
“The show could have gone on
with Cignorella playing the part
of Macbeth, but, Bob Mathews,
Dr. Link’s assistant director,
agreed with Dr. Link that the
understudy would have made a
tremendous difference in the
quality of the performance,”
said Liner.
“I can assure you that there is
a big difference in the one who
has been the understudy for this
role, and the one who was
teaching it. Now, the per
formance is off, and no one is
happy about it, but all the op
tions were studied.” said
Mathews.
October 25, 1974
PUBLIC HEARING Connie Plunkett, a member of the
Carrollton City Council, and Carrollton Mayor Charles Lumpkin
listen to a Carrollton citizen as he expresses his views on the
proposed beer and wine pouring law. The council is expected to
vote on the bill at its Nov. 4 meeting.
SGA Funds Lawyer
For Student Legal Aid
BY PHIL PAXTON
The student government
association has announced
plans to allocate funds for a
“student lawyer,” according to
SGA spokesman Michael
Jackson.
Jackson, associate director of
the SGA’s refrigerator project,
said that the lawyer fund
proposal was initiated last year,
although this quarter is the first
in which the SGA has been
financially capable of sup
porting it. “It will be the
lawyer’s specific function to
provide legal aid to students
who become involved in legal
disputes with the college, such
as v iolations of domestic policy
or housing disputes,” said
Jackson.
When asked about the SGA’s
legal involvement with the
upcoming concerts, Jackson
said that he had been given no
indication that a lawyer would
ducting a study of towns comparable in size to
Carrollton which have adopted pouring laws,
recommended passage of the ordinance at the
Oct. 7 meeting of the council
At that time Traylor said, “They (other towns)
have had very few problems when beer and wine
are served with meals. However, problems do
arise when bars and lounges are permitted. I am
not advocating the establishment of bars, but it
is time that we quit being hypocrites and ap
prove a beer and wine pouring law for
Carrollton.”
Some restaurant owners get around the
illegality of serving alcohol by allowing their
customers to “brown bag.” The proposal will not
permit the serving of mixed drinks.
Thus far, only one council member, Ted
Robinson, has expressed opposition to the
proposal. Robinson was absent from Monday’s
meeting.
Monday night Cowan said, “We have so much
transient traffic at the motel, traveling salesmen
and such. They say they’re going someplace else
and don’t stay in Carrollton or the county. We’re
in the position of not being able to serve our
guests, and this is not in the best interest of
Carrollton. The city may lose several prospects
of people and businesses locating here.
“I don’t want it to turn into anything that
causes the city of Carrollton any trouble,” he
added.
Lane said, “1 don’t care what some out of town
man wants. I think water would be better for him
anyway.”
There was a chorus of “Amens ” from the
audience after Lane’s statement.
Lane went on to express concern for the young
people of the county saying, “Young people get
drink in them and they think they’re better than
anybody else."
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be required in the concert
business. “Certainly there is a
possibility that a lawyer may be
needed for the concerts,” said
Jackson, “but this is no greater
a possibility than a housing
disagreement.”
Jackson said he plans to
remind students to “entertain
themselves” before and after
the concerts, not during them.
Jackson said he hopes that the
SGA and the ATO fraternity
would benefit financially from
the upcoming Road Apple and
Choice concert. Jackson
revealed plans to use the profit
from the concert to purchase
some land outside Carrollton
which would provide an area for
fraternity houses. “This is
necessary,” said Jackson, “for
the university system no longer
sells land on campus to
fraternities.”
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