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! —Griffin Daily News Saturday, April 15, 1972
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Alan Preston Williamson (r) and his STAR teacher, Mrs. Sally Ritchey.
Student at Marietta
wins top STAR honor
ATLANTA (UPI)-Alan Pres
ton Williamson of Marietta’s
Wheeler High School has won a
trip to Italy and Greece as the
recipient of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce’s STAR Stu
dent of 1972 award.
Williamson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Preston E. Williamson of
Marietta, was president of the
high school drama club, a mem
ber of the National Honor So
ciety, chess and science clubs.
He is enrolled at Georgia Tech.
In addition to the trip abroad
sponsored by the Savings and
Loan Association of Georgia,
young Williamson also received
a SSOO check from Atlanta Gas-
Light Co., the STAR statuette
and an eight-day STAR tour of
Georgia from the Georgia cham
ber of Commerce.
Mrs. Sally Ritchey, a French
and world history teacher at
wheeler, was named 1972 state
STAR teacher at the annual
STAR banquet held Friday
night. She received a statuette,
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a SSOO scholarship from the Pur
itan Chemical Co. and a STAR
tour of Georgia.
Mrs. Ritchey was graduated
from Texas Christian Universi
ty in 1966 and is presently work
ing on her master’s degree at
Georgia State University.
Mrs. Ritchey is chairman of
the language arts department
at Wheeler, a member of the
Cobb County Educators, Geor
gia Association of Educator, Na
tional Council of Teachers of
English and the American Asso
ciation of French Teachers.
First runners-up for STAR stu
dent named Friday night were
Charles T. Ballou, a senior at
Druid Hills High, Decatur;
Mark A. Butler, a senior at
lakeside High, Decatur; and
Dan McDougal Thomas, a sen
ior at Brunswick High.
Runners-up for STAR teacher
were Robert Morgan, a social
studies teacher at Druid Hills
High, Decatur; Ralph S. Voris,
a math teacher from Lakeside
High, Decatur, and Theodor
Hladik, geometry and calculus
teacher at Brunswick High.
Atlanta Steel Co. scholarships
went to the runner-up in the
STAR student category while
teachers received Thad Wilkins-
L. G. Balfour Co. scholarships.
SYMPATHY WALKOUT
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)-A
sympathy walkout by eight
telephone company “directory
assistance’’ operators Friday
helped a newly hired operator
get another chance after being
fired.
A spokesman for Pacific
Telephone Co. said the sym
pathy walkout occurred after
an operator was dismissed who
was “unable to learn the job,
even with extra training.”
Several hours later the
company said the eight em
ployes who walked off their
jobs were back and that the one
who had been fired was taken
back for more training.
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DRESSED FOR OCCASION
ST. ALBANS, England (UPI)
—Fran Novak passed his
cfriving test Friday in formal
attire and with ribbons stream-
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ing from his automobile. He
had rushed to the test from his
wedding ceremony. Later he
rejoined his bride at the
reception.
REWARD FOR VALIANCY
ORENSE, Spain (UPI)-
Farmer Manuel Fernandez,
who prevented a potential
railroad disaster, was rewarded
Friday for his “valiant coopera
tion.” He received SB.
Feb. 12, Fernandez saw rocks
tumble onto tracks from a
slope near the village of
Gulariz. He ran a mile and
alerted officials at a station
just before a loaded passenger
train was due to come through.
The train was halted.
MONSTERSUNNECESSARY
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — A
Grim Reaper, a gravedigger
and several ghouls picketed
outside the Hollywood Wax
Museum Friday night. They
want their jobs back.
The marchers were college
students who were employed
part time by the museum to act
as monsters. Their job was to
stand among the wax figures in
the horror section, leap out and
diriek in a manner calculated
to curdle the customer’s blood.
They were fired Tuesday.