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By Quimby Mritoa
Tuesday it was Good Even-
Ing’s time to furnish the Ex
change Club program, so he in
vited Marion Godard, Griffin
merchant and minister of the
Christian Church to be the
speaker.
For many years the Ex
change Club and the American
Business Club have been meet
ing on Tuesday at the Elks Club.
< The meeting rooms are doseby,
making the two clubs neigh
bors. Thought it would be fine
for we of Exchange to know
what they of ABC had done,
were doing and what they
planned to do to help make
> Griffin a better place to live, to
work, to educate our children
and to worship our God.
Knowing that Godard was a
past president of ABC and that
he had played an important part
in the club’s work to educate
j exceptional children — the dub
1 was a pioneer in this — and
knowing Godard to be an ex
cellent speaker we invited him
> to tell us “The ABC story.”
Boiled down here is what
Godard* told his audience, and
we’ve seldom seen an audience
that seemed more interested.
The club was organized 22
years ago and started out with
1 30 members. A few years later
this club had become one with
just 13. Realizing the club was
* on its way out unless some
worthwhile program was
adopted, one that would
challenge the interest of all
members, it was decided to find
!such a program.
The club was handicapped by
its smallness and lack of
money. But this didn’t stop the
young members.
It was decided that the great-
* est thing the club could do was
to help handicapped children
gain an education. “We didn’t
# call them handicapped but ex
ceptional” he said.
Then he told how the national
* organization thought the idea a
good one, but too expensive for
any one organization. The state
4 was contacted but there were no
funds available; nor would the
federal government help.
• But Griffin ABC went to work
with every one of the 13 work
ing. The story he told covered
many years of work. But it is
’ one of accomplishment.
Educating of exceptional child
ren was soon off the ground and
, year by year has grown. It was
a program that set the dub on
fire and today there are some 76
active members. And, better
• still there is a well organized
program that helps exceptional
children.
4 In addition to the educational
children school program the
club realized the need for an
other recreational park and
« with the help of Dundee Mills,
which provided the site, Patrick
Park was built and is still being
developed.
’ The point Good Evening
wants to make about that talk is
that today there are many or
i ganizations, civic clubs,
churches and even entire com
munities that are badly in need
of worthwhile programs, pro
» jects that will awaken the in
terest of members and dtizens.
Such programs must, if they are
to be effective, be ones that will
' cause every member or citizen
to take an active interest in and
be willing to go to work for. A
i program that, though it meets
with approval, causes people to
say “Let George do it” will fall
flat in its face.
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If one were to list the things
that ABC contributed to their
first and latest programs, such
’ as helping exceptional children
and building Patrick Park, one
must list among other things
I buying and operating school
buses, etc. But the greatest
thing no doubt has been the
thousands of hours of work con
» tributed by its enthusiastic
members. There have been no
drones in ABC.
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prove a church is growing
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DAILY
Daily Since 1872
history, Georgia voters today be
gan the process of naming a
new governor, lieutenant gover
nor and a host of other state and
local officials.
The first step was voting in
the state’s first joint Democrat
ic-Republican primaries held to
select candidates for governor.
The second step, in choosing fin
al candidates for some posts, is
likely to come in a runoff on
Sept. 23, followed by the final
choice in the Nov. 5 General
Election.
But despite the presence of 12
candidates in the race for gov
ernor, there were indications
that the electorate was not over
ly stirred. Preliminary forecasts
were that only between 800,000
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GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1970
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Mrs. J. A. Mayes (r) gives information to voter
Mrs. Juanita Simmons (1) at Fire Department downtown.
Wider street suggested
Police Chief Leo Blackwell
told the City Commissioners
last night he thought making
Meriwether street one way bet
ween Eighth and Poplar would
make traffic worse on the street
rather than better.
He suggested widening the
street might be better.
The commissioners asked
City Engineer J. T. Bearden to
make a cost estimate of widen
ing.
Chief Blackwell pointed out
that the area is congested
especially in the afternoons
when people are getting off
from work.
In other action last night the
City Commissioners put on first
reading an amendment to the
NEWS
zoning regulations which would
provide a GIA classification.
This would make way for con
structiort of commercial office
districts.
The Commissioners also
clarified an ordinance adopted
last January requiring home
delivery vehicles to be marked
with the name and address of
the firm operating them. The
ordinance applies to all vehicles
making deliveries in residential
sections of the city, the Com
missioners explained.
All three Commissioners,
Chairman Joe Dutton, Vice
Chairman Barron Cumming,
and O. M. Snider, Jr., were at
the meeting last night.
In other action they:
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—Put on second and final
reading an ordinance to pave a
block of Baker street from the
North Expressway to Melrose
avenue.
—Tabled a paving request on
Ellis street until the right of
way can be cleared up.
—Authorized the city man
ager and chairman of the com
mission to execute a deed for a
lot in the Ann Street City In
dustrial area to Burdox Dental
Lab.
—Approved an application
from A. T. Montgomery to take
over the Eighth Street Lunch
Room and beer establishment
operated by Jimmy Johnson.
The Commissioners declined to
approve permission for him to
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move to another location when
the building is demolished for
construction of a Post Office.
The Commissioners said they
could not bind future Com
missioners with a decision by
the present board.
—Approved the purchase of
siren and radio equipment for
two new fire engine pumpers at
a cost of >1,924.
—Approved on final reading
an ordinance to limit the num
ber of package beer stores to
one for each 1,500 residents of
the city based on the latest
federal census.
—Approved property tax as
sessments for 1970 as received
from Assessor Al Hill. No one
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appeared at the meeting to
question assessments against
his property.
—Approved installation of
sewer main to serve Hamilton
boulevard and Memorial drive
and Harlow streets at a cost of
$31,899. Hale Construction Com
pany of Smyrna was low bidder.
—Approved purchase of poles
for the Light and Water Depart
ment for the low bid price of
$2,613.75.
—Approved purchase of
transformers at the low bid
price of $8,053.70 from In
dustrial Wholesalers of Griffin.
Approved an ordinance to
grade, pave and curb North 16th
from Experiment to Ray street.